greektomi - 3:21 am on Mar 1, 2002 (gmt 0)

"But make no mistake, the addiction is real and it goes beyond just making money. More than that, you are wildly, insanely free of encumberment. No clients, no telephone, no payroll... just you and the keyboard. You live and die by your know-how..."

That certainly is a funny analogy... And I can almost taste the beer and smell the cigarette smoke as you all bantered across the bar into the night... You're elaboration has helped me to understand what you meant.

At first I thought you were ridiculing affiliate programs and it's good to know now that you're actually fond of them. I myself have found them alluring for all the reasons you have just mentioned. And I may have joined a couple of affiliate programs recently :) .

"BUT, once you're making money (and the "how" might change 3 times in a month) you're not overly keen on mapping it out in great detail. That's what you do over at a corner table at the conferences or trade with a buddy who's helped you out on something else. "

I think it would be a good idea to restate my intention in beginning this thread. I was not asking for specific tactics and campaigns but a more general "What avenues are you taking to generate an income and is it working?" It would appear that affiliate marketing is working out for you and some other comrades at the barconference that's good news. Mivox has touched on the possible benefits of retail, though like me she hasn't quit her day job :) . Hopefully someone will chime in with their two cents about info product creation and how that has worked out. And we all know that some people at webmasterworld make a living offering a service such as SEO.

If we could offer up some more experiences regarding income streams that people have been successful with we could give each other valuable insight into what streams might be worthwhile looking into and which might not. I think we could do this without relinquishing valuable trade secrets just as we can when we discuss SEO.

We have ways of making you talk,

Greektomi