This post is going to be a mix between my November Goals (and October recap) and little bit about my new affiliate “experiment”.  It will be a bit shorter than most posts because I am heading to the movies in a bit, but I wanted to get it up tonight.

For those of you reading the PAL forums, you have probably seen the discussions about the affiliate “experiment”.  Basically I am sick and tired of a lot of stuff going on with the gaming industry… late payments, lower commissions, etc… and I am looking to expand my business into other niches.  I decided it would be cool if I could get a couple other poker affiliates to test out other markets too, so that we could talk, brainstorm, bounce ideas and results off each other, etc.   The experiment is basically just start your own site within another niche, and try to monetize it to make money (whether now or in the future).

Working on a topic you enjoy or are passionate about will be a lot easier and feel less like work, so I decided to get build a site around something I do 4-6 times a week – “workout”.   I really enjoy working out and have a lot of experience with it. I know there are workout or sports supplement affiliate programs out there plus a lot of different ebooks and products that you can become an affiliate for.  I decided to start a site that will help people find out where you can buy supplements online, which will of course have my affiliate links within the content.

I don’t have too much else to say about the site as it is very new, but if you are interested in discussing things hit me up on chat or join our weekly “mastermind” group where we talk affiliate marketing stuff.

October was a crazy month for me… for those of you following the forums you have probably also seen the thread about me contemplating dropping out of school.  I still haven’t really come to a full out decision, but I know I am at least cutting down on classes to move forward with my business.

OCTOBER RECAP:

Post all NFL game previews plus at least 5 CFB articles each week – Yup.

Find a full time writer for hockey blog – Have a couple writing for me.

Post articles for a lot of the MLB playoff games – Did this.

Get poker site ranking top 3 for its keyword (currently 6th-ish) – Meh it was 2nd one day, 3rd another, now back to 6th… been bouncing around all over the place.

9k affiliate revenue – Hit this.

expenses under 3k – Not even close, but I sold my bingo site so I used that cash to re-invest.  If I didn’t sell the site I probably would have been at right around 3k…  will need to cut down this month for sure.

NOVEMBER AFFILIATE GOALS:

• Post all NFL games + at least 5 CFB per week
• Make 1st page for new sports betting site
• Make 1st page for supplement site
• Stay connected with my email lists
• Wake up no later than 10am M-F
• Write 10 pages of static content for the geek
• 10k affiliate revenue
• expenses under 3k

As far as personal goals I want to cut a little bit of weight before I head to VEGAS!! Leaving November 12th with 7 other friends… very excited as last time there was only three of us there and I didn’t get to do everything I wanted to.  So hit the gym 5-6 times per week and eat healthy.. been slacking a little bit lately with my eating.  I also want to figure out my school situation… I’ll be doing that basically this week though.  Just for fun here is a pic below of me on Haloween…. have a good November everyone!