"Affiliate making 5 million per month" -- How? Who? Where?

I think somehow the decimal point got moved. Now if you are JP Rowlings, then perhaps you might make that money on the Harry Potter books. But even that for booksales alone seems awfully high.

So I would doubt the information very much.

Agreed, and Tim Ferriss has been known to make some bold claims in the name of compelling marketing.

But here's the rub for me: what does he have to gain by making that statement?

At the time of this article he was already an NYT best selling author and household name among Gen Y'ers. It's not like he needs that absurd sentence to make people pay attention to this article.

I dunno, part of me believes that he isn't making it up. But part of me believes it sounds way too good to be true.

The only idea I've had so far that makes sense is the following:

It's not a person as much as it is a company. For example, Mint.com could have fit this description if they sold an ebook on personal finance. They make money by cross selling affiliate promotions from banks, etc... and then maybe they make some from the ebook as well.

Still. I'm with you guys. It's a claim that is hard to believe.

Ummm, hi

If you own Australia and invented rain, stop sending it here to OZ please

I am getting cabin fever...10 days raining here straight. oi.

Plus send me over a supermodel, the wife is going on a business trip on the weekend

I knew it...... the signature is just a cover up....... :p

Agreed, there are loads of money making opportunity's which are highly profitable that not a lot of people on here know of and/or don't believe are real money makers.

Last I heard Eben Pagan's "Double Your Dating" was doing 20 million a year - and it's probably grown since then.

If you're talking specifically Ebooks (not just general virtual goods like audio, video), then I'm not too sure. But with the right marketing and product, I think it's possible.

There are other online companies that make 12M look like a drop in the ocean.

Ansar

Hi,

These threads are a bit like the discussions between people who read celebrity gossip in newspapers - in general they're pointless and useless plus the conversation usually revolves around sensationalism, extremes and situations that the discussers will most likely never experience.

You get those who say, 'I used to go to school with celebrity X'. Likewise, you'll just get a mix of people here talking about how they don't believe it's possible and others taking the contrary position that it's entirely possible and that they know someone making $XYZ.

Ultimately, it's all second-hand and hearsay.

Think about it. If you were discussing real estate with a view to making a living from it, is it better to discuss the extremes - 'I know a bloke who owns a whole country' or is it better to talk about the transition phase where someone went from their first property to owning a whole street, how they scaled-up and what the early problems were that could have destroyed the plan?

Or if you wanted to become a money lender, is it better to discuss how Goldman Sachs makes silly money via million dollar transactions, or is it better to discuss how Joe Blow went from ten customers to one hundred customers and the lessons he learned while transitioning from a sole trader to a limited company?

Some will say that 'it's inspirational' to have discussions like this about earning amounts that are so high that they are above the comprehension level of the average warrior. 'It's motivational to discuss just how much money you could make.'

I disagree. If someone is struggling to earn their first dollar, or struggling to earn enough to pay all of their bills and go full-time, while putting in all the hours they can while learning the ropes, it doesn't matter if you discuss making $50k per month or $5m per month - both figures are way above their comprehension level and are therefore mainly irrelevant.

It's also demonstrative and supportive of the dreamer mentality. Consider how much more helpful it is to discuss doubling the profits of the average warrior and the strategies typically used to achieve this (which are most likely entirely different strategies surrounded by entirely different language than the strategies used to turn 7 figures into 8).

Tim Ferriss writes some very good articles with a lot of information that is relevant to those at the lower end of the earning spectrum. Therefore, to isolate the most extreme part of the article and create a discussion out of it is pretty pointless and demonstrative of the sensationalism that mainstream media conditions people to focus upon.

Many of you will dismiss my comments as negative and unnecessarily critical of an innocent conversation.

One day, when you stop dreaming (this comment aimed at the average warrior) you'll realise why I spend the time writing this in order to help at least one person (or hopefully more) understand the importance of targetting your discussion/reading/learning on the subjects and topics which are relevant to your income level (and more importantly those just above it) while dismissing the rest of the irrelevant nonsense and noise that tends to dominate.

Many of us are on a steep and painful learning curve as we extricate our mindset from the norm which previously kept us anchored to the bottom of the food-chain. My tip here is that if you want to accelerate that process and remove some of the pain, it might be worth considering doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing and ignore the sensational stuff while focussing on the boring, down-to-earth nuts and bolts. Protect your brain and your available time and be discerning about where you place your attention - not only will you be concentrating on more relevant subjects but you will also be training yourself to be a more critical thinker by habit, one who is earning the right to place themselves in the higher percentages.

In order to reach great heights, you first need to learn to keep your feet firmly on the ground and your head out of the clouds. ExRat

HTH

No the claim is a single book

$5,000,000 and $10,000,000 per month with a single e-book

Very good breakdown...really shows what it actually would take to make that kind of money. it doesnt sound so crazy that way. Of course this could also be a lie but the point is that it is possible. There are plenty of people out there (well, not plenty) that make 100 million or more a year. It is definitely not coming from one ebook though. Just think about how much money Trump makes every day.

The way I see it is this: Do I need that much money? I mean yeah it would be great, but if you set your sites on a much more realistic goal and achieve that first, you will go much farther.

You can't go from broke to 1 million a year. First you have to make 100 bucks, then 1000 bucks etc. It is best to focus on a goal that is REALISTIC to your present situation, then once you meet that goal, set a bigger goal and move on from there. This will keep you motivated and will produce greater results in the long run...you are thinking long term right??

Why does somebody making $5 million a month have to give you proof of income?

There are a lot of affiliate only businesses that make $5 million a month or more. Why is that so hard to believe?

When most people here think "affiliate", they are assuming that you are talking about mailing WSO or CB offers on how to get better position in Google. Affiliate marketing goes well above and beyond that narrow scope.

There are successful publicly traded companies that do not have a product... they are resellers of somebody else's product, hence affiliates.

The dirty rotten thieves!! How DARE they?

That is the reason 99% of people fail? And here I thought there were other reason hmmmmmmmmm :rolleyes:

Me: Hey look that guy is watering his plants. Dang he has a huge garden
Friend: Dude your house is on fire.
Me: Gimme a minute, I gotta find out what kind those flowers on the right are.

For a time during the 1980's, many of the phone companies were renting backbone from each other.

In the late 80's, a lot of phone companies were renting MCI's fiber backbone.

Then MCI imploded, going from the "largest privately owned company in the world" to the "history books".

I do. Some people get very distracted by the latest greatest way of doing things and switch gears at the drop of the hat, without completing a single thing.

Want to get rich? Develop a drug for business A-D-D.

I also believed that to be the case Brian, until the MaBell breakup in 1983 (?).

And you will never get those seven minutes of your life back.

The grass is green in Stillwater. I guess we got all of your rain. :p

i wanna make 1 trillion an hour, only i don't want it in cash, i want it in pure gold bullion. Think thats possible?

So many people are obsessed with what other people are earning. It's crazy. I mean really, just worry about what you're doing and don't try to be like anyone. You are unique. You are special. And you'll get to where you are going in your own time.

I absolutely believe that anything is possible. But what good is it going to do you or me when there is no way we have the advertising budget that the person has to generate those figures.

Think about it. You can make money using nothing but your own creativity. But you can make a hell of of lot more money when you already have money.

Capiche?