If you are an Amazon affiliate, you probably know that you will not make any commissions on your personal purchases. They have very sophisticated tracking software. You might not even get paid on family and friends. I recently joined the Linkshare network. I signed up as a Walmart.com affiliate. They will pay you 4% on all purchases, even your own. I tested it on a small order and they did pay.

It's been three months now since I joined WA on November 15, 2013. I became a premium member rather quickly as I took advantage of the Black Friday sale right after Thanksgiving. I didn't start hitting the lessons consistently until after the holidays. Now I try to do something almost everyday. The biggest thing I have gotten from WA so far is HOPE. Hope that I will learn all I need to accomplish my goals, which have grown considerably since I started. Currently I have an offline customer w

If you were following my first 2 "Payday" blog posts, you would know that I am now working on straight commission for my first offline marketing project. So, even though I am making progress on my friend's site, no customers have come through yet. That means no sales yet. I am still optimistic about making something happen for my friend's business. Mostly I am very thankful for this opportunity to learn something new with the potential to help both of us. I won't post anymore about this unti

Just collected another $500.00 check from my friend for managing the online marketing for his two businesses. I haven't yet generated any new business for him. I know this takes time but I don't feel good about taking his money without giving him something tangible in return. So I made him a proposition today, which he excepted. This will be the last check he will have to give me until he sees some new business from my efforts. Any new business I generate, he will give me 20% of the gross sa