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Affiliate Marketing Dream
trbutler
Published on December 26, 2012
Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.
Becoming an affiliate marketer is a dream for many people, but learning the art of affiliate marketing is a completely different story. I for one begin to dabble in the online dream back in the mid ninety's. I tried everything one could possibly think of including mass email blast. This one technique shut down an entire site due to an overwhelming response, that the company I represented was unprepared to handle. That is a story within it's self.
When I ran across the affiliate marketing idea I could see the big picture. I loved the idea that I didn't have to come up with a product, all I had to do was promote. But I knew nothing about driving traffic to a website. So begin the search to find out how to do this.
I quickly realized that finding the answer was not going to be easy. Most people that promised you an answer, gave you everything but what you wanted. I cannot begin to even calculate the amount of money I spent on worthless plans and promises.
It wasn't until I came across Wealthy Affiliate that I actually saw some hope in learning how to put this all together. Not only did these guys lay out step by step plans but the community pitched in and shared their experiences as well. This was exactly what I was looking for.
It is my hope that we as a community will continue to grow in this area. Zig Ziglar once said “You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.” With that one thing in mind let us never become selfish with our experiences to help not only ourselves, but those in our community that are striving to achieve the same goals we are. Success.
Lets begin this year with a new purpose in mind. To help this community more than we have in the past. Lets work harder, dig deeper and make our giving restless. Jesus said "Give and it shall be given unto you pressed down shaken together and running over shall men heap into your bosom."
So lets plant those seeds of success in the fertile ground of Wealthy Affiliate and expect a great return. For in giving shall we receive the very thing we are looking for. So don't hold back on any experience that could help someone else grow in this business.
When I ran across the affiliate marketing idea I could see the big picture. I loved the idea that I didn't have to come up with a product, all I had to do was promote. But I knew nothing about driving traffic to a website. So begin the search to find out how to do this.
I quickly realized that finding the answer was not going to be easy. Most people that promised you an answer, gave you everything but what you wanted. I cannot begin to even calculate the amount of money I spent on worthless plans and promises.
It wasn't until I came across Wealthy Affiliate that I actually saw some hope in learning how to put this all together. Not only did these guys lay out step by step plans but the community pitched in and shared their experiences as well. This was exactly what I was looking for.
It is my hope that we as a community will continue to grow in this area. Zig Ziglar once said “You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.” With that one thing in mind let us never become selfish with our experiences to help not only ourselves, but those in our community that are striving to achieve the same goals we are. Success.
Lets begin this year with a new purpose in mind. To help this community more than we have in the past. Lets work harder, dig deeper and make our giving restless. Jesus said "Give and it shall be given unto you pressed down shaken together and running over shall men heap into your bosom."
So lets plant those seeds of success in the fertile ground of Wealthy Affiliate and expect a great return. For in giving shall we receive the very thing we are looking for. So don't hold back on any experience that could help someone else grow in this business.
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