Case

eCommerce and affiliate marketing experiments

Self-directed projects to validate SEO, conversion, and digital monetization mechanics.

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Step 01

Problem

Needed to test whether small digital initiatives could produce useful learning and recurring income.

Step 02

Context and constraints

Personal initiative with limited resources and continuous low-cost iteration.

Role: End-to-end owner across strategy, content, analytics, and optimization.

Step 03

Key decisions

  • Built simple funnels before increasing complexity.
  • Prioritized technical SEO and intent-aligned content architecture.
  • Iterated using traffic and conversion data as decision inputs.

Step 04

Outcomes

  • Practical validation of monetization hypotheses.
  • Reusable learning in acquisition, conversion, and UX positioning.
  • Operational baseline for future digital product initiatives.

Metrics

  • Revenue during active stage around 10 EUR/month (order-of-magnitude signal).
  • Recurring funnel and content tracking to support optimization.
  • Fully self-managed operation without outsourcing.

Step 05

Learnings and next improvement

Learnings

  • Sustainable growth requires useful content plus consistent measurement.
  • Small controlled tests reduce risk and accelerate operational learning.

Next improvement

  • Relaunch in a single vertical with stronger channel attribution.

Step 06

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