I’m not a Guru…Yet
Thank you for visiting my site. If you’re wondering who I am and want to know more about me, click the “about” link above and you can read more. As for the purpose of this site…I wanted to provide a place where people could come to find out more about the different methods and tools that are used to generate an income online.
I began working online as an affiliate marketer in February 2007 and have loved every minute of it. I’m not a guru and I’m not making millions…yet. I have a few sites that I’ve been working with for quite some time now with a little success.
Ok, I’ll give you the low down on why I actually started this blog. I’ve been very frustrated with my results from all of my efforts. Recently I have been in contact with an affiliate marketing guru, I’m not going to mention any names here because I don’t want to shine light on someone without their permission. This person instructed me to begin using videos to market my sites and to start a blog to share my experiences with others. I’m not sure how things will turn out but I’m willing to try.
So here it goes…
Back in June of this year I took this “guru’s” advice. By guru I mean that this person is making a full-time income as an affiliate marketer online. I changed a few of my sites by adding videos to them and started to work with certain methods of generating traffic as outlined by my guru friend.
As of today, September 11, 2009, I am giving an update on my status. Although I would like to become an overnight success story, I haven’t quite made enough monthly income to quit my day job yet. I stress “YET”. My experience so far is pretty good. I’ve been able to bring more traffic to my sites that, in turn, is adding more sales to my clickbank account. Nothing major but it has only been about two months. I started seeing an increase in unique visitors about 14 days from the day I started using the new techniques, about the middle of July, and it has been generating more and more each week.
So that’s where I’m at.
I haven’t been very diligent with updating this site but I want to start sharing my experiences with everyone. I’m not here to pull any wool over anyone’s eyes, I haven’t generated any kind of steady income from affiliate marketing up to this point and have been frustrated with my past results. I’m starting to finally see my efforts come to life and want to share with others what I’ve done and what tools I’m using to do it.
I owe it to my wife and three children to generate enough income to allow both of us to quit our jobs and get back to devoting more time to our kids. My house is falling apart and I just can’t keep up with the repair expenses any more. My job just doesn’t pay enough.
Come back and visit often to check for updates. I will be making my best efforts to post a new subject here at least once or twice each week, give or take a few here and there.
If anyone has any input or advice they would like to share, please do so…don’t be shy. I welcome constructive input from anyone’s experiences, that’s how we all learn and grow.
Take care for now,
Rick
One more thing…to catch up on what’s been going on for the past two months, I’ve decided to add several posts over the next few days. Just to catch everyone up on things. Thanks.