I was browsing the Conquer Your Niche Forum, do you know it? You can post answers or post for free, and you can build credits up to post adverts on the forum. As I said you can do it either for free or become a paid up member and get thousands of credits for posting. TIP: Save them up and blizt the forum with your ads :-).

Where was I? Oh yeah! As I was saying I was browsing and I came across this post by Jonathan Budd. It's an awesome story and he gave me permission to share it with you. Enjoy

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Jonathan Budd's Story "From $300 to $30,000" - Believe in Yourself!

I'm going to give a little back to the forum
at the moment. I've got a crazy story here,
and there is a reason why I went from making
$300 in september of 2006 to just having my
first $30,000 month in september of 2007.

I came online August 2006 without a damn clue
what I was doing. All I knew was the internet
held answers I needed.

I was in a network marketing business and had
this crazy idea I could use the internet to
generate leads. That one idea is what led me
here...and god only knows what happened once
I got here.

I spent the first 2 months on the internet
literally clicking in traffic exchanges. And
honest to god...that was where I LEARNED
pretty much everything I needed to know
to set me on the path I'm on now.

I would literally just look at the squeeze pages,
and compare it to my own little piece of crap
xsite pro website. And say...huh...so that's whats
wrong.

I would get on all these big marketers email lists
and just try to gleam information everywhere I could

Every free call, every free training, every audio
or book bonus.

I had NO MONEY. I was literally on my last few thousand
bucks before I would be completely screwed, either on
the streets or desperate for work.

And eventually after 3 months I found my way to a forum.

It was CYN. Then I found my way over to warrior forum...
and little by little the knowledge started to accumulate.

After i started learning how to drive more traffic to my
lead capture pages, and I started generating more leads
and following up with them...I saw my network marketing
business start to grow.

I actually hit my first 3k month in january of this year. 2007.

And from that point on I realized I needed to completely
diversify my income. I created an information product,
launched a coaching program, started branding myself,
created smaller products, and started diversifying my marketing
everywhere I could.

I hit my first $13,500 month in April with the launch of
my course and coaching program. I was pretty stoked, but
it was really just beginning.

The real secret to why I was able to even get "there" was
because I ABSOLUTELY applied every single piece of knowledge
I learned on the internet.

EVERY SINGLE PIECE.

When I heard something on one of those free calls about
branding yourself, I went out and built a website about me.

When I heard something about myspace, I went out and built
a myspace profile and started marketing.

ANY THING I LEARNED I immediately started applying.

And in that process of applying myself, and learning and
developing all these new skills...I just kept getting
better and better.

And now I had many opening funnels. So my list started to
build quicker and quicker.

I pretty much focused on marketing my main products, services,
and adding autopilot volume to my network marketing companies.

And for the past 5 months I've been averaging around $10k a month...

Here's the moral of the story...when you REALLY REALLY
REALLY develop the skills of marketing, and of driving
traffic...those skills are INVALUABLE!

Because just over the past month I was able to plug those
skills into a new income stream and that income stream
literally became an overnight 6 figure income.

Combining that with everything else I've been building online
for the past 13 months...I just broke my first $30,000 month
after being on the internet for 13 months.

I can't even explain the awe I feel for whats possible here.

There truly is NO END to the possibilities. And this to me
isn't even very impressive. If this is all it takes to make
$30k a month, I can't imagine what could happen once you ACTUALLY
build a real company.

Once you actually use your REAL leadership and build a STRONG
group of talented people around you to execute on your visions
and projects.

Then you have total leverage.

And once you REALLY start building your value, show people you're
not playing around, thats when I'm sure the doors open
up to start major relationship building and Joint Venturing.

There's just no end to what you can create...and every single
piece of it STARTS with the fact that you BELIEVE you can create it.

If I had listened to everyone telling me I was crazy,
I need to get a job, and my friends would say things like,
"you're still doing that?"

Referring to my business...like my business was some "that"

And I hadn't believed in myself at all costs then there is no
way in hell I would have gotten past the first 5 months online
when I was barely making crap.

But because I believed in myself and KNEW I could create the
reality I wanted for myself...Solutions found me.

And when the knowledge found me...I applied it CONSTANTLY.

I never stopped for a minute growing, and getting better,
and the result of applying your entire mind, heart, and soul
to what you focus on is nothing less then ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.

Trust me.

I'm going to go on to build a company that truly is going to be
massive in every sense of the word.

The way my mind thinks...I see 3-5 million a year as "ok"

I'm serious to. My vision is for $100 million dollar company before
I'm 40 years old. And there is not a cell in my body
that can't see that happening.

I know with every cell that I will create that if I apply myself,
and keep growing.

Hell, since i'm only 23 now...I got some time to work on it.

Hopefully you take from this post the fact that you are
INFINITELY powerful...and will never stop believing in yourself
for any reason what so ever.

All the best,
Jonathan Budd
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When The 'Inner Circle' Teaches You How To Market This System You Will Be Paid $1,000 Sales All Day Long.
www.TheWealthyInnerCircle.com

Here's a report on Commission Junctions No.1 Affiliate who made over $1M last year. There's also a training course that's coming out soon which is going to show you exactly how he does it.


"Commission Junction is the most reliable affiliate marketing network. They've never missed or been late on a payment. And their reporting always adds up."

Jeremy Palmer

Like many independent publishers, Jeremy Palmer began working in performance-based marketing part-time. After applying some of the best practices recommended by ValueClick's Commission Junction and developing his own specialized sites, Jeremy was able to quit his job and work full-time as an independent publisher. Today, Jeremy runs over 100 sites from online matchmaking to Web hosting sites and has been identified as a CJ Performer™, one of Commission Junction's top publishers in the affiliate network.

What makes Jeremy Palmer so successful? A combination of finding the right industries, partnering with brand name advertisers, testing a variety of media types, and continually analyzing CJ Marketplace data to make changes when necessary. By dedicating time and resources into his niche markets, Jeremy is able to get to know his audience and tailor his creative media around their needs. In addition, Jeremy works with leading advertisers - acting as a partner to help send valuable customers to their sites.

According to Jeremy, one of his critical success factors is taking advantage of Commission Junction's industry-leading reporting and analysis to help run his programs. "Commission Junction is the most reliable affiliate marketing network. They've never missed or been late on a payment. And their reporting always adds up," Jeremy stated. For example, to reach the 25 million monthly online daters, Jeremy is able to get real-time reporting numbers to see what type of media and what campaigns run best to refer high quality customers to the advertisers from his online dating sites. Jeremy credits the sophisticated reporting capabilities for helping him build his successful Web sites for advertisers like eHarmony and Audible. By spending time every day looking at the numbers provided, Jeremy is able to make changes to optimize his site - from small tweaks to changing creative entirely to see what works.

"We see Jeremy as one of our top publishers and as a partner in our online efforts," said Steve Hartmann, director of marketing at eHarmony. "Jeremy not only respects our brand and our goals, but acts as a valuable resource to help drive targeted customers to our Web site."

To find advertising partners, Jeremy tries to identify which companies will provide value to his audience. In addition to having a strong brand, he also wants advertisers to have open lines of communication with publishers to develop strong partnerships. Jeremy looks for advertisers who are keeping publishers aware of current promotions, industry trends, success tips and upcoming campaigns.

"It is critical for me to be able to be informed of what is going on with the advertisers to be able to drive quality customers to their Web site," said Palmer. "The sites that respect and treat publishers as partners are the ones that find the most success. Commission Junction has attracted some of the best advertisers in the business."

"Jeremy Palmer is a great example of why Commission Junction has the industry's best publisher network," said Kerri Pollard, director of publisher development at Commission Junction. "From working with available reporting data to communicating with advertisers, he is an exemplary affiliate and model for how to run a stellar publisher program."

There you have it. That's how Jeremy does it in a nutshell. I hope it's inspired you to achieve what Jeremy has?

Brian
http://www.brian-morgan-online.com