Affiliate Programs

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Anyone watching the show ‘Wildcatters‘ on the Discovery Channel or am I the only one? =-)

Since the oilfield is how I entered the Working World at the ripe young age of 15, this show holds some interest for me. Yep, while my friends were flippin’ burgers and playing Atari, I was bustin’ my ass on drilling rigs and pulling units on Independent oil leases in Northern Oklahoma.

There aren’t many things that will inspire a young man to achieve high financial and educational goals in life than working in 105 degree temperatures covered with sweat and crude oil!

‘Wildcatters‘ follows a group of Independent oil producers as the search for Black Gold. Since the very best oil producing ground is already leased by the major oil companies, Wildcatters have to search the less productive areas for pockets of oil. These places have been either overlooked or discounted by the major oil companies as not being “profitable” or too much risk for the ROI.

Wildcatters take tremendous risk in exploring and trying to find these undeveloped areas. It’s not uncommon to put up a half million bucks or more in an effort to try and find oil.  In many instances, they’ll spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in testing and research just to see if an area is likely to hold oil. There’s no guarantee you’ll get you money back either. Fortunes have been made and lost in this business.

How are Affiliate Marketers like Wildcatters?

First, there are damn few marketers, including myself, who could be considered Internet Wildcatters.

I consider people who started sites like Digg, MySpace, CraigsList, AOL and others as true Internet Wildcatters. They’re the type of people who are always looking for a new technology or application to further the Internet experience.

Just as with Oil Wildcatters, Internet Wildcatters will put up a huge outlay of cash with no promise of a ROI. They ‘bet the farm’ in hopes of striking it rich. A few do, most don’t.

But as one of my favorite TV personalities, Richard Davis of The Real Estate Pros, likes to say, “The greater the risk, the greater the reward!”

That’s so true!

Remember, it was the Pioneers who got all the arrows shot at them. But those who survived were also the ones who got the best land!

Before deciding you want to be an Internet Wildcatter, measure your risk level and your bank account because your taking a chance on loosing both. =-) But if you succeed, you’ll be on top of the Internet world and if you fail, you’ll be back at square one, more experienced the second time around!