

Affiliate Marketing & Side Hustles on the Doug.Show
Doug Cunnington, PMP
The Doug Show is where I’ll talk to other marketers, side hustlers, & experts, share success stories, talk about making the leap from corporate worker bee to entrepreneur. We'll go deep on affiliate marketing, side hustles, SEO, entrepreneurship, management, and working online.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Feb 11, 2019 • 1h 5min
$3,000 Per Month in 8 Months Social Worker – Success Story with Ellen – DS013
Ellen shares her success story of using the Keyword Golden Ratio for her Amazon Affiliate Site.
Links
The original interview on YouTube
Check out all my templates and systems here.

Feb 7, 2019 • 10min
How Many Posts to Launch an Amazon Affiliate Site – DS012
Our hero answers this one question. It’s an important one if you’re just getting started.
Get all my templates and guides from Niche Site Project.

Feb 4, 2019 • 33min
Where to Hire Writers for Affiliate Content – DS011
Our hero talks about hiring writers, the pros, the cons, and the pitfalls.
Mentioned:
Upwork
Textbroker and iWriter
Content Refined (below)
Market Muse
Craigslist
Content Refined
There is a service that is oriented to affiliate marketers called Content Refined (affiliate link so I get a commission if you buy it- thanks!). They do a better job than the general services but it’s relatively expensive compared to hiring a writer from Upwork.
The upside is they write great content and it’s a full-service situation. So Content Refined will even do keyword research for you if you don’t want to. If you do the keyword research, then it’ll be cheaper overall.

Feb 1, 2019 • 1h 14min
Getting Started With Affiliate Marketing With Christy – DS010
This is a LIVE interview. I chat with Christy about getting starting with affiliate marketing.
Christy tells us about:
Her site’s traffic within 3 months
Getting Pinterest traffic FAST
Moving to Montana
Running an agency yet wanting something more passive
Links
Niche Site Project – Get all my templates and more.
Keyword Golden Ratio
Beautifully Equipped Podcast on iTunes
Beautifully Equipped Website
Making Sense of Cents

Jan 31, 2019 • 46min
Pastor Nears $1k per month, Amazon Affiliate Niche Site Keyword Golden Ratio Success Story with Duke – DS009
In this video, I interview Duke, who has an awesome success story using the Keyword Golden Ratio formula.
Duke shares:
How he got into niche sites
The trajectory of his site
Writing Viral Style Headlines
Tips for beginners
I also answer a few questions at the end too.
You can send in questions and get a shout out by sending an email to feedback@doug.show.
Links and YouTube Links
Other interview success stories on YouTube.
Unfamiliar with Keyword Golden Ratio? Watch this playlist on YouTube.
HTML Generator (The one I use…)
The original interview with Duke on YouTube

Jan 28, 2019 • 52min
The 1000 Day Rule (from the Tropical MBA) with Rob Atkinson – DS008
Our heroes talk about The 1000 Day Rule, a concept by Dan Andrews of the Tropical MBA Podcast. In this episode, my good friend, Rob Atkinson joins me.
We talk about the entrepreneurship journey.
Links and Further Reading
Read the original post about Living The Dream
Rob & Taiss’s Blog, Together to Wherever
The Tropical MBA Podcast

Jan 25, 2019 • 28min
KGR Q & A (Bonus Episode)- DS007
Our hero answers questions about the Keyword Golden Ratio in this bonus episode.
Links and Resources
The KGR Masterclass – It’s FREE.
More on the KGR…

Jan 24, 2019 • 59min
Affiliate Site Content with the KGR – The Keyword Golden Ratio, Part 2 – DS006
Doug chats with Dom Wells of Human Proof Designs about what to do with all those juicy keywords.
Want the Templates? Sure you do…
Get the Content Templates here. Just click where it says, “Get all my personal templates & systems for niche sites.” Then enter your name and email address.
Links
The Human Proof Podcast – be sure to check it out.
Check out the KGR Masterclass here – On YouTube, 100% FREE.
Dom Wells site, Human Proof Designs.

Jan 21, 2019 • 1h 10min
Keyword Research with the Keyword Golden Ratio, Part 1 – DS005
Our hero talks about the Keyword Golden Ratio with Dom Wells of Human Proof Designs. Dom is super smart and sounds smart too — with his excellent British accent.
The core of the episode is from the Human Proof Podcast by Dom. He interviewed me a while back and this is part 1.
It’s cool since he is interviewing me so I can tell a bit more of my story in this format.
Get the KGR template here. Just click where it says, “Get my personal KGR Calculator Spreadsheet right here…” Then enter your name and email address.
Q&A
As normal, I answer a few questions in this episode.
Why 250 in the KGR?
Search tools have different search volumes
I’m going to do all KGR terms forever. What do you think?
Links
The Human Proof Podcast – be sure to check it out.
Check out the KGR Masterclass here – On YouTube, 100% FREE.

Jan 17, 2019 • 1h 10min
Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation: Shoe Affiliate Side Hustle to a Full-Time Business - DS004
Nick Loper has been featured on the New York Times, Fortune, Entrepreneur, and more.
I interview Nick Loper, the chief side hustler of Side Hustle Nation, and voice of the podcast The Side Hustle Show. I was excited to talk to Nick and hear more about how he turned his side hustle into a full-time business.
In this episode, we talk about how Nick got started with a shoe affiliate site on the side that eventually allowed him to quit his day job.
Nick shares with us how he got started and a few things you can do to get started on your side hustle by this week.
We talk about interesting side hustles that Nick heard about recently.
I answer these questions:
My choices for images. Read more here.
Hosting companies that I like. (Affiliate links…so I get a commission if you sign up. Thank you!)
Site Ground Hosting: My favorite hosting company right now because of the excellent service. You can me chatting or speaking with a real tech support person extremely quickly. I’m usually able to get answers in a chat in about 10-20 seconds. And this is a REAL, admin that can actually help you. (Some other companies have you talk to a customer support rep that just follows a script. If anything needs to be done on the server, then the CSR has to open a ticket for the actual tech support.) It’s more expensive, but it’s totally worth it for the high level of support.
MDD Hosting: It’s a smaller company with the same level of service as Site Ground. I’ve been able to chat or speak with people just as fast. They don’t have as many hosting options and flexibility since MDD is a smaller company. It’s a tad cheaper than Site Ground in most cases.
Bluehost: It’s a really popular company, but the customer support may or may not be good. They’re recommended by a lot of influencers and have been for years. Some of the influencers even publicly admitted that the customer support got worse. I’d avoid Bluehost right now, but I know some people will want to use them, hence, my affiliate link.
How do I find a niche?


