Well, things have been quiet on this blog recently.. mainly because it’s Christmas and I’m working furiously either checking my campaigns or quickly creating new bits and pieces for areas that are performing well. I’m also well into my prep for the January travel season. I’m feeling a bit lost for inspiration as I’m writing loads of unique content for a new lingerie site… I’ve been working for about 16 hours most days (and loving it) but it does mean the time I usually spend chatting to my blog readers is taken up with either working or collapsing on the sofa with a massive glass of wine.

With that in mind, I thought I’d go off looking for all the various inspirational tales of how much money your hard work can create in this game. Part of my reason for looking for these stories is to motivate myself on to greater things in 2008. I wanted to find verifiable stories of success. After all, anyone can SAY they earn a squillion quid a month!

All Aboard For The Affiliate Inspiration Train!

First stop has to be Kieron’s Sitepoint Forum post which gained him notoriety on both sides of the pond. A while back, he posted a single page of his bank statement and showed off an extremely healthy affiliate business!

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Naturally, we also have to make a quick stop at ShoeMoney Central and salivate over his massive bloody Google Adense cheque…
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Next Up, something less about capitalism and more about lifestyle. The chap who runs Alex’s Coupons is supporting his entire family and paying for medical bills for his daughter’s fight against Leukaemia. Inspired by an increasingly frightening level of debt as a result of his daughter’s need for treatment, and the near collapse of his business after 9/11, he created a coupon site that has gotten the family out of debt and continues to pay for his beautiful daughter’s medical treatment.

There’s a news item about this affiliate success story below…

There’s also my erstwhile affiliate drinking chum Ray, who posted a while back about having gone from £25k in debt to having £50k in the bank within just one year. And he was working on his web business PART TIME!

Finally, if you’ve got an affiliate inspiration story (regardless of size), why not send it on over to me. I’m thinking of setting up an “inspiration” category where I’ll post a good story about someone’s affiliate marketing journey every now and again and give their blog / affiliate site a little bit of link love. Contact Me with your story if you want to share it with other affiliates!