Comments on: Affiliate Marketing – Best Job Ever?

By: club penguin cheats

club penguin cheats — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:31:55 +0000

Spot on mate, my sentiments exactly. Whilst I can’t say I’m in the same position as you (from affy marketing alone, anyway) I’ve certainly had nice commission, great incentives and wouldn’t have got here without the fantastic support. Affiliate marketing is a fantastic job.

By: Mark Boyd

Mark Boyd — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:56:54 +0000

Your sites may only do well around the xmas period. Id suggest branching out and trying a few new niches and see how they go. Good Luck!

By: Steve Barker

Steve Barker — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:54:46 +0000

Inspiring perspective and comments on Affiliate Marketing, Mark. I’ve been doing some affiliate work for the past 6 months or so. I’ve focused in Retail and over that time found Christmas was excellent and now things aren’t so good – meaning over that time I’ve only broken even.

I want to more so will work hard on starting new sites.

By: Mark Boyd

Mark Boyd — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:57:19 +0000

@ Tom – Sounds like you are having a bad day? I think with any job there are some bad days, but with affiliate marketing the good stuff outweighs the bad! I’ve had days where £1200 commission has been reversed, or I’ve worked on a site for a good while then realised it just isnt going to work. Just gotta get on with the next project

@ Ken – Totally agree

@ Murray – Glad you like them!

By: Murray Newlands

Murray Newlands — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:47:07 +0000

Mark I love the creativity of the photos you have used in this post.

By: ken cheung

ken cheung — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:32:29 +0000

I couldn’t agree more, i also find myself check stats every few hours, and its like watching the money pot for that dream house or vacation mount up. especailly in a world where there’s s much uncertaintly I find that in AM, i get a lot more than what i put in, which is great, as you actually see how much you are worth.

By: Tom Freeman

Tom Freeman — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:56:50 +0000

Hi,

Yep I agree on a lot of points, I can’t argue that the flexibility in particular is fantastic. It’s great being your own boss and in control of your own destiny, but there are downsides too… Maybe it’s just a Monday morning blues feeling talking here, but downsides include:

1. Lack of security – that a steady 9-5 brings.
2. Isolation – Typically you’ll be working on your own and it can get lonely.
3. Disappointments – It’s very exciting when a sites doing well, one of the best feelings I know, but when a site bombs out of Google, or you get a PPC campaign that was bringing in 20k / month stopped, then it really hurts! It’s also very upsetting when a site you’ve been working feverishly on for months, just doesn’t get picked up in the way you hoped. It can get very demoralising at times.

So in summary, yes it’s awesome, but there’s also a flip side of the coin, hopefully by lunchtime I’ll have forgotten all about that again and be all positive about my job.

By: Phil Hancox

Phil Hancox — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:27:33 +0000