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Work From Home Jobs – Former Waitress And Judo Pro
Becomes Champion Of Her Own Destiny
GotDot.com profiles Rene Tse a former
waitress and Judo tournament champion who hit bottom and
climbed her way back to the top achieving financial
independence and glory.
At the tender age of 17 Rene went to Japan and trained with
world champions defeating a 28 year old Canadian eight time
Black Belt champion. While getting flipped in the sport of
Judo, Rene learned a valuable lesson that’s really come in
handy in her career. If something doesn’t work, don’t feel
defeated, just try again and get back on your feet.
Her career has spanned stints in insurance working for
Altamira and as a bilingual customer service representative
for various firms. When she got locked out of the job market
in Vancouver Rene worked as a waitress handling banquets and
delis, this was in her words, “hitting the bottom”. At times
she was so broke she barely had enough tip money to pay for
laundry. With the threat of becoming homeless looming over
her shoulders Rene looked for a way out, wanting not just a
job, but financial freedom. As Rene says, “Just because you
get flipped, it’s no reason to stay on the ground.”
Rene explored various work from home jobs and learned about
James Martell, an entrepreneur, and successful affiliate
marketer with over 70 specialty shopping sites, and the
author of the James Martell’s Affiliate Marketers Handbook.
She attended James Martell’s master mind class in Vancouver,
which focused on how to do something that you really enjoy
and turn that passion into a money making opportunity. The
class opened the doors to a whole new way of life and career
with affiliate marketing. Rene says, “It’s the most amazing
thing in my life. I felt practically homeless at one point,
now the income just blows my mind.”
Anyone can make a success with affiliate marketing. Listen
to Rene’s story and you’ll learn how.
What is affiliate marketing?
By now most people have heard all about the success of
Amazon.com. What they may not know is that Amazon spawned an
Internet industry in 1996, by allowing independent website
owners to earn commissions by referring paying customers to
them. This is known as pay-for-performance-advertising or
affiliate programs.
With affiliate marketing it’s important to remember, that
there are three primary roles consisting of the merchant,
the affiliate (publisher) and the third party (Commission
Junction). The merchants (advertisers) pay a commission on
sales generated by customers, which the affiliate
(publisher) sends to their sites. Commission Junction (third
party) pays affiliates on behalf of the merchants and
provides a tracking system. The merchant handles all order
processing, shipping, and customer service.
On average merchants pay commissions of 7-10%. Here’s an
example of the money making potential, let’s say: you have
three web sites with a 100 visitors a day and a 1%
conversion (equivalent to 3 conversions a day), that’s equal
to $110 U.S. per day ($30 cell + $50 satellite + $30 credit
card). By the end of the month that’s a return of $3300.
Visit Commission Junction to see a partial listing of their
top-notch merchants offering affiliate programs.
Got Dot: How did you begin Affiliate Marketing?
Rene likens starting affiliate marketing to preparing for a
Judo tournament. To get in shape Rene closely followed the
teachings of James Martell. Rene says, “The advantage of
proven-training is that you can rest assured that if you
follow the system, you will see results.” Rene adds, “James
keeps us abreast of developments in the industry through the
Affiliate Buzz, an audio newsletter for affiliate marketers,
which he hosts. Plus, the energy of James Martell is so
inspirational, it’s a real big emotional boost.”
Got Dot: What is it like getting started?
In Judo Rene used to do an exercise involving upwards of a
100 throws a day. Her commitment never wavered. The exercise
had to get done. The same drive and precision Rene’s applied
to affiliate marketing.
Throughout most of 2002 Rene worked 12-16 hour days. Now
she’s working four hour days and the revenue stream is
accelerating. Rene says, “In four hours I work as hard as I
used to in twelve hours.
“Now, I look into ways to increase my productivity and
automate the processes. For example: When I’m building a new
site I look at ways to automate the keyword searches, so I
can just crank out the content driven articles.”
Keywords as explained in James Martell’s Affiliate Marketers
Handbook are the search engine building blocks. Marketing on
the Internet is all about placement and being seen. To be
successful you need the keywords people use for queries on
the search engines, that’s how your web site will be found.
Rene follows the same methods for web site construction
developed by James Martell. These principals are
incorporated into Rene’s successful series of specialty
shopping sites on topics such as: car loans, cell phones and
credit cards.
In the midst of construction for a new site Rene says, “I’m
like a baby looking at it through fresh eyes. I want to make
the review articles really human, let the consumers know
about the great alternatives, instead of just selling them.”
Got Dot: What kind of financial goals did you set?
The first goal was financial independence, saying goodbye to
uncertainty about the future. After achieving that Rene set
her sights on earning $10,000/month, which she obtained
within 8-9 months. For the next six months Rene wants to
consistently bring in $20-30/k month, building one site a
month.
Rene says, “The money’s incredible. The sites are generating
a 400% increase in revenue per month.”
Got Dot: With work from home jobs, everyone talks about
independence are there some other joys you’ve discovered?
Rene says, “The income stream keeps coming in whether I’m in
front of the computer or swimming, or going out to dinner.
There’s a real sense of satisfaction when you see that
you’ve built a money making machine. It’s like having a
black box in your basement that’s printing money and every
time you want to buy a dress or go out to dinner, you put
money in your wallet.”
Got Dot: What would you tell someone considering affiliate
marketing?
What Rene mentions may sound drastic, but it’s rooted in
sound logic. Consider becoming homeless for a day, driving
in a traffic jam, looking at starving people barely
surviving, or getting a boss from hell. Then ask yourself is
that what you want out of life? When the answer’s no and you
hit bottom, the only place left is to climb to the top.
Being in affiliate marketing is like Judo, you need to train
hard, get in shape, and never waiver. Stay determined, keep
your focus, and if you hit the ground get back up and keep
running.
Rene says, “The best thing about affiliate marketing is
there’s no boss breathing down my neck and the income keeps
on growing. And the glory’s there, when I’m on top of the
search engines, I’m the tournament champion.”
Rene Tse followed a simple 8-step-system™ for affiliate
marketing created by James Martell, entrepreneur, successful
affiliate marketer, and developer of over 70 specialty
shopping sites with topics that include; golf clubs, home
gyms and ice hockey skates; and is also in the business of
helping those to create work at home jobs for themselves
using affiliate programs and the Internet.
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