Ryan, thanks so much for interviewing with PPC Ian.

Ryan Eagle

I appreciate the opportunity! I’ve been a long-time reader ever since I saw the Facebook Ad on the side of my profile poking out at me. You were the first blogger I’ve ever seen successfully build a self-promotional advertising strategy, it really caught my attention! Let’s get straight to the gist of this interview…

How did you first get started in the affiliate marketing industry?

I’ve been a full time marketer since 2004 and got involved with affiliate marketing in 2005. I started my empire by developing sites and ranking them in the search engines, often capturing the top three ranks for various keywords. I generated immense amounts of traffic this way and profited through various adserving mediums like YPN and AdSense. While running AdSense on my site, I noticed that the majority of advertising on my site was from affiliate marketers so I decided to cut out the middleman and use the same campaigns and banners they were using on my site. My first affiliate commission was a WebFetti lead, but the dating niche is what got me hooked into the industry. Coming from PPC advertising when I was used to the 30 minute tracking delay, the instant conversions got me addicted. I could literally watch leads fly in while my commission built up – this was the industry for me.