Stay Focused!

I have to say that one of the toughest things to do when learning to be an affiliate marketer is to stay focused on one thing at a time. There is so much information and so many programs for the beginner to sift through that it become so easy to get buried and lose your way. My advice, for what it's worth is to pick one program or one product, figure out how you're going to market that product and stick with it! Work on that one idea until you prove it is going to work or fail. I have found myself over the past couple of weeks bouncing around from place to place and not really accomplishing anything that I want. Good luck and I hope that this info is helping to any who read it.

New Directions In My Home Biz Journey

Well it's been a couple of weeks since my last post and I have done a ton of research on how to make money from home. Unfortunately I have all but turned off any traffic going to my website promoting myprofitsite. I can't in good conscience promote a product that will not work with Google Adwords. Until the people at myprofitsite come up with a way for people to modify the landing page to include more original content Google won’t send traffic. That's the bad news. Now for the good news, as I have said I have done a ton of research on how to make money being an affiliate marketer and have found that there are hundreds of programs and different ideas on how to make money. There is a lot of crap out there so beware about what you join, make sure that you can get your money back if you don't like what you find. After all of this I have decided to give it a shot following a plan laid out by the people of affilorama.com. Like I said there is a ton of info out there and many different systems but this one appeals to me the most. It does take some effort however and some time but in the long run I think it give me a great chance to generate some consistent income. If you interested in the system the guys at affilorama can be found here. I'm also going to mention a couple of other programs that I have come across (1 that I bought) that give some good tips and tools as well.

The first is The Click Bank Code. It is a system that relies heavily on PPC but offers some good insight into picking keywords and even gives you a tool that evaluates niches and the keywords associated with them. Worth the price I paid for sure. If you want to check them out they can be found at www.the-cb-code.com Like I said great information with lots of video tutorials with step by step instructions.

Now if you don't have any money to due PPC campaigns to promote your website, I found that a couple of different programs that make sense to me. The best is the 4-Day Money Making Blueprint, and is based on what has become called "Bum marketing" meaning even a bum off the street with no money can do it. This system shows you how to find profitable niches and how to market them with little or no money. There are lots of video tutorials and I recommend that you take a look even if you have some money that you can use to jump start your efforts. Lots of great information and ideas to use.

Well that's all for now.

Oh yeah almost forgot. I've made $135.00 so far with a direct link from Microsoft’s Adcenter to an affiliate program. This is apparently the least effective way to promote products but I have made more than I have spent on traffic so far so that is a win!

Thanks for stopping by and good luck.

My First Sale!

Well I have to tell you that it was a very nice surprise to see that I had received an order from my myprofitsite affiliate page. It's only 1 but I haven't really sent a lot of traffic there yet either. I'm obviously hoping to have many more sales.

As I stated in my last post I also started looking around at clickbank for other opportunities, and decided upon a satellite TV for pc program. I set up a campaign with Bing and am getting about 10-15 clicks a day. Not a lot but I'm on a limited budget and was just wanting to test it. Guess what...2 sales in the same day after 4 days! Woohooo!

Hold on...it's been 3 days since and nothing further so I'm not sure if it was a fluke. I'm still ahead of the game as I have spent about $75 in PPC and have earned $102. It's not going break the bank at that rate but it's a start. I'll keep everyone informed of what happens next in my journey to become an affiliate millionaire...or at least make a few hundred extra per month.