Rohail Rizvi- Entrepreneur in the Making

Facebook is the greatest thing ever not just for the social networking abilities it allows- but also for how ridiculously easy it has made it for the average internet marketer to turn a buck on the Internet.

True- getting your ads approved on Facebook is a little tricky, but after you get used to it you get a feel for what kind of stuff gets approved and what doesn’t. But all it really takes is finding a suitable offer from any affiliate network such as NeverBlueAds, creating a very simple ad in Facebook Ads Manager, selecting the criteria of the people you are looking to target- you can narrow it down by sex, region, college, and even what year in college they’re in- and more.

That’s it. No keywords, no placement issues. Just hit submit and watch your stats. If you have a compelling enough ad, are running a good offer, and are targeting correctly, you can expect to make a good amount of change in a very short amount of time. The first time I made an ad on Facebook I made $15 in 15 minutes. Needless to say, I was pretty surprised and it’s only grown since then.

So go ahead give it a shot. You’ll never learn if you don’t try.

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My Target Stores Internship review. After interning at Target this summer, I can safely say I will never ever want to be recruited by someone to work at a company again. The internship itself- while I met some cool people through it- was severely unstructured and was your typical do my bitch work internship. The leadership there was incredibly pompous and thought they owned the world and that retail was everything that mattered. Poor people- I actually kind of feel bad for them. They sold their soul to Target. Working 60 hours a week at a job you hate is bound to make you a little crazy. They know it too and I guess that haughty attitude is kind of a defense mechanism for them. If you love to lift heavy boxes and clean up after other people’s shit- then the Target Stores Internship is definitely for you. But if you’re looking to grow as a leader and get some actual experiences in a business that really effects the world (”Toothpaste in Aisle A6″- yeah not much impact there), then I would definitely suggest looking elsewhere. If you’re reading this you’re smarter than this. You can definitely get an internship at some place else where your time is much more valued. Even if they pay less- do it. If you’re looking to intern somewhere and choose the Target Stores Internship after reading this- I feel sorely mistaken for you. Oh and don’t let them fool you- when they call you an executive team leader - that’s just a euphemism for assistant manager at a retail store. That’s not why you’re going to college. Is it?
/end rant.

I’m really torn right now between two living situations and could use some help.

I signed into a one year apartment lease sharing with two other people in July for an apartment by campus. Rent is about $500 a month and I’d be living with a couple of my friends. I would be sharing a room for $500 a month, not have my own room. I signed up for the lease knowing that I wouldn’t be going to school for the first semester and so that I could motivate myself to make enough money to pay rent through affiliate marketing.

Just recently I was convinced that it would be a better idea to save money and live at home with the parents and have my own room. I’ve found a sublet already, someone who would take my place on the lease. I’d be away from my social life, however, and I have no car so no way of going out and about on my own. Furthermore, with free rent and food, along with everything else- I don’t know if I’d be so motivated to make as much money each month.

Even if I were to live home til December, I would be back in school in January and again needing to be back on campus - or commuting with a cheap 4k or 5k car that at this point I don’t know how I will even afford.

So basically live on campus, sharing a room, for 500 a month, with the ability to see friends, and have the motivation to make enough money per month.

Or live at home, with no car, for free, but maybe lose motivation to make enough money for myself.

I kind of want to be the daredevil and forgo the 500 a month in rent just to force myself to make that much per month via AM.

What would you do?

I think I’ve finally found a focus for this blog that’s going to help you as well as help me at the same time.

Lots of you have expressed interest in affiliate marketing and I just want be able to use this blog to let you guys know things that I have learned in becoming a successful affiliate marketer.

I believe this will keep me focused on AM and will help my readers as well.

So for the first lesson:

Don’t Forget About Cash Flow!

AM means being able leverage someone else’s money (i.e. credit cards) to make your own money and then some, and be able to pay off that borrowed money. However, one of the biggest mistakes beginners make, myself included, is that they forget about making sure they will have the money they need to pay off credit cards and continue to be able to use them for the next month. One area of failure is forgetting to fill out your W-9 which can be a serious hassle as you won’t get paid until you do- and to make it worse your credit card company will be waiting on their payment. And even if you have filled it out, make sure they have it (CPAEmpire said they never got mine, which screwed me over for a month).

Furthermore, align your credit card bill due date with the date that you receive your affiliate marketing checks so that you have the money to pay your credit card bill in time. Following these steps will ensure that you don’t have to sit out of the game for months while you wait for your check in the mail. Another tip- don’t go with CPAEmpire- they will lose your stuff and make you wait ages for your check.

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