Here at Affiliate Project we seem to have come to a bit of a crossroads. We are doing really well at the moment, January was our best month so far commission wise which is great for us and puts us on a great high, however both Gary and myself realize we need to start taking this project to the next level. So while our niche sites are great and are fulfilling their potential we know that to do this full time as a successful business and to get to our aim of leaving our current jobs and pursuing our dream we need bigger sites.

To be honest this is where the low is coming in at the moment. We are struggling a bit. Each day we sit down and think where are we going and what can we do. We can carry on with creating niche after niche which sure will add to the overall value however the big affiliates all say you need a bigger site. I think this is the stage at which a lot of affiliates might give up. Not us though. We know we can do this, we know it will take hard work and we know it will take time. So hopefully now after a good chat and with some focus we can progress towards our goal of becoming full time affiliates. If you have any advice for us we’d love to hear it.

We try and write this blog from the heart. We know this industry isn’t a quick win or a chance for an easy income. We know it takes hard work and dedication and we have put in so much effort over the last year that we know we can make it a success. Hopefully in a years time we can look back on this point as a turning point to becoming full time affiliate marketers.

On the positive we are attending the Affiliate meet up in London on Thursday up in Canary Wharf. We attended this shortly after we started a year ago and as newbies we didn’t really know what to expect. A year down the line we are looking forward to meeting up with the networks we have been using, meeting some merchants to see if we can promote their products and meeting up with some fellow affiliates to talk shop. Oh and of course not forgetting the free food and drink and the chance for Gary and I to enjoy a rare night off. We are not expecting much work to be done on Friday!

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Now this is an event we would love to attend. The Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas and looks a great event. This three day conference includes an exhibit hall with affiliate merchants, vendors, and networks, as well as multiple tracks of educational sessions covering the latest trends and information from affiliate marketing experts. It would be interesting to find out about the American market and meet some US affiliates, networks and merchants. Maybe one year when we have more experience we can take our families out for the break and enjoy this event. If you are going let us know as we would be interested to hear from you. Our aim at the moment is to attend the A4uexpo next year in London. This also looked a great event last year.

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Myself and Paul really wanted to attend our first big affiliate event. The event of the year in the world of Affiliate Marketing. The A4U Expo.

We’ve heard a lot about how important the event can be as there is so much information and tips many newbie affiliates and even old timers learn and take something valuable from the event, and you’d hope so given that the cost of the event is around £300.

Unfortunately I couldn’t make the commitment due to my wife being heavily pregnant and about to drop any day now, and my Affiliate Partner in crime wasn’t able to get the time off work. However we will hopefully be able to attend the A4U Expo in London as full timers next year.

If anyone did go let us know what it was like, the top 3 things they got out of it. Also like to hear how smashed you got

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It was a great evening. Gary and I went up to London to attend our first social event as affiliates. We had a great time and met some great people. We also got some great advice so thanks to everyone we spoke to at the pub. Our heads were a bit fuzzy this morning back at our daytime jobs due to the free bar which we took advantage of. We also managed a few games of pool in between mingling.

Great organization by the people who ran it so our thanks go to them. We hope to keep going to these and are also looking at the possibility of attending the Expo in October.

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We are having a rare night off on Thursday to attend the London meetup organised on the affiliates 4u forum found here http://www.affiliates4u.com. We are looking forward to meeting other affiliates and feel we can go along with some confidence now we have earned some money from the affiliate industry and our first affiliate site. We have seen the list of attendees and it looks to be a great evening with some great companies attending as well as the affiliate networks and lots of other affiliates. We are of course looking forward to the free beer as it will be good to unwind a bit so we might be the ones constantly at the bar! If you are going look out for us and say hi. I believe name badges are being prepared and ours will have our names, Gary and Paul, as well as affiliateproject.co.uk. We already have a some names to look out for through people who have introduced themselves through this site. We will try and post a post meetup article, although it may have to wait for the heads to clear.

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