So it’s been a while since I’ve last updated this, so let me give you a quick run down of what’s been going on.
I’ve moved away from electronic products (ie. ebooks) because I found it very difficult to sell. I know people have made tons of money through Clickbank, and although I was able to sell a couple copies, it wasn’t “fun”. This is my personal opinion, but I didn’t feel right selling a product that I knew nothing about.
Listen up newbies! It’s ok to read other affiliates’ blogs, forums, or websites promoting the next “magic pill”, seriously it’s ok! But there comes a point where you just have to stop reading and use what you learned, if you don’t, this will just be another hobby for you! To the successful affiliate, this ISN’T a hobby, is a job, a career, a way to earn a living for their families. You will not survive this industry if you have the mentality of “I just wanna make a quick buck”, it doesn’t work that way.
For the first couple months of my journey, I was in that same boat you are; reading, absorbing, and worst of all dreaming of the possibilities. I got stuck in that stage and I felt comfortable just dreaming. It was addictive to think of “sweet I’ll have so much money if I do this, blah blah blah”. It’s the same feeling I feel when I think of winning the lottery, and it’s bad for your progress.
I absolutely LOVE when he goes into the 4 squares diagram: Potential -> Action -> Results -> Belief. This is exactly why the Rich get richer, and the Poor get poorer.
This guy is absolutely RAW. His words, his thoughts, and his actions come from a deep seed of PASSION! I’ve definitely started to follow him and his career.
I watch this whenever I feel.. whenever I feel like it! This speech puts confidence so far up your ass that you’re ready to unleash it on to your campaigns!
It has been a couple weeks now since I launched my first campaign and it hasn’t been pretty. I started out with high hopes, and now I’m left with a realist point of view (as sad as it may sound, that’s being positive. Being negative would be to abandon all hopes and find something new).
Affiliate Marketing is what the pro’s haven’t failed to mention, hard. Obviously it does sound easy, find an offer, find a domain, find keywords, pick an engine, launch, and tweak. Easy enough right? Especially since all the things you read online, outlines every single one of those points.
With anything in life, if you ever want to succeed, you have to make time! These things go hand in hand!
I work an 8-5 job (I’d like to work on my affiliate business full time, but the income is quite yet there), right after that I workout for an hour, and once that’s done, I work on my affiliate business until I’m ready to pass out. Yeah you could say I’m pulling in at least 16 hour days, but I’ve come to realize, if I ever want to become successful in this business, I have to put in time towards it.
Malcom Gladwell, (author of Tipping Point, Outliers, and Blink) often mentioned his “10,000 hour rule”, in which, to become an expert in ANY field, you’d have to devote at least 10,000 towards that craft, sport, instrument, etc. 10,000 hours!! I calculated it and here’s a breakdown of how much 10,000 hours really is:
I’ll admit, for a week I got tired of Affiliate Marketing.
The “shiny ball” swayed my interest somewhere else, and it hampered my passion, my action, and my goals towards Affiliate Marketing. After that week, I was disgusted in myself. I thought long and hard and said to myself ‘I always do “this”‘. By “this”, I mean, I always focus on something, put all my effort into it (in this case Affiliate Marketing), and in a couple weeks I lose interest. Then it dawned on me. The reason why I lose interest is that I don’t update my goals!
I mentioned in my previous post that I made a list of goals for myself, and I did. In fact, I’ll list my very first goal:
I’ve read many great posts, blogs and even books (I know! Crazy stuff huh? BOOKS!!) and in every success story, every rags-to-riches, every CEO/President/(insert role model here), they always talk about their GOALS.
Goals, I believe, is the main reason why people succeed. Sprinkle some “drive” and “determination” and you got yourself a meal BABY!! If you don’t have goals, well then, where’s your “drive” and “determination” taking you? Huh? Smart guy!
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