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