About Me

Who is Derek Salyers?

First, let me explain why you should even care who I am…

Okay… Honestly I couldn’t think of a reason why you should give a crap who I am, but for some reason you do or else you wouldn’t be viewing this page!

My name is Derek Salyers, I’m an affiliate/internet marketer.  What does that mean exactly?  Well, it simply means this…I make a living from working at home on a computer all day building websites and promoting other people’s products and services in exchange for money.  It’s a heck of a lot harder than it sounds…

Don’t believe me?  Then try it for yourself… Oh wait, that’s why you’re here isn’t it?  This is all starting to make sense now…

Why should you care who I am?  Because I make good great money doing this!  Enough that you are here wanting to do the same and are wanting me to teach you how…right?

Affiliate Marketing accounts for about 70% of the income I make from working online, while the rest comes from other sources (websites, Google Adsense, etc).  I love this business and I love the lifestyle that it allows you to enjoy.  You get the freedom to live life with a job that allows you to put your life first, instead of living a life that requires you to put your job first!

How did I get Started in Affiliate Marketing?

I started creating websites at a very young age, around 8 – 10 years old, creating websites for various stuff that interested me at the time. I didn’t really try to create any income around that time, in fact, I didn’t even realize you could make an income online!

I continued on in my life and around the age of 19 or 20, I realized that there were people making money using the internet and I thought to myself, “If they can do this full-time, why can’t I?” I then started to search on how I would accomplish this little goal I had set for myself.

Over the course of the next 2 years I created several websites about different subjects, yet I never really created a site that really took off. In late 2006 I had a couple different websites up and was making about 300 – 500 dollars a month profit from them. Even though I was finally making some money online, I started to wonder if it really was possible to make a complete living by creating websites on the internet. I started searching around some more and soon stumbled upon a business called affiliate marketing and from that point on my life would change drastically!

In late 2006, when I stumbled upon affiliate marketing, I immediately took an interest in it. I started searching frantically around the internet for anything I could find on this subject and took in as much as I could. I finally launched a small campaign and walked away to go to my job…

When I got home, I frantically ran to the computer as soon as I stepped foot in the door hoping to see that I made a couple dollars. I turned on my computer, loaded up AzoogleAds and I froze…

My account said that I had brought in 120 something dollars for the day so far. After I came out of my daze I started getting nervous. A little voice in the back of my head said that there is no way I could of made any decent money from this and that something was wrong. I immediately logged in to check how much I had spent to earn this 120 dollars and too my surprise it said I had spent about 50 bucks!

Anyways, to make a long story short (yeah I know it’s already long ) I ran with it from there and have never looked back!!!

How much do I Make Today?

Wouldn’t you like to know?

A Bit About My Personal Life

I’ve recently gotten a divorce… I was in a marriage where both my wife and I made a ton of mistakes but before either one of us was willing to admit that we were idiots, our marriage fell apart.  We were married for 3 years.  I have a daughter name Britni Lissette, unfortunately I no longer get to see her since my wife and I split up (she isn’t biologically mine) but I still consider her to be my daughter and will forever and always…

I’m 25 years old and my birthday is October 23rd.  After getting divorced, I was sitting around the house too much…way too much, so I decided to go back to college and finish my degree and earn my bachelors in Psychology.  I’ve always enjoyed the field and since I had already went before and now had a ton of time on my hands, I decided to go and finish it up!  Plus I believe you should never ever stop learning no matter how old you get!

I love riding my motorcycle, it’s a Kawasaki ZX6R which I absolutely love riding!  I try to ride as much as I can as I live in Ohio, so don’t get too much time during the year to ride!  Haha… Stupid Ohio!

I’ve also recently gotten back in to church, again following my divorce I was sitting around a lot and I went through a bit of a depression…It wasn’t pretty.  Anyways, I got back in to church and I’m not actively involved in several ministries within my church and I’m trying to change a lot of things in my life…I’m not perfect and will never admit to being so, but I’m working on making sure I do the best I can and treat people right and help people as much as I possibly can.

Anyways, that’s about it!  If you have any questions you’d like to ask me, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll be happy to answer them.  If  think of anything else interesting, I’ll add it!

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