What's the most direct route to profits in CPA?

Try some of the search engines that allow direct linking ...

You should make a fanpage about your niche and then advertise on facebook ppc platform to get fans once you got couple thousands fans start interacting with your fans,build a relationship then start promoting offers to them.

I'm telling you this because of my experience I do this fulltime...

If you have your heart set on using google Adwords, then you should first optimize your site(s) for Seo. If you don't have your heart set on google then try out easier traffic sources like POF, bing, ppv, etc

CPA still confuses the hell out of me

I'm going with ChrisBa on this one. Adwords is not the friendliest place for a newbie (take it from me - I've been beaten up pretty badly with Adwords - now I tread carefully in that traffic space). MSN AdCenter (Bing/Yahoo) has less restrictions (but also less traffic) - and it's a good place to learn how to run PPC traffic. I always try to run offers on Adcenter because they are much easier to work with than Google. BUT... I'm not a CPA guru, just a normal Warrior like you, and this is my experience. YMMV.

You know, you could also try to run CPA offers in the offline arena. Lots of Warriors report great success this way (Kenster, Areevez, Mike Morgan, etc.).

Great idea, MartinK8.
But i think it might be a bit difficult in non-english speaking countries!

There is no right answer to the question "what is the most direct route to profits in CPA?". The answer varies based on each individual's budget, skills, knowledge, etc.

I think your best bet is to read more about the various methods mentioned here - offline, buying traffic from POF, Bing et al, etc. But judge the methods based on your particular needs, goals, and skillset. You seem to be nervous starting with Adwords, maybe get your feet wet with one of the second tier search engines...

If you aren't already an affiliate with us - sign up! We have a $1,000 bonus for new affiliates (see my sig) and your AM can help you find offers that best suit your methods (whichever you decide to start with).

If you are new to IM, don't use AdWords. Its a pain to promote legitimate products (not crappy products) from Clickbank and others let alone CPA offers!

Be willing to fail 20 times before you have your first success.

VL

Avoid SEO at all costs for CPA marketing. Have seen or heard of too many good sites getting snap reviewed since Google hates affiliates.

I second badcow. It seems to me that CPA in combination with offline marketing is an excellent way to go. Of course that doesn't mean that you have to do everything that way -- using a combination of both offline and online marketing would expand your list of potential leads

I personally haven't had good experiences when using Adwords but I'm still fairly new to online marketing.

1) You need to download uTorrent - this program is free and can be downloaded on their website
2) Find a HOT topic to base this on. Check out the Upcoming Movie's list and pick a movie that is coming out in around a month from now. I chose Harry Potter & the deathly Hallows part 2.
3) Find a trailer for that movie and download it. Use a Youtube downloader to download from Youtube.
4) Now rename the trailer to something like, "HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 LEAKED INTRO". The main words in this are "leaked intro". People would now be more interested.
5) Create a NEW WINRAR ARCHIVE. You should now have an empty archive with nothing in it.
6) Now go to your trailer, right click it, and then click "Add to Archive". You will get a box titled, "Archive name and parameters". Go to the "Advanced" tab, and then click "Set password". After you have created your password, click "OK". Depending on where your output destination was, you should now see that archive you just made.
7) So, now you have 2 archives. One with the trailer which is password protected and one with nothing in it. Now, open the one with nothing in it and drag the archive with the trailer into it. Click "OK" if you get any message boxes.
8) Now when you open the archive we FIRST created, you will see that the trailer archive is inside and when you try to watch the trailer, it asks for the password. Yeah? Great.
9) Now close everything and open the archive we FIRST made. Now, create a NOTEPAD file. In the notepad file, write your password for the locked archive and save it as "READ ME- PASSWORD FOR LEAKED INTRO".
10) Make an account with bee4 and upload the text file to some file host. Now, people will have to complete a short survey to download the password. You get paid up to $1 for each download.
11) Now create another notepad file and put in the download link for your bee4 text file we just uploaded. Then save this file in your ARCHIVE and name it, "READ ME- PASSWORD". Make sure you do NOT password protect this.
12) FINAL RESULT - Now when people try to open the trailer, they will be asked to enter a password. They will then read the notepad file (which should not be password protected) and they will visit the bee4 URL to download the password.
13) You will make money from this every time they download.
How do I actually create a torrent?
Now that you have actually made the whole file, you need to make it a .torrent to start uploading to websites like ThePirateBay.
1) Open uTorrent. Click "File" and then click "Create new torrent".
2) When it says "Select source", just find where you saved the archive and locate it. Then click "Add File"
3) Then click "Create and save as". You will then get a box asking you where you want the .torrent file saved. Just choose DESKTOP.
4) Now on your desktop, you will see a .torrent file with the uTorrent icon. Inside this torrent is the archive we just built!
5) Now go to websites like ThePirateBay and create an account with them. Then upload the .torrent file and watch as your money starts rolling in. On your first day, you wont make much but keep it going!
P.S - If your file gets removed from Thepiratebay, clear cookies, open a new account and repeat same process.

This a whole system that is making people 400 a day with CPA. Try it and if you want a list of torrent websites just PM me

I'd try out POF and see how you do there. It's very affiliate friendly and there's virtually no risk of getting banned. You won't be building assets though like you would in SEO.

-Tom

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