"Hey Linda, could you speak further about your transition out of affiliate management and into your current position?"
Sorry Max, somehow I missed your question.
I loved the "working with affiliates" part of affiliate management, but didn't enjoy all the detail mundane parts like newsletters, reporting, managing creative and all the day to day stuff.
Also if I was doing full management I could only handle probably about 3 programs and I like variety.
I'm good at driving traffic, recruiting and promotion and love helping affiliates.
So I just ended up carving my own niche. Now have the luxury of only doing the big picture promotion parts that I like and none of the day-to-day stuff since all my clients are pro-actively managed. I also can support around 15 clients instead of just 3 so in a way can spread my efforts a little wider and help more affiliates since I cover a broad range of product categories.
My biz model is unique, the way I charge clients is unique - in fact this whole thing I do is pretty unique and no one else on the planet does what I do. In fact no one really understands what I do and it's sort of a mystery to most people how I pull it off. So I feel very lucky and blessed to have created my own unique niche.
I never planned this out - it just evolved. Back when I started my business I didn't have the vision to believe I could carve my own niche, create my own destiny, only do the things I love doing and would do for free anyway - AND get paid well for it. I just feel so lucky!
Did I ever end up answering your question?
