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Are You Out of Ideas In Creating New Blog Posts?

by Jeff Caceres   February 1st 2012 | No Comment  

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Phew, after more than a month on getting busy with my own works and experiments, I can finally update my blog right now. First of all, a VERY BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!  Second, I’ve changed my nickname from “The Affiliate Marketing Addict” to “The Internet Marketing Swiftblade”.

Hell yeah! It’s cooler than I thought, you know?

Anyway, it’s been a long time since I haven’t post in my dear blog, and I’ve missed it. Now I know how to manage my own time for both IM experiments and other things. But I can’t promise you that I blog everyday, because I still have some issues regarding my health and financial status. I’m still hanging on though, because I had a $300/month part-time job that I’m doing everyday..not bad! But hey, I’m hungry for more you know? So 2012 is going to give me a nice boost!

Anyway guys, here are a couple of tips that I’ve prepared for now on getting some ideas in creating new blog posts.

Tip #1: RESEARCH! RESEARCH! RESEARCH!

Believe me guys, this is one thing that most bloggers are not doing when they’re out of ideas. All we got to do is research some topics from other blogs, forums and communities that are related to our niche. For example, if you are on the internet marketing niche and having out of ideas on what you should post in your blog, you can simply search for some blogs that are having the same niche as yours. Once you have read some topics from other blogs, you have finally come up with an idea of your own.

Tip #2: THE “LET’S VOLT IN” TECHNIQUE!

Have you heard about an anime series called Voltes V? Usually, there are five people who have their own vehicles to ride. If they are battling against a huge enemy, these vehicles are transformed and combined into a single huge robot through their catchphrase “Let’s Volt In!”. The same thing goes to creating new blog posts.

For example, if you have discovered posts about Apsense from Blog #1, LinkedIn from Blog #2, and The Million Dollar Network from Blog #3, you can simply combine these topics into one single topic that you may post in your blog. Do you get what I mean? Piece of cake!

At least you guys already know what to do if you’re in this situation, this will help your blog get updated everyday (or every 2 days, 3 days, whatever!) . I’m pretty sure that you will never get confused or frustrated again to get ideas for your upcoming blog posts. Just try it, take action!

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I’ve Survived The Darkest Weeks of My Career, What’s Next For Me?

by Jeff Caceres   December 5th 2011 | No Comment  

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What’s up fellas?

It’s been a long time since I haven’t updated my blog because I need to accomplish one important thing in my career….which is to survive the darkest weeks I’ve experienced last month. I was busy for most of the time trying to solve this critical problem which leaves me almost nothing (I’m talking about my balance in the bank account).  I didn’t tell my parents about this except Peter (my best friend) and his co-employee in our internet cafe, because I don’t like them to see that my career’s going down and called me a big failure.

Here’s the story about my career’s darkest weeks:

My long-term client (I should not mention his name) has given me $450 for a new article marketing project which involves 50 articles with submissions to Ezine Articles, Unique Article Wizard, Linkvana, Article Marketing Automation and Article Submit Auto. With that amount, I have started to buy WSO’s (Warrior Special Offers) that are related to CPA (cost-per-action) and instant money making techniques), and I’ve even subscribed to Article Submit Auto for $27. I’ve successfully published five Ezine Articles under my Basic Plus account, but the rest of them were rejected. I tried to take my time writing these articles carefully (since I have a decent English language) and attempted to submit them into my Ezine Basic Plus account. But still, they were rejected and I’m totally pissed off. I emailed my client about this problem and I’m about to revise my proposal to me. But instead, my client wants his money back in full.

If I will refund him the full money, that means my bank account will be less than $200 for the first time in a year. My biggest mistake so far is that I buy eBooks and video courses from Warrior Forum and other sources that seems to be promising for me to turn things around, but in the end their methods were still old and re-hashed. My client and me talked more about making a solution to this problem. He suggested that I should take more time researching and writing articles, but when I applied it still Ezine won’t approve my articles. I’ve told Peter about this problem, and he suggested that there could be a solution if I know how to think well. My parents and sisters would have helped me, but I don’t think they’re not good enough to meet the Ezine standards due to no experience.

Are there any other solutions for this?

One of the solutions that I’ve been thinking is to outsource this project to a cheap writer. I met an Indian guy from DP and he showed me his writings from Ezine Articles. I was impressed and I let him start everything. I’ve tested 15 articles and paid $25 to him. After a week, when I checked his articles on my Ezine account, they were all rejected. I’ve asked a refund to him, but he won’t because he already put his time and effort to write these articles at his very best. I had no choice but to let him keep the money.

We’ll, solution was not yet been solved and I am still in fear that I’ll refund my client in full and left with less than $200….until another guy from Digital Point Forums sent me a message….

He showed me his portfolio that he was an Ezine Platinum author with a Masters Degree, and I’ve talked to him on Skype for an hour. His name was Bill, and he promised that all of the articles will be published and will be saved from refunding my client. He initially charged me $2 per 100 words, but he will consider to work slowly for only $1 per 100 words. So I’ve ordered 45 articles from him (5 already published by me) and paid him around $200. As he started working, I kept my fingers crossed, experiencing fast heartbeat and praying that the articles will finally be published.

He worked with these articles for a couple of weeks, and when I was notified that the articles were approved…..WOOHOO! I can finally breathe well…but not totally until he will finish all of them. I have seen some success of getting these articles approved by Ezine Articles, so even I have the confidence for him…I still kept my fingers crossed. Day after day when these articles are published, I distributed thems to Unique Article Wizard, Linkvana, Article Marketing Automation and Article Submit Auto. After he completed his work, all of the articles were finally published. I’ve immediately gathered all the links of each article directory and compiled them into a TXT file (which he required for a full report). Finally, after I submitted the final report to my client, he was very impressed of the work and no needs of refunding him anymore…and my darkest weeks of November are over. I’ve thanked Bill for all of his high quality work, saving me from refunding my client in full.

Afterwards, I’ve talked to him about the upcoming project which does not involve writing on Ezine Articles. It’s pretty easy though, which I need to install 10 article directories into all of his WordPress blogs and I’m very comfortable with that. But for now, he hasn’t given me details yet due to his busy work with Senuke X and other projects. I might charge him $20 to $30 per installation though, depends on the number of categories and settings that I need to setup (especially WP Robot).

But still with more than $200 left, how long would I survive?

I’m trying to go back from square one through finding micro jobs on Digital Point Forums. I’ve found a job that is related to forum posting (topics are SEO, web hosting, etc.) and his rate was very high ($0.25 per 100 words). I’ve started around the last week of November, and I was paid $22 after I requested an invoice from them. But this amount won’t help me a lot to recover what I’ve lost. They will pay me only once month, so that means at the end of December they will pay me based on the number of posts I’ve accomplished. But one time, a forum has given his account an infraction due to the type of post that is not allowed. The forum was very strict though, and he was disappointed on me committing an infraction and he wants me out…so I accepted his decision.

What’s next for me anyway?

One of my closest friends (I wouldn’t mentioned his name) has given me an opportunity which I’m really passionate about…and that is affiliate marketing).  He tested me to write an article about Clickbank products on his review blog, and you know what…he’s really impressed and he like me to become a full-timer for $200 a month. Since he already knows my difficult situation, he paid me an upfront of $100 for 2 weeks of work. Just today, he gave me another separate job that he pays additional $100 per month. It means that my monthly income starting this December will be $300, and it’s guaranteed! Although it’s quite stable, I think it’s good enough for me to recover what I’ve lost in my darkest weeks of my career last November.

As of today, I’ve been finally rejuvenated! But that doesn’t stop me to look for other opportunities and to do some affiliate marketing stuff, because my dream to have a 6-figure monthly income is still alive! For now, I’m trying to be motivated in my daily schedule (especially Sundays) in order for me to become a successful affiliate marketer and my full-time job at the same time.

No matter what kind of struggles do I have in my career, I never gave up fighting this pain. I also thanked God for letting me stay as positive as possible, and to keep going with this project.

I’ll keep you guys updated!

 

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The Saturation of WordPress And The Revival of SEO

by Victoria   October 13th 2011 | No Comment  

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The internet is a great marketing tool, and almost every business owner in the world has had a website designed to market their company on the global market. The problem is that more and more people are turning towards smaller home industries to avoid large companies that wobble along with the economy, and are also becoming more involved in WordPress sites. The attraction towards smaller and more personalized websites that the easy platform provides is growing, and bigger businesses are getting left behind.

WordPress is great because just about anyone can use it. The plug in and use nature of the software allows small business owners to get a foot in the door on the internet market – a valuable tool. In fact, many large businesses are trying to simplify their sites in order to create the user-friendly feel that WordPress provides. This is all well and good, but more can be done if you want to save your company from being defeated by an army of tiny WordPress ants.

Once again, the hour of SEO is upon us, but instead of simply using the technology to reach a bigger market, you can now use SEO in order to reach a better, more personalized market. Previous SEO companies would put your company on the internet and get the message out there, but that’s about it. And because of the fact that every company used SEO to boost their online image, the chances are that you paid for something that you didn’t get.

The tech departments of most big companies are known for the fact that they like to keep to themselves, but in order to defeat the Worpress army and overcome the plethora of companies out there, you need to tempt your technical wizards into getting into bed with the marketing team. Marketers are becoming increasingly proficient at target marketing.  This is a process whereby market analysts research your customers’ search information and create customized adverts for them. If you can get your SEO team to place these highly specialized ads in the right place where the “right” customers will see them, the battle is already one.

Whatever your online marketing strategy may be, it is important to be aware of the threat posed by boutique-style, home industry websites that have been created via WordPress software. If you are fortunate enough to have big tech and marketing budgets, put the two together – you will see rewards..

This guest post was written by freelance writer Victoria. She is currently learning some Canada FAQ and she is also learning about the Canadian Employment Guide.

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Where The Heck Is The Google Wonder Wheel?

by Jeff Caceres   October 10th 2011 | No Comment  

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OMG! WHERE THE HECK IS GOOGLE WONDER WHEEL?

If everyone already knows about the Google Wonder Wheel, it’s now gone. What the heck? Why is it that Google has removed the Google Wonder Wheel? We’ll, most of the SEO specialists and webmasters right now are relying on Google Wonder Wheel to add the related and recommended keywords within their blog posts or websites..or even on the outer sources like Squidoo, Youtube, Hubpages and article directories. These keywords are also called as LSI’s (latent semantic indexing) which they can help you get traffic and rank well in the search engines. As long these keywords are within your content and tags, for sure you will get results in the long term. Overall, Google Wonder Wheel is worth it and it helps a lot, but….

Why Google why?

The reason why Google removes the Google Wonder Wheel in their search tools is because they think it’s no more use to them. But hell, there are so many SEO specialists, webmasters and bloggers who are using the Wonder Wheel for them to rank well and get the hell of traffic in their websites, landing pages and blogs. They think that Google Keyword Tool is already good enough for us to research keywords that is based on competition and volume of searches per month, and Google Wonder Wheel is just another additional way. But that’s not it , Google! As affiliate marketers and SEO specialists, we still use Google Wonder Wheel to help gain more traffic and rank to our websites and blogs. Right now I have to find some alternatives that can act like the Google Wonder Wheel, and they should help us identify more related keywords to our targeted keyword.

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How Would You Feel On Your Very First Affiliate Sale?

by Jeff Caceres   October 8th 2011 | No Comment  

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There were so many affiliates and internet marketers who find themselves hard to make their first affiliate commission. You know why? Being an affiliate marketer is not that easy if you take action (e.g., setting up your WordPress blog, getting traffic from various sources, etc.). Let me tell you something about me as an affiliate marketer. I have struggled since I was a newbie, trying to earn my very first sale. When I finally setup my own blog, I have been thinking of writing product reviews as a test if someone really needs that product. I put up an affiliate link in the images and within the content and I’m getting traffic through forums, Facebook, Twitter and RSS aggregators. After a month when I checked my Clickbank account, I was so surprised that I got my very first sale of $36.50!

How did I feel about my very first affiliate sale?

I feel so God damn happy about it, knowing that my product review in this blog was really worth it. Everybody knows that when they got their very first sale, they always remember the date and may motivate them to do more. In other words, first timers who experienced their very first affiliate sale are jumping for joy and to begin their daydreaming…or in other words as “WOOHOO!”. I have seen this in the Warrior Forum where a thread starter may post about his or her first affiliate sale and the other members will congratulate him or her. For me, it’s really a blessing that affiliate marketing really works. As long you give value and to know what customers need, it’s so sure that a few percentage of the viewers might buy your affiliate product.

Once you got your first sale, don’t back down and keep going for more!

This is God damn true. I know that first sale really makes me feel good, but not yet good enough. Due to my lack of time during my client’s tasks, I only gain few commissions on Clickbank. But I also explored the world of cost-per-action (CPA) and other models to make money online for myself and yet again I have lack of time. Right now I’m experimenting again to make a living with these making money methods (especially of course my main method….the affiliate marketing) which I need to take them into a whole new level. I never back down, I keep going until I see some success with my affiliate, CPA and brokering campaigns.

If you had your very first affiliate sale, how would you feel then?

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Cowboy Millionaire Is Finally Live!

by Jeff Caceres   October 4th 2011 | No Comment  

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Howdy guys! I have been waiting for so long that my good ol’ friend Daniel Lew and his partner Soren Jorgensen has finally launched Cowboy Millionaire yesterday (9 AM EST). At his launch, I was able to purchase Cowboy Millionaire after the official launch. This revolutionary software is going to be big blast in the world of affiliate and internet marketing, and I’m really excited about it. After I have bought Cowboy Millionaire, there is a member’s area which consists of a download link of the software (1.8 MB) and tutorial videos for us to know how this thing works. Later on, I will try using this software in my own laptop to see everything. Oh man, I’m really excited about it. I might also create my own Cowboy Millionaire review and related “cowboy” videos about this software.

Now what can we expect inside the ranch, cowboy?

This powerful piece of desktop software creates niche sites using keyword research and pulls in unique content which are affiliate ready.

The unique sites are search engine optimized and created quickly and easily whilst uploading via the software, no ftp or technical skills are needed, Cowboy Millionaire software also does the backlinking for the sites created as well bringing the sites created to the top of Google allowing you to get quality buyers traffic resulting in nice big juicy affiliate commissions.

It gets even better! This revolutionary software does all the research for you and places unique articles from the database and puts it a silver platter making them Google friendly and enabling your sites to get top position in Google in days, but its not just the software Daniel Lew and Soren Jorgensen take you by the hand and give you training and quality support all the way.

The great thing about Cowboy Millionaire software as it is a comprehensive system using the latest strategies leading to quality buyers traffic resulting in sales. The system is automated enabling you to make money easily and quickly.

By the way, here’s a rundown on what Cowboy Millionaire software can do:

- Create Project / Site
- Select Product/s
- Keyword Research
- Select Unique Content
- Choose Design
- Make SEO Friendly
- Add Affiliate Networks
- Save Project / Site
- Upload Website
- Create backlinks
- Monetize

This is actually perfect for those who want to make money with Clickbank, Amazon, CJ, Peerfly and Google Adsense. But I do think that we can customize our niche websites with other huge affiliate and CPA programs like LinkShare, Maxbounty, AdscendMedia, MarketHealth and a lot more.

They also have a JV program which affiliates may have a chance to win great prizes from them….HOLY COW!

What are you guys waiting for! Start ride the God damn horse and fulfill your dreams to become a successful internet marketer with Cowboy Millionaire!

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Why We Shouldn’t Miss Tagging Our Blog Posts?

by Jeff Caceres   October 3rd 2011 | No Comment  

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There is something that bloggers should not miss every time they published a new post, and it is called tags. First of all, why tags are very important for every blog post? Before I’m going to reveal the reason to you, let me tell you my own experience writing blogs without using tags.

Why should we use tags huh?

Since the first time I’m posting through my very old affiliate marketing blog, I don’t use tags since I have no idea about it. I thought that tags are just an optional…but hell no! My good ol’ friend Daniel Lew told me that time I should have posted tags. You know why? Because of these tags, visitors who are searching for some terms within my blog will get results. As what I’ve experienced not using tags, I only received less traffic. But when I used tags for each of my blog posts, I have gained traffic compared before.

Tags! Tags! Tags!

The reason we use tags for our own blog post is that the visitors may actually find results of what keyword did they use to search. For example, if a visitor searches “SEO” within the blog’s search bar, blog posts that includes “SEO” keyword will appear on the blog’s search results…..just like we are doing in Google. Oh speaking of Google, if we include those keywords (especially with hyperlinks) and tags within our blog posts, it may appear on Google’s search results (depends on your keyword’s competition level and number of monthly searches).

Sad to say that my old blog was already gone because I have shifted to a new blog, which has my own name….you know…..it’s me Jeff Caceres! For those bloggers who are not using tags to their posts, start adding them now. It is one of those keys that could gain traffic and even potential sales from your blog through affiliate links and banners. It’s a win-win situation anyway.

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Affiliate Marketing 101: Mastering One Traffic Source

by Jeff Caceres   October 3rd 2011 | No Comment  

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One of the common problems for various affiliate marketers today is how to get targeted and converting traffic to their sites. This is one big reason that most affiliate marketers failed on their careers, because they shift from one traffic source to another….without mastering them first. This is what I have learned in the past few months as an affiliate marketing addict, which I don’t focus on one source that can bring me traffic and potential sales to the products I promote.

Why do we need to master one traffic source first?

I understand that there are still some affiliate and internet marketers who are buying eBook after ebook….after eBook without taking action and mastering them first. In other words, when things don’t work they shift again to another eBook that contains another new method. I was one of them, which I bought eBook after eBook without taking serious of it..until I’ve finally done it for my niche sites and services that I resell to clients. It really worked for me this time, but not yet satisfied of the expectations that should meet for me. The reason we need to master one traffic source for our affiliate sites because…as we continue to do that for a long time…we can finally get out of the difficulties and struggles we have in the past. For example, one of the most common ways to gain traffic to your site is SEO (search engine optimization). If you are serious about that, you need to study hard and take it into action.

Study hard? Is it going to consume a lot?

We’ll, just like we are studying our lessons from elementary to college, or learning the style moves of “Tai Chi” , or playing a game like Heroes of  Newerth, it really consumes a lot until you master them. But overall, it’s going to be worth once you learn and finally master the world of search engine optimization. My good ol’ pal Daniel Lew is also having the same experience when he was young, he learned more about search engine optimization until he mastered it through his efforts, which results for him to create a SEO community called GSEO.net. As we master one traffic source, benefits will always come and we expect that our plan to take action will get us results. Right now, I’m trying to master a free traffic source that could give me results and potential sales from the products I promote. Failed campaigns from one traffic source is pretty normal, as we still adjust and scale things up a bit till we get there.

A lesson to all affiliate marketers: If you fail from one traffic source, don’t shift immediately. Try again until you master it.

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Negros Bloggers Seminar Event At SM City Event Centre

by Jeff Caceres   September 17th 2011 | No Comment  

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Weekdays have passed, and say hello to weekend! Today, I have decided to spend my time reuniting with the Negros Bloggers members at the SM City Event Centre. The Negros Bloggers have planned to conduct a seminar for those who want to learn what blogging is all about. This event runs from 10 AM to 12 noon today. You know what, I’m writing this blog post while the event is ongoing. The speakers of this event were professional bloggers in different niches. The speakers were Enrico Dee (Byahilo.com) and Lloyd Tronco (Talonggo.blogspot.com). The speakers gave the audience some introduction about blogging, SEO (search engine optimization) and how to earn money with their blogs. It is quite easy for all of us to start blogging by creating a free blog. Enrico Dee recommends new bloggers to start with Blogspot. Blogspot was owned by Google and it can easily be crawled into their search engine. He also mentioned that passion is the biggest strength As you continue to give great value to the visitors, the more benefits you are going to receive from them. As for Lloyd Tronco, he has a family business called Tronco Advertising and was one of the certified digital marketers in the Philippines. His main discussion is why Visayans should start blogging for themselves. I even see the reporter and cameraman from a local channel called MY TV13 Channel which they were going to interview us after the seminar is over.

Am I satisfied with the new Negros Bloggers logo?

We’ll, I’m quite satisfied with the logo. Although I’m preferring to the orange NB logo, but I think they made the right decision to choose the red logo with the heart and “Alibata” thing. With this logo, it may become attractive to those who are not yet familiar with the Negros Bloggers group. For sure, there’s a great chance that new bloggers may join our group.

Am I having a great time with the Negros Bloggers?

We’ll I do had a great time with them because I want to spend my time off for a few hours in our family business. I have seen a lot of new faces here (both young and old) who are not yet familiar about blogging. But it seems that they were pretty interested to start blogging and they even ask questions in case something’s not clear. In our province, we only have a very tiny percentage of people who knows how to blog.  With this event created by the Negros Bloggers, it gives us a chance that our members will increase gradually. I would like to thank the Negros Bloggers for creating this special event that opens a new challenge for the newcomers. It was all worth it and I expect that it will spread throughout Negros province and the rest of the areas.

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A New Theme Is A New Beginning For My Blog

by Jeff Caceres   September 16th 2011 | No Comment  

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Everybody knows that when it comes to change things, it is already considered as a new beginning. This is why I have decided to change my theme and slogan for my blog. I already said goodbye to my old Studio Blue theme…and hello to SEOptimus theme!!! And also I have changed my slogan from “Affiliate Marketing Addict” to “Affiliate Addict Even at Midnight”.

Do I still have to do affiliate marketing at midnight?

If I had a dream to make money online with affiliate marketing, I would rather dedicate my time to become a future super affiliate. For the past few months, I have been inactive on updating my own blog due to several projects that I handle. As a result, it’s where I earn money from my long-term and new clients today. This is the reason I’m always busy with these projects and I only have little time with other stuffs. But I kept on researching other stuffs for making the money work for me. Everybody knows that affiliate marketing is not easy (even traditional way of marketing can be tough you know?), so I find it hard. I got a few sales on Clickbank though, but it’s not good enough for me to be satisfied. I even exploring CPA (cost-per-action) offers from different companies that are converting very well, but I had a tough time doing this. I almost given up on this but one guy from Warrior Forum told me that I should never give up even if I struggle right now. This is how I motivate myself as an affiliate marketer, a blogger and a businessman. We have various family businesses like barber shop, gaming station and rent-a-car. As for me, internet marketing has been the biggest reason why I am happy today…and I am happy to be back blogging again with my very own blog…and it’s a brand new challenge for me to begin.

Does anything work for me now?

Actually I have tested every single method that could make the money work for me, and finally I’ve found it. This is quite easy that even those who have zero experience in the world of internet marketing. As I have tested this method, I already got a total revenue of more than $80 total in a week. Although this amount is small for me, but it’s a great start. It simply means that the method I have tested really worked and gained me instant cash easily. If I could scale this up a bit more, I would have earned a lot of money for this month. This is how I’m relieved to go blogging again because of the method that finally works for me. Not only this is the reason, but also changing the theme and slogan for my blog has brought my energy back once again.

I have ups and downs as of now, but I’m clearly positive that I should continue to live up my dreams as a future super affiliate.

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