Full Circle Affiliate Marketing

My wife and I have been working full-time on the Internet since 2001. I knew that there was a way to make some money online and that was where I wanted to be. I started out just thinking it would be nice to bring in $3000 a month.

Well, it didn’t take too long and I was making that $3000.00 a month and it didn’t take too long after that to double, triple, quadruple my income and even more.

It’s a great ride, this Internet marketing gig. I love it. Of course there are the ups and the downs. I started back in the day with affiliate marketing working with Clickbank, Commission Junction and others. I did quite well but soon I was inspired to move on to Google Adsense. That was back in the “glory days” of Adsense. You ever hear that old song…

“Those were the days my friend, I thought they’d never end, to sing and dance forever and a day,
This simple life we choose, we simply win or lose, those were the days, oh yes, those were the days!”.

Ah reminiscing! Those were the days! Days of $2000.00 and $3000.00 a day. I love to remember the biggest month I ever had with Google Adsense. It was $47000.00. Oh, happy days!

But everything changes. Google Adsense went from a viable, money-making opportunity to an exercise in frustration…..seemingly overnight. I still see people fighting that battle today. But unfortunately, the opportunity has changed. Adsense is just not a viable and reliable source of income anymore.

But all is not lost. I’ve sold my own products. I’ve sold private label rights. I’ve sold public domain works. I’ve checked out and been involved in some great business opportunities. And the fact is that I’ve made money with all of them. I just want to make more and more money!

I’ve learned. I’ve learned about back links and SEO. I’ve learned about merchant accounts and building lists. I’ve found things that I want to try that I haven’t yet and I’ve found things that I wouldn’t ever want to try. I’ve learned the basics of what will work and what won’t work. I’ve shared my knowledge with others and they’ve shared their knowledge with me. I have found some of the best friends I’ve ever had yet most of them I’ve never met! (in person that is!)

And I’ve learned that the Internet is constantly changing, constantly expanding and constantly offering new opportunities.

I’ve now come full circle and I’m happily back to where I started. Affiliate marketing is still a viable and exciting opportunity and I plan to take full advantage of it.