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Black Box Approach to Affiliating

Sebastian — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:30:09 GMT

Hey Guys,

I've been scaling my network recently, and having good results. I thought I'd share what I learned over the last few months.

Many affiliates start off with a content & SEO driven approach, which is perfectly sound. They usually rely on a few sites for all their income, and have modest revenue.

I found that taking your network to the next level depends on two skills: outsourcing and scaling.

These two qualities are what set monster affiliates apart from the rest. You probably know who I am referring too. They have networks of hundreds of sites and make 6 figures a month.

Different way to think about affiliating - Forget about SEO :

Rather, think of each site as a blackbox and think in terms of input/output/ROI only. If you think in these terms, affiliating becomes a business equation, and SEO becomes largely irrelevant. For example, instead of improving the SEO of your own site, you could just buy the 3 sites ranking above it. And dominate the top 4 spots of Google for a query.

Here is a great scaling recipe. Scaling successfully means showing an ROI of course.

* Scale by acquisition first
* Scale your new assets by outsourcing

I've been doing both recently with a nice ROI. Last month I bought 6-7 sites, and this month I'm focusing on depth, not on breadth. I'm buying articles for each of these sites, with title tags that will pay for the content and show an ROI.

How to scale on autopilot via acquisition + outsourcing

Let's say you buy a site. With trial and error, you'll get a feel for the variables below:

The input of the black box should be x amount of posts, x amount of links (could be x ezine links, x press releases), etc.. This should give you an ROI in a few months, with around x CPA...

Once you have this down, create a detailed brief, and hire someone you can trust to implement it. Actually have them do everything from end to end (including posting the content.) If your formula works out, and you get an ROI from this, you can rinse repeat, use the income to buy more sites, and build a massive network of strong sites.

When I realized how fast my income was increasing recently, this just clicked in my head. I'm pretty excited to continue expanding this way.

Anyways, feel free to PM me if you have tips about outsourcing effectively.

Engineering Title Tags

Sebastian — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:36:54 GMT

I thought I'd blog about three SEO techniques I've been using successfully for Title Tags. I hope this will be useful to some folks.

I'll use the example of an affiliate writing a post on Omaha poker strategy, and choosing this generic title tag: "omaha poker".

Tips:

1) Go slightly wider with your title tags:

Improvement 1 (obvious) would be "Omaha Poker Strategy"

This is where I like to go wide by using a staged title tag.

Improvement 2: Omaha Poker Strategy - How To Play Omaha Poker

I like the "how to play" here a lot, because it helps you rank for "Play Omaha Poker" and emphasizes "Omaha Poker" with redundancy.

Some people will think the second part is too wide because it implies rules. If so, you could use

Improvement 3: Omaha Poker Strategy - Beat Omaha Poker

Note: This technique is best suited to solid, established sites. If you have a new site, I wouldn't recommend going overboard . There is a fine line between this and keyword stuffing. If your site isn't ranking well yet, rely primarily on the internal post longtails. As soon as the page starts growing in the SERPS, try going wider with your title. And make sure the extra keywords in the title tags are always mirrored by the content.

2) Homepage Title Tag Keyword Prominence

From my own experience, I notice the homepage title tag keyword ordering directly affects the internal posts in how they rank.

For example, let's say our affiliate has an omaha centric site but has been greedy on his homepage and his title tag is

Poker Site Bonuses - Poker Strategy - Omaha Strategy

The most prominent keywords are "poker site bonuses". They are the start of the Title Tag. Matt Cutts slipped that keywords at the start of Title Tags are emphasized by the algorithm (Michael Martinez also wrote about this on his blog).

In this case I think his internal page on "omaha poker strategy" would rank higher if the homepage title tag was re-ordered as so:

Omaha Strategy - Poker Strategy - Poker Site Bonuses

Google gets it that Omaha Poker is the main added value of the site and the internal page will get bonus points because of it. Again, this is my personal observation.

I'm not saying that the second title tag is better by the way, just discussing title tag relationship. Balancing them correctly can be tricky.

3) Use Singular/Plural Form for your Title keywords + Synonyms

Some folks look for the "best poker site" and others for the "us poker sites". For your homepage in particular, I would suggest to mix up singular/plural form. Also, it's a good idea to include synonyms.

By the way, here's how to find Google Synonyms. Go to the search bar and type this character: ~ followed by your keywords.

If you type ~ poker then all the bolded terms will be synonyms according to Google. For example holdem, and hold'em will show up in bold.

Anyways, the main tips would be the following:

Place the most important keywords at the beginning.

Think about homepage title for the internal pages.

Go slightly wider with title tags for the internal pages.

Write titles using capitals, like the title of a book.

Keep titles down to 64 characters long.

Use Slight Variations of keywords with Singular/Plural Form

I also suspect, but I'm not sure, that going wider with your title tags gives you points for uniqueness. There are millions of documents with the title tag "omaha poker".

Would love to hear alternative strategies or criticism if you have it.

Thanks

Sebastian

PS: If you want to discuss SEO or do business with me, add me to msn: zen-182 at hotmail.com. Thanks.

Affiliating Success Recipe

Sebastian — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:14:11 GMT

Hey Guys,

I feel I have a solid understanding of this game now, thanks in part to some amazing affiliates who helped me out on PAL. Since I like to share, here is how I would break down poker affiliating success, with the knowledge I have today:

Poker Affiliating Is About Converting Targeted Traffic

For me controlling comes before converting. If you optimize your site for "durrrr", you will have no control over your visitors, and you won't be able to convert them. Why would a guy typing in "durrrr" in a search bar sign up at Pokerstars ? Instead if you would optimize for "safest poker sites", you would understand visitor intent. This gives you control, because you can now show your visitors how to fulfill a need.

Visitors Are Looking For the Best Way Out Of Your Site

Visitors only stay a few minutes on your site at best. Truth be told, they don't really care about how great your design is, or the quality of content. They are looking for the best way to exit AND accomplish an action at the same time. If you don't give them a compelling way to exit, they will exit using backspace.

OK so what do you do with this knowledge?

You add calls to actions, above the fold, tailored to the referral query. You don't place too much text above the fold, and make the calls to action very apparent. For example => safest poker site # 1 is / safest poker site # 2 is. Keep it simple.

People want something, you give it to them. You fulfill a need and get paid for it.

The Long tail is Much Longer than you think

Don't worry if you're not ranking for "poker sites" on page 1 when you start. Do this instead. By an exact match domain name that has value, but isn't ultra- competitive. Find converting long tails and start adding them to the title tags of your internal pages. Interlink all of your internal pages to the homepage using anchors related to the domain name. Your internal pages will convert by themselves, and will push value to your homepage.

Affiliating isn't a waiting game, where you retire by making top 3 for a keyword. You can't just sit there and wait 1 year for this to happen. Follow this recipe for your content, and you'll start making money right away.

Sebastian

PS: add me to msn if you're interested in discussing this more, exchanging links, etc...

You're The Boss !

Sebastian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:21:49 GMT

Guys,

I just wanted to share something that I heard from a super affiliate in another segment, that I thought was worth sharing.

You are 100% RESPONSIBLE for EVERYTHING that has happened to you and ultimately for where you are in life right now.

So many people fail because they have excuses, it's not their fault they say. IT IS THEIR FAULT.

The truth is, most people prefer being victims and complaining over their lack of success than actually taking the steps to achieve this success. Ultimately they are responsible, no one is holding them back.

The only thing holding you back is yourself. Circumstances are what they are, how can they define your success ?

If you use circumstances to justify failure, you choose to fail, and you will.

If you choose not to be deterred by circumstances, if you choose to win, you will.

You are 100% responsible for everything that has EVER happened in your life.

If you say you don't have time to write content, or you are too tired coming back from work at night to work on your content:

=> You are believing the story, you are choosing to be the victim, and you are taking a passive/unconscious attitude.

It all comes down to Zen and being conscious. No one else ever made a decision in your life that didn't come from you.

Your the boss ! Come on and ROAR ! If you want to make 50K a month from affiliating, nothing is holding you back ! That's the truth !

Seb

Change Your Mindset

Sebastian — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:26:24 GMT

Hiya,

I think this is a good post post. Take 3 minutes to read it.

Here are some lessons I have learned from business and adapted to poker affiliating. If you follow them, I am sure you will be on your way to being successful in affiliating or any other endeavor.

Always be a Beginner

As the zen quote says: "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few". This is true in poker affiliating. Never stop learning. Always stay a beginner. The moment you stop learning, people will catch up, and take your slice of the pie.

Challenge Your Knowledge

When people reach a level of success they stay stuck. They don't want to change a winning formula. But knowledge is like a ladder. You need to let go of the step you are on, revisit your strategies, to get to the next level. Realize you know nothing, no matter your results, and you will be on your way up in no time.

Success is Connecting the dots

Don't label people or strategies. Instead, look for the best in people. Everyone has something different to offer. Success comes from observing qualities in others and connecting them to create a "Story". It might be combining a template from Pokerprop with some excellent content from MPC and SEO advice from Randy. Keep your eyes open and don't label things, because labels are limiting.

Surround yourself with Success

Choose friends that have an open and positive attitude. This will permeate and open possibilities for you. Avoid people that judge or have a defeatist "nothing works" attitude. In Silicon Valley, there is no bigger turn-off than people who say a project is "impossible".

Whether you think your new project will work or not, you're right

Everything is possible if you believe in your success.This quote is actually inspired from a lady who is in her late 60s and runs marathons. She started running them at 52. She says: "whether you think you can do something or not, either way you're right". Oftentimes a website fails because we decide it will fail.

Share Your Closest Strategies

The more you give to people, the more you will receive in return. In my experience, bouncing ideas off people overcompensates for the EV that you lose in the process.

Past performance is not indicative of future results

Never rest on your laurels, because the Google algorithm is volatile. Your time should be spent adding strategies to your toolbox, increasing your knowledge, to face the inevitable swings with confidence.

Your success will only go as far as the depth of your network

Networking is everything in business and the same is true in affiliating. Make a lot of friends. Ultimately, they will allow you to connect the dots and be successful.

It all comes down to common sense

Common sense is arguably the most important quality that you will need. Use strategies from your toolbox intelligently, avoiding extremes. Extremes comes with penalties.

Listen

The most successful people spend most of their time listening.

That's it for now, hope you liked.

Sebastian

How to get a PR6 for 20 bucks

Sebastian — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:54:51 GMT

I realize that the title of this post may come as a shock you, but what it says is also true. I anticipate your first reaction : "scam alert" or "what's the catch ?". Honesty, there is none.

The site I am referring to is simply one out of dozens of niche donation sites that can be found on the internet. You simply donate 20 dollars to a charity and receive a link back on their high PR "thank you" page.

Not all of these donations pages are good of course, most are worthless. The ones I use allow you to choose your own anchor text and utilize do-follow links. On top of this, they are PR5 and above, mainly PR6. They also have a relatively low volume of outgoing links to maximize PR "pass thru".

Please don't view this as the ultimate weapon in SEO however. PR is just PR. I guess you can use this as part of a balanced strategy, but don't think this will boost you to number 1.

How do you find the good donations pages ? You get really really lucky. Most people give up because when they find one it doesn't have all the right parameters. It is an extremely tedious process to go through all the charities under Google, only to find charity x disallows anchor text, charity y forces you to nofollow links, charity z disallows gambling links etc... Some don't even have a thank you page.

Now that I have revealed this free strategy, I will be offering more for those interested. I have identified three good PR6 software donations pages which were recommended to me by a top affiliate in the non-gambling market (his name starts by Anik). The site from the title is part of these 3. And yes, you can get a PR6 for 20 dollars, and it stays there indefinitely. Not a bad deal compared to the going rate of PR6s :). The other 2 are in the one hundred dollar range for 1-2 years.

OMG I want the three PR6s for cheap: If you like this strategy and want to learn more, PM me. I will be accepting good sitewide links or very high quality links for the list. Note that I will be picky with links. I don't want the owner of a donations page to be flooded with poker related terms. On top of defeating the purpose, it would be unethical. So only serious people PM me.

Lastly, you are welcome to go through the thousands of inbound links from the sites I have listed in my signature (or listed from my blog). I'll save you some time, none of these sites use the 3 PR6 links outlined above. One of the links is a PR5, granted, but the webmaster is my friend in France and he arranged for the link. Don't think he's going to put your poker link up there.

I hope you will utilize this strategy intelligently as part of a balanced SEO approach. I'm sure these three PR6s links won't hurt you in your quest to make it no # 1 :)

Let me know if there are questions.

Regards,

Sebastian

If you like this kind of content, you will find more in my new blog on poker affiliate marketing. Comments are do follow- come and say hi.

Amazing Article Marketing Success

Sebastian — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:16:12 GMT

My fellow PAL ballers,

[note: this post is long - but it might change your life]

You probably have used article marketing at some point. Maybe you submitted to ezines or to a couple of directories for a few extra links. You probably recognize the potential for building backlinks. In theory, all you need to do is submit to a bunch of directories.There are, however, three major drawbacks to large scale article marketing:

1/ The content of the articles is always the same
2/ The resource box / anchor text is always identical
3/ Submitting to dozens of directories is tedious at best

Now, 1/ and 2/ (and even 3/) aren't show stoppers by any stretch of the imagination. You will still get your links. We are also not implying that you will be penalized by Google. In fact, news content gets syndicated thousands of times all over the internet without any penalty.

But let's look at this through our "SEO lens".

1/ Duplicate content (again, doesn't imply penalty, but it's pretty obvious to Google)
2/ Same anchor text used to link back from hundreds of different IP locations. If this constitutes a high percentage of your link profile, it doesn't appear natural.
3/ Non automated submission system

I'll let you into a little secret. I have found a new service, still unheard of in the poker affiliating world, that addresses these SEO drawbacks in a creative and elegant way. Here's there theory behind it:

Google detects duplicate content but in what level of granularity ? Does it detect similar paragraphs, sentences, or keyword combinations ? This system relies on the assumption that the more granular the differences get, the lower the duplicate content percentages will be.

What if you could segment an article into little chunks, and rotate these little chunks before each submission. A patented algorithm would then be applied to further ensure uniqueness . I can't reveal more about this process by request of the creators.

But from a high level, the tool inputs articles that you write, and outputs a large quantity of unique content. And yes, remarkably, all the articles are readable and make sense. Please note that is very different from "spinning" articles. Such techniques don't really create unique content.

Here is how this tool addresses the three issues that we outlined earlier:

1/ Every article is unique
2/ You can create an infinite amount of resource boxes that get dynamically ported to your articles before submission. You can create as many anchor variations as you want.
You can also select a wide range of titles (hundreds if you want)
3/ Your article is submitted automatically to article directories and dozens of topical blogs.

Now let's use the "SEO lens" again:

1/ People are blogging about you everywhere on the interwebs, they all say different things !
2/ You have incredible anchor text variety and unique resource boxes
3/ You just need to click on a button to submit (really, I tried it)

Bottom line is that this technique is really sick. It allows you to dominate SEO and rank for hundreds of longtails at the click of a button through your article titles. On top of this, it will generate traffic that increases logarithmically. Obviously I would like to keep this information contained as I have had very good results from it.

However, please be warned that this is an expensive service. It costs roughly 70 dollars a month. So my advice for beginning affiliates is to build your own links manually.

PM me for details on the product name, I can't make it publicly available. And no, you do not need to click on an affiliate link to get it :). The information is free for my fellow PAL mini-ballers ! I will accept backlinks as a small thank you however...

SEO Secrets Revealed !

Sebastian — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:53:00 GMT

[Please don't remove this - I know I am revealing too much for some ]

Hey Folks,

I must be crazy but I am going to reveal an uncommon and yet extremely powerful SEO strategy today. Firstly, let me define some terms here:

1/ Vertical SEO : Vertical SEO is what 99% of affiliates do. They have a single site that they are trying to rank number 1 for.
2/ Horyzontal SEO: This is when you interlink multiple web 2.0 sites together, the rankings of which vary dynamically on page 1.

Let me explain the benefits of 2) here.
Let's say you are trying to rank for longtail1. Your site is number 5 for that term. You can use two approaches to improve your results:

1/ Vertical SEO: find / buy more backlinks to increase to position 4
2/ Horyzontal SEO: Piggyback on web2.0 sites that have Page One potential such as Squidoo, Wetpaint and many others.

Here is what happens when you use both strategies from a traffic perspective :

1/ The person using vertical SEO buys links and makes number 4. Yay ! He sees very little traffic increase however. In fact, the Google traffic profile is almost flat outside of the top 3 spots (4 to 7 is quite similar)
2/ The person using horizontal SEO pushes a web 2.0 site on page 1 and effectively doubles his traffic numbers.

By further interlinking social media sites such as digg, propeller, mixx to these web 2.0 sites, you can achieve multiple page one listings concurrently. The reason is that you are using authority sites that receive backlinks from other authority sites.

Now this takes some work/preparation and you need to map out your network before you start. You also need to ensure that you aren't repeating patterns. Some of your web2.0 sites should link to other sites in your network, not just the final destination.

In fact you should also modulate link depth, here is a great example:

digg --- > squidoo ---> wetpaint ---> main site

mixx ---> main site

Every node should be linked to with more bookmarks. What the hell is going to happen if you do this ???

The result is that some days the digg page will be on page 1, others days squidoo will be on page 1, others wetpaint etc...
I am making the assertion that you can have 4 or more web 2.0 sites ranking on page 1 at the same time.

Note that the network presented above is very basic. A solid network would consist of 20 + different web2.0 sites.

So what is the SEO benefit then ? If you only use dofollow web2.0 sites you are funneling an extreme amount of page rank. You are also receiving one way back links form authority sites on contextual pages that you will have written yourself. Powerful technique indeed. The advantage compared to a network of mini-sites is that all the web2.0 sites have different class A and B IPs.

NOTE: I've had many people PM me for the full list of web 2.0 sites that I use. These are all do-follow and allow gambling content. Again, there is no way I am making this public.

However, if you really need this, PM me. I may accept a good backlink for the full list. I can also provide an example of a sample network that you can use as a base.If you provide a really good link, I will also reveal a site that ranks almost as well as Wikipedia and accepts gambling content + affiliate links.

By using this site I ranked 3rd for Carbon Poker overnight and the effect lasted for a long time. I'm not lying. MJ knows the site I am referring to but he won't tell you :)

I enjoyed sharing this, I hope it helps. PM me if you have any questions.

If you like this kind of content, you will find more in my new blog poker affiliate marketing. Comments are do follow- come and say hi.

Unleashing the SEO Power of RSS

Sebastian — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:38:44 GMT

Hey

As a poker affiliate you shoud be looking for creative ways to build backlinks. If you are creative, link based SEO will be very cheap.

In my new poker affiliate marketing blog, I will be reviewing some uncommon techniques to achieve great backlink volume.

Today, I will show you how to leverage the power of your RSS feeds.

What If I told you could get 100 deep backlinks from an authority site from the click of a button ? Every link is "dofollow" and the anchor texts are the post titles?

When people look at their feeds they think of syndication only. But RSS can be a source of great backlinks too. You can submit your feeds to RSS directories such as RSSmountain, Feedsee.com and receive quality backlinks for free.

Some misconceptions about RSS:

* getting RSS links is spammy : The most popular sites on the internet have thousands of RSS links. There are some very trusted RSS directories that get indexed by Google in seconds.

* the SEO value is not worth it: RSS can potentially give you deep backlinks from authority sites, some of which have very high PR and are dofollow. The SEO value is underated.

Also, a lot of these sites will also make your RSS feeds rank. Sometimes rss2.com feeds rank higher than the actual post ! So you get more than just SEO value. Finding the nofollow directories can be tricky though.

Bonus tip: I have had incredible results recently submitting to aged rss directories (7 years plus). I won't reveal which ones obviously but the effect has been drastic. I even tested giving a free link to MJ and he saw a nice jump in the SERPS.

I will go deeper into this in my new blog tomorrow. We will go over the nuts and bots of submitting customized rss feeds using Wordpress. I will also teach you how to leverage RSS scrapers to get automatic backlinks when you post.

Future posts will discuss creating software to get backlinks, spinning content for optimal article marketing, discovering links you never knew you had, donating to open source for links, and a lot more. You can't only use RSS of course, you need a balanced approach.

NOTE: Some people have been asking me for my list of "dofollow" rss directories so they can get hundreds of quality links in minutes. It took me a lot of research to find these and a lot of them have PR. Obviously I can't publicize it here so we don't all share the same link profile. If you are interested, just PM me. I will accept a backlink for the list. It doesn't have to be a sitewide link, just a decent link on a page somewhere.

PS: here is one of my feeds for a recent site of mine, imagine the number of links I get when I submit the url to an authority site !

Filling Your Cup When Facing Adversity

Sebastian — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:44:23 GMT

How often do you give up facing adversity ?

People take difficulty as a sign to move on. They give up because there is "something wrong and not enough" : Maybe their idea wasn't so great after all, they don't have enough visitors, they don't convert.. In general, people use difficulty as a means to justify quitting. The result can be giving up on promising projects or quitting affiliating altogether.

But you give up a lot by quitting.

Every time you conceptualize a website idea, you fill your cup
Every time you create that website, you fill your cup
Every time you write content, you fill your cup
Every time you get backlinks, you fill your cup
Every time you read the PAL forums, you fill your cup

Don't spill everything and quit at the first signs of difficulty.

You think you are owed something right away for filling your cup. Because you have no short term results, you think you're not good enough... that it's not worth it.

But in this field you need the confidence and will power to keep filling your cup when the results aren't there. Perseverance is key like everything else in life.

My advice is to keep your cup full no mater the short term results, what people tell you, and outer circumstances. Stick to the plan and you will give yourself the best chance to succeed.

I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but my perseverance alone has allowed me to achieve some great goals. I went from rural France to receiving a Masters from Caltech, working for a start-up in California, getting acquired, and now being a project manager.

My next goal is to be a super affiliate one day, no matter how long it takes. The formula I will use to get there is : networking, persevering, and listening to better affiliates.

I'm not about to give up and you shouldn't too.

Sebastian

Sick Insight - Beginners should read this !

Sebastian — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:37:39 GMT

[warning: a little long]

Hey guys,

I had a sick insight into affiliating today. Although I'm a little drunk, I thought I'd blog about it. I'm pretty excited.

Firstly, what are we trying to accomplish affiliating ? If you can't answer that question then you will never be successful.

Affiliating is about having control over our visitors and their actions to accomplish a goal. How do we gain control over our visitors ? The list below covers this process. I will explain every point, including "keyword equity".

1/ Drive targeted traffic using keywords that have high equity
2/ Use this narrow keyword range to understand visitor intent
3/ Help visitors accomplish an action based on this information

[point 1] When I started in this field, my goal was to increase traffic by any means. When you rank for tons of random long tails it's hard to understand visitor intent. Ranking for stuff like "durrrr" gives you absolutely no control over your visitors.

[point 2] Focusing on a narrower keyword range like "play at easy poker sites" allows you to define visitor intent. Now "how to play pocket aces" also defines visitor intent very well. But two sites focused on only one of these will have widely varying results.

[Keyword Equity] This is were keyword equity comes in. Some keywords are worth a lot more than others. I remember someone in these forums creating a site focused on starting hands in poker. He had a domain that included "hands of poker" and was excited to rank for tons of related long tails. But his results were disappointing. Although he could easily understand visitor intent, his keyword equity was low. Examples of long tails with very high equity would be "full tilt poker real money".

[point 3] At point 3 you understand why your visitors came to your site. You carefully selected a narrow range of keywords with high equity. The result is that the actions they are trying to accomplish will be profitable. They may have typed in "rakeback percentages comparison". Your next step will be to connect the dots for them, basically write content to convert them from a visitor to a customer. The work you did at points 1 and 2 will help you convert a lot better.

People often say to beginners to pick a niche like Omaha high lo and focus all their efforts on it because there is less competition. I think this is bad advice. The results speak for themselves, 90 % of affiliates never make it.

Basically these people are all excited about the prospect of affiliating. They write tons of content on Omaha and drive traffic. But then they give up because "Omaha high lo strategy" has very low keyword equity.

For a beginner I would recommend this: focus on something like " poker sites that accept Walgreen debit cards". If you do this, you automatically pass steps 1 and 2 and NONE of your efforts will be wasted. You won't need to write strategy stuff that will never convert and be embarrassed by your results.

Maybe all of you guys already get this stuff and I'm just a newb, but I thought I'd share.

Sebastian

Balling in JapanTown (San Francisco)

Sebastian — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:05:01 GMT

Hiya,

So affiliating has been going really well recently. I got lucky and purchased a couple of sites at the right time (including 1 from MJ).These acquisitions combined with my relentless work the last couple of months has started paying dividends. Last month I made around 2.5 k (1.5k from affiliating and 1k from link sales). This month I am on track to making close to 3k from affiliating alone. I started only a little more than 6 months ago so these results are really sick to me.

Anyways, money is nice but this is how I blow it. I'm balling in Japantown this weekend at the luxury Kabuki hotel. They have oversized baths in the rooms and Japanese decor, flat screen tvs, complementary tee ceremony (lol) personal bar, sleep system beds.

I also have a date with a thai/chinese girl tomorrow in SF which is kinda cool too.

This is the hotel I'm staying in Kabuki hotel. If you've never been to Japantown I highly recommend it. Here is the Wikipedia entry

Today I had an incredible day. I was at the Marina in SF. I saw gorgeous views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the weather was great. It feels great to be alive.

Seb