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Most of us who started in the world of affiliate marketing have no money at all. You know why? Because we are still starting to possibly cross the finish line, and it’s a LOOOOONG way to go! Let me tell you something on my incredible journey to the affiliate marketing world without any money at all, or any start-up costs.
Whoa! Another bedtime story? LOL!
Two years ago when I was in college, my dad only gave me around $10 to $12 per week of allowance (more than $2 a day) and it was pretty low. My parents are not really satisfied of me starting off in making money online, thinking that it was impossible. I have no personal computer or laptop in that time, I only surf through the internet cafe. When I’m taking summer class in order to avoid subject conflicts in the next school year, my dad didn’t give me any allowance anymore because I’m too stubborn and hard-headed. Instead, I just walk through the university everyday and spend little on snacks. Good thing I still have around $15 in the bank and I have withdrawn all of it, and you know what? I’ve taken the risk to spend all of my money in the internet cafe to find some answers for me to have money again.
So what’s the answer?
Freelancing. A friend of mine recommended me to a freelance marketplace called Digital Point Forums, and it opens the door for me. For the first time in my entire life, I earned $37 for a simple forum posting task and even earning $20 for two straight days. Looks like the risk was finally paid off, and I have enough money already to feed myself. My parents were surprised that it is really possible, but they are too concern if I will just leave my studies on the table and not able to graduate. But hell yeah, I did graduate after finishing the last semester in October 2009. As I have finished my college term, I have continued to do any tasks that can make me money until I learned affiliate and internet marketing.
This is where I met Daniel Lew, now one of my best friends in the internet. He is currently the proud owner of Keyword Winner Premium SEO WordPress plugin, internet marketer and SEO specialist. I’ve learned a lot on his blog, and we even chatted with each other on Skype. But I have no money to start for affiliate marketing, but instead I’m learning the free traffic methods which seems to be more powerful than paid traffic. Even though I had money which is good enough to feed myself or pay some of my bills, I really can’t commit to invest money on affiliate marketing. We’ll, I do it the free way!
But what are the free ways to do it without spending any dime at all?
1. Forum backlinks
2. Blog commenting
3. Keyword research and SEO
4. Yahoo Answers
5. Article marketing
6. Press release marketing
7. List Building (using free autoresponder)
8. Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
9. Web 2.0 properties (Squidoo, Hubpages, etc.)
10. Social Bookmarks (Stumbleupon, Reddit, etc.)
This is what I actually do without spending any money on affiliate marketing, because free traffic is always as powerful and long-term than paid traffic. Although it will take me a long time to get results and conversions, but one day it finally pays off. As of today, I am quite happy of being a freelancer and affiliate marketer at the same time. I do believe that all of us without any money can succeed and never give up in their dreams to make a living online. Just keep on working hard and scale things a bit to achieve your results, and possibly to reach the finish line as the checkered flag waves over and over.