I know what you are saying. I respect it. And I am quite aware of the risks. I’ve been through hell before.

PPC: I want a new challenge. Web design was my first love, I gave it up for many years to learn how to trade, and now that I have my investments on auto-pilot, I have some free time to pick up the hobby which I always wanted to get into.

But I definately agree with Amit that success of that type of level only comes after years of hard work.

There are multiple ways to make a lot of money, but time will determine who takes the pot, and who passes it on to the next guy.

Thats unfortunate about your stock option history.

I’ve been trading profitably for over five years.

No advanced number crunching … just long term strategy, using good companies.

And yes, you are right, I do write them against my long term positions, thats how I generate a very healthy monthly income.

Stockshaker, you are way wrong about options. Options are no way to get rich. In fact, 90% of them expire as losses. Now, writing them on your own equities is another story. I know this because I used to one of the largest investment banks in the US and we had a big options desk that used to crank out high-level math problems like you’ve never even seen. With all of their top-tier MBA and PhD math skills, they still lost money most of the time. I also worked for one of the top three mutual fund companies in the world as a research analyst and I know that good stock picking can make you a lot of money if you’re patient and willing to put the work in. Kind of like PPC. Warren Buffett isn’t the second richest man in the world for nothing.

We Finance Loans, AMEX doesn’t charge interest on the money they lend you (for their green, gold, platinum, and black cards) as long as you pay off your balance every month. You can opt to pay off some of the charges over time if you enter a special program. AMEX is a charge card, not a credit card.

Your prime business will most likely always be your main source of income. But anyone can do well in equities if they bring enough of themselves to it. And it’s the best way to beat inflation over long period of time. As more and more countries compete for a smaller share of total global economic output, prices for every commodity as far out as you can see them are only going one way–up!

For some reason I have this need to figure out how to reinvent the wheel. Meaning, I believe that there is no concrete way to become successful at AM, otherwise everyone would be doing the same thing.

I just want to learn how to research the best keywords, and how to set up the most efficient keyword campaigns (focusing on researching the keywords, and setting up the ad compaigns properly to reflect specific groups – and consequently setting up the ad to reflect this target group)

At this point, I don’t know if I care (or should I be caring) to how to specifically make a landing page. Since I think that is something that is done by trial and error, and zoned thru proper testing.

But keywords, I believe, is something that would be very helpful to learn from someone with experience.

I burnt through at least 10k just goofing around with keywords only to find that they were unspecific, and attracting the more casual/non buyer crowd.

No regrets though, I would do the same thing again tomorrow (but with a bit more experience)!

Amit, your comments would be apprecaited – when you take a break from maxing out your Amex! lol

Stockshaker

Well done, sir! But at the same time I completely DISAGREE with you, as well.

I am a stock option specialist, and I would almost say the same thing about how options are the best way to go. I can borrow money against margin, and right interest off as a business expense (thanks goodness for tax lawyers!)

At the same time, I’ve probably lost about $10k just goofing around with Affiliate marketing, just because one month I thought I’d give it “a go”. ROI on affiliate marketing = 0%

Return on stock options in the same month as I was losing money in affilate marketing, roughly 1,000%.

I guess it all depends on how good you are at what you do.

I am still very interested in learning how to do affiliate marketing (the right way).

I believe I have already posted a message here already, but can you please direct me to a practical guide (one that goes through the whole building process of the launch), on how to do AM the right way? I was basically throwing money at something which I thought … woudl work. But .. um… didn’t.

Thanks!

Excellent work, by the way. love your insight.

Wealthy life to everyone! cheers.