The Super Affiliate Journal

Does this sound familiar?

“I have been planning and working on these damn sites for what seems like years, but it is just so hard to maintain them.“

This has been the story of my life for the past two years! Well, this weekend marked the beginning of simplicity and the end of complexity in my affiliate marketing business. I want to share my vision with you, so you can find an easier way to do affiliate marketing.

What has changed…you ask? Well, a couple of weeks ago, I made a mental jump and finally understood that it is much easier to blog from the heart, than design and assemble complex content articles. This has proven to be a huge shift towards natural simplicity and away from unwanted complexity. Read the rest of this entry »

In the last couple of weeks, I have spent a lot of time listening to audio MP3’s of super affiliate secrets from various authors. Where did I get this precious information? Well, we will get to that in another post. (By the way, they were either free or VERY cheap - Don’t go out and spend the big bucks for affiliate marketing packages yet!).

My journey into studying the affiliate marketing masters’ wisdom started when I ran into roadblocks during the initial phases of starting my own affiliate business. What better time to take in new affiliate marketing ideas and learn from the pros. One of the simplest, but important “secrets” that I have learned this month is… Read the rest of this entry »

Shopzilla Stomps on My Affiliate Plans - So What!

After looking at many affiliate programs over the last couple of years, I decided to try to sign up one of my new top-level buyers guides sites for the Shopzilla affiliate program. Since eBay Partners and Amazon Affiliate programs approved me instantly, I thought this was a no-brainer for them.

Then, I received a slightly crushing email from Shopzilla saying that my site did not fit their profile in terms of traffic and content. Well, duh! There IS no traffic yet for this site. I don’t even have a Google PageRank for the site yet. In fact, Google doesn’t even know this site exists. Oh well. Read the rest of this entry »

Site5 Web Hosting Has Been Fantastic!

I wanted to make a whole-hearted recommendation for Site5 Hosting if you want to host Joomla sites or any other site for that matter. I have been using them for about two years to host my Joomla and Wordpress sites with absolute success.

These guys actually make customer service a priority in deed, as opposed to just claiming to have excellent customer service. I have dealt with their representatives via email and over the phone for a couple of issues in the past and have always felt that warm fuzzy feeling…knowing my precious websites are being taken care of very well.

Another thing I like about them is that they keep promoting new ridiculous hosting deals on a regular basis on their site (Click here for Site5.com). Read the rest of this entry »

This is my first post for this new Blog site and I am jazzed to chronicle my experience on the road to becoming a Super Affiliate Internet Marketer. I want to bring you along, because you can learn from my detailed experiences. Perhaps we will be reading about your successes (and failures) in the near future. So, stay tuned and enjoy the unfolding of this process.

A little background

In 2006, I was sitting in my programming job wondering how I could create an income engine to allow me to be sitting in the mountains by a stream instead of my little office cube. Nothing against programming as a living - it is “good” money and pleasant work. Actually, I like going into the office and working on new projects. Where I get into trouble is after the daily “thrill” wears off at about 1PM and I want to go home…or go to a movie…or go somewhere else than where I am supposed to be (work). Read the rest of this entry »