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Every few minutes I refreshed my browser it felt like a dream, and if I’m being honest, a nightmare. The numbers in my affiliate account were staggering and showed no signs of letting up. On my best days I spent nearly $10,000 on Google Adwords with 20-50% profit margins depending on the day.
Although I had very high available balances on my credit cards I was nearly maxed out. When I opened the floodgates on this advertising campaign there was no way to stop it. Except, of course, running out of short term cash to keep the whole thing moving.
I showed my Parents my screen.
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“I don’t know what to do. I need money to keep these ads alive. I have about a week of credit limit left. How much can you give me?”
It wasn’t a question of, “Can you loan me a few hundred bucks?” That would keep the campaign alive for an hour or three, at best.
It was more a question of, “How much is your life savings? Because I’m going to double it in a month.”
At the same time I was scrambling to open a no credit limit account with Amex Platinum while also trying to open a massive line of credit with my bank. I needed every possible available penny or this would all end in an instant.
The end didn’t come in any way I could have imagined.
It was much worse …
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What happened next?
I’m writing a book about it, tentatively titled Failure: What You Don’t Know About The Greatest Successes In History.
I am nowhere near a “greatest success in history” so the focus will barely be on me. But every good book needs some personal anecdotes, doesn’t it?
I love reading about success, but nobody writes about failure. And while we can learn a lot from success, we can learn just as much from failure. Especially when it’s framed in a “here’s where and why I failed and then here’s what I did to ultimately succeed” context.
I need your help.
Here’s the deal: if you want to read this book, type in your email address below and click “Click to learn about Failure!”
When this post generates 1,000 people who are interested I’ll send more of the story above. And more info about the book as well. (Current count: more than 100 but less than 1,000!)
Thanks!
-Karol
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