Enzo's affiliate marketing journey: From high school to success

Q: Hi, Enzo. Could you please tell me your name? It's very nice to have you here, but I'm not sure if you want me to address you by your name or by your nickname.

A: Nice to meet you too. You can call me by my name. My name is Michał. On MyLead, you might know me by the name Enzo 777, but privately, I'm Michał.

Q: Please tell me a little about yourself. What do you do? Do you work, or are you a student?

A: Currently, I'm still in high school. I'm generally interested in the market, earnings. In my free time, I also go to the gym. And when I have time, I dedicate it to earning money, of course.

Q: What pushed you into this industry and why did you decide to earn money specifically through affiliate marketing?

A: I learned about affiliate marketing from my good friend, who's in the same class as me. It came up in a casual conversation. He acquainted me with the topic. It caught my interest, and I started exploring it on my own. And I just got so interested in it that I decided to get involved. So it all started with that friend who showed it to me, and if I can give him a shoutout, I'd like to greet Filip very warmly. You could say he introduced me to this world.

Q: How did you learn the ropes of affiliate marketing?

A: After Filip explained to me what it's all about, he immediately directed me to mentor Czarek and then I started discussing everything with him. Filip helped me more with things like website design, or the general flow. And Czarek was more about how everything works, what it's all about.

Q: How do you manage to combine studying, affiliate marketing, and additional activities like going to the gym?

A: It's definitely good time management. It took me a while to find a good balance between working on affiliate marketing, going to school, and the gym. But with good time management, I think you can juggle everything. Sometimes I've had to pull all-nighters to get something done for school, and throughout the day, I focused on affiliate marketing, like when there was a good trend or good conversion on TikTok, for example. The key to such time management is planning your day. I started planning my day in advance a few months ago, and it really helps me. During the day, I know what to focus on, I have my priorities. And without that, it would be really difficult.

Q: Do you use any specific planning tools?

A: A journal, yes. I think when it comes to planning your day, the most standard methods work best.

Q: How has affiliate marketing changed your habits?

A: Affiliate marketing has definitely influenced me in terms of discipline. Since I started taking affiliate marketing seriously, I've noticed a significant increase in my discipline. For example, I used to procrastinate as much as possible. But now, if I know I have something to do, I prefer to do it now, not postpone it, just to have time for other things. Quick completion of all tasks I have. Affiliate marketing has definitely instilled discipline in me, as well as decision-making skills. Because time is money, and you have to organize quickly.

Q: How long have you been involved in affiliate marketing?

A: I've been involved in affiliate marketing for about six months. I started last summer. It was probably July or August. And that's when my adventure with affiliate marketing began. It's a short period of time, but I really think I've learned a lot in these six months.

Q: Let's talk about some difficulties now because there were definitely some at the beginning. What was the biggest obstacle for you?

A: The biggest problem was the lack of time and that the day has only 24 hours. Also, the pressure from my parents regarding my studies. My parents have a very standard approach, that a person must first educate themselves, get a degree, graduate from college with a diploma, and only then build a career. That was a huge problem. I don't want to say that my parents were extinguishing my desire for affiliate marketing, but at the beginning, it was a small problem that they didn't take it seriously.

Q: How did your parents react when they found out you were actually making money from what they saw as a distraction from studying?

A: First of all, they believed that you can earn money online. Whereas earlier, they were worried, for example, when I brought home a C or a D, then after the initial period and the first earnings, they became more favorable. They didn't see school as the top priority anymore. You could say it was somewhat of a relief for me, so I'm really glad that they noticed that you can indeed earn money online. But I think it's not just my parents who have this view of the online earning world. I think most people their age have the same approach, that they simply may not know this area well, or don't know how it works. Yeah, they didn't believe that you could actually earn money online.

Q: And your peers? What do they think?

A: Now? First and foremost, they support me. They've noticed that it's a kind of chance to build a better life for themselves in the future. I have their support now.

Q: Are you now a sort of a Filip for your friends, who also tries to convince them to earn through affiliate marketing?

A: You could say that. When the first ideas about earning online appeared among my friends, I introduced them to affiliate marketing, and I've already gotten a few friends involved in affiliate marketing with varying degrees of success. But if someone needs help or is interested, and I see they're ambitious, then I'll definitely help them. I'll introduce them to this world because I really think it's a great opportunity.

Q: Do you have your circle of interests? Any channels?

A: No, nothing like that. We just use Messenger normally. But as for a circle, a closed group, no. No. If someone is genuinely interested, then I'll help them, but my role in that is more about explaining how it works because at the beginning, I had a huge problem understanding what affiliate marketing was all about. It didn't make sense to me that you could generate really cool profits in such a neat way. So my role in introducing my friends, you could say, is limited to explaining how it works, and then once they know what it's all about, I direct them to Czarek because he is the expert and he'll help them the most.

Q: How were your earnings at the beginning and how are they now? If you feel comfortable sharing.

A: Sure. At the beginning, I started with promoting VOD campaigns. The first few days didn't bring me any results. You could say it was also a difficult period, but gradually, the earnings kept going up. During that time, earning 10 or 20 złoty a day already made me happy. I earned my first three-digit amount, and we're talking about daily earnings, after two or three weeks. I was ecstatic then, but I didn't know that it would escalate to such amounts. My biggest daily earnings were a four-digit figure. I don't want to reveal exactly how much, but it was a four-figure amount in one day.

Q: What categories are you currently interested in and promoting?

A: After VOD, I was interested in the adult campaigns for a while, but I just didn't feel comfortable with it. Then I came across content lockers, and I've been working with them ever since. And I think they're the best niche that offers the greatest earning potential.

Q: What are your plans for the future?

A: Well, I am in an IT high school right now. But honestly, after a few years in this school, I can say that it's not my path. I'm more interested in finance. So theoretically, if I were to plan to go to college, it would be in economics, management, or something like that. I'm more drawn to finance, economics than to just programming or creating websites.

Q: What advice would you give that every beginner publisher should hear?

A: Well, first of all, don't give up, trust the process. Keep your head up and keep moving forward. Even if it doesn't work out once or twice, or if you have a bad day, don't give up, keep pushing, and truly, perseverance builds the best empire. Practice makes perfect, as they say. That's my best advice for a beginner publisher. And it's not just about affiliate marketing or other businesses, it's everywhere in life. Perseverance and hard work are the path to success.

Q: Thank you very much for today's conversation. It was very pleasant, interesting, and I would say inspiring for younger people who are just starting out, who want to start earning through affiliate marketing. And I hope someone will listen to this interview and think that maybe this is the path they want to take. So thank you very much for today, and that's all from me.

A: Thank you very much as well.

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