CPA or not CPA

CPA is a great way to make money, even for a newbie (I made about $450 so far in March, which is my 2nd month doing CPA). My main ad network is Neverblue - you should definitely check them out.

What was your basic plan to get to where you are??

Agree with you 100% about how to start and move on ,but I also think there is confusion around the term CPA too. Many seem to forget it simply means cost per action, and that action can also be a purchase, it is not just about email or zip submits, or lead generation. Having the right strategy behind whatever you choose is the important thing. If anyone thinks it is easy way to fast money they are making a big mistake. No magic button in this game.

You only get wiped out if you promote CPA offers via PPC. There are many ways to generate traffic which don't cost anything other than time.


I started marketing and converting CPA offers on Craigslist. Time consuming, but effective. My best month was about $4K. Just from craigslist. I was promoting dating offers and education offers.

When I started in IM, CPA was one of the easiest things to get off the ground.

It just has so many subsets and ways to make money if you're creative that it's hard not to get good stuff done.

1. Niche Research is... finding out what is "hot" and what is "not"
I will suggest two tools for you to get started. 1) google trends. Using this tool (along with listening to what Oprah said this week) will give you ideas about what kinds of products are hot (starving market). 2) Use AdLabs from MSN. After doing basic KW research with the Google KW free tool, you can go to adlabs and enter your keyword phrases. Adlabs will tell you how likely it is that "that" keyword phrase will convert. "Diet" for example will probably never convert, but "diet program reviews" probably will.

2. When you find hot "niches," go to your CPA networks and look for well designed offers with a) excellent graphics, b) easy instructions c) strong call to action (if it looks complicated or convoluted to you - a smart marketer, think about how it must look to a prospect).

3. Landing pages are the hardes thing, and the easiest thing. Put down your keywords in a spreadsheet. Search for your keywords at google. Look at the offers of other advertisers (try not to click through their ad though). Keep track of these ads for 15 days or so. If they keep advertising, it means they are probably making money. If they are making money with their Landing Page, you can too! Don't copy it exactly, but copy the look and feel of what they are doing. Duplication beats innovation hands down.

Does that help? There is a LOT to learn, but you can do it!

Tony Jackson

I suggest buying HONESTBIZPROs CPA ebook. You'll learn some quick and effective methods to start making money with CPA.

Hey Alodie77.

1. Go to copeac and choose the campaign you want to promote.

2. Look down the page at the creatives (banners)

3. Above each banner is a big box. In that box is a bunch of html code... like this (http replaced with hxxp and numbers replaced for privacy)

<a href="hxxp://www.cpaclicks.com/secure.asp?e=dbsbwbchokwm&d=0&l=0&o=&p=0&subID1=blog&subID2=&subID3=&subID4=&subID5="><img src="hxxp://www.cpaclicks.com/imageredirect.asp?a=xxxxx&b=xxxxx" alt="" border="0"></a>

The part in red is your affiliate id.

4. If you want to add a subID for tracking purposes, they have a little box that says "add up to 5 sub ids" If you put in "1" and hit "add," it will bring up another box where you can add what you want, like "blog" or whatever, to tell you where the traffic is coming from. You will notice I added "blog" in the example above.

Does that help?

Tony

P.S. One more tip. Whatever offer you are promoting, make sure that the offers terms allows for that kind of advertising. For example. If you were promoting an offer on a blog, you should make sure that the traffic type allows "website" traffic and is not restricted to "search" only.