$18,000 Media Spend. $20,000,000 PROFIT. The AM campaign of the decade??? (12)
$18,000 Media Spend. $20,000,000 PROFIT. The AM campaign of the decade???
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...3-billion-deal
I guess you could call this a successful campaign 
Does anyone know him?
This Guy Is Set to Become a Multimillionaire With Jet.com's Sale to Walmart
excerpted from http://fortune.com/2016/08/09/multim...-walmart-sale/
Walmart isn’t the only one planning to benefit from its recent $3.3 billion acquisition of online retailer Jet.com.
There’s Eric Martin of York, Pa., for example.
He’s about to become an “Accidental Millionaire” through the deal, reports Bloomberg.
Martin, who is the founder of a startup called IdeaDash, won Jet.com’s nationwide marketing competition—Jet Insider—in early 2015. The contest offered a reward of 100,000 shares of Jet stock to the contestant who got the most people to sign up for 6-month free trial “insider” memberships to the membership shopping site, a sort of online Costco or Sam’s Club. According to his company’s website, Martin took first place out of the 350,000 people who participated, getting over 8,000 people to sign up.
Martin spent $18,000 on online ads, Bloomberg reports, and now has a stake in Jet that is reportedly worth millions. Although Martin told Bloomberg that he is not sure exactly what his stake is worth, Fusion reported in February 2015 that his piece could be valued between $10 million and $20 million.
And considering the money the company raised in the months since the contest (at growing valuations)—not to mention the premium Walmart paid—his stake could be significantly higher today.
“It feels good; it feels really good,” Martin told Bloomberg. “The way I think to describe it is ‘occasional hysterical laughing.”’
Hahah not bad ROI at all. He had balls to drop $18k on the contest though, I assume he didn't get paid for individual leads he sent.
Damn... taking a risk can seriously pay off! Lovely share
great share
That's pretty insane and he's definitely got a lot of balls to drop that kinda money on a contest
Originally Posted by Mr Green
than man got ball wow...
dude.... that is fucking awesome.
Affiliate marketing for stock options!!!! Freaking EPIC!
Affiliates are SO fucking influential in helping SO MANY companies figure out their lead-funnels, and acquire their first major batches of customers....
This story really blows my mind; I believe it demonstrates the massive amount of LEVERAGE that we as affiliates really have over large companies, if we play our cards right.
Yes. I do know him thru my Linkedin.
You can connect with ANYONE thru Linkedin.
It requires my 3rd degree introduction.
Here is his Linkedin profile.
I am shocked. Online marketing for less than a year and he is $20 mil richer!
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Experience
CEO
ideaDash Inc.
2016 – Present (less than a year)
Online Marketing Specialist
Bath Fitter
August 2015 – Present (1 year 1 month)
Ancillary Product Specialist
Golden Considerations Inc.
March 2013 – April 2015 (2 years 2 months)
Promote Funeral Trust products and a Travel Protection Plan. Do sales support, IT support, and software development
(Open)1 project
Candidate for U.S. Congress, House of Representatives
Running for Public Office
January 2012 – April 2012 (4 months)Pennsylvania's 4th District - York, Adams, parts of Cumberland, & Harrisburg.
Account Executive
Freedom Wireless
2011 – 2012 (1 year)York, Pennsylvania Area
Sold Cell Phones, protection plans, and accessories. Provided customer service and tutorials on our products. I had a leave of absence in the middle of this to run for U.S. Congress. I worked just outside of York for Freedom Wireless for some of this time as well.
Sales Consultant
Apple Honda
August 2010 – August 2011 (1 year 1 month)York, PA
Originally Posted by exmachina
thats probably the weirdest resume ever.
selling cellphones to running for congress?!
to affiliate millionaire?! this guy is the coolest.
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