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My first experience with making money online as an affiliate marketer came in the spring of 2006. I had been studying Internet marketing for about six months at that point, and was becoming more confused every day. I had read about a site called ClickBank where you could find digital products to promote. Each one paid at least fifty percent commission, and there were more than a hundred thousand products to choose from. I was anxious to make some money, just to prove to myself that I could do this, so I ventured over to ClickBank and began looking around.
At this time I was still not sure what my niche would be, so I had started several blogs as a way to 'find my voice' and to get more experience writing on the Internet. I took a look at what I had and decided that my blog about training small dogs - referred to as my 'dog blog' - would be the best one to find a product about. There were several eBooks and audio training programs available there, so I purchased one to see what it would be like.
I was amazed at the quality of the content I received for only thirty-seven dollars. I had written about small dogs for a few months by then, and this was far superior to anything I would be able to put together. I began promoting this digital package by writing articles and posting to my blog. Soon I had my first sale, where I earned $21.60. I quickly checked to see if the purchase had been made by someone I knew, but it had been made by a complete stranger.
It was then that I knew I could be successful online with affiliate marketing. If one person had purchased through my link, that would be followed by more people. I then set out to learn as much as possible to get started in building my online empire.
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