Comments on: March Spendings vs Earnings and Hurdles

By: James

James — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:52:10 +0000

Atlast someone speaking truth.. :-p Congrats Ian. shame on you Uberaffiliate!!!

By: IJ

IJ — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:29:18 +0000

@Bill.
Contrary to popular belief, Amex is not “unlimited” initially. You have to build up history with them. Typically Amex runs on a 3 month spending average.

I have had my Amex card for several years and when I tripled my monthly average, they called me. I communicated what was going on and thats when they told me about the 3 month average.

The best thing you can do is make payments to Amex as you go along. For example: You charge up $8K first week and you get a $2K deposit from one of your networks, make a $2K online payment on your Amex card immediately. If you do this instead of waiting until the end of the month, it should keep you account rolling.

Once Amex has a history built up with you, you should be ok to charge up large amounts without the card being frozen for review.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:30:58 +0000

> Hock
yea it is but once you dive into and realize mistakes that others have made you can try to learn from it.

> HomeBiz
for beginners yes I agree – I started on a low budget a day and weekly increased it, depending on the conversion and stats

> Bill
ahh nice nice! a lot of have recommended to me about AMEX – will definitely look into it

> Wes
yes sir almost a baller just like you

> Chad
will do! time to scale it now – just need to wait for my checks and deposits – argh

> John
thanks – no problem – I will def have to look into the amex

> Tim
lol black card here I come!

> Tom
thanks watching me learn and messed up is a great isnt it =P

By: Hock

Hock — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:16:58 +0000

Cash flow is the biggest problem for PPC marketers. Thanks for sharing your results… and congrats!

By: Homebizseo.com

Homebizseo.com — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:55:39 +0000

PPC scare most webmasters at first. Try not to set the budget to high in the beginning until the kinks get worked out.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:34:10 +0000

Here’s what my AMEX Gold Rewards card did to me:

First Month, spend with AMEX: $3,000,
second month: $15,000
Third month, within first 6 days, spend, $8500 and BAM! Sent me for Financial Review. It’s been a month since then–still in financial review. I’m glad all my earnings came to rescue. I don’t need AMEX any more, but I do love the freebies that come with points.

Anybody knows how long that financial review takes or it even gets denied?

By: Wes Mahler

Wes Mahler — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:10:40 +0000

Your rocking it now man!

By: Chad Frederiksen

Chad Frederiksen — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:35:27 +0000

Great job Ian, keep building up those earnings!

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:51:44 +0000

Edit: I do pay fees on one of my AMEX cards, but the others.. VISA, MC, I don’t pay fees on.

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:50:52 +0000

AMEX is good. I started on a VISA and a MC and another VISA when those got full. Now I have moved everything to a fancy AMEX card. Go for one that has NO fees and gives you points or cash back. (I am trying really hard not to post some affiliate link to CC’s here )

Thanks for the mention.
John