The long road of freelancing | My view

 Being a freelancer is not for the weak. It takes a lot of time, and effort to get yourself know and then when you think you have you footing anything and everything can knock you off so do not get to cocky. 

I am a freelancer but I am also an affiliate marketer and when I tell you I have done this for 9 years let me just say there were a lot of roads that I had to travel and a lot of ropes that I had to grab quickly. A lot of people are affiliate marketing so do not be surprised when you make barely anything from it.

 Also watch contracts with companies because sometimes you do not make nothing but change. It takes a lot of dedication and thinking to create blog post, social media posts and try to entice people to buy things. It is not easy to do and  you have to be creative and find a lot of places to be seen. I currently use Tumblr, reddit, BlueSky, twitter(X) and Facebook, Pinterest to be seen. I also used Quora but they banned my first account and I do not feel like remaking it. I had a lot of wondering why it isn't working a lot of what ifs, a lot of questions and a lot of frustration but eventually it worked out but it is not always steady and not always certain. Be sure to use tags on social media to pull your audience and get seen more.

 What I am trying to say is be sure you have multiple modes and sources of income. Do not quit your main job thinking this is going to take flight instantly. Not saying it cannot but it does take a long time for it to do anything.

I am not just an affiliate marketer. I am also a content creator and make gaming content on Youtube, Twitch occasionally, Tiktok and Rumble(Due to the way I record my vids, I cannot upload some). I also have a gaming blog. 

My affiliate links here : https://lovely-me19.blogspot.com/p/my-affiliate-links.html

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@taintedlg

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tainted.co

Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/LovelyGrizzly

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/grizzlyxlovely

Kick: https://kick.com/lovely-grizzly

Blog: https://taintedreviewsgaming.com/

What started affiliate marketing for me 9 years ago was adult toys. I was selling adult toys and still sell  them for two different companies. Here is my adult blog if anyone is interested. 

I also an a photographer and enjoy taking photos of nature on my free time. I actually only sold 3 photos within the past 8 years and I am proud that I even sold anything.

My photography sites below:

500px

Adobe Stock

Shutter Stock

Viewbug

Dreamstine

My ko-fi

And finally, I work Clickworker, Prolific, in which is pays me income the other things above does not pay really but this does.

There are different levels to this that you are going to have to do to make it and sometimes, you are going to be a bird with no wings and got to figure out how to fly because it may seem easy but it is not. Don't give up doing this because eventually it will work out.

Crowd Gen/ Appen Project Thyme

 

This project has been a nightmare! This project is a social media evaluator where you go over to tiktok, Facebook and Instagram and you have to make new Facebook, Tiktok and Instagram account in which they can get banned before you even start. 

 

4 emails later and finally got a facebook account to work and now it does not work and I have to verify my account to prove I am human just like the other ones so they banned the account too.  However, they let me keep this account surprisingly but cannot do anything if cannot get into ADAP. 

 

If you are working for this company and need an email, use 1236 at the end of your name and it will allow you to make a facebook with it. Also use the mobile app to make a facebook and not the computer it will save you headache just be sure to wait 30 minutes before making the fb.  

You will get hammered with emails form the company about Access denied and then they fix it so you can access it but then later it goes back into access denied. 

You have about 32-35 hours to work in but they did push turn in time from 2 weeks until 10/25/2025.  

In this you have to watch 350 videos across all platforms and fill out an ADAP form and then you have to screen record it and then send it to your computer and then upload it to the ADAP form. You only have 2 hours to watch these videos in. You also only get paid $350 dollars and when you are done with this project you cannot use the emails again, you have to create new. 

I thought this was going to be an easy task and I was going to use this money for Christmas and Birthdays since its right around the corner but apparently  this job is not it!