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The first time I got on the internet, it was Yahoo Chat. It was around 1995 and my friend Rob had a computer and internet connection and he turned me on to it.

We’d get really drunk and he’d log me into a chat room and I’d argue with people for an hour or so about whatever topic they were discussing.

I’d curse them out, call them fat and ugly, disrupt the conversation and destroy their good time. It felt great.

Back then, I thought that was what the internet was. A chat room where you could argue with people.

I had no idea of the possibilities that were out there.

The Possibility

Many years later I got on the internet again at my mom’s house.

By now, it was more mainstream and everyone knew about stuff like websites and search engines and that the internet was a gigantic, unlimited space where anything could happen.

I remember turning the computer on, opening up Internet Explorer and pulling up a few websites.

I thought to myself… “hmmm… I think there is a way to make money with this thing.”

After years of failed attempts, I figured it out.

I made my first $28 dollars in 2006 and by 2008 I was one of the top affiliate marketers in the world.

Right now, it’s 2016. It’s been 10 years since I made that first sale.

I still love the game just as much as I did back then. Every new launch, every new sale, every new landing page click – makes my brain shoot heroin all through my body.

It’s exciting, addicting and fascinating. Still.

Here are 10 reasons why…

10 reasons I still love affiliate marketing

1. It’s a creative outlet. My mind is my super-power. When I was young, adults told me I needed to focus on my future and get a real job. Now, I get to make money at home – using nothing but t ...

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