This is where usually an image would go, but screw that. Let me give you some advice:

Internet marketing is hard work. Look for freebies and shortcuts and you are destined to fail. Treat it as a business and succeed!

Learn how to treat this as a business from reliable sources, not hype infested egomaniacs that brag about their income or promise you immediate profits if you purchase this or that.

Put everything into practice immediately. Reading will not get you anywhere. Try, test, loose a bit of money. Get the feeling of things.

Another year had past and now this is my third year online. Man, did a lot of things change since that winter 2007…

If you were expecting an income report of some sort you won’t find one here, if you were following me for a while you would know that.

What I am going to tell you is that I have evolved into a different kind of marketer, one that looks at the big picture and makes strategies instead of having small projects to make a quick buck.

To brake things up, these are the stuff that I didn’t have 3 years ago:

  • I no longer celebrate and not excited by sales and commissions. :D Funny, I used to be on the top of the world when the first dozen of sales came through.
  • I became proficient in html and css, picked up a bit of php, and now I am able to use the full potential of Wordpress, my CMS of choice.
  • I’m building content rich sites, instead of single landing pages.
  • I realize that going after a one-time customer is not economical, I’m using Aweber autoresponder to market to my lists over and over again.
  • I own my own products, which I either give away for “free” (for an email), or sell, and leverage the power of affiliates.
  • I outsource the work that I don’t want or unable to do myself.
  • I am comfortable with paying providers, investing in my upcoming projects.
  • I am comfortable with paying for tools that will help my efforts.
  • PayPal is my friend.
  • Google is my mistress.
  • I’m keeping up to date by reading a few pro blogs and news feeds.
  • By a few I mean 4… It used to be 20
  • I market internationally. US is not the only market in the game.
  • I contact and get to know other affiliates. There’s a common interest we all share, and there’s no reason to restrict ourselves to avatars and pen-names.

So, there you go. It’s not ordered in any way and I probably missed a point or two since it’s already late and I’m tired. But you got the general direction, I hope.

You’re welcome to ask questions, comment, or do whatever below…

- Alex

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