jlegrand

First I'd like to say thank you to everyone on this forum for contributing such valuable information on all things IM. It's astonishing how much free information is on this site and anyone who doesn't utilize this goldmine is a fool.

So a little about me.
For the past 5 years I've primarily done freelance website & graphic design. Recently my nerves have been slowly dwindling away due to the exhaustion of tiresome work hours, low compensation and annoying clients. Several months ago I was venting to a friend who works in a related field and he suggested I check into CPA. After his brief overview of how IM works, I was a little skeptical, but I was interested. My friend suggested I check out Warrior forum and he lent me his copy of 4 Hour Work Week. (F'ing amazing book btw)

So the next few months I gradually started doing my homework and reading as many threads on here as I could find. The amazing thing is, it all made sense. I knew how offline advertising worked and it dawned on me this wasn't all so foreign now. After looking at tons of landing pages, it wasn't going to be a challenge at all to out perform competition when it came to landing pages & ad design. I just really needed to grasp the correct, proven methods to running successful campaigns.

I continued to just cram every bit of knowledge I could on proper procedures for paid & organic SEO, social media marketing, etc. Finally, last week I felt comfortable enough to start applying to CPA networks. The first and only network I've applied for was Peerfly and I was accepted!


How did I get into Peerfly with no CPA experience?



Don't jump the gun with your submission
I spent MONTHS doing my research on CPA & how it works. It's easy to read these threads about people making the money you wish you had. It sucks, I know... but there is no point in applying for networks if you don't have the knowledge to build successful campaigns that convert.


Keep it relatively short & sweet.
I can't imagine how many applications affiliate companies receive on a daily basis, but I think its safe to say the last thing a rep wants to do is read your novel of a story. Once you've completed your form, go back over your answers and cut out the verbal fat.



Be honest
No one likes a liar. On my application I didn't stretch the truth one bit. I pointed out specific skill points & knowledge that I did have which makes up for my current lack of CPA experience.


Have a game plan
In my application, I specifically laid out my tactical plan of action for promoting offers. If asked how you will promote for the affiliate network, those reps want to make sure you can deliver results.



This little bit of information I've provided above is new or revolutionary. It can all be found through warriorforum. I just laid out some staple points and how they have worked for me so far.

I encourage any newbie out there such as myself, before you go pay for classes, ebooks, etc, to read these forums! Use that search bar! I can assure you I'll never pay for information on IM, because it's all right here...and that's incredible.



- James

kirch

Inspirational post for all those who want to get into Affiliate marketing !
Best of Luck !

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Join PeerFly,the top CPA Network with over 1500 Offers-Now accepting publishers from all over the world !

bkkmma

Well-done. You obviously took the right approach and it paid off. Time to make some money then : )......

jlegrand

Thanks, friends! I look forward to documenting my progress on WF in the next few months, and good luck to you all as well.

Becker13

may the force be with you

3000

Congratulations! Yup, Peerfly was my very first CPA Network I've gotten into. I know I work with them but I'm just being honest here, they have a GREAT dashboard set up. Everything is right there conveniently right when you log in.

Also Luke is an awesome Affiliate Manager, just give him a quick E-Mail if you ever have a question about an offer.

Now just keep taking action and make some money!

Hookd

I got into several top networks with no experience, you just need to know how to talk to them and having a legitimate business (tax id) & corporate website really helps too. Get a good name like "Zing Performance Marketing" or iTraffic Marketing. Use free google app account to get a corporate email for your biz (joe@itraffic.com).

check out CPAJuice.com they give instant approval, also I really like Neverblue, Ads4Dough, OJQ & Wolfstorm Wolfstorm pays out weekly which is a big help when you are starting out and have a low budget. Wolfstorm has pretty decent training for newbies.

Affiliatepaying.com is a great site to review networks before applying

ragul96

Thanks for sharing you story! Yap Peerfly is my first network as well, it rocks. I am newbies trying my best to be guru too!

Do what you want others to follow!

slimrider94

Very nice post, I've been thinking about applying into Peerfly and Maxbounty but my inexperience has kept me from doing so. Needless to say this helps Anything you would really recommend to read regarding CPA?

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mtmjohn

Great post. I am sure this would be very useful for those newbie affiliates. Thanks.

cpaddiction

PeerFly is decent company to work with, Hit up Luke for further instructions if you're fairly new to CPA game, nice guy over there

Harveydos

Great post as I have a lot in common here as a freelance web design company owner looking to get into IM and after reading this post some great inspirational thoughts here and I am going to be cheeky in asking for an outline of the application you made (if you dont ask, you dont get) to give me an idea what you may have written.
I have been trwling the forums for about 3 weeks trying to find and research 'things' that work in IM and this seems to be the one that many 'top' gurus seem to point to.
Please PM me..

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jlegrand

when I apply I get denied everytime. The form is short and does not provide me with fields to describe the factors that you have mentioned.

WeddingDances

good tips, great for newbies

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jlegrand

Thanks! I'm glad you could find some inspiration in my post. I can't PM you as I do not have enough forum posts, but as far as a "template"... I basically wrote one paragraph describing my professional skills then followed up with another paragraph explaining my marketing plan of action step by step, chronologically. I closed with another few sentences coming full circle in why I would be a good fit to promote their offers.


I wrote all of this in the input box where it asks you to describe how you plan to promote Peerfly. The text input boxes do look small as if to only hold a sentence or two, so I just wrote my answers in wordpad then pasted them into the Peerfly form.

jlegrand

The factors I mentioned are for the main answer asking how you plan to promote overs. The box looks small, but a few paragraphs definitely fit in there for me.

gister

You took actions on the books and threads you read, taking action is the source...keep it up

TheKeys

Fantastic - I'm glad that you were able to achieve this!

amjonathan

PeerFly is "the bomb diggity." - Keep it clean and they will treat you right.

Amped Media is affiliate marketing.

JBroyer44

just got into peerfly today myself. My first forays into the world of CPA begins!

sent an email back to Luke after getting my approval ntice. Going to pick his brain about some good converting offers.

pmg2712

Just today I got an email of getting my account disapproved.. I dont know what to do. Can I apply to peerfly again? But I dont know what to answer!

500 words articles in 4$, PM me!
http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...ity-cheap.html

PeerFly

Hi there,

Do not apply again. Follow the steps listed here: PeerFly Application Denied? What now?.

cooler1

Getting in is the easy part, earning is the hard part.

david15923

I am also a newbie and I'm trying to get accepted into CPAlead. I already seen some videos, ebooks and very usefull topics here in this forum and I think Im going to make some money out of it (at least I hope so)

I've never been this exited and I think this might be it. With affiliate marketing I just quit because it just wasn't for me, and I also didn't like to sell crap to the costurmers. I felt bad and I didn't sold all that much.

This is very simple, not a lot of resources needed and lots of free info on the web.

I only have to wait and see if it will be good

jlegrand

Small success! So after 2 days of promoting my first offer through using a small budget PPC I made 2 sales today for a whopping $2.40...drinks on this guy!

On a serious note, it's an amazing feeling seeing your unpaid balance move from $0.00 for the first time. Specifically I found an offer that was converting decently, did keyword research and then started a small PPC campaign on 7search. So over the past 3 days I've had 3,000 impressions, 72 clicks 2 conversations. Now I plan to optimize those keywords down from 20 to only a few that get clicks and make variations of the actual ad.

If anyone see's any mistakes in my plan, feel free to mention

ChrisBa

Good Work!

Kind of goes along with what many of us have been saying for a long time - networks aren't trying to keep new people out, they are trying to keep scammers and fraudsters out!

LukePeerFly

Congratulations and welcome to PeerFly

I am an Affiliate Manager at PeerFly.
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