Proven Way To Make Money With CPA

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Hey, guys!

Yesterday I saw a thread where people said that the CPA section seems to be dead due to the lack of interesting posts in the last days. So I'm making a post that I consider very interesting (I hope you agree with me ) and hopefully other members will do the same in the next days.

So let's go straight to the point... There are many different ways to make money online, CPA, physical products, Clickbank, PPC, PPV, SEO, direct linking, etc... Most of these things (if not all of them) work if done properly. However, the fact is that most beginners don't have enough focus and persistence to get started with something and stick on it until they start getting results. But I won't start talking about mindset now, I know you've probably already heard the focus and persistence story a thousand times. The fact is that it's just like smoking, everybody knows that it's not healthy and understands the risks of tobacco, but people still keep smoking. So what I'm going to do here is try to change beginners' point of view a bit then show a proven strategy to make money online.

So...


Where Is The Value In This Business? What Does Really Matter In The IM Arena?

Most people think that the value is in the offer, in the product being promoted, and this is a huge mistake.

The offer or product is worth nothing without the need, the interest of the customer. If I had an used piece of dental floss and everybody wanted to buy it, it would be worth a lot of money. So the product itself isn't worth anything, the value is in the customer and their needs and interests.

So what do you think that you're doing when you send the customer to a short-form submit and get a conversion? Do you think you're making money? No, you're losing money. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying that you shouldn't direct link, I myself have some direct linking campaigns and there are platforms where I highly recommend direct linking for people who are just strating (like Facebook, for example). However, this (direct linking) can be a good strategy in the short-term, it can make people go from 0 to 3 figures a day, and even $100/day is probably very good for most beginners in this forum. So, no, direct linking isn't wrong.

However, the difference between a 3 figures a day affiliate and a 4 figures a day affiliate is the concept of buying/selling customers. The 3 figures a day affiliate SELLS customers to the advertisers and makes very good money by doing this. The 4 figures a day affiliate BUYS customers from the traffic sources instead of selling them to an advertiser and makes a lot more money.

When you have the customer, you have the value, you have the only thing that's worth something in this industry. Your customers will be your money making machine.

So here is the proven way to make money online:


Start Buying Customers!

If you have the start up cash to give paid advertising a shot, there are many different things that you can try. However, if you don't have someone to support and teach you, don't have an exact process to follow and are afraid of losing your money without getting anything in return, you should consider buying customers.

Buy hosting, a domain and an autoresponder. Create a nice landing page to capture leads (use a headline, a video and a call-to-action) and create an autoresponder series (15 - 20 days long) to deliver useful information to your subscribers and promote offers at the same time. Then, choose a traffic source, set up a campaign and start capturing leads.

You may get profitable or not, it depends on several factors like your knowledge, experience, luck, platform, niche, gift, offers, etc... but let's consider this scenario:

Expenses: $1,000
Earnings: $500
Subscribers: 500

Do you think that you would have lost money in this case? How much? No, you wouldn't have lost $500, because you got 500 subscribers. So you bought 500 subscribers for $1 each. Now, let me ask you something:

How much do advertisers usually pay for a subscriber?

Of course, it depends on the offer, but most of them are paying more, sometimes a lot more than a dollar. So if you bought subscribers for $1, it wouldn't be accurate to say that you lost money, because you didn't lose $500, you invested this money.

With your own subscribers you have the interests and needs, which are what others are willing to pay for. Your list will allow you to promote many offers in the future and keep making money for months, maybe even years to come.

So if you've been looking for a proven way to make money online now you have it.

Capture leads, build email lists with your campaigns and you will be always buying subscribers, never wasting money.

The principle of buying customers is very important and if you understand it and use it I'm sure that you will start making money online really soon.


William
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonWestwick
    William,

    As people have said it does seem quiet around these parts lately and what a glorious post to revive this forum.

    This will definitely give a lot of affiliates something to think about, retaining customers through CPA offers is something very seldom talked about but as you've indicated is where the real money is made, as they say "the money is in the list" and this is well demonstrated here.

    Unfortunately I believe most people will see the initial figures you've quoted and be turned off because of the financial commitment and the fact that it appears to make an initial loss. If you want to succeed in this game you have to put yourself out there and take risks, only by taking action will you learn first hand how this industry works and become a success.
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    • Profile picture of the author williamrs
      Originally Posted by JasonWestwick View Post

      William,

      As people have said it does seem quiet around these parts lately and what a glorious post to revive this forum.

      This will definitely give a lot of affiliates something to think about, retaining customers through CPA offers is something very seldom talked about but as you've indicated is where the real money is made, as they say "the money is in the list" and this is well demonstrated here.

      Unfortunately I believe most people will see the initial figures you've quoted and be turned off because of the financial commitment and the fact that it appears to make an initial loss. If you want to succeed in this game you have to put yourself out there and take risks, only by taking action will you learn first hand how this industry works and become a success.
      Yes, unfortunately, I know you're right, many people don't want to make an initial investments. It's a pity, because any real business requires some sort of investment, money doesn't come from nothing.


      Originally Posted by Adie View Post

      Well, that's a long read but worth reading. I think one of the reasons why not many members are posting in CPA forum is that, most older members are busy making money while new members are trying to figure it out. I agree - not so many posts from older members. Why? because there is nothing new. Everything is still the same old story, but these old stories are the most effective ways if newbies can follow. One of the reasons why a newbie fail is because he always wanted to try new method, trying to jump from one to another without accomplishing something.

      As I mentioned in another thread here, the process is till the same. But newbies always wanted to have "direct, easy, overnight" process which does not exist in real world.

      Again, there is nothing new. If someone wanted to start with CPA, again, just read my quoted post below... don't ask for something new because we are doing old school techniques here and still making a reasonable profit.....
      Yes, I agree. Of course, there are some new tools and techniques that can make things easier, but they don't change anything drastically. The old process for both free and paid traffic is still the same. The basic principles that separate newbies from successful affiliates still remain the same.


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    Well, that's a long read but worth reading. I think one of the reasons why not many members are posting in CPA forum is that, most older members are busy making money while new members are trying to figure it out. I agree - not so many posts from older members. Why? because there is nothing new. Everything is still the same old story, but these old stories are the most effective ways if newbies can follow. One of the reasons why a newbie fail is because he always wanted to try new method, trying to jump from one to another without accomplishing something.

    As I mentioned in another thread here, the process is till the same. But newbies always wanted to have "direct, easy, overnight" process which does not exist in real world.

    Again, there is nothing new. If someone wanted to start with CPA, again, just read my quoted post below... don't ask for something new because we are doing old school techniques here and still making a reasonable profit.....

    Originally Posted by Adie View Post


    If you already know how to run a blog, then that would be a plus factor. It will only take 2 to 3 months to learn everything if you put time into it. This is for long-term (SEO + CPA) and not for short term PPC. means you are not going to shell out any money unless you want to.

    Here's the things that you are going to do (before applying in any CPA program).

    1. Decide what products you want to promote. If you are a big fan of iphone, ipads, macbook, laptops, etc, then select this niche. Otherwise, navigate any other possible niches like health, hairloss, stop smoking, etc. We are not talking about keyword research here yet, just pick your niche. A niche where you think you are comfortable dealing with.

    2. Keyword Research - I would really advise you to take time subscribing in Steven's http://Supersimpleblogging.com. It's free and will tell you how to do (keyword research, wp installation, seo, etc). This method is designed for flippers and niche bloggers but it can also work with CPA for I've been following this guide in most of my CPA activities and got success.

    3. SEO and Promotion - this is the most important part of your SEO journey. Stick only with the basics and don't make things complicated. Do forum signatures, article submissions, blog comments, web 2.0. I do not suggest social bookmarking.

    4. Maintaining the heat - once your site is indexed, you can apply to some CPA companies (unless you already have an active account). divide your time in writing and in promotion. Once site is indexed, focus more on writing content and internet links / on page seo. The more content you have, the more your site will be visible to search engines because of increasing keywords..

    And most important, once you get started, don't give-up. Don't get distracted by so called new techniques, new strategies, etc etc. This is the main reason why 90% fails.... Continue whatever it takes as long as you are in the right track........ Result can be seen after around 2 months... If you have funds, you can outsource writing and article submission at odesk.com

    Good luck.....

    PS: there is no other way on how to learn this other than following the above process. Even if you buy a so-called "CPA magic" ebook, the process would still be the same..........don't waste your money. it's pretty difficult at first but once you do it, it will be easy... I am giving you 2 to 3 months to learn and earn after the.... Heck, students are even struggling 4 years in college and wandering after what type to job they can get when they are graduated.. yours is only 3 months with guaranteed earnings....
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  • Profile picture of the author cicicpa
    U're right William! CPA is a business, all business starts with an investment. I noticed there're lots of old threads about how to get accepted into.. how to make money with CPA... how to ..Blablabla.. Essentially, one should treat this like his own business, and business needs investment, knowledge and patience.
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  • Profile picture of the author patadeperro
    Hey William I have been a long time list builder, and I just "recently" started sending my list traffic to some offers, I download your guide and I read it and I did not see you were explaining that you MUST build a list, but I can see in this post that you consider very important to do so and I agree 1000% with your idea, once you have your list you can send a lot of offers, create value and you do not depend on Google capricious manners.

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  • Profile picture of the author CarlosG
    Listen to Williamrs OP he knows what he's talking about. My list kept me in business when my websites weren't doing crap in 2007. If it wasn't for my list of customers I would have probably had to get a job back then. & at the time it was a very small list of 1250 subscribers.
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    • Profile picture of the author williamrs
      Originally Posted by CarlosG View Post

      Listen to Williamrs OP he knows what he's talking about. My list kept me in business when my websites weren't doing crap in 2007. If it wasn't for my list of customers I would have probably had to get a job back then. & at the time it was a very small list of 1250 subscribers.
      Yes, Carlos, it's very good that you mentioned that.

      Sometimes, people think that it's necessary to have hundreds of thousands of subscribers to make decent money with email marketing, but it's a mistake.

      Sometimes 1K subscribers can be a lot more responsive and profitable than 10K subscribers. It's all about building a relationship with the list and never burining it out with scams and other products that can damage the customers.

      I had never done anything in the IM niche besides launching a few WSOs, but a few days ago I started building a list and when I got 700 subscribers I sent a broadcast message to see which would be my CTR. Believe me or not, I got over 200 clicks (not opens, clicks) and a CTR around 30%!

      Now, go to safe-swaps or simply contact any guy who has a 10K+ email list in the IM niche to know how many clicks he gets per email on average. I can bet with you that it's probably no more than 300 - 400.

      So it's a good example that shows how important it is to get our subscribers to trust us, and the only way to do it is by helping them, not scamming them as some marketers do.


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  • Profile picture of the author CarlosG
    Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I never spam my list. Usually send 1 email a week, and when I don't send that email I get calls asking where the email for the week is LOL.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rukshan
    Williarm is right. Spending time and money for the list will not be a waste. I made a list for my main product and now i'm getting many sales from list. Because i'm giving free stuffs to subscribers without any spams. Basically we need different lists to target well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kenster
    A good post.

    I will buy 500 customers for $500, absolutely! Lets see, $1 per subscriber per month...I can wait a month to cover the investment!!


    And you are absolutely right about selling the need or even the want over selling the offer.

    Why do you think there are phenomenal products that lose money and horrible products that make money...its all in the marketing and sales of the product. The actual value of the product, I would argue, accounts for less than 50% of the value of the campaign.

    Think about Tivo...the customer satisfaction of Tivo was higher than 99% of products out there. Everybody who bought one said the investment was well worth it and raved about the product. But their sales pitch and marketing strategy was terrible and the product never took traction quick enough and eventually got swallowed up by the competition. It was one of the best products created and it got swallowed.

    And I don't have to mention all the terrible products that make a ton of cash.


    It's about coming up with a sales funnel to sell the prospect on their individuals wants and desires, not on the actual product.
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  • Profile picture of the author AmoooorLin
    When talking about list building, it's good. But for the purpose of promoting CPA, what kind of niche do you think works best for? I heard IM Guru on the net metored on List Building for the "making money online or IM niche", they do convert into money I think. But for the reason of CPA, I can't find a long term niche. What's yoru recommendation?
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