Ever heard of the Today Show?
It’s a daily show on NBC in the US, with apparently 2.5 million tuning in per episode 👀
They reached out a couple of months back, inviting me to contribute to a story they were doing on affiliate marketing scams.
The 6-minute segment aired last week – watch it on YouTube 👇…
I’m on screen for about 20 seconds starting at the 2:45 mark.
They reached out after finding my review of Legendary Marketer, one of the more questionable affiliate marketing courses.
Affiliates of that course can earn $1000 per sale – about as good as it gets – but our approach is to review each course honestly and fairly, even if that means lower commissions.
So in the review we write about several downsides of Legendary Marketer, and share critiques from students 😡
Because of that, I exchanged a bunch of emails with a producer from the Today Show and ended up on a call with him.
About a month later, we did a 30-minute recorded interview, a small piece of which ended up in the final segment.
I tracked the time I devoted to the whole thing and it added up to more than 8 hours.
8 hours for 20 seconds of air time 😜
I still see it as a good trade-off though; a nice feather in my cap, and a good credibility indicator for my website (I’ve added the Today logo to my site header).
One thing I said in the segment…
If you work hard at building up an affiliate marketing business for a year, not just a side hustle, the best-case scenario is that you’d be earning $1,000 a month after 12 months.
To elaborate: you can definitely be earning more than that after 12 months.
But if you get into affiliate marketing with that expectation – that $1000/month is the best-case scenario after a year – you’re far more likely to succeed, IMO.
Because most people get into it thinking they’ll be earning $1000’s in no time, work hard for a few weeks, then grow disillusioned and give up when they don’t see fast results 😩
But if you can stick with it for the long run, keep experimenting and improving your skills, the odds are in your favor.
