Some really priceless guidance for making money w/affiliate programs (Kris Jones from PepperJam)
It took me about two years to actually give Webmaster Radio a try, but when I did I was really impressed by some of the shows–particularly Shoemoney’s show (Net Income) and SEO Rockstars.
As far as I can tell from the archives, I’ve listened to every single episode of Net Income several times (it’s good commuting material :)). The other day I was on a plane with my iPod and didn’t feel like listening to music, so I started up an old episode of Net Income; more specifically, the July 18th show with Kris Jones, CEO of Pepperjamsearch.com. Shoemoney and Kris discuss PPC and affiliate strategies.
While this is the second installment of a two part-series, you should be able to understand everything without listening to the preceding episode (although if you have time, I’d definitely recommend it). Kris really puts forward some quality, fundamental advice that applies to everyone from the total newbie to the super affiliate. My favorite segment is one I agree with wholeheartedly and that really screams to me “This guy GETS IT!” When asked about starting out on a limited budget (as an affiliate), Kris responds:
This is IT! This is all there is to it, and Kris does a great job laying it out. I really love and passionately relate to / support his thought process when he remembers his reaction to his first paycheck: “WOW, if I could make a $100… I knew at that time this was back you know 5 or 6 years ago I knew at that time there were more than 1,000 merchants who had affiliate programs, so I figured if I could make $50 or $100 per merchant program, per month, you know, you’re talking about a lot of money.”
Later Kris reiterates this concept:
Once you could perfect a concept that makes you money…. You know, take it back to my initial philosophy. If you could figure out how to make $100 doing one thing, why not try to replicate that 500 or 1,000 times? Right?
Anyway, I won’t repeat the whole thing here, and I know it’s an old episode, but I just listened to it again and was really struck by how good Kris’ advice is. I’m really looking forward to hearing him speak at Affiliate Summit West.
Thanks for reviving my interview with Shoemoney from Webmaster Radio. I’ve been reading your blog on a pretty regular basis and was honored to see you post about the PPC Arbitrage show I did with Jeremy.
The story you pulled out about the idea of finding something that pays you $50 or so on a monthly basis and scaling it through replication has made me a lot of money as an affiliate marketer. It is how I generated enough captial to launch my own full-service internet marketing company - Pepperjam. By the way, I’ve used similar philosophies to grow that business into one of the fastest growing companies in the United States (Inc. Magazine, 2006) so it must be a pretty time-tested way of making big money!
Thanks again,
By the way - I dugg the post.
Kris
No problem! Sorry I didn’t reply to this comment until now, I thought I had. Thanks for the great interview.
[…] SEO Loser dusted off and blogged in detail about one of my (personal) highlights of 2006 - me being interviewed on Shoemoney’s Net Income Webmaster Radio Show. Actually, Shoemoney interviewed me twice (First Interview Here / Second Interview Here) about making money with affiliate marketing using search arbitrage and other tricks. Anyway, SEO Loser definitely impressed me with his ability to extract some key money making moments of the interview’s - specifically, he focuses on my tip to find an affiliate marketing method that pays you $50 or so on a monthly basis and scaling it through replication. In a reply, I admit to him that this is the exact strategy I’ve used to make me a lot of money as an affiliate marketer - therefore, I thought it was worth noting here for other internet entrepreneurs to consider. […]
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Konrad Braun
www.PowerHits.ca.tt
Great thoughts. When one thinks of affiliate marketing, and how one can easily duplicate some simple results in multiple niches, the numbers really add up!