Affiliatenaire

This case study follows an affiliate marketer wannabe (me) through the steps of Jimmy D. Brown’s 52-week course called Affiliatenaire, Make Money Selling Other People’s Stuff in 3 Hours or Less. One year from the starting date of April 24, 2009, Karen Wehrle wants to be making a full-time income from affiliate marketing.

Describe The Starting Point

My affiliate marketing success so far is “imagining” I’m an affiliate. I thought I was one until I started reading the course. To date I’ve had two sales and they happened within the last six months after years of no sales. They feel like flukes because they are flukes. I haven’t received that money yet.

Where Are We Now?

This post is part of Lesson #4. The three prior lessons laid building blocks that I’ve generally skipped before. It feels really good to know I haven’t missed a step this time. It’s May 27 as I write this first ever post on my new WordPress blog on my own domain on the broad topic “home business.” I’ve prepared other things according to plan, things I’m very glad I didn’t have to do on my own.

Am I On Course?

Lesson #6 will hit my inbox later this week, so I want to finish Lesson #4 today and Lesson #5 tomorrow. I stayed on track until Lesson #3 and the reason I’m a bit behind is my fault entirely.

I let myself get distracted and added another To-Do item to my list, despite my promise to myself that I’d stay true to this one thing and see it through to the end. This blog will help me track my progress. Putting myself out there for the whole world to see might help keep me focused.

How Do I Like Affiliatenaire So Far?

I like it a lot. Even with the weekly lessons laid out for me, and video help, I’ve had moments of confusion where I tried to do three things at once. That’s an old trick of mine that I continually trip over. Twice in Lesson #3, I punched both fists into the air in jubilation when I achieved the goals of the week.

Each week Jimmy tells me what’s coming up in the next Affiliatenaire lesson. Some I look forward to because they’re familiar, others I take on trust that he’ll get me through them. And he has. As a person who tends to be a loner, I’m discovering sweet relief in having an experienced partner guiding me through the steps.

Best,

P.S.

While all the links in my post are meant to help you, some are affiliate links, which means if you click and buy, I could earn money.