Why do people fail?
The main reason why people can't make money is not because the methods are outdated or rehashed etc. The reason is, most people are not aware of the
principles of marketing. If you're lacking of that knowledge, no matter how hard you try or no matter how many methods you apply, you'll most likely fail because you're not putting your own twist to it.
What do i mean by twist? Every single product or service no matter what it is whether a software or a cpa offer, needs to be marketed properly so that people can be
convinced that "they really need it". This is it, pretty much dead simple. You have to come up with something that it will help
convincing people. Now, if you need their dedication (i'll get back to this in a bit) then things will get harder for your promotional efforts because your conversion rate will be very low.
Commitment aka Dedication
So what do i mean by dedication? This is the base of any relationship between two people. The more positive interaction occurs, the deeper will the dedication be. I know it sounds complicated so let me give you an example with chicks : When you first meet with a girl, you keep wondering what you can and can't do with her. You will wonder what you can get away with, what you can't. The more time you spend together, the more tolerance she will have as long as your interaction with her is positive. In other words, if she likes you she'll put up with your shit. When time passes, you will have shared and been through a lot of shit, so you will have more value in each other's eyes. It will be harder for both you and her to detach from each other because of the memories and experiences you have together. We can re word dedication as
commitment also.
This is all the same in marketing. When people advice you to build a list, the main reason behind this is, you will have a chance to communicate and build memories with them. Now you don't hold hands together of course, but every interaction counts and creates a memory in our subconscious. The more they commit, the better it is. Starting from signing up to your opt in list to filling out cpa offers for you or buying the ebook you recommend.
Of course you can't build this relationship instantly, so you have to give something back to get more. Just like friendships or relationships. You do something she wants, in return she does something you want. To get them to opt in, you give them a free book. To make them buy stuff, you give them what they want. Maybe good free content or a tutorial about something, etc. The more you give, the more you get in return. You can't keep asking (in other words keep spamming with offers without providing the content they want) or they will leave you. You can't keep giving without a return etc. This only works both ways. In marketing, relationships etc.
How to Market anything?
Now let's go back to dedication a bit. Let me ask you a question: "Would you hand over your car keys to a stranger on the street?" I don't think so. "Would you hand over the keys to your roommate?" Probably. Why? Because you have a history together so you know him, so you "trust" him. This is exactly the same in marketing. It will be hard for a total stranger to fill out a 3 page cpa offer for you. Why? Because you are a
stranger for him. But if he would know you, then maybe he would. That's why email/zip submits convert better (well, except shaving) because the commitment required is "minimum". He doesn't have to know you much. And he doesn't have to spend much time to do it.
Why ewhoring is very hard now? Because people don't trust easily as they used to before. So you need more communication, more back and forth messaging to re establish and gain that trust. For most, it's too much work now. No more one liners. So they quit. To be successfully promote any offer or a service, you need to put yourself in their shoes and think like them. Think about the product. How you can market it. If you would come across, would you be interested? Why not? If what would be different, you would be interested? Ask these questions to yourself. Brainstorm. Try and fail. Assume yourself as the marketing manager of that cpa offer's company. You are in your office, sitting on your chair. How would you market it? When you do this and brainstorm, sooner or later you'll come up with many ideas. And some of those ideas will work, some won't. But you can't know if you don't try.
Conclusion
My advice to people who are not making any money online. Before reading ebooks and methods, read a marketing book. Marketing 101 and marketing for dummies are good ones. If you don't know what marketing is and what it is about, then you have zero chance in internet marketing. Not one single method will help you, even if it's a copy paste method. Because you will do something wrong and you will fail. You can get lucky and make a few dollars here and there but it will never be enough to quit your day job.
This is the same for your life. If you constantly go out 100 nights in a row, and talk with 20 chicks each time, you will get laid, eventually. Your looks or your voice doesn't matter. You'll run into a chick so drunk or so high and you will get laid. But this won't make you a casanova. You know what i mean?
So the key is
not what you're doing. It's
how you are doing it. Don't quit my friend. Work hard, try and fail and try again. You'll see that one day everything will be different for you

Good luck!