My Journey In Online Business (The Short-ish Version)
I’ve been in this game a long time—since 2007, to be exact. I started out in a 9-5 job (hated it like most do), but my mind was always on making money online. Tried everything—affiliate sites, paid ads, whatever I could find. Back then, you could get AdWords clicks for 10 cents on “make money online” (crazy, right?), but I had no clue about funnels or conversions, so I’d spend money, see no results, and quit. The seed was planted, though... 2010 – Leaving My Job & Going All In By 2010, I hit a wall. I was basically depressed at my job, so I quit and went all-in on freelancing—writing and SEO. Stumbled across Freelancer.com, saw people paying for writing gigs, and realized:💡 "Wait... I actually know a thing or two about SEO."That turned into some decent SEO jobs, and I started making a few thousand a month. 2012 – Ditching Clients for Affiliate Marketing Clients were fine, but affiliate marketing seemed like the real way to make money. I spent the next year testing everything—list building, CPA offers, launch jacking—you name it. At one point, I was basically broke for a year, but I kept going. 2013 – First Big Break Things finally clicked. I got into high-ticket programs, promoted a few network marketing-style offers, and became a top earner in one. That took me through to mid-2016—made six figures during this time. 2016 – Back to Square One Made some bad financial decisions—bought a house, cars, wedding expenses, all that. Next thing I knew, broke again and had to start fresh. End of 2016 – Scaling to Millions Started a new blog, scaled it fast, hit hundreds of thousands of visitors, and ended up partnering with a company. Became their #1 affiliate and made a few million. 2023 – SEO Gets Harder SEO started shifting—updates hit, blogs declined, the game changed. But I’d already made good money, so I pivoted into local SEO & rank and rent, which still pulls in 5-figures a month today. What I Learned After 15+ Years I’ve tried nearly every business model out there. Probably left a ton of money on the table by never launching my own offer, but I never wanted to go down the usual "make a course, become a consultant" route.