{"id":76,"date":"2006-08-23T08:26:13","date_gmt":"2006-08-23T00:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whoisandrewwee.com\/76\/running-the-million-dollar-internet-marketing-marathon\/"},"modified":"2006-08-23T08:26:13","modified_gmt":"2006-08-23T00:26:13","slug":"running-the-million-dollar-internet-marketing-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/internet-marketing\/running-the-million-dollar-internet-marketing-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Running the million dollar Internet Marketing marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine a race where there are 1041 participants<\/strong> and there are two winners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Would you join in<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Odds sound stacked<\/em> against you<\/u>?<\/p>\n

What if it costs nothing<\/strong> to participate in and the prizes could be worth million of dollars<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Does that change your mind<\/em>?<\/p>\n

That’s the situation when I took part in Ewen Chia’s Super Affiliate Cloning Program (SACP)<\/a> challenge. Ewen has been consistently top affiliate for Internet Marketer’s Marlon Sanders, John Reese and Mike Filasamie. He’s the Internet Marketers’ Marketer so to speak.<\/p>\n

The SACP would be the ticket to getting the training and tools to become a ‘Super Affiliate’ essentially the top 1% of affiliate marketers. (and the top tier affiliate marketers pull in hundreds of thousands of dollars each month in affiliate income)
\nI joined in the race to be one of the top two.<\/p>\n

Determined to give my all to succeed.<\/p>\n

This was my entry: (contains explicit<\/em> language – scroll past the bold text<\/strong> if it will hurt your eyes):<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. andrew wee<\/a><\/cite> Says:
    \n    August 17th, 2006 at 2:39 am<\/a> <\/small><\/strong>1. How you can profit from this information OR how it has changed your thinking about affiliate marketing. And\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6<\/strong>Hi Ewen,
    \n1) Of the factors you mentioned, a focused and concentrated Affiliate Marketing Mindset is the most important element that sets the pace for everything else. <\/strong>It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s the \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153blueprint\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 to succeed which is a pattern where all the other affiliate marketing pieces fall into.<\/strong>You can have the world\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s best system, the best materials on hand, but if you are hit by the procrastination virus, your mind is bent and broken from years of excuses and reasons why not to do something, you WILL fail.<\/strong>What I took away from your document is that it all starts from the mind (the hard part).
    \nIf you can visualize it, you can make it reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    2. Why YOU deserve to be one of the select few in my coaching program and what it would mean to get a FREE pass. How would that change your future? Would you buy a new car? A new house? Pay off debt?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Should you pick me because I have no money\/I am old\/I am young\/I have tried everything else and failed\/I have five starving kids at home\/I have been doing internet marketing for 5 years and nothing to show for it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I say FUCK THAT.
    \nFUCK excuses.
    \nIf I get into the program due to sympathy, I won\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t ever be able to earn real respect. Even if I am a success afterwards.
    \nIf I get in, it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s on merits, and merits alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I don\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t think the fact that I may be disadvantaged to qualify for your program.
    \nIt shouldn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t factor in the equation.
    \nThe past is ancient history.
    \nIt\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s literally yesterday\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s news.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I focus on the PRESENT and the FUTURE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I look at:
    \n1) where I am today
    \n2) where I want to be tomorrow
    \n3) the best way to get there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    ***I see your coaching program as the best way to get there.***<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I am HUNGRY for success. I set myself a goal of accumilating $5m in assets by the age of 35. (that\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s 2 years away) And will do whatever it takes to get there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I deserve to be in your program because it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s a 2-way street.
    \nYou deserve me to be in your program because you KNOW that I will do WHATEVER it takes to reach that pinnacle of success.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I believe in \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153walking the walk\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2, rather than merely \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153talking the talk\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2.
    \nIf it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s going to take 20 hour workdays for a month to get the product launched and ready (Believe me, I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve done that during the dotcom era.), if it has to be done, it HAS to be done.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    RESULTS speak louder than words or excuses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll spare you all the grandmother stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Give me an opportunity prove it to you.
    \nGive me a place in your coaching program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Cheers,
    \nAndrew Wee <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    —<\/p>\n

    In the midst of the competition, Ewen set aside a 24 hour period to answer all questions related to affiliate marketing, no-holds barred.<\/p>\n

    You can check out: Ewen Chia’s questions and answers about affiliate marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    It is a useful primer for those new to affiliate marketing and gives tips to enhance your existing efforts.<\/p>\n

    And midway through the competition, Ewen mentioned there’d be a second phase to the competition and he’d be giving away a third ticket.<\/p>\n

    Did I go for it?<\/p>\n

    Heck yeah<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

    Here’s my entry (some explicit language again, so scroll through if you are easily offended):<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. andrew wee<\/a><\/cite> Says:
      \n      August 21st, 2006 at 11:10 am<\/a> <\/small><\/strong>Hi Ewen,
      \nto answer yr 2 part question:<\/strong>1) Take 2 minutes right now to post about the people that have told you that you couldn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t succeed online <\/strong>My dad is in his 60s now and while he was in his late 20s, he started his engineering services company. At it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s peak, it generated about US$40 million in professional services revenue. Not bad for a Singapore company.<\/strong>To date, he\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s since expanded to Beijing and Shanghai, and has asked me several times to join him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      I may be crazy, but I want to create my own business empire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      He doesn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t believe in new-fangled ideas like SMS, email (in fact, he gets a secretary to print out his emails, he dictates the replies to her, she types them in and emails them out).<\/strong><\/p>\n

      For him, the Internet is just a bunch of hot air and bullshit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      There\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s quite a lot of unease, now that I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve gone into Internet Marketing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The fact that I have a new 3 month old daughter and the household expenses are building up, is a constant source of pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m eating into my savings, but I know there\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s light at the end of the tunnel. I just have to dig damn fast to reach there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve also given up my corporate training and personal coaching business to focus on Internet Marketing. My contacts and clients are constantly asking me if i\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m crazy to go into an \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153unproven\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 business.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      In fact, there are several times when people ask my wife what i\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m working as. She\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s too embarassed to say what i\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m doing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Older folks and relatives really have no clue what I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m doing, and they think i\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m sending out \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153electronic letters\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 begging people for money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Damn, that pisses me off\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6<\/strong><\/p>\n

      At my most stressful moments, I don\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t know whether to laugh or cry. <\/strong><\/p>\n

      Sometimes I do both.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      2) and how you\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re going to feel once you do succeed with the Super Affiliate Cloning Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Once I succeed, I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll frame my first check.
      \nI\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll scan it as a JPEG or GIF and post it on my website.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll go to a postcard printing company, print out 1,000 postcards with the check prominently displayed on one side.
      \nOn the other edge, i\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll print in all caps \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI TOLD YOU SO!\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/strong><\/p>\n

      I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll post out postcards to every naysayer who ever told me I was crazy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      To particularly irritating naysayers I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll probably send them a postcard via REGISTERED MAIL (requiring an acknowledgement) every day for about 2 weeks (maybe i\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll call it my \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153autoresponder gone wild\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 campaign).<\/strong><\/p>\n

      I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll hire telemarketers to call each of the naysayers and ask \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153did you receive the postcard?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/strong><\/p>\n

      I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll go to the bank, enquire about their platinum credit cards. Find out I qualify then turn them flatly down and say i\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m taking my business elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The short answer to your question is:
      \n1) Liberated!
      \n2) Justified!
      \n3) Liberated!
      \noh, and did I say, Liberated? <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      —<\/p>\n

      So I had to fend with 154 competitiors<\/strong> for the third ticket.<\/p>\n

      I waited for the results.<\/p>\n

      In the meantime, Ewen did an interview with Marlon Sanders which contains lots of information and insight. I’d like to post the URL, but it’s been removed.<\/p>\n

      Finally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      The day of the results<\/u>!<\/p>\n

      I came.<\/p>\n

      I saw.<\/p>\n

      I did not conqueor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Was I disappointed?<\/p>\n

      Yes<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Was I majorly peeved?<\/p>\n

      Yes!<\/strong><\/p>\n

      But more so, I wanted to know what did the winners have in their entries that helped them win<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

      More important than merely winning the race, is to understand the methodology<\/strong> and being able to leave with a ‘takeaway<\/strong>‘ rather than leave the table with nothing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      Have I captured Ewen’s 24-hour Q&A about affiliate marketing?<\/p>\n

      Captured it as a PDF for reference?<\/p>\n

      Hell yeah!<\/strong><\/p>\n

      That’s money on the table<\/u>!<\/p>\n

      There are 2 types of situations<\/u><\/em> we constantly find ourselves in.<\/p>\n