Progress…Finally
Posted by RohailR | Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Motivation | Posted on 24-08-2009
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Finally some progress! And along to go with it – finally a brand new theme and upgrade! Hope you guys like it.
Right before ASE 09, my AM progress really started to pick up. I’d been in the “dead zone” or “dip” for about six months. Nothing I tried was working and I threw a whole lot of crap at the wall just to see if something would stick.
Fortunately, things are going okay now and only going to get better. I’m now chipping away at my $10,000 worth of PPC debt from failed attempts and stupid mistakes. In fact, I’ve already paid off one of my credit cards just by using what little credit I had left on it (less than $100) by continually re-investing it into profitable campaigns.
Here’s a recap of spend and revenues for Aug. 2009 so far:
Revenue: $4620.23
Spend: $3104.54
Profit: $1515.69
Add SEO/ old clickbank articles: $395
So around $$1900 for the month. Much better than scraping for nickels and dimes in my room to buy a meal from the dollar menu a few months ago (seriously, it was that bad).
Keep in mind this spend involved a lot of testing during the beginning of the month so most of it resulted in a loss. But I will post another one of these probably two weeks into September. I expect it to be a lot better. This is the first time I’ve ever really posted revenue/spend numbers and it’s kind of gut wrenching to put it out in the open, but I think it’s going to help me bring in bigger numbers in the future because there’s no way I’m satisfied with just that. Grateful yes, satisfied no.
I’m really starting to focus on what I’m good at now. Just because everyone is pushing rebills, doesn’t mean you should too. There are a whole lot of offers out there that can potentially make you money and it’s all about just finding that somewhat hidden offer that not a lot of people are going after and killing it.
This marks a new turning point in my AM journey. I went from easily making $100+ days when I started to losing a lot of money and now back doing bigger numbers than I started off with. It’s so weird now – I was in the garage and saw my old burnt out laptop sitting there with sticky notes on it with a big $250 a day written on it. It feels good to reach your goals, but it also makes you want to work harder. I definitely am aiming to see consistent $500 a day profit days by the end of September (hopefully by next week) and most certainly $1000 by December 31st, 2009.
If there’s going to be a rags-to-riches affiliate story in 2009, it’s going to be me 
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Nice work on your progress, it’s definitely a great feeling to start seeing things pay off after a lot of hard work.
I’m in the same boat pretty much, just working as hard as I can trying out new things and seeing what works. I just got signed up with EWA Network and those guys have been a huge help, so I’m definitely looking forward to getting some stuff going with them.
Hey Clarke, thanks man. I definitely agree, Ryan and his team are doing big things at EWA. Albeit really busy, Ryan still does a ton to help out his affiliates. I’m not running much with him these days just because I’m in a vertical he doesn’t really specialize in, but he definitely helped me get the ball rolling. Will be back, Ryan!
And you’re right, it’s important to keep at it and learn from everything you do.
nice theme, very clean…i like it. congrats on ur aug accomplishments! dang, if u reach ur dec goals, i might find myself workin for u pretty soon lol. keep it up bro!
awesome post man, glad things are going well
Test small, scale big.
The money is in the expansion.
Good job, hope it continues to grow!
You’re right, Jasper. Definitely looking to scale this thing as much as I can.
Thanks Nev!
Get a hold of reality. It’s depressing to watch you waste your potential like this. You need a day job. You’re lucky your parents are supporting you now, but I doubt you or they want that to continue much longer.
I mean it, have a serious conversation with your parents and other mature, financially secure people who have some real world experience under their belt. I don’t mean your affiliate buddies or your college buddies who are also living on their parents’ dollar. Lay down the facts, don’t sugarcoat anything, and LISTEN to what they tell you.
great work man!! next time you will be buying out the bar!
@asdf – so affiliates that are making money are not financially secure? interesting I know people that makes close to a mil a month in just aff income – I think they are pretty well stable.
plus financial people will give you the old school breakdown of getting a job and being stable that way. while internet money you can be stable and have fun – I work from the beach most of the summer!