| When I moved close to Fargo, ND in 2003 I | | | | I would be the first to admit that I |
| needed a way to earn a living. I learned | | | | struggled with affiliate marketing so I |
| about affiliate marketing from my landlord | | | | became discouraged. I have cognitive problems |
| and friend. I have multiple sclerosis which | | | | with my MS and it seems when things get |
| isn't getting any better. I'd been married to | | | | confusing or hard to comprehend it's easier |
| a woman from North Dakota for 9 years and we | | | | to just quit or run the other way! When I |
| had a son. When we divorced she moved back | | | | first started affiliating I was trying to |
| home and my son went with her. It didn't | | | | understand lists, autoresponders, sales |
| really matter to me where I lived because I | | | | letters, article writing and everything. My |
| had quit my cell phone sales job at the end | | | | brain was overloaded! Then I found Plug In |
| of 2002 and my health was getting worse. I | | | | Profits and it seemed like everything fell |
| had very few ties left with the Minneapolis | | | | into place. That is a great product and I |
| area. All of my friends had gotten married or | | | | highly recommend it to anyone! That link is |
| moved away and had lives of their own. | | | | listed below in the resource box. |
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| I didn't want my son growing up without me so | | | | Two good things that I did do in 2005 and |
| I moved to ND in September of 2003. Now, I'm | | | | 2006 concerning affiliate marketing were |
| 20 minutes from where my son lives and I can | | | | these. First, I built a website called |
| see him 2 or 3 times per week. In the past | | | | Disabiz. Disabiz is short for disabled |
| year I've really learned what it means to be | | | | businesses. With the social security system |
| disabled. I can barely walk and I need my | | | | up in the air I thought it would be a good |
| electric scooter 100% of the time when I go | | | | idea to show other disabled people how to |
| outside. I rely on my walker for balance and | | | | make money on the internet. The second good |
| help with my walking indoors. | | | | thing I did during those two years was write |
| | | | an e-book. It chronicles my life and how it |
| My landlord and friend in ND was a former | | | | has changed in the past 16 years since my |
| employee of Microsoft in Fargo. He's the | | | | diagnosis. It's called I'll Run Again In |
| person that first told me about affiliate | | | | Heaven and details my life from college until |
| marketing. In 2004 I started learning slowly | | | | the present. I finished my e-book in 2007 and |
| about affiliate marketing, google, adsense, | | | | I'm now selling it online. |
| gurus and home based businesses. I signed up | | | | |
| to be an affiliate for about 20 products. | | | | I've listed 4 affiliate products that I like |
| However, I still had rental houses in | | | | on my website, Disabiz. They are all under |
| Minneapolis so I was spending a lot of time | | | | $100 to start. I also talk about ezine |
| managing them from 250 miles away. It wasn't | | | | article writing and places to advertise your |
| until mid 2006 that my plate had cleared | | | | affiliate products. I also talk about my |
| enough so I could start seriously looking at | | | | multiple sclerosis. I talk about my e-book |
| affiliate marketing as a way to make a | | | | and have an excerpt there. So all in all I'm |
| living. The thing I learned quickly is that | | | | very pleased with my affiliate marketing. I |
| 20 products is too many to manage. I would | | | | think if my MS progresses like it has been I |
| suggest 2 or 3. That is a manageable amount. | | | | feel confident that I can still earn a decent |
| | | | living and work from my home. |