This update will include a piece of software and a brief report on how best to use it.  I may or may not bundle it together with the original ebook, and I may lump the new report into the ebook as part of a new edition.  Like I said, I’m still in the planning stages.

I’m currently testing the new strategy myself, and it appears to be solid, so I can’t wait to pass it along to you!

The first question everyone asks when we share the news is, “have you set a date?”, which I’m told this is the knee jerk response to such news. Our response is that we’re just enjoying the engagement and will run away to Vegas (with immediate family) when the mood hits. Sure, we’ll probably rent a hall and plan a big-ass party for friends and family for when we get back, but neither of us are interested in a big wedding.

The other thing people want to know is how I asked. Well we have been talking about this for a long time, and had even picked out a ring together. That Saturday morning, we were laying in bed talking about how weird it would eventually be to start referring to the other as our fiance(e). I had her hold that thought, popped out of bed, ran down the hall to my office where the ring sat on a shelf, ran back, hopped back into bed and suggested we start getting used to it that very moment.

Kelly has been unbelievably supportive of the new business, and is gradually involving herself in the company more and more. She’s finishing up her Master’s in marketing, and it’s nice to have someone that knows more than online marketing helping me out. She’s my partner in crime, and in business!

I’d been a hardcore PC guy for ages, and when it came time to replace a dying Toshiba notebook, I assumed I’d be getting another. I shopped around for something cutting edge, with a big display and a ton of bells and whistles. Something I could love for a few years at least. Well the more research I did, the more apparent it became that to get everything I wanted in notebook the bigger and heavier it was going to be. The one model I found was nearly 2 inches thick and about 20 lbs!

I decided to at least take a look at the Macs and found everything I liked in the PCs in a Macbook Pro, at less than 5 lbs and less than an inch thick. The only problem I saw was changing operating systems since all of my software and experience was PC based. I solved that by picking up Parallels and installing Windows XP with it. Now I can bounce back and forth from Mac to Windows whenever I need to.

So I know I’ve bashed their marketing in the past, but they really do make a kick-ass product.

I could raise my game.  I could start employing all the advanced tactics I’ve been developing as well as learning from others, but I’m not sure I’m interested anymore.  To make good money as an affiliate these days, you need to constantly be building web sites, building mailing lists, writing copy, writing code, and on and on.  With all the work required, what’s the advantage of being an affiliate?

I’ve started ratcheting down my affiliate campaigns and focusing more on bringing in new business for my agency.  At least with Subatomic, all the copy is written, the page built, the tools purchased.  All I really need is to keep leads for new business coming in, and keep my clients happy.  If you ask me, that’s a lot less work than the affiliate game is becoming.

What are your thoughts?  Is affiliate marketing becoming more trouble than it’s worth?  Are the hobbyists looking to make a few extra bucks being pushed out of the market by each other, the “super affiliates”, or both?  Is being an affiliate better than a business owner?

Weigh in with your comments below.

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Although I will continue to play around with affiliate marketing and creating my own info products, I’ll be dedicating most of my time to Subatomic Media, my Interactive Marketing agency. We currently focus on Search Marketing, including both PPC and SEO, but we’ll be adding more services as the company grows.

Subatomic is focused on providing top quality marketing services to small or new businesses.  We focus on the unique challenges these types of companies face, provide the education and support that will help them build a strong interactive foundation in the present and develop strategies that will carry them into the future.  All this, competitively priced and delivered with a personalized touch.

When I was checking him out of the hospital, everyone in the lobby stopped to say hello. Strangers bringing their pets in, nurses and admins calling him by name, he was like the mayor! One young woman was telling me about how both she and her dog had the same injury as his( a torn ACL in humans).  The dog made a full recovery and she said her own knee was now stronger than the uninjured one. It made me feel a lot better about the whole thing.

If you’ve been on the fence about buying Affiliate Intel, making just two sales as an affiliate will earn you enough to break even on the purchase. But why on earth would you stop at only two sales? Affiliate Intel has been going like hot cakes, and you can (make that should) get in on its success.

If you can produce more than 50 sales per month, I’ll increase your commissions to 75%. If you make exactly 50 sales, that’s almost $1,800 going directly into your PayPal account. Not too shabby!

So go check out the sign up page for more info or to get started.