Bankruptcy to Millionaire

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So I’ve finally made money online! In fact, I made it completely on ACCIDENT. “How can this happen?” You ask…

About a week ago I launched a campaign for Christmas Card printing through a CJ.com offer. I used exactly 6 keyphrases (4 of which never ended up getting any impressions at all). I was even so wimpy as to set a $10 a day budget.

I then decided to launch the campaign. We were off to the races, I let the campaign run through my work day. I checked back and I had used like 5 of the 10 bucks, then I noticed I hadn’t made a sale yet. I then *thought* I clicked the “pause” button that evening in my adwords account thinking I would spend a few more hours optimizing and whatnot.

Then I completely forgot about the campaign entirely by the next day. And 4 more whole days go by where I don’t even remember setting it up. Then I get an email from google telling me they are banning that campaign. I think “banning what campaign”? Then I log into the account, and sure enough I had spent $49.50. I had an ASTONISHING 6.9% CTR on apx. 900 impressions I thought:

DOH! What a waste of money.

Then I moved on… about 30 minute later I thought… Maybe I should check my CJ acount. and BAM! There is was staring me in the face! I had turned a $39 profit, in 5 days. COMPLETELY ON ACCIDENT. I was kicking myself–why hadn’t I paid more attention? What if I had run a $20 or $50 a day? What if I had spent some time on more key words? What if I had split tested ads!?

I made this without even trying! Now I’m “disallowed” because of my redirect affiliate link redirect on Adwords. I would concentrate on figuring out a way to promote the offer more, but the offer expires in 3 days because of Christmas. But my suspicions are now confirmed.

MONEY CAN BE MADE ONLINE.

I’ve tasted it. Now I want more! (I’ve already launched my next campaign.)

So if you’ve felt discouraged, just know. Money is out there for you. Just think a little outside the box, and grab it!

Cheers all,

- Tevin Anderson

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P.P.S. Three cheers for UberAffiliate for inspiring me.