Day 11 - Just a Flesh Wound

Four more posts into the business network. I stare at the subdomain, email and autoresponder pages for about ten minutes, vowing to do something to them immediately if not sooner. Unfortunately, the main progress is going to have to wait for one more day. Today must be game design work, some bug chasing, some error correction, and a lot of sneezing as seasonal allergies (or flu symptoms?) slam me back in my seat and remove the more prolific areas of my brain. I slog through my email, print off some more solicitation spam for evaluation, grab my box of tissues and sniffle my way through a few more pages of the what should be the affiliate marketer's bible.

Several of my Commission Junction affiliate advertisers are sending me regular reports and offers of new promotions - those must be attended to with haste. It won't look good for anyone at all to let the wrong banner linger or gather too many impressions when the offer it supports has been replaced by a better banner and a better offer. I take care of those, then trudge off to work on the game a few hours.

Pardon the cross pollenization while I get things figured out... but I just got told to add this affiliate marketing tag to all my posts. I don't honestly know why, but I am good at following instructions.

Day 7 - The Tide Goes Out

I must be going about this all wrong, I have decided. Granted, there are probably a few billion other people trying to get started with affiliate marketing, and I suppose I can't be too surprised that I can't find them either. There must be a hidden subterranean cave in which they all dwell, and I must not have found the entrance yet. I continue reading, practicing my snappy copy writing skills, and doing my level best to avoid getting lost in the crowd.. that is, assuming I can even find the crowd. Which way did they go!?

I try another feeble attempt at posting to the business network I have joined up with, and take my place in line with the faceless horde.

Along the way, I stumble onto a jewel that makes me stop in my tracks and take measure of what I'm really trying to do. Incredibly, it makes sense...

So I invest.

I am instantly hooked. A lot of the jigsaw puzzle pieces shift and spin, and fall into place. I can do this.. I can.

I do a quick calculation on my situation to date...

So far I've spent $97.
My revenue is at $0.
I have 2 hits on a Clickbank page (I still think one must be my mom...)
I have 81 views of my Too-Simple Chili Relleno Casserole recipe.
I have 12 views of my Too-Simple Time Creation recipe.
I have 7 views of my Too-Simple Teensy Toffee Treasures recipe.
I have 5 view of my Too-Simple Clutter Confrontation page.

I have successfully not spent about $2900 on hidden secrets and ultimate authorities.
I have successfully not signed up for approximately $7800 in seminars and gurus.