I never knew that marketing stainless coffee tumblers could be so profitable.  A few months ago, my wife suggested that we make a Squidoo page about Contigo coffee tumblers.  We both enjoy them so much because our coffee always stays hot and they do not spill when tipped over.

Making the Squidoo lens was part of an experiment in affiliate marketing.  I started reading some post by Jennifer Ledbetter, AKA the “Pot Pie Girl” and really got interested in making Squidoo lenses just for fun.    The Pot Pie Girl markets a lot of information products which are really great.  They are highly profitable and people want them.

I made a lens about coffee tumblers and immediately received traffic.  I wrote a few Ezine articles to link to my Squidoo lens giving it further credibility with Google.

I get about 7 visitors a day.  I have not done a whole lot with the statistics because in the begining, I was splitting my sales profits with Squidoo.  Recently, I switched over to a widget by Squid Utilities and keep about 6% of the sale.  No profit splitting!

In 2 1/2 months, I have sold 6 coffee tumblers.  It’s not a big deal.  However, since learning about marketing a coffee cup, I have sold $2484.60 of merchandise on Amazon with not much effort.  I made a few WordPress sites and that’s about it.  A good friend told me that setting up affiliate sites is like setting up a vending route.  The nice thing about affiliate marketing is that the vending machines get filled automatically!

My total gross profits are $102.  I spent approximately $2.00 in Google PPC campaigns.  I was already paying for web hosting, so I cannot count that as an expense.  I spent another $60 in blog domain names.  This means that I am still ahead of the game.

You may say “All you made is $102!  That is not much!”  This is true.  But for the sake of a good argument, let’s say that I build 200 more niche websites.  That may bring me in another $2000 a month.  It’s all about revenue streams.  Every little bit is going to add up to a whole lot.  I have not even mentioned that my wife and I are both making a little money in Adsense.

Do you think I am a little bit excited about a stainless coffee tumbler?  You bet I am!  I never have to touch my coffee tumbler Squidoo site again.  It will keep selling a coffee tumbler here and there.

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