Hey folks,
For the last 5-6 years I've been self-employed as an internet/affiliate marketer and have done in the low 8 figures of revenue with a decent ROI on that. Needless to say, it's provided nicely. I have outsourced developing and design teams in place, custom tracking, excellent relationships with the major networks, an array of servers and a landing page and creatives collection that's, well, pretty big. With the exception of my first 3 months out of college, I've never worked for anyone else and never plan to.
I'm late 20's, based out of NY. Been reading though lots of threads here recently, and just about finished with MJ's book. I'm a former WickedFire member before that forum went downhill (invisible777), and someone looking to pivot their business and income into a new direction--which brings me here.
I wouldn't give myself the distinction of being a fastlaner just yet, but I seem to be riding along on the shoulder of the highway with the fastlaners--not quite on it, but hopefully close.
Internet marketing is very volatile. It's a job where you need to jump from niche to niche and be constantly improving and competing with existing and new affiliates. Regulations are getting tough here in the US w/ regards to marketing copy and landing pages, and US publishers have to compete with guys in small countries on the other side of the planet running un-compliant marketing and buying up all the traffic and conversions.
It's come time for me to make this a side-job while I focus on a true fastlane business. Being married now, and with our first on the way, I would love to spend the next 5-6 months establishing a new stream of income.
That being said, I'm looking to pivot in 1 or more of these 3 directions:
- buy an existing online business on flippa, bizbuysell etc. my (very general) criteria would be for it to be a membership based site that I can turn into/improve a CPA offer and expand the user base. The niche doesn't really matter so long as it shows business potential. Would love to experiment with flipping online properties... buy a membership based site w/ recurring rev, build a CPA offer on it, blow up the user base, then re-sell it 12 months later with the increased base.
- supplements. I know how to push other people's products, might be time to source and push my own. I looked into this years ago after the "Acai boom" -- but payment processing back then was hard to come by and sketchy to say the least (you would need a bank account in Cyprus or Bali--no thanks). I think now that rebills are mostly gone and most models have moved to a cost per sale payment processing should be a little easier to secure (if anyone has recommendations I'm all ears).
- turn-key real estate rentals (e.g. buy already rented out properties in "cheap" areas like Memphis using conventional financing for a potential 15-20% /year cash on cash returns...easier said then done, sure, but there is potential once you own 50+ properties). Been in talks with some providers. The power of REI has always interested me.
Anyway, if you made it this far thanks for reading! Look forward to joining in on the discussions going on. If anyone needs some advice on internet/affiliate marketing feel free to ask would be happy to help.
$$$
-apax
For the last 5-6 years I've been self-employed as an internet/affiliate marketer and have done in the low 8 figures of revenue with a decent ROI on that. Needless to say, it's provided nicely. I have outsourced developing and design teams in place, custom tracking, excellent relationships with the major networks, an array of servers and a landing page and creatives collection that's, well, pretty big. With the exception of my first 3 months out of college, I've never worked for anyone else and never plan to.
I'm late 20's, based out of NY. Been reading though lots of threads here recently, and just about finished with MJ's book. I'm a former WickedFire member before that forum went downhill (invisible777), and someone looking to pivot their business and income into a new direction--which brings me here.
I wouldn't give myself the distinction of being a fastlaner just yet, but I seem to be riding along on the shoulder of the highway with the fastlaners--not quite on it, but hopefully close.
Internet marketing is very volatile. It's a job where you need to jump from niche to niche and be constantly improving and competing with existing and new affiliates. Regulations are getting tough here in the US w/ regards to marketing copy and landing pages, and US publishers have to compete with guys in small countries on the other side of the planet running un-compliant marketing and buying up all the traffic and conversions.
It's come time for me to make this a side-job while I focus on a true fastlane business. Being married now, and with our first on the way, I would love to spend the next 5-6 months establishing a new stream of income.
That being said, I'm looking to pivot in 1 or more of these 3 directions:
- buy an existing online business on flippa, bizbuysell etc. my (very general) criteria would be for it to be a membership based site that I can turn into/improve a CPA offer and expand the user base. The niche doesn't really matter so long as it shows business potential. Would love to experiment with flipping online properties... buy a membership based site w/ recurring rev, build a CPA offer on it, blow up the user base, then re-sell it 12 months later with the increased base.
- supplements. I know how to push other people's products, might be time to source and push my own. I looked into this years ago after the "Acai boom" -- but payment processing back then was hard to come by and sketchy to say the least (you would need a bank account in Cyprus or Bali--no thanks). I think now that rebills are mostly gone and most models have moved to a cost per sale payment processing should be a little easier to secure (if anyone has recommendations I'm all ears).
- turn-key real estate rentals (e.g. buy already rented out properties in "cheap" areas like Memphis using conventional financing for a potential 15-20% /year cash on cash returns...easier said then done, sure, but there is potential once you own 50+ properties). Been in talks with some providers. The power of REI has always interested me.
Anyway, if you made it this far thanks for reading! Look forward to joining in on the discussions going on. If anyone needs some advice on internet/affiliate marketing feel free to ask would be happy to help.
$$$
-apax
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