How much does an affiliate marketing website make after 8 months? Find out here PLUS, learn why this is the last update. NEW UPDATE: Get my NEW 🏆 Affiliate Marketing Crash Course 🏆 for FREE, here: https://www.milesbeckler.com/free-affiliate-course
I’ve broken down everything I did in order to build, launch and grow a brand new affiliate site to over $3500/mo in profit in simple step-by-step format… It’s 100% beginner friendly and of course, it’s yours 100% free… Because my lifestyle is supported by my affiliate sites NOT from selling you courses… 👍
As mentioned in the video… If you want all of the cost breakdowns and also access to the screenshots that show the revenue and traffic data, catch the full blog post here:
https://www.milesbeckler.com/how-to-make-money-blogging/
I do believe that you can make money blogging with affiliate marketing… In fact, the growth curve of the affiliate marketing website case study projects a possibility of generating over $6,000/mo in revenue from the amazon affiliate program!
This is due to the power of compounding starting to work for us.
If you aren’t familiar how the power of compounding works and why it is so powerful, watch this video next – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJHEmrjACVA
With that said, I explain in this video why you may not want to consider Affiliate Marketing and I also share why it is not a ‘passive income’ opportunity.
I also share my thoughts regarding the affiliate marketing game vs. coaching, selling courses and membership programs if you have expertise people are willing to invest in.
Now, if this affiliate marketing case study is new to you, be sure to check out the past videos where I start from Month 1 documenting the process through to today, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf3sAd8kafc&list=PL0sOKzn__yK293vkj2OHzm1rlnTT1WCnh
In this video I’ve got the month eight update for my affiliate marketing website case study. We’re going to go through all of the numbers. Plus you’re going to learn why this is most likely going to be my very last update on the affiliate marketing site because a few things have changed and come up in the data. It makes me realize that I’m probably going to have to stop making these videos for you and you’re going to learn why at the end. But first let’s jump into the data because we’re in the growth curve at this point and things are starting to get really exciting for us. So in the month eight update, what we’re looking at is the January data. So that is the eighth month I’ve been building it. So we’re looking at like January versus December data. Really clean data cause both months have 31 days.
So all traffic on the website combined was up 96% so about a hundred percent growth at about doubled the traffic. But here’s the cool part of the traffic. 183% increase in Google organic traffic. What this means is we’re ranking better. We’re ranking for more keyword phrases and for the keyword phrases that we’re already ranking, they’re moving up, which means we’re getting more clicks and we’re getting more traffic. Also on the search engines being is up 72% a duck duck go is up 316% and Yahoo is up 87% so what this means is the site is now ranking in all of the major search engines. They’re all driving us traffic and they’re all driving us more traffic. And the trend is continuing because I’m recording this in the middle of February, so I’m kind of, I was able to glance at the current data and this trend is not slowing down.
It’s not stopping. This is the idea of compound and growth. And I’m going to say this again and again in this video, and you’ve probably heard me say this before there’s a long lag time of putting in work, putting in energy, creating the content, doing the day to day work before we start to see the results. But then the results begin to compound and that’s what we’re seeing. Our impressions are up 175% so this means almost a double as many times we’re showing up in the search engines, which is great. Our click through rate is up 20% this means our titles and our descriptions are getting the click and this really comes down. We’ve had some writer challenges in the beginning. We were using some teams that just weren’t very good, they weren’t experts in our world and we have changed that over the last few months. So the content we’re putting out has better titles, better descriptions is getting clicked on more often and it is growing.
Our average position has moved up 10% as well, so that means Google is liking the site even more. That also means we probably got a higher click through rate. Those two are correlated there, so those are kind of the leading indicators. The actual data from our search volume. What about money? Right? How much money is this thing making? Well at this point it’s $80 and 22 cents in total revenue from last month. Which is an 18 fold increase. That’s right. Our revenue has gone up 18 times what it was.
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How many posts had you posted at this point in 8 months??
I made over 40 on my first month. Also, I wrote all my content, built my site and outsourced nothing. I work a full time day job, have 3 kids including a baby and get 4-5 hours of sleep. It takes dedication.
Throwing money at it is foolish. Pick a niche you know about and start writing!
I loved this😢
Miles – Thanks for the final update. Sorry to learn that this experiment has been compromised and you need to take it back undercover so to speak. I am still looking at building a business on SBI for WP. Based on some of what you said today, I may explore building a site based on my previous experience in Real Estate. I will continue to look to you for solid reliable advice. Best wishes and Thanks again!
I just binge-watched this entier case study this morning. It's great! It really laid out a clear mind map for me of how this kind of site works. I'm sorry that you had to end it in month 8. I just don't understand some people but I'm not gonna hate. I would like to congratulate you and Melanie on your accomplishments and thank you for sharing your knowledge. I was admiring those trees in the background of some of the videos so now I'm off to have a walk in the woods and have a think. Tanks again.
Its totally ok miles. you did it right. I really appreciate your work. Thank you for putting this much free content.
so sorry to hear man. Had a similar thing with one of my other sites but on a smaller scale. People can't accept an invaluable case study without curiosity killing the cat. Still, I'm glad you followed through with the 1 year update and you did an amazing job. I'm so happy that I was able to learn from you in this case study. Thank-you for doing it. I hope you'll consider something like this again.
Hey Miles, sad to see there are gamebreakers, you're putting out this great content as you go and unfortunately (and it almost always happens) it gets messed up by some individuals that think they can outsmart you…. Instead of learning, they don't get the fact that trying to be a copycat will never get them the knowledge/experience that will get them anywhere. Thanks for what you offer us. Putting the hard work is the only way, your efforts are greatly appreciated. Thanks again… (and if when you will hit the forecasted 3K, good to you, it's well deserved!!!)
Well done, I am just starting to look into affiliate marketing and I just love your website.
This is why my coaching was so short-lived. I'd rather build than deal with a bunch of klingons.
Hey,miles thank you for all the knowledge you've shared for free , there's nobody else doing what you do which is what makes you a great person. You're sharing such powerful knowledge for free and it's sad we live in such a disgusting world , really loved all the videos on your case study and all other ones. They've helped me a lot again thanks you for all you've done and understand why you can't keep up the videos. wish you the best brother.❤
Miles, it's a gift to have found you! Thank you! God bless you! Have 1 question real quick if you see my comment. Do u believe I can grow a business with only blogging and let's say a bit email marketing but without funnels youtube etc or I need all these + courses to succeed because I am not native I am not so confident speaking in English . Thank you! What would you recomment? I am not planning for huge amount of money (at least as of now). with 2-3000 a month i would be ok ,,, Be careful with that shit virus. stay home stay safe
I have invested money in three different affiliate site since you started on the project. Given my time constraints and its profitable on other gift business, I am putting these on hold. It got us to think about the next project. Thanks for your heartfelt sharing and 26k on this. I spent around a few thousands on these. 😀 It is still helpful for our day to day stuffs!!
“It’s why we can’t have nice things” I was literally saying that before you did 😂😂
Man, you've already touched so many lives with your content, that those few bad apples do not matter. I know it sucks, I imagine how you feel like and I can totally understand that, but there are so many people grateful for your guidance that you can't even imagine. Directly is one thing, but think about all those people that got your knowledge and kindness from second or third hand – that's absolutely massive!
I was definitely going the wrong path before I found your content. I wasn't scamming anyone or got scammed, but I wasn't going anywhere with all the pretty much useless content I was exposed to at the beginning. I have to admit the first time I saw one of your videos I was like "dude, that seems like a lot of work" 😀 but then I realized that's actually very liberating and the only shortcut I need. Now thanks to you I am on a highway to success with my first website and I already have an idea for another two 🙂
Besides, thanks to you I learned about the magicians like Andre Chaperon – another guy who transformed the way I see online business and internet marketing.
What I'm just trying to say is that even if you would decide to stop producing free content completely don't feel bad about it. You already made a huge impact to this world and changed the life of many people, including mine. I hope to thank you one day in person 🙂 anyway, do whatever you have to do to protect your family, your business and yourself. For encouragement I will just leave one of my favorite quote (poem) by Mother Teresa:
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
Thank you Miles!!
You're doing great! I'm on month 6 and made $72 so far in Affiliate Marketing. Your site has tons of potential and it may take 1 full year plus for Google to rank your site properly. I'm sure you'll have stellar numbers soon in no time!
Hi Miles,
i know my question is not quite related to your topic but I just need an answer. I would like to use Facebook to generate traffic to my local store and later to use it for affiliate marketing. In oder to do so I have to create a fanpage, now my question, do I have to post content or is it enough to create a fanpage?
Shouldn't I place more emphasis on SEO than trying to create a large audience at first? Sorry if this is noob question. Still learning basics. I only say that because if ur website is not even showing up near the very top of the page then no one is going to click on ur stuff..
From the heart of America Panama Rep of Panama.
In contact., to know more of what you are doing, and the concept.
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Thanks thank you for what you are doing for others adding a valum for the future life of others.
Wao wao (:(
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Hi miles, just wondering. Iv been wanting to start in the gaming tech niche. I find its one of the only things i find really passionate about as i don't exactly think i have very strong knowledge on a particular thing that I can think of. Problem is gaming tech is massively huge in competition. Any advice ?
secondly, if I were to do headphones or any type of electronic (phones, desktops, gaming mouses / headphones, ect) I would have to buy these type of things on a regular basis, especially since new gadgets come out all the time and people are all looking to buy them, i would need to buy the latest stuff which could cost me $100s or $1000s on a regular basis to keep up with competition.. Little confused
Don't fall for the haters Brother! no need to justify – thanks for the update. >> Just Smash it!
Thanks
Do you have a video that shows you how to get amazon commissions from Canada and US? Thank you for your time and the effort to inform us.
Okay internet. This is why we can’t have nice things. Lol 🤦♂️ so so true. I was already addicted to this series darn it!
These updates are cool but to be honest, it's not the updates that i like… it's your giving dude that is so damn attractive! 👍👍👍
It wasn't me! At least do the 12 month report, Miles!
Hey Miles, I can image that you are frustrated about this, but on the other hand I also get that people are interested in seeing your website. Some might be seeking for shortcuts to success and hope to find answers on your site and others might just be curious.
Respecting your decision, I'm really hoping for another update on your project. 🙂