Here is a list of tips I found to be pretty useful
Tip # 1 – I Set a Goal Higher Than $100 a Day
If an affiliate wants to make $100 a day consistently then that is fine. But, in my opinion even new marketers should set their goals higher. It’s a fact that some days are much better than others.
A $500 a day goal is quite reasonable. It is not easy but it’s all about the mindset and the vision.
If I am conducting research and choosing offers with the mindset that I want to make $500 a day and I stick to that as my goal, and I see myself making $500 a day – then $100 a day is going to come much easier.
Tip # 2 – I Learn More Than One Way to Get Traffic
A single “make it or break it” campaign may work well, but if I want a “consistent“ daily income then I need to think of building a few streams of income for my online marketing portfolio, and not just rely on one single CPA campaign and one traffic source.
I like to work with a couple of niches, and many traffic sources.
Why not just one focus on one offer and traffic source?
It may sound like I am contradicting myself since I have always said in my two CPA training courses to focus on one traffic source and one offer.
Yes of course when trying to build a single campaign from the ground up it is important to focus on the offers and a single traffic source at a time. This is key in building a profitable campaign. But once it is profitable, I think it is wise to move to other offers and try new traffic sources.
CPA offers and traffic sources constantly come and go, so it is necessary to build a business with the mindset that maybe someday this offer or traffic source will be gone. A typical example is Google PPC.
For those that don’t know the history about Google PPC it’s like this…not long ago many affiliates made hoards of cash using Google Pay Per click traffic. Others abused that traffic source and Google imposed extremely strict guidelines designed to weed out shady affiliates and landing pages (unfortunately taking out the good ones too). Many people were left scrambling for alternative ways to make money, but all they knew how to do was get Google traffic – they knew nothing else!
That’s just one example.
The bottom line is, affiliates who learn a few traffic sources can choose from many more offers and try several variations of the same methods to accomplish their goal. For example if an affiliate is skilled at getting traffic from Facebook, Email, PPC, and PPV they will then have much more opportunity to test and try different campaigns for their portfolio since many offers only allow certain traffic types.
Tip # 3 – I Focus on a Problem – Not a Product
If consistency and a long-term business is the plan then focussing on a niche or problem and not on just one product or offer is advised.
When I first started in the health niche I focussed my efforts on a product rather than a problem.
I decided I wanted to promote “Cellulean” which was a free trial offer and it paid out $40 a lead which I thought was awesome. So the first thing I did was went out and bought CellulleanReview.com then I spent a bunch of money for design, and content and had the perfect review site for cellulean. (so I thought)
So this was great I was getting about 4 or 5 leads a day (About $150 in profit daily) from pretty much free traffic since I was ranking really well for keywords related to ” get rid of Cellulite”. I was not making many sales of the keyword “cellulean review” which you would expect.
So after 4 or 5 months of this the offer Cellulean no longer was available. My entire site pretty much became useless. Of course I could have scrambled around looking for another offer similar, but my problem from the start was simple. My domain and site were targeted to a particular offer and not a specific problem like “Get Rid of Cellulite”.
There were still tons of offers related to getting rid of cellulite that I could have swapped in place of the Cellulean offer, but my whole site was targeted to the product and it did not make sense.
My point is, it is important to think into the future if the goal is to create campaigns that will generate long term consistent income.
If I had to do it again I would build the campaign around a particular problem “get rid of cellulite” and give them something to solve this problem. If the CPA offer goes aways, then at least it will be much easier to switch out the CPA offer with another similar one.
Tip #4 I Set a Realistic Budget
The reality is many new and even moderately experienced affiliates have no idea how much time and money it takes to find a real legit profitable CPA marketing campaign online.
Let’s be realistic – most people are not going to sell a $7 Warrior Special Offer and show others a real concrete method that works right out of the box.
Affiliates will still have to take the methods and test and tweak them.
The $7 WSO is the starting point.
Reality Bites…
Building a campaign from scratch and buying traffic for it means I need a decent sized test budget which I may lose completely if the campaign fails. That is a risk that must be taken, and one I am willing to take. There are several ways to reduce that risk which I will explain below.
Just so you understand what I mean by “decent budget” – I have seen myself spend over $500 – $1000 on a single PPV campaign and probably only made back a couple hundred. I have also spent $100 here and there (adding up to a few thousand I am sure) just testing little campaigns on PPC to see if they have any potential.
The reality is it costs money to get targeted traffic to test a campaign. I believe it is absolutely necessary to spend money on traffic because I am tired of searching for a magical free traffic source, or wasting years trying to test campaigns with SEO – but some people still do it…and that is their choice.
How can one reduce their test budget?
Understand the fundamentals, study a couple of methods first and see how you might tweak them, understand your target audience, and do your research. This leads me to tip #5.
Tip # 5 – I Don’t Waste All My Time Researching and De-Bunking
Yes research is important but sometimes that’s all people do is research and try to debunk a method without even trying it. This is why they fail – I will never know if something really works unless I try it myself and look at the stats myself.
Most of the time just by trying a campaign and setting it up on a small test budget I will learn stuff, and come up with ideas on how to make it better so that it does work!
Tip # 6 – I Don’t Try and Manage Too Much
My last tip is not to try and manage too many campaigns at once. 5 – 10 campaigns should be plenty for one person to manage in my opinion. Assuming that all the proper tracking, testing, and scaling is being done.
Tip # 7 – Google Is My Friend
In spite of the many things they have done to piss me off in recent years, I have to swallow my pride and admit that they are one of the most valuable tools in my arsenal for building marketing campaigns. They are key conducting solid research through their free keyword tool , and Google ad planner, and the fact they you can pretty much find the answer to any question you have is priceless. Google is also the ultimate spy tool since all you need to do is search your keyword and look at what all the other marketers are doing.
Tip # 1 – I Set a Goal Higher Than $100 a Day
If an affiliate wants to make $100 a day consistently then that is fine. But, in my opinion even new marketers should set their goals higher. It’s a fact that some days are much better than others.
A $500 a day goal is quite reasonable. It is not easy but it’s all about the mindset and the vision.
If I am conducting research and choosing offers with the mindset that I want to make $500 a day and I stick to that as my goal, and I see myself making $500 a day – then $100 a day is going to come much easier.
Tip # 2 – I Learn More Than One Way to Get Traffic
A single “make it or break it” campaign may work well, but if I want a “consistent“ daily income then I need to think of building a few streams of income for my online marketing portfolio, and not just rely on one single CPA campaign and one traffic source.
I like to work with a couple of niches, and many traffic sources.
Why not just one focus on one offer and traffic source?
It may sound like I am contradicting myself since I have always said in my two CPA training courses to focus on one traffic source and one offer.
Yes of course when trying to build a single campaign from the ground up it is important to focus on the offers and a single traffic source at a time. This is key in building a profitable campaign. But once it is profitable, I think it is wise to move to other offers and try new traffic sources.
CPA offers and traffic sources constantly come and go, so it is necessary to build a business with the mindset that maybe someday this offer or traffic source will be gone. A typical example is Google PPC.
For those that don’t know the history about Google PPC it’s like this…not long ago many affiliates made hoards of cash using Google Pay Per click traffic. Others abused that traffic source and Google imposed extremely strict guidelines designed to weed out shady affiliates and landing pages (unfortunately taking out the good ones too). Many people were left scrambling for alternative ways to make money, but all they knew how to do was get Google traffic – they knew nothing else!
That’s just one example.
The bottom line is, affiliates who learn a few traffic sources can choose from many more offers and try several variations of the same methods to accomplish their goal. For example if an affiliate is skilled at getting traffic from Facebook, Email, PPC, and PPV they will then have much more opportunity to test and try different campaigns for their portfolio since many offers only allow certain traffic types.
Tip # 3 – I Focus on a Problem – Not a Product
If consistency and a long-term business is the plan then focussing on a niche or problem and not on just one product or offer is advised.
When I first started in the health niche I focussed my efforts on a product rather than a problem.
I decided I wanted to promote “Cellulean” which was a free trial offer and it paid out $40 a lead which I thought was awesome. So the first thing I did was went out and bought CellulleanReview.com then I spent a bunch of money for design, and content and had the perfect review site for cellulean. (so I thought)
So this was great I was getting about 4 or 5 leads a day (About $150 in profit daily) from pretty much free traffic since I was ranking really well for keywords related to ” get rid of Cellulite”. I was not making many sales of the keyword “cellulean review” which you would expect.
So after 4 or 5 months of this the offer Cellulean no longer was available. My entire site pretty much became useless. Of course I could have scrambled around looking for another offer similar, but my problem from the start was simple. My domain and site were targeted to a particular offer and not a specific problem like “Get Rid of Cellulite”.
There were still tons of offers related to getting rid of cellulite that I could have swapped in place of the Cellulean offer, but my whole site was targeted to the product and it did not make sense.
My point is, it is important to think into the future if the goal is to create campaigns that will generate long term consistent income.
If I had to do it again I would build the campaign around a particular problem “get rid of cellulite” and give them something to solve this problem. If the CPA offer goes aways, then at least it will be much easier to switch out the CPA offer with another similar one.
Tip #4 I Set a Realistic Budget
The reality is many new and even moderately experienced affiliates have no idea how much time and money it takes to find a real legit profitable CPA marketing campaign online.
Let’s be realistic – most people are not going to sell a $7 Warrior Special Offer and show others a real concrete method that works right out of the box.
Affiliates will still have to take the methods and test and tweak them.
The $7 WSO is the starting point.
Reality Bites…
Building a campaign from scratch and buying traffic for it means I need a decent sized test budget which I may lose completely if the campaign fails. That is a risk that must be taken, and one I am willing to take. There are several ways to reduce that risk which I will explain below.
Just so you understand what I mean by “decent budget” – I have seen myself spend over $500 – $1000 on a single PPV campaign and probably only made back a couple hundred. I have also spent $100 here and there (adding up to a few thousand I am sure) just testing little campaigns on PPC to see if they have any potential.
The reality is it costs money to get targeted traffic to test a campaign. I believe it is absolutely necessary to spend money on traffic because I am tired of searching for a magical free traffic source, or wasting years trying to test campaigns with SEO – but some people still do it…and that is their choice.
How can one reduce their test budget?
Understand the fundamentals, study a couple of methods first and see how you might tweak them, understand your target audience, and do your research. This leads me to tip #5.
Tip # 5 – I Don’t Waste All My Time Researching and De-Bunking
Yes research is important but sometimes that’s all people do is research and try to debunk a method without even trying it. This is why they fail – I will never know if something really works unless I try it myself and look at the stats myself.
Most of the time just by trying a campaign and setting it up on a small test budget I will learn stuff, and come up with ideas on how to make it better so that it does work!
Tip # 6 – I Don’t Try and Manage Too Much
My last tip is not to try and manage too many campaigns at once. 5 – 10 campaigns should be plenty for one person to manage in my opinion. Assuming that all the proper tracking, testing, and scaling is being done.
Tip # 7 – Google Is My Friend
In spite of the many things they have done to piss me off in recent years, I have to swallow my pride and admit that they are one of the most valuable tools in my arsenal for building marketing campaigns. They are key conducting solid research through their free keyword tool , and Google ad planner, and the fact they you can pretty much find the answer to any question you have is priceless. Google is also the ultimate spy tool since all you need to do is search your keyword and look at what all the other marketers are doing.
