Get Rich With Me (GRWM) - Affiliate Marketing Week 1

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Hey Guys,

I am officially inviting you guys to GRWM! Get Rich With Me!

Im on a never ending quest to be RICH! So, Im going to throw some of my efforts into Affiliate Marketing.

So lets see what I did in week 1:
1) Signed up with two affiliate networks
2) Tried and failed ads
3) Watched youtube videos to get inspired
4) Trying a new source of ads

1) Signed up with two affiliate networks.
I need affiliate offers.  So I needed to sign up with an affiliate network. I was referred to MaxBounty and PeerFly.

So I signed up with both of those. Max Bounty was accepted and active within 24 hours. PeerFly was a little bit longer of an application waiting process. But im officially active with them both now.

I started perusing the offers available and decided I would go with "safe" offers and/or offers I think would be easy to convert.

2) Tried and failed ads
Because I have a few e-commerce stores, im familiar with some forms of online advertising. I know that Facebook is really peculiar about ads that have a lot of words, plus they can be a money drain if not properly targeted.  I know that google adwords doesn't allow you to use an url that re-directs. So, I figured I would start off advertising on group boards in Pinterest and Reddit ads.

I added the image to Pinterest. I went back to edit the source url....and I got blocked... I tried this a few times. doh! So, I realized that Pinterest doesn't allow you to add urls that re-direct either.  So the way affiliate marketing would work for Pinterest would be to write a blog article. Post the blog and then hope someone signs up/buys from your blog post.  I didn't want to write blog posts for each of these affiliate offers I was going to work on. I want a quick fast win. I need to KNOW that this works. And that it can work for me.

So, I said ok. I've had success in the past with Reddit Ads for my e-commerce stores. Let me try there. Denied again. They also do not do url redirects.

Ok, I need a traffic source.

3) Watched YouTube videos to get inspired
Am I going about this the wrong way? Will this not work for me? I need some reassurance. I watched a couple of outdated youtube videos from ClickBank Success.  Particularly the one indicating that you can do affiliate marketing without a website.  I knew it had to be possible! I just needed to figure out how.  Do you ever watch a video, and then at the end feel SUPER STUPID... like. the basic gist of this is send traffic to targeted people that are likely to purchase or sign up for an offer. Im trying to make this overly complex.

The video showed how he sent people directly to the affiliate offer (using a redirect url) for PPC (pay per click) ads.  Thats what I want to do!  Yes, I understand the power of niches. I understand the power of building an email list. etc... but I need to know this works first. Before I put the cart in front of the horse. Lets just make some money first.

Ok, so I need a place that I can put banner ads or search ads that will allow my referral link. I came across this article huge list of traffic sources for advertising.  Its an older article, so not all of the companies listed are still in business.

So I needed to research... which of the ones are still active, and which ones have a low minimum deposit for me to get started with.

4) Trying a new source of ads
So, I decided to try out bidvertiser.  They have an offer that I will receive $20 when I initially sign up with them and make a deposit of $50 to get ads started.  If you click on that link, you can get the same deal.

So I've deposited my money and im waiting for my deposit and ads to be verified to get this party started. (Today's Sunday)

So in full transparency, here are the ads i'm working on this week:

I figure I should be able to get some good conversions from these 3 offers (1 other as well).  We will see.

This week:

I am / will

1) wait on approval from Bidvertiser. Make any adjustments to ads as needed.

2) Look into some other ad traffic sources. 

Wish me luck guys! I hope that you will follow along with me on this journey and GRWM so we can be rich together! Tell me in the comments what you are doing / have done in your first week of Affiliate marketing. 

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Diner En Blanc - Los Angeles 2017 - Preparation Tips

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Hey Guys!

So last week, I went to Diner En Blanc Los Angeles (2017). This was my first time going. I scoured pinterest left and right for ideas about decorations, what to expect, food etc. So I thought I would share a little bit of information regarding our Diner En Blanc experience now that I've officially gone.

The day of got off to a rocky start. I live on the outskirts of town, so I knew that I would be driving to our meetup location, parking the car and then leaving by UBER to the secret location. I wasn't in love with the menu they offered so I decided to cook our dinner. So that meant, I wanted to literally be pulling the food out of the oven as we were heading out the door.  We got close to the meet up location and thought we'd take an uber from our car over there. We were REALLY close to the meetup spot, so we just walked (about 1 block).  From there we lined up with other people from our group.  Each location is different.  We were to meet at 4:15 for a 4:45 departure. 

Around 5:15 we finally started to leave after everyone loaded up everything on the bus.  Our bus driver was following a few other buses. Those buses disappeared. We got lost.  The driver finally "found" our destination and dropped us off. There was a couple in the park taking wedding pictures. Everyone joked how cool it would be if we flash mobbed one of their wedding pictures... we didn't.  Around the time everyone unloaded our stuff off the bus, our bus leader saw that we weren't at the right secret location and that we were about a 45 minute walk away.  Thankfully, the bus hadn't left yet.  So we reloaded the bus and then..... the bus broke down! So, long story short, we were late. We arrived around 7:30 or so. The napkin wave had already happened, people were already finished eating and on the dance floor.

DESPITE the rocky start, I STILL had a great time.  

So lets break it down... What do you need to prepare for Diner En Blanc?  Diner en blanc is an all-white affair (despite several rule violations I saw - ex. cream, khaki clothing etc.).  Your attire is supposed to be all white, your decorations are supposed to be all white.  Your dinnerware should be real and not plastic. If you want,  you can use silver to accessorize (not gold) You can order food and wine from them, or you can bring your own.  We ordered wine from them and brought our own food.

What was on my menu?

Appetizers - Strawberries, grapes, prosciutto wrapped cheese and shrimp cocktail.

Main course - Chicken caesar salad, Stuffed mushrooms, Stuffed porkchops, and some caesar pasta salad that I picked up from Vons. 

Dessert - lemon bundt cakes with lemon drizzle icing

Knowing what I know now, how would I prepare and pack for future Diner En Blanc events? Here are a few of my Diner En Blanc Essentials:

Your going to need a table and tablecloth.  I didn't have either, so I ordered the table from Amazon and headed to my local HomeGoods store (I just love that store) This table is absolutely amazing.  It is a Coleman brand camping table. It rolls up and it is very lightweight. ALOT of people had this exact same table. Great minds think alike!

I also needed chairs. They prefer you have white chairs. If you don't have white chairs, they want you to put a white chair cover over the chair.  I picked 2 chairs up from my local Wal-Mart.  However, you can also order these online.

Now, how are you gonna carry all this stuff? Tables, chairs, decorations etc?  I saw ALL types of things being used to carry stuff (imagine a rolling laundry basket, suitcase with chairs poking thru the zipper etc)  Well, we had this utility cart laying around the house, so we decided to use this.  

Guess what, it was able to hold 2 chairs, our table, food and some decorations with no problems.  

What you gonna put on this table?

  
If you don't have this stuff at home, it can easily be found in a store (well since I went to 4 different home goods stores, plus a couple of Ross and TJ maxx - I won't say easily, lol) You need plates to eat off. My plates at home are an Asian theme so they are red and black and wouldn't work.  So I went to the Dollar Tree and got 2 awesome plates for $1 each.  I had battery-operated tea lights at home. This worked out perfectly because you can't use real candles. 

I also found our tea light holders at Dollar Tree. I grabbed 3 of those. I also grabbed two colossal size wine glasses. I didn't want to bring mine from my home. So if they broke, it would only be $1. (they survived) And I was desperately looking for this 3 tiered tray (the reason for the million store stops). I was unable to find it in clear (I didn't want white because it wouldn't fit in with my other decor when I'm entertaining. ) So I eventually settled for a two tier tray I found at Burlington Coat Factory. I also found 2 sparkly table mats that I ABSOLUTELY ADORE!  The cutlery, I brought from home.  Here's a few links if you need a 3 tiered tray, plates, napkins and candles.

Here's my table for the night:  (sorry the pictures are all dark, we got there so late it was night already)

If you are bringing food from home you will also need an insulated bag, picnic basket and/or tote bag:

    

Personally, I think the picnic basket is a bit excessive. However, if you do alot of picnics this could come in handy. Or if you are bringing your really good china / cutlery and want it to say safe, this would be perfect.

What to wear: 

                               

Seeming as its October and after labor day. White was nowhere to be found in my local stores. So here is what I found online I really loved this dress. I ended up having to cut the lining out though.  And here are the shoes I wore.

Here's what hubby decided on:

He already had a white shirt and white shoes, so he just needed pants and a belt.  

whew!

My pocketbook was so ready to shut down the last 24 hours before this event! We spent so much money to get ready for it. However, the good news is, we will be ready for next year much easier. (and cheaper!!!)

So after all of the preparations... its time to have a lil fun:

So what did you guys think? Chime in below. Have you been to Diner En Blanc? Tell me about it in the comments below.

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BoardBooster - using it for the first time

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Hey Guys,

So I have multiple websites. I decided to use BoardBooster on one of e-commerce websites to see how it does. I kept seeing EVERYONE mention using BoardBooster to help increase your pinterest traffic.  So here are my results as of October 18, 2017:

In FULL DISCLOSURE, I completely set up board booster wrong.  I decided that I was going to watch a Youtube video on how to set it up. Then, I was watching the video and the lady was talking to slow for my liking and I was like I can totally set this up without a tutorial... Well, I was wrong. Although, I am satisfied with my results (because I pinned the same pins OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again), I will watch a tutorial on how to set it up properly for the next go. I think when set up properly, it will totally be even better results.

So lets take a look at what my Pinterest analytics stats are for today:

So, I didn't do a screenshot of my pinterest analytics before I started, but here are the stats:

October 11, 2017 

Pinterest Profile

Average daily impressions - 3726

Average daily viewers - 1212

People you reach:

Average monthly viewers - 21,419

Average monthly engaged - 788

Website activity:

Average daily impressions - 134

Average daily viewers - 101

So as you can see, my average monthly viewers and engaged did increase. This is without me using any group boards. This is with me setting up board booster wrong.

So, what is my next game plan?

I have purchased Mommy On Purpose's Pinteresting Strategies e-book.  I intend to implement her strategies of manually posting (when I can), but I will also have scheduled postings. I will either do scheduled postings thru boardbooster (setting it up correctly) and/or using my followliker software. 

I will keep you guys updated.

What are you currently doing to increase your Pinterest traffic? Comment below.

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