If you have been in this game for awhile, you will inevitably have to answer the question, what do you do for a living? I always kind of balk at this, because a majority of the time I will have to go down the path of explaining what affiliate marketing is, using google adwords, ‘how it works’, etc… and it gets kind of repetitive, especially when you get that stare like, that doesn’t make sense.
How easy it would be if I could say, a doctor, lawyer, engineer, IT consultant, architect, etc … but working as an affiliate is kind of vague isn’t it? When explaining it, I usually refer to amazon, as they were one of the pioneers of affiliate programs. I explain to them when they are surfing the web and they see an amazon book on a website, well if they click on that book it leads them to amazon, and if they buy, the website owner gets a commission etc… If that doesn’t work, then I will talk about one of the myriad of offline referral type companies and referral commissions, refer a friend to your bank = get $25, car insurance referral = get a free gas card, etc…
That being said, I still have to answer the question, What I do for a living. I’ve used the following in describing my profession:
- I’m an affiliate marketer
- I sell things online
- I manage websites
- I own an online media company
- I own a home business
- I’m an entrepreneur
- I own an internet business
I’m ready for a new one now, so if you have any ideas, share.
(and no not a spammer 
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In relation to the last post, google credited my account, THANK YOU!
Yea, it sucks. Sometimes they don’t even know what website is, and they were like “like yahoo and stuff?” I was like “yeah”. Then after explaining more into how it works, they get the impression that i’m building up pyramid scheme, one of these Quixtar or Amway. Hell, like i’d give a ratass about how other thinks but making this kind of money and having them calling you scammer is kinda pissing me off. Hope there’s a better way to classify my occupation.