The final Underground Profit System (UGPS) happened in September 2009. By this time I was timekeeping on the courses and trying to make affiliate sales.

Inexperience
I didn’t really know much about affiliate marketing. I hadn’t done enough to really know I could create any affiliate success. It was this inexperience that led to me losing my first sale.

Well I made the sale. I even signed them up through my page to be sure. What could be wrong with that you ask? The link I had added was not my affiliate link but the link straight to the sales page so I did not get a commission! That was the person I sold into the last UGPS.

You can be sure I double and triple check any links now.

Big Plans
At that event I teamed up with someone more experienced than I to promote Fast Web Formula as an affiliate. Fast Web Formula happened in March and is the UGPS replacement bigger and better training that james Schramko now offers.

We were going to take on the boys. See there is a bit of a boys club in this field so we were going to show them. We were going to dominate and rock it in sales. We were going to get this incredible kudos and respect because of our success as affiliates.

We were going to show them what we girls can do! Ah oops!

Big Effort
I was convinced we could do this so between us we put in a herculean effort of time and energy. We built sites, wrote content, did videos, made Squidoo lenses, hubpages, distributed articles and built backlinks. I started to create what I thought of as my own mini web or promoting sites.

We got page 1 listings across 11 or so keywords and often multiple page 1 listings. In fact I became obsessed.

Stay tuned for my almost published ebook “How to get to Number 1 in Google and Never Make A Sale!”.

I figured I had to do something useful with what I learned.

Lack and Loss
Not making a sale meant I suddenly lost confidence and lacked direction. The self doubt overwhelmed me. Maybe I couldn’t do this. Maybe I was just a failure.

I cannot even begin to explain the world of hurt and overwhelm I was in.

At the event all the young guns who were creating success were there. My failure was exaggerated. How did I go from such quick success to such gigantic failure.

I had so much more experience that should stand me in good stead to get clients so how could I not but the young guns could. Why weren’t they afraid? Or more importantly why was I?

The Descent
After Fast Web Formula I tried to stay positive but I was really not. I was doubting I could do this. I was trying to clutch at any straw I thought might get me there.

I was afraid to focus on one thing and miss an opportunity. I had just done that and not made a sale (after 3 months of effort). What if I did that again. What if I gave everything I had for nothing and missed out on other opportunities?

All this meant was that nothing got done. Nothing got done effectively.

Not only a world of hurt but a world of fear. Stay tuned if you want to see whether I emerged from this place and how! I don’t know if I should really tell you that at the same time as I failed to make a sale I threw everything I had at a second JV that ahum you guess it – failed.

Any wonder I was left feeling scared!

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