Comments on: Quick Venting

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:41:28 +0000

Yea, social life… ha. I’m lucky I have my wife force me away from the PC every now and then, otherwise I would have been glued to it 24/7

By: Mirjam

Mirjam — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:04:25 +0000

hey Alex!
i so know what you mean, this business is a lonely one, I actually wrote a long post about it “ages” ago, how difficult it was to talk to somebody about it.
Every year I have a family reunion and every year I find myself explaining a zillion times what it is I actually do. Somehow it seems magic to my family and they ask to see my websites, thinking that if i make money with them, they must be awesome LOL

I have yet to find any meetings in my area to meet like minded people, I know they must be there, but finding it hard to come in touch with them, plus really, what I miss most is a normal social life, having been at it for “years” now, I definitely have to start focusing on getting a life outside the puter as well LOL

See… I DO comment …. even if there is no cash to be won:P:P

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:42:35 +0000

Hey Dragan,

Despite what is said in the post, deep inside I believe that revealing what offers you’re running is not damaging at all. Unless it’s a relatively new offer that’s hasn’t been launched for affiliates yet, and somehow you got first bids.

Otherwise, any affiliate will have the tools to find it anyway.. and if I told him what offer I was running, so what? Probably another 10 affiliates are checking out this exact offer as we speak. It’s not like I’m giving him my keyword lists and my landing page designs.

But, everyone’s so paranoid, so I just go with the flow and keep my mouth shut.

By: Dragan

Dragan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:56:52 +0000

I’ve read the fine print!

Sometimes, even if you feel that you’ve gave away too much, it usually isn’t the case. Your perceptions may play tricks on you. And, that’s ok, makes you be more cautious. So, don’t worry about that much. If you don’t give out the exact offer itself, it wouldn’t do much good to anyone anyway…

Been there, done that, learned from it!

Also, it feels good to share the knowledge and secretive bits and pieces sometimes. Couple of wise people told me, that the more they shared and thought other people, the more it came back to them. Karma I guess, or however you like to call it…

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:38:28 +0000

Yea, I’ve been trying to educate my wife as well, and it’s going rather well. I believe that she will become an internet marketer sometime…

By: Deneil Merritt

Deneil Merritt — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:42:24 +0000

Oh, now I get what you mean Alex. I have that same problem as well. I got my girlfriend but she’s new and completely clueless right now. I will be teaching her everything I know over the next few months. Hopefully she will catch on quick so I will have someone to talk to about it. lol, I could even tell her which offers I am promoting.

You could always become close friends with someone at one of the affiliate meetups. Things take time but it pays off in the long run.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:21:10 +0000

Hey Dude,

Yea, I’ve been doing that on AIM with a few colleagues for sometime. What I meant actual face to face conversation, maybe over a beer, or whatever. To get a rest from the zeros and ones..

For example, affiliate meetups are great for socializing and I’ve been to a few.

But I miss talking about it with a friend.. someone I knew for a few years, not someone I met on a meetup. Unfortunately, they all my friends are deep in the 9-5 trap. Clueless about IM.

By: Deneil Merritt

Deneil Merritt — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:26:44 +0000

I know how you feel. I know how to say what I want without revealing anything. I would like some friends on my skype account that I can talk without about internet marketing and blogging. Help each other out, without telling what we promoting from cpa networks.