I am often asked “What’s a hot niche” or “where is the money being made”. When first starting a network, often times this was a generic question that resulted in a publisher wasting my time typing or answering this over the phone for them. Lucky for me with the changes at C2M, when this question is asked, I’m actually happy to start talking.

First I would like to explain how this change took place briefly. Yes, it may bore with my inner thinking and company business model but in the end you will understand what I mean when I say work ethic is #1.

Alright so I really started focusing more on publishers who work. When I mean work, I mean work their ass off. Publishers who are greeedy, they want it all, they want their businesses to do well and KEEP doing well. Not tire kickers, not the type of people looking for a hand out. You go through life looking for a hand out and you have more of a chance of finding a one-legged ballerina than you do a solid piece of information.

Work ethic is a piece of the puzzle that 95% who get into this business will never understand and probably will never develop. Why is this? That’s because nobody AND I MEAN nobody ever tells you what it’s truly going to take. Sure you can copy the latest flog and hop into the niche and probably make a few bucks but guess what? That’s not successful business. That’s a short sighted idea OF business. That’s the guy at the end of the month who is found bitching about something and possibly EVERYTHING in a forum. Are you really trying to solve and issue? Because to the ones who truly “have it”, forgive me now but, you look like a complete retard.

I’ve been in this game for quite some time now. I’ve known friends that have gone from $100K+ a month in profit to zero. As a matter of fact, I know two personally that come to mind at this very moment that went back to “jobs”. To have it all, only to piss it all away. I will give you an idea (not an exact replica) but damn close of how this happened.

Things were going great. I assure you that 100K+ a month in profits as an affiliate marketer means a little bit of laziness. If you havent experienced it, I dont expect you to understand. However for the ones who have, you know exactly what I am talking about. You found yourself each day looking over your campaigns. You were probably:

• sleeping in till 10-11 am
• checking your traffic stats
• checking your earnings
• checking your sites and servers
• oh wow, it’s lunchtime. I’m not humble so I go out and eat and blow 2 hrs.
• Man it’s the afternoon, what’s going on in the forums?
• I visit one forum
• I visit a second forum
• I go read dumbass blogs
• I check back into the forums
• wow, time to go play basketball or xbox
• man’s it’s 7pm already? Time to go out to a nice dinner
• decided to hang with friends for a few drinks after dinner
• got home with alcohol in the system, man I am tired
• crash at midnight
• Wake up and repeat?

Sound typical? Possibly not but you get the idea. Here’s where someone with the “ethic” kicks your ass.

• Wake up at 7 am
• Check traffic stats
• Check with affiliate manager
• check sites and servers
• fixes a sandwich or dips into the lunchbox for the meal prepared the night before
• while eating the sandwich cruises, forum 1, 2 and reads the dumbass blogs
• gets back with affiliate manager, what’s hot, explain points of strategy
• takes what is told, starts building, keyword and site research, competition analysis
• afternoon snack from the lunchbox to keep the metabolism and energy up
• finishes site/landing page/ grabs links/ sets up tracking
• goes to the gym for a healthy workout
• Goes over current campaign, finishes up the new campaign
• goes to bed 10-11pm
• wakes up at 7 am, launches new campaign
• repeats process

For everyone in batch 1, good luck.

For everyone in batch 2, I commend you. May true success come sooner than later. You truly deserve it.