I give up….

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Ahahah gotcha!

No I’m not giving up on teh internet monies yo, sorry to disappoint.

I’m just giving up on finding a full-time virtual assistant, for the time being at least.

Man, it just wasted so much of my time; hours upon hours of training and orientation and then they just disappear and I’m back at square one.

Take epicskillz.com for example.

3 guys have tried their hands on it now and all of them have left me hanging in mid-air and not one even completed the re-design.

I’m just so annoyed that I’ve decided to handle everything myself for now.

I just made a whole bunch of creatives for my new campaigns etc and it wasn’t that bad, guess I just need to get used to it.

As for epicskillz.com, I’m waaaaay under-achieving here, and I really need to bang out my final design once and for all, get something that doesn’t get shitted on by other affiliates, something that I would be proud to show the better half.

This CSS and formatting stuff is getting on my nerves though, I just need to tide it over once and for all.

Once we’re all I intend to keep the design for a long long time while I keep producing excellent content for you guys who drop by occasionally.

Thanks for listening, kthxbye!

This is a little bit of a philosophy thing I first heard about from Jonathan van Clute whom I really look up to, and has really changed the way I do business.

It helped me look at profits and losses in a different light, so I’m hoping to pass on the information to you guys.

There are 4 types of consequences when you set up a campaign, whether it’s in the dating niche, the finance niche, health, biz opp, whatever:

1. You make a Small Profit
2. You make a Small Loss
3. You make a Big Profit
4. You make a Big Loss (Amen)

With me so far?

Good.

So, the first thing you need to do is to make the small losses and small profits cancel each other out. These are the “testing” campaigns.

Basically, set a small budget when you’re testing new campaigns, ditch ‘em if they do not work, keep’em or expand ‘em if they prove to be profitable.

Big Profits are the wet dreams of all affiliate marketers but alas, they are not to be expected all the time, and even if they take place, they often start off in the Small Profit, or even the Small Loss category.

Testing and scaling are the keys to turning the Small Profits and Small Losses into Big Profits.

The final part to the equation is the key.

The Big Loss.

Repeat after me.

“NEVER TAKE A BIG LOSS.” –EpicSkillz.com

This is the bane of all affiliate marketers, and yet it happens all the time.

- Newbie marketers who think a new campaign “looks great” and set a daily budget to $5000 per day is going to take a Big Loss.

- Tracking going down on a campaign that’s spending $500 per day = Big Loss.

- DNS propagation taking place between a server that has your new LPs and one that has NO LPs = Big Loss. (Shite, don’t ask me how I know..)

Notice the common characteristic in the above?

THEY CAN ALL BE AVOIDED WITH DUE DILIGENCE, THANK GOD!

Here’s how:

- Set a small daily budget at the start, no matter how positive you are about the prospects of a campaign; you just never know!
- Spend the damn money in a good web host, if you’re serious at all at getting into the game!
- Make sure your webhosts are aware of the nature of your online activities so they are able to advise you appropriately when you are switching!

What happens when you abide by the golden equations of marketing?

Small Profit – Small Loss = 0
Big Profit – Big Loss = X (Where X = Net Earnings)
Big Loss = 0
So Big Profit – 0 = X

Therefore X = Big Profit!

Simple?

Makes sense?

Now put on your mathematics lenses and analyze your CPVLab/Prosper202 stats with the Golden Equation!

Are you doing anything that could potentially result in Big Losses?

Are you doing enough to transform the Small Profits and Small Losses into Big Profits?

Now, go make some money!