I don't really want to talk about IM in this blog. I just feel like chatting. I love reading other people's blogs when they're just talking about normal stuff. Don't you get overwhelmed by all that marketing talk sometimes?   I do!!  Anyway, I've been busy because my son's birthday was on April 17. My daughter's was on May 9 (which also was Mother's Day), and we had a party for both of them in between.  For my son's birthday, we went to the aquarium in Camden, NJ. Camden is p

Because a few days ago I had my high-ticket sale through Amazon, then 2 Clickbank sales today, and 1 more Clickbank sale today so far.   Sheesh, 3 days of sales in a row? I almost don't know what to do with myself! LOL. So, am I officially on a roll?  I think so! Looks like all of my most recent efforts are starting to pay off!! Whee!  Now, I hope this roll turns into a nice, big snowball effect. Wouldn't that be nice?   BTW, this is my best month ever in sales!

I just made a big-ticket sale!! Yippee! Now, here's the bad news. (Why does there always have to be bad news attached? LOL) It was through Amazon, so I only got 4%. But, 1 more sale through Amazon, and I'll move up to the 6% level.  So, the sale was close to $1,000, which means it was only about $40. But, $40 is $40!  More importantly, this was off of a niche site with other big-ticket items, and it just tells me that I'm on the right track with this site.  :) Now, back to work!

I feel like I'm gaining momentum now and things are picking up steam. I'm actively working on 3 sites right now (about to start #4), and... Site #1 - is on the first page of Google #10. It went to #3 sometime yesterday and traffic jumped, but then it went back to 10. I will get back to #3. In fact, I know I can take out #2 also. :)   Site #3 - I was waiting for it to get indexed, and so I just checked and not only is it indexed, but it's #8 on Google! I know I can get that one higher t

Yea, that's how I was working things. A$$ backwards. I had this article campaign going, right? And I just kept pumping out articles and articles. Then I realized...  What the heck am I doing??? I'm pumping out an article that will bring a little traffic, then die off.  Then I do it again.  And again. And again... I started to feel like maybe that wasn't the best way to do things.  And thanks to PCRoger's GREAT product, CB Tracker, I finally got to see where the sales were co

Today was just one of those days... I was feeling bad because my application was rejected in CJ for a certain product that I was sooo excited to sell.  Then I started to feel like a failure. A loser. And I wanted to quit.  Quit this whole Internet Marketing thing. Because it's "too hard."  Then I remembered something.  I remember how there are days with my kids that are "too hard." (Today being one of them.) And I remember how I want to sometimes run off t

And what the hell took me so long? LOL What's really dumb is that I've been in marketing since I graduated college! But I think the problem with being a marketer while you work for someone else is that you don't really care about what you're marketing! Or, maybe that's just me. :)  Anyway, I realized that I'm starting to think like a "real" marketer when two things happened in the past few days. First, I received a flyer in the mail for a local heating and air conditioning comp

Yes, I think I'm in love with Notorious Blog Poster! Why? Well...  BVT (Before Valeri's tool): My site was not ranking in Google, Yahoo or MSN at all. Even when I submitted manual URL submissions to each of those sites. Even with a couple of articles and some social bookmarking.  Granted, I didn't do too much, but it should have been enough to get it indexed.   AVT (After Valeri's Tool): My site was indexed about an hour after the first article was submitted. I've submitted 3

I found my "why", my inspiration that's going to keep me motivated and energized! The "why" that will make me want to work way more hours than I have available! Haha.  I thought my "why" of wanting to be an affiliate marketer was because I wanted to be at home with my kids. While that's absolutely true, that wasn't specific enough to really get things rolling for me and keep me motivated.   There were many days when I didn't do anything and kind of ju

Options are great, aren't they? I mean, you go into a grocery store and you have 10 choices of salsa. That's awesome! Except... If you're like me, you sit there for 20 minutes reading labels, figuring out which one has the most calories, which one has more ounces, which one is priced the best... Options can be so overwhelming, right? Don't you feel the same about affiliate marketing? I mean, every time I turn around, there's some new tool or product or strategy.  You can do PPC or articl