TMBA494: The Affiliate Marketing Adventure
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Dan and Ian have heard many variations of the same question over the years: "I want to be an entrepreneur, but how do I get started?"
Today's guest has some really practical insight into what it means to take the leap into starting your own business.
Dom Wells started out, as many do, building affiliate marketing sites.
He's gone on to establish several successful spin-off businesses from what was effectively a side hustle, all while he was still working a full-time job teaching English in Taipei.
This week, Dom joins us to share tips for getting started on the long journey of entrepreneurship, how to build a skillset and a network, and the mistakes that he made along the way.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey podcast, listener. |
| 0:05.1 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, |
| 0:09.7 | you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, |
| 0:14.9 | more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:17.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, check |
| 0:23.2 | out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:32.7 | For me, today's episode is a story of what can happen when three magic ingredients come together. |
| 0:38.7 | The first is a laptop. |
| 0:41.1 | The second is perseverance and endurance over the course of many years. |
| 0:46.0 | And the third is a true belief sustaining you through all that, that making a business |
| 0:52.3 | on the internet that can change your life is a reality that you can |
| 0:56.4 | create for yourself. Today we'll be talking to Dom Wells, whose story includes these three elements. |
| 1:04.5 | As we had this conversation, he had many insightful and practical things to say about the |
| 1:09.6 | entrepreneurial journey. |
| 1:16.0 | I always saw people quit and I'd say your article's ranking position nine. |
| 1:21.2 | Like you're almost there just another month and maybe your website will make you some serious money. |
| 1:26.0 | But they just don't see it because until you've experienced that, maybe you can't see it. |
| 1:28.3 | The biggest mistakes I made early on were picking niches that were crazy competitive, but also just thinking I had to go like down |
| 1:34.9 | a single product, very narrow angle rather than just being a very informative resource. |
| 1:42.4 | So quickly, a bit of background on Dom, who is a member of our private community, |
| 1:47.7 | the DC, and he'll mention that. |
| 1:49.8 | Dom started out as many do by building affiliate marketing sites. |
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