| Background: Firstly, my Affiliate Marketing and Internet | | | | how not to light fires online and get burned) |
| experience began back in 2003 as a paid Researcher | | | | I share this with you so you don't fall prey to any of |
| Online. I compiled statistical reports. Top executives in | | | | this plaque. Thankfully you can profit from the mistakes |
| the education field used this data at seminars to | | | | of others. (I wonder who that might be...) |
| successfully leverage high ranking Government | | | | Finally, I discovered some real gems that have |
| officials for extra "educational" funding. I made them | | | | restored my faith in human nature. Better yet- I finally |
| look really good. Naturally, they never bothered to | | | | discovered how to make money from Affiliate |
| thank me and took all the credit. | | | | Marketing and learned many excellent skills. The most |
| At the same time my Research work gave me the | | | | amazing thing that happened was- (oh he is a gutsy |
| opportunity to Research Affiliate Marketing Online. | | | | kid) I did learn a lot about AdWords and Pay-Per-click |
| (those were the days my friend.... I thought they'd | | | | from a good Carpenter. (not Jesus) I am talking Chris |
| never end... da da da da... da da da da da da...) | | | | Carpenter and the AdWords Bible "Google Cash |
| However, next thing- I was redundant and broke with | | | | Method." |
| no real prospects. (I quit my day job ha!) | | | | I garnered more good oil on AdWords (Pay-Per-Click) |
| Undaunted, I still had grandiose visions of working online | | | | from Brad Callen, the guys at Bryxen Software, Jeff |
| from home. I believed I was well equipped to succeed; | | | | Walker, Chris Mcneeney, Ewen Chia, Ken Evoy of |
| given my background in "clever surfing" and Research. | | | | SiteBuildit, Jeff Alderson, Rob Benwell and many more |
| (dumb and wrong ha!) | | | | AdWords experts. These are bona-fide people with |
| I discovered that Research online and making a living | | | | Gold information and Diamond advice. These top |
| at Internet Marketing weren't quite the same Pony. | | | | earning Marketer's have all been there and done that. |
| (donkey) I got stuck with a girl called "miss-information" | | | | At first, the thought of Pay-Per-Click advertising (the |
| and her brother "bad advice." I even bought a chain of | | | | amount I would be charged for each click) and losing |
| programs complete with "missing links". I was so | | | | my shirt, scared the living daylights out of me. Until I |
| enchanted just to be disenchanted. I got disillusioned | | | | remembered I was never a wimp. I tempered that |
| with the illusion of money making online programs. | | | | thought with confidence instilled in me by all of these |
| These promised so much and delivered so little. (of... | | | | AdWords "warriors." Although I went into Google |
| not-a-lot) | | | | AdWords a total Newbie, I was bolstered by the |
| Yes... I too fell for the same honey traps as 99% of | | | | experience and advice of the 12 Apostles, safe in the |
| "wannaBees." | | | | knowledge I would only have to pay for results, after |
| I spent money I didn't have on a raft of products. (a | | | | someone clicked on my ads. I managed to stay under |
| raft, a boat, a shipload) I fell for the... | | | | budget for the first ten days. |
| you-got-to-have-this-new "software-program" to make | | | | After the second ten days I broke even. I was excited |
| a seven-figure-income. (Guinea pigs unite) | | | | that I had done this well even I then made my first sale |
| Like everyone else I discovered that "free" actually | | | | of $47.00 as an Affiliate. The very next day I was |
| meant... nothing was actually free under-the-Sun. (credit | | | | dumbfounded to see I had another $178.00 worth of |
| card details after you signed up was a dead | | | | sales in my ClickBank Account. The moral of the story |
| giveaway) I signed up for every free report and got | | | | is: I did not lose my shirt first time up in Pay-Per-Click |
| stress headaches from information overload. | | | | (AdWords) I was able to make a profit albeit a small |
| I also fell for the... 17-free-outdated-E books-giveaways. | | | | one. I figured I must have done something right and |
| (with opt-in-special) Only if I paid for the back end | | | | followed some good advice. I kept tweaking my |
| product. This came complete with a promise of more | | | | campaign and I split tested my text ads several times. |
| useless information in a free report. (it | | | | I got expansive and experimented with content |
| worked-last-year information as well) . I got sent | | | | network advertising. I switched back and forth |
| truckloads of outdated information that worked before | | | | between normal Google AdWords advertising and the |
| the Dot com crash? Yes I fell for the hype! I felt like a | | | | content network. I tested both to see what worked |
| Mushroom... fed on BS and kept in the dark! | | | | best. The content network worked well from a traffic |
| All this aside, it wasn't all bad. I did at least learn | | | | point of view. There were huge increases in traffic. I |
| something positive from each experience? Each time; I | | | | put this all down to excellent advice and a proven |
| managed to find another piece of the puzzle. (I learned | | | | money making system from the 12 Apostles. |