It has been awhile since I posted anything here. I was “distracted” by other money making opportunities and did not attend to this blog for a year (wow, time flies so fast!).

Earning Money From Product Launches

newproduct 300x225 And The Next Shiny Thing Is...Just to give you a background…

I started this blog when I took a course on Product Launches. No, the course is not about creating products but rather how to take advantage of new product launches.

Basically, you sign up with JV Notify Pro to learn which next shiny thing… err… new Internet Marketing product is going to be launched. You pick one among the numerous incoming product launches and promote it like there’s no tomorrow even before launch date.

Side note: it is amazing how many new internet marketing products come out every week! This goes to show just how lucrative the Internet Marketing niche is.

By the time launch date comes in, get prepared for an avalanche of 4-figure commissions as shown (with proof) by the course I was following. Sounds easy, right?

Well, just like any of these numerous get rich schemes, I was in for a rude awakening.

Getting my keyword to the top of the first page is absolutely challenging if you do your backlinks manually. Actually, I was able to do it (reach the top spot) for several product name keywords. But come launch date, I would suddenly disappear from the first page and get overtaken by other marketers who have a more sophisticated backlinking arsenal (compared to my backbreaking manual backlinking labor).

It was very frustrating. So I abandoned ship after several dismal product launches and went on to look for the next shiny thing.

This is When I Rediscovered…

amazon 300x72 And The Next Shiny Thing Is...Amazon. You see, I was doing Amazon affiliate marketing before I got distracted with the Product Launch scheme (ok, I admit it, I get easily distracted).

I was earning some money from Amazon, but not big enough yet to warrant a screenshot.  I just consider it sort of like lunch money, nothing to brag about but something that I get on a regular basis. Not bad but not good enough. Or so I thought.

After my dismal failure with product launches, and not wanting to spend another dime, I went back to where I had my first success and that is good ol’ Amazon.

I checked my earnings from my old Amazon sites and I was shocked to discover that my total earnings since I started have actually reached the 4-digits already! How could I have possibly missed this? I was so engrossed trying to earn the big bucks that I underestimated the value of the cheques that I receive monthly from Amazon.

Lessons Learned

  • Patience is truly a virtue. I was impatient to earn the big bucks so I turned my back on Amazon and went after the next shiny thing which turned out to be a dud.
  • Big bucks come from small cheques. The Amazon cheques that I have been receiving may not be big (yet) but receiving them on a consistent basis every month has totaled to a tidy sum. This is enough proof for me that I can earn my big bucks with Amazon if I scale it up.
  • Focus on what works and build from it. If you’ve earned a dollar from your efforts, you know that you’re doing something right. Stick with it. Learn how you can earn ten dollars next time, then a hundred, and before you know it you’re already earning your first thousand dollars.

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