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Hello from New WickedFire Member
Hi. My name is Tony and I’m new to affiliate marketing. I heard about WF on a podcast, I think, and decided it would be worthwhile to register. I’m sure I'll be coming back regularly for guidance as I advance from start-up to successful business.
I’ve been reading, listening, and watching affiliate marketing information for a few months now and feel like a have a pretty good grasp on the fundamentals, but haven't yet decided on any merchants, offers, or specific niches to target initially.
My wife and I own one of the largest online scrapbook stores in the US, but in Spring '09 we decided that she would run that business while I diversify our income into another area. I decided affiliate marketing would take advantage of a lot of my strengths and interests.
My background is in sales, negotiating, account management, customer service, strategic planning, and finance. My professional experience is as a mortgage lender for 7 yrs, followed by 10 yrs as a Business Manager (i.e. sales, finance, & account mgmt) for a global software company, followed by the last 2 yrs working at our online scrapbook store. I'm also president of my Homeowners' Association and have sat on HOA Boards for the last 16 yrs - most often as President.
I have a pretty solid knowledge of AdWords from running our campaigns at our online store which should help in this new field. Next step is to pick a niche, find some decent affiliate offers that fit, start writing content, "go live" with the site, and then start testing AdWords traffic. Easier said than done, right?
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