10 Minute Phone Consultation with a CPA Millionaire!!

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We all know there are plenty of big CPA earners raking in some serious dough every day. Lets play the 'pretend' or 'hypothetical' game for a moment. Lets pretend you get the opportunity to speak with one of these guys/girls for a 10 minute phone consultation.


What question/questions would you ask him/her?


Let's assume they will not reveal any specifics about any campaign they have ever created. (So dont ask what keyword to bid for or to see an example of their highest converting landing page)
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  • Profile picture of the author steven-brandon88
    only 10 minutes aye......bit tight on the time (lol)

    what is the basic model of their business and which networks they are involved. also what niches they target. i think they could fit this in 10 minutes and its not too specific.
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  • Profile picture of the author indexphp
    In the 10 minutes I'd persuade him to meet me at the bar, where I'll get hours to ask all the questions I want!

    Hahah, just kidding. I'd ask him about ONE thing and one thing only:

    What are your favorite traffic sources?
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    • Profile picture of the author Surferjock87
      Originally Posted by indexphp View Post

      In the 10 minutes I'd persuade him to meet me at the bar, where I'll get hours to ask all the questions I want!

      Hahah, just kidding. I'd ask him about ONE thing and one thing only:

      What are your favorite traffic sources?
      2nd that! would love to know the traffic sources. Unique ones if any
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  • Profile picture of the author drbpl
    would ask their traffic source and also if they target on some particular niche
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  • Profile picture of the author George Gomez
    "why don't you start your own network?" would be my question.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cash37
    Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

    Let's assume they will not reveal any specifics about any campaign they have ever created.
    Then the call is useless to me, personally...
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  • Profile picture of the author lina75
    What.....? After becoming a millionaire he or she won't even want to reveal 1 keyword and Landing page for the sake of teaching so that others basically have an idea on how to be like him or her , then I say this CPA millionaire is crap and the riches he possess won't last long as eventually what he fears will come and haunt him back.

    But deep inside I believe a real millionaire will at least show people 1 of his campaign and how he did it as I believe he can afford to as he should have many other campaigns to keep to himself. Anyway those that have become millionaires-they just know how the law of the universe works so it doesn't make much sense if they are not giving it back.
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    • Profile picture of the author jeffrey73
      Originally Posted by lina75 View Post

      What.....? After becoming a millionaire he or she won't even want to reveal 1 keyword and Landing page for the sake of teaching so that others basically have an idea on how to be like him or her , then I say this CPA millionaire is crap and the riches he possess won't last long as eventually what he fears will come and haunt him back.

      But deep inside I believe a real millionaire will at least show people 1 of his campaign and how he did it as I believe he can afford to as he should have many other campaigns to keep to himself. Anyway those that have become millionaires-they just know how the law of the universe works so it doesn't make much sense if they are not giving it back.
      Unfortunately, this is not how the REAL world works. This is purely a fantasy and wishful thinking. 99.9% are not going to help someone just to be nice, unless it benefits them in some way.
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    • Profile picture of the author excoder01
      Originally Posted by lina75 View Post

      But deep inside I believe a real millionaire will at least show people 1 of his campaign and how he did it as I believe he can afford to as he should have many other campaigns to keep to himself. Anyway those that have become millionaires-they just know how the law of the universe works so it doesn't make much sense if they are not giving it back.
      I thought businesses have such things as 'trade secrets' or 'patented model' to avoid competition?
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      • Profile picture of the author Freeman77
        Originally Posted by excoder01 View Post

        I thought businesses have such things as 'trade secrets' or 'patented model' to avoid competition?
        That's true for every market besides internet marketing, where millionaires gladly give up all their secrets for $9.95
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        • Profile picture of the author theurbantwist
          Originally Posted by Freeman77 View Post

          That's true for every market besides internet marketing, where millionaires gladly give up all their secrets for $9.95
          LOL! That's how they become rich. It's to easy to become rich when you can sell a $10 product to a few hundred thousand, lol.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kenster
      Originally Posted by lina75 View Post

      What.....? After becoming a millionaire he or she won't even want to reveal 1 keyword and Landing page for the sake of teaching so that others basically have an idea on how to be like him or her , then I say this CPA millionaire is crap and the riches he possess won't last long as eventually what he fears will come and haunt him back.

      But deep inside I believe a real millionaire will at least show people 1 of his campaign and how he did it as I believe he can afford to as he should have many other campaigns to keep to himself. Anyway those that have become millionaires-they just know how the law of the universe works so it doesn't make much sense if they are not giving it back.


      First, this is just a hypothetical question and exercise. The point of the exercise is to look at everything you are doing (no matter what stage you're at) and try to pinpoint what questions are the critical constraints holding you back. I intended it to help readers reflect on what they are doing and what pieces of the "puzzle" they feel they may be missing. Hopefully if you uncover what your biggest and most important question is...you can start focusing your efforts on finding the answer to the question!

      But assuming this is a real scenario, I dont personally see why this millionaire is obligated to give any of his campaign details away. Perhaps an old campaign, sure, but certainly not anything live. I am a huge, and let me stress HUGE, believer in charity, philanthropy, and giving forward and I make this part of every venture I pursue. With that said, there is this notion in society that its such a bad thing for wealthy people to become wealthier. In mind mind, if the person is providing something of equal or greater value to the selling price they are offering, that is perfectly moral and ethical.

      If Warren Buffet wants to sell his Lincoln Towncar for its value of $500, why is that so wrong? Sure he has billions and this extra $500 wont even remotely come close to affecting his life in any way shape or form, but why is it wrong that he expects to receive the value of his car when he decides (if ever) to sell it?

      Looking at this particular scenario, I see the millionaire as being incredibly generous to give up 10 minutes of his time to help each person he/she decides to give a FREE phone consultation to, I dont see him/her as being selfish because he wont reveal campaign details. But of course this is just my personal opinion and I will reiterate that I am a huge believer in charity and philanthropy.

      But back to CPA...very thoughtful answers thus far. It seems the majority of people want to know what traffic sources this made up millionare is exploiting!

      ~ken
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    • Profile picture of the author chikepeter
      l ill request the market,keyword and traffic source.


      regards
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    • Profile picture of the author matthewd
      Originally Posted by lina75 View Post

      What.....? After becoming a millionaire he or she won't even want to reveal 1 keyword and Landing page for the sake of teaching so that others basically have an idea on how to be like him or her , then I say this CPA millionaire is crap and the riches he possess won't last long as eventually what he fears will come and haunt him back.

      But deep inside I believe a real millionaire will at least show people 1 of his campaign and how he did it as I believe he can afford to as he should have many other campaigns to keep to himself. Anyway those that have become millionaires-they just know how the law of the universe works so it doesn't make much sense if they are not giving it back.
      Why should they have to share anything? It's their business
      that they built... they don't owe any person anything just b/c
      they are "rich"

      PS - To stay on topic... I would ask:
      "How can I help you grow your business more?"
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  • Profile picture of the author excoder01
    10 minute phone call?

    There's no value to this - what is he or she going to say? Give you motivation messages?

    Just send me an email of the list of traffic sources, niche market/offer, PPC campaigns, swipe files, landing pages, etc. That's all that matters.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vitaliy K
    Sorry but I do not receive any calls today guys (just a joke) :-))
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

    We all know there are plenty of big CPA earners raking in some serious dough every day. Lets play the 'pretend' or 'hypothetical' game for a moment. Lets pretend you get the opportunity to speak with one of these guys/girls for a 10 minute phone consultation.


    What question/questions would you ask him/her?


    Let's assume they will not reveal any specifics about any campaign they have ever created. (So dont ask what keyword to bid for or to see an example of their highest converting landing page)
    damn.. i would ask for each successful campaign.. nah if anything id ask there techniques, strategies, etc..

    even for some words of motivation
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  • Profile picture of the author Carlsbadd
    Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

    We all know there are plenty of big CPA earners raking in some serious dough every day. Lets play the 'pretend' or 'hypothetical' game for a moment. Lets pretend you get the opportunity to speak with one of these guys/girls for a 10 minute phone consultation.


    What question/questions would you ask him/her?


    Let's assume they will not reveal any specifics about any campaign they have ever created. (So dont ask what keyword to bid for or to see an example of their highest converting landing page)


    I smell a WSO here...lol
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    • Profile picture of the author Kenster
      Originally Posted by Carlsbadd View Post

      I smell a WSO here...lol

      Not from me

      Just interested what everybody would ask. I am actually surprised at the responses though...I would have asked different ones
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      • Profile picture of the author drbpl
        Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

        Not from me

        Just interested what everybody would ask. I am actually surprised at the responses though...I would have asked different ones
        would love to know..
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        • Profile picture of the author JamesCpaWay
          1 approach could be to try and see his mindset.

          When he sees a new offer, what is the first thing that comes to his mind? What opportunities does he look for ? What is his perspective on cpa in general ? etc -- Just pick his brain and try to get a good feel for how he views marketing and life in general.

          Just try to see the world and marketing the same way that he sees it.

          If you can get inside his mind enough to start "thinking like him" then you won't need any of his specific campaign information as you will be able create infinite numbers of your own.

          For me personally, I think this information and approach is far more valuable the campaign specific information, as eventually the campaigns he reveals will expire and then you'll be back to square one again.
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      • Profile picture of the author Steve Murphy
        Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

        Not from me

        Just interested what everybody would ask. I am actually surprised at the responses though...I would have asked different ones
        What questions would you ask then, Ken? :p

        Cheers,

        Steve
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        • Profile picture of the author Kenster
          Originally Posted by Steve Murphy View Post

          What questions would you ask then, Ken? :p

          Cheers,

          Steve

          Well I mean the most common questions so far is about what traffic sources the mystery millionare is using. To me, the WHAT is not the question, the HOW is the question. Let me explain...

          Perhaps this person says PPC, or PPV, or Media, or SEO, or heck perhaps they are using video/article marketing strategy.

          Now what would this mean for you? Absolutely nothing to me. I know there are people banking it with each of these traffic sources already, so knowing what their traffic source is doesnt seem terribly relevant. The HOW THEY ARE USING IT seems like the more critical question. For PPC, perhaps they are building full content celebrity type websites with their full blown CPA strategy on these celebrity sites. If they say they are using PPC, that means nothing to you, but now that you know they are building full blown sites with a multilayered CPA strategy on these sites...thats much more relevant to me.

          What I would ultimately try and dig for is their sales funnel. Remember, they can reveal their sales funnel, without revealing their campaign. In the celebrity site example, lets pretend they dont even tell us the traffic source they are using but I can get the following information out of them...

          -they deal in the celebrity niche, building celeb site/fan page
          -the main site has lightbox pop-out opt in form + opt in form in top right of page + banner space and possibly an adsense straetgy as well
          -Main monetization comes from targeting message on the backend of the squeeze...through email that is very targeted to celebrity
          -Email sequence is....Welcome, Some Info of Value + hint of next emails promo, Targeted CPA Offer Promo, Celeb Info, Celeb Info, Targeted CPA Offer Promo


          This type of info is much more valuable. Now I know the niche and the main monetization funnel. Now I do the obvious SEO strategy since it can only help. Then I can test PPC, PPV, whatever else to see what does well.



          I have been quite verbose here and I'm too lazy to go back and make this post less wordy, but my strategy boils down to finding the sales funnel and the niche. I couldnt give two hoots if he/she just told me the traffic source.


          ~ken
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  • Profile picture of the author soboer
    My questions:
    When did you started to see succes in your business ?


    What are the biggest mistakes you made ?
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  • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
    Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

    What question/questions would you ask him/her?
    Can you give me a ten minute run down on what a normal work day schedule for you is, along with the intensity of effort in each of those items?
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  • Profile picture of the author JoseArmando
    Honestly... I don't know what I'd ask because I already know everything I need to. If they'd be prepared to share their campaigns I might get some info but aside from that I don't think any theoretical knowledge could be useful to me.
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    • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
      Originally Posted by JoseArmando View Post

      Honestly... I don't know what I'd ask because I already know everything I need to. If they'd be prepared to share their campaigns I might get some info but aside from that I don't think any theoretical knowledge could be useful to me.
      That is a very bold statement
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  • Profile picture of the author WebPen
    Since I'm still trying to figure out what REALLY works for me, I think I'd ask him how I could start making $200/day in profit consistently.

    I know thats what some of you guys make in an hour (or less), but to me it seems like once I started making consistent money like that, I'd be able to reinvest and start going for the gold.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rukshan
    Seems kenster needs to hear some questions from us. He will organize answers lol...
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  • Profile picture of the author Giraffe-SEO
    I second traffic sources
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  • Profile picture of the author jrodriguez315
    As many of these questions as he could answer in 10 minutes:
    1 - Why did you choose CPA marketing?
    2 - How did you select your first/best/most profitable niche/campaign?
    3 - What is the fastest route to profitability using CPA?
    4 - Can I work as your apprentice so I can lean the business from you?
    5 - If you were starting over today, what would you do differently?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kenster
    Alternatively I may ask the following....


    -Tell them what my strengths and weaknesses are
    -Tell them what my goal is
    -Ask them for as many "significant" points in a strategy to get me to my goal


    In this approach, I dont give a flying hoot what they do or how they got to where they are at, I am relying on the fact that they probably know the industry well and can steer me in a good direction based on my strengths and weaknesses. We all know there are a million ways to make a buck online, not all of which are "right" for everybody
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    • Profile picture of the author IM Pro
      Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

      Alternatively I may ask the following....


      -Tell them what my strengths and weaknesses are
      -Tell them what my goal is
      -Ask them for as many "significant" points in a strategy to get me to my goal


      In this approach, I dont give a flying hoot what they do or how they got to where they are at, I am relying on the fact that they probably know the industry well and can steer me in a good direction based on my strengths and weaknesses. We all know there are a million ways to make a buck online, not all of which are "right" for everybody
      If the individual already knows what I am doing then I want to know where I can improve for sure.

      I feel if you copy what anyone else does directly, there isn't going to be any profit in it.

      *I would ask them, In my current position, what would be the most profitable direction should I take my IM?
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    • Profile picture of the author GatoFelix
      I think the best thing to ask would be...for how long did he stayed on the IM game before becoming a millionaire, what books did he read on the subject, what niche is his favorite, what`s his favourite traffic source. We would have to talk pretty fast, but I think we could make it in a 10 min frame.
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  • Profile picture of the author bravo75
    Could ya lend us a few bob?

    Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

    We all know there are plenty of big CPA earners raking in some serious dough every day. Lets play the 'pretend' or 'hypothetical' game for a moment. Lets pretend you get the opportunity to speak with one of these guys/girls for a 10 minute phone consultation.


    What question/questions would you ask him/her?


    Let's assume they will not reveal any specifics about any campaign they have ever created. (So dont ask what keyword to bid for or to see an example of their highest converting landing page)
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  • Profile picture of the author TheAnnoyingOrange
    I'd jump through the phone and see what they are working on
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  • Profile picture of the author smaxor
    How do you analyze a offer, traffic source and campaign. Would be the most important things I'd think. I'm someone you'd be talking to in this category and I'm sure I go about things very differently then noobs would. We often just throw money at something to see if it will work with a large test budget there for losing. We test a lot of stuff and know how to optimize campaigns that's the key if you ask me.

    1. Analyze offer and traffic source for demo's
    2. work metrics you have to hit to be profitable with some educated guesses
    - ad ctr
    - presell ctr
    - offer conversion rate
    - value of email data if capturing
    3. Invest part of your dedicated test budget.
    4. Analyze and tweak.
    5. Invest more....

    If it works scale it, if it doesn't scrap it and take away some knowledge.

    Rinse repeat.

    We do this multiple times a week, constantly testing new stuff with dedicated budgets. It's a business invest, learn, grow.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kenster
      Originally Posted by smaxor View Post

      How do you analyze a offer, traffic source and campaign. Would be the most important things I'd think. I'm someone you'd be talking to in this category and I'm sure I go about things very differently then noobs would. We often just throw money at something to see if it will work with a large test budget there for losing. We test a lot of stuff and know how to optimize campaigns that's the key if you ask me.

      1. Analyze offer and traffic source for demo's
      2. work metrics you have to hit to be profitable with some educated guesses
      - ad ctr
      - presell ctr
      - offer conversion rate
      - value of email data if capturing
      3. Invest part of your dedicated test budget.
      4. Analyze and tweak.
      5. Invest more....

      If it works scale it, if it doesn't scrap it and take away some knowledge.

      Rinse repeat.

      We do this multiple times a week, constantly testing new stuff with dedicated budgets. It's a business invest, learn, grow.


      Thats a good model there!

      Metrics are an absolutely gigantic part of this game for particular traffic sources. What metrics and what thresholds this particular millionaire looks at is another great question to be asking.


      How about this one....what if you just said..."I dont want to know where your traffic is coming from, what landing page you are using, I just want to know an exact offer that is converting like crazy right now and where I can find the offer (which network hosts it)". Then once he/she tells you, then you can say "btw, feel free to give me any hints as to traffic or landing page structure "

      He/she may give in and tell you enough to do something huge. If you know an offer is converting, then you can jsut speak with your AM to get a general idea on traffic that is working for it, then do some spying to check out the competitions landing pages and if you work hard you can pretty much guarantee you will make something out of the offer if its that good.

      :p ~Ken
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  • Profile picture of the author tryinhere
    Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

    What question/questions would you ask him/her?
    Let's assume they will not reveal any specifics about any campaign they have ever created. (So dont ask what keyword to bid for or to see an example of their highest converting landing page)
    without showing me specifics of any account / but instead the system / steps used to create those successful accounts.
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    • Profile picture of the author icrystal
      My first thought is not to ask what he does to make his money. I've got a ton of WSOs that claim to have already given me that information. But those systems aren't always for me for several reasons. SO... I'd make it 10 minutes all about:

      1) My goal/need - to earn $30,000.00 by June 2011 or I have to move and my kids will be VERY upset (and so will I).

      2) My situation I need to work around - i currently work full-time 9-5, M-F - though I can do a bit of work on my own stuff during that time. Also, I have two kids so my evenings are busy until they go to bed at 9pm.

      3) My initial plan - to use a viral Facebook script that gets people to "Like" and "Share" something like my "OMG you'll never believe what this bus driver did!!" They know they need to Like and Share to see the amazing video I'm promising; but then the amazing video is Blocked with a CPAlead widget. I'll promote these by buying a few hundred initial "likes".

      4) I'll make LOTS of these and since they are quick to produce I can create them after the kids are asleep even if I'm tired. Does he think it will work? How should I change it or add to it?

      And now that I've typed that out I think I should start a thread to ask those questions lol!!
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  • Profile picture of the author bryce84
    For a second I thought I was gonna get a 10 minute call ya... On a side note I had a dream that a little green alien was going to set up a winning adwords campaign for me, woke up and check to see if there was any changes on my account. Kinda sad when there wasn't. He did want to charge $174 though.. I must not have paid him. <<< Oh there he is!
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
      In all honesty, the truth is this...

      Someone that is making MILLIONS of PROFIT with CPA could come here, in this thread, and lay out:

      What offer they are promoting
      Show their landing page
      Tell you where their traffic is coming from
      Give you their demos
      List their keywords

      And leave pretty much completely confident that they would have ZERO competition because they way they are doing it carries a certain amount of RISK in the forum of BIG CHUNKS OF MONEY that MOST people here (from my experience) are not willing to gamble.

      If some of the people PROFITING MILLIONS decided to drop in and drop some figures as far as what kind of money they see going out daily/weekly/monthly on traffic...I'm willing to bet that the ****ting of the pants wold commence almost immediately.
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      • Profile picture of the author mikekimm
        Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall View Post

        In all honesty, the truth is this...

        Someone that is making MILLIONS of PROFIT with CPA could come here, in this thread, and lay out:

        What offer they are promoting
        Show their landing page
        Tell you where their traffic is coming from
        Give you their demos
        List their keywords

        And leave pretty much completely confident that they would have ZERO competition because they way they are doing it carries a certain amount of RISK in the forum of BIG CHUNKS OF MONEY that MOST people here (from my experience) are not willing to gamble.

        If some of the people PROFITING MILLIONS decided to drop in and drop some figures as far as what kind of money they see going out daily/weekly/monthly on traffic...I'm willing to bet that the ****ting of the pants wold commence almost immediately.
        Agreed. I could give you all my ads, placements, offers, rip my LP and you still couldn't earn what i earn because you dont have the balls to throw 100K plus in to a campaign to work out the kinks.

        The biggest reason youre not at the millionaire level is fear of losing money. And investing a few thousand isnt going to help you either. I have lost $10K plus a day for weeks at a time, its painful but once it turns around its glorious.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Kelsall
          Originally Posted by mikekimm View Post

          Agreed. I could give you all my ads, placements, offers, rip my LP and you still couldn't earn what i earn because you dont have the balls to throw 100K plus in to a campaign to work out the kinks.

          The biggest reason youre not at the millionaire level is fear of losing money. And investing a few thousand isnt going to help you either. I have lost $10K plus a day for weeks at a time, its painful but once it turns around its glorious.
          That's it exactly.

          You can *easily* get to $X,XXX and low/mod $XX.XXX days without too much risk as long as you are dedicated, and actually work your ass off, but to get to the $XXX,XXX days/weeks/months you have to give yourself a gut check and have a serious threshold for risk.

          At times I've seen people buy into courses and things like that about PAID TRAFFIC, and then COMPLAIN because the traffic source requires a couple hundred dollar deposit, and they don't have it or don't want to risk it.

          Guess what?

          You're in the wrong line of business to think like that...Go back to clickbank, and start pushing some get back with your ex stuff.
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          • Profile picture of the author Kenster
            Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall View Post

            That's it exactly.

            You can *easily* get to ,XXX and low/mod .XXX days without too much risk as long as you are dedicated, and actually work your ass off, but to get to the ,XXX days/weeks/months you have to give yourself a gut check and have a serious threshold for risk.

            At times I've seen people buy into courses and things like that about PAID TRAFFIC, and then COMPLAIN because the traffic source requires a couple hundred dollar deposit, and they don't have it or don't want to risk it.

            Guess what?

            You're in the wrong line of business to think like that...Go back to clickbank, and start pushing some get back with your ex stuff.


            Jeremy - you are absolutely right.

            The facinating thing to me is that its possible to take slower and steadier (and safe) road to your online business. Sure you can go into huge media buying to start and you will need significant capital up front. But, starting off with free traffic and then re-investing and re-investing into bigger and better things is also very possible and is actually what I did.

            I think the important concept is not that much risk is a necessary component of building a CPA business/income online but rather that in order to get to the super leagues, much investment and re-investment is needed. Sure this is very much risky at certain points in time, but in the grand scheme of your business and to get to the point where you are throwing around many zeros of "risk" in a given day/week/month you can do so in a very controlled and minimal risk way.

            I guess my point is this -- you can make money online and 'good' money online without risking a whole lot, at least monetarily. But to take it to the next level...to the super-affiliate level, there will be more risk and more reward. Its the traditional risk reward pendulum.


            My philosophy when coming online was this -- work my butt off and put everything I make back into my business. I personally wasn't interested in making an extra $50 a day for play money, I was interested in building a business. To that end, my philosophy was re-invest and reinvest and continue to reinvest what I had earned. I don't even know how long it was before I purchased my first reward from my efforts.


            Each prong of the internet marketing web will have its own unique risk/reward pendulum and own unique risks, but like any business, there will always be risks and costs...perhaps just time or opportunity cost.


            ~ken
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  • Profile picture of the author thomas1984
    LOL, What some folks lose in an hours time would be enough budget for me to break into the ppc game.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kenster
    For one, its almost always impossible to have a 100% accurate step-by-step or paint-by-numbers guide because there is much subjectivity in most campaigns.

    But you are absolutely correct, if you gave many people all the puzzle pieces and some extra hints and said told them they have all the pieces to the puzzle, now go and put them together, most people would still fail. If you have ever done a puzzle, you know it takes time. The puzzle gets easier as you put more and more pieces together but its a pain in the butt when you are starting.

    Im the kind of person that would lock myself in a room for 3 days and eventually put the puzzle pieces together to form the puzzle.

    Like a puzzle, things get easier as you progress along. Almost everybody on this forum has enoguh knowledge to do pretty big things online its a matter of grinding out and making something happen with that knowledge. Its about action, not about learning the next hto method.


    ~ken
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  • Profile picture of the author healthstatus
    I would ask, Can I work for you for six months at no charge?
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    • Profile picture of the author Kenster
      Originally Posted by healthstatus View Post

      I would ask, Can I work for you for six months at no charge?
      Ahh, the good old internship approach...brilliant!
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  • Profile picture of the author Varolo
    I would ask what is the most efficient way to get consumers to buy your products
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  • Profile picture of the author fskcramer
    I'd ask...

    What's one thing you wish someone had told you when you were starting out?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kenster
    You make some excellent points there. I mean the 10 minutes cant hurt but I think the real point you are getting at is that the powers within each of us is more a determinant of success than any pieces of information.

    And that is absolutely true. Yes a CPA gazillionaire can give you some really great tips, but if you've been trying internet marketing for a few months and not seen any result at all, then the tips may be valuable but it wont mysteriously turn you into a CPA winner.


    Not that I'm willing to risk it, but my bet is that if I or anybody else laid a videotape of exactly how we created and built a successful campaign, that most people watching the video wouldnt be able to replicate it nearly to success that its capable of, if at all. When people reach an obstacle, their first reaction is to...

    -Quit
    -Find software to get around it
    -Move onto another method
    -Complain that it doesnt work anymore

    Thats not the answer. When you hit an obstacle, you need to work twice as hard.

    True story...Friday night I was trying to build out something CPA related. I got stuck about 8pm on a night I was supposed to go out with a few friends. I was so determined to finish the project that I ended up staying home, drank a red bull, and cranked away until 5:30am when I finally finished. The point isnt that I want to toot my own horn...I dont...I want those who are struggling to dig deep down and find that drive to take action and keep implementing and be a relentless CPA b-tard!

    Of course I dont mean to generalize here. Just trying to kick some butts into top gear.

    Best of luck!

    ~ken
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    • Profile picture of the author mkl3377
      If I had 10 min, I would ask to schedule 4 30min sessions where he will either critique my currently running campaigns or let me watch him create one from scratch.

      Then I'd chain him to a chair in my office until he signs over all his money to me.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kenster
        Originally Posted by mkl3377 View Post

        If I had 10 min, I would ask to schedule 4 30min sessions where he will either critique my currently running campaigns or let me watch him create one from scratch.

        Then I'd chain him to a chair in my office until he signs over all his money to me.


        Ahhh creative thinking like that reap huge rewards in CPA. Can also send you to jail for kidnapping!!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Dominium
    Meh, n00b questions. I would ask him: hey dude, gimme $1mln and Iam OFF TO THAILAND with enough money to spend the rest of my life there. :-D
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  • Profile picture of the author raradra
    What mistakes did you make that could have been avoided?
    How do you stay motivated?
    How long does it take to stop having to work 15 hour days/be able to afford to outsource 100%?
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  • Profile picture of the author Badger
    If I had a 10 minute consultation I would BEG them to help me monetise my Youtube channel that's receiving approximately 12,000 views daily which I could easily triple in no time.

    Kenster I really need your help please buddy? my email is nick_j25@hotmail.com if you have a moment (haven't enough posts to PM)

    thanks!
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    • Profile picture of the author Kenster
      Originally Posted by Badger View Post

      If I had a 10 minute consultation I would BEG them to help me monetise my Youtube channel that's receiving approximately 12,000 views daily which I could easily triple in no time.

      Kenster I really need your help please buddy? my email is nick_j25@hotmail.com if you have a moment (haven't enough posts to PM)

      thanks!
      Sure thing....lots of great youtube CPAers lurking here though
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