How do you define success?
I can still remember my very first dollar that I have made online. I cannot really remember how long it took me because I did not actually care how long it took me. Some people take 3 months while others can take up to 6 months. It is very rare to see someone make their first sale after 6 months.
The same goes for those that are now doing internet marketing full time and I then realized that each person has their own threshold that they need to reach in order to be part of the affiliate marketing success stories. For instance you might get someone that will feel successful if they reach the following goals:
- $500 pm
- $1000 pm
- $2000 pm
- $5000 pm
- $10 000 pm
- $30 000 pm (You actually do get people that are making this much from affiliate marketing)
And the list goes on. Some people take 2 years to make $10 000 while others take 1 year to make $1000. I have also realized that each person is different in how fast they reach their goals because not all of us have the same responsibilities and driving force to succeed.
Wealthy Affiliate success stories
Most of the success stories will come from a training community called Wealthy Affiliate. This is an affiliate marketing training course that will teach you how to build your own affiliate marketing business. Keep in mind that these are not fake testimonials such as that from most of your other make money online products.
I have met some of these people and they are REAL.
1. My success story
Below is one of my success post within Wealthy Affiliate where I earned my very first $2.5. Luckily today is a different story 🙂
2. Colton’s success story
This is a story of a 20 year old guy that worked at a gas station and after 6 months he was able to quit his job. Below is a screenshot of his first $10 000 month which is just amazing.
3. Dom’s success story
Here is a story of Dom that has went from $0 up to $10 000 per month in 3 years. I do not think that a normal job will ever give you such a raise. It took him 18 months to reach the $1000 pm mark. He then reinvested his earnings into his business which catapulted him to $10 000 pm.
4. Heather’s success story
Here is a story of how Heather has made 47 sales in one weekend and that is not bad for her first 3 months at Wealthy Affiliate.
5. Catherine’s success story
This lady managed to make a $500 commission from just one sale. My personal record is $300 commission from one sale so congrats.
6. Kara’s success story
This is a woman from South Africa that has made her first dollar in just 18 days. That just shows me that everything is possible.
7. Suzette’s success story
Here is a woman that has also received her first commission check
8. Wendy’s success story
Here Wendy who is a college graduate managed to hit the $1000 pm just after 7 months
9. Nathan’s success story
Here Nathan has managed to earn a passive income of $1000 just after 14 months.
10. Taku’s success story
Taku has managed to reach his first $100 day. That is equal to $3000 per month if he manages to get that much on a daily basis.
They all have one thing in common
All of these members have one thing in common. They are all members of Wealthy Affiliate which means that Wealthy Affiliate is just awesome. As you can see there is a whole spectrum of success stories within Wealthy Affiliate of people making their first sales while some are quitting their jobs.
They worked hard for their success
All of them have worked very hard to reached their goals and and as you can see they are all people that started off as newbies that are now earning money on the internet. There is nothing special about them except for the fact that they was willing to work hard to reach their goals
How much can I earn online?
I cannot remember how many times I have heard this question. I always counter it with another question such as:
“How much do you want to earn?“
The fact is that there is really no limit to how much you can earn, but it all depends on how long and how hard you work at it.
Do you want to earn $30 000 per month? Maybe it will take you around 5 years to be very conservative.
Are you the next success story?
You are probably thinking: “There is no way that I can make that much money”. Please do not be so mean to yourself because you DO have what it takes to be successful. I come from South Africa and English is not even my primary language as you may have noticed and now I have the ability to earn a passive income online.
> Click this link if you are ready to experience success <
Anyone has the potential to be successful and everyone must to start somewhere.
WOW! There are some absolutely amazing affiliate marketing success stories here, and it really does pay off from working hard online.
I really want to become a member of Wealthy Affiliate now and see wht 2016 holds for me. If others can be successful, then I can too as an affiliate marketer.
Congratulations on your first sale too, by the way!
Neil 🙂
Thanks Neil
Affiliate marketing really does work but you have to be patient and consistent in your work. Even if it takes a year or two, it will eventually pay off big time.
I actually found this extremely informative. I’m glad I found WA in time. I never thought I would be able to build my own website (yourdogswishlist). Back then I thought I needed to know coding or something to get one started. One thing to remember is that you’re going to get out what you put in. And if you’re stuck then you have a whole community there to help you!
I am so happy that you do not need to know any coding in order to build a website. WordPress has really made is so easy for anyone to start a website. The community within WA is just great.
Hi Viljoen, what a fantastic article. I must agree, Wealthy Affiliate is a resource of invaluable knowledge and success is indeed possible.
It is hard work in the beginning but that is why access to specialised knowledge is crucial.
I have been with WA for 4 months and although I have not yet experienced such amazing results I am confident this will change very soon.
Dan.
I believe that you can make it Dan. Just do not give up and it is just a matter of time before you will get your first sale online. I made my first sale from my second websites and a couple of months after that, my first website started to make a lot more than my second one.
Thanks for this amazing list of success stories. It is highly encouraging and motivating! I myself just started my own website a few months ago. While I’m eager to start making money, I realize that it is something that takes time.
In the meantime, however, it is encouraging to encounter real people like this who have achieved success. If they can do it, and it gives me confidence that I can as well!
I believe that you can do it Kiefer. It does take take and you should give your website at least 1 year before you call it quit. Do not make the same mistake as I did.
These success stories are really inspiring I haven’t heard anything yet what I’m hoping if I create a lot more content I will. Do you have any advice on getting a higher Google ranking? Well I must say this is some really great information. I’ll definitely have to show some of my friends and family this page because they are likely to be interested in stuff like this.
Neat stuff!
Chris
There is a whole arsenal of things that you can do to get higher rankings and it all starts with keyword research. Things such as social signals and engagement work wonders in ranking articles.
Really interesting to see these members of this site coming through at different times and reaching their sucess at varying levels. I’ve been trying my hand at online marketing but I must say – it’s very hard work. How long have you been a member of this WA and how much success have you seen do far?
Hi Chris
I had my ups and downs to say the least. I am not full time yet, but I am pretty close to it. It is just a matter of a couple of months before I can go fulltime because I need to pay off some dept first.
I have been an active member for more than 12 months now.