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Jscott
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:04 am
Post subject: Debbi and past topic concerning laziness-affiliate income
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Thought this would be interesting to some:
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| Quote: | | I must say affiliate money makes me feel lazy. It really does. |
Kinda ironic making a post like that on the #1 affiliate marketers forum!
I don't know what's "lazy" about affiliate marketing. In order to be successful, we have to write useful, valuable content, find quality products/services to recommend, recommend them in such a way that it flows with the content of our site, which by the way we had to build step-by-step just like any non-affiliate would.
I don't see what is lazy about the countless hours I've spent and I've just begun. In fact, I kinda resent the implication.
Affiliates work smart, AND work hard!
Lazy people make useless posts like our "Guest", in a lame attempt to distract everyone from that work just to get a few cheap laughs.
That's more like "LAZY" to me!
Just my 2 cents,
Debbi |
Oh, for the reading WITHIN context...
Debbi
It seems our personalities clashed a few times already. No problem.
My point was not to get laughs. I am quite serious.
This is easy money.
I do my work once and get paid on it day after day. It is amazing to me. I am not saying it is hard work. I am saying it is intelligent laziness. In that, I dont feel the need to start over every day.
I have a good friend that is a Lawyer. He has a few retainers. However, when the year rolls over his income starts at a very lowpoing. Many people start at ZERO.
Not me.
Not anyone who builds on the internet correctly. Well, correctly for those of us that are lazy 
Yes, I work hard. WAY hard. However, that is because I love what I do. I could walk away now with more money in a month then...well, you all know the potential.
That is the lazy I was dealing with. Take what I said in context!
The context was dealing with dishonesty verses doing things honestly.
"Cheating" a system means you will have to go back and revisit it to cheat it again. I don't. I do my work well. I do it once. I move on.
I have sites I have not updated in several years. I do not need to. They produce what I want them to produce.
That is what I was saying. I did not feel the need to ramble on about things. Mainly, like James Martell, I feel it of little long term value.
I am sure you differ.
Differ on. As a Gent on here says "If we both of us agree one of us is of no use."
Carry on. |
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Charlie
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:48 pm
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| Quote: | | Yes, I work hard. WAY hard. However, that is because I love what I do. |
As the old saying goes, "find a job you love and you'll never have to work again".
Online or off, I can't think of a better tune to dance to - with the possible exception of "mix business and pleasure at every opprtunity".
If you find a way of making life and work fit so well, the whole concept of what you are working for shifts. What does retirement mean in this context? Opting out of life, perhaps.
That's the way I see things, anyway.
Cheers,
Charlie.
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AllanGardyne
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Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:07 pm
Post subject: Re: Debbi and past topic concerning laziness-affiliate incom
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| Quote: | I don't see what is lazy about the countless hours I've spent and I've just begun. In fact, I kinda resent the implication.
Affiliates work smart, AND work hard! |
True, but if you do it right, one day you'll reach that magical point where it suddenly seems easy, where you're working less but your revenue is increasing.
Then you might even find yourself telling other people that affiliate marketing is easy
A few examples:
1. FREE SITE: I built a site about gluten-free recipes in 1996. It's a fairly awful, amateurish little site. Although I've hardly touched it for years it still generates revenue. The other day it was No.1 in Google for "gluten free recipes".
2. CONTENT SITE: Rupert put a lot of work into building his cheap computers site. Now he's concentrating on new projects but the site still consistently generates at least $1,000 a month without any paid advertising. You can read Rupert's case study here: http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/search/affiliate-programs.shtml
3. TWO-TIER: A year ago I spent a few minutes writing an article for my newsletter in which I suggested that a sweet-breath product would make a good topic for a niche web site. My second-tier commissions from that one quick little article have been consistently increasing. My latest check was for more than $500 - and I've never promoted the product myself. The article was, "Here's an idea for a niche web site" - http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/search/newsletter220.shtml -
4. LIFETIME COMMISSIONS: I love affiliate programs that pay lifetime commissions. Once a customer has bought one product, you earn commissions on all future purchases by that customer. In an article ages ago, I described how I made 71 sales in two days and 103 sales in four days - of two products I had not promoted, all because of lifetime commissions: http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/search/sales.shtml
Yes, some days affiliate marketing does seem like a lazy way to earn a living.
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