When I first started doing PPC Affiliate marketing I set a pretty straight forward goal – All I wanted to do was pay for my daily caffeine addiction. So I was looking at aiming for a daily profit of around $5.
My personal success was not guided by the super affiliates of the industry, nor the hype, or the 1001 ‘Get rich Quick’ ebooks promising millions. Instead, success in my eyes was meeting my first goal and then setting a new goal as I progressed.
I think one of the biggest problems is when people look to online marketing as a way to make quick cash.
What they fail to realize or understand is that there is actually no such thing as easy profits online. It all takes hard work and the slow building of one’s own skills and knowledge. I found that during this learning curve it was the setting of these personal goals that kept me excited and motivated and more importantly stoped me from giving up when I hit a brick wall (of which there were many).
So, back to my experience as a noob PPC Affiliate and my ‘$5 profit a day’ goal…
I remember the first day I made a profit, it was a whopping big total of $1.70! I was excited. It was an awesome feeling. So anyway I ran over to my girlfriend (now wife) with the exciting news. “I made $1.70 today while I wasn’t even at my computer!” She looks up, smiles, and says:
”Well today, when I was getting out of the car, I looked down, and there on the ground was a $2 coin (Yes, we have $2 coins in Australia) so I picked it up… So I’ve made more than you today and I did even less work for it!” And off she went back to doing what ever it was she was doing…