Comments on: Riding the Affiliate Rollercoaster http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/ Make Money. Do What You Love. Feel Great. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Muhammad http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2419 Muhammad Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:42:36 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2419 Interesting article, keep these post coming in, its worth reading :) Interesting article, keep these post coming in, its worth reading :)

]]> By: Paul Piotrowski http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-3/#comment-2417 Paul Piotrowski Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:07:21 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2417 @Shaun: I picked a little kid because aren't most affiliates kids anyways? 16-20yr old kids making $50k/m as affiliates nowadays. Lol. It's a crazy world we live in. Good for them. @Shaun: I picked a little kid because aren’t most affiliates kids anyways? 16-20yr old kids making $50k/m as affiliates nowadays. Lol. It’s a crazy world we live in. Good for them.

]]> By: Steve M Nash http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2415 Steve M Nash Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:34:06 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2415 Hi Paul. I also think it's good to be open about both success and failure. So thanks. As for me, I've been doing affiliate marketing on and off (mostly off, since Adsense started cos I'm lazy lol) since 2001 and I think it has only got tougher to succeed. There are simply so many opportunities and much of the trick is to spend time on ONLY THE BEST ones, or build up a significant, trusting and loyal mailing list and pitch them different offers each week. But this mailing list approach is also VERY difficult to pull off. And what are the best opportunities? Well, it's difficult to tell but I think I'll go with promoting stuff I've bought or would be happy to buy. But then this advice suits where I am right now. If I were more successful (like, say, Paul Myers from Talkbiz News or Allan Gardyne) then I might think differently (and expect a much larger cut, too!) Lol Sounds to me like you're taking the PPC-affiliate route. And many succeed at it, for sure, but there are many who spend a LOT of money getting nowhere. PPC scares me too much, so I rely on SEO and getting free traffic via content. I would say a tip that pretty much anyone who succeeds as an affilate marketer would agree with, though, is this one: whenever you can, do things differently and do NOT follow the herd! Anyway, I am by no means an expert affiliate marketer but I have survived nearly 10 years making a living online so I must be doing something right! :-) Cheers, and thanks again for this blog post. Steve Hi Paul. I also think it’s good to be open about both success and failure. So thanks.

As for me, I’ve been doing affiliate marketing on and off (mostly off, since Adsense started cos I’m lazy lol) since 2001 and I think it has only got tougher to succeed. There are simply so many opportunities and much of the trick is to spend time on ONLY THE BEST ones, or build up a significant, trusting and loyal mailing list and pitch them different offers each week. But this mailing list approach is also VERY difficult to pull off.

And what are the best opportunities? Well, it’s difficult to tell but I think I’ll go with promoting stuff I’ve bought or would be happy to buy.

But then this advice suits where I am right now. If I were more successful (like, say, Paul Myers from Talkbiz News or Allan Gardyne) then I might think differently (and expect a much larger cut, too!) Lol

Sounds to me like you’re taking the PPC-affiliate route. And many succeed at it, for sure, but there are many who spend a LOT of money getting nowhere. PPC scares me too much, so I rely on SEO and getting free traffic via content.

I would say a tip that pretty much anyone who succeeds as an affilate marketer would agree with, though, is this one: whenever you can, do things differently and do NOT follow the herd!

Anyway, I am by no means an expert affiliate marketer but I have survived nearly 10 years making a living online so I must be doing something right! :-)

Cheers, and thanks again for this blog post.

Steve

]]> By: Shanker Bakshi http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2412 Shanker Bakshi Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:21:27 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2412 all the best for your venture paul, Hope this rollercoaster will become a joy ride for you soon. I am pretty sure about it. all the best for your venture paul, Hope this rollercoaster will become a joy ride for you soon. I am pretty sure about it.

]]> By: shaunjudy http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2411 shaunjudy Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:57:22 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2411 Man I love that Pic of the little kid...To funny! Man I love that Pic of the little kid…To funny!

]]> By: Bart Piotrowski http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2416 Bart Piotrowski Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:33:01 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2416 Hey Paul, keep kicking butt on affiliate marketing, just like you told me about my blog you could start making money the next day you never know. A lot of people don't realize but they quit just before they make it, if they only took 1 more step forward they could of hit it big. :D Hey Paul, keep kicking butt on affiliate marketing, just like you told me about my blog you could start making money the next day you never know. A lot of people don’t realize but they quit just before they make it, if they only took 1 more step forward they could of hit it big. :D

]]> By: Doug http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 Doug Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:11:37 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2418 Thanks for the honesty, Paul! I'm so tired of hearing nothing but "gurus" making obscene amounts of money with everything they touch. We all know that's not the case, everybody fails once in awhile or at least has a bad day, right? This reminds me of the so-called experts in the stock market trading game that seem to always make tons of money. Of course they never tell you when something doesn't work, right? That takes balls to admit. Good for you! You gottem... Thanks for the honesty, Paul! I’m so tired of hearing nothing but “gurus” making obscene amounts of money with everything they touch. We all know that’s not the case, everybody fails once in awhile or at least has a bad day, right? This reminds me of the so-called experts in the stock market trading game that seem to always make tons of money. Of course they never tell you when something doesn’t work, right? That takes balls to admit. Good for you! You gottem…

]]> By: Paul Piotrowski http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2414 Paul Piotrowski Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:24:44 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2414 @Nicholas: A lot of my posts are positive/inspirational. At least I try to make them inspirational. However, the other day I shared my frustrations on a forum and someone replied and thanked me for sharing that because it totally inspired them to keep going, knowing that they are not the only ones struggling with affiliate marketing. So, I decided to write this Blog post to share with people that I too have bad days, and bad weeks sometimes. I'm only human. Like I mentioned in the post, however, it's weeks like this that excite me because they shape my character, and they help me get to the next level where most people won't go. @Nicholas: A lot of my posts are positive/inspirational. At least I try to make them inspirational. However, the other day I shared my frustrations on a forum and someone replied and thanked me for sharing that because it totally inspired them to keep going, knowing that they are not the only ones struggling with affiliate marketing.

So, I decided to write this Blog post to share with people that I too have bad days, and bad weeks sometimes. I’m only human. Like I mentioned in the post, however, it’s weeks like this that excite me because they shape my character, and they help me get to the next level where most people won’t go.

]]> By: Nicholas Z. Cardot http://www.paulymath.com/2009/07/17/riding-the-affiliate-rollercoaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2413 Nicholas Z. Cardot Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:01:27 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1598#comment-2413 Stay with it! I am just getting into affiliate marketing a little bit. I don't want to use it as a large source of income but I wouldn't mind if it created a little bit on the side along with my advertising income and such. Your post started out really discouraging but seemed very encouraging at the end. Let's stick with it. Let's find solutions. And let's drive forward. Stay with it! I am just getting into affiliate marketing a little bit. I don’t want to use it as a large source of income but I wouldn’t mind if it created a little bit on the side along with my advertising income and such. Your post started out really discouraging but seemed very encouraging at the end. Let’s stick with it. Let’s find solutions. And let’s drive forward.

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