1 vs 100 - Affiliate Marketing Success

February 19, 2008 Filed Under: Internet Marketing

His posts make you think, I guess that’s good.

His ideas make me question him, I guess that’s bad.

I’m torn. I read it everyday knowing that I’m going to disagree with him about something but maybe that is why I keep going back. I know that his way of thinking is going to challenge my way of thinking. Are either one of us wrong, and the other right?

Yes, I’m always right!

Just kidding, actually I don’t think so. I think we are two sides of the same coin.

I’m talking about my good buddy Mark at 45n5.com

His latest post asks the question, is it easier to make $3000 with 100 sites generating $30/month or make all $3000 with 1 site.

Easier 100 sites, smarter 1 site. (Actually the correct answer is 3 sites)

100 sites would be a nightmare to manage and although affiliate marketing is relatively hands off, you have to manage it on a regular schedule because things change fast on the internet. (CPC, competition, search engine rankings, etc)

100 sites would be spammy! In the comments he says to assume equal time would be spent on each project as a justification for the sites not being spammy. Consider the quality of the 1 site I could produce with 40 hours of work (which is about my average time getting a campaign completely up and running) vs the quality of 100 sites generated with 40 hours of work. So then did he mean spend 40 hours on each of the 100 sites? No, that couldn’t be right either because then I’m spending 4,000 hours to make $3000.

There is no arguing it, generating 100 sites with a cookie-cutter system would be spam.

It comes down to hard work vs easy work again. 100 sites would definitely be easier but for building a sustainable business, 1-3 sites would be the best way to go.

The road to success runs uphill.
Willie Davis

Enough rambling from me. What do you think? Now that you’ve heard both sides of the coin, what do you think?

Think Critically,

Mike

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