Month 1: $3117 - What I did in my first month of IM to make $3117

[PWard]

Hi Warriors,

Having been in the IM game for a few months now and earning enough from it to have been able to quit my job I wanted to share something back with the community that helped me through it, and how I made it possible to quit my old job and now work for myself!

Came across the Warrior Forum a few months back (only just signed up to start getting involved!) and have been reading through a tonne of writings from everyone on here since then. After a week or so of reading through articles I came across I got some base ideas of ways to make money from sitting at the computer at home! So being bored senseless at my job (now old job!) waiting tables I would get home and start working on the computer.

My weekdays would consist of getting up at 8, getting to work from 8:30am - 6pm, getting home at half 6, eating & showering then working from 7pm-11:30pm. I promised myself that if I started making more than $1850 a month (which was what I was making at my old job) I would quit and start working full time for myself from home.

The first 3 weeks I didn't earn a cent from anything online, that was working weekends on it too, and when I worked it out it was over 100 hours of work for nothing in return! Was pretty exhausting and hardly rewarding as I was working my ass off to make it work for me. But nothing for 3 weeks straight!

Came home on the Thursday in the 4th week and won't forget this as it had been an extra cr*p day at work! Came home and had made over $60!!!

I know it isn't anything substantial but that's almost as much as I'd earnt that day so had basically earned double what I normally would in a day so was really on a high.

The next day came home and had made $33, nothing huge but was better than nothing. From that Friday onwards things only got better, and for the next 30 days I added the total earnings up to equal $3117!


So how did I do it?

I'd read a lot on article marketing, and also a lot on web 2.0 based marketing. I set myself a goal once I got started of writing 5 articles a day because that would be 150 articles a month. 5 a day didn't seem too strenuous and 150 a month seemed like a lot so began writing. I would go to Clickbank, find a product in a niche to target, and instead of writing articles on that niche I was writing almost review pages like 'How I got over anxiety & panic attacks' as the title.

I got to writing 5 a day on each different niche, and after 3 weeks and 3 days before I had made a cent I had 128 pages up (I had written a couple more than 5 on the odd day) on all different sites such as:

articlesbase.com
ezinearticles.com
squidoo.com
hubpages.com
goarticles.com

There are many more but basically article sites and social marketing web 2.0 sites. So would submit them when done and on that day I had 128 unique pages in different niches of my on content up with my own hoplinks in.

Since that Thursday where I made $60, I had days where I would even make over $100, $200, and two days where I made $300!!! I also had days where I only made $30 or so, and some where I made no sales, but after calculating up after the first 30 days of money making happening, I had made $3117 pure profit, and that same day I handed my weeks notice in and quit my job a week later!!!

I'm still going strong and still making more than I was at my old job Can't explain how much happier I am now, have more time to spend with the girlfriend, more time to go for a run or down the gym, I'm eating more healthily now, and I'm earning more than I was at my old job doing something I actually enjoy!!!

Will be looking into a new way to make money online soon as I would like to expand my income streams, but want to say A HUGE THANKYOU to all my fellow Warriors!!!! because without the help of all of your shared knowledge it would have been so difficult to go alone, if achievable at all!

Wanted to post this as a thankyou and to give something back to everyone here at the WF as I can't explain how much happier you've all helped make my life

Paul

[Sissy76]

Well done! It's great to hear experiences like yours, keep it up! You really highlight the importance of consistency and sticking with it.
Good on you!

Sissy

[davidomni]

You keep on learning & you will grow. It is true that some
get more lucky at some points than others. Who cares? Just compare yourself
to your past results. It took me a good three years online before I learned anything.
And when I did, it was like a fluke. Like some magic recipe just waiting to be cooked and savored by its creator. When success comes, the feeling is even sweeter because you know that you have deserved it. Hell, I've dedicated many hours, days, weeks, even months to IM because I believe it is the right thing for me. Its actually a passion.
I dont know about everyone else here, but I hate working the traditional job.
Can't stand it, never have, never will. The thing with IM is, there is room for anyone.
Its like the market is a grand genie, holding a mirror, reflecting our desires.
It helps us understand who we are, and for this reason I have big love and respect to everyone who stays in this game. Progress, is a process. Which leads to the path of the fulfillment of you goals. I read a quote the other day about destiny: destiny comes to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
You have to believe in yourself. Its quite literally up to you. You might go through product after product, but if you get just one good idea out of each.
You will begin to build a grand design that will formulate itself into larger picture.
Which will then tell you what to do next.

Listen to this voice, and listen wisely. Then make haste!
You must not waste what valuable time you may have.

We shall fight the good fight with all that we have,
as if it where to be our last actions on this earth.

Cheers.

[PWard]

Originally Posted by Sissy76

Well done! It's great to hear experiences like yours, keep it up! You really highlight the importance of consistency and sticking with it.
Good on you!

Sissy

Originally Posted by davidomni

You keep on learning & you will grow. It is true that some
get more lucky at some points than others. Who cares? Just compare yourself
to your past results. It took me a good three years online before I learned anything.
And when I did, it was like a fluke. Like some magic recipe just waiting to be cooked and savored by its creator. When success comes, the feeling is even sweeter because you know that you have deserved it. Hell, I've dedicated many hours, days, weeks, even months to IM because I believe it is the right thing for me. Its actually a passion.
I dont know about everyone else here, but I hate working the traditional job.
Can't stand it, never have, never will. The thing with IM is, there is room for anyone.
Its like the market is a grand genie, holding a mirror, reflecting our desires.
It helps us understand who we are, and for this reason I have big love and respect to everyone who stays in this game. Progress, is a process. Which leads to the path of the fulfillment of you goals. I read a quote the other day about destiny: destiny comes to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
You have to believe in yourself. Its quite literally up to you. You might go through product after product, but if you get just one good idea out of each.
You will begin to build a grand design that will formulate itself into larger picture.
Which will then tell you what to do next.

Listen to this voice, and listen wisely. Then make haste!
You must not waste what valuable time you may have.

We shall fight the good fight with all that we have,
as if it where to be our last actions on this earth.

Cheers.

Thanks for both of your inspiring responses

Couldn't agree more with both.

Stick with it long enough and eventually something will hit. It's like the law of increasing averages, try something enough times and eventually you'll make it work!!

Paul

[newBum76]

NICE! That is an awesome story of perseverance, you really got me motivated here.

I've made my first 5 sales this month, it's time to ramp things up and hopefully I'll see some numbers like yours next month.

Thanks for sharing, this really is great inspiration for all the rest of us newbies. Hope you see lots more success!

-Jon

[ejoka1986]

Congratulations, That is an awesome result! Big up man and keep it up, i have learnt much from you, one of my problem is not being consistency,from now onwards i am going to put much more work on a daily basis. Thanks man.

[PWard]

Originally Posted by newBum76

NICE! That is an awesome story of perseverance, you really got me motivated here.

I've made my first 5 sales this month, it's time to ramp things up and hopefully I'll see some numbers like yours next month.

Thanks for sharing, this really is great inspiration for all the rest of us newbies. Hope you see lots more success!

-Jon

Originally Posted by ejoka1986

Congratulations, That is an awesome result! Big up man and keep it up, i have learnt much from you, one of my problem is not being consistency,from now onwards i am going to put much more work on a daily basis. Thanks man.

Glad it's helping get some more of you motivated just how I got motivated those months ago!!!

[AidanKay]

Congratulations.

That has seriously inspired me!

Thanks a lot, for both the inspiration and sharing of your success story .

-Aidan.

[fxmmorale]

Congratulations,

Thanks for sharing the play by play.
Hope you have many more successes.

Must be awesome to know that you can literally write your own paycheck.

Very cool,
Nando

[PWard]

Originally Posted by AidanKay

Congratulations.

That has seriously inspired me!

Thanks a lot, for both the inspiration and sharing of your success story .

-Aidan.

Originally Posted by fxmmorale

Congratulations,

Thanks for sharing the play by play.
Hope you have many more successes.

Must be awesome to know that you can literally write your own paycheck.

Very cool,
Nando

So cool to hear my own success story is getting people inspired

Thanks for you positive messages guys

[NicSennen]

That's very inspiring Paul! Can you just elaborate whether you sent any backlinks to your articles and web 2.0 pages or did you just publish them and leave?

[PWard]

Originally Posted by gracebiz1

That's very inspiring Paul! Can you just elaborate whether you sent any backlinks to your articles and web 2.0 pages or did you just publish them and leave?

Hey there Grace! I did link to my other pages in the same niche within each article so had some linking structure going on between all the articles in the same niche, but didn't make a huge conscious effort to do so. I had my mind more set on just getting the articles out there. But I guess the linking between articles couldn't of hurt!

Glad to help

Paul

[TheJunkMan]

great story man! incredible to read stuff that especially with so much negativity on the subject of making money online! congrats!

[The Mighty Mariner]

I think the great lesson from your story is that you worked hard by writing those articles. You were not looking for some no effort, loads of cash opportunity. There are so many people who believe that the streets of the Internet are paved with gold.
They may be, but only for those who are prepared to work and dig up the gold but not for those who expect the gold to jump straight into their pockets.
Well done, you deserve your success

[marcus passey]

Hey Paul

That is fantastic mate, I really should of stepped my article writing up a while ago.

Had a few sales. but I really could not understand why some of my articles could get several hundreds of views and some would get less than 30.

So that always kinda put me off a little especially when I did not get any sales from the article that received a lot of views.

Well done though Paul

Marcus

[P.Sharma]

congrats brother from another mother....lol
You really look pumped up, even your signature shows how proud you are of this achievement. Make it a point to work harder from this point on, don't let this get into your head and work for $10000 now. Upscale, Outsource and Expand. You seriously can make more than this. You can PM me if you need help.

I have just started a thread that is aimed at helping people make money with clickbank. Please ask any questions that you may have there. That way it will benefit the whole community and not just 2 or three persons. Thanks and God Bless

[davidmerrick]

Thanks for posting this! I've been spending most of my time learning how to write code and build websites and wondering where all my time's going without much to show for it. Your consistency and strategy are very inspiring and I'm going to start spending my time on the more important aspects of my business online!

[sunny_popali]

That is fantastic mate - I am too learning here, I haven't started but will begin shortly though.

This arena is very big & there is something for everyone. Hats off to your dedication & constant engagement in your efforts.

[dave147]

Good Stuff - keep going, it can only get better and better

[imguru]

Thanks for sharing, this was truly inspirational!

[AnnaOlgushka]

Congratulation Paul

can you develop a little more about what you did, in fact the way you submit articles make a huge difference

so here are some questions:

Q1:when you submitted articles to ezinearticles do you put one link pointing to the affiliate or a blog where you review the product?

Q2:How many links did you posted in your resource box?

Q3: was you resource box a pure Call to action + link style??

Q4: Do you have put in place a tracking way to know where your sales come from?
(i can provide you a free tracking solution service to increase your ROI, just PM me)

Q5: You mentioned a review style, is you articles written in a review style, or an article promoting a review blog?

the main reason to your success is you fixed a goal from the beginning, and you follow a proven path

Keep up with the great work


The Seo Queen
Anna

[NewbiesDiary]

Well done!

If I may... so you chose a method and STUCK to it? You didn't chop & change every thirty seconds.

Now I know this is a huge stumbling point for a great number of new IM'ers. Every time a newbie asks me how to get started or what's the secret - I always say to choose a method or system and STICK TO IT! Dont do anything else. Dont read your emails. Dont buy any products/systems/software etc.

Sorry to hijack your thread here - but just wanted to point this out for the new IM'ers cause I feel it's really an important point.

Back to you Paul - way to go you! It's so exciting making your first sale - and the amount is completely irrelevant - it's the thrill of discovering that "yes this works" and "yes I can make it work".

Now you can look to outsource the article writing for that niche and move on to discover the next niche. Rinse and repeat. You've found a system that works - do it again, and again and again ....

[rajuthan]

Good Story and congrats

now just take those profits and outsource the writing and double your income

[Karan Goel]

Just one question - Did you make that amount only though PPC(Adsense etc),Or using CPA offers also.

[acrasial]

PWard, I am in a similar scenario, only I have yet to submit my articles to other article directories- but it's my only source of income as well. It's fantastic to see you are earning above the minimum wage now- especially in your FIRST month alone- quite exciting!

I hope you will be able to increase this then, in the coming months- I could see you getting to $10,000+ per month easily then- but with a little hard work and persistence in between.

Best of luck to you, and keep it up!

Regards,

[acrasial]

Originally Posted by rajuthan

Good Story and congrats

now just take those profits and outsource the writing and double your income

I still don't get how that doubles your income- when you have to spend money ...just to get the articles...LOL!


Then not ALL of those articles will do well, or make the same amount of money- I have yet to experience this kind of thing you are talking about when it comes to outsourcing.

[rajuthan]

Originally Posted by acrasial

I still don't get how that doubles your income- when you have to spend money ...just to get the articles...LOL!


Then not ALL of those articles will do well, or make the same amount of money- I have yet to experience this kind of thing you are talking about when it comes to outsourcing.

His 5 Articles a day made $3k (150 Articles)

Now take a $1k and get 200-300 articles and then the numbers will talk

[Heuristic]

Each article made $20 in the first month on average. I would have to say that these results aren't typical. Many article writers might see $5-$10 - maybe even less, per article. Whatever you are doing, it is giving you above average results - at least that has been my experience. Congratulations and keep it up.

Steve

[acrasial]

Originally Posted by rajuthan

His 5 Articles a day made $3k (150 Articles)

Now take a $1k and get 200-300 articles and then the numbers will talk

well i wonder what niches he is in, and how he markets them- but I have done over 100 per day- and have not seen the same results.

I have also tried outsourcing before- and got worse results than when i wrote them myself. that is why i still cannot see it that way.

any advice then?

[MicahF7]

Hey Paul,

Great job!

One thing you need to know about clickbank and you can search this on this forum for more information, but clickbank will start shaving sales, so you may see a decline is conventions after a little bit, when that happens, just open another account and try to keep them separate and your sales will jump back up again and everything will be fine, You wont get in trouble for doing that with clickbank anyways.

I had a lot of success with make money online right off the bat aswell... One of the things you need to remember is to always keep learning and growing and being taught.


Thanks

Micah Rush

[DAS_Matt]

Congrats on your good results. Keep it up.

[OmegaNine]

It's posts like these that keep me going...

[MurphSmurf]

Wow, this thread is really inspiring. My goal is to break the $1200/mo mark at the very minimum, and I can definitely see that it's possible to earn double this amount with consistent action and hard work. Thank you!

[AfteraDream]

Congrats! Hope you will keep earning more and more in the future!

[Michael Curran Smith]

Nice work! Just imagine if you wrote 10 articles per day!!

[denzel Durant]

Congrats! That is good stuff. Keep up the good work. Your post will really help a lot of people find direction.

[Chris Thompson]

Interestingly, if you can consistently get that kind of income for 150 new articles, you should be able to outsource this at a profit.

Quality articles are $15 from what I've seen. You need quality. Crap is not worth buying. Anyway, your 150 articles if they even cost you $15 each, would be $2250 per month. With the strategy you are using it sounds like you should buy some good WSO on article marketing, and write short 300-word articles, or outsource those.

[dejoliet31]

Thanks for the inspiring post. I am mentoring a newbie who will be thrilled to see evidence that it is still possible to earn such an income using articles. Having been one who recently lost his job, he needs this kind of real life testimony.

Keep doing what you are doing.

[mikeyman120]

Congrats. Most people spend months trying to make just $1. Keep up the good work. I hope you keep making that kind of money and don't have to go back to a job. Freedom from work is a great thing! I don't call Internet Marketing work I call it fun.

Mike

[Geode]

Well done Paul, keep it up. though you might regret posting this as people will be asking EXACTLY how you did it. By the way what color underwear do you have on when you write articles. LOL

[BJ Min]

pward,

great job...i do the same thing except write articles leading for my own products...

for ezinearticles, do you lead to a BLOG page? or what type of page is money site?

[Oscar D]

Awesome!

Well done, that motivates me to work harder and longer.

Thank you for sharing your success story so far, best of luck for the future

[makeittoday]

Nice on Paul. Congrats!
Don't relent but expand, stick to your methods and introduce more
as you expand.

[misterwrecker]

Great Job! I noticed you did not mention anything about keyword research. You kind of make it seem that you just winged the article keywords. Correct me if i'm wrong.

[Rod Cortez]

Way to go Paul. Since Paul is my middle name I've got to give you extra props.

[Adam Bshero]

Great story... now all you need to do is see what is selling the best and expand.

Scaling is where the real money is! Also think about creating your own product.

[desg]

hi mate
how can i get my sales with my clickbank account as i have two websites with them cheers

[Rod Cortez]

Originally Posted by desg

hi mate
how can i get my sales with my clickbank account as i have two websites with them cheers

Your question is way too general. Instead of hijaking this thread why don't you start a new thread with a lot more details such as what your websites are, how you are promoting them, etc. otherwise you're not going to get any serious responses.

[Joseph Park]

Big Congrats!!!

Your perseverance finally paid off, eh?
This is why I come to this forum day
after day. I need to be inspired again
and again to stay focused and keep going.

I had some cheap success but I think
I need to press forward with more
determination.

Thanks for your post.

[jscanlan84]

Congratulations on your success!

Was there any keyword research involved in this or did you strictly write reviews? If so what was the criteria?

Thanks

Jack