First Affiliate Commission!!!

by gai001
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I hate to be "that guy" who get's all excited about his first sale, but I am anyways.

I was at work today and noticed earlier in the day that my first article to Ezine Articles was finally accepted for a new niche I was going after. Like many newbs I was chasing opportunity after opportunity and really didn't know where to start. I began IM about a little over a month ago and have learned SO much in that time frame and have spent many hours as well. Only about 2 weeks ago did I figure out the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org!!! That was a huge shock to me! LOL SO I have been trying different projects pretty much knowing they weren't going anywhere because I couldn't figure out how to get traffic to my affiliate links. So I finally got out the debit card and purchased Jeremy Kelsells WSO and on my very first article approval after following this advice I got my first sale!!!

I had to shut my office door when I found out because I was literally gushing with joy! It was only my second hop from the article that got me a sale. I'm pretty sure they won't all come this easy but at least I see that it is possible.

I just want to thank everyone on this forum for providing such useful, amazing content for free! No other industry in the world as such a great community.
#affiliate #commission
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  • Profile picture of the author yesacpow
    congrats the first sale is the bommer

    No all you need to do is replicate the process
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  • Profile picture of the author rondo
    1 sale from 2 hops. Wow. That's got to be some kind of record!

    Congrats.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kelvin Nikkel
      Thats great! Congratulations!

      Now don't keep me in suspense, Which WSO are you talking about? What is the name of it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Eric Land
    The first sale is the best

    But then just wait till you make like 5 in one day thats really amazing
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  • Profile picture of the author gcrocker
    Great work. This is what comes from focusing, setting goals, setting deadlines, sticking to them, and executing on a plan. Frank Kern's "bird finger" memo has some great motivation for folks (like me) who have trouble with that.

    Congrats!

    -glenn
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  • Profile picture of the author Kang
    Somehow this reminds me of the song "The First Cut is
    The Deepest".

    I am thinking of spoofing the song into "The First Sale
    is The Sweetest" and sell it as a WSO.

    Any takers?

    If only I could get Allen to be the lead singer..

    Gotta be the WSO of the Year.
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    • Profile picture of the author Eric Land
      Originally Posted by kangwei View Post

      Somehow this reminds me of the song "The First Cut is
      The Deepest".

      I am thinking of spoofing the song into "The First Sale
      is The Sweetest" and sell it as a WSO.

      Any takers?

      If only I could get Allen to be the lead singer..

      Gotta be the WSO of the Year.
      lol to that
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      I am looking for ad swaps pm me if you are too!

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  • Profile picture of the author jaijav29
    Originally Posted by gai001 View Post

    I hate to be "that guy" who get's all excited about his first sale, but I am anyways.

    I was at work today and noticed earlier in the day that my first article to Ezine Articles was finally accepted for a new niche I was going after. Like many newbs I was chasing opportunity after opportunity and really didn't know where to start. I began IM about a little over a month ago and have learned SO much in that time frame and have spent many hours as well. Only about 2 weeks ago did I figure out the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org!!! That was a huge shock to me! LOL SO I have been trying different projects pretty much knowing they weren't going anywhere because I couldn't figure out how to get traffic to my affiliate links. So I finally got out the debit card and purchased Jeremy Kelsells WSO and on my very first article approval after following this advice I got my first sale!!!

    I had to shut my office door when I found out because I was literally gushing with joy! It was only my second hop from the article that got me a sale. I'm pretty sure they won't all come this easy but at least I see that it is possible.

    I just want to thank everyone on this forum for providing such useful, amazing content for free! No other industry in the world as such a great community.
    Congratulations! Just keep it up.
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  • Profile picture of the author ss61288
    its just the beginning buddy!
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  • Profile picture of the author Sean Donahoe
    Nice work! That first comission and first commission check is always the sweetest. I actually have my very first commission check (from over 9 years ago no... jeeze where did the time go!) framed on my wall. It was only $24 but that has been one of my main inspirations in Internet marketing.

    Here's to many more commissions in the future!

    Regards

    Sean Donahoe
    The Manic Marketer
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  • Profile picture of the author PeterDudek
    Congratulations!

    I remember my first commission like it was yesterday -- ahh, April 2005.

    Funny thing is I got the commission three months AFTER I had GIVEN UP on Internet Marketing!

    I almost didn't open the email telling me about it because I thought it was spam. Good thing I did. Here it is almost 4 years later and I'm closing in on $4,000,000 gross revenues for that time period. (Net profit much less, but you better believe I'm glad I opened that email!)

    So keep on chuggin' gai001! You never know where this could lead!
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  • Profile picture of the author racso316
    woah congrats! i wish that was me lol
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  • Profile picture of the author TashaR
    Fantastic!! Well Done! I still remember my first sale, as I'm sure many of us do :-)

    Now the BEST news is that you've found something that works....all you have to do now is rinse and repeat...

    Congratulations again.

    Tasha
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    • Profile picture of the author gai001
      Thanks everyone. I'm very excited and am motivated to keep going. Somebody asked what WSO it was: It's called Step by Step Niche Profits...it's the only WSO (or internet marketing product) I've ever bought and I would STRONGLY recommend it for anyone, especially beginners like me. I would like to post my results in the WSO thread but not enough posts yet! Thanks again Jeremy.

      P.S.
      The ROI on this WSO was great already. I think I paid $17 on it and have already made over $33, and maybe 2 hours of work. Not bad, especially when I know there is more to come...I have 7 articles waiting for approval.
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  • Profile picture of the author ensmarketing
    That was great buddy! Congrats!

    By the way what is the full spell of WSO again?

    ENSmarketing.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Craig Fenton
    Way to go! I hope you get 1 an hour for ever.

    Have a great weekend!
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