My Story...

What led me to internet marketing, ultimately, was a strong desire to become financially independent, which would allow me to live a life of personal freedom and happiness. My worst nightmare was to be under someone else's control for the majority of my life, going day-in and day-out to the same ol' job on the same ol' street doing the same ol' stuff making the little ol' paycheck every 2 weeks.

So I tried some of those real estate "miracle" programs that you see on TV at like 3 am in the morning. No wonder they are on at 3 am, because they are a bunch of junk just like the TV shows on at that time. So on one of those forums, this woman told me that this e-book that she had just bought was making she and her friend a good bit of money each month, and was much easier than this real estate stuff. So I bought it obliviously knowing that she was just trying to make some commission off of me, haha...

As this was one of the many $47 e-books guaranteeing me to make $1000's per day with only 10 minutes of work that I purchased, I kept losing more money, but I knew that I had a chance to make money with this thing called Affiliate Marketing.

So after a lot of money down the tubes in Adwords, I was still a "noob" to internet marketing, i.e. I made vague keyword lists and used direct linking. I blame this on my lack of IM knowledge and my "laziness." But, I forgot how I got there, but I found one place that has seriously changed my life:

Although I was extremely skeptical of spending any more money on affiliate marketing education, I decided to join Wealthy Affiliate, which has been one of the best decisions of my life. And I am not just saying that, I promise, just ask PotPieGirl, or me, or anyone whom is a member there. there is a forum with some of the top Affiliate Marketers on the web today who make posts on there helping people out just like me. There are tons of resources:

You get free access to an easy site builder named "Site Rubix," you get a keyword linker, an 8-week program that helps those just starting out. I can't remember everything. But it's $40 per month, but, I am dead serious, it is the best affiliate marketing program out there, with over 16,000 members, and the 2 creators, Kyle and Carson, who will answer any of your emails/questions within a few days, but the forum is by far the best resource on there, and I would gladly pay $50 per month to just be able to access it.

But enough of that... I still wasn't making any money after a few months....

I mean I had a much greater knowledge and understanding of affiliate marketing and how it worked, but I just couldn't put it all together. So I posted on the forums (I am "Nick_T" on there btw) a topic asking if someone could give me some feedback on my webpage...And PotPieGirl said that she was going to take me by the hand and teach me all of her secrets: yeah and know today is not april fool's day or whatever, I am dead serious. I was ecstatic...someone who earns a full living from affiliate marketing was going to tell me all of her secrets about how she does it! Yeah you heard me!