As the year draws to a close I sit here asking myself “if only I would have…” and “I wish I had…”. It’s too late now, but I can start to think about the new year and some of the things I would like to achieve in 2007.

So, here is my list of personal and business goals in no particular order:

Update: some of the goals I had were hard to measure so I have now made them SMART objectives.

1. Quit smoking
2. Create at least 10 sites
3. Spend more time with my girlfriend
4. Save £5k
5. Make £100 a day (sustainable) via affiliate marketing
6. Work for myself
7. Move out of our flat and into a house

There is a lot I would have done differently this year, if only I could turn back the clock. Here’s to 2007!

Have a great Christmas and New Year and see you on the other side!

Cheers

                            

I will start off by saying that I am very new to PPC and poop myself everytime I set my daily spend to £5!

A few weeks ago I created a PPC campaign via adwords, I wont advertise the details for obvious reasons but it was a very low value product as too was the commision.

On the first day I had 25 clicks and 1 sale but was losing money so I decided to pause the campaign. The clicks cost around £3 and I made £1 for an unacceptable £2 loss, yeah so what I’m a cheap skate…

Fast forward 2 weeks and the campaign is still paused but I have had 6 sales from those original 25 clicks. I have now made £18 so that’s £15 profit from the original £3 I put in.

I am not sure whether the campaign was a success or it’s to do with the Christmas Rush. Either way I’m investing another £3 in the new year…

Update: I am far from as tight as I make out above, I am new to PPC and just testing the water. If I had the money to lose I wouldn’t hessitate in setting a high daily spend. Now stop e-mailing me

                            

I started in the affiliate marketing game only 4 months ago, which feels like a lifetime already. I have learnt so much about marketing and loads of do’s and don’ts.

My motivation was simple:

1. I don’t like being skint
2. I don’t like having a boss anymore
3. I don’t like the 9-5 routine
4. I want to upgrade my Audi A3 to the new model
5. I don’t like office politics
6. Oh and… I want to earn stupid amounts of cash!

One Saturday morning I hit all the major engines with a flurry of “make money online” variations and got the usual sales pitch letter sites for example: “Buy our e-book and earn $100,000,000 a month”. WOW this sounds great but that’s a sure sign for it being complete bollocks, being internet savvy anyway I knew about these and knew to avoid them but despite this I was still very tempted in buying something I knew would be garbage. However, I figured I was an easy target and moved on.

If you are new to the affiliate game I am confident that you will find yourself (like I did) on a quest looking for the ‘magic secret’ that will make you millions overnight, the truth is that there are no secrets. The quicker you accept this and move on the better.

I continued pounding Google for answers and eventually ended up at the A4U Forum (now a regular) and read this inspirational post by Aquanuke. This site has been a godsend and if you’re serious about affiliate marketing you need to register and get involved. It’s a very busy forum and the people there are friendly and helpful.

                            

Howdy

The aim of this blog is to document my affiliate marketing journey from newbie to (hopefully, one day) super affiliate. I will also probably rant about other stuff like football, gadgets, beer and other stuff.

Stay tuned!