I Just Defined My 2012 Goal... But Is It Possible?

sorry don't have an answer but curious to see responses on this one. good luck to you

If you are already earning $100/day with Amazon. Then all you have to do is 5x what you are doing now. You have a great 12 months ahead of you to achieve that. Just focus on what works and aim for that.

As a side note, just be careful putting all of your eggs in one basket. I was earning a nice income stream from Amazon until my state laws changed and Amazon no longer supported affiliates from my state.

Good luck!

*EDIT* ... Sorry I thought your post said $100/day. I would focus on $15-$30 a day as a reasonable goal from where you are at now and then keep raising your goal.

Sorry about that Lee! I must of had too much eggnog tonight. I edited the above post with a more realistic answer.

See you successful very soon!

If you work hard at it of course you can!

Hey Lee,

I noticed you mentioned this in another post, I think it is possible..maybe I think it is possible because I am doing the same thing lol I replied to your post there and I said my goal was 5000 / monthly but I am actually expecting way more..but I don't want to get my hopes all up lol

As I mentioned in that post, I want to review 1000+ products which is alot! the only issue I have is writing the reviews, I am not the best writer so this is the biggest issue I have, I have created my website and already built categories and made a nice looking website, " not the typical review site"

I will go with this approach no matter what, I feel that the regular 5 pages sites or 20 pages will get slapped by Google since they do not provide a huge value, they are actually there to rank for a while then go down with the next Google Panda..

I also do not believe in using the keyword in the domain, I feel so much people have abused it and Google is gonna teach them a lesson, it doesn't make any sense for a site with the keyword in it to rank high and provides minimum value, not sure if you think the same but I am going with a site like "whateverreview.com".

I have already secured a really premium domain , almost 12 years old and I am ready to start but the writing thing is the biggest issue and since I want 1000+ reviews then that will cost me alot, the writers range is 7 - 10 $ for a review... thats like 7000$ minimum.. lol


EDIT : Forgot to mention that alot of Warriors will tell you do not put your eggs in one basket, that is right but if you create 100 Amazon sites or mini sites then eventually Google is going to drop all of them and you lose the income.. unless you know how to do CPA and other IM methods then that would make you more secured but that will be alot of work, you need to focus on one site


Thanks

Even though it is quite inspiring, I think you should set a smaller goal. If you were earning $100 per day, earning $1,000 per day at the end of the year would be an achievable goal. Why? Because once you start earning a lot of money, it's usually not as complicated to increase that income drastically. But, as mentioned, the fact that you're only earning about $3 per day makes that goal really difficult to reach. I'm definitely not stating that it's impossible to achieve, but definitely something along the lines of 'miracle'. A more realistic goal of $100 per day is probably what I would aim for. Next year, perhaps, aim for $500 - $1,000 per day or more, depending on the results you achieve this year. Remember that everything takes time; nothing happens instantly, but large goals are still definitely possible to achieve.

If it is ... I will be a VERY HAPPY MAN!

I just re-inrolled. However, I am concerned that this may only last a year from what I've seen in the news.

If you really keep at it, and use those 12 hours wisely, then yes, I think you can. I saw a few people saying that you should set a more reasonable goal, but I thinking shooting high will really help.

Just keep working, and I'm sure you can do it.

hey with a good luck i want to ask few questions :

1) How are you getting traffic ?
2) Ever thought of going for other monetizations like clickbank and paydotcom?

I ask 1 because then it is easy to multiply. Even if you are able to add $800-1500 per month, you might make an incredible payment by the end. But then you will have to create an authority website in which as soon as you create a listing, it appears on search engine.

I say CB and paydotcom because if you can get traffic through SE to their products also you might bank more. Also when you add diversified products the website might get little more notice.

A little tip :

1) Amazon is well known for programming and other ebooks. As soon as a new product is added, you create a web-page for it with complete on-page SEO. Join ALN and submit an article to that product. This will get backlinks to each page and hence makes it authority.

2) Second idea can be to create a listing for top products of amazon (weekly rather than daily - if available*) and optimize it.

Amazon is a great market and you can bank hard but time required to start getting traffic (without PPC) is little troublesome.

And also do not deviate from the plan if you don't see results for 2-3 months. Never ever give up.

If you only earn $100 a month and IM is all you do... do you have a trust fund or something? Otherwise wouldn't it be tough to live on $1,200 a year?

Don't ask yourself if something is possible. You're letting doubt enter your mind. Simply deny doubt, accept that you WILL be making that by the end of the year and do it. If you doubt yourself from the beginning you are giving power to that doubt and that will only hurt your efforts. Make sense? Imagine if someone asked you how they can make $500 a day in affiliate sells. What would you tell them to do? Once you know what to tell them, then you know what you have to do. Just remember that there is no such thing as failure. There are only results. In a given day you're either succeeding, or figuring out another way that it doesn't work. Either way it's progress towards your goal. I honestly think you should shorten your timeline to six months from now than a year. A shorter timeline to meet your goal can be some amazing motivation. Especially if you're anything like me and tend to work better under pressure.

The goal is doable... But I am not sure about the business model.

It might happen if you constantly educate yourself and see what works by experimentation.

No one can really tell you if it's going to happen, but I will say it is doable... and if you had the right education and implementation strategy, quite easy too.

LB

Anything is possible.

Your only limitation, is your imagination.

I believe believing in unforeseen as if it is alredy happening is the only way to make it happen. Last year I achieved a 6 figure income by doing this (sticking with one thing). As you said it did seem very challenging when got the idea but I kept believing in it and things started to come together in about 4 months.

One thing I did was to do my best to enjoy what I do and get excited by the day I achieve the goal.

Believe and take action.

Good luck

so you are getting 100$ per month with amazon,and i don't think you are working 24x7 on it to achieve that 100$ ,i would say you work like 3 hours/day ,create 3 other accounts,and do the same thing and you will get 400$ per month straight up ,involve 2 of your family members to work with you (mom and dad ) ,they will learn the tricks of the trade very fast ,so that will increase the income to,1200 per month ,what i said might sounds like funny,but there are some things hidden in my post where you can think of ,good luck

Go buy a copy of The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz. It will help you a lot.

The commission at Amazon is awfully low but if you are comfortable with that and you want to master being an Amazon affiliate then do it.

Hi Lee

Firstly, I am glad to hear you have had the courage to set a goal that is way out of your comfort zone - that's a great start. Now as to achieving it, you will have to find (or create) the way. If it is there, you won't be able to see it and indeed, it could take you considerably time and effort to uncover it or possibly, to create it.

With regard to scaling your effort, that is a possibility as some others have already pointed out. It is relatively easy to find out if the answer is in that method - it's simple maths. Take the amount of effort (in hours) required to make your $3 per day and work out how much you are making per hour of effort expended. Then multiply that figure by the hours you are prepared to work. And there's your answer to whether or not you can achieve your goal by scaling your own effort.

If it turns out that you need more effort that you can possibly put in, you can work out how much is required, in terms of reviews, and then work out the shortfall between your own available effort and the required effort. You will then know how many reviews you need to outsource to make scaling work. Once you know that figure, you can work out if it makes economic sense to outsource them.

However, it may be possible for you to find another way. One that you don't yet know and therefore cannot plan for. You may find the following article helpful in this respect ...

Making a Quantum Leap

So, good luck to you, my friend. You have taken the first step. It is now up to you to find the way or create it.

Best wishes,

Will

Thank you Will. That was brilliant, sir.

Thanks to everyone else for all the encouragement, wisdom, and questions.

For some reason, I no longer have a "Thank You" button at the moment, or else I'd be using the hell out of it.

But thanks again.

If you shoot for the moon and reach the stars, then you will be successful.

In other words, start at the top, and you can drop, however if you start at the bottom, then your results will be rotten. Belief is the key.

You will achieve your goal.

everything is possible! but going from 3$ a day to 500$ a day is insane.
why don't you try to double your income instead and shoot for 6$ a day, then 12$, 24$...

good Luck to you... focusing on 1 thing may very well be the answer!

I think it's a possible goal. But like you stated in your OP, it seems "too big" right now because you're at $100 per month right now.

While it's great to have a goal, it's also more effective if you start off with a more realistic goal. I'm not talking about realistic in terms of what is possible, I'm talking about being realistic in the context of what's attainable for you and your specific circumstances.

I would change your goal to something like:

To attain $1,000 per month by March 31.

What's great about having a smaller goal is that it makes it much more believable to your sub-conscious. This is why it's so critical for people to make their first sale because once they see that first sale, they know it's possible.

Set a goal of $1,000 per month OR X amount of sales per month by March 31st. Make sure you write it down and review it daily (I have my goals written down on 3 x 5 index cards and review them daily, it's a tool that I will never stop doing until the day I die).

Then when March 1st comes around, you'll be able to modify your one year goal accordingly. The key is to break down your goals into smaller goals with an action plan after each one, otherwise your goal is meaningless.

Lastly, most people overestimate what they can accomplish in one year but usually underestimate what they can accomplish in 5 years. Setting smaller goals like these and reviewing them daily allows you to get enough feedback so you can tweak your goals as needed.

Goals do not have to be written in stone, though they should be written down somewhere when you can see them frequently.

RoD

Thanks again, everyone!

Here's how I've broken it down.

$500 PER DAY IN AMAZON COMMISSIONS BY 12/31/12
$250 PER DAY IN AMAZON COMMISSIONS BY MY BIRTHDAY << JUNE 23, 2012
$100 PER DAY IN AMAZON COMMISSIONS BY APRIL 30, 2012
$50 PER DAY IN AMAZON COMMISSIONS BY FEBRUARY 28, 2012

I've also determined that I can do two reviews per day, since each one takes me approx. 2-3 hours to research and write. I'm very thorough.

Then with another 3 hours spent doing some quality backlinking... per review... so 6 hours total on off-page SEO... I don't think this is too far out of the question.

The quote that keeps coming to mind actually comes from PotPie Girl... "If you're willing to do for a year what others won't, you can spend a lifetime doing what others can't." Or somethin' like that.

Me likey.

Good luck on your goal. It takes a lot of patience and pesistance to do well with Amazon. It definatly seems a big challenge especially if you don't outsource. I've been promoting Amazon for over a year and the most i've earned in 1 day is about $330.

365 reviews maybe enough to achieve that goal. Although likely not all of them will rank highly due to various factors and some products will no longer be available after a number of months, etc.. which will peg things back.