3+ years and thousands of dollars of struggling affiliate marketing efforts left me pretty dang desolated. I pushed and pushed and pushed, created website after website, built a personal email list of 1,200+ contacts, got over 300+ signups for GDI and another 350+ in TWRPS (if anyone remembers that program)
I've been there, done that - Now i'm broke and have to go to work...
Right now I have reset ALL of my thoughts about how these work. I know what I learned, but I wasn't successful. I got signups and referrals and traffic, but never hit the goal. The real goal is to build a real business from home. Build something that pays you when your sleeping or awake, working or not working.
I don't blame others for my previous lack of success. I take responsibility and accountability for my own situation. This is where I'm at and essentially, I'm starting all over, with limited resources...You can probably tell this isn't my sales page :)
But I'm breathing - and simply stated, that means you have hope.
I'm starting nearly 100% free here. Got a few bucks, but I'm using mostly free resources right now - all I can add is effort...It can work, it just takes more time...
Want the short and sweet version? Should I tell you I'm some guru making $40k/month online? HAHA - here is a stat for you: Of the thousands of online biz seekers that start every single day, 91.6% of these people make under $100/month. These are staggering especially when you consider a lot of the remainders in the 8% or so are Heavy Hitters making Thousands and Thousands each and every month, almost on auto-pilot.
These are my thoughts and this helps my process, sorry. If you don't like it, find the next blog :)
My Program:
Instant Payday Network. I really like this one and here's why: With Instant Payday Network you promote just 1 link - the system and the funnel does everything else. You just send traffic in attempt to get an email and a lead...Your hope is that the prospect will take a look at the system. If/when they do, you earn $20 for step 1 and another $30 for step 2 from MyCashFreebies - So 1 referral can earn you $50 right up front...that's a seriously good return, for something that can be done absolutely free. Something that your prospect can do, absolutely free. It's an attractive offer and a pretty dang cheap way to start a business.
My Plan:
Safelists are what I have right now. I'm going to shoot some YouTube videos - i'm going to blog like this. And during the week I'm going to listen to motivational speakers :)
I also am a member of 2 fb groups following 2 guys who are WINNING at internet marketing. When you've done what I have (which is lots of effort, lots of letdowns), you kinda just need to turn your focus and follow someone who is DOING IT. By following people doing it, and being around others trying to do it, I'll be focused and headed in the right direction.
Also, your mindset. This is SO BIG - I can go on for hours about expectations when you start internet marketing. I can go on for pages about what I've done - but unless you are making real money, every day, then you haven't succeeded. When you can change your mindset, you can see the path. When you can see the path, you still have to get off your butt and find the motivation. Once you find that, you take action.
Once you take action, you start to make it happen. Once you start to make it happen, you keep making it happen. This is NOT an overnight button - Even if you have hundreds of dollars to spend advertising, this is still a business and you must look at it as such. Have realistic expectations. Are you going to make $5k this month, having zero experience online? Probably not - I bet if you ever looked at internet marketing you'll see what all the promises are - does it work like that? Not so much.
But how would $50/day change your life? That's $1,500/month...I have a good job, but for me, that would be a very nice income to have, as extra, for something that I can do in 1-2 hours per day.
I went on a tangent there haha - but yes, Mindset was the point and it's HUGE :)
My Goal:
Show a return - not a "now I make $5k/month" kind of goal. More like a $25/day goal. Hit that, start making $50/day. Hit that, start making $100/day.
For right now, $100/day would be very nice - even $50/day is a real return. This is my 30 day goal.
My Plan: Take action - literally, that's it - Just take action, get prospects, make some money, re-invest that money into growing my business more.
So this is where I'm starting and my back story (and this is the short version, despite it not seeming like it :)
So that's what this blog is about, and I'll fill this up as I go.
Cheers,
Paul
