Ebooks, Gubercamps, “tried and proven” methods of making money online.
Self proclaimed Gurus, affiliates selling the dream through their blogs.
Tools that instantly give you a million backlinks for only 9.99$
Websites for only 350$, that will make you 6 figures a year.
A horde of noobs and desperate guys and girls online.
All that, briefly sums up the “online money making” world. Don’t be an idiot, no one will sell you the money making secret for 7$ in an ebook.
And no, affiliate marketing is not “easy money”. It never is, until you truly master it. Hell yes, after that, it really looks like easy money. But there is a gaping chasm in between, and the majority of wannabe affiliates never even get close to crossing it.
There are a million ways to make money online. And don’t get me wrong, you really can make money from the internet. It can become some extra spending money, pay the bills, buy you a new car, or a new house.
But its not easy.
I am a computer engineer, I practically live with computers, and it took me one year to start something profitable. If you are not that good with computers, get ready to do some real studying, because you will be in deep shit.
I am not saying that you need a master in computers to make some money, you can handle the marketing for example, and outsource everything technical. It could work, I don’t see why not.
Hell, yes, the internet is so vast and chaotic, that anything could work in it. Throw your wildest product at it, and it will spit back some buyers.
Internet also redefines the 9/10 rule of startups. For every 10 startups, 9 fail for one reason or another.
But the starting cost of creating a new website is usually so small, that it is possible for you to try 100 websites, not 10.
This allows anyone to try, with a lesser risk, a lesser cost, and a larger chance of success.
Apparently you want to be that someone. That is great. Go ahead and try.
See what works, what doesn’t. Read read read, learn learn learn. Discuss techniques, tools, products, strategies with other affiliates. Try and fail, and try again.
But don’t fall for those promising you quick cash, easy money, retirement at 25. Affiliate marketing is easy when you have reached a certain level, not when you begin. At first, you will have to try hard, and invest money and time.
There is the added risk of failure, this is not the office, where you get paid every day, whether you do work or not. Here, you work, and you hope that you get paid. No one will give you back your money if your PPC campaign is wrong. Expect to work for weeks, even months without a profit. It’s basically a Get Rich Slow method. But it works, if you persist, one day your SEO will pop that site in the top 10, traffic will pour in, and little numbers will be written on fancy papers.
PPC campaigns are a way to do it fast, but it takes a lot of money at first, and you can easily burn through your budget in a single day. I do not suggest that for newbies. It took me a long time of experimenting, and a large debt to make it work in the end.
It’s simple actually. Don’t fall for scams, just try it, “Go fucking do it”, as Jon says, learn stuff, and don’t give up. If its not working, drop it and try something else. And finally, don’t follow the herd, it only leads to slaughter.
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