I originally joined WA in 2005 but was not an active member for long and did not get too involved in affiliate marketing- I "had a go" at Google Adsense around that time and in the space of 7 months saw my income from this source increase from a few cents to $300 per month. Regretably Google changed their algorithms and frowned on web sites which contained duplicate content (I copied many articles from the likes of Ezine Articles) and my earnings were "wiped out". I had a full time job then so it was just a past time but there I was thinking I was going to see my earnings increase to $1,000 pm quite quickly and, who knows, maybe become a millionaire in due course!!!!!

I am 54 years of age, happily married for 33 years to my childhood sweetheart and have 2 adult sons-2 cats and 2 dogs. I live in Worcestershire in England. I worked for a bank for over 30 years but left at age 50 and have undertaken numerous roles since then mainly in sales.

Why am I back?

Last week I lost my job and am actively looking for another but at my age and with the current economic climate that may not be too easy. I used to get really excited seeing my income from Google Adsense increase as detailed above and I would love to feel the same sense of achievement again. Having researched WA once again I am confident that if I follow the actions and advice provided by you all I can make a success of affiliate marketing.

Update to the above (12 May 2012)

I now have two sites for Internet Marketing www.over50lifeinsurancequotes.net and www.bankaccounts-for-badcredit.com.

I have written numerous articles and put them on various article directories such as GoArticles etc with back links to my sites.

However, two months ago I started to offer my services writing articles for people and it has grown rapidly to a point where I am now writing content for website pages, Blog posts and Press Releases. I charge 2 p per word and already have several private clients as well as writing for people via Textbroker, Copify etc.

Alan