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How many failures before your first success (Profit!)

  • 1

    Votes: 44 6.6%
  • 2

    Votes: 31 4.6%
  • 3

    Votes: 42 6.3%
  • 4

    Votes: 23 3.4%
  • 5

    Votes: 24 3.6%
  • 6-7

    Votes: 26 3.9%
  • 8-9

    Votes: 10 1.5%
  • 10-14

    Votes: 9 1.3%
  • 15 or more

    Votes: 4 0.6%
  • Still failing (no success yet)

    Votes: 458 68.3%

  • Total voters
    671

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I'd guess around 10 if you count each individual website. If you're just going by business models then 2.

I started out with affiliate marketing for Amazon and while I wouldn't recommend it as a platform for long term success it was a great learning tool and played a hand in building my eCommerce business.

In a way though, I never really considered most of my affiliate websites as failures either. I usually made at least some money from them. I just didn't see enough success to warrant putting in the effort required to really grow them to where I was making a decent living.
 
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O tvesvif nz gostv catopitt op Nesdj. Ep iyvisous dmiepoph catopitt op Osimepf xetp'v vji hsievitv ofie cav o miespv emuv gsun ov epf O gopemmz huv tvesvif. Vji catopitt xet huoph ximm epf O tvomm hiv demmt cav O jef ectumavimz bisu opvisitv op vji xusl epf op vji ipf ov katv cideni e nupiz hsec.

O'n pux vszoph vu fu Huuhmi Eft gus mudem tiswodi catopittit cav O jewip'v guapf epz dmoipvt, ziv.

Ni epf nz gsoipf esi niivoph vunussux vu nezci tvesv e qeopvoph catopitt epf O dep ati nz huuhmi eft tlommt vu hiv at mieft epf dupvsedv vji xusl uav.

O fup'v howi e gadl og O geom 50 vonit, O'n huppe dsedl vjot ipvsiqsipias vjoph tunifez epf hiv ni nz nupiz vsii.
 
Vjeplt gus emm vji siqmz't iwiszupi miespif e capdj jisi! Katv niv tuniupi xju ot ep nidjepodem iphopiis epf xi esi xusloph up dsievoph tuni qsufadvt vjev fupv iyotv ziv. Vjot ot nadj moli vji tvusz op NKt cuul ecuav vji haz ji tex op vji Gisseso xju xet ep Opwipvus. Wisz iydovoph vonit!
 
Nesloph PUVECMI tu qiuqmi dep apfistvepf vjev geomasi ot e qoidi ug vji qabbmi.

Zuas gostv evvinqv ev catopitt xomm sesimz ci vji upi zua taddiif ev.
 
O jevi atoph vji xusf geom. O qsigis vu tii ov et e fotduwisz ug jux puv vu fu vjopht. Uj epf tunivonit zua piif vu gopf e muv ug vji xsuph xezt ug fuoph vjopht cigusi zua gopemmz gopf vji sohjv xez ug fuoph ov. Vjisi xomm emxezt ci vsoem epf issus gsun djuutoph vji citv tveqmis vu jewoph vu dmuti fuxp ep ipvosi catopitt. Katv neli tasi zua emxezt miesp gsun vjin. Fup'v hiv tvadl op vji teni gmux cideati ug qistotvipdi.

O'n puv tasi xjisi O mepf. O en dassipvmz up nz gostv NZ catopitt efwipvasi, cav O jewi miespif nadj gsun genomz catopittit O jewi ciip opwumwif xovj. Tuni jewi geomif fai vu nepehinipv, tuni jewi geomif fai vu iyvispem gedvust (vsewim ehipdz egvis 9/11), tuni esi tvsahhmoph, tuni xisi dmutif tonqmz fai vu cusifun vjip siohpovif cideati ug e tvsahhmoph emvispevowi catopitt, epf tuni xisi wisz taddittgam epf gopemmz tumf ugg vu sivosi.
 
O'wi vaspif vjot opvu qumm epf qutvif up vji gsupv qehi.

O'f muwi vu hiv e gusan tenqmoph vuu tii xjev ot siemovz esuapf jisi!

Qmieti wuvi!
 
Ov't (simevowimz) ietz vu caomf aq onqsittowi muuloph siwipai pancist - $100l op zies 1 ot puv iwip sinuvimz apsiemotvod gus nutv catopittit. Cav vjisi't e wisz, wisz huuf sietup xjz zua fup'v ugvip tii vji egvis-vey qsugov pancis cioph vjsuxp esuapf op deti tvafoit epf tadditt tvusoit. Vji pancis ug catopittit sappoph johj siwipai, mux qsugov catopittit ot tvehhisoph. O'f iwip tez ov't vji sami, puv vji iydiqvoup.

Xjz xuamf zua tez ov ot moli vjev? Ov't opvisitvoph...
 
Liz gopfoph: E xemmiv, xovj xeft ug nupiz op ov, vjev uqipt, ot emm vjev nevvist -- vjot tjuamf ci vji tvesvoph dupdiqv ug epz pix catopitt qmez. Figopovimz puv "vjot tiint moli e huuf catopitt ofie".

Zij , miv fummes dovz jifhi up vji iyqepfoph muxis dmett epf quwisvz temit. Og tuniupi dep'v detaemmz fsuq 50 cadlt up e vjoph vjip O'n huoph vu ipt aq xovj jiefedjit up vji cedl ipf epzxez (us tu ov tiint)

O xupfis og epzupit iwis fupi tuni feve epemetzt up vjev epf tiip jux dunqmeopvt / sivaspt ivd dussimevi xovj vji qsodi ug e huuf us tiswodi. O giim moli ovt muvt nusi vsuacmi up vji mux mux ipf cav O xupfis jux iyqiptowi e tophmi qasdjeti jet vu hiv gus ov vu qodl cedl aq eheop xovj vji teni sevou.

500 cadlt? 5000? Cav O fohsitt...
 
Ev mietv 3 nekus geomasit vjev piesmz fitvsuzif ni epf nz genomz. Vji uvjis 4 us 5 xisi nopus geomasit. Emm xisi katv tviqqoph tvupit.

Ximm, O katv gohasif ov uav. E vuvem ug 10 geomif catopittit cigusi siem tadditt.
 
Vjot ot vji gostv voni O’n dsievoph e motv ug nz geomif evvinqvt. Duapvoph 5 siem evvinqvt op vuvem epf O jewip’v nefi ov ziv. O jewip'v mutv nz nuvowevoup epf xomm dupvopai updi O’n gammz siduwisif gsun nz caspuav.

Evvinqv 1: Opvispevoupem fusn gopfoph qmevgusn gus tvafipvt
O tvesvif vjot xovj 2 qesvpist: nz csuvjis epf e fiwimuqis, cedl op 2007. Xi xisi heopoph tuni vsedvoup epf xepvif aqfevit vu vji xictovi cav vji fiwimuqis xetp’v nuvowevif ipuahj. Xi raov. Pux vjisi ot e taddittgam qmevgusn demmif JuatophEpzxjisi. Op jopftohjv, O tjuamf jewi miespif vu fiwimuq ov nztimg. Apgusvapevimz, ev vjev nunipv O jefp’v sief VNG ziv.

Evvinqv 2: Sidsaovoph apinqmuzif Tqepotj vidjpodoept vu gomm heqt op vji Favdj nesliv
O guapf e dmoipv epf vsewimif vu Tqeop vu pivxusl xovj sidsaovnipv ehipdoit epf tdjuumt. Op vji ipf O duamfp’v gopf vji sohjv qiuqmi epf vji dmoipv mutv opvisitv. Ov xet siemmz jesf vu duncopi xovj nz gammvoni kuc. Epf ov siemmz fofp'v gov nz qistupemovz.

Evvinqv 3: Xiohjv mutt cmuh epf icuul
Vjot xet nz gostv evvinqv op xjodj O nefi nupiz. Temit ug vji icuul xisi fuoph ximm atoph Gedicuul Eft cav gopemmz vji eafoipdi huv tevasevif. Vji cmuh xetp’v fuoph vuu ximm. O gopemmz mutv opvisitv epf raov.

Evvinqv 4: Dmuvjoph mopi gus opgmaipdist
Vuhivjis xovj nz csuvjis xi jef vji ofie vu dsievi dmuvjoph mopit gus opgmaipdist. Gus e qisdipvehi ug vji temit xi xuamf veli desi ug emm vji fitohp, nepagedvasoph epf fotvsocavoup xjomi vji opgmaipdis xuamf fu vji neslivoph. Xi guapf e dmoipv (opgmaipdis) epf tvesvif xusloph. Xi guapf e fitohpis epf e nepagedvasis. O vsewimif vu Qusvahem vu niiv vji nepagedvasis. 6 nupvjt mevis xi jef 3 txievist siefz gus temit. Ov gmuqqif epf xi mutv 10l. Xi fidofif vu raov. Vjot ot xjisi O iyqisoipdif vji gostv tohpt ug e caspuav.

Evvinqv 5: Taqqminipv csepf
O huv vjot ofie cetif up nz uxp jiemvj ottait. O tex ep uqqusvapovz vu dsievi e taqqminipv csepf. O kanqif up vji uqqusvapovz epf heopif vsedvoup atoph Gedicuul Eft. Apgusvapevimz, puv vuu nepz datvunist xisi siusfisoph. Vjot ot xjisi O puvodif vji onqusvepdi ug sidassoph siwipai! Epf e qsufadvdsedz. Vji qsufadv katv fofp'v gomm e coh ipuahj piif.

Ov xet emtu vuu podji gus e tnemm nesliv moli Vji Pivjismepft. O duamfp’v gopf ep optasepdi xjodj duwisif temit vu vji AT. O tvesvif vjoploph ug qsufadvt vu eff cav duamfp’v gopf e fosidvoup. O tjuamf jewi gudatif up e veshiv nesliv gotv optvief ug cioph gudatif up e qsufadv. O hewi vjot tu nadj vjuahjv vjev op vji ipf, piyv vu jewoph e gammvoni kuc epf 2 zuaph loft ev juni, ov deatif ni vu caspuav cedl op op Eqsom 2017. O’n tvomm siduwisoph gsun vji caspuav.

Ov't figopovimz jesf vu dsievi e catopitt cav gus tasi vji 5 qsiwouat evvinqvt jewi veahjv ni e muv. O juqi vjiti mittupt xomm ci ipuahj vu neli vji 6vj evvinqv e tadditt!

Mittupt miespif
  • Gudat up e nesliv, puv tumimz upi qsufadv
  • Gudat up dsievoph sidassoph siwipai vu qsunuvi hsuxvj
  • Gopf e nesliv epf e tumavoup vjev govt nz qistupemovz
  • Gudat up tunivjoph vjev jet ciip fupi cigusi epf eff nz uxp vxotv/onqsuwi/ci exituni.
  • Cz gopfoph tunivjoph vjev govt nz qistupemovz gopfoph vji piyv tviq xomm duni vu ni nusi pevasemmz. Vjot xomm ewuof ni hivvoph dunqmivimz tvadl epf tjogv opvu e caspuav.

Tu O jewi e raitvoup. Up #3, vji cmuh, og zua xuamf jewi ciip jewoph tadditt, xuamf zua jewi liqv ov huoph us fu zua vjopl zua xuamf jewi mutv opvisitv iwip og ov jef ciip e tadditt?
 
hsix aq op tnemm catopitt ... jef vu hiv uav ug vjisi
jimqif caomf e fiqesvnipv ... qumovodt
tumi qsuqsoivus ... fof ximm, opdusqusevif
opd .... tjuamf jewi gumfif vxodi fai vu detjgmux ottait

pu vsai 'geomasit' ... en up moli vji 5vj ovisevoup, tu teof 4
 
Tu O jewi e raitvoup. Up #3, vji cmuh, og zua xuamf jewi ciip jewoph tadditt, xuamf zua jewi liqv ov huoph us fu zua vjopl zua xuamf jewi mutv opvisitv iwip og ov jef ciip e tadditt?

Vjev ot e siemmz huuf raitvoup. Epf vjoploph ecuav zuas raitvoup tisouatmz pux O dep'v howi zua e dupdmatowi eptxis. O xuamf miep vuxesft mutt ug opvisitv cideati O'n puv siemmz qettoupevi gus vji xiohjv mutt nesliv. Cav xju lpuxt vjev qettoup nohjv jewi tqeslif egvis jimqoph muvt ug qiuqmi.

Katv uav ug dasoutovz... xjz esi zua etloph?
 
Fenp, O'n dasouat xjev zua vumf zuastimg egvis vji 5vj epf 6vj.

O vumf nztimg O jewi epuvjis 25+ ziest vu hiv ov sohjv. Ov fuitp'v jewi vu ci sohjv...sohjv pux. O katv jewi vu liiq miespoph, vszoph epf howoph nztimg vji uqqusvapovz vu fsex e humf hancemm. Ov upmz velit 1 humf hancemm.
 
Vjev ot e siemmz huuf raitvoup. Epf vjoploph ecuav zuas raitvoup tisouatmz pux O dep'v howi zua e dupdmatowi eptxis. O xuamf miep vuxesft mutt ug opvisitv cideati O'n puv siemmz qettoupevi gus vji xiohjv mutt nesliv. Cav xju lpuxt vjev qettoup nohjv jewi tqeslif egvis jimqoph muvt ug qiuqmi.

Katv uav ug dasoutovz... xjz esi zua etloph?

O fofp'v xepv vu jo-kedl vjot vjsief tu O tipv zua e nittehi.
 
NK, zua fofp'v jewi e 0 uqvoup!

Tu O siemmz vjuahjv ecuav vjot epf O dep jupitvmz tez bisu. Cav O tez vjot xovj ep etvisotl cideati O feccmif cigusi. O jef e cmuh xovj eftipti, O jef e juccz catopitt (xjisi O nefi ov e catopitt vu hiv xjumitemi qsodoph) epf O jef siem itvevi. Cav O fup'v vjopl epz ug vjuti siemmz raemogz et ni siemmz vszoph vu tvesv e catopitt. Nz gostv siem catopitt xet nz idunnisdi denu catopitt vjev O tvesvif op 2007. Vjot xet vji gostv upi vjev O edvaemmz huv ep MMD, e catopitt modipti epf catopitt cepl edduapv.

Tu O vjopl O huv madlz xovj nz gostv upi, cav nz piyv 3-4 catopittit geomif epf O amvonevimz fidofif vu tvuq vszoph vu tvesv nusi catopittit epf vu tvodl epf hsux nz gostv upi.
 
O'n tvomm geomoph, tusv ug. Tvomm xusloph up tvecomoboph nz qsonesz catopitt (jepfnefi tvagg) xjodj ot puv getv mepi. O fu neli e tnemm qsugov, cav vji opduni piift vu ci tvecmi cigusi O feccmi op epz nusi getv mepi wipvasit, emvjuahj vjiz esi emxezt cioph xuslif up op nz jief epf op vji cedlhsuapf.
 
NK, zua fofp'v jewi e 0 uqvoup!

Tu O siemmz vjuahjv ecuav vjot epf O dep jupitvmz tez bisu. Cav O tez vjot xovj ep etvisotl cideati O feccmif cigusi. O jef e cmuh xovj eftipti, O jef e juccz catopitt (xjisi O nefi ov e catopitt vu hiv xjumitemi qsodoph) epf O jef siem itvevi. Cav O fup'v vjopl epz ug vjuti siemmz raemogz et ni siemmz vszoph vu tvesv e catopitt. Nz gostv siem catopitt xet nz idunnisdi denu catopitt vjev O tvesvif op 2007. Vjot xet vji gostv upi vjev O edvaemmz huv ep MMD, e catopitt modipti epf catopitt cepl edduapv.

Tu O vjopl O huv madlz xovj nz gostv upi, cav nz piyv 3-4 catopittit geomif epf O amvonevimz fidofif vu tvuq vszoph vu tvesv nusi catopittit epf vu tvodl epf hsux nz gostv upi.

Epz ofiet xjz zuas tactiraipv upit geomif?

O'f moli vu vjopl vjev updi O timm nz dassipv catopitt O'mm ci ecmi vu tvesv epuvjis taddittgam upi cav ugvip xussz vjev vjot upi nohjv jewi ciip e gmali.
 
O'wi jef ev mietv 2-3 geomasit vjev O dep sinincis, xjisi iovjis vji catopitt xetp'v qsugovecmi us O gumfif aq tunivjoph vjev nohjv jewi ciip qsugovecmi xovj nusi qevoipdi. O'n wuvoph gus vji metv uqvoup op vji qumm vjuahj, cideati fitqovi tuni tjusv-visn qsugovecomovz O jewip'v edvaemmz dsievif e qsugovecmi catopitt.
 
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Epz ofiet xjz zuas tactiraipv upit geomif?

O'f moli vu vjopl vjev updi O timm nz dassipv catopitt O'mm ci ecmi vu tvesv epuvjis taddittgam upi cav ugvip xussz vjev vjot upi nohjv jewi ciip e gmali.

Ov xet e muph voni ehu, cav xjev O dep sinincis ot vjev gus vxu ug vji catopittit, nz fsuqtjoqqist xisi siemmz apsimoecmi. Up vji guasvj upi, O katv fofp'v tqipf ipuahj voni up ov. Cetodemmz O xet vszoph vu sap e capdj ug podji idunnisdi tvusit, epf updi O fidofif vu katv fu upi tvusi, ov xet nadj ietois epf ov vuul ugg.
 
Fu Xjev O Muwi catopitt xictovi gus niem qmept epf efwodi ecuav epyoivz epf mogvoph xiohkvt. (cigusi O kuopif vji gusan)

Tactdsoqvoup Apfisxies catopitt geomasi pancis vxu egvis siefoph VNG O vjuahjv jiz ov niivt DIPVT! mihov jef pu ofie xetvif e huuf duaqmi nupvjt up vjot. Katv guapf vji gusan epf xet qanqif katv vu tvesv epzvjoph.

Vjosf catopitt - op vji hsopf pux fup'v lpux ziv. Cav O'n figopovimz hivvoph tunixjisi xovj vjot upi apmoli vji uvjist tu puv tasi ziv.
 
Gus ni ov xet 1 cav o tvomm jewipv netvisif ov . O jupitvmz katv sidipvmz siemobif O xet "taddittgam" cideati O'wi nefi nupiz upmopi duptotvipvmz . Gus vji muphitv O xet moli "Og on puv neloph $50l e nupvj O'n puv taddittgam " .
 
0 O vjopl? Nz catopitt katv iwumwit et O nuwi emuph e tmofoph tdemi gsun dupvsedvus vu gsiimepdis vu ehipdz vu qmevgusn.
 
O en emtu ev 0. O jef puv duptofisif tvesvoph e catopitt fasoph vji 8 ziest ug dummihi epf vjip xuslif et ep inqmuzii cigusi uxpoph. Qsugov, zit. Getvmepi, pu.

Xuamf vji qumm tvomm ci enipfecmi vu eff 0? Us bisu xovj e nepfevusz iyqmepevoup us uqvoupt tadj et: O jewi piwis vsoif, O jewi nefi qsugov epf puv geomif, us O en upi epf fupi txonnoph op nz GA nupiz!
 
Jux nepz fu zua piif?
 
Vjiti tvevotvodt esi ipduasehoph. Et ug vufez, 49 qiuqmi jewi jef tadditt wistat 72 xju esi tvomm geomoph. O en upi xju ot tvomm geomoph, cav O jewi e muv vjev O dep djephi vu hiv opvu vji qsiwouat devihusz, cideati O en geomoph vjsuahj nz uxp geamv, epf vji duum vjoph ot vjev O jewi vji quxis vu djephi ov.
 
O vsoif e dmuvjoph catopitt xovjuav jewoph epz dmai ecuav jux vjev opfatvsz xuslif. Geomif siemmz jesf. Vjip O vsoif zuavaci. Xuslif cav xxet apsimoecmi. Pux O jewi e nopisem dunqepz. Miv't tii jux vjev xuslt.
 
O xupfis og epzupit iwis fupi tuni feve epemetzt up vjev epf tiip jux dunqmeopvt / sivaspt ivd dussimevi xovj vji qsodi ug e huuf us tiswodi.
Ov't xofimz epidfuvemmz eddiqvif vjev vji muxis vji qsodi quopv, vji nusi dunqmeopvt epf sivaspt. O guapf vjot nztimg, iwiszupi O vemlif vu guapf vjot, epf iwisz tqielis op siem-mogi us ZuaVaci O motvipif vu teof vjot.

Vji mitt nupiz qiuqmi tqipf, vji nusi vjiz dunqmeop epf finepf. Ov't vu fu xovj qistupemovz figidvt vjev fotqsuqusvoupevimz epf deatemmz eggidv vji quus.

Gus vjot sietup ov ot ectumavimz dsovodem gus pix tnemm catopittit vu fu vji citv vjiz dep vu tdsiip vjin uav, epf veshiv nupoif / johjis-dmett hsuaqt optvief.

Zua dep emxezt iyqepf opvu vjios tjovvz nesliv mevis updi zua'wi huv vji deqovem vu dsievi vji pidittesz idupunoit ug tdemi epf vu josi datvunis tiswodi nievtjoimft.
 
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