Bum Marketing In 2023.

I was thinking about platforms like Vocal and Medium.

I have no money but I've been looking into affiliate marketing. So what would you need to spend your money on? Website domains, paid ads, and advanced editors and copywriters?

The only thing about that stat about Medium writers is how much are they working? I wouldn't be surprised if half of them were working an hour or two a week, writing only a few articles a month.

I would be doing 40 hours per week in order to achieve my first $10,000 from affiliate (bum) marketing by 2025. Do you think this is a reasonable goal? Unlike the people you described in your post, I am 21 years old. No prior education in marketing. A bit in copywriting. I'm fairly smart but I have no money.

Indeed. Actually, when using the GPT-4 model along with a proper set of prompts (a few good prompts per article are usually needed), there is even no need to edit anything manually. The model is capable of producing really good and I say useful content for readers.

I concur.

The other thing about experienced IMers, and this is not
directed at the OP, is that people need to devise their own
methods, based on their skills, interests, and experience,
instead of worrying about what everybody else is doing.

A successful person could draw you a picture of the exact
steps they are doing to make money online or marketing
or whatever, and most people will either not understand
it or otherwise be unable to replicate that method.

There are 90+ threads on this forum about Bum Marketing,
a few books and videos on other sites, and the originator's
website can be viewed in the archives.

I would post a link to a really informative archived page,
but it has various affiliate ads on it, so I won't.

The platforms may have changed, but the fundamentals of
the method are still valid if people would actually do them,
in order for them to work.

Yeah, it was a great title for a Product/Concept. "The Rich Jerk" was clever too.
: )

To jamesmurdoch and all other Warriors. Ten thousand a month is a good goal.

I pulled this out of Kay's post:

What do you plan to sell?

The reason I did this, it is really, the ONLY question you need to answer and the problem with affiliate marketing is: You have to spend large amounts of time FINDING the thing(s) that will generate consistent income. Many affiliate products have short life cycles, and it is a constant finding and PROMOTING your offers. Constant promotion of new offers.

So to get there, one needs to build a list of buyers they can continuously market too, and using all free and low/no cost methods is going to eat your lunch all day long.

It is my belief that any Warrior can get to 1k a month of continuous income in one year to 15 months and from there, can scale it up with ad spends and expanded marketing. Now we have proof of this in the savidge4 post about eBay...where he helped his young son build up far more than 1k a week, and that was/is just one way to do it.

What happens is...at about 7-9 months into the dedicated project, life happens; bills need paid, time is harder to find, results have not been as fast as expected.

And for the last two+ decades we've seen many a Warrior toss in the towel and try something else. Many get close but it doesn't happen fast enough.

There is a better way. Answer Kay's questions, about WHY affiliate marketing when you have no money? You will find thousands of others here who choose that BECAUSE they have no money and it is the no cost way to get into the game. But it is far from the only one.

When you do an honest personal ASSESSMENT and see clearly what you might have to offer, it flips the script, so instead of trying to GET MONEY from people via affiliate marketing, you find what you have to OFFER that people will WANT to buy from you.

It could be knowledge, skills, experience, wisdom, or something else.

When you begin from a perspective of WHAT CAN I OFFER?

As opposed to HOW DO I GET?

The whole world of IM becomes clearer and one is more able to map out their work load and see with clear eyes an achievable goal.

So, if you are half as smart as you think you are, then you will spend some time answering Kay's question to find the hidden nuggets of gold you may already be holding.

GordonJ