Hi Everyone,
I’m a long time member of AGD working on the operator side of the business. I’ve spent the last few days reading through posts from new affiliates entering the industry seeking help & feedback. I know you guys are always really helpful, and I was hoping to get a little advice myself.
I’ve been in the industry just over 12 years now, having worked on both the operator & game developer sides of the business.
My current role is coming to an end in the coming months, and I’ve been thinking about finally taking a leap into the affiliate side of the business.
This is an area I have always been interested in. I love everything about this industry, and becoming an affiliate has long been a dream of mine. I do however know this is an incredibly competitive space, particularly in English speaking regulated markets.
I suppose my question is, have I missed the boat? Can a one-man-band operation make it these days?
- I have some experience with SEO and I’m confident in my abilities to develop an effective strategy & optimise my content.
- My content writing skills aren’t perfect, but I think that with consistent work & practice I can improve this. I do know most areas of the industry very well however, so I think I can write relatively good articles & reviews.
- I would be starting with a Wordpress theme as I’ve worked with a lot of Wordpress blogs/websites in the past and I don’t have the skills to build a website from scratch.
- I can afford to put 12 months of work into this without any income, however the only investment I can give the project is my time. There is potential to get a little financial backing, but I would ideally like to avoid this for minimum 6 months (or at least until I can tell my work is starting to payoff from an organic impression perspective. I know I won’t be making a penny at that point).
- I have written a business plan. Without going into detail, the website will be mostly generic, with a few additional features not typically seen on affiliate websites. These features are certainly not game changers, just a few things to help increase on-site engagement.
- In year one, I will only be targeting English speaking markets. I would be the only person working on the project, including design, content writing & developing the overall strategy.
Am I mad? Should I stay in safe employment, or take the leap now?
Assuming I will be working on this consistently for approx 8-10 hours per day for 12 months, how long do you think it would take to tell things are going in the right direction?
I apologise for the long post and want to say thank you for even reading this far. Hopefully I will able to properly introduce myself soon.
Thank you all,
AffTea.
I’m a long time member of AGD working on the operator side of the business. I’ve spent the last few days reading through posts from new affiliates entering the industry seeking help & feedback. I know you guys are always really helpful, and I was hoping to get a little advice myself.
I’ve been in the industry just over 12 years now, having worked on both the operator & game developer sides of the business.
My current role is coming to an end in the coming months, and I’ve been thinking about finally taking a leap into the affiliate side of the business.
This is an area I have always been interested in. I love everything about this industry, and becoming an affiliate has long been a dream of mine. I do however know this is an incredibly competitive space, particularly in English speaking regulated markets.
I suppose my question is, have I missed the boat? Can a one-man-band operation make it these days?
- I have some experience with SEO and I’m confident in my abilities to develop an effective strategy & optimise my content.
- My content writing skills aren’t perfect, but I think that with consistent work & practice I can improve this. I do know most areas of the industry very well however, so I think I can write relatively good articles & reviews.
- I would be starting with a Wordpress theme as I’ve worked with a lot of Wordpress blogs/websites in the past and I don’t have the skills to build a website from scratch.
- I can afford to put 12 months of work into this without any income, however the only investment I can give the project is my time. There is potential to get a little financial backing, but I would ideally like to avoid this for minimum 6 months (or at least until I can tell my work is starting to payoff from an organic impression perspective. I know I won’t be making a penny at that point).
- I have written a business plan. Without going into detail, the website will be mostly generic, with a few additional features not typically seen on affiliate websites. These features are certainly not game changers, just a few things to help increase on-site engagement.
- In year one, I will only be targeting English speaking markets. I would be the only person working on the project, including design, content writing & developing the overall strategy.
Am I mad? Should I stay in safe employment, or take the leap now?
Assuming I will be working on this consistently for approx 8-10 hours per day for 12 months, how long do you think it would take to tell things are going in the right direction?
I apologise for the long post and want to say thank you for even reading this far. Hopefully I will able to properly introduce myself soon.
Thank you all,
AffTea.