COST: $268.22
REVENUE: $0.00
P/L: -$268.22

Although there’s a lot of red here and a total loss of $268.22, I’ve definitely learned a lot and in the end that’s what matters to me.

Like I’ve mentioned before, PPV brings in about 95%+ of my revenue so it’s fair to say you guys can make a lot of money if you master this method. I know people making 10k+ Profits daily with PPV so it definitely works! I’ve personally hit $200+ profit days on some of my campaigns on this.

Resources

Traffic Source: LeadImpact, (This is usually recommended to start with)
Affiliate Network MaxBounty
Tracking Tool Prosper202
URL Scrapers Affrobot, (Use my discount code before you join)

Step 1) Find an offer

As of late, I’ve been using 50Onred quite extensively. I absolutely love their platform and their support is awesome. When I first signed up I was able to have a long chat with one of their traffic reps. I was able to note down the main ‘take-aways’ from the skype chat and will share them here for you guys.

Before I do though, I’ll give you a brief overview of the services they provide. 50OnRed provide Pops, Intext and a Search Network to meet your advertising needs. There’s a bunch of stuff they won’t allow you to advertise which are,

• Adult/Pornography
• Downloadable products such as Adware, Anti-spyware, Toolbars, etc
• Alcohol/Cigarettes/drugs, etc
• Landing Pages that bring up more pop-ups.

I’ve been told these are all a no-no which is good anyway, I never promote the above. I think there may be some more. You should read their terms & conditions before using them.

When I began my Affiliate Marketing Journey, initially I started doing what most people did and read a lot of articles, forum threads and anything I could get my hands on. I was like an information devouring monster and just couldn’t stop! In much of what I read, the successful affiliates would mention how they would talk regularly to their ‘Affiliate Managers’ and ‘ Traffic Source Reps’ to get valuable information to assist their campaigns. When reading this I had no Idea what they’d ask these reps but in time I’ve found this out. I’m going to list here what I ask contacts for the companies I work with and what you should be asking too. If you have any other questions you ask them which I haven’t mentioned, you’re welcome to post below!

Affiliate Managers

Affiliate Managers are basically people dedicated to help you bring in more conversions for the Affiliate Network they represent. It’s in their best interest to provide you with enough valuable information so you can in time be a better affiliate. This is great for you as they’re always willing to take the time to offer you advice. This is what I normally ask them.

• What products/services in ‘niche x’, (eg, insurance, health, etc), is converting the best?
• How many leads or how much money are your top affiliates generating?
• What traffic sources work best? PPC, FaceBook?
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Almost everyone I explain Affiliate Marketing to, ask what it takes to get started. Usually questions are something like, “How much do I need to get started?”, “How long till I start making money?”, and “How much do I need to learn?”

Although these are all valid questions, the answers to each one of them vary TREMENDOUSLY based on the individual. Some people will find success in there first $50, some after $1000’s. What’s really interesting is if you were to think about the time you were at school and you were choosing a career path, did you ask yourself these questions?

I know I, for one, didn’t. I never asked myself how long will it take before I make money or how much do I need to learn, I just picked engineering and did it. Why? Because everyone around me said it’s good so it created a false security where I thought success was guaranteed. I convinced myself I WILL achieve a career in Engineering and I did. Why i bring this up is because in many cases, the people around you shape your understanding of what you can achieve and what you can’t.

Being an affiliate is lonely in the sense that no one really understands you and will be very discouraging towards it. You will have to block out this negativity and convince yourself that you CAN do it. What I’m going to do in this post is list the differences between two personalities. One is conditioned by society and thus is not an individual thinker, ‘The Scaredy Cat/Dreamer’ and the other is one that isn’t scared to ride by himself if he has to, ‘The Affiliate Marketer/Achiever/B.A.W.S’. You will need to become the latter to succeed in this industry.