Make Your First $2000 with Affiliate Offers and Craigslist Marketing
Posted on November 4, 2007 by
Adie 
Affiliate Marketing, Internet Marketing 
21 Comments
DayJobNuker (love that name) has an interesting post about making money through affiliate offers and Craigslist marketing. I like the post because he goes step by step with practical tips.
Basically, this post is about how he made his first $2000 without incurring any expenses. He made the $2000 in 3 1/2 months. I’ll go through the steps I found interesting and add commentary.
In step one, he says to choose an affiliate product. He recommends Commission Junction and Clickbank. He makes a great point in this step: Don’t sell make money online products unless you’ve actually made money. The niche is too saturated. The other niches are much easier to make a profit because those audiences don’t know about affiliate marketing. They won’t realize that you’re using affiliate links.
He says step one is one of the hardest steps because you don’t know if the product will sell well. So, you may have to go through a couple products before you find one that sells well.
In step two, he advises on using Wordpress.com or Blogger to set up a free site. These two free services are great places to build a website for free. Yes, having your own domain is better, but if you’re just starting out, use Wordpress.com or Blogger to build a site quickly. (Update: Wordpress.com does not allow affiliate links. Thanks, Unusual Suspect. I should’ve done more research. Sorry.)
In step three, he advises on using a generic site name. He says not to use a personal site name like “BobsSite” because people will find it weird that you’re selling stuff on a personal site. Instead, use a neutral name like “reviewcentral” or “reviewzone”.
Step five is all about creating the landing page. For the landing page content, he uses parts of the sales page of the affiliate product. This is a great idea for beginners, so they can set up a landing page quickly. Look at the sales page and copy and paste the best parts. Of course, feel free to edit. For example, I like to rewrite the text to lessen the hype. Many sales page content seem to have too much hype.
In step six, DayJobNuker talks about traffic. His method of choice: Craigslist marketing. He has a simple system. He creates a short Craigslist ad. Next, he makes 5 variations of the ad and posts each variation in five different Craigslist cities. Then, using multiple email accounts, he takes the variations and posts them in 5 more cities.
DayJobNuker’s step by step guide is simple and well-written. Learn more by reading the full post, How I Made My First $2,000 In Affiliate Marketing - A Step By Step Guide.
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I started out reading with some interest, but stopped at #2. It’s hard to take seriously the recommendations of someone who doesn’t know that wordpress.com blogs cannot be monetized. You can have your account closed down permanently for doing so. From the Wordpress FAQ:
“Adsense, Yahoo, Chitika and other ads are not permitted to be added by users. Adverts that may be inserted when using an external blogging program will be blocked.
“Sponsored / paid posts including PayPerPost and ReviewMe are not permitted.
“Sponsored / paid links are not permitted.
“Affiliate and pay-per-click links such as Usercash and Clickbank are not permitted.
“Text ads are not permitted.”
And it certainly affects your own credibility when you promote uninformed recommendations.
This blog is getting less and less valuable. It started out great when matt was on board, now the quality of posts are getting pretty damn bad.
Don’t link us to some information that looks like garbage, talk about “making money online” - adsense tricks, step by steps, case studies (like Aide said he would with his niche site), and above all bring the quality back please.
I had found the article from Day Job Nuker over the weekend and found it to be a good article for those interested in the business of affiliate marketing. Believe it or not, there are those of us who would like to make a business of affiliate marketing but find advice mainly from people who want to sell something to you.
This blog is about Net Business. Business is about making money, and the net part means online. Running a business online. I don’t see how you can say this article isn’t on topic.
Now, I do think just rehashing the article wasn’t the best way to go; atleast give some insight on what the original author wrote, add to it, knock holes in it, anything. Like I said earlier, I read the original over the weekend and your article, while drawing attention to the article, adds nothing to it. What’s your opinion on what the article says?
This is right on ; ) Nice post you have here. Great direction!
~Krysti~
http://www.MomsCashBlog.com
While I may not use Keith’s exact words, I do wonder what’s the point of having a post that echoes exactly what another post on another blog is saying. It would be great to have some original posts that aren’t reviews. Come on Dee, I miss your original posts!
Interesting… I’ll be checking that out. I do agree with the others though - NBB needs more original content.
Hi Dee,
Don’t worry about these comments - you’re a fantastic blogger and your content since you started for me has been nothing short of excellent.
What they need to remember is…you blog everyday and trying to come up with totally original content is hard….
If you’re looking for original content, just look through all of Dee’s other Articles (the site has over 300 of them).
Keep up the good work!
Dee,
I’ve been and am still a subscriber of this site. Whilst the information above may be junk or bland to others, it’s new to me nevertheless. Afterall, one can never stop learning as far as the things on the net are concerned.
Nevertheless, any form of criticism from the other readers should be appreciated as a wake up call. It’s better that they voice out than quietly leave :D
Anyway, I am ALWAYS sceptical about these money making in double quick time ideas. Otherwise, we would all be rich and can go to retirement early. LOL!
What’s your test with it?
http://seoandpaid.blogspot.com
Thanks everyone for your feedback. And thanks for the support, Adie. I appreciate that a lot.
I admit this post isn’t that great. I thought I added some value to it but I realize I rehashed DayJobNuker’s content.
I’ll write more original posts.
Dee, I’m glad that you took the comments in the spirit that they were given, at least I can speak for mine. I like to read your posts because I find them fresh and original. There’s so much regurgitated stuff out in the blog world even from the “big” bloggers that I got a little frustrated when I saw a rehash of someone else’s post on Net Business Blog, which is one of my favorites. I look forward to reading original stuff from you!
Thanks for responding!
You’re welcome.
Thanks for sticking around. And I’m glad to know that Net Business Blog is one of your favorite blogs.
Don’t be disheartened, Dee. I have written posts on my blog and later looked back at them and known I can do better. Accepting the fact that you aren’t always going to produce work as good as you can is just part of the blogging process!
- Martin Reed
Thanks for the encouraging words :)
I’m a subscriber and the only reason i did so, was because i looked over many posts on the blog, and found alot of good stuff. Otherwise i would not have.
Keep on trucking Dee, we all have good days and bad days.
Thanks!
I agree that you said that make money online products are saturated, furthermore there are loads of scams and schemes which doesn’t work..
And I’m also a happy publisher for commission junction i think that they have loads of good affiliates but sometimes it just boils me that they don’t let me apply to become and affiliate for a specific advertisers.. like yahoo web hosting..
I’ve been doing Craigslist marketing long enough to know that you need to stay away from public blog hosting services. Also, the days of direct linking from your Craigslist ads is getting VERY tough. You are looking at registering your own .com’s if you want to link directly from your ads. The best approach would be use an autoresponder in conjunction with your ads.
I may have never found this information in the search engines if you didn’t mention it on your blog. (that whole keyword thing)
People comment on others content if it appeals to them, that is what the internet is for sharing information. Keep blogging don’t give up!
Shakespeare wrote that loaning money to a friend is a good way to lose both friend and money. So what do you do when a relative hits you up for a quick cash infusion? Tread carefully.
Often, the First Bank of Dad (or Mom) is the first place people turn when they have financial trouble, and many do have a need. A recent survey by Fidelity Investments found that 41 percent of U.S. households did not have emergency funds sufficient to cover three to six months of living expenses.
The first choice for cash during an economic catastrophe? Family and friends.
So if Uncle Bob puts the bite on you at the next family barbecue, here are some things to consider:
• Do you really have the money? “It’s the same rule as gambling: Don’t loan what you can’t afford to lose,” says Ira Bryck, director of the University of Massachusetts Family Business Center in Amherst. Even if you’re driving a Mercedes and living in a good neighborhood, if you haven’t got ready cash lying around, a loan might not be feasible.
• What’s the money for? Are you loaning your daughter $500 to put groceries on the table while your son-in-law is out of a job? Or does Cousin Ed want $15,000 to start a mink farm? And if you’re loaning money for a small business, is the venture stable enough that you’re comfortable with the risk?
• Is the borrower likely to repay you? Look at the person’s past behavior. If someone consistently borrows money and never pays it back, chances are he has no intention of repaying you.
• Could the loan cause a rift in the family? This comes up a lot with siblings who borrow from parents, says Bryck. The one who doesn’t get the loan thinks the parents are playing favorites. Or the siblings accuse the borrower of draining the inheritance. Bottom line: If you’re the lender, it’s your money to spend. But be discreet if you want peace in the family.
• How much will the loan cost you, and is it going toward something that you value? If your nest egg earns 7 percent annually, and a family member wants to sideline $20,000 for five years, the real cost is $28,052. But you might feel it’s a smart move if the cash helps Dad hang on to the house or enables your nephew to finish medical school.
• Does the relative have other options? If the kids are in the habit of going to the Bank of Dad because the rates are so good, it might be time to introduce them to your local loan officer or credit union. Conversely, if their credit is so poor that they can’t qualify, you need to know why.
• Can you easily live without the money for the term of the loan? What will you have to do without if you give up the money? Even if you’re “only” taking it from savings, will the loan rob you of a much-needed cushion if you’re the next one in the unemployment line?