Affiliate marketing & being a super affiliate is not just a business, it’s a way of life!
It’s hard to describe how radically my life has changed in the last few years. I literally went from being dirt broke, my wife and I lived in a 300 sq ft 1 bedroom apartment, and I barely had enough money to put food on the table.
Today we’re millionaires, living a life that I could not even dream of a few years ago. It’s all thanks to affiliate marketing!
Here’s what the super affiliate lifestyle means to my wife and I : how we live, how we give, and what we have become…
How We Live
The Super Affiliate Lifestyle is NOT just about making lots of money, it’s about having time AND money. You can have have millions in the bank but if you don’t have time to enjoy it, what’s the point?
Here’s what it’s all about :
A Night on the Town: Dropping $1200 going out to a Broadway show and a swanky French restaurant, Aujourd’hui. We spend $1000 on two tickets to see Wicked, and $200 at Aujourd’hui, quite possibly the top restaurant in Boston.
Flying First Class & Traveling the World : Once you start flying first class you can’t go back to coach. It’s not just a bigger seat, they actually serve you food (a rarity these days), you get a separate line for check in and security, and of course you get access to the executive lounge.
My wife and I are flying first class in Lufthansa going to India this December, that should be a treat! The going rate for these tickets is close to $8k per person.
The trip to India will be the last in a whole series of trips I’ve taken and will take this year: Miami, Austin (twice), Houston (twice to see in laws), NJ (twice to see parents), NYC, Bermuda, Alaska, Victoria (CA), Vancouver (CA), Chicago (twice) & Alaska.
Next year we plan to go to: Turkey, Paris (France), and a bunch of other places I’ll tell you about in future blog posts.
We plan to travel way more once Shilpi finishes school.
To travel you really need both time and money, which this business gives!
Designer Clothing from Nordstrom : If you’ve never shopped at Nordstrom before it’s an experience! The customer service is second to none! So you can image that my wife and I were super excited when they finally opened a Nordstrom here in Massachusetts.
Within two weeks we dropped about $1600 on new clothes. Now you have to understand that this was a big stretch for both of us. We grew up in modest middle class homes, where we bought our clothes at blue light specials at Kmart.
I’m not kidding.
At Nordstorm my wife was eying a beautiful designer coat. She was reluctant to get it, the price tag was $750. I told Shilpi, you can get anything you want. I encouraged her to get the coat, and WOW does it look great on her.
It’s the MOST expensive article of clothing she’s ever had in her life.
I bought a number of items myself, including two designer corduroy pants that I spend $350 on! Nordstrom actually tailor fitted the length of the pants for free. One of the corduroy pants were Santarelli’s, made in Italy.
Growing up I thought that designer clothing was overrated, but I have to tell you, you haven’t lived life until you’ve worn one of these Italian made corduroy pants!
WAKING UP AT 10:00am : I used to wake up at 6:00am back when I was a wage slave (working a job). There are few things I hated more than having my deepest soundest sleep shattered by an alarm clock at 6:00AM IN THE MORNING.
I hate alarm clocks.
People were not meant to wake up to alarm clocks, you’re supposed to wake up naturally when your body is fully rested.
And that’s exactly what I do now.
By 9:30-10:00am I’m fully rested, NOT any earlier!
So if you want to permanently smash your alarm clock, get busy on your campaigns, the longer you dilly dally the more you’re missing out on life and sleep! LOL
NOT HAVING TO SACRIFICE THE MOST VALUABLE DAYS AND YEARS OF YOUR LIFE TO JOB :
If you’re working a job right now, and it’s not your dream job and you’re not 100% satisfied with it, then everyday you go to that job, your giving up the most precious asset that you have in this world:
Your time.
Do you really want to wait until your 65 to retire? Are you excited about working a job in your 20’s and 30’s, the most productive years of your life??
Forget about the millions you can make with affiliate marketing, make your goal just buying your life back from the 9 to 5 rat race.
If you can make double your income on your part time doing affiliate marketing, then you can wake away from your day job. Make this YOUR #1 GOAL.
The last day on my job was July 15, 2006, I’ll never forget that day as long as I live. It was one of the greatest days of my life.
So stop being a wage slave.
Your life has not really begun yet until you quit your day job and joined the ranks of the financially free!
Next time I’ll talk about: How We Give
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amit,
if you are making so much money, why are you still living in cold massachusetts?
As opposed to 100 degree temps on Florida.
I live in Virginia and that is as far south as I would want to live.
how about california?
heck, how about anywhere else in the world? afterall, isn’t that one of the benefits of being an affiliate??
The only reason i’m still in boston is because i’m too broke to move anywhere and i’m too scared to look for another job, but if I was a rich affiliate…i’b be living la vida loca in st.bartz
I think the point has been made in you second question.
Keep reading this blog and others like it. 99% of us reading this blog are not that successful at AM, but we are going in the right direction. Its not everyday you get the ear of a successful millionaire. I am very thankful for all that I learned so far, and it has been all free. Thanks Amit.
Hi Susan,
My wife goes to school in Boston, this is why we live in Massachusetts. She’s studying to be an optometrist.
Also, Boston is an AWESOME city and a great place to live.
oh I see (that makes sense)
I love Boston: it’s clean, it’s diverse, it has great restaurants, but it’s just too cold for me!
what did your wife think when you told her you were giving up a research scientist position to do AM? that must have been quite a discussion, especially since I know how much Indians value education and the careers attached to them.
speaking of scientists…biogen is up for sale. can anyone say layoffs?
Hey Amit,
Way to go man.
Any good tips?
lol