And so the Affiliate Marketing experiment begins...

Well, here we go. After several years of very casual dabbling in affiliate marketing, I'm finally going at it seriously. All because of one product.

In my previous affiliate marketing efforts, I never saw a cent come in, or even any decent website traffic, for that matter. Granted, I wasn't putting a ton of time into it, but even a little effort should produce a few results.

I continued to read and research about affiliate marketing, partly out of curiosity, partly looking for ideas to implement for my one-time employer as a national marketing manager. My theory for adapting affiliate marketing techniques to our traditional health care business was born out of the assumption that the affiliate marketers are the trailblazers of online marketing.

While researching the latest affiliate marketing trends recently for my own newly-founded company, I came across a new informational product called the Secret Affiliate Code. The pitch sounded interesting, so I took a little plunge and purchased it (I say little because it is very affordable, and frankly would have paid a lot more now that I know what it contains).

The Secret Affiliate Code system is, simply put, fantastic! I had previous knowledge of certain parts of it, however Craig Bekta (the author) has put together a product that not only shows you all the pieces, but gives you a comprehensive guide to putting them all together. The material got me excited enough to start implementing the affiliate marketing techniques it outlines and start this blog to chart and share my progress.

Now I will NOT be attempting this on a full-time basis. I am also in the process of launching my own brick and mortar service business, so it goes without saying that will keep me very busy. I think this fact will make this affiliate marketing experiment MORE relevant to most of you, in that nearly everyone who starts in affiliate marketing does so on a part-time basis. And I admit that using the title of Future Affiliate Millionaire Experiment may be setting the bar a bit too high, but why not? Even if I only did 10% of that over the next year or two, that's still a lot of money! Then again, maybe I'll make myself a Secret Affiliate Code millionaire quicker than I ever imagined.