The Amazing Bamboo Tree & Affiliate Marketing

Have you heard about the growth cycle of a bamboo tree? It’s actually quite amazing, for the first 2-3 years it grows only a few inches in height.

Then in a period of about 60 days the bamboo tree explodes to potentially 60 feet or higher!

So what’s happening during those 2-3 years where it seems the bamboo tree is not growing at all? Well, the bamboo tree is actually growing in the inside, that is, it’s building up its root structure so that it can handle the massive amount of growth it will experience during its 60 day growth spurt.

The road from a newbie affiliate to a super affiliate is just like the growth cycle of a bamboo tree.

When I first started out in this business I know NOTHING, seriously, I couldn’t even design a simple web page. I spend my first several months attempting to create a website that would get natural search engine traffic.

After busting my butt for several months I had a whopping 2 unique visitors a week to my very ugly and very poorly designed site and ZERO affiliate commissions. At that point I almost gave up, until I discovered ppc affiliate marketing.

I started with direct linking, which sounded a lot easier than it actually was. I struggled for month after month, launching campaign after campaign with NOTHING to show for it.

Looking back I realized that it was this period of time, where it seemed that nothing was happening, was when I was developing my roots, just the like the bamboo tree. I was growing on the INSIDE. Even though I was seeing no results I was building the skills and mindset that are the foundation of the multimillion dollar business I have today.

I know a lot of you are in this stage right now, where you’re growing from the inside, and you’re not seeing the results yet. It can be VERY frustrating, I know, I frequently got discouraged during this time. Honestly, the only thing that kept me going was my burning desire to quit my job.

Unfortunately most affiliates give up when they’re in the inner growth bamboo root growing stage.

If you had a bamboo tree would you stop watering it after 9 months, 12 months, or 15 months because you weren’t seeing any growth? How stupid would that be?

You see, just like a bamboo tree my seemly endless months of no results were followed by EXPLOSION growth in my affiliate business. Within 60 days my income shot up to $10k/month, and 6 month after that point I walked away from a $90k/yr job.

You have to have the faith that if you keep watering your bamboo plant (your affiliate business) you will see explosive growth. If at any time you stop watering it, it will die.

Once your business hits the explosive growth phase your life will NEVER be the same again.