Hearing you my friend...stay the course be persistent and apply stickability ( my word) is the key...Believe me I too have had many days when giving it away appeared the best option and at one point I did then came back after a year and started again. But now here for the long haul till I make it happen. Thanks Mate for your inspiring words.
Marcus

Another great post, John. Thank you. It's just what I needed to hear ~ being a newbie here and all. And as you said in your post about having a sense that this was the right place to start, I had that same feeling too. It's nice to hear others have had the same questions and feelings on the journey.
Again, thanks for sharing. :)

Thanks John,
We're newbies this week and back to S.S. cks and limited budget since trip to Israel as volunteers fulfilling Scripture in Isaiah 61 and Jeremiah 31 about prophetic grapes that we helped the Jewish farmers harvest. So we have a LOT of things we want to earn money for in order to help. So your words were discouraging as well as encouraging. LOL

Never give up Never go back to old habits if you start it stand up and finish it, It`s a same here 4 month nothing but I meet to it you learn from WA, and the change come from you how active&smart; you are? just motivation you need . Hakim

Nicely done, and thanks. Working all hours and coming home to put a few hours in resonated with me. I have been doing this for a little over 3 weeks now, and the pattern I am seeing is everyone started to make money 3-4 months in.

I needed to hear that and give me the motivation to keep plugging away.

Thank you
Rick Lenk

You are soooo right. Motivation comes and goes but sticking to this is going to do it. Stories like yours are keeping me going. It’s been 4 months of hard work, always in the middle of the night, on weekends, and still no cent. 9-5 job, family, church, etc. Somehow I believe my first dollar will roll in soon.

Thanks for this,
Oscar

Great post...Thank you for that and it proves that sticking to it will end up in results...I just finished my second month and it is starting to be a struggle...like you I have a 9-5 job and spend my time here in the evenings to built my blogs and following the training...it is a hard time and with no results in commisions the uncertainty if it is all worth it gets to the mind...but post like yours are very encouraging and motivating...it is worth the hard time right now to create a better future...

Volker

Congratulations, mate. Awesome! What you are saying above I fully agree. Yes, the source of income will be coming from every angle. Not necessary only in WA. But this also our college and from here I can't deny how I am more open to various opportunity and how slowly getting there finding opportunities that I pledge to work the best to give or serve the best.

Thanks, friend.

Well done John, it's really nice hearing stories like these! I'm two and a half months in, I haven't made any money yet but I got into WA knowing that this is about long term success. It isn't about making money but helping others either within your niche or at the WA community itself. Sometimes I'm thinking that I'm doing something wrong but at the end, I'm just sticking to the training with my primary focus being publishing content.

Thanks for sharing this, it is inspiring to read. I have only been active here for 2 months now and I am already making enough to cover my website running costs, so I agree that the system does work. Now to just keep working on it to increase that revenue.
I think that your success here is awesome, well done!
I wish u great success for the future and good luck. :)

Carl

My record is not half as inspiring as yours, John. Because after over a year, I have only made a few pounds on Amazon, nothing really worth mentioning, let alone celebrating on.

More to the point, are we given to know which affiliate program you used, that brought so much fortune overnight??

Thank you my friend, and well done!!

Giulia

Hi John,

Thanks for sharing this. I'm just now breaking through that 4 month point. Yours is probably the largest first commission that I remember seeing. If you can keep that up, it won't take long to replace the 9-5 income.

I like how you pointed out that it came in when you were asleep and when you least expected it.

Great job!!!

May I ask what your sites are exactly and what your niche is? Just curious as different niches seem to have different 'luck' and target audience.

I am not yet a year into this. I manage 5 sites, but I focus mainly on 2. The others are for continued training and trying out different tweaks.
Anyway, I too didn't make a buck in the first 6 months on any of my sites. It is frustrating that you put all this time and energy into training and building, etc. then managing by posting and yet no a dollar of income for 6 months. But, I knew it would take a long time before seeing rewards. My first site is only 9 months old. And, finally I am starting to see revenues. Things seemed to get better after that first 6 months for some reason.

How long have your sites been active and do you agree that things get better after so many months because Google trusts your sites more? Or is that just a rumor.

I use and have used many different affiliate sites. Which affiliate did you use to make this killer sale in one night may I ask?

I used Amazon, AdBlade---just approved me, Content.Ad, one ad is from CJ.com, and Viglink.

I would highly suggest Viglink, John. They do ads different than others and they have no traffic minimums. THey are fantastic to work with and value every affiliate no matter how new your old your site is.

Once installed, you enter an API and the program will automatically go back through all of your Pages and Posts and automatically create links from relevant words and phrases on your site.
Then it will auto do so with all future Posts you write. For example, it will take the word "DOG" and link it to Walmart dog products, or it will take the word "addiction" and create a link to Addiction books on Amazon, Or, it will take the word "drone" and link it to Amazon also. Its all done for you and you reap the income. You don't even have to place code snippets anywhere on your site.

However, they have other ad programs as well. For example, one called "Anywhere" with Viglink. Where you can insert your anywhere code into social media Posts outside your site and get paid commissions.

Other than Viglink, I focus mainly on Amazon because I love that company and what they do. I wrote my senior thesis paper on Jeff Bezos back in 1997 when he first started so I am partial toward Amazon's success. And, they treat affiliates great with many, many different ad programs, recommended ads, search ads, and product ads. Right now in April they have a special going on for entire month where they are paying 12% commission on any conversions.

I was kicked off AdSense and terminated from Media.net because my traffic was not enough or not steady...not sure but who cares because there are plenty of other great affiliate companies to sign up with.

I remain patient, yet worried a bit that my sites will never take off. I am fine with putting in the time, no matter how long it takes. I am OK with writing quality articles and managing my sites for 2 straight years, IF I KNOW that in the 3rd year and beyond...my sites explode with increasing traffic and revenues. But, how can I know this? I am doing it anyway and being patient.

Again, I am only 9 months into my first site and more like 6-7 months of my other active sites. So, I still need to wait, write, manage, tweak my sites and do all the training correctly before expecting results.

Thanks for your Post, Matt

Thank you for this! I also have a 9 to 5 job but only Monday through Wednesday. Sticking with the training and continuing to build out your websites is instrumental. I know I will progress as I continue in this way. I know the money coming in will be the result of hard work and determination. Thanks for your post, John.
Sue

That's awesome John! My record in one day was nearly $1,800 back in September, but I have wayyy too many $0 days to go along with it!

I need to be more consistent to eventually go full-time at this. Big days like that motivate me to keep pushing forward through the low dollar days though.

And just like you, none of my traffic is paid for. All training on SEO, UX, conversions, etc. is thanks to WA. Took me nearly 6 months to make my first online sale.

Keep up the great work!