I realise that the thread title might be spammy, but I wanted to get your attention! I will clarify now that I did not get paid all of the $8,000 in one payment - it has come over a number of months. But I did only do around 4 hours work for that $8,000 - and I still keep getting checks every month...
Before I get started, I realise that $8,000 is not a huge amount of money. I'm not starting this thread in an attempt to boast - I understand that people here make this kind of money on a daily (or hourly?) basis, but the aim of this thread is to show people what is possible with a one page website, four hours of your time and the Sunday morning newspapers...
I should also mention that I'm a shit writer - something you'll just have to live with...
NOTICE: I made this money in Adult - promoting porn - if that's not your thing, then change channels now (pussy)!
I've been into affiliate marketing for a number of years. In that time I've earned a full time income from the internet, typically from standard consumer offers (ipods/broadband/music), plus a bit of website design, but never have I made money as easily as with the process laid out below.
In Summer 2006, I discovered a Video on Demand website in the UK called StrictlyBroadband. They were quite hot at that time as they had exclusive rights to a Big Brother contestents sex tape, plus a few other UK celebrity sex tapes (Jordan/Abi Titmuss).
I added a banner for SB on one of my adult/men only themed websites then received a cheque at the end of the first month for £90.00 ($180.00) - not too bad - this outperformed the banner ad that was previously in this spot, so I let it run...
A few months later (and a few more $180-240 checks) and I get an email from the affiliate manager at SB, stating that a new celebrity sex tape is on the way - but they can't say who it is as one of the Sunday Newspapers in England will break the news first thing in the morning.
Would anyone like to guess where I was at 6.30am the following Sunday morning? That's right - outside my local newsagents waiting for the doors to open. Some of you might think this is crazy, others of you will understand the opportunity that was at hand.
So, who is the filthy celeb that's been caught on camera smoking a pole?
KEELEY HAZELL...
JACKPOT! This one's gonna fly...
So, because I'm the first guy out of bed on Sunday morning, and probably one of the first affiliate marketers in the UK to know about this, I register some shit hot domain names that should enable me to fly to the top of Googles first page for the forthcoming volcanic search terms relating to 'Keeley Hazell'.
Next step is to put a site together - and when I say site, I mean one page with a few pics of keeley with her norks out, and some flashing links to download her new sex tape!
:: Time spent so far - 1 hour 30 minutes (And that includes getting the newspapers).
Next, a bit of linkbuilding. I hit a few forums (mostly mens forums, like soccer forums and the like), and posted the link to a few bookmarking sites. Pretty much spammed anywhere I could with this link for an hour...
I probably used Eli's QUIT tool too (As I used to do for most new sites).
:: Total time now 3 hours
While I'm waiting to be indexed (which shouldn't be more than 24 hours) I setup a Google adwords campaign for broad term KEELEY HAZELL (and a few misspellings) - This picks up searchers that also just happen to be browsing for Keeley Hazell stuff, but are unaware that she's in a spanking new sex tape.
Clicks are costing me around $0.10 - $0.25 - And I'm the only advertiser! The rest of the Affiliate Marketing community still hasn't got their Sunday Sport newspaper... How can I be the only person promoting this?!?!?!?
Sure enough, the page was indexed in Google within 24 hours (Some of those 'spammy' links can be seen as coming from authority sites).
:: Total Time - 4 hours
I'm now indexed in Google and coming in the top 3 for the competitive search terms so I pull the adwords ads. Now, sit back and wait to see what happens...
At the end of the month, the stats looked slightly different:
So, around $2000.00 for the month (stats are in £GBP).
And here's the best part - the majority of this money was made within a 5/6 day period. The Keeley Hazell sex tape got pulled from StrictlyBroadband in the same week, but the cash didn't stop coming in.
A couple of things happened next:
1) StrictlyBroadband kept paying me! I wondered how, as Keeley was no longer on their site... what I didn't realise was that they paid out lifetime commissions - for as long as the user I've referred stays a customer at StrictlyBroadband, I get a cut of everything they spend - FORVER!
2) I recently switched my links from StrictlyBroadband to JuicyBucks who were now selling the Keeley Sex Tape and pay out $40.00 for a sign up...
This all happened over 12 months ago, and since then I have received a cheque EVERY SINGLE MONTH from StrictlyBroadband for at least $400.00 - sometimes up to $700.00... And I've never pushed or promoted the Keeley Hazell site since Feb 2007. I've never changed anything (apart from the link to JB), and I still get over a thousand visitors a month to the site.
Right - this is all great, but who still gives a fuck about Keeley Hazell and some crappy home made sex video?
Well, plenty of people actually:
As you can see, over 1000 people search Google daily for the 'Keeley Hazell Sex Tape' - and these stats are from May 2008... over a year after the tape was released.
So, to summarize:
:: Promote Adult - Anyone who says it's oversturated hasn't tried hard enough or found a different angle. I realise I haven't made millions from the showcase above, but I made over $8,000.00 for around 4 hours of work
:: Lifetime Commissions - Promote programs that pay out lifetime commissions - Adult/Poker etc... All the 'oversaturated' niches pay out for as long as the customer stays a customer - you only have to refer them once and you could still be receiving checks in a few years!
I still get commissions from the same customers that came through my Keeley site over 12 months ago - porn will always sell, and once a customer has found a site they like and can trust, they will keep coming back.
:: The Best Money made is the Easiest Money - I love earning money while I'm out partying/on the beach/jerking off - I might never make $100000.00 a day like some guys claim, but I don't work very hard either! I have residual income that keeps coming in month after month for 4 hours work I did over 12 months ago!
:: You've Got To Be In It To Win It - I was just another StrictlyBroadband affiliate that got an email about a new sex tape. I was probably the ONLY affiliate that got up at 6.30 that Sunday to make sure I was the first person to get the papers and register the domains... Being the first mover gives you a huge advantage over everybody else.
I hope this post can inspire some newb's to stop reading and start doing.
You can see how easy it is to pick up on a niche, and even though this 'niche product' only lasted a few days, I'm still seeing the benfits of that early Sunday Morning in 2007.
And since then, I've found a number of other niches that enable me to setup 'set and forget' websites that I keep getting paid for every single month. If you look closely enough, the opportunites are there, regardless of how 'saturated' the market is!
So What are you waiting for? Get Cracking...
LINKS:
Stricyly Broadband
Juicy Bucks
Before I get started, I realise that $8,000 is not a huge amount of money. I'm not starting this thread in an attempt to boast - I understand that people here make this kind of money on a daily (or hourly?) basis, but the aim of this thread is to show people what is possible with a one page website, four hours of your time and the Sunday morning newspapers...
I should also mention that I'm a shit writer - something you'll just have to live with...
NOTICE: I made this money in Adult - promoting porn - if that's not your thing, then change channels now (pussy)!
I've been into affiliate marketing for a number of years. In that time I've earned a full time income from the internet, typically from standard consumer offers (ipods/broadband/music), plus a bit of website design, but never have I made money as easily as with the process laid out below.
In Summer 2006, I discovered a Video on Demand website in the UK called StrictlyBroadband. They were quite hot at that time as they had exclusive rights to a Big Brother contestents sex tape, plus a few other UK celebrity sex tapes (Jordan/Abi Titmuss).
I added a banner for SB on one of my adult/men only themed websites then received a cheque at the end of the first month for £90.00 ($180.00) - not too bad - this outperformed the banner ad that was previously in this spot, so I let it run...
A few months later (and a few more $180-240 checks) and I get an email from the affiliate manager at SB, stating that a new celebrity sex tape is on the way - but they can't say who it is as one of the Sunday Newspapers in England will break the news first thing in the morning.
Would anyone like to guess where I was at 6.30am the following Sunday morning? That's right - outside my local newsagents waiting for the doors to open. Some of you might think this is crazy, others of you will understand the opportunity that was at hand.
So, who is the filthy celeb that's been caught on camera smoking a pole?
KEELEY HAZELL...
JACKPOT! This one's gonna fly...
So, because I'm the first guy out of bed on Sunday morning, and probably one of the first affiliate marketers in the UK to know about this, I register some shit hot domain names that should enable me to fly to the top of Googles first page for the forthcoming volcanic search terms relating to 'Keeley Hazell'.
Next step is to put a site together - and when I say site, I mean one page with a few pics of keeley with her norks out, and some flashing links to download her new sex tape!
:: Time spent so far - 1 hour 30 minutes (And that includes getting the newspapers).
Next, a bit of linkbuilding. I hit a few forums (mostly mens forums, like soccer forums and the like), and posted the link to a few bookmarking sites. Pretty much spammed anywhere I could with this link for an hour...
I probably used Eli's QUIT tool too (As I used to do for most new sites).
:: Total time now 3 hours
While I'm waiting to be indexed (which shouldn't be more than 24 hours) I setup a Google adwords campaign for broad term KEELEY HAZELL (and a few misspellings) - This picks up searchers that also just happen to be browsing for Keeley Hazell stuff, but are unaware that she's in a spanking new sex tape.
Clicks are costing me around $0.10 - $0.25 - And I'm the only advertiser! The rest of the Affiliate Marketing community still hasn't got their Sunday Sport newspaper... How can I be the only person promoting this?!?!?!?
Sure enough, the page was indexed in Google within 24 hours (Some of those 'spammy' links can be seen as coming from authority sites).
:: Total Time - 4 hours
I'm now indexed in Google and coming in the top 3 for the competitive search terms so I pull the adwords ads. Now, sit back and wait to see what happens...
At the end of the month, the stats looked slightly different:
So, around $2000.00 for the month (stats are in £GBP).
And here's the best part - the majority of this money was made within a 5/6 day period. The Keeley Hazell sex tape got pulled from StrictlyBroadband in the same week, but the cash didn't stop coming in.
A couple of things happened next:
1) StrictlyBroadband kept paying me! I wondered how, as Keeley was no longer on their site... what I didn't realise was that they paid out lifetime commissions - for as long as the user I've referred stays a customer at StrictlyBroadband, I get a cut of everything they spend - FORVER!
2) I recently switched my links from StrictlyBroadband to JuicyBucks who were now selling the Keeley Sex Tape and pay out $40.00 for a sign up...
This all happened over 12 months ago, and since then I have received a cheque EVERY SINGLE MONTH from StrictlyBroadband for at least $400.00 - sometimes up to $700.00... And I've never pushed or promoted the Keeley Hazell site since Feb 2007. I've never changed anything (apart from the link to JB), and I still get over a thousand visitors a month to the site.
Right - this is all great, but who still gives a fuck about Keeley Hazell and some crappy home made sex video?
Well, plenty of people actually:
As you can see, over 1000 people search Google daily for the 'Keeley Hazell Sex Tape' - and these stats are from May 2008... over a year after the tape was released.
So, to summarize:
:: Promote Adult - Anyone who says it's oversturated hasn't tried hard enough or found a different angle. I realise I haven't made millions from the showcase above, but I made over $8,000.00 for around 4 hours of work
:: Lifetime Commissions - Promote programs that pay out lifetime commissions - Adult/Poker etc... All the 'oversaturated' niches pay out for as long as the customer stays a customer - you only have to refer them once and you could still be receiving checks in a few years!
I still get commissions from the same customers that came through my Keeley site over 12 months ago - porn will always sell, and once a customer has found a site they like and can trust, they will keep coming back.
:: The Best Money made is the Easiest Money - I love earning money while I'm out partying/on the beach/jerking off - I might never make $100000.00 a day like some guys claim, but I don't work very hard either! I have residual income that keeps coming in month after month for 4 hours work I did over 12 months ago!
:: You've Got To Be In It To Win It - I was just another StrictlyBroadband affiliate that got an email about a new sex tape. I was probably the ONLY affiliate that got up at 6.30 that Sunday to make sure I was the first person to get the papers and register the domains... Being the first mover gives you a huge advantage over everybody else.
I hope this post can inspire some newb's to stop reading and start doing.
You can see how easy it is to pick up on a niche, and even though this 'niche product' only lasted a few days, I'm still seeing the benfits of that early Sunday Morning in 2007.
And since then, I've found a number of other niches that enable me to setup 'set and forget' websites that I keep getting paid for every single month. If you look closely enough, the opportunites are there, regardless of how 'saturated' the market is!
So What are you waiting for? Get Cracking...
LINKS:
Stricyly Broadband
Juicy Bucks
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