I always like it when CPA networks send me stuff, the latest is a flip mino camera from clickbooth, which is pretty awesome. It’s small yet takes decent video. I hate carrying bulky things around for video really, and sadly (even though I could easily afford one) I don’t have an iPhone or anything, mainly because I don’t use the phone enough to justify the monthly costs.
So this will work perfectly for me, took a small video of me playing tetris on tetrisfriends…
Also gotta thank MarketLeverage for the gift cards they’ve sent over the past few months. Haven’t sent much revenue there lately, but I probably will in the future. Bought some clothes with those gift cards
Lots of people seem to think this lifestyle is easy going, well it’s not. Let’s just clear that up right now. All sorts of stuff goes wrong all the time. If you think you can just sit around on the beach and make money without lifting a finger, it doesn’t work that way.
Affiliate Marketing in a nutshell: Test, Test, Test, Analyze, Analyze, Analyze, Test, Test, Test, Analyze, Analyze… That’s really all there is to it, I mean in simplified terms. Of course this comes more into play for ppc/paid traffic type stuff, which is basically all I do. SEO/EMAIL is basically the same thing, but maybe a little different. I’ve done SEO in the past, but email is on my list of things to learn.
I work with a couple different people, adnetworks, affiliate managers, and some other people that help with design etc on my landers. I have to keep track of my funds on a daily basis, and analyze campaigns currently running, daily. More work pops up when I start a new vertical, this is an entire new project and requires lots and lots of work, tweaking, and money to bring money back.
The longer you’ve been working with this stuff, the better you get at it, period. It takes experience. No eBook, guru, or whatever is going to give you a handout, and even if they do once that dries up will you be able to get something new going on?
Affiliate marketing isn’t for everyone, just as being a doctor isn’t for everyone. Personally, I enjoy it though, something new to work with everyday.
This post reminds me that I need to get my affiliate marketing blog up and running.. I shouldn’t post this on my tech site
I’ve taken these personality tests when I’m bored, sometimes I’ve seen the INTP show up, but more often than not it’s INTJ. I have also taken more extensive personality profiles and INTJ is the outcome. So what is INTJ? According to Wikipedia,
One of the rarest of the sixteen personality types, INTJs account for about 1% of the population.
I also have Asperger’s Syndrome, I like to label this as a personality type as well. I may not even have it, maybe I’m just INTJ. Sounds a bit like denial however since I was diagnosed with it when I was 5 years old. AS makes up about 1% of the population. So, what percent has AS and an INTJ personality? It’s not a high percent Seems as if I’m definitely a minority.
Anyway, on to INTJ.
INTJs are strong individualists who seek new angles or novel ways of looking at things. They enjoy coming to new understandings. They tend to be insightful and mentally quick; however, this mental quickness may not always be outwardly apparent to others since they keep a great deal to themselves. They are very determined people who trust their vision of the possibilities, regardless of what others think. They may even be considered the most independent of all of the sixteen personality types. INTJs are at their best in quietly and firmly developing their ideas, theories, and principles.
Yes that does seem to describe me fairly well. I love new ideas and love to brain storm.
INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion “Does it work?” to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake… INTJs are known as the “Systems Builders” of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play… Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ’s Achilles heel… This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals… Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense.
Yes I have never been a real social person to be honest. That’s pretty apparent no matter what since I have AS.
Masterminds tend to be much more definite and self-confident than other Rationals, having usually developed a very strong will. Decisions come easily to them; in fact, they can hardly rest until they have things settled and decided. But before they decide anything, they must do the research. Masterminds are highly theoretical, but they insist on looking at all available data before they embrace an idea, and they are suspicious of any statement that is based on shoddy research, or that is not checked against reality.
Keirsey refers to an INTJ as a “Mastermind”. Anyway, I do a ton of research on every single thing I do. Then I apply whatever idea I think would work best, but I have many back up plans if that one fails. That’s a perfect description of me. I never, ever embrace an idea until I have done the proper research.
In education they are most often found at the college and university level. In the professions, they may be a lawyer, a business analyst, or strategic planner. Some have a strong artistic/creative bent and may become an artist, inventor, or designer. Whatever they do, they do it with intensity.
Well I don’t know about that, my line of work right now is headed towards programming and affiliate marketing.
This guy reads off the entire description from Keirsey, if you don’t want to read through
Anyway I know I have been going off on a lot of affiliate stuff lately, but remember the title of this blog is Technology Insanity, the insanity part meaning that I may go off on who knows what.
Not long ago I was contacted by BestCovery.com to become an expert on their website. I accepted their offer and have completed one list so far. The site itself is very cool. If you’re looking for a product, they have “best” lists already set up, by people like me that know a lot about the subject. I browsed through a lot of their lists before accepting the offer, and a lot of them are very good. So, if you want to buy something and aren’t in the mood to do a lot of research BestCovery is a very good option. Right now my only list is the “Best Processor for Overclocking.”
I’ll be working on another list for them tonight. I also might be working with GadgetReview.com posting news or reviewing some products. We’ll see how that goes. I’m going to get back on track with this site and work on some possible reviews/tutorials soon. I have a tendency to really go in every which way on this site and not sticking to a specific niche, that would allow this site to grow more. Mostly because I post about what I’m currently doing, and not sticking to any particular topic.
Anyway, expect more technology/computer/internet related posts here soon.
