Most people trying affiliate marketing fail because they copy the wrong part.

They copy the lifestyle. They skip the boring thing that actually pays: one offer, posted every day, until someone buys.

Your first goal is not $10k. It's one commission. Proof you can sell.

Here's the 7-day version nobody posts because it isn't flashy:

• Day 1: Pick a product you already use or would buy with your own money.

• Day 2: Write 3 hooks about why you'd recommend it. No link yet.

• Day 3–7: Post one a day. Same product. Different first 3 seconds each time.

If nobody clicks, don't switch products. Fix the hook.

That's the whole game until the first sale. After that, you have a system instead of a hobby.