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The Barefoot Affiliate, aka Michael Dubhthaigh

Welcome fellow Entrepreneur.
Having a single income sucks.
The one income life is a terrible life. Worse is no income.
This site is all about solutions, some you may like, others you might think suck.
But, we have to start somewhere. Working hard all the time will only keep you poor.
Starting a side hustle doing something you like, is the best way of generating small income streams, that build into something bigger is the way to get a better life.
Don’t get me wrong, some people love their jobs and would happily work for nothing. Perhaps even drink arsenic if they were told they had to do it, to keep doing their job.
As Robert Kiyosaki said in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad, “The poor and middle class work for money, the rich have money work for them.”
The best way to move out of working to pay bills, is to start a side hustle, in the beginning the benefits will be small, you may earn enough to buy the kids a treat, or get a new set of tyres for your car.

But those are benefits that start the ball rolling. You didn’t have to put the tyres on the “never never” and pay them off at 18% interest.
If you invest your side hustle money into financial instruments that return a dividend, you are on your way to living life on your terms.
The mission of this site is to help entrepreneurs find the best starting opportunities for earning online or offline.
These are opportunities for you to build and grow, even sell your side hustle (as many people do), and move onto bigger and better things.
In this site there are reviews on
- Work from home resources for earning online or offline.
- Affiliate Marketing
- Dropshipping
- Self Improvement
- SEO to help get you positioned to prosper.
If your looking for a niche to promote, the amount of choice available is almost overwhelming.
There is no way I could possibly review them all, nor do I intend to.
You need to make informed decisions when it comes to investing your money. Many articles on this include some personal experience.
I have tried most of the ones I write about, with the exception of MLM’s. I know many who have though.
Hopefully the reviews are of interest to you.
The reviews are meant to be unbiased 3rd party reviews. In full transparency this site is affiliated with Wealthy Affiliate University, an online affiliate education company for want to be entrepreneurs wanting to ditch the 9-5.
Affiliate marketing is not the be all, end all of online business’s. The fact is, it is not suitable for everyone. Far from it.
The reason I chose to become a member of Wealthy Affiliate is because it has other areas of learning besides affiliate marketing.
Building websites for local business’s, creating courses, the WA community is off the planet, there is just much help there.
Check it out if you have time. You get a week free, and they don’t ask for a credit card. Click Here
My first forays into earning online was selling stuff on E-Bay.
In this site you will see names like Artfire, Etsy, Salehoo, Alidropship, Shopify, World wide Brands, WooCommerce etc scattered throughout the articles. I have generally done well with them.
I see no reason why you can’t either.
Build a store, get some sales and flip it.
Occasionally I veer off into Self improvement. It is an interest of mine, if your into that (why shouldn’t you be?), there will be courses reviewed.
Some of the links in here are affiliate links and I will receive a commission (at no additional cost to you), if you buy something. ( Put it this way, a $10 or $20 commission is not going to change my lifestyle).
Covid
At the moment this Covid thing is confusing and frustrating the hell out of many of us, maybe all of us!
But, what can we do? Economic policy is now based on medical advice, and this has fundamentally changed the world’s economies, possibly for decades to come.
Trying to keep positive, is probably easier said than done for many.
If ever there was a time to think outside the box now is it.
Earning Online Choices
For those struggling, the temptation to dive into something that promises a lot, is greater when you are feeling lost and looking for a solution to your problem(s).
Unfortunately many of those promises don’t work out and nor were they designed to.
In other words they were scams.
So be careful with your online choices. There are many “work from home” “ditch the 9-5” programs out there.
My reviews are about reality.
Conclusion
If you dream about starting an online business, hopefully the ones I have reviewed favorably give you the encouragement to dive in, and make an effort to improve your finances and life options.
Thanks Tushar,
I replied via my gmail.
Michel.
Hi,
I’ve reached out several times but haven’t heard back, which tells me one of three things:
1. You’re interested in giving link back, but haven’t had a chance to get back to me yet.
2. You’re not interested and want me to stop emailing.
3. You’ve fallen and can’t get up – in that case let me know and I’ll call 911.
Can you please reply with 1, 2 or 3? I don’t want to be a bother.
Happy to pay for your effort
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Hi,
Lets jump straight in……….
interested in working together?
I couldn’t help notice that you’re linked to https://www.crazydomains.com.au/web-hosting/ at your page https://the-bare-foot-affiliate.com/online-home-business-turns-200-into/.
I would love to get a new https://www.guru99.com/best-web-hosting-australia.html included of ours to your site.
Of course, I don’t want a free from you. I wouldn’t reply to this kind of email if there wasn’t anything for me, so here’s what you can get:
• Social sharing of your article to our 50k social followers
• You will update the content and we all know Google pushes ranking for updated pages
• You will make me extremely happy
That’s it. What do you think?
Best,
[Tushar]
PS: I am real a person… here is a number to contact me+1 302 308 5151
Thank you Suzanne, it is good to come across something that does help people.
All the best to you.
Michael.
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I believe that could resonate with a lot of your readers.
Sometimes coming from necessity is what brings us to do something new. Personally it was thinking about our retirement that got me started with affiliate marketing.
Wealthy Affiliate was the best decision I ever made. After trying different products and feeling let down I came across someone’s review. They are wonderful. And it works!!
Cheers,
Suzanne
Thank you for your comment Terry. Wealthy Affiliate has been good for me. Certainly the best online community I have ever been involved with.
It is an awesome opportunity for anyone, to take up the challenge and be the best they can.
Regards,
Michael.
Hi Michael……..What a fantastic article going through your personal struggles which I can identify with, by the way! And, you finally finding Wealthy Affiliate and what it’s done for you is truly a success story. You’ve got my attention, and when I can tie my better-half done long enough, we’ll be back to dig deeper into your recommendation. I read your article some time back and sorry for being so late in commenting. Thanks.
Thank you for the kind words Ali. I is always a pleasure to know my work is appreciated.
Regards,
Michael.
What a nice post you wrote! I really enjoyed reading it and I could not be silent about your post so I decided to leave my comment here and say Thank You! For sharing this quality post with others.
Actually this is exactly the information that I was looking for information about the affiliate marketing and when I landed on your website and read this post, it answered all my questions in details.
So I’m happy that you decided to write about this topic and share it with people. It’s very useful and can definitely be used as a great source for everyone who is interested in this topic.
I will come back to your website again for sure and I’m looking forward to reading your new posts.)
Thanks!
Hi Aria,
I don’t understand your dilemma, And I guess no man ever will, it is just something we learn to live with.:-)
I wish you all the best in your journey Aria. Love your site and I left a comment which maybe gives a little insight from a mans point of view.
Regards,
Michael.
Thank you Maryse,
I couldn’t load your website. If you could post the link again it would be great.
Michael.
Thank You Omarkk, I have left a comment on your PAC post. I thought you were being to kind to them.
I think more light should be shone on schemes like those.
Michael
Life got you through a lot of challenges, Welthy Affiliate will get you in the right path. Great article, professional. Keep up the good work.
Hello Micheal,
Great article and thank you for your inspiring story on how you got into an online business. Of course, there is nothing better than having your own online business, something you like to do, obviously will be a good source of income if you keep working on it and putting more time. I called it a secure asset for us and our kids in the future.
I actually dropped out of college to focus on creating a full-time income from home. I work full-time, and even once my site is earning an income I’m happy with, I probably won’t quit my day job, but to my parents an education is super important.
Wanna know the funny part? I was going to college for creative writing because I want to be an author! Now, while blogging isn’t exactly a horror novel I wanna write, it made me realize that having success with anything takes risks. I think it’s safe to say we’ve both taken risks and I can see that things are starting to pay off for you, I only hope I’ll begin to see the same success as you have.
Thank You Renee, I couldn’t load your site. All the best to you too.
Regards,
Michael.
Hi Hadrian, Thank you for you comments. your site looks pretty good too. I have left a question for you.
Regards,
Michael.
What a good article. Gee, maybe I should join Wealthy Affiliate. Just kidding. I am, after all, HERE. I liked the article and info. Looks like you followed the training. Nicely separated paragraphs, etc. I am totally new. In training, so, have very little to comment. But best wishes
Thank you Kyle. I’ll PM you some time I may have something for your golf site.
Dear Michael,
You have an awesome website and a very profitable content. I wish I could design my website as professional looks the way you design your website. Promoting Wealthy Affiliate is a very good topic because I myself is learning a lot the way the training in the modules is presented by Kyle. Good luck and I wish you success in your wealthy affiliate promotions.
Wow what a great article you have here on your website, I really enjoyed reading this and hearing about all the challenges you had to overcome and how you were able to pick yourself back up. Wealthy Affiliate is a great site and after reading this I will not be surprised by how many people decide to sign. This article explains everything perfectly as well and has the links incorporated as well to help those visiting find the right places to look. Best of luck to you, I can’t wait to see the future posts here on your website.