I've blogged about Markus before and many of you may know his story. Markus Frind is an affiliate that pulls in $5-10 Million a year at his dating site PlentyofFish, which he runs pretty much single-handedly from his Vancouver apartment. This week his success story was published in the <strong><a target="_new" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117987775136211487.html?mod=technology_featured_stories_hs">Wall Street Journal</a>. </strong>
<blockquote>"When you have that kind of traffic, you can make money three ways: via Google's small text ads, with bigger banner ads and through "affiliate marketing," where other sites pay you for sending them customers. Mr. Frind does all three -- and does very well. A few months back, he posted on his blog a picture of a check from Google for nearly $1 million for a two-month period. Google confirmed the check was for real."</blockquote>
<strong><a target="_new" href="http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/wsj-article-on-plentyoffish/">Markus blogs</a></strong> about all the press he's been getting and says: "I?ve been getting a lot of attention lately because Plentyoffish climbed something like 40 spots on the rankings in 30 days (March/april) to get into the top 100 sites in the US based on visitors."
Hat tip to Andrew at the WebPublishing Blog for the story: <strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.webpublishingblog.com/plentyoffishcom-now-pulling-in-5-10-million-a-year-google-confirms-past-income.htm">PlentyofFish.com now pulling in $5-$10 million a year; Google confirms past income</a></strong>
<blockquote>"When you have that kind of traffic, you can make money three ways: via Google's small text ads, with bigger banner ads and through "affiliate marketing," where other sites pay you for sending them customers. Mr. Frind does all three -- and does very well. A few months back, he posted on his blog a picture of a check from Google for nearly $1 million for a two-month period. Google confirmed the check was for real."</blockquote>
<strong><a target="_new" href="http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/wsj-article-on-plentyoffish/">Markus blogs</a></strong> about all the press he's been getting and says: "I?ve been getting a lot of attention lately because Plentyoffish climbed something like 40 spots on the rankings in 30 days (March/april) to get into the top 100 sites in the US based on visitors."
Hat tip to Andrew at the WebPublishing Blog for the story: <strong><a target="_new" href="http://www.webpublishingblog.com/plentyoffishcom-now-pulling-in-5-10-million-a-year-google-confirms-past-income.htm">PlentyofFish.com now pulling in $5-$10 million a year; Google confirms past income</a></strong>
