Gregg H. Hawkins

I’ve mentioned on my blog a few times that I have ventured into affiliate marketing, mainly Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising . It seems to be the big thing as of lately. I began to research the topic mid/late last year and was fortunate to meet Wes Mahler. Wes was kind enough to introduce a group of about 40 us to affiliate marketing and show us how to get campaigns started from start to finish. I definitely did not learn everything I know about affiliate marketing from Wes as a lot of it came from reading forums, other websites and blogs, and testing out tactics on my own. Don’t get me wrong though because Wes and I can’t forget to mention Steven Truong, have taught me a lot and have also been great helpers and go to people for any questions I have had.

Time to Give Back
Wes was a great inspiration to me. I realized that the time he put into helping beginner affiliate marketers was more valuable than him actually making the thousands of dollars he actually makes through affiliate marketing and other projects. By creating the Affiliate Mastermind Group he was able to create a great network of like minds (affiliate marketers and entrepreneurs) who all had the same goal in mind - to become successful. The Affiliate Mastermind Group doesn’t exist anymore due to some unfortunate events, however most of us still do keep in contact via email and AOL/AIM. The Affiliate Mastermind Group was a great concept and way to network with other people. There were some big names in the group including Jon Waraas. Don’t get me wrong though, most of us will become the big names in the near future!

What I’ve decide to do is to create my own blog (www.ThePreneur.com) and forum (www.PreneurTalk.com) to create the same environment Wes created for us. I want to help beginning affiliate marketers get on their feet just like Wes helped us. I want to create a blog that people access for information and gain inspiration from. I want to create a community of affiliate marketers and entrepreneurs where everyone can ask questions and help each other out. There are no stupid questions.

Contacting Me
If you’re a beginner at affiliate marketing and/or interested in learning about it please contact me! If you contact me, please do so through the contact form on The Preneur. If you have friends or know of anyone else who wants to get into affiliate marketing please have them contact me as well. Hopefully I can get a group of about 5-10 interested people to start off and begin teaching the basics to. If you would like to find out more information please visit The Preneur blog and consider registering at the forum to collaborate with others just like you. This group will only become what we make of it so let’s make the most of it!

I don’t have any plans in the near future to keep GreggHawkins.com alive. However, I’ll leave it up for now, there just won’t be any updates to it. In the future I may turn it into a portfolio website for my photography ( that is when I get my SLR camera). My time and efforts will be put into my new blog www.ThePreneur.com and forum www.PreneurTalk.com. For those of you who are interested in affiliate marketing don’t be discouraged. Take action now! Affiliate marketing is a fast growing industry and there’s still a lot of money to be made. Affiliate marketing takes a lot of hard work, time, motivation, and dedication on your end. If you’re willing to put in those things you will become successful.

Blog: www.ThePreneur.com
Forum: www.PreneurTalk.com