My background is mostly in local search optimization for small businesses, seo, building websites, and email marketing. If I'm being honest, none of these things have helped the businesses that employ me so I guess I am lucky I have had a job for as long as I have.
I am definitely interested in affiliate marketing. I am not sure what a smart link is.
I had success years ago selling day trading type offers but eventually the places I was promoting it didn't let me do it anymore.
I then attempted to promote personal health coaching (I have extensive personal experience and success with treating back pain and digestive disorders). I bought a course by Sam Ovens - Consulting Accelerator to help me do that but was unable to make it work by promoting my offers through Facebook groups, youtube, etc.
I then paid for another coach to help me find another niche that would work. That failed as well. I tried to put out content like Russel Brunson about another product and that gained no traction. I have certainly paid out a lot of money for these products with not much to show for it. Seems like the solutions are way too complicated for my skillset so I can't implement them properly.
So I want to start out small, figure out what works, and make my first marketing dollar since my day trading product 10 years ago. I think promoting other people's products is going to be a good start. Thanks for the encouragement and I am going to read and absorb as much as I can every day on BHW