It was the summer of 2005.  I can’t remember the exact text message my friend sent me, but it was something along the lines of:

“Up $5k for the month.”

What?!  I knew immediately what he was talking about: affiliate marketing.  Here I was having just moved all the way across the country to start work at my “real job” when I get this message about a friend making way more money in way less time online.

At first I was jealous and anxious to know how he was doing it.  We’d both experimented with online marketing in college, but never made any serious money like that.  That text message was an eye-opener and a huge inspiration.  It wasn’t long after that I started work on the Shoes ‘R Us site.

When you share your success with others, I suppose you run the risk of bragging, but you never know what you might inspire.  Maybe even something life-changing.  Success can be fleeting, but there are always new opportunities to take advantage of.  So cheers to that, and thanks for sending that text.

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