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I hadn’t intended to post anything until I got home, but there has been an idea floating around in my head for some time that I wanted all the noobies I’m talking to to know. I’ve gotten a lot more comments and hits from various places, ready to get into this marketing game. I’m getting a lot more questions on aim and so on, but I wanted to say this…

I held off on posting this because I couldn’t figure out the best way to say it, but I was having a conversation with my buddy and he said it perfectly, and this is what he said. It sums up what I was thinking just perfectly:

I feel the same way.
Once you are profitable in this industry.
Marketing as a whole.
There’s so many projects that you can run.

THIS is very important. So important. When you start everything is overwhelming for sure, you don’t know where to begin. There’s that feeling like what if I start this and it’s a waste of time and I don’t learn anything because I made the dumb mistake of choosing the wrong route, simply because I didn’t know better.

That… is completely incorrect. When I first started all this, I read for 16 hours straight for like a week straight just absorbing and learning. I distinctly remember reading something, then actually building the landing page/tracking method/campaign… then reading something else which was BETTER… spending another day redoing the exact same thing in a different way, different trackers, different lander styles. This must have repeated 5 or 6 times, and THEN I read a post about wordpress and did the entire thing over AGAIN. From the outside it looks like an entire “wasted” week because I just went in circles, and at the end of the week I still didn’t have any finished item. Let me tell you though, I have used every single one of those things I have learned at LEAST 100 times since then, in the past year, even if it wasn’t that time.

That is the meat of this post, and why I feel it’s so important. Everything you’re learning here interlinks in ways you can’t  even begin to comprehend when you’re first starting out. The first thing you learn, whether it’s ppc, ppv, media buys, seo, etc, is going to seem like the hardest thing ever. The second thing you learn will be hard too.. but after that you start to get a bigger picture and have a lot of ‘ah-ha’ moments.

EVENTUALLY, you will get to a point where your understanding is so all-encompassing that you will have tons of different projects on your plate. More than you will be able to handle! You will ‘actually’ be thinking outside the box. Right now, since making this post yesterday, I had 2 more opportunities come up that are insanely amazing. Big time Travis is in a Maserati amazing. It would be something I couldn’t even SEE in the matrix of life though, had I not known all this other interlinking stuff.

Just keep that in mind when you’re learning… and look forward to the point you WILL reach when you will start to get a massive -flood- of ideas, opportunities, people wanting to network with you, and literally so many chances to succeed. Many of them will fail, but when one fails, 3 more will popup. It’s the most exhilarating thing ever :]

I’m off to buy my shoes now

Just got a request for an update. Insanely busy but some new excitements/frustrations/flavors.

Several of my campaigns died, and 1 I was forced to take down, that’s like $600 of my income per day taken away total.

I had a media buy that was going well but then they removed the ad placement size, so those are no longer as well. Right now I’m working on pay per lead on several publishers (looks very promising) as well as cloaking on the big 3.

I’ll give a legit update when I see some results

T-Weezy

Media buys are off the chain!

I will post more info and edit this post soon but.. I am NEVER going back.. ever again.

I’ve spent the last two weeks workin’ like a mad man setting up my first media buy. Fuck this is more exciting than going slightly out of your way to step on crunchy looking leaves. My biz partners and I have been working on designing 4 LP’s to split test, designing many banners; I’ve been configuring the adserver (which is basically hal9000 on crack) and getting into contact with publishers. Everything should be green in T-minus 3 days (I’m shooting for Monday/Tuesday launch). ~3-5k dollar initial remnant test buy over the course of 3 days or so, followed up with the official buy if our test proves successful (shooting for 100-150% ROI). I’m gonna pop champagne like Birdman on the first successful day.
I also have a few other campaigns making some great cheddar that just recently picked up not too long ago (somewhat unexpectedly..). Whoever said you can’t make money on Google search, they lied

The main exciting news, besides me getting a awesome non-anthrax package in the mail, is the media buy(s). After weeks of preparation and getting past the barriers to entry (thanks to my good buddy… drinks are on me big guy), everything is in place. Also, I cleaned my room.

Starting on the 15th I’m in an official race with my friend – First one to a million profit after taxes wins. Time to kick some ass. I project 6-10 months Then again he’s releasing some viral Facebook game. Farmville 2 anyone? I know Mike’s girlfriend will be hooked.

Cheers, and I will keep you all updated with what happens!

In the meantime, watch this. AIO Bot

Just got back from an amazing vacation with my family and a detour to Hilton Head Island to visit my dad. Had a wicked time and it totally inspired me to look into getting a yacht or at least a nice catamaran to cruise around on the ocean. Can’t afford em yet but it’s around the corner The scenery in Michigan is meh, cause I grew up there, but Hilton Head was so inspiring… the houses, the beaches, the wildlife, the marina’s. I unearthed a new love for marinas… totally didn’t see that one going.

In other news two new AWESOME sites have been released by the owner of PPC-Coach as well as various partners for each site.

I signed up for MediaBuysCoach.com right away, a fantastic resource for learning media buys. This is very advanced and each campaign requires $1000 in testing alone, but this is the top of the top. If you have money this site is a MUST… it’s absolutely incredible, and the creator Carl is a great dude who is very helpful. These are the types of campaigns where you bank $200k/month. My new goal is $10k/day within 3 months, and $1 million+ profit within 1 year. As soon as I get back from Vegas I’m gonna throw up 3 or 4 media buys and see where they go. I’m shooting for $500/day with my first ones and then I’m going to scale them up and shoot for a few bigger buys.

In other news if you can’t quite get the hang of PPC-Coach, or you have a very low budget, check out AFTCoach.com (Affiliate Free Traffic). This is another site that was just released and this is for beginners because it doesn’t involve PAID TRAFFIC like PPC does. You get your traffic for free doing article marketing. So, if you’re looking to just get your feet wet, have a low budget, or just want to see if you can actually make money online, this is a great place to start. Then again there’s always PPC-coach which is intermediate.
I talked to Coop, the guy in charge of setting up AFTCoach. I asked him a few questions regarding it as I’m interested in showing this to my family and brothers to get them warmed up to making money from your desk, and gaining full freedom to do what you would love to do…
He basically told me that when you do article marketing for the most part, it’s hard to make it take off unless you have the technical setup correct, with a few secrets that make banking money a lot easier. Even if you suck at writing you still can get some nice pocket change doing this. He said his goal is to have everyone making $1k/day within 6 months. I’m not sure how feasible that is, as I’ve never tried article marketing before, but I also asked him what the average noob can expect to make within the first month. His reply was $50-$200/day if you do it right. He also has tons of tutorials that are very basic step by step to help the new guys along, considering the site is meant for beginners. It’s a great start and while I haven’t tried it, it sounds great! Enough for me to get my family involved… I have another close friend who’s signing up and when he gets through I’ll ask him how it is and give you an honest review if I think it’s worth it.

I’m takin off for Vegas, PEACE!
PS. Black 13!