Hi Guys,

I am new to this forum and still wondering how things work.

I am not new to IM but I am new to being an affiliate. Here is what I do on a daily basis to loose £££ at the moment. I am not sure what am I doing wrong.

I come home from my full time job and push a CPA offer via banner advertising on ad networks like clicksor, megalick, adbrite and so on. I check the EPC on the campaign and try to buy the banners on a cpc which kind of looks profitable to me.

Eg. If the CPA is $5.00 and the network EPC is $0.10 then I think it should take me 50 clicks to generate a sale. Now if I am paying $0.05 per click I should get a conversion on every $2.50 spent. so that looks like doubling your money.

But apparently I am loosing money on daily basis.I promote adult dating and pin submit campaigns which should be converting well. But still no luk. Can someone please tell me what am I doing wrong?

I am desperate to make money.

Making successful media buys is not as easy as some claim. There is a lot of trial and error involved and, like PPC, money is usually lost before any is made. There are some decent guides available, Scott Rewick's stuff is helpful, but there's no big secret other than extensive testing and campaign optimization.

Here is what I want to know-

How do you choose campaigns?
How do you determine CPC?
DOes the network EPC really accurate to actual results?
How much do I have to loose before I learn? :P

You might want to check out this.....

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackha...edia-buys.html

loswarrior- link doesnt work

I used clicksor and I didnt really find it to be a good source. Testing, testing and more testing is what's required.

have you tested pulse360 and clickbooth CPC advertising network?

Any tips for optimizing campaign?

I also would like to know if it's worth the money to join mediabuyscoach . com? Anyone?