Follow Along Fashion Blog Affiliate Journey 2023 (stopped)

[Graybeard]

I was once told, by my sales manager and sorta friend Lloyd, when I was 20-years-old:

"For every high point in life there is a corresponding low point."

You just have to keep going and try to do better.

 

[Honeybadger]

True
& thanks your input
but
i need to reach $100 daily by Christmas
thats my breakeven
think whats needed is the commission formula
ill build out a table for this

 

[Honeybadger]

This journey needs more structure
gonna have some time at the weekend
also find & use my old templates

 

[Honeybadger]

SO

im drunk
tired
disorganized
in debt again
overweight
more cuts on my hands than skin
(thats an estimate)
more blood lost than coffee drunk
(thats a metaphor not a fact)
& working 70 hrs a week
frustrated by all these things
but the best advice
the only option i have
is to attack
havent updated this thread for a while
but i will not quit
& im gonna get back on this
just bear with me pls
i can be a successful affiliate again
& i will keep sharing

 

[Honeybadger]

So damn tired
physically & mentally
dumped my to do list on paper
literally 100s of urgent actions required
my health is goin downhill fast
drinking way too much alcohol
just tryin to stay positive
no point dwelling on the past
it feels like round 12 every day
just gotta keep getting up
& attacking
like Gypsy King vs Bronze Bomber
Staples Center, LA
December 1 2018
round 12

 

[T J Tutor]

drinking way too much alcohol

This is not the answer. It diminishes, not enhance. I had gone into this phase a few times in my early life and I always ended up just quitting alcohol entirely for extended periods to clean my system. When I did, I found extreme focus and energy every time.

 

[Honeybadger]

Organization
thats all i need right now
everything else is in place
things to organize
--> time
--> urgent actions
--> product research
--> content creation
--> finances
--> recreation
gonna go back to paper & pen
way too much drama with software

 

[Honeybadger]

I forgot the main one
--> time bound goals w. quantity
forex arm pull.

to earn $100 affiliate commission​

every day in december 23​

avg. over 30 days​

85 days before 12/1/23
thats why i started the thread

 

[Honeybadger]

New affiliate commission targets -->

month	day target	week target	month target
aug [failed]	$20	$140	$620
sep avg.	$25	$175	$750
oct avg.	$50	$350	$775
nov avg.	$75	$525	$2250
dec avg.	$100	$700	$3100

One simple overall target
--> $100 each day by 12/31/23
avg. 12/1/23 thru 12/31/23
this is for 1 site from earnings on
Amazon Associates
also Rakuten
& Shareasale

 

[Honeybadger]

am not posting on any other threads
thats fixed until Christmas

 

[T J Tutor]

forex arm pull

The real forex arm pull!

 

[Honeybadger]

Got a lot of doubters right now
i guess here cos im not posting results
& most definitely my circle
worked over 110 hours these past 2 weeks
got nothin after it but more repairs
somehow even more debt too
gotta get back to the basics
set a GOAL
make a PLAN
take ACTION
get RESULTS

 

[Honeybadger]

Ive done this before 2x
set up affiliate websites from zero
& earned commission
both times i got $100 days within 3 months
so damn right its possible
@T J Tutor im so close to 3rd time affiliate success
gonna find those templates right now

 

[T J Tutor]

@T J Tutor im so close to 3rd time affiliate success

 

[Graybeard]

improving my workspace

Air conditioning --I just have a floor-fan going right now
2 or 3 monitors --spread out your workspace

 

[Honeybadger]

@T J Tutor
Im goin thru all 27 pages
of the 1st journey thread in 2020
so so so glad you encouraged it back then
so i can reference it again now

 

[Honeybadger]

boycotting new Google Analytics
--> maybe that was their intention
too much data & high storage/ dev. cost
GA redesign wasting my time
dont have time to waste now
GFYGA

 

[Honeybadger]

I forgot how long it takes to get paid :-(
your talkin like 4 months
so i better get started pronto
forex arm pull

08/01/23 --> affiliate publisher finds trending problem
08/02/23 --> affiliate publisher identifies product solution
08/03/23 --> affiliate publisher creates "how to" content draft
08/04/23 --> affiliate publisher creates final draft w. creatives
08/05/23 --> affiliate publisher posts content with affiliate ads
08/15/23 --> website post indexed in search engine
08/21/23 --> website post receives impressions
08/28/23 --> website post receives visits
09/09/23 --> website post affiliate ad receives clicks
09/10/23 --> 1st website ad click & purchase

• sale amount $50
• commission percentage 7%
• affiliate commission $3.50

09/11/23--> order leaves sellers warehouse
09/13/23 --> order delivered to customer
10/13/23 --> last day customer can return / refund
10/31/23 --> affiliate network invoices program
12/05/23 --> affiliate publisher gets paid commission

 

[Honeybadger]

DAILY REPORT

SEPTEMBER 2023
affiliate commission target (month) $750
affiliate commission target (day) $25

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
affiliate commission (today) $0
affiliate commission (month) $5
affiliate commission forecast (month) $22
affiliate commission average (day) $0.71

ANALYTICS
search engine clicks 10
search engine impressions 1100
search engine CTR 0.8%
bounce 78%
session time 15s
session page views 1.1

TASK ACTIVITY
Finally found this old template from 2020
gonna need some tweakin
good to be back!

 

[T J Tutor]

GFYGA

I dove into it head first and have a decent handle on it now. It provides data, that's all, as that's really all it ever did and its data is just an adjacent to all of the other data we collect.

 

[Graybeard]

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=meal%20kits&hl=en

meal prepping

I was looking at this a few days ago

 

[Honeybadger]

Update

1. Cut Ubersuggest rank tracking from 150 keywords to focus on just 10; ones im in top 30 already, have 500+ monthly searches & have already converted for me in the past or trending now
2. Set up Google Trends email alerts for the 10 Ubersuggest keywords
3. Cut You Tube subs ftom 70 to 26, so its only subs for software i use now
4. Added 11 new products with affiliate links, using product landing page template

 

[Honeybadger]

Chasing down the "Fish in a Barrel Strategy" this morning --I found this:

Only roll when:

1. There is a chance of success
2. There is a chance of failure
3. There is a cost to failure

What they left out is the reward of success. Or, risk evaluation.

"When it comes to low-hanging fruit, it’s generally good to be lazy. Your cost of acquisition is much higher for high-hanging fruit."

"low-hanging fruit" Are customers, (viewers or referrals), that are looking for `something`. Your term might be solution to some problem.

By limiting your possible sales conversions to just the finding of easy lay-down sales you may be only capturing 1/3 or less of your potential conversions. That, my friend, is the difference between order taking and selling. People want to be sold on an idea or decision --and be able to say to themselves: "I am doing the right thing!" Never forget that

Conclusions: Widen your net and address the things people want to hear and not just what software data says ...

3 things ive noticed since 2020
i mean since joining
that help me be a more successful affiliate publisher

first is that quality content creation ALWAYS delivers results
im not tryin to game any system
& all my check lists are unique
they are researched from others
but also from constant testing
every time i post good content it gets traffic
every time no exceptions

second is more interesting
the big traffic products dont make the most money
its nearly always some random product
not even on my key word list
& this is cos new trends dont show early volume in ubersuggest
google trends shows the % increase in searches
but i cannot cross reference with the search volume in ubersugest
but when i see spike of impressions & traffic in google search console
thats when i strike

third is that software constantly evolves
which is why i subscribe to the you tube channels, blogs, forums, training areas,_email newsletters, podcasts & changelogs from all my software providers
this includes google