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[baekshi]

It's free money, what more could I ask for.....

 

[TheOMan]

Way to turn it around MVP - seriously, that's good stuff.

 

[Wes]

Nice work OP.

I wont be awake when the giveaway happens. I'M ALL IN.

 

[Omega]

LVP makin dat money

still a ridiculous Heat/LeBron fanboy but congrats

 

[Goron2000]

Money me?

 

[krae_man]

Nice story. Thanks for the uplifting speech. Did you do this to your ex-boss yet?

 

[Alucrid]

I'm in. I hope I win and turn that $100 giftcard into a $1000 giftcard.

 

[Sol..]

You made all that money?

I'll tell you what, you show me a pay stub right now and i'll quit my job right now and I work for you.

 

[ThatOneDude]

In in in.

 

[Particle Physicist]

Whoa

 

[MVP]

I'm in. I hope I win and turn that $100 giftcard into a $1000 giftcard.

 

[ido]

No way I'll remember, but just in case.

 

[Protein]

You kinda look like Drake in your avatar too.

 

[Epsilon-delta]

Good job on the affiliate marketing. That's some crazy conversion rates to say the least. Like all the affiliate marketers making bank, you don't go into detail what niche you're in for obvious reasons.

BTW - Jordan > HGH LeBron

 

[satori]

Holy shit I just got through reading some of the older posts. Seriously one thing I do not understand. Is when people get negative about another person success. Who gives a crap how he got successful. Celebrate the fact that someone bust their ass doing something that is foreign to them and actually had the fortitude to get through it.

Too often I see people view others' success with tainted views. It is a scam, they didn't earn it, they got lucky, that would never work for me etc. Too often I see people celebrate mediocrity, and never give the props to those that inspire and achieve something greater.

He is not asking for people to sign up for anything. Its a damn give away with a great message behind it. I was fired, made a choice instead of laying down, busted my ass. A pretty great message for the new year if you say so myself.

 

[Jarate]

LET'S DO IT LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN

 

[Ninja Of Chaos]

My work has similar unwritten rules. If you establish a pattern of being sick on specific days... Like Mondays and Fridays, or before long weekends, you'll get a talking to from your manager. Not really like a "don't do this," but more along the lines of "my manager [your boss's boss] takes note of these things..."

We get unlimited sick days, so ... It's really to prevent people from abusing it or using sick days as vacation days (Something I can say I've definitely done at previous employers).

It's annoying when you are legitimately sick on a monday or a friday and you don't want to take a sick day those days because you know somebody will mutter under their breath about you.

Oh, I know it's a rule (in one way or the other) in most companies. I was just going against the guy's point that it was somehow "just". Like you said, it leads to odd scenarios where you don't want to call in sick even if you are....because it's the wrong day to be sick. It's stupid.

 

[Kobe24]

sure why not

 

[Servbot24]

I would like some money.

 

[Aureon]

Quasi-Pyramidal schemes?
Or just normal affiliate marketing?
mmh, mmh.
Just make sure you aren't getting in any trouble.
Or, if you are, bolt when it's time ;p

 

[Screenboy]

Have you contacted your old boss to tell him how well you're doing??

 

[sammyCYBORG]

I'd like money.

And also as much info as you can give on your method. I have time/determination!

 

[SeanR1221]

I'll take some money.

 

[PeskyToaster]

I'm in for this one. Congrats OP and thank you!

 

[fiore]

Am I the only one who compared my earning with OPs? Good thing I earn much more

 

[shas'la]

I dont know if you are earning money from online advertising, or its online trading etc, but really pleased for you man, It always sucks to be in a job that you get little enjoyment out of, and sucks even more to be fired from a job you'd probably wish you would have quit on your own terms.

Respect for putting in your time and learning a new business skill.

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

Dunno what I can say here except good for you, and I know it's not easy to have that kind of willpower and discipline.

 

[The Albatross]

I'm very happy in my career and all ... but I also wonder how the hell these online money making systems work... Affiliate systems, at least.

 

[Darklord]

Am I the only one who compared my earning with OPs? Good thing I earn much more

 

[twofold]

Never been to that site, but there are a ton of resources. My favorite thing to do is follow an actual affiliate's blog, someone who isn't selling shit. They tend to post stuff which is absolute GOLD, and you'll end up going from there.

One good blog I like is from some guy called Charles Ngo, at charlesngo.com, he's really helpful, and doesn't try to sell you a damn thing.

For anyone that wants to learn this stuff, I can't say this enough, DO NOT PAY FOR ANY COURSES. Don't pay a single dime to any so-called guru, or some bullshit course promising some guide to making money online, all the stuff is available for free with good research. I've lost decent money years ago buying course after course of useless shit.

Something you have to realize is, people who make these courses give you their methods once they're already saturated and don't work anymore. There are very few things which are worth the money, so just to be safe, don't pay for anything and learn for free.

As far as ecigs, I've run a few ecig offers, like South Beach Smoke, Regal Cigs i think they're called, etc. You get about $35-$40 a pop for each sale, but I couldn't make a profit so I quit those. Tough to get people to buy stuff, you need a much bigger testing budget, so a lot of people make the money getting leads instead.

That's not strictly true. There are some fantastic paid resources out there - it's just that the vast majority of them suck.

imgrind.com is a great forum, for example, full of great info. Ruck, the guy who runs it, has insane work ethic, and he knows the affiliate industry better than most folks.

affplaybook.com also has some great information on it. Their tools are excellent too, particularly for ppv/cpv traffic.

The stackthatmoney.com forums are also excellent. So much great information on those forums.

I pay around $200 a month combined from all these forums and they make me a lot of money. Well worth it.

The finchsells premium posts are also excellent - http://finchsells.com/premium-posts/. Finch is one of my favourite affiliate bloggers and his premium posts do not disappoint. I've made thousands from his advice - seriously good shit.

Cashvertising (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1601630328/) and Words That Sell (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0071467858/) are also excellent books, as are the other books listed in Barman's Book Club (http://www.ppc.bz/category/barman-book-club). Seriously good shit.

In terms of free resources, wickedfire.com is, by far, the best affiliate forum on the internet. No other forum compares.

Out of curiousity, what verticals/traffic sources are you running? I've generally stuck to dating on bing/ppv/pof over the last few years, but I'm hitting mobile/adult hard at the moment and loving the results. In the middle of launching a fully blown SEO authority site at the moment, too. Fun times.

 

[fertygo]

I'd like money.

And also as much info as you can give on your method. I have time/determination!

You'd think so, but some legit tutor that I've seen make it sound like almost impossible lol
And the starter war fund seem not few too.

 

[Epsilon-delta]

I'm very happy in my career and all ... but I also wonder how the hell these online money making systems work... Affiliate systems, at least.

I know how it works but the million dollar question is which niche you get into. The good affiliate marketers won't tell what niches they are in for fear of competition.

 

[Sky Chief]

That's a shitty reason to get fired. Glad you don't have to work for such a draconian company anymore.

 

[ghettotwan]

Congrats OP count me in for the gift card

 

[MVP]

That's not strictly true. There are some fantastic paid resources out there - it's just that the vast majority of them suck.

imgrind.com is a great forum, for example, full of great info. Ruck, the guy who runs it, has insane work ethic, and he knows the affiliate industry better than most folks.

affplaybook.com also has some great information on it. Their tools are excellent too, particularly for ppv/cpv traffic.

The stackthatmoney.com forums are also excellent. So much great information on those forums.

I pay around $200 a month combined from all these forums and they make me a lot of money. Well worth it.

The finchsells premium posts are also excellent - http://finchsells.com/premium-posts/. Finch is one of my favourite affiliate bloggers and his premium posts do not disappoint. I've made thousands from his advice - seriously good shit.

Cashvertising (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1601630328/) and Words That Sell (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0071467858/) are also excellent books, as are the other books listed in Barman's Book Club (http://www.ppc.bz/category/barman-book-club). Seriously good shit.

In terms of free resources, wickedfire.com is, by far, the best affiliate forum on the internet. No other forum compares.

Out of curiousity, what verticals/traffic sources are you running? I've generally stuck to dating on bing/ppv/pof over the last few years, but I'm hitting mobile/adult hard at the moment and loving the results. In the middle of launching a fully blown SEO authority site at the moment, too. Fun times.

I've been a member of all 3 of those forums and am a member of PPV Playbook currently, I just didn't want to start throwing out paid resources because I was getting some heat from people thinking it's some scam or something, but yeah, there are definitely some worthy paid resources. For a complete beginner though, I'd recommend learning the ropes first, so that any paid information will be more easily absorbed.

And yeah, Ruck is a beast, he used to be a regular at WickedFire, then co-founded Convert2Media which is still going strong, now runs IMGrind, iMobiTrax (still running CPVLab but will get iMobi soon), and runs Revived Media. Don't know when he sleeps, personally.

As far as sources, I run on a few, yeah POF being one of them, also do a bit of adult through TrafficJunky, but I can't seem to get anything going there. My animated banners are sick though.

I know how it works but the million dollar question is which niche you get into. The good affiliate marketers won't tell what niches they are in for fear of competition.

Mostly dating, which is very competitive. There's money to be made in every major niche though, but when you choose, give it a real shot, don't expect to make money right from the get-go.

 

[phosphor112]

Where are you at so far in your progress? I'll try to give you some advice if I can for when I was at that same stage. You can post here if you want, some people think I'm sitting back waiting for PM's from a video game community so I can unload my amazing ponzi pyramid scheme lol.

I'm kind of lost at the whole making a website thing. I got a niche, started to look around some keywords... but... I'm kinda lost after that. That and if I do start a campaign, I know it usually requires some money. Which... I don't really have. -__-

 

[BTM]

Count me in

 

[reKon]

Holy shit I just got through reading some of the older posts. Seriously one thing I do not understand. Is when people get negative about another person success. Who gives a crap how he got successful. Celebrate the fact that someone bust their ass doing something that is foreign to them and actually had the fortitude to get through it.

Too often I see people view others' success with tainted views. It is a scam, they didn't earn it, they got lucky, that would never work for me etc. Too often I see people celebrate mediocrity, and never give the props to those that inspire and achieve something greater.

He is not asking for people to sign up for anything. Its a damn give away with a great message behind it. I was fired, made a choice instead of laying down, busted my ass. A pretty great message for the new year if you say so myself.

Yeah, I completely agree. That really pisses me off because people sometimes make too many assumptions and act as if they are wise and know exactly what's going. The first few pages were filled with fucking idiotic comment. Stop calling everything a pyramid scheme - you don't know what you're talking about. I'm glad this entire thread didn't turn to shit. Congrats MVP. I wish you further success and make sure to continue doing positive things with your income.

 

[TheYanger]

Huh, what a weird thread, missed the last one.

 

[FinKL]

Why not, maybe ill be home

 

[Newline]

Will probably be asleep but it's my birthday, so maybe lucks on my side!

 

[meow]

I'm in for the chance at monies if I can remember!

 

[joelseph]

Some of these replys read like the OP has created alt accounts to bolster his position spreading his scheme to gaf.

 

[Christine]

I could use a hundred of dollars

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

MVP MVP!

 

[victreeb3l]

lmao that headline still works! I don't work in the health niche, though.

I remember few years back dudes were killing it with those bullshit weight loss and biz op campaigns before the FTC came knocking and shut that shit down. It was funny how so many people were outraged they couldnt literally scam people anymore.

 

[lmpaler]

Tell us your secrets!

 

[Resident_UA]

Is it me or is that conversion % REALLY high? Is that the case for most online marketing?

 

[f0nz0]

The Money..to me..give it..

Por favor

 

[TheMan]

I honestly don't give a flying fuck what I sound like to you, and I'm not here to baby anyone or teach anyone anything. I made this thread to tell a story, maybe motivate or help someone going through the same shit, and give some shit away like I've done multiple times before:

I don't need to prove shit to you and I don't have anything to sell, end of story bro. If you don't want to participate then get lost. You're gonna end up getting me banned and costing someone on here $100 they could go have some fun with because people like you really just rub me the wrong way with your fucking doom and gloom attitude all the time.

And yet you posted your earnings in the OP and you are defensive as fuck. Re-read your OP and tell me it doesn't sound sketch.

Also, why are you afraid of getting banned if you are so legit?