Got My First Cheque

Hey, how's everyone hangin'?

I got a pleasant surprise in my mailbox tonite. My first Clickbank cheque has arrived. Here are some photos to show you:







There are a few items that I purposely black out from the pictures, due to security reasons.

The amount you see is for the first half of May. Clickbank cuts $2.50 for postage handling, and 10% of the earning as reserve in case of product refunds.

So $203.22 is quite OK for me for half a month. See, this proves Affiliate Marketing works.

You can start earning passively too. You just need the commitment, will, dedication, and belief that you can achieve.

I can't wait for my next cheque which should be mailed out in a few days or weeks time.

Remember, if you want to learn more about Affiliate Marketing, you can write your comments and I'll try to help you get started :)

Closing Account for May 2008

Hey hey hey,

So the month of May has just ended a few hours ago (I go by US time). I just did a quick check on my Clickbank account, and here's how my Affiliate Marketing venture stands:

My earnings just fell short of 400 bucks for May. Not that great, but hey not too bad either. That's S$540 based on current exchange rates. Damn the weak dollar.. could've been more :P

June is here, and I'm gonna press on further. I've been taking a short breather the last few days, and that should do me good. Gotta take care not to burn out too, you see.

I'll keep posting from now on. I'm hoping to see an uphill trend on my online earnings for the next months.

If you are interested to know how to earn too, let me know. I'm happy to share what I know :)

Take care all,

Herwin

Another One Comes In

I just checked my Clickbank account, and yet another sale.

This is awesome.

Inching Closer To My Target

Hey there,

How's everyone doing?

It's been a rollercoaster ride for me and my affiliate marketing adventure (was going to coin it my Affventure, but that's the nickname of my fellow Wealthy Affiliate member heh).

But hey hey, I'm slowly but surely reaching my target for this month. It's a wonderful feeling when you suddenly see that Clickbank bar growing - it means another kind person has bought a product through my advice.

All these moments usually happen out of the blue.. when I'm just nonchalantly playing Winning Eleven on my PC, or just surfing YouTube for some nostalgic music videos. Can you imagine the feeling? Earning money while doing the above?

No doubt it's been a rough start. But like me, once you've got the right thing going on, you just go with the flow and never stop. It gets easier.

I'm still perfecting my methods, and more importantly my discipline.

If only I can cut down on my TV watching and games playing, I could be generating more leads to my website and increasing the conversion rate of my sales link.

I need someone to watch over me. Maybe with a whip. Ok, forget the whip. Just someone to remind me to just reserve 1 hour every evening to write more articles (more leads to my website).

Think about it. I've only 5 articles and 4 squidoo lens pointing to my website now. If only I could churn out at least 1 article a day, that'll be 30 articles by month's end. That means, more visitors to my website and a higher conversion rate possibly.

And I'm only promoting a single niche (or product). I'm already having ideas of what other products I'm gonna work on next month on.

At this rate, I'm feeling closer to realizing my ambition to quit my job by year end.

Pleasant Is The Word

It's been a pleasant week. Umm.. my mind can't think of much to say now. Yeap, pleasant is the right word to use. Moderate and enough.

It was just so pleasant.

Work has been hectic - physically and mentally hectic.

But it has been a pleasant week though. I can't help smiling every time I look back.

This seldom happens to me.

Here I go again, smiling to myself. I look so loony, I should get out of your view. It's embarrassing!

I'll just be with myself this long weekend, and let the pleasant-ness linger.

A Glimmer Of Hope

Things have been looking slightly brighter over the weekend. I guess good things come to those who are patient enough to persevere.

I'm known to be someone who jinxes himself, so I won't go into detail as to what's my success rate like yet. All I can say is my subscription for my Wealthy Affiliate membership has been paid for :)

I'll keep you guys updated.

ps, it's a matter of survival, so come on cheer me on! :P

I'm Gonna Win

Times are tough for me. Since my dad's been unhealthy and out of job, I'm working to put food on my table now while my salary has been cut.

But like always, I rely on my faith to pull through. I'm gonna win.

Take care all,

Herwin

I Hate Changes

I hate changes that are against me.

My company is planning a restructuring which puts me into a 9-6 lifekilling job. I hate that. Not eversince I started working on shifts that gave me ample time and freedom during weekdays.

So the deal is this: move up to the 9-6 job, get more responsibilities and headaches with no additional pay. OR.. stick with my shift job and take a $150 cut from my pay.

Now I have till Monday to decide. So what do you figure guys? I love my shift job, and if I were to ever get a new job (not that I'm looking towards that), it'll still be a shift job.

Shift job allows me to:
1) Have more time with my family and myself,
2) Get the precious time to work on affiliate marketing,
3) Be flexible with appointments and such,
4) Do more overtimes whenever I'm free.

Hmm... Number 4 = do more overtimes whenever I'm free.

So if I do take a $150 cut, does it mean I can easily cover it back by doing a few days of overtime job? Probably, but not certain.

Another point is, is my freedom equivalent to the $150 cut? Absolutely not, it's worth way more than that.

I guess I've had my mind made up pretty much. It just goes to the final minute where I have to speak up to the bosses on Monday.

A Small Success, A Huge Relief

I told you my next post will be from a delighted me. Although I have yet to reach my March goal, I have achieved a tiny success that brought a smile to my face.

I made my first sale, from a website I made that I thought was not good enough. In fact, I was in the process of doing up a new website (of the same market/niche). Then I got tired and frustrated, so I went to check on my Clickbank account and got a small surprise - my first sale!

Thank you to the kind gentleman who followed my advice and bought through me :) You've made my wallet $45 thicker, all while I'm not at work.

Alright now, back to work, and hopefully even a wider smile!

Just A Quick Note

Wow, it's been more than a month since I last updated my blog. And for a reason too. I hate to distract myself from my already sardine packed schedule. But I feel I have to drop by here to say a big "hullooooo", to do justice to my blog.

It's been stressful, it's been hectic, it's been tiring. My brain has been in cramps for the most of the past month, overloaded with the huge amount of new information I'm fed with. It's looking good though. I'm seeing some progress and should be able to hit my target month of March.

I may not be posting as often as the start, but on my next post, I'm sure you'll hear from a delighted me.

Take care all!