As an affiliate, what to write in college app for employment?

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battlefork

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I can't remember having a paid job anywhere and they need it in my college application.

Any ideas? Thx

CommonApp said:
Please list paid jobs you have held during the past three years (including summer employment). If still employed, leave the 'To Date' empty. You can use the 'Add job' button to list up to 3 jobs; if you need more space, please use the Additional Information area of the Writing section.
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Specific nature of work: Lead generation (or Affiliate Marketing?)
Employer: Neverblue Media, Media Breakaway, etc.
Approx dates: 10/2008 to 10/2009
School Year: Yes
Summer: Yes
Hours per week: ummmm
 


Well, my counselor suggested me not to write self-employed. And some of those admission committees might have ordered Acai and ResV...
 
battlefork said:
Well, my counselor suggested me not to write self-employed. And some of those admission committees might have ordered Acai and ResV...
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Anyone can do some shelf stacking job or mcdonalds job. Most of those people wouldn't have a clue where to start if they tried to run an affiliate business.

self employed > crappy student job

Unless you're applying for something specific that needs relevant work experience like medicine.
 
I'm thinking

Nature of work: Lead generation (heck will they know what lead gen mean? or should I write "prospective customer generation" or simply "Affiliate Marketing")

Employer: Self-employed, with Media Breakaway, LLC (and others)
 
battlefork said:
Well, my counselor suggested me not to write self-employed. And some of those admission committees might have ordered Acai and ResV...
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He's not a counselor because he's a genius or knows how to hustle. Why would your have to mention anything about what products you promoted? Have you ever explained what you do to someone NOT in the industry? There is no reason that would ever have to come up. You promote other peoples websites/products for a percentage of the sale. End of story.
 
narsticle said:
He's not a counselor because he's a genius or knows how to hustle. Why would your have to mention anything about what products you promoted? Have you ever explained what you do to someone NOT in the industry? There is no reason that would ever have to come up. You promote other peoples websites/products for a percentage of the sale. End of story.
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Thanks. I'd write sth like market products online and get commission.

And yes, I need a college education.
 
Pretty Simple Really

For how ever long you have been doing AM, you have been in sales and getting paid for it.

Talk to a couple of your affiliate managers and tell them what you are doing and to expect a call to check out your "job" experience.

On your app put down that you have been in sales for the Networks (i.e. "Companies") you belong too. This will be the truth.

If you do freelance work for people & companies, you could use them and find a few who would be willing to get a call for verification.
 
redmonkey said:
Technically, you're working for your own company. Dead simple.
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You know, you're Dead On, but he is applying to a place where "EVERYONE" is an employee and they are ALL jealous deep down of anyone who is making their own way in this life on their own terms. (There are a few exceptions where a professor my still be active in his business, have sold his business and is now retired or an Independently Wealthy professor who just enjoys teaching.)

It's all about "The Art of War"!! Lulz
 
Rage9 said:
First in to say "Berry Slinger". That would look HOT on an app.
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Or

He could say:

"I Fleece Sheeple and I am Damn good at it." Lulz

Then:

"I'm applying here so that I may learn to sharpen my sheers better and expand my capacity for sheering & storing the fleece." lol
 
I'm writing it down as

Specific nature of work: Affiliate Marketing
Employer: Self
Approx dates: (Whatever dates I did it for)
School Year: Yes
Summer: Yes
Hours per week: Varies

And then I'm talking about it in greater detail in the Common App essay.
 
battlefork said:
Well, my counselor suggested me not to write self-employed.
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Your counselor is an idiot. I had 2 businesses besides random websites that made money from affiliate marketing (didn't start PPC->affiliate til college), and included those. The businesses had company names (e.g. XX Webhosting, XX DJs), and I was Owner/Role for the position. Wrote my essays about the businesses, and that probably helped out a lot, too.
 
Midas Touch said:
You know, you're Dead On, but he is applying to a place where "EVERYONE" is an employee and they are ALL jealous deep down of anyone who is making their own way in this life on their own terms. (There are a few exceptions where a professor my still be active in his business, have sold his business and is now retired or an Independently Wealthy professor who just enjoys teaching.)

It's all about "The Art of War"!! Lulz
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This is sad but true, the vast majority of the world especially in academia has no concept of working for your self or owning your own business. It is a foreign concept that is simply beyond their ability to understand. Your much better off telling them you work for some one else even retail is better in their mind because it is "real".
 
Employer should be your own company... not the networks.

And if you don't have a real company set up already, what the fuck are you waiting for?
 
Midas Touch said:
You know, you're Dead On, but he is applying to a place where "EVERYONE" is an employee and they are ALL jealous deep down of anyone who is making their own way in this life on their own terms. (There are a few exceptions where a professor my still be active in his business, have sold his business and is now retired or an Independently Wealthy professor who just enjoys teaching.)

It's all about "The Art of War"!! Lulz
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I'm sorry, but this post makes very little sense.

An application into a college is supposed to highlight what you are best at. Each college wants the best people at their school. So highlighting what makes you different (and better) than all of your peers is what you should focus your application on, not the other way around.

Not highlighting your entrepreneurship because you're worried an admissions officer will be bitter that he doesn't have financial freedom is similar to saying that you shouldn't report your good grades because an admissions officer may be bitter because they flunked out of Chemistry.

Especially at schools that highlight entrepreneurial spirit (I'm applying to Stanford) this should be the absolute focus of your application. It is what will differentiate yourself from all of the other students who don't have this drive.
 
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