Aden Mott talks about Affiliate Marketing, Music, Celebrities & World News.

Nana, I will miss you dearly.  I wish I could have spent more time with you.  I love you forever. Rest in peace.

Well this is the longest I have gone without making a post on here and I guess I need to decide if I want to keep posting here or not.  So much has changed in the past few months but things are going well.

The last post was around the time that I went to Adtech and when I got home from that Jon and I decided that we wanted to spend some quality time together before he started law school and we did just that.

We went on a nice vacation to Mexico and ended up coming home early becuase we were bored.. yes, bored.  The whole swine flu outbreat caused people to cancel trips and our entire resort was empty.  After thinking about it, we really just love being home.

One of the biggest things to happen to us was we adopted another dog.  She is an Australian Shephard just like Legend and she even has his same colors.  She was only a puppy when we got her but now she is maturing really fast.  We named her Bella and she is amazing.  Such a sweet and loving dog!  She fits right in and Legend and her are like peas in a pod.

Jon and I opened a tanning salon.. yes, finally.  We named it Hot Bod and we have been running it since July 1st.  It is very promising and we cant wait to see what we can do with it.  We are learning SO much, its crazy.

Jon started law school.. he is going to do really well, I am proud of him.  We were both really scared about how it would effect us when he started because we had never been apart since the day we met other than 2 times where we had to travel without eachother.  We spent every moment together since the beginning and now with him starting school we were afraid of the distance but things are actually going great.  The time apart just makes the time we get together much more enjoyable.

I have been trying to decide what direction to take with my affiliate marketing. I will always do it and be part of the industry but I am not sure how vulnerable I want to be.  As an affiliate I am open to getting screwed out of my earnings and having money stolen from me, contracts broken, etc.  I am sick of all of the BS that is involved in the industry.  Stealing, lying, ripping consumers off.  There are ways to make money in my industry without setting up weight loss blogs and work from home blogs.  Too many people do it and look what happens.. Oprah decides to sue.  I am glad I was not part of that!

On a similar note, One of the networks I ran with that i raved about screwed me in a big way.  I promoted then a lot in my blog and got TONS of people to sign up under me.  The deal was that I would earn 2% of what they make forever.  This is what they told me which is why I promoted them.  Anyway, they decided to take away one of the people I refered so I was no longer getting paid.  The shitty thing is that they tried to be sneaky about it and they lied to me and said that it was a direct track error. Then when they realized I was not going to quit demanding to know about it they came up with an excuse that was ready and waiting.  It is really discouraging in this industry when networks decide to be shady. It not only makes you not trust any other network but it makes the industry in whole look really bad.

Aside from all of this, Jon and I have just been spending as much time enjoying life as possible.  We had an AMAZING garden in our yard and its still going strong.

I am not sure of the fate of this blog, I will probably always keep it, just not sure what direction I want to take

So I am leaving for Ad-Tech.  I am going VERY early so that I can get a little R&R in before the convention starts.  I am really excited because this event is so massive that it really ends up motivating me every time I go. 

I have been planning some very large media buys and I cant wait to meet some new companies who can offer me some quality traffic.  Its really exciting. The best part is getting to see all of the regulars in the industry, the sad part is not seeing the people you saw 3 years ago who have fallen off the face of the earth. 

In this industry you need to keep going and stay up to date, I learned that lesson in the past and am ready to go.  We are 4 months into 2009 and I have had more success in 4 months than I have in 3 years. You can imagine why I am pumped for Adtech!

I am staying at 2 seperate places.  First will be some REALLY cool place I found in Nobb Hill called Prescott Hotel.  You would be shocked if I told you the STEAL that I got it for from Priceline.com .  I was naming my own prices just to see and I thought to myself that there was NO way they would give me a 4 star hoter in Nob Hill for that price.. and then what do you know, i got it!

For the convention I will be staying at Hotel Whitcomb. I chose it because some friends and AM’s are staying there. It will be good times. I havent done much research on where the parties will be but I am sure they are going to be great.

See you all next week!

 

I never would have thought a year ago that my life would be as it is today.  Ive had some reminders of Providence come hinder the changes that have happened to my life since I moved here to St Louis.  I am glad to know where I am and where I want to be and this is it.

The year has been great so far. I am branching out with some new niches for my business in online marketing.  In 2 weeks I am going again to San Fransisco for the Adtech convention.  I am really excited.  I am staying for a week while Jon visits with his family in Florida.  Justin is coming also and we are both hoping to talk some business and make some new connections as well as meet some of my new affiliate managers that I have been working with since the start of the year. 

I know that I have posted some photos of the kittens we adopted in the past but sadly, we lost one of them.  The boy, his name was FiddleStix.  He was a great cat and we spoiled the hell out of him for the 6 few months we had him.  I noticed that he had been acting depressed for a few months so we took him in for some blood work and they found a fatal incurable disease called FIP.  It is rare and only happens to every 1 in 5000 cats and he was so young that it compromised his immune system too fast. We were going to just let it ride out and eventually he would die from it but he started to get unbalanced and couldnt stand up so I had to put him to sleep.  It was really hard watching him take his last breath but he knew he was loved and we will miss him.

Many people are not sympathetic to animals and dont see the seriousity in having a pet that you love die.. but those little pets are like family and it just sucks to see an innocent living creature suffer. 

SO.. here is one of the last photos taken of FiddleStix.  He is the one on the far right. to the left is Legend and Fuzzball.. his sister (who did not get the disease). 

 

 

 

We finished remodeling the guest bathroom in our house and next will be the kitchen but we are probably going to hold off for a few months.  There is too much going on right now.  BUT I am really excited this time because I took before ans after photos. The bathroom had a nasty bathtub that didnt drain right and was off color. The vanity and toilet were so gross so i tore out everything, knocked down a wall and redid some electrical work and plumbing.. Who would have thought that I would be able to do that huh!?  haha.   So I am proud to show the photos here: 

BEFORE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFTER

 

What a change huh?   Its pretty rewarding to do something and have it turn out nice!

I am going to finish up this post and get some work done outside before it gets dark.  We put in our vegetable garden, it was SO much work with the landscape, tilling and now transplanting all of the veggies and herbs I have been growing, but the work will pay off in the end! Check out the photo

 

I will post again soon when I am in San Fransisco. After that we are going on vaca to Mexico for a week, I CANT WAIT!!!