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TshirtFrank
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2009 17:11
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Hi all,
I am pleased to say that I just had my first sale today as an affiliate!
It has taken me about a month and a half of marketing through all free techniques.
How long did it take you to have your first sale?
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prosolution
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2009 17:15
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About three weeks, but with paid advertising you can get sales the same day...
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mountainmom5
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2009 17:27
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TshirtFrank: I am pleased to say that I just had my first sale today as an affiliate!
Congratulations!!! It's like getting a booster shot, isn't it?
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A8ch
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2009 17:38
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TshirtFrank,
Congrats on your first sale... and only after six weeks using free techniques. Good for you!
It took me four whole months to get my first affiliate sale, an online marketing lifetime ago.
You beat my record.
Hermas
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TshirtFrank
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2009 22:42 · Edited by: TshirtFrank
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Hi MountainMom and Hermas,
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad to have the confirmation that something that I am doing is working. I have read a lot of your posts and you both have fantastic insight thanks again!!
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David_Ogden
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# Posted: 26 Feb 2009 04:16
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TshirtFrank: How long did it take you to have your first sale?
I got my first sale on day one, and not it was not friends or family, you see because the company I am partnered with does most of the marketing and then when a customer purchases from them, I can buy the lifetime rights to that customer and earn comissions.
It really does save all the hassel and expences of finding customers and what is more even after the customer is "sold" to be the company carry on marketing and delivering products to my customer.
I do tend to do some work with my customers, but its fair easier to sell more items to an existing customer,
I used to work offiline in direct sales, knocking on doors and know that once you build a customer relationship you will earn more money. I used to see people every few months and they were always expecting me and keen to buy. now its the same online.
Let the experts do the promotion.
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SandyFWJM
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# Posted: 27 Feb 2009 11:51
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Absolute congratulations! Bells and whistles are ringing!
I'm very new, but have been attempting to learn for a couple of months now.
Can you comment on what action you felt gave the best bang? And, not paid ads. THX S 
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samueldarwin
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# Posted: 27 Feb 2009 12:05
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I just took 4 months for me to make one sale. I can still remember that sale. I was paid $10 as commission by CJ. I am not a pro in affiliate, but I wish you become a great affiliate in the days to come... Good luck
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srama3
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# Posted: 27 Feb 2009 23:55
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I just made mine today as well!!! It took me about 5 weeks, but I did not work on it everyday, I have to admit. I'm a student, so I don't have a lot of time on my hands unfortunately.
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A8ch
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# Posted: 28 Feb 2009 17:19
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While it will take more or less time for different people to make their first online sale, the accomplishment should be celebrated primarily as proof that one can make money online.
The number of days, weeks or months it takes to reach that milestone should be viewed purely as a statistic. It's not necessarily a reflection of how marketing savvy you are, or are not.
The person who makes a sale the first day will be headed for disappointment if s/he expects that conversion rate to continue with consistency. And the person who struggles for four months, should not become discouraged because it took so long.
Everyone starts from where they are, in terms of knowledge, experience, skills, ambition, discipline, product selection and so on. Consequently, personal progress, development and success will occur at different rates.
What's important is to remain objective as you try to understand your product, your market and your role in bringing the two together.
Hermas
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TshirtFrank
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# Posted: 28 Feb 2009 17:39 · Edited by: TshirtFrank
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SandyFWJM: Can you comment on what action you felt gave the best bang?
I think that the combination of writing articles and having a powerful landing page helped me get these, now, first couple of sales. Again I am also very new to this business but have learned that submitting articles is a great way to generate traffic.
TSF
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