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In The Beginning...
season 7 GIF by NRK P3


As we head into 2022
I want to share my 1st full year
as an affiliate marketing publisher
So let's go back to summer 2020
I was unemployed
laid off from work because of Covid-19
broke and generally a mess
all my neighbors and friends the same
To find an online job I joined Affiliate Fix
roughly 42 million seconds ago
as @EuronGreyjoy
I knew about online marketing
it was my one true self taught skill
along with basic coding and writing
but beyond that I wanted to improve something
and I had to do it from home
learn it fast and start making buck from the get-go
August 27, 2020 --> Read my introduction message
Got a warm welcome that day
from @T J Tutor
from @Graybeard
from @VirtualGlobalPhone
from @trackwill
from @towhidzaman
from @thelegend
from @azgold
Makes a big difference
when total strangers take an interest
and give you a friendly welcome
I decided to stick around

An Idea Was Spawned...
game of thrones netflix and chill GIF


My 1st affiliate plan was to
  1. look for trending needs
  2. list all of the competitors
  3. find problems with competitor sites
  4. find questions for those problems
  5. find the answers to those questions
  6. publish the answers --> best answers
  7. get traffic from google
  8. get ad revenue
  9. pay my bills
  10. repeat
I thought about my most recent purchase
  • what was I shopping for? --> a wallet
  • why did I need the products? --> old wallet was bust
  • where did I search for answers? --> google.com
  • what words did I use? --> buy thin brown leather wallet
  • which sites did I visit --> amazon.com
  • was I satisfied? --> no
  • why was I unsatisfied --> messy design, too many colors, no FAQ, very bad SEO
  • what was the outcome? --> thought I could do better
Into The Unknown...
Emilia Clarke Hbo GIF by Game of Thrones


My bank balance and ADD
meant I had to dive in head 1st
which I did --> after reading the affiliate marketing wiki
found an untapped niche
set up a website
used my google competitors for ideas
added product pages
--> which I linked internally from news pages
those product pages didn't have affiliate IDs
they linked directly to major website product pages
and I got traffic almost immediately
Truth told I don't know if this was legal
but the websites didn't know
and they were getting free qualified leads
Once my traffic hit 100 daily views
I joined some affiliate networks
and slowly added my affiliate IDs
--> it worked!
I started getting commission almost immediately
my OCD helped with the detailed SEO
--> my product pages become better than Amazon
but it was time consuming in the extreme
no drag and drop tools
everything I did was manual labor
and I struggled to focus
which I overcame with the help of a mentor
Fast forward to early 2021
I'd earned $10,000 commission
--> read the full story here

Then Came The Storm...
game of thrones valar dohaeris GIF


My affiliate checks continued
with bumper amounts in January & February
but I stopped working like a mule
and began lounging like a crab
slowly my traffic dried up
product pages got outdated
items went out of stock
dead links were everywhere
and my commission checks
went from thousands to hundreds
I'd hit the affiliate brick wall
broke again and got into a mess

Back To Work...
dragon GIF by Game of Thrones


By summer 2021 I was fed up
as my monthly commission checks dipped below $500
got a regular job
and stopped my affiliate updates

Born Again...
game of thrones nights watch GIF


Fall 2021 I got the affiliate bug back
and started updating my 1st site
then building several more
but the original focus was lost
and I was disorganized
which meant many hours wasted
I started multiple follow threads
all of which hit dead ends

Winter is Coming...
winter is coming white walkers GIF


Back to the present
it's Christmas 2021
and I am planning the year ahead
I've been thinking about all the success and failure
from my 1st full year as an affiliate
and I realize that success is born of simplicity
a simple routine followed consistently
that's what worked in my journey so far
So I'm going back go back to basics again
and plan to rock this world in 2022

Have a great vacation everyone!
 
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In The Beginning...
season 7 GIF by NRK P3


As we head into 2022
I want to share my 1st full year
as an affiliate marketing publisher
So let's go back to summer 2020
I was unemployed
laid off from work because of Covid-19
broke and generally a mess
all my neighbors and friends the same
To find an online job I joined Affiliate Fix
roughly 42 million seconds ago
as @EuronGreyjoy
I knew about online marketing
it was my one true self taught skill
along with basic coding and writing
but beyond that I wanted to improve something
and I had to do it from home
learn it fast and start making buck from the get-go
August 27, 2020 --> Read my introduction message
Got a warm welcome that day
from @T J Tutor
from @Graybeard
from @VirtualGlobalPhone
from @trackwill
from @towhidzaman
from @thelegend
from @azgold
Makes a big difference
when total strangers take an interest
and give you a friendly welcome
I decided to stick around

An Idea Was Spawned...
game of thrones netflix and chill GIF


My 1st affiliate plan was to
  1. look for trending needs
  2. list all of the competitors
  3. find problems with competitor sites
  4. find questions for those problems
  5. find the answers to those questions
  6. publish the answers --> best answers
  7. get traffic from google
  8. get ad revenue
  9. pay my bills
  10. repeat
I thought about my most recent purchase
  • what was I shopping for? --> a wallet
  • why did I need the products? --> old wallet was bust
  • where did I search for answers? --> google.com
  • what words did I use? --> buy thin brown leather wallet
  • which sites did I visit --> amazon.com
  • was I satisfied? --> no
  • why was I unsatisfied --> messy design, too many colors, no FAQ, very bad SEO
  • what was the outcome? --> thought I could do better
Into The Unknown...
Emilia Clarke Hbo GIF by Game of Thrones


My bank balance and ADD
meant I had to dive in head 1st
which I did --> after reading the affiliate marketing wiki
found an untapped niche
set up a website
used my google competitors for ideas
added product pages
--> which I linked internally from news pages
those product pages didn't have affiliate IDs
they linked directly to major website product pages
and I got traffic almost immediately
Truth told I don't know if this was legal
but the websites didn't know
and they were getting free qualified leads
Once my traffic hit 100 daily views
I joined some affiliate networks
and slowly added my affiliate IDs
--> it worked!
I started getting commission almost immediately
my OCD helped with the detailed SEO
--> my product pages become better than Amazon
but it was time consuming in the extreme
no drag and drop tools
everything I did was manual labor
and I struggled to focus
which I overcame with the help of a mentor
Fast forward to early 2021
I'd earned $10,000 commission
--> read the full story here

Then Came The Storm...
game of thrones valar dohaeris GIF


My affiliate checks continued
with bumper amounts in January & February
but I stopped working like a mule
and began lounging like a crab
slowly my traffic dried up
product pages got outdated
items went out of stock
dead links were everywhere
and my commission checks
went from thousands to hundreds
I'd hit the affiliate brick wall
broke again and got into a mess

Back To Work...
dragon GIF by Game of Thrones


By summer 2021 I was fed up
as my monthly commission checks dipped below $500
got a regular job
and stopped my affiliate updates

Born Again...
game of thrones nights watch GIF


Fall 2021 I got the affiliate bug back
and started updating my 1st site
then building several more
but the original focus was lost
and I was disorganized
which meant many hours wasted
I started multiple follow threads
all of which hit dead ends

Winter is Coming...
winter is coming white walkers GIF


Back to the present
it's Christmas 2021
and I am planning the year ahead
I've been thinking about all the success and failure
from my 1st full year as an affiliate
and I realize that success is born of simplicity
a simple routine followed consistently
that's what worked in my journey so far
So I'm going back go back to basics again
and plan to rock this world in 2022

Have a great vacation everyone!
Congratulations! Super happy for you. Thank you for sharing your journey!!
 
Thanks for sharing and I wish you success in 2022.
I agree that sometimes going to basics and keeping things simple works better.

I believe in focusing on 1 major task/project at a time before moving onto the next gig.

Building 10 websites at once and trying to keep them all up to date with seo optimization can be daunting.

If you get a chance check out the book "The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results" from Gary Keller.
One of my all time favorites when it comes to laser focusing.

Take care and see yah in 2022:cool:
 
Thank you for sharing your story, truth to be told, from your posts and thread that I found on this forum, I would never guess that you started with affiliate marketing just a year ago, which means that you have definitely made huge progress. Your story is inspiring because it tells the facts that we always tell the beginners at this job, that you will not always see success and get only good results. Failures are also part of this journey and they are here to help us learn and be better at what we are doing. You knew what you want, what your goal is, you defined strategy how to get to your goal and eventually the results started coming and you made some profit. Really looking forward to following your success story in the year to come. :)
 
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