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Well, I made it. This year I attended the Wealthy Affiliate Private Super Affiliate Conference in Las Vegas. I was going to write this post earlier but I was so overwhelmed, I wasn’t sure what to write.

I already published a post about this Vegas Conference back in 2008 but  this year I didn’t only get to write about it, I was one of the few selected people who got a chance to attend this conference… and calling it a conference is a big understatement because it is so much more!

(photo at Skylofts MGM Grand; Carson, me, Kyle)

So what is this “conference” all about? Well, I’ll have to stop calling it a conference. Usually at a conference there are hundreds of people who sit and listen to a “guru” on the stage which is great but in the end it’s all it is - a conference. The WA Super Affiliate conference is more of a long (2 days long) conversation between some of the world’s best affiliate marketers who share their ideas and experiences. Everyone gets a chance to talk, everyone gets a chance to come up with some ideas to help others. This amazing event made me realize, once again, that the sure way to achieve success is by helping people!

It was an amazing experience meeting Kyle and Carson, Travis Sago the creator of BumMarketing, Jennifer aka PotPieGirl and the few others who made it to Vegas with us!

Now, it’s not all about business. Sure, we all appreciated that Kyle and Carson paid for our airfare and awesome suites at MGM Grand but I shouldn’t forget that it was a vacation as well! The owners of Wealthy Affiliate took us to new Cirque du Soleil show and of course we went there in a limo. We had an awesome party at the luxurious two story loft (where our conferences took place), we went clubbing and some of us only came back to the room at 6 in the morning… The WA Vegas conference is all about having an amazing time!

The awesome thing is that anyone could make it to the WA Super Affiliate conference, I did so can you! If you are already a member of WA - make sure to check out the Super Affiliate sections to help you out, If you aren’t a member of Wealthy Affiliate University - It’s not too late to sign up

Hoping to see more new faces at the 2011 WA Super Affiliate Conference!

Success and Happiness,

Alex

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Hello, folks!

Today I would like to share my experience… from yesterday.

Yesterday I put up a brand new affiliate marketing campaign and I made $834 off of it in about 12 hours. It only took me one hour to set everything up.

So how did it happen?

Well, I keep my eye on the “trends”. I try to keep up with what’s hot today, what’s on the news, what sells… Google Trends and Digg are the main sources for this kind of information, watching new on TV doesn’t hurt either (although you can look at Google News instead).

Yesterday I was going through the blogs that I subscribed to, just looking over the news and on one of the blogs there was a mention that Hostgator had a 75% sale that day only!
The Black Friday 75% OFF Sale on all of their hosting plans.

Since I am a loyal and satisfied customer of Hostgator, I thought the sale would be a great reason to promote this company… knowing that I get paid $119 per sale was another reason.

So I wrote up a quick and short post on my blog about it and gave my affiliate link to Hostgator site. Then I submitted my blog to Pingoat and Pingomatic, also DIGG.com, I also mentioned it on Twitter.

Then I posted a thread about it right here on WA – now I was able to get a few sales from here because I have been an active member and people have seen my posts before – which kind of helps with the trust issue, if a NEW member would have posted it – I am not sure if the outcome would have been the same. In the thread I offered 2 links; my affiliate link and the NON-affiliate link because my goal was not to make the money but to help people save money, 75% OFF is a pretty big discount. If someone didn’t want to buy through my link for whatever reason – well I didn’t force them too.

A few hours later I checked my blog stats and noticed some traffic from Google, here are the keywords from which I got the traffic:

hostgator 75% - (position #4)
hostgator 75% off – (position #5 and 7)
hostgator 75% sale (position #3)
hostgator black friday (position #2 and 3)
host gator black friday position #5
host gator 75% position #6
host gator 75% sale (position #3)

My blog ranked twice, the rest of the rankings were my DIGG post. This is why I love digg, it could get you the first page results in minutes.

So it seems like a lot of people have heard about this Hostgator Sale and GOOGLED it,,, and I was right there on the first page.

Now, I only made 7 sales, but it’s still over $800 in one single day, to be more specific in 12 hours and it only took about one hour of time to set all this up.

So what is the moral of the story?
Hot trends could be very profitable. They will not last for a long time, but they could give you a little boost and make you a few extra $. When you stumble across a HOT trend, try to find a very compelling offer for the people who are after the trend and deliver it to them. That hostgator offer was easy to sell because it truly was a great offer in the eyes of people who needed webhosting. Where else could you get a very reliable and reputable hosting plan with Unlimited bandwidth, Unlimited domains and free 24/7 support for $27/year (or $71 per year)? It was a no-brainer for those who needed hosting, and I delivered it.

Keep your eyes open for hot trends,

Best of Success,

Alex