My first (itty bitty) sale!
My one-and-only website so far promotes a number of books (mostly in Amazon) in a specialised niche. As it is my first site, building, re-building and re-building it has been an arduous task due to the steep learning curve.
Finally, three months after I first launched the site (in its original, primitive form), I have discovered someone has actually bought a book through my link, so I guess you can say I've made my first sale, even though my commission is less that $1 - yeah, I've really picked a lucrative market - not! Ironically, they didn't buy one of the books I was promoting, but something totally different! But that is not the point, really - the point (I believe) is that I have made my first sale! And (I also believe) that calls for a celebration! Yay for me.
Now I have to build more sites, but either in more lucrative niches, or with better products. I know I still have a long way to go and (obviously) a lot to learn, but one step is better than none.
For now, I'm happy. Not contented (heaven forbid!), but happy. Sorta.
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Good for you I hope you enjoyed the celebration - I bet you are looking forward to your more sales.
Just keep going
Busy Bee
Your first sale - hooray! It matters not how much you make; it is the importance of progress and what you do to leverage on where you are that matters the most. Good job and keep going!
Congrats! It's like learning to walk - the FIRST step is the tough one. After that one foot just follows the other. Keep at it!!!
Hip Hip Hooray!! on that first one of many more to come.
Don't minimize the importance of tangible proof of your labors.
btw: There are no "itty bitty" first sales. Realistically not everyone gets a first sale.
Congratulations, a sale is a sale and that is just the start for you.
Study what you did and repeat it. It could have been the content of the site or the information on the product but you did it. Have you tried blogging in some equine sites or article writing. If not try them for some exposure. There free.
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One thing that is so special about the first sale, is that you see the process works. You put up a site, and people came! Out of the gazillion people on planet earth, someone got to your tiny little spot on the web. Amazing in itself--the process works!
So many people say that when you have a link to Amazon on your site, people will use it and go buy something totally different than your site is advertising. Serendipity once again.
Amazon does give tiny little commissions unless you do a ton of business with them. One interesting alternative is a Squidoo lens with Amazon on the side. You can opt to take 100 percent of your teeny little Amazon commission,,or you can opt to take 50 percent of the much bigger percent Squidoo gets from Amazon. Often, people say they earn more from the 50percent route. Your choice.
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