There’s a moment in every sportsperson’s life when you stop asking “What if?” and start thinking “Why not?”
Mine came not on a pitch, but in front of a laptop, sometime in my early retirement years. I’d tried all sorts of online ventures by then — affiliate marketing, content creation, funnels, email promos. Some worked a little. Most didn’t. I kept telling myself, “It’s just a side project. Don’t take it too seriously.”
But deep down, I knew the truth: I wasn’t getting anywhere because I wasn’t all in.
It reminded me of my younger self back in Swansea, deciding whether to join the first team at the cricket club — a step up in competition, expectations, and effort. I nearly bottled it. But once I committed, I never looked back.
🎯 Why Half-Measures Never Work
You can’t win a match playing with one foot off the pitch. Likewise, you can’t build a business when you treat it like a weekend hobby — especially affiliate marketing.
The turning point for me came when I stopped dabbling and started treating this like a real business. That meant:
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Choosing one program I believed in
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Learning the proper structure (not just copying someone’s hacky shortcut)
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Showing up consistently — blog posts, emails, traffic, content
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Giving myself permission to succeed
It also meant saying no to shiny objects, and yes to steady, proven systems.
📘 The System I Chose
That system was Serious About Six Figures — not because it promised miracles, but because it didn’t.
What it does offer is:
✅ A roadmap for real affiliate income
✅ Tools to build your ecosystem, not just promote one-off products
✅ Support and structure — the kind that most affiliate systems completely ignore
It’s made by marketers who know what they’re doing, and who aren’t afraid to teach it plainly.
🔗 Check it out here
You’ll still have to work — but at least you’ll be working on the right things.
🏏 Final Thoughts
Back in the day, before taking strike on a dodgy Caerphilly pitch, I always gave myself a silent reminder: “Back yourself, lad. Trust the preparation.”
So here it is again, years later, on a very different kind of pitch:
If you’re tired of dabbling, unsure whether to keep going, ask yourself — what would happen if you finally bet on yourself?
Only one way to find out.
