First of all a big shout to ZENO for 6WAMC course. I always say that it has been the best investment I have ever done so far. It is probably better than my engineering college. I took the course back in 2017 and I had no idea or whatsoever about affiliate marketing.
I got into pops without significant success and then into Nativeads which I have invested thousands of dollars every week to crack the code. I have to say that I am guilty because when it started to work, I stopped updating my posts abut Native here. Sorry! I guess I got a bit excited!
I went to AWE and AWA in 2017, 2018 and this year, I met amazing people! And I have to say networking is the key! At least for me, it was the edge I was looking for. I learned how to get exclusive offers from networks, I learned how to get double payout too! That make a hell of a differnce!
I have to say I was fortunate because I could afford to invest thousands of dollar in Affiliate Marketing without seeing a good return.
Anyway, it took about a year from me to reach 10% profit on my campaigns, the main issues were:
1. Jumping from vertical to another
2. Trying a lot of traffic source Pops, FB, Snapchat, Push and Native
3. The Blackhole of Blackhat vs. Whitehat
4. Not being patient to optimize the campaign to green
Fast-forward, for over a year now, I have been blessed with the ROI, I have campaigns that reach to 150% ROI (yes I do cloak) and things have been really working out for me.
I have started my blog as well to try to give back to the community as much as I can https://affiliateghost.com
My main profit coming now from email, Social and Push. I believe you should collect subscriptions whenver and wherever you can: email, messengers, push or any other channels, perhaps SMS too!
Personal note to Amy: thanks a lot for being an amazing person.
I guess all I want to say is, it is definitely possible if you put the work and focus one one thing at a time.
If I can help any newbie here, please do let me know. I will do my best.
Hey congrats for starting out your own blog, Collecting subscribers is the best thing anyone could do, It can help you in unimagineable ways. I have had subscribers in a few niches where I not only promote affiliate offers but work with big brands by selling them placements like email signatures etc as well and it has been working amazingly well 
Thats incredibly awesome dude, congratz on your success and your dedicated effort to both investing time and your money... it paid off in the end 


Congrats on the great success story khzidan.
I've just joined STM so its nice to start with this success story. Hoping to have mine soon.
And good luck for rest of the year 
@khzidan @matuloo @maynzie Takes one to know one - and I love you guys too! 
@khzidan Thank you for sharing your struggles and ultimate triumph, and tips on how to get there! This kind of post can be so, so valuable for upcoming affiliates. Thanks so much for taking the time to write this post! 
Amy
Thanks for the post @khzidan!
Especially letting us know how long it took to get into profits, I've been going through some doubt lately being 8 months and and still trying to break it... so thank you for sharing this!
no worries, take care bro, it works!
Awesome to see another success story!
Congrats on your success and keep going on!
P.S. Amy rocks! 
Great story!
Congrats on the success story! If you need even more exclusives / double payouts, hit us up
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Hi khzidan,
I was inspired with story and congratulations for your success.
I am a digital marketer and new to affiliate marketing, Please suggest me to where to start.
Hey,
I don't think @khzidan is still an active member as he did not connect for a long time.
Look like you have already started the $1 Guide
https://stmforum.com/forum/forumdisp...Guide-Contents
So a few tips:
You can nave a look at the Vortex' 40-Day Tutorial
https://stmforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?272-Voluum
Also, you can create a follow-along in this section, so that you can group your questions and other members can follow your progress and provide tips.
https://stmforum.com/forum/forumdisp...-Follow-Alongs
Lots of content to digest.
Good luck.