Recently I've been reading about Harrison Gevirtz, a 15 year old super affiliate that has his own media company and has a goal of becoming a millionaire this year. Harrison owns <a href="http://www.cpashare.com/">CPA Share</a> and <a href="http://www.blitzlocal.com/">blitzlocal.com</a>. I don’t know Harrison and have never spoken to him, just know that stories of super young affiliates are inspirational to many aspiring affiliates, so thought I'd share.
<strong>In researching his story, I discovered today is Harrison's 16th birthday</strong>, so I decided I'd save this blog entry and post it on his birthday. Below is a video interview from MediaTrust and a blog interview with Harrison from Pepperjam.
<strong><a href="http://www.relevantlyspeaking.com/2008/02/18/rs-5-harrison-gevirtz-of-gevirtz-media/">Relevantly Speaking Blog -MediaTrust Interviews Harrison Gevirtz </a></strong>
"MediaTrust's Christopher Smith caught up with 15 year old, Harrison Gevirtz, the youngest attendee at ad:tech about what it's like to the be the CEO of his own company."
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Note: MediaTrust owns <strong><a href="http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/advaliant">Advaliant</a></strong>, one of our 5 Star programs.
Below is the Pepperjam interview.
<blockquote><strong><a href="http://www.pepperjamnetwork.com/blog/2008/06/12/pepperjam-network-%e2%80%9cmeet-the-affiliates%e2%80%9d-interview-6-introducing-harrison-gevirtz/">Pepperjam “Meet the Affiliates” #6: Introducing Harrison Gevirtz</a></strong>
#7 KRIS: Do you feel that being “only” 15 years old has been an asset or a liability as an affiliate marketer? Why or why not?
HARRISON: "Being 15 is a huge liability and every day I wish i were 18, or 21. I have people take me for a complete idiot who believe they can just play me to get info out of me etc. I won’t lie I have trusted people whom I shouldn’t have and that’s why I say I’m still learning. People who have done business with me for a while do realize that I am not the stupid 15 year old they initially thought I was But I do have people not trust me because of my age, and people tend to treat me like a KID not a business acquaintance. <strong>It really sucks!</strong>"</blockquote>
<strong>Hi Harrison, I don't know you, but Happy Birthday!</strong> I hope being a 16 year old affiliate doesn't suck quite as bad! ;-) Best of luck with hitting your millionaire goal this year!
<strong>In researching his story, I discovered today is Harrison's 16th birthday</strong>, so I decided I'd save this blog entry and post it on his birthday. Below is a video interview from MediaTrust and a blog interview with Harrison from Pepperjam.
<strong><a href="http://www.relevantlyspeaking.com/2008/02/18/rs-5-harrison-gevirtz-of-gevirtz-media/">Relevantly Speaking Blog -MediaTrust Interviews Harrison Gevirtz </a></strong>
"MediaTrust's Christopher Smith caught up with 15 year old, Harrison Gevirtz, the youngest attendee at ad:tech about what it's like to the be the CEO of his own company."
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Note: MediaTrust owns <strong><a href="http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/advaliant">Advaliant</a></strong>, one of our 5 Star programs.
Below is the Pepperjam interview.
<blockquote><strong><a href="http://www.pepperjamnetwork.com/blog/2008/06/12/pepperjam-network-%e2%80%9cmeet-the-affiliates%e2%80%9d-interview-6-introducing-harrison-gevirtz/">Pepperjam “Meet the Affiliates” #6: Introducing Harrison Gevirtz</a></strong>
#7 KRIS: Do you feel that being “only” 15 years old has been an asset or a liability as an affiliate marketer? Why or why not?
HARRISON: "Being 15 is a huge liability and every day I wish i were 18, or 21. I have people take me for a complete idiot who believe they can just play me to get info out of me etc. I won’t lie I have trusted people whom I shouldn’t have and that’s why I say I’m still learning. People who have done business with me for a while do realize that I am not the stupid 15 year old they initially thought I was But I do have people not trust me because of my age, and people tend to treat me like a KID not a business acquaintance. <strong>It really sucks!</strong>"</blockquote>
<strong>Hi Harrison, I don't know you, but Happy Birthday!</strong> I hope being a 16 year old affiliate doesn't suck quite as bad! ;-) Best of luck with hitting your millionaire goal this year!
