Tuesday, May 13, 2008

What My Great Grandmother Taught Me About Affiliate Marketing

By Alexander Bee

My Great Grandmother, Mathilda, arrived in California in 1850 with her parents and three older brothers. She was only 17 years old. Her family was among the estimated 300,000 Americans and foreigners who came to the Western state in search of gold.

My family's story-book claims that Mathilda, single-handedly, discovered one of the most lucrative gold fields in Sierra Nevada. Another story tells of her forbidden love affair with a married man, who apparently fathered my great grandfather. But I'll tell you about that some other time.

As you can probably imagine, Mathilda was a remarkable woman. The enormous wealth she had acquired in 1852 in California was totally lost by her grandson, my grandfather, in 1929 in New York, when the stock market crashed. Fortunately, she died in 1920 and was spared the heartbreak.

"Why are you telling me your family's history?" I can almost hear you asking me now, "What does your grandmother have to do with affiliate marketing?" You'll know soon, my friend. Don't lose your patience.

An estimated 300,000 people, man, women and children, went to California in the middle of the 19th century, in search of fortunes. Only few of them discovered gold and became rich. Those were the ones who did not miss on the opportunity when it presented itself to them; then, they were blessed with the guts to take chances on the road to realize their dreams; and finally, they acquired the knowledge and the tools to achieve their goal. My great grandmother, Mathilda, was amongst them. She left us a great legacy: "He who dares - conquers."

This, my friend, is all there is to it. Affiliate marketing on the Internet is the Gold Rush of the 21st century. Don't miss out on your chance to be one of the few. Take hold of the opportunity today, before it's too late. If you want to fulfill your wish to strike gold, have courage, find the information and the tools, and go hunt it!

Internet Land is already very sophisticated and developed, but it is still an infant. It is today just as California was in the 1850's, packed with hidden treasures. But today you can dig it while sipping a drink in front of your computer, you don't need a pan and a shovel and you are spared the hard physical work. Only the gold is still the same glittering metal. Anybody can dig it out, you too.

Now is the time. Don't wake up 5 or 10 years from now regretting your failure to spot the occasion on time. Don't forget Mathilda: "She who dares - conquers."

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