Its was only 3.5 weeks ago when I started doing affiliate advertising. Before that I had thought long and hard about methods to make money offline. I had been banned from adsense, accepted by YPN, and glanced over CJ (private phone anyone? ). But then I discovered this little gem called AzoogleAds, a Canadian based wonderland full of offers and a nifty toolbar. Soon after finding AzAds I realized that I am not someone who is built to generate content, I have no programming skills, limited design capabilities, and a love for flaming people in Usenet. I am just a salesman. So I started reading up on this amazing world of affiliate advertising. I read ever post of WF, DP, [insert blog]; and listened to tons of podcasts. I started chatting online with people who were involved with internet marketing, but I wasn't yet making any money! I realized all i was doing was researching and not acting, and in the fast paced, information saturated world we live in one must act. So I decided I was GOING to start tommorow (feb.15.07) That night i had a friend design me a landing page for ringtones and I signed up for several adcenter accounts. I used multiple keyword tools to develop my list, and slapped on some subid's to the ringtones I was going to be promoting. The next day i released the beast. While In micro-economics class i watch my toolbar hit lead after lead. By the end of the day I had made $130 dollars! I was amazed at how easy it was to win! But as the days went by the leads stopped coming and I moved away from ringtones on to other things. Today I am now making approx $100-$120 a day... Which for a 19yr old college student, is pretty good! But I am not satisfied. The wonderful thing about internet marketing is that everyone is on a level playing field, and we all share the same screen space whether the resolution be 800x600 or 1024x768. My lesson to all those who are starting? Make that first dollar fast! Get off you ass and make that money. Whether it is $1 or $100 your first day. Just Get it... It is that dollar that will motivate you and drive you to success. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Amazing advice my man, I have read through some of your posts and they are informative, I have signed up with azoogle, and am only using it for my proxies, have made about $25 so far, its free money considering there was going to be nothing there anyway.
Wow, 3.5 weeks! When does your E-book come out? Just kidding man, I like your enthusiasm. Just be prepared for a bumpy ride in this game, it's not as easy as it sounds to keep it going over the long haul....
well i realize now that it's not that easy! but i'm not a big believer in e-books, you can get all the info you need without one! But maybe i'll write one and give it out for free....
Thank for the tips. I quit azoogle after one day lol. I have no idea what to do or where to start, I'm lost. If you can help me out with some links or the blog because it was edited that would be greatly appreciated. I don't know where to start as i'm a beginner.
Great info, yes we all know it's not easy. I have been trying for about 3 years,with not much happening, but has you learn things start falling into place. I am only realy trying one programme but am trying to incorperate things around this with other affiliate programmes. Good luck to you
Thanks to this post, I did not sleep till 6 in the morning yesterday... way to make me feel like a procrastinator jesse.