First Success!!! My Story As a New Affiliate Marketer!

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In the last day I have had my 2nd and 3rd sale of my Affliate marketing career (all 3 sale from LeadImpact) . My first sale was $3 into my $200 deposit at LI, and i direct linked to a clickbank product that hit, and made me $21. It was my first day in the game so i thought i was a genious and found the golden goose. I now realize its going to take a little more time and effort before i get the real golden egg. It wasnt until 10 days later which is today that i got my 2nd and 3rd sale. The last 10 days i spent building new campaigns, expanding keywords on existing campagins, and creating LP's and multiple LPs for diffrent offers .

After posting yesterday that i had a landing page on LeadImpact for a stock trading offer, that was giving me a 20% CTR, i got a sale on that offer today today. I spent total of $15 on LI (took me a week to spend this much, casue i used very targeted keywords), but the offer paid out $65 for a $50 profit on that campagin so far. I will also start implementing an opt-in for this LP as well.

I was also fortunate enough to get another Clickbank sale today (completly unrelated offer) that had a payout $45 dollars (and potential rebills ) . The cool thing about this offer is that I was direct linking to it almost all week, and yesterday i decided to add a few landing pages. It really proved the point that LP's will almost always out preform direct linking with LeadImpact. I have about 35 campagins ive created in the last 10 days, they vary drastically in offers and affliate networks.

So for my Stats:
LeadImpact Depost=$200
LeadImpact spent so far= $77
LeadImpact Conversions= $133 (3 sales)
LeadImpact Profits = $56

MediaTraffic (Decided to learn a differnet/ simlar to LeadImpact)
Mediatraffic Deposit= $100
Mediatraffic Spend = $16

Total Profit from Paid Traffic so far= $40 (this is great considering i told myself Im willing to spend $1000 to learn a few diffrent paid traffic sources)

Im still getting used to MediaTraffic, they have a lot of other options that LeadImpact doest and i made a very stupid mistake. I had a random keyword slip into one of my campaigns that i copied over from LeadImpact. That one word alone ate up about $12 over night. good thing i had CPVlap which helped me find that. Although i should have caought it sooner than i did.

I have already setup and funded accounts at 7search, BingAds, and plan on running some PPC campagins in the coming weeks as well.

Also I'll give a shout out to "Greedy". Ive been doing a lot of studies on the paid traffic game, and the Greed reports, have been the basis of my education thus far. Also thanks to all the warriors for your input and support.

Onward and Upward!
-Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author vask
    Congrats Test and keep scaling!
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    • Profile picture of the author papuanac1971
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Thank you very much!

      Glad Greed Reports could help get making money!
      I mastered dating niche and I get good income from that but I always love to see what others do, test their methods and that's why I register on Greed Report.
      I highly recommend to register, spend $10 miserable bucks and get valuable info from that site that can multiply your earnings.

      What I love to read is case study because it gives you some valuable data you can test by yourself on your campaign.

      When it comes to dating niche I use LeadImpact PPV, Facebook CPM and 7 search PPC.

      Most of the success I have with Facebook CPM and also from my special cross fire technique that I mastered few years ago, learned from Ryan Moran and his program "Spacebankers" that was my first touch with social media.
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      • Profile picture of the author Greedy
        Originally Posted by papuanac1971 View Post

        I mastered dating niche and I get good income from that but I always love to see what others do, test their methods and that's why I register on Greed Report.
        I highly recommend to register, spend $10 miserable bucks and get valuable info from that site that can multiply your earnings.

        What I love to read is case study because it gives you some valuable data you can test by yourself on your campaign.

        When it comes to dating niche I use LeadImpact PPV, Facebook CPM and 7 search PPC.

        Most of the success I have with Facebook CPM and also from my special cross fire technique that I mastered few years ago, learned from Ryan Moran and his program "Spacebankers" that was my first touch with social media.
        Thank you that was a very kind thing to read.

        It inspires to me to work harder. Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Awesome work. With stats like this you are way ahead of the curve, keep going and keep experimenting.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by viasq View Post

      Congrats Test and keep scaling!
      Thanks Viasq! Thats the plan, Test --> Tighten --> Expand! Also im born and raised in Cali, so Cali luv!

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Thank you very much!

      And personally I could never get MediaTraffic to convert to well, but have had lots of success with LeadImpact.

      Glad I could help!
      Yah, Mediatraffic is a little tricky thus far, i had no action so i decided to test, and blew $20 on very stupid, amatuer mistakes on my part. Going to try and make a habit of double checking all my keyword submits from now on. I also dont like how mediatraffic only allows 40 characters for urls or keywords. Feels kinda limiting. Anyways ill play around with MT and see if I can make it work with my remaining $80. Again thanks for your support.

      Originally Posted by ChrisBa View Post

      Awesome work. With stats like this you are way ahead of the curve, keep going and keep experimenting.
      Thanks Chris. Hopefully i can continue to improve on my stats, cut out weak campaigns and roll out profitable ones.

      One thing that makes me confident in my success is that I enjoy this business and its fun for me thus far. Also i really do beleive that with the right game plan its possible to make $500, $1000, and even $10,000 in a day espically in the paid traffic areana. Again thank you all for your support and I intend to post my small victories while they still feel amazing!

      Onward and Upward!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author mohamednasif
    nice success story ! keep it up , and scale it more
    wish you the best
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    • Profile picture of the author Berkxz
      Originally Posted by mohamednasif View Post

      nice success story ! keep it up , and scale it more
      wish you the best
      i'm not a member of greedreports maybe i should try but affbeast explained really well! I'll try affbeast first before greedreports. it depends on the money that i can save. I have $400 on my pocket but i want to have $1500 as a start.

      Why?

      Because if i find a golden room, i'll deposit my remaining money to scale that campaign! So that i can earn as much as possible.

      If my idea is wrong, please tell me.

      Btw, who's the owner of affbeast? It really rocks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    So other ideas...

    - If the offer keeps converting, try building an email list. Email list building can work amazing with PPV, also email lists are one of the best ways to promote ClickBank offers. So it is a very powerful combination. Check out my 5 guides on "Building Email Lists" for more details.

    - "this is great considering i told myself Im willing to spend $1000 to learn a few diffrent paid traffic sources" I would suggest just keep going with LeadImpact if your success proves to be stable. I always spend well over $1,000 testing a new traffic source.

    Good Luck
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  • Profile picture of the author Eli Junior
    Great job Ben! Keep it up. I would suggest to be very methodical in how you add new traffic source since they all require a certain learning curve before you can make them profitable. Take your PPV profits to the max and then add. Good luck.

    Eli
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by mohamednasif View Post

      nice success story ! keep it up , and scale it more
      wish you the best
      Thank Mohamed! Appretiate the support.

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      So other ideas...

      - If the offer keeps converting, try building an email list. Email list building can work amazing with PPV, also email lists are one of the best ways to promote ClickBank offers. So it is a very powerful combination. Check out my 5 guides on "Building Email Lists" for more details.

      - "this is great considering i told myself Im willing to spend $1000 to learn a few diffrent paid traffic sources" I would suggest just keep going with LeadImpact if your success proves to be stable. I always spend well over $1,000 testing a new traffic source.

      Good Luck
      I agree completly about building a list. It seems like everybody who i have observed to be succeful as as IM'er (on a big scale) has some type of list building strategy in place. With my stock offer that getting me 20 CTR, i will put a optin email LP into my rotation.

      I have lots of greed reports to study now. 7search, bing ads, and email lists are all in the currculum in the next few weeks.

      Originally Posted by Eli Junior View Post

      Great job Ben! Keep it up. I would suggest to be very methodical in how you add new traffic source since they all require a certain learning curve before you can make them profitable. Take your PPV profits to the max and then add. Good luck.

      Eli
      Thanks for the support Eli. I agree completly. Like you said i feel its important to be methodical about expansion. I purchased a WSO that was about PPV (LeadImpact in specific). One of the authors most valuable points was: "Its not about getting millions of impressions to your landing page, it better to just get high quality traffic and slowly expand your campaigns with quaity".

      Thanks everyone for your support. I'll try and give updates of my progress again later this week.

      Onward and Upward
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Scholak
    I Find Hope in all the talk with Media Traffic, Does anyone know how long it takes to get approved. I paid the initial $100 bucks through paypal on the 2nd of august and my campaign is still not confirmed. Should I be asking for a refund? This is my first time trying the PPV.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Scholak View Post

      I Find Hope in all the talk with Media Traffic, Does anyone know how long it takes to get approved. I paid the initial $100 bucks through paypal on the 2nd of august and my campaign is still not confirmed. Should I be asking for a refund? This is my first time trying the PPV.
      It took them a day or two to approve me. I also made sure to call them on the phone to expiedite the process. Also i think leadimpact is a little bit more newbie friendly, and higher quality traffic. (Im still testing MT but i think will only use to trasfer over campaign i think are worthwile that im running on LeadImpact).

      A few tips from my very limited PPV career.
      1) At first only use Urls for your keywords
      2) You must have good tracking. Its not worth running a campaign if you dont track
      3) Use landing pages almost always and remember to keep them with in the pop up window size (775 by 400 is leadimpact pop size) If you want to direct link. Split test direct linking and an LP page. Another negative about direct linking is there isnt much room for optimization.

      I feel that if you want to give yourself a shot in anytype of business and especially the Internet marketing world you have to give yourself the competitive edge. For PPV i would consider the compentive edge to be:
      1) Having tracking software
      2) Useing landing pages
      3) Adding features to landing pages that increase CTR (this would include: sound, geo-targeting, coudown timer etc..)
      4) Proper keyword research.

      If you dont have/do the above i think you put yourself at a big disadvantage from the get go. Its better to start any business with as much of an advantage as possible. Hope this helped.

      Onward and Upward
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author Clickthroo
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

        I feel that if you want to give yourself a shot in any type of business and especially the Internet marketing world you have to give yourself the competitive edge. For PPV i would consider the compentive edge to be:
        1) Having tracking software
        2) Useing landing pages
        3) Adding features to landing pages that increase CTR (this would include: sound, geo-targeting, countdown timer etc..)
        Can't agree more!
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    • Profile picture of the author Jetmir
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      How is your ROIs doing right now?
      Yeah, I was curious to know about that too.
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  • Profile picture of the author doriono
    Congrats!! It's always fun to see people succeed. It makes me remember the first day I started generating some leads. It was one of the most satisfying day of my life.

    Enjoy and best of luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author ishuvonet
    Congrats on your success. Its always a good and inspiring feeling when you have your first sale.Now all you need is to get more targeted traffic,so you can acquire more sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author velvetadvert
    Good job, mate. Your story was very inspiring Keep scaling, best of luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author RafayBlogger
    Great! Let us know if BingAds generate some leads.
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  • Profile picture of the author sree94
    I hear people say Media Traffic doesn't convert, but I disagree. I have made thousands each month with it. I know this is contrary to popular opinion, but I find the quality of their traffic to be about the same as Lead Impact, maybe slightly worse

    One thing that is nice about MT is that you won't get as much traffic, but you won't pay as much per click either. For instance, I just got a $45 commission off a campaign where I have only spent .75 cents. And I have a few of these commissions this month already
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    • Profile picture of the author luane
      Yes, I would also like to know if Bing ads pay off as well. Congrats on your well-deserved success in the trenches of testing and testing some more! Kristie from Georgia
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by doriono View Post

        Congrats!! It's always fun to see people succeed. It makes me remember the first day I started generating some leads. It was one of the most satisfying day of my life.
        I know the feeling of excitiment a sale gives me right now wont last forver, so im trying to enjoy / celebrate the small success. Also so far i have only converted sales, i have only 1 campagin running that is a lead submit and pays $13, but that one hasnt hit just yet, and i need to make some adjustments to campaign.

        Originally Posted by Bibin View Post

        Congrats
        Thanks, much appreciated!


        Originally Posted by ishuvonet View Post

        Congrats on your success. Its always a good and inspiring feeling when you have your first sale.Now all you need is to get more targeted traffic,so you can acquire more sales.
        Thanks for the support. Thats the plan, to keep building this gravy train : )

        Originally Posted by velvetadvert View Post

        Good job, mate. Your story was very inspiring Keep scaling, best of luck!
        Thanks for the suppot!

        Originally Posted by RafayBlogger View Post

        Great! Let us know if BingAds generate some leads.
        I will keep you guys updated on my Bing tests this week. Thanks!

        Originally Posted by sree94 View Post

        I hear people say Media Traffic doesn't convert, but I disagree. I have made thousands each month with it. I know this is contrary to popular opinion, but I find the quality of their traffic to be about the same as Lead Impact, maybe slightly worse

        One thing that is nice about MT is that you won't get as much traffic, but you won't pay as much per click either. For instance, I just got a $45 commission off a campaign where I have only spent .75 cents. And I have a few of these commissions this month already
        I agree with you completely. Truthfully for me to say they have less quality traffic that L.I. means nothing, because i haven't done even close to enough testing to evaluate if thats the case. I also think i can make MT potentially . Just gotta finesse my campaigns a bit.

        Originally Posted by luane View Post

        Yes, I would also like to know if Bing ads pay off as well. Congrats on your well-deserved success in the trenches of testing and testing some more! Kristie from Georgia
        Hey Kristie, thanks for the support.

        Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

        Any updates? Sorry just eager to hear.
        Hey Greedy! So today was forunate enough to provide me with sale #4 in my young career. It was also a clickbank product, and paid out $21. It also was the 2nd one which made a sale off a direct link. This particular offer wansnt getting much traffic so i didnt get a chance to make an LP. I will split test with an LP this coming week.

        With that sale, and my current spending here are my stats:
        Money spent on LI= $125
        Moeny made from LI= $155
        My ROI for LI as a whole= 25% ROI

        If you look at my ROIs for the individual campaign where i sold the products they would be as follows (payout/spent)
        Sale#1= $21/ $6 = ROI = 250%
        Sale#2= $45/ $10 = ROI = 350%
        Sale#3= $65/ $18 = ROI = 262%
        Sale#4= $21/ $2.50 = ROI = 740%

        For Mediatraffic Ive spent $20 so far. That money was not put to good use. It was wasted because of a mistake I made when adding the keywords. Within about an hour or 2 i was down the $20, but at least i stopped the bleeding when i did. I now have only 2 campagins running with minmal keywords on MT, so im barley spending any money there at the moment.

        Goals for the week:
        1) Add 10 new campaigns to LI. Each campaign will probably take me about an hour, because i need to choose offer (10min), keyword research (20min), create LP(20min), Load campagin into CPVlab and LeadImpact(10 min)

        2) Move 10 existing campaigns into MediaTraffic (optimize keywords forMT). This will probably take me about 20 min per campaign. I also intend to put in a call, becuase i have a few questions i would like to ask them about some of the features and there interface. (They give you more options than LI, and just want to familirize myself with them.

        3) Create some LPs for some of the campaigns with no LPs or very low coverting ones.

        4) Run 1-3 ads on bing. I pretty much know exactly how i want to run my ads. Just want to brush up on my education a bit, to give my campaigns the best chance for sucess. This will probably be a Thursday / Friday project.

        5) Add an opt-in LP to my Stock program that paid out $65. Its my most successful LP thus far at a 20% CTR, so i want to capitilze on that. Dont really have content to send this people but might as well start building a list.

        6) I have $75 already funded in my 7search account, so maybe to one very small tight campaign to get myself familiar with the interface.

        If i can accomplish the above this week, Ill be very happy with myself. Part of my weekly routine is reading and learning a lot because im still a so called "Green Horn" / newbie. One website that i been frequenting the last few weeks which i like a lot is affbuzz.com. I read a least one case study / article a day that give me multiple nuggets of gold.


        Anyways, thank you everybody for reading, and I appretiate all the support.

        Onward and Upward
        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Deucalion
    Congrats on that
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    I would just stick with LeadImpact for now.

    Adding Bing Ads, 7Search and 10 new campaign to the mix is going to be way too much in my opinion.

    Do a few campaigns and do the right That is how I do things.

    I master 1 ad network then move to the next.

    Side note, are you removing non-converting URLs?
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  • Profile picture of the author Samuru
    Congrats by the way! I thought I had posted, for sure I did...but anyways....please keep us updated.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sandakelum
    Congrats man, but watch out for refunds
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    • Profile picture of the author Greedy
      Originally Posted by Sandakelum View Post

      Congrats man, but watch out for refunds
      This is a good tip.
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by Deucalion View Post

        Congrats on that
        Thanks Deucalion!

        Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

        I would just stick with LeadImpact for now.

        Adding Bing Ads, 7Search and 10 new campaign to the mix is going to be way too much in my opinion.

        Do a few campaigns and do the right That is how I do things.

        I master 1 ad network then move to the next.

        Side note, are you removing non-converting URLs?
        I agree, that i prolly should focus a little more on one thing at a time. If i do run any campaigns with either ppc source ill probably do one very tight campaign that gets almost no action and then expand from there.

        As a far as removing non-converting urls. I have taken out maybe 2-3 total in all my campaigns. Most of my urls are pretty specific and get minimal action.

        Originally Posted by Samuru View Post

        Congrats by the way! I thought I had posted, for sure I did...but anyways....please keep us updated.
        Thanks Samuru!!!

        Originally Posted by Sandakelum View Post

        Congrats man, but watch out for refunds
        I was thinking about this too. Especially that clickbank even says that theres is a 11% someone refunds. I assume that mean that 10% of clickbank purchases are refunded? Not quite sure.

        Anyway for a quick update:

        So i have no new sales since Monday, but i have been hard at work setuping up campaigns.

        - I have figured out 10 more niches/products that i would like to promote. I created an excell with all relevant info so i can create campaigns in a timley manner.

        - Today i created 3 campaigns that i posted to both LI an MT (6 total campaigns in cpvlab) that are all email submits. I read an article that gave me an idea that i felt i could test quick and easy, and i was motivated to give it a shot. About an 45 min to setup all 3

        - I signed up for affexpert 1 week free trial. So far ive really liked it. The url scraping posablities of someone in PPV are amazing. I am going to try and use my one week trial to add more keywords to my existing campaigns, and also use to gather keywords for my 10 new ones i plan to have up by the end of the week. So far the tool is amazing and saves tons of time. After this free trial is up i intend to use affportal 1 week free trial and compare the two. I have multiple free scrapers that i got from purchsing some WSO's but this one is way cooler.

        -Talked to almost all my affliate managers today, to pick there brain and ask them a few questions about things i was unclear about.

        - Tried calling up both LI and MT to ask questions, but it seems like traffics sources are much more difficult to reach someone by phone. I have talked to someone at both MT and LI once, but ive probably called each 5 + times.

        - Ive added landing pages to 3 of my campaigns that didnt have them before.

        - Signed up for my free month with Aweber going to try and implement an optin this week, and hopefully i can justify continuing my membership because Im completely green when it comes to list building right now.


        One of my favorite things about this business is that every single day i find golden nuggets. It seems like any day now I have a good chance of reading an article/ watching a youtube/ reading a forum post that will give me an idea that i can easily test; ill test that idea and ill have myself a campaign that makes me $20-$100+ profit with a single campaign. Than i can just start tripling and doubling, and create a WSO of how i implemented a simple idea haha

        Anyways till than ill continue throwing as much on the board as possible and see what sticks (in a systematic way of course).

        Onward and Upward!
        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author dubster
    keep up the good work, it feels great getting that first conversion
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    As a far as removing non-converting urls. I have taken out maybe 2-3 total in all my campaigns. Most of my urls are pretty specific and get minimal action.
    That is pretty common.

    I would try to find some more big volume ones that are similar to your converting ones.
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    • Profile picture of the author Yekx
      I would like to ask something if you don't mind. When you get a campaign profitable, for how long you usually run it? Days, Months ? In the cpa world the campaigns run for months or it is something with a short duration.
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by dubster View Post

        keep up the good work, it feels great getting that first conversion
        Yep, conversions do feel amazing. It defintley gives a nice high!

        Originally Posted by Yekx View Post

        I would like to ask something if you don't mind. When you get a campaign profitable, for how long you usually run it? Days, Months ? In the cpa world the campaigns run for months or it is something with a short duration.
        I have only just begun my marketing journeys, but have close to 50 campaigns running now. I think every campaign will have a different shelf life. It all depends on the type of offers you promote and networks you work with.
        I would think some campaign you can keep running for over a year once optimized.

        Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

        That is pretty common.

        I would try to find some more big volume ones that are similar to your converting ones.
        Hey Greedy, so today one of the campaigns i added got very fast traffic. Its the first time i got to see what its like to play this game in real time. For this offer i decided to make 7 LPs, all similar for the most part with maybe different borders and buttons. Within the first hour i saw some landing pages where out performing other significantly. I immediately started sending more traffic to the LPs that where performing far superior.

        I have to say its a different game when you wait 1 hour for decent data vs a week or two. Defintley makes things more interesting I intend to create maybe 2-3 more campaigns this week and focus the rest of my time expanding and sharpening current campaigns.

        I also still want to get one PPC campaign going this week. Ill keep you guys posted.

        Onward and Upward
        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Droopy Dawg
    Good job on your conversions!

    As for the traffic networks I use them both, and the quality is pretty much the same, but the one thing that makes me use LeadImpact over MediaTraffic is you can't use audio/video on your lander with MT as you can with LI.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Hey Greedy, so today one of the campaigns i added got very fast traffic. Its the first time i got to see what its like to play this game in real time. For this offer i decided to make 7 LPs, all similar for the most part with maybe different borders and buttons. Within the first hour i saw some landing pages where out performing other significantly. I immediately started sending more traffic to the LPs that where performing far superior.
    I know the feeling.

    I alway suggest one of the biggest keys in CPA is "Go to the volume!"

    Volume = Traffic

    Your first campaign may cost exactly the same amount of money to test the offer, and getting it converting as the second.

    But if your second campaign converts you could hit $500 a day vs. $500 a week. (Just an example estimate.)

    This is the difference of having $X,XXX days vs $XX.

    It is finding big traffic sources (in your case URLs), and getting them converting.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Droopy Dawg View Post

      Good job on your conversions!

      As for the traffic networks I use them both, and the quality is pretty much the same, but the one thing that makes me use LeadImpact over MediaTraffic is you can't use audio/video on your lander with MT as you can with LI.
      Hey Droopy Dawg, I agree that MT can also work when used properly. I only have a few landers that i have volume for. In the next week i want to make sure to get some sound, geo targeting, and a few other things to my LP to increase CTR.

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      I know the feeling.

      I alway suggest one of the biggest keys in CPA is "Go to the volume!"

      Volume = Traffic

      Your first campaign may cost exactly the same amount of money to test the offer, and getting it converting as the second.

      But if your second campaign converts you could hit $500 a day vs. $500 a week. (Just an example estimate.)

      This is the difference of having ,XXX days vs .

      It is finding big traffic sources (in your case URLs), and getting them converting.
      I agree completely! Its seems with a little more time and experience the possibility for $xxx and $x,xxx are quickly approaching

      Daily Update:

      - Success #5!!! Got my first lead conversion! It was $1.50 payout! The best part about this:
      1) First conversion outside of clickbank, it was Max Bounty!!!
      2) First lead conversion of my Affiliate Marketing Career!
      3) Only spent $1.50, of which $1.25 got eaten up with a keyword that was a little to general. So pretty much got my first conversion off .25 cents of targeting more specific keywords.

      - Instead of making more campaigns today i concentrated on expanding and polishing up current campaigns. That is one of the reason I got my lead conversion.

      Today was very exciting for me, getting my first lead conversion. I am making a diligent effort to explore all areas of Affiliate marketing traffic sources, aff networks, offers. I read in an article in the last week someone saying that pretty much every offer you see on every affiliate network there is someone making a killing with it. It really just comes down to if you have the correct marketing formula for that offer. I look forward to finding as many of these winning combinations as possible!

      Last night i came home after going out parting with some friends, and in my tipsy motivated mind frame, deposited another $250 in my LeadImpact account. It was a commitment to myself, that I am going to do whatever it takes to make affiliate marketing work for me. I am playing to win not just play!

      Onward and Upward
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    I agree completely! Its seems with a little more time and experience the possibility for and ,xxx are quickly approaching
    Good luck, never feel like you need to wait.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Weekend Update:
      Got conversions 6,7, and 8 since my last post.

      #6- $1.50 email submit
      #7 $21 clickbank
      #8 $65 clickbank

      Stats:
      Total Spent LeadImpact: $220
      Total Earning from campaigns:$246
      Total Profit: $26

      I am very happy with my results thus far. I haven't been forcing my offer into a bigger window up until now, and i think i probably lost a lot of conversions . Im still trying to get it set up properly with my tracking, but think i have already noticed a difference by forcing the offer to be in a full sized window.

      I also used this weekend to absorb everything i could on 7 search and plan to start running a few campaigns there to start. Ill probably play with 7 search for the next few weeks before tackling another traffic source for now. The combination of learning the new traffic source, and getting tracking setup for the new traffic source requires a decent amount of learning for me

      Anyways hope everyone had a good weekend.

      Onward and Upward
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    I also used this weekend to absorb everything i could on 7 search and plan to start running a few campaigns there to start. Ill probably play with 7 search for the next few weeks before tackling another traffic source for now. The combination of learning the new traffic source, and getting tracking setup for the new traffic source requires a decent amount of learning for me
    I would stick with PPV, since it is already making progress for you.

    Resist the urge to jump around I would stick with 2 campaigns max.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      I would stick with PPV, since it is already making progress for you.

      Resist the urge to jump around I would stick with 2 campaigns max.
      I have about 50 campaigns running right now, of which only a few campaigns get okay traffic. My campaign that has the most traffic, eats about $7 of budget a day. Of these campaigns i still have a lot of waiting and data collecting to do. I don't see how i can continue to expand my business by only focusing on 2 campaigns while keeping them tight and hyper-focused.

      The few times i have tried high traffic keywords that i thought would work for a campaign, the keyword performed terribly.

      Daily Update:
      Got my first campaign up and running in 7search. I have used all i have learned to increase my chances of success in this platform. My plan is to start very tight and hyperfocused and then slowly expand. From what i have learned of 7search its like PPC and PPV had a baby and 7search was born

      Onward and Upward
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    I have about 50 campaigns running right now, of which only a few campaigns get okay traffic. My campaign that has the most traffic, eats about $7 of budget a day. Of these campaigns i still have a lot of waiting and data collecting to do. I don't see how i can continue to expand my business by only focusing on 2 campaigns while keeping them tight and hyper-focused.
    Sounds like a plan.

    From what i have learned of 7search its like PPC and PPV had a baby and 7search was born
    LOL yes that is one way to look at it.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Daily Update:

      - As of yesterday, it was the third day in a row that i got a sale via Lead Impact! Sat-$23, Sun-$65, Mon-$33.

      -Started my first few campaigns with 7 search. Both campaigns have about 10 targeted keywords. I made sure my adds pre-sell hard so if anybody does click on the link they are defintley a quality lead, unless they are a bot that is. In the last 24hours, ive gotten only 2 clicks with 10,000 impressions.

      - The one thing i wish was easier with 7search is split testing. I have prolly 10 different variations of the same ad i would like to test but so far cant find any easy way to test. According to 7 search you can split test by having your different variations running at different times of the day, or different days. If anybody has any insight on this issue it would be greatly appreciated.

      Im having fun playing around with a new traffic source and look forward to learning a lot in the next few weeks. Hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

      Onward and Upward
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author piegrande47
    Hi Ben, can you explain me more about the LP creations?, do you use domains or sub-domains?

    Best Regards

    Jonathan
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    • Profile picture of the author Greedy
      Originally Posted by piegrande47 View Post

      Hi Ben, can you explain me more about the LP creations?, do you use domains or sub-domains?

      Best Regards

      Jonathan
      It doesn't matter if you use regular domains or sub-domains, it won't effect conversion much.
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    • Profile picture of the author svetod
      Originally Posted by piegrande47 View Post

      Hi Ben, can you explain me more about the LP creations?, do you use domains or sub-domains?

      Best Regards

      Jonathan
      If you will be using Adwords and want to have the keyword in front of your URL like keywords.domain.com, then you should have it as a subdomain. This is a must requirement in order to stay google compliant.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by piegrande47 View Post

      Hi Ben, can you explain me more about the LP creations?, do you use domains or sub-domains?
      For LP creations i just use Photoshop and Dreamweaver. I place them in a directory usually in my root domain (I am sure my setup and organization could be better) ex. mydomain.com/product1, and just name my multiple different LP's index1.html, index2.html etc....

      Originally Posted by williamrs View Post

      Congratulations!

      Keep up the good work!
      Hey William,
      Thanks for your support. I enjoy your post on the forum.

      Originally Posted by PPC-Coach View Post

      Good stuff keep it going.

      Hey PPC Coach, Thanks for the support and i also enjoy your post in the forum!

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      How has things been going?

      Still in the green?
      Hey Greedy!

      I unfortuntley have run into a small dry spell. After i had 3 days in a row with sales, the last 8 days have been completely dry. I will admit that the dryness sucked up some of my swagger last week, but im back in full swing this week. The only conversions where for email submits, where I spent much more than i earned.

      Notes:

      1) I am having trouble getting email submits to pan out via lead impact. Ive tried cutting keywords that dont seem to perform, optimizing LP's, and optimizing the campagin. These are $1.40 payouts, and after spending about $80 on 3 different but similar offers, dont see any hope. I have one Survey offer that is name and email submit that pays $4, which i am testing now, so far not looking that promising.


      2) I have spent the last week optimizing all my campaigns. That means, making new LP's for offers that i didn't like. Switching up offers for some of the campaigns. Adding keywords to some campaigns, Cutting keywords from others. etc...

      3) This week i plan to do a roll out of 7 search campaigns. I currently have 3 campaigns running, but all are spending about $1 a day because they are very tight, and pre-sell hard.

      4) I think there is a 5% chance that something i did with my optimizing LP's have messed something up(Created a redirect page, so i could resize the window, and made sure all clicks open in new window via _blank). The reason i say this is because ever since making these changes i havent got a sale. Ive tested to see if eveything works, and it seems to be fine on my end, so thats why i say 5% something internal is jacked.

      Stats:
      LeadImpact Spent: $500
      LeadImpact Rev: $300
      Current position: -$200 (This could be higher if i get a refund for a clickbank product)

      Conclusion: Its crazy how i thought after having 3 days in a row with sales that i figured something out. Now i go for 8 days dry, and it feels kinda like im back to square one, but with more knowledge. I am going to go ahead and deposit another $300 in LI, and hopefully get my swag back.

      As always i am focused on sticking to the process and not focusing to much on the results at this point. I am confident i can make this work, and not to concerned with my $200 loss so far, just got keep truckin. Anyway, thank you all for your support.

      Onward and Upward
      -Ben

      P.S. Its also much more fun and easy writing daily updates when something good happens rather than sharing of one's dry spell.
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      • Profile picture of the author wwidman
        Congrats! That first success is so sweet!
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Conclusion: Its crazy how i thought after having 3 days in a row with sales that i figured something out. Now i go for 8 days dry, and it feels kinda like im back to square one, but with more knowledge. I am going to go ahead and deposit another $300 in LI, and hopefully get my swag back.
    yeah, I always look as it as paying for knowledge, when I am testing a new ad network for the first few months.

    As always i am focused on sticking to the process and not focusing to much on the results at this point. I am confident i can make this work, and not to concerned with my $200 loss so far, just got keep truckin. Anyway, thank you all for your support.
    Great attitude.

    What I would suggest... is skip doing 7Search for now, and stick to LeadImpact since it is working for me. On LeadImpact I would launch a new campaign that targets bigger URLs so you can get faster money coming in, also build this new campaign around a lower payout CPA offer $4-$10.

    With a cheaper offer, you will spend a lot less money on testing. Since testing 1-2x the cost of the offer will be a lot less.

    When starting out low payout offers are a great way to learn and save money.
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  • Profile picture of the author JoeFerguson
    Nice my work my friend! Keep it up!
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by JoeFerguson View Post

      Nice my work my friend! Keep it up!
      Thanks for the support!

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post


      What I would suggest... is skip doing 7Search for now, and stick to LeadImpact since it is working for me. On LeadImpact I would launch a new campaign that targets bigger URLs so you can get faster money coming in, also build this new campaign around a lower payout CPA offer $4-$10.
      I have taken your advice, and will hold on 7search until i have put a good 5-10 more campaigns up in the $4-$10 for leadimpact. I have already gone through all offers in that price range for a few networks and have chosen about 10 offers i can see potentially working.

      Ill try and have these 10 campaigns all up by the end of the weekend. Next week ill start adding LP's and split test direct vs LP. Ill keep you guys posted.

      Onward and Upward
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author Greedy
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

        Thanks for the support!



        I have taken your advice, and will hold on 7search until i have put a good 5-10 more campaigns up in the $4-$10 for leadimpact. I have already gone through all offers in that price range for a few networks and have chosen about 10 offers i can see potentially working.

        Ill try and have these 10 campaigns all up by the end of the weekend. Next week ill start adding LP's and split test direct vs LP. Ill keep you guys posted.

        Onward and Upward
        -Ben
        Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Hrkjds
    Great to know about your success story. Keep posting...
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by papuanac1971 View Post

      I mastered dating niche and I get good income from that but I always love to see what others do, test their methods and that's why I register on Greed Report.
      I highly recommend to register, spend $10 miserable bucks and get valuable info from that site that can multiply your earnings.
      Hey papauanac.
      Thanks for the support. I would also like to get into the dating niche, but have yet to put up some dating campaigns. Because of your post i plan on putting a few campaigns up this week.

      Originally Posted by Hrkjds View Post

      Great to know about your success story. Keep posting...
      Hey Hrkjds,
      Thanks for reading and showing support!

      Labor Day Update:

      - So I have put up 7 campaigns in lead impact, all of which are in $5-$10 / lead range. I started running all campaigns for a day direct linking, but have paused all of them until, I can put together a landing page. I am excited for the day that i can have a profitable campaign by simply direct linking, till than i have come to the conclusion with lead-impact in specific, it is necessarily for a landing page.

      - For one of the campaigns I have i put together a LP ($7 payout), and have already got 2 conversions , so that particular campaign looks like it has great potential.

      - I have used this weekend to really polish up my email marketing knowledge. (Actually purchased 3 different WSO's on the subject. One of which where email swipes) I have come to realize how important it is for me to put together an email list, and i am wasting time and money not capturing emails, and putting them thru a sales funnel.

      Quick Stats:
      LeadImpact Spent: $500
      Clickbank Commisions: $300
      Max Bount Commisions: $30
      Net Loss: $170

      I am currently at a loss, but am very happy with the knowledge ive gained. Im excited to start promoting products in the $5-$10 range and think i can find something that i can make work. Also i think i can start improving some CTR, here and there.


      Goals for the week:

      1) Create Landing Pages for my new campaigns
      2) Create 3 more campaigns in the dating niche
      3) Create an email opt-in page LP for my stock campaign (business opportunity/ IM niche)
      4) Create Free Gift for for email opt-in
      5) Create my email swipes that are half valuable content, and the other half promote affiliate products. This i imagine may take a little while, but i would like to have a year worth of swipes available. (Load how ever far i get into Aweber)

      So for this week, my main focus is on my 10 new $5-$10/lead campaigns via leadimpact, and getting my email game up and running.

      Onwards and Upwards
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author DrwQ45
    I have also been experiencing a dry spell but I believe its because of the holiday and people going away before schools starts. I am going to try LI because of your post. I am converting via Bing but I want another source. I tried 7 and received a few conversions but about time I got done with all the blocking I was just breaking even. Please keep up your updates and God willing the conversions will start flowing again.
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  • Profile picture of the author foxrun
    Smart way of testing. LeadImpact looks like it will start to pay off for you with it's up's and down's
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by DrwQ45 View Post

      Please keep up your updates and God willing the conversions will start flowing again.
      Hey DrwQ45,
      Thanks for the support. Determined to make IM work, so this dryspell is just part of the learning curve. I feel its only a matter of time before i find / cultivate some winning campaigns.

      Originally Posted by foxrun View Post

      Smart way of testing. LeadImpact looks like it will start to pay off for you with it's up's and down's
      Thats the intention. Im getting great practice in the process of learning. I have now created over 50 campaigns and over 100+ landing pages. I can confidently say that my skills have defintely improved in the last month.

      Daily Update:

      - Have gotten all my 10 new $5-$10 campaigns up. Only have Landing Pages for 2 of them thus far. My goal is to create LP's for all my new campaigns by the end of the week.

      - I Have been spending a lot of time trying to get my email game up and running. I logistically know what to do, but there is a learning curve and a lot of things that must be done:
      1) Getting used to Aweber
      2) Creating a squeez page
      3) Setting up tracking through CPVLab
      4) Create a Free Giveaway for email submit (i have multiple ideas, on how to do this which is going to require me to make 2 different Reports/ Ebooks. One will prolly end up being a free WSO - coming soon to a warrior forum near you)
      5) Putting together email swipes, so i can put my list on autopilot, and subscribers have sales funnel to go through
      6) Choosing offers to promote, and creating email swipe for product

      All the above i could probably do in a day if i had someone showing me exactly what to do, but like you all know teaching yourself usually takes a bit longer. On a positive note im confident teaching myself is giving me a better overall understanding of everything that i learn.

      Anyways I have no conversions to report of today, but am slowly building up my IM business.

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author kinyash
    Awsome men, keep up the good work.
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  • Profile picture of the author liquide43
    Keep going and trying.Congratilations man.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by kinyash View Post

      Awsome men, keep up the good work.
      Thanks Kinyash!

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Glad to hear!!
      Thanks Greedy!

      Originally Posted by liquide43 View Post

      Keep going and trying.Congratilations man.
      Thanks Liquide!


      Daily Update:

      - I have a few clickbank products ive been promoting on L.I. that have payouts close to $100+ (rebills included). I have already spent about $50 each on 2 different campaigns that haven't converted yet (My CTR has also been steadily falling). I decided to pause these campaigns until i have a squeez page in place. Im finding that promoting clickbank products has been like rolling dice thus far. I cant confidently say if any campaign will survive, although all the ones with a sale are profitable for now (I promoting probably 35 clickbank products) It seems like every conversion is random.

      - Im more confident than ever that if I set up a list building system in all these different niches Im currently targeting, it could be responsible for big paydays down the line, and also make this business a little bit more stable. Also I will be first concentrating on the IM niche for listing building, this is because it is laid out the best in every WSO, and you can literally see what the the top dawgs in the IM game are doing by signing up for there list. I also really do enjoy the IM niche as well. (When it comes to WSO's, i love the shiny objects )

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Two days in a row! Right after writing my post i checked my CPVLab again today to find that I have my biggest sale yet!!! Payout of $67! I have been promoting two different products in this niche and have been split testing and have sold one of each. So this particular campaign has a riduclous ROI.
    Total Spent this campaign: $8
    Total Commissions this campaign: $90 ($67 + $23)
    ROI is over 1000%!

    Current Stats:
    LeadImpact Spend: $560
    Total Commisions: $400
    Net: -$160

    Anyways, just thought i'd share.

    Onward and Upwards
    -Ben
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    • Profile picture of the author Greedy
      Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

      Total Spent this campaign: $8
      Total Commissions this campaign: $90 ($67 + $23)
      ROI is over 1000%!
      How much potential volume does each of these campaigns have?

      Anyone hit targeting big keywords yet?
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by natebunger View Post

        Congratulations! You deserve all the blessings that you are getting right now. I can see the efforts that you are making to get the extra money. You are even willing to spend more just to learn techniques. Truly, those who are persevering enough can make it big in this line of business.
        Thanks for the kind words Nate. Much appreciated!

        Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

        How much potential volume does each of these campaigns have?

        Anyone hit targeting big keywords yet?
        This campaign doesn't really have any super active URLS. A good comparable would be a product on curing "Irritable Bowel Syndrome - IBS" (Actually i did sell one CB product on IBS thus far). There is only so many people that need a cure for IBS, whom also happen to be part of LeadImpact network.

        Daily Update:

        -I have one dating campaign that im promoting from a different country that i. direct linking to for now, that has been getting conversions. I have probably spent $12 on LI and have had 3 conversions that amount to $15. So this campaign looks like it can potentially become profitable. It also has good volume traffic potential.

        - Im also working on getting my email optin and campaign finished. Hopefully i will report my first email subscriber shortly.

        Onward and Upwards
        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author mediamarket
    Sounds like a solid plan, when your learning your going to lose money, only think of it as data.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by mediamarket View Post

      Sounds like a solid plan, when your learning your going to lose money, only think of it as data.
      Thanks for the support MediaMarket!

      Daily Update:
      -Today i woke up and checked my CPVlab to see that i had 6 new conversions over night! Today is already going down as most conversions in a day for me. Most of them where from a dating offer, one of them was also my highest paying lead conversion to date at $15. For that $15 conversion, i have been running this campaign for the last month, and i was $12 into my spend until in finally hit for me last night.

      - Today I will continue to work on sharpening up my 5-$15 campaigns, along with continuing to work on my email campaign.

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author pinkgorilla
    Well done!

    The hardest part of affiliate marketing is probably making that first sale. Once you've got that, it's a lot easier to get the other sales flowing in. Sales will be inconsistent, that's natural. Some days you might get dozens of sales, other days even none.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    The hardest part of affiliate marketing is probably making that first sale. Once you've got that, it's a lot easier to get the other sales flowing in
    Because it gives you a reason to believe.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by pinkgorilla View Post

      Well done!

      The hardest part of affiliate marketing is probably making that first sale..
      Hey PinkGorilla, thanks for the support. I agree that breaking the ice initially is hardest part.

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Because it gives you a reason to believe.
      Hey Greedy! I agree that belief is probably the biggest part of the equation. I came to the conclusion when i got into the IM word that there are a lot of people that are very successful, and making a lot of money in the industry. That being said, if they could be successful than i know i could to. I have been successful in other industries which has allowed me the time, money, and belief to treat IM like a real business.

      Weekly Update:
      - My dating offer is my first campaign that is converting regularly. I am averaging about 5 conversion a day. The campaigns ROI is currently at 30%. I hope to improve this as more keywords continue to get cut. This campaigns has profited about $5 a day currently. This exact campaign i tried to transfer to MediaTraffic with no luck. MT is one tough nut to crack.

      - Still working on setting up my email campaign. I am also working on creating my free report / guide for people who OPT-in. I will probably make a mini-guide /report about PPV, cause that is what i feel i can put together the highest quality content. Will also probably create signature this week, and give away my guide to warriors who want to opt-in to my list.

      - I put up a 3 different 7search campagins this weekend, cause i read an article that motivated me. They only took me about 7 min each, and there all very tight and will not require much monitoring. (Im trying not to jump around to much from traffic sources, but these where to easy for me to create, not to try)

      - I have about 7 campaigns on hold in the $5-$15 payout range, which I intend to create an LP and reactivate by the end of the week.


      Hope everyone has a successful and productive week.

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    - My dating offer is my first campaign that is converting regularly. I am averaging about 5 conversion a day. The campaigns ROI is currently at 30%. I hope to improve this as more keywords continue to get cut. This campaigns has profited about $5 a day currently. This exact campaign i tried to transfer to MediaTraffic with no luck. MT is one tough nut to crack.
    I would save up money for TrafficVance.

    - I put up a 3 different 7search campagins this weekend, cause i read an article that motivated me. They only took me about 7 min each, and there all very tight and will not require much monitoring. (Im trying not to jump around to much from traffic sources, but these where to easy for me to create, not to try)
    How are they doing?
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  • Profile picture of the author paulhung
    Congratulate! I wish I can do as you can
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by paulhung View Post

      Congratulate! I wish I can do as you can
      Hey Paul Thanks for the support!
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      I would save up money for TrafficVance.
      How are they doing?
      I have the funds ready for TrafficVance, I will probably do it in the next week or two. I have been lagging a little with my new LI campaigns. No conversions for the 7search. I think one reason for this is 8 of the 9 campagins I have on 7search are CPS type offers. Ill try to get more lead type offers going in the next week.

      Updates:

      Lead Impact Stats: (Just deposited another $350)
      Lead Impact Spent: $750
      Total Commissions: $600
      Net: -$150

      7 Search Stats:
      Spent: $40 with 0 commision thus far. (I attribute this to having almost exclusivley sale type offers)
      Net: -$40

      Media Traffic: (Will not deposit more money)
      Spent $80 with 0 commissions: Media Traffic is very hard to crack. I've tried all type of offers, and nothing has hit or even showed any type of promise.
      Net: -$80


      - I have been hard at work getting my mini-guide together for my opt-in for the IM niche. Putting together all the content and making sure to add affiliate links/offers for products i trust and believe in.

      Thats the Update!

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    No conversions for the 7search. I think one reason for this is 8 of the 9 campagins I have on 7search are CPS type offers.
    Try focusing on less campaigns. Since you need test each 1-2x the offer's payout, for every change.

    Most campaign don't work out the gate, you will have to make multiple tweaks with them.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Daily Update:

      - Today has been a great day of conversions. My dating offer converted 6 times already, and is now at a 40% ROI. I hope to continue to improve my ROI by cutting more garbage keywords once they have had enough impressions.

      - My clickbank stock campaign also converted today. Its the 3rd time since I started with leadimpact it has converted. Payout is $65. For this campaign my ROI is right at 100%.

      - I'm currently at $93 revenue for the day. With a few more conversions this can be my first $100 day!

      Things are starting to get more interesting

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author Vizkii
        Hey there bigbenre, Congratulations on all your vast knowledge you've learned in a small amount of time. Also on your recent success today.

        Are you only using Clickbank for your offers? I'd say you should stick too LeadImpact and try out Peerfly now that you've condensed the amount of campaigns your Running.

        One tip you should check out next time your researching, find a campaign that's really working for someone else and Reverse Engineer it. Cheers!
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      • Profile picture of the author PerformanceMan
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

        Daily Update:

        - Today has been a great day of conversions. My dating offer converted 6 times already, and is now at a 40% ROI. I hope to continue to improve my ROI by cutting more garbage keywords once they have had enough impressions.

        - My clickbank stock campaign also converted today. Its the 3rd time since I started with leadimpact it has converted. Payout is $65. For this campaign my ROI is right at 100%.

        - I'm currently at $93 revenue for the day. With a few more conversions this can be my first $100 day!

        Things are starting to get more interesting

        Onward and Upwards
        -Ben
        Nice work. Did you ever get any conversions with 7Search?
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Originally Posted by Vizkii View Post

          Hey there bigbenre, Congratulations on all your vast knowledge you've learned in a small amount of time. Also on your recent success today.
          Are you only using Clickbank for your offers? I'd say you should stick too LeadImpact and try out Peerfly now that you've condensed the amount of campaigns your Running.
          Hey Vzkii, thanks for the support. Im useing clickbank, Maxbounty, and Peerfly (no conversion with peerfly yet)

          Originally Posted by PerformanceMan View Post

          Nice work. Did you ever get any conversions with 7Search?
          Hey Mr.Man, thanks for the support. I have not got any 7search conversions yet. I attribute this to the fact that majority of my campagins are sale type offers rather than lead generation, which are much easier to convert.

          - Im am currently 1 conversion away from my first $100 day.

          - I have put another niche specific dating site campaign up. Ill test it out with direct linking and let you know how it goes.

          Onward and Upwards
          -Ben
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          • Profile picture of the author DrwQ45
            Like Greedy continues to say you just can't give up. I just had a casino offer convert on normal 7search yesterday that paid $45 and previously many sweepstakes leads convert. With 7search search you need to get the Blocked RID form and once you do your testing filter out the non-converting seemingly paid to click your ad ID's. Then your ROI is be much better.of course depending on your landing page. I have not seen any conversions yet on 7search Display network but I am working on that currently switching around banners and landing pages. I'm glad to hear that you keep on keeping on. The 7search Display seems almost worse then Bing for detecting false positives via McAfee then removing your campaign without letting your make changes. Also if you are promoting a UK only offer they just test it in the US so if you have a re-direct to a different offer because of US traffic then they remove your campaign. So the 7search Display network in not a forgiving as the normal 7search. Take care and may the leads and sales be with you !!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    If I was in your shoes, I would halt creating new campaigns, forget about 7Search, and focus on scaling and growing your campaigns that are already working.

    It is MUCH MUCH easier to make something that is converting to make more money, than starting something new.

    I believe you have 2 profitable campaigns, here is what I would focus all my efforts on.

    CLICKBANK CAMPAIGN:
    - Test 5 Landing Pages (Test Audio, Video, Scarcity, Exit Pops, Geo-Call Out, Ect.)
    - A Squeeze Page & Email Promotion
    - Test 3 Other Offers
    - Keep digging and testing new URLs. (Get creative. Test big URL swinging for the fences.)


    DATING CAMPAIGN:
    - Test 5 Landing Pages (Test a "Rules" Landing Page. Make it look like the offer. Check POF for some good LP ideas.)
    - Test 10 Other Offers
    - Keep digging and testing new URLs. (Get creative. Test big URL swinging for the fences.)

    If you aren't getting enough traffic to do split tests, really focus on getting those bigger URLs. Or tweaking the campaign, so it fits a more larger demographic.

    If you can boost your LP's CTR 50% for any of those with typically isn't to hard if the campaign is new, you will be well over $100 a day.

    As soon as I get a converting campaign my focus is on maximizing it in every way. This is the last time I would start playing around with a new traffic source, or build new campaigns. That is just my option.
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    • Profile picture of the author Vizkii
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      - Keep digging and testing new URLs. (Get creative. Test big URL swinging for the fences.)
      What do you mean when you say test new URLs and test Big URLs? I've seen and heard this many times before but never understood it.
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by Moneymaker2012 View Post

        Great work, keep it up. Don't forget there is a long way to go.
        Thanks MoneyMaker! Lifes about the journey not the destination Just trying to enjoy the process

        Originally Posted by Vizkii View Post

        What do you mean when you say test new URLs and test Big URLs? I've seen and heard this many times before but never understood it.
        I think Greedy is referring to keywords/urls(in ppv your keywords are urls) that generate a high volume of traffic. If you can learn to convert a high traffic keyword you have potential to make lots of money.

        Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

        If I was in your shoes, I would halt creating new campaigns, forget about 7Search, and focus on scaling and growing your campaigns that are already working.

        It is MUCH MUCH easier to make something that is converting to make more money, than starting something new.

        I believe you have 2 profitable campaigns, here is what I would focus all my efforts on.

        CLICKBANK CAMPAIGN:
        - Test 5 Landing Pages (Test Audio, Video, Scarcity, Exit Pops, Geo-Call Out, Ect.)
        - A Squeeze Page & Email Promotion
        - Test 3 Other Offers
        - Keep digging and testing new URLs. (Get creative. Test big URL swinging for the fences.)


        DATING CAMPAIGN:
        - Test 5 Landing Pages (Test a "Rules" Landing Page. Make it look like the offer. Check POF for some good LP ideas.)
        - Test 10 Other Offers
        - Keep digging and testing new URLs. (Get creative. Test big URL swinging for the fences.)

        If you aren't getting enough traffic to do split tests, really focus on getting those bigger URLs. Or tweaking the campaign, so it fits a more larger demographic.

        If you can boost your LP's CTR 50% for any of those with typically isn't to hard if the campaign is new, you will be well over $100 a day.

        As soon as I get a converting campaign my focus is on maximizing it in every way. This is the last time I would start playing around with a new traffic source, or build new campaigns. That is just my option.
        Wow Greedy, thanks for the in depth reply. I will try to focus a little more, but achieving a 50%CTR seems crazy. My best CTR is for my Stock Offer that gets around 15% over the last month and a half. My average CTR for a LP is usually under 5%. I will try and implement some techniques you suggested above. The payout is $65, so it means i would be spending about $100 on each high traffic keyword as long as it getting decent CTR.

        As far as the dating offer goes. This one will be hard to scale because im direct linking to a dating offer in a different country.I don't speak the language so creating LP will be difficult.

        Onward and Upwards
        -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Daily Update:

          - Yesterday was my best day to date. I missed my $100 day by less the .50 cents. Spent around $30 for the day in advertising.

          - Today has been a little slower but have converted twice on my dating offer.

          - I am about half way through creating my e-book/WSO , that I will be giving out when somebody opts-in to my email list. Creating this is taking longer than i thought but its going to be a quality product. Its looking like its going to be around 20-25 page PDF. I was even thinking about eventually adding some video and making it a paid WSO. Expect to see this in my signature in the next week or 2. I have already created the image that will be in my signature.

          Near Future Goals:

          - Release my E-book / WSO.
          - Change my avatar from a smiley face to a picture of me (gotta start branding)
          - Create a video of myself and post onto forum. This will start the branding process, and also getting myself more comfortable and natural in front of the camera.
          - Sign up for TrafficVance ( I have already talked to my AM for referral)
          - Take coaching from some higher profile coaches. I want to do this for 2 reasons. First i want to improve everything Im doing. I know if i had a pro look through what i am doing right now, they could make a few specific suggestions that would surely skyrocket my profitable. Second, i think eventually i would set up my own coaching program, and would love to have first hand experience what the best out there have to offer.

          Anyways, thanks for reading!

          Onward and Upwards!
          -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    Great work, keep it up. Don't forget there is a long way to go.
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  • Profile picture of the author jsmiz
    Not sure i understand why you would want to start selling an ebook/wso already when you're at 100$ in revenue(not that it's not good)...If that's one of your goals, i'd wait til you actually got 500$ days to be at a more credible level and then start branding yourself. Take no offense, just looks like you wanna move a bit too fast
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by jsmiz View Post

      Not sure i understand why you would want to start selling an ebook/wso already when you're at 100$ in revenue(not that it's not good)...If that's one of your goals, i'd wait til you actually got 500$ days to be at a more credible level and then start branding yourself. Take no offense, just looks like you wanna move a bit too fast
      No offense taken at all. I would feel the same way if i read another user with a similar post to mine. I am actually not planning on selling it, but rather releasing it as a Free WSO. I am confident I will do my credibility justice when people see the quality of the information i present.

      Daily Update:

      - Babysitting my current campaigns. Making little changes here and there to improve what I currently have going.

      - Continuing to work on my WSO, I am very happy with it so far, and should be done by early next week.

      - Today has been a decent day for conversion 5 so far of my dating offer and 1 for MyPCBackup. Although I am having trouble cracking how to get MyPCBackup profitable for US traffic. I have one country where its is in the green for now.

      Anyways back to work.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    I will try to focus a little more, but achieving a 50%CTR seems crazy. My best CTR is for my Stock Offer that gets around 15% over the last month and a half.
    What I was saying is you can easily get 50% increase to you current CTR. Doubling your conversions.

    Are you using a landing page / quick pre-sell page with your ClickBank offers, if not your are missing out.

    Also did you test targeting some keywords as well?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      What I was saying is you can easily get 50% increase to you current CTR. Doubling your conversions.

      Are you using a landing page / quick pre-sell page with your ClickBank offers, if not your are missing out.

      Also did you test targeting some keywords as well?
      Hey Greedy!

      I am using a landing page for my Clickbank offer. However im not sure if my LP would be considered a pre-sell page? I have not tested out actual keywords. The few times I have it seemed to burn through money at crazy speeds (Or maybe what i thought was crazy speeds at the time). Anyways I will try and play around with these suggestions. Like always thanks for your help.

      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author yoamro
    Any new updates Ben?! This thread is really interesting.
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    • Profile picture of the author NeshSab
      Hey Ben, I'm really enjoying your process. You are doing very good!

      Although I am having trouble cracking how to get MyPCBackup profitable for US traffic
      I had this problem, too. I didn't have luck with this offer.
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by yoamro View Post

        Any new updates Ben?! This thread is really interesting.
        Hey Yoamro, thanks for the support. I do have a few updates today!

        Originally Posted by NeshSab View Post

        Hey Ben, I'm really enjoying your process. You are doing very good!

        I had this problem, too. I didn't have luck with this offer.
        Hey NeshSab, thanks for support and reading. There is one country where i run MyPCBackup where it is currently profitable. That being said, that country gets almost no traffic, so I'm up $5 which means nothing.

        Daily Update:

        - So on Sunday almost hit $100 again, but was $4 dollars shy. I still have yet to hit my first $100 revenue day. Today is very slow with only one $5 conversion.

        - Today I submitted my application to TrafficVance, and should be approved by tomorrow morning. Once approved ill deposit the $1000, and move a few of my profitable campaigns over. I got my referral from my Affiliate Manager.

        - I have been hard at work on my PPV Guide. Its currently at 22 pages and about 5,000 word count. It is way more detailed than i thought i would ever make it. This is the first time, since i attended High School that i have been writing as much as a do. The combination of this E-Book and posting in this forum is improving my writing skills.

        - I have been working on becoming more productive by breaking up my day into 25 minute work sessions. Than documenting every 30minute period in the day. For those 25 minutes i don't allow myself to be distracted by anything. Today was very productive, but i can still improve greatly. I feel productivity is a muscle that needs to be built, and consistently worked on.

        - On Sunday I finally got back to the breakeven point, rather than in the red.

        LeadImpact Stats:
        LeadImact Spent: $900
        Commissions Paid: $900

        7 Serach; Spent $75, 0 Conversions
        - I have spent everything in my 7 Search account right now. I probably wont deposit more right away, and just focus more on TrafficVance. That being said I still think 7Search can be a great traffic source.

        MediaTraffic $100, 0 Conversions (Will Not Re-Deposit)
        - Stupid MediaTraffic. I am sure there are some people out there making money with MediaTraffic, but I am not one of the chosen ones.

        Thats the update, hope you enjoyed.

        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author morg2k2
          Hello,

          I also started a few month with CPA, i think a great way to get some income, with high risks.

          So i have some questions athat maybe you can clarify me if you don´t mind:

          1) Do you use only paid traffic or cannot use free traffic (like SEO to the LP or redirecting traffic from relevant blogs that you have , etc) , or you are not allowed to use free traffic.

          2) What kind of offer are better the ones with higher payout like $50-100 per action or really low payout offers like email submits for exemple?

          I would like enlighten your courage to went ahead against all the odds of CPA.

          Keep up the good work.
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  • Profile picture of the author marksdcqh
    I would suggest to be very methodical in how you add new traffic source since they all require a certain learning curve before you can make them profitable.
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  • Profile picture of the author Thego12
    That's awesome Bigbenre, keep on your success ways
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by morg2k2 View Post

      Hello,
      1) Do you use only paid traffic or cannot use free traffic (like SEO to the LP or redirecting traffic from relevant blogs that you have , etc) , or you are not allowed to use free traffic.

      2) What kind of offer are better the ones with higher payout like $50-100 per action or really low payout offers like email submits for example?

      Keep up the good work.
      Hey Morg thanks for the support. 1) Right now I am only using paid traffic, that being said i feel having some free traffic methods in your business model can only help. Ill probably do some Youtube marketing in the next few months, but am way to busy right now. 2) For PPV i suggest starting in the $3-$15 payout for lead range. Any payout lower is hard to make profitable, any higher payout are much more difficult to convert.


      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Keep up the hard work! Motivating to see.
      Thanks Greedy!

      Originally Posted by Thego12 View Post

      That's awesome Bigbenre, keep on your success ways
      Thanks Thego, appretiate the support!

      Daily Update:

      - I got approved by TrafficVance today. Now i am just waiting for my account to fund. You have to send in ID, cc info, and signed sheets, so there is going to be some processing time. Hopefully if i am lucky by the end of today i can run my first campaign. One thing i thought was interesting is that you need a separate account for US traffic vs. International. Meaning that you must deposit a $1000 into each account if you want to do both US and International traffic. Im only going to start with US for now, and move on from here.

      - I have 2 conversions today for the dating offer Im promoting. My ROI for that campaign has dropped from 40% to 30%.

      - I am continuing to work hard to get my PPV guide finished. Even getting Affiliate links to put into guide is a time consuming process in it of itself.

      Anyways, hope everyone's having a good day.

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    - I got approved by TrafficVance today. Now i am just waiting for my account to fund. You have to send in ID, cc info, and signed sheets, so there is going to be some processing time. Hopefully if i am lucky by the end of today i can run my first campaign. One thing i thought was interesting is that you need a separate account for US traffic vs. International. Meaning that you must deposit a $1000 into each account if you want to do both US and International traffic. Im only going to start with US for now, and move on from here.
    Congrats! TrafficVance is awesome!
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  • Profile picture of the author momo1984
    any updates? I would like to see more results :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author Greedy
      Originally Posted by momo1984 View Post

      any updates? I would like to see more results :-)
      Yes, how have things been going? Interested to hear as well.
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Hey Greedy and Momo, thanks for the support and interest in my progress!

        Weekly Update:

        - So i have TrafficVance, finally up, running, and funded. I have went ahead and transferred about half of my successful campaigns over , and plan to transfer the rest today. No conversions yet, but i am only $1 into my $1000 deposit .

        - For my PPV camapigns I have been more in a maintenance mode, than expansion mode. This is because i really want to get my Email funnel up and running.

        - I have finished all the content of my PPV guide, and now i am just adding affiliate links. In some cases this requires me to send my guide to certain companies for them to review before i can promote there product or service.

        - I am focusing a lot on the email aspect of IM, because I feel its probably the most stable aspect of IM. I have always believed in having a diverse portfolio, and having listing building in your gameplan is what i would compare to a long term hold in real estate or the stock market. Paid advertising is the day to day hustle, while list building is the investment in the future. Both of which are important to a well balanced portfolio.

        - Something really interesting happened this week. I ran out of funds from 7search about a week ago, but i got a conversion this weekend for my stock product im promoting. This was a pleasant surprise, given this is a $65 payout. I probably wont deposit more money into 7 search just yet, unless they honor a 50% bonus.

        TIP: For those interested in testing 7Search, if you are part of MaxBounty, and goto there resources page they have a bonus. You can deposit upto $200 and get a 50% bonus. So if you deposit $200, youll get an additional $100 in your account. This is only for first time depositors.

        - I think I may change my avatar this week from my amazing happy face to a picture of myself, so i can start branding my image.

        Anyways, I have a monster To-do list for this week so its time for me to get back to work (Posting on the warrior forum is part of my daily To-Do's) Hope you enjoyed, and lets all have a successful productive week.

        Onward and Upwards
        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author LukePeerFly
    Congrats on your success so far Ben. Keep it up!
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    - So i have TrafficVance, finally up, running, and funded. I have went ahead and transferred about half of my successful campaigns over , and plan to transfer the rest today. No conversions yet, but i am only $1 into my $1000 deposit .
    TrafficVance is great! Glad you were approved.

    TIP: For those interested in testing 7Search, if you are part of MaxBounty, and goto there resources page they have a bonus. You can deposit upto $200 and get a 50% bonus. So if you deposit $200, youll get an additional $100 in your account. This is only for first time depositors.
    Thanks for this tip, I am going to share this with some others. Didn't know that, great for newbies.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by LukePeerFly View Post

      Congrats on your success so far Ben. Keep it up!
      The Legend LukePeerFly! Thanks for the support! Feel like I found a 4 leaf clover!Today is a good day!

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Thanks for this tip, I am going to share this with some others. Didn't know that, great for newbies.
      Hey Greedy! Finally I am able to give you a little nugget back in return! (I have my own treasure chest of nuggets from you) Today is a great day!

      Update:

      Stats:
      LeadImpact Spent: $1000
      LeadImpact Commisions: $1000
      ROI: 0%

      TrafficVance: Only $3 into budget.

      - So for the last week i have profited a little. My dating camapign is paying for it self and for my other marketing. Than every few days a clickbank sale would go down, and take me into profits for the week. This has been the case for the last few weeks. I will start expanding again once i get my email campaign up and running.

      - Today was the first time one of my Clickbank sales got refunded. Ive been warned about this, and it finally happened. This continues to reinforce that i need to get my email game up and running so income becomes more reliable.

      - For those who have not noticed, I have changed my avatar from a picture of a happyface to my own picture. (I did this to start the branding process). Video coming soon to a warrior forum near you

      - I have finished my E-book, and just need to format a little better. I will also have a buddy do a re-read for spelling and grammar mistakes. Ive' already created an Ebook cover image, and also an image for my signature.

      Anyways hope everybody is having a productive successful week.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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    - I have finished my E-book, and just need to format a little better. I will also have a buddy do a re-read for spelling and grammar mistakes. Ive' already created an Ebook cover image, and also an image for my signature.
    Make eBooks is hard work.

    I always feel like I am going to get it done in 2 days and it takes 2 weeks.
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  • Profile picture of the author wardkfyh
    Congratulations!
    Keep up the good work!
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    Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    stick to it, and keep going.

    Do not give up, always get your control test, and then test again.

    I usually spend a few hundred with lead impact before I see ok conversions and killer converions, then i ramp them up. Just be patient and well done.
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    • Profile picture of the author Greedy
      Originally Posted by celente View Post

      stick to it, and keep going.

      Do not give up, always get your control test, and then test again.

      I usually spend a few hundred with lead impact before I see ok conversions and killer converions, then i ramp them up. Just be patient and well done.
      Yup, I agree. Test, test, and test some more. Stay focused on.
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by wardkfyh View Post

        Congratulations!
        Keep up the good work!
        Hey Wardkfyh! Thanks for the Support!

        Originally Posted by th3seriousmind View Post

        Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
        Hey Serious Mind! Thanks for the support. I am happy your enjoying reading through it!

        Originally Posted by coderichard View Post

        Good Day!!!This article is so interesting!!Thank you that you share your experience with us!!!
        Hey CodeRichard! Thanks for the support. I am happy you are enjoying reading about my journey.

        Originally Posted by celente View Post

        stick to it, and keep going.

        Do not give up, always get your control test, and then test again.

        I usually spend a few hundred with lead impact before I see ok conversions and killer converions, then i ramp them up. Just be patient and well done.
        Hey Celente! Thanks for the support. I agree that if you are on a very limited budget and don't do the proper testing and tweaking its very hard to create a successful campaign. Persistence is one of the key factors to success!

        Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

        Make eBooks is hard work.

        I always feel like I am going to get it done in 2 days and it takes 2 weeks.
        Yep, this Ebook has taken much longer than expected, but on a positive note it is so much more, and higher quality than i anticipated. It started off being a quick report with some tips and tricks, and ended up turning into a comprehensive guide.

        I will post later today with a weekly update. Thank you everybody for your continued support.

        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author rizy
    Ben you are doing awesome, great courage and hard work.

    I came across your post because I am just now trying to get my foot into PPV, more specifically LeadImpact. But one thing I don't understand is why you feel the need to promote multiple different products and create 50 campaigns at a single time, oh hell no, I couldn't do this, and Greedy has tried to remind you over and over again that you gotta stick to only a couple that convert well for you and then just keep at it.

    I plan on picking only 1 product, that is an extremely broad category, and testing that accurately and super narrow down, with great URL research.

    The reason I am ready to jump on PPV is because it offers something crazy, URL targeting, wow, when you have that you don't need anything more. Use them and use them effectively, and see which work and stay with them, that is what I plan to do.

    -Rizzy
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by rizy View Post

      Ben you are doing awesome, great courage and hard work.

      I came across your post because I am just now trying to get my foot into PPV, more specifically LeadImpact. But one thing I don't understand is why you feel the need to promote multiple different products and create 50 campaigns at a single time, oh hell no, I couldn't do this, and Greedy has tried to remind you over and over again that you gotta stick to only a couple that convert well for you and then just keep at it.

      I plan on picking only 1 product, that is an extremely broad category, and testing that accurately and super narrow down, with great URL research.

      The reason I am ready to jump on PPV is because it offers something crazy, URL targeting, wow, when you have that you don't need anything more. Use them and use them effectively, and see which work and stay with them, that is what I plan to do.

      -Rizzy
      Hey Rizzy,

      Thanks for the support. I created as many campaigns as i did because a lot of the very specific niches i chose generated very little traffic. I was promting clickbank products at first and as you know they have a product for everything. For example i created campaigns for anything animal related I could find. Examples: Building a Chicken Coup, Raising Mini Pigs, Raising Goats, Raising Chickens, Raising Turkeys, Raising Rabbits. As you can see each one of these where a different campaign and none of them generated that much traffic. After all my testing of clickbank products/niches I was able to weed out 4 campaigns that are profitable. If it was not for my expansive testing i would have never known about these niches. That being said, how i approached PPV i would not necessarily recommend for someone new, and on a budget.

      I do agree with Greedy, and with your plan of action. I think if you stick to what you outlined above you are on a very good track to become a successful PPV Marketer. I would also like to add that you never know whats going to happen until your campaign goes live. You may think something will generate great traffic, but than be sadly mistaken.

      Like with everything else in life, make sure to keep taking action, test, tweak, rinse, repeat.

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author rizy
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

        Hey Rizzy,

        Thanks for the support. I created as many campaigns as i did because a lot of the very specific niches i chose generated very little traffic. I was promting clickbank products at first and as you know they have a product for everything. For example i created campaigns for anything animal related I could find. Examples: Building a Chicken Coup, Raising Mini Pigs, Raising Goats, Raising Chickens, Raising Turkeys, Raising Rabbits. As you can see each one of these where a different campaign and none of them generated that much traffic. After all my testing of clickbank products/niches I was able to weed out 4 campaigns that are profitable. If it was not for my expansive testing i would have never known about these niches. That being said, how i approached PPV i would not necessarily recommend for someone new, and on a budget.

        I do agree with Greedy, and with your plan of action. I think if you stick to what you outlined above you are on a very good track to become a successful PPV Marketer. I would also like to add that you never know whats going to happen until your campaign goes live. You may think something will generate great traffic, but than be sadly mistaken.

        Like with everything else in life, make sure to keep taking action, test, tweak, rinse, repeat.

        Onward and Upwards
        -Ben
        Good stuff ben, and just saw that you are in SoCal, hopefully when we both are making profit ROI, we can meet.

        And keep this thread going, lots of knowledge for me...
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Originally Posted by rizy View Post

          Good stuff ben, and just saw that you are in SoCal, hopefully when we both are making profit ROI, we can meet.

          And keep this thread going, lots of knowledge for me...
          A Toast to Massive ROI's!!!!!

          Onward and Upwards!!!

          -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author HeadStartSEO
    LOVE this thread. Keep up the hard work OP and don't stop!
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  • Profile picture of the author badboy_Nick
    Hey sweet results and congrats, welcome to the club!

    Remember: markets are never smooth and if you hit a bump at some point don't panic and ALWAYS look at the overall picture. I personally never look at daily figures anymore and make sure I crunch my numbers on a 3-day rule before making changes to my campaign.

    This is really key. Analyze your campaign over a bigger timespan, as bumps are very common. Then change one thing at a time until you figure out what the issue is. Just don't forget to always try and improve your campaign ... the competition never sleeps.

    Any questions just let me know
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    This is really key. Analyze your campaign over a bigger timespan, as bumps are very common. Then change one thing at a time until you figure out what the issue is. Just don't forget to always try and improve your campaign ... the competition never sleeps.
    Yes, great advice. Don't get caught up in the day to day gambler's mindset.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by badboy_Nick View Post

      Hey sweet results and congrats, welcome to the club!

      Remember: markets are never smooth and if you hit a bump at some point don't panic and ALWAYS look at the overall picture. I personally never look at daily figures anymore and make sure I crunch my numbers on a 3-day rule before making changes to my campaign.
      Nick
      Hey Nick. Thanks for the advice and support!

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Yes, great advice. Don't get caught up in the day to day gambler's mindset.
      Agreed! One of the biggest reasons i have started concentrating on a email list is because paid traffic does feel a little like gambling. I love paid traffic but would like to add stability to the business.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        I have attached my first checks as an Affiliate Marketer! These are probably the only ones i will post because i have changed my payment options to direct deposit. Hope this helps motivate people to take action and that Affiliate Marketing is real!

        Onward and Upwards!
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  • Profile picture of the author takiki
    Any new updates ?! Very interesting thread, Thank you for sharing Ben
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by takiki View Post

      Any new updates ?! Very interesting thread, Thank you for sharing Ben
      Hey Takiki, thanks for the support.

      Originally Posted by johnnydio View Post

      That's great news...keep it up.
      Johnny, thanks for reading, and the support!

      Update:
      PPV Update:


      - So i just recently started setting up new campaigns in LeadImpact . I have been focusing mostly on dating offers, and have found a few new ones that i think have slight potential.

      - My clickbank products i have been promoting with success have not been converting as well as they did before. They are still in the profit, but if another sale doesn't come in, in the next week or 2 it will probably be back to breakeven.

      - Right now i am probably making about $10-$15 a day profit on PPV. The reason it is as low as it is right now, is because i am testing a lot of new campagins and the majority never end up making any money. Also I have narrowed my campagins down to about 4 profitable ones.

      - I still have plenty of budget in my TrafficVance account, but havent really started creating new campaigns in there yet. A lot of the dating offers i am promoting are adult dating sites which trafficvance does not allow. I will definitely use this budget soon enough, just need to figure how exactly i would like to do it.

      - I will probably purchase a 1 hour consulting session with 1 or 2 different experts/gurus to take a look at what im doing. I am sure there are little things i can tweak here and there to heavily increase my profits from PPV marketing.

      E-mailing Marketing Update

      - I have finished my E-Book on PPV Marketing a few weeks ago. I have not released it yet because I have been consulting with some people as the best way to release it for maximum exposure. My reasons for writing this E-Book are; start building my email list, provide high quality information, brand myself as a person whom over delivers with quality of conent.

      - I hope to finally release this E-Book in the next few weeks. In order to do this i still have to set-up my funnel: Squeez page, thank you page, thank you email, download page, download thank you page, follow-up emails, *maybe an OTO,. I plan on building multiple lists in the IM space. One that i will provide high quality content and i will push my own offers, and another that i build thru buying solo ads and monetize thru selling solo ads.

      Final Thoughts:

      - This last month has been a good one. Although my income has not improved that much, I have put in a lot of working on building a solid foundation to my business. I continue to love this business, and am amazed how everyday i continue to find golden nuggets. Thank you all for reading.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author sonixkid3000
    Sorry man I'm with Greedy. What you're doing sounds great but you have so many campaigns running. Now clearly they were profitable but why not find ones that are profitable and get those set up and optimized before making another 20 and moving into PPC, etc. Get a profitable campaign set up and THEN make another campaign and build out from there. No matter how tightly targeted they are it's still better to be in the green ;P just my thoughts!
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by sonixkid3000 View Post

      Sorry man I'm with Greedy. What you're doing sounds great but you have so many campaigns running. Now clearly they were profitable but why not find ones that are profitable and get those set up and optimized before making another 20 and moving into PPC, etc. Get a profitable campaign set up and THEN make another campaign and build out from there. No matter how tightly targeted they are it's still better to be in the green ;P just my thoughts!
      Hey Sonix,

      From your post its seems like you just read a part of the thread and commented. I also agree with everything Greedy has commented in this thread as well. Anyways thanks for commenting.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author sonixkid3000
    My apologies I just noticed that! Lol. Anyways sounds like you're doing good! Happy to hear of your success.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Good to see you are still moving forward, stick to the grind, good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author eures
    Hi Ben,

    Well done very interesting reading.

    I agree with Greedy, focus on a few campaigns ditch the poor ones build the good ones.

    Also think it is the wrong time of year for chicken coupes in the northern hemisphere. As I live in the UK I have finished all my outdoor projects until spring.

    Keep up the good work.

    kind regards Eures
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Also think it is the wrong time of year for chicken coupes in the northern hemisphere. As I live in the UK I have finished all my outdoor projects until spring.
    Ha real time demographic insights :p
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    • Profile picture of the author sree94
      Good job!

      Have you tried 50onRed? I just started buying traffic from them, and it is going well so far
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by eures View Post

        Also think it is the wrong time of year for chicken coupes in the northern hemisphere. As I live in the UK I have finished all my outdoor projects until spring.
        Keep up the good work.
        kind regards Eures
        Hey Eures,
        Thanks for the support! As far a chicken coops go, i still run the campaign. It generates nearly no traffic, but that traffic it does it highly targeted.

        Originally Posted by sree94 View Post

        Good job!

        Have you tried 50onRed? I just started buying traffic from them, and it is going well so far
        Hey Sree,
        Thanks for the support. I haven't tried them yet, but they where next on my list to test.

        Ill try and post another update later today!

        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Update:

          - Got into Neverblue, and had a good conversation with my new Affiliate Manger. Neverblue is a good compliment, to my MaxBounty, and Peerfly, W4 accounts.

          - Since i have started expanding my dating campaigns, i have been converting more offers per day on a specific CPA Network. This network emailed me and switched up my Affiliate Manager on me. They said ive been upgraded to a more senior AM. I was a little disappointed because I had a great relation with that AM. My new AM called me shortly after and we had a great conversation. It make's this business a lot more fun, and profitable being really cool with your AM's. Also when you start converting offers from their network, the AM's will have much more love for you.

          Tip: When talking to an Affiliate Manager for the first time on the phone from a new network its good to get them to have the same expectations as you. For example: When i talked to my Neverblue AM for the first time last week I let her know that the current network i work with will always give me a pay-bump after i can convert an offer 2-3 times. Pay-bumps are an industry standard, and they will be more than happy to, knowing that you are promoting there offers over a competitors. Also i never ask for a pay-bump until an offer has converted 2-3 times for me.

          This post should probably be called "Be Kind to Your Affiliate Manager, and Your Affiliate Manger shall be Kind To You". Anyways, good luck to everybody this week.

          Onward and Upwards!
          -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author junkdna
    1) On average, what is your budget for a brand new campaign?

    2) When do you decide to dump a campaign.

    3) How important it is to have the highest bid in order to get more clicks?

    4) Are you full time or part time?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by junkdna View Post

      1) On average, what is your budget for a brand new campaign?

      2) When do you decide to dump a campaign.

      3) How important it is to have the highest bid in order to get more clicks?

      4) Are you full time or part time?
      Hey JunkDNA, thanks for the support and interest.

      1) The dating offers payouts are between $3-$6, so I will usually spend $10. At first my targeting is very tight, so if doesn't convert within first $10 ill probably move to the next. For me about 1/3 will convert in the initial trial. If it does convert, i will work on expanding my keyword list. I am running a few payday loan offers (havent converted on any yet) which have much higher payouts, so my initial budget for these campaigns are much higher than that of the dating offers.

      2) If i cant make it convert with super tight targeting with in the first 1.5x-2x of the offers payout ill dump.

      3) This all depends on the volume of traffic a specific keyword is getting. You can be in 10th position for a keyword like amazon.com, and still flood yourself with traffic. Most of the time ill will start in the minimum bid position. Once the campagin is running, and i see no traffic is coming in Ill slowly increase my bid.

      4) I am fortunate enough to be doing this full time!

      Thanks for your questions and for reading.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    - Got into Neverblue, and had a good conversation with my new Affiliate Manger. Neverblue is a good compliment, to my MaxBounty, and Peerfly, W4 accounts.
    Nice, they are great. Lately a little hard to get approved on, but not too crazy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    3) How important it is to have the highest bid in order to get more clicks?
    One warning about not being the number 1 bid is... it can defiantly hurt the traffic quality you get.

    With that being said, I have profitable campaigns in the #2 and #3 spots, but just a little tip to everyone.
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    • Profile picture of the author junkdna
      @bigbenre Thanks for the reply. Very conservative strategy. Possibly that's why it works.

      @Greedy: So, bidding wars rule, most of the time!

      Just one more, is it at all possible to pull out large profits, like $1,000+ per day from one single aff. offer with PPV or is that just a pipe dream? To achieve $1,000 pr day goal should one rather focus on building up a portofolio of 100s of small profitable campaigns, each making around $50-100 per month?
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      • Profile picture of the author Drazz
        Originally Posted by junkdna View Post

        @bigbenre Thanks for the reply. Very conservative strategy. Possibly that's why it works.

        @Greedy: So, bidding wars rule, most of the time!

        Just one more, is it at all possible to pull out large profits, like $1,000+ per day from one single aff. offer with PPV or is that just a pipe dream? To achieve $1,000 pr day goal should one rather focus on building up a portofolio of 100s of small profitable campaigns, each making around $50-100 per month?
        I think a lot smaller ones are better than a few big ones. The variance will be a lot higher with a few big ones. What if the offer ends? You lose everything you build so far if you focus on just one.
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        • Profile picture of the author Greedy
          Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

          I think a lot smaller ones are better than a few big ones. The variance will be a lot higher with a few big ones. What if the offer ends? You lose everything you build so far if you focus on just one.
          Use niches that always have offers in them, and are popular on CPA Networks.

          That is your best bet.

          I like to go after bigger URLs, and if there is bidding war. I just pass, until I get the campaign profitable then come back.
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          • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
            Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

            I think a lot smaller ones are better than a few big ones. The variance will be a lot higher with a few big ones. What if the offer ends? You lose everything you build so far if you focus on just one.
            Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

            Use niches that always have offers in them, and are popular on CPA Networks.

            That is your best bet.

            I like to go after bigger URLs, and if there is bidding war. I just pass, until I get the campaign profitable then come back.
            I think Greedy advice here is very good. The reason dating is a good niche is that it has tons of offers, on tons of networks. Also if a offer ever goes down there is usually a comparable one you can replace it with.

            I also agree that if you can learn how to convert on URL's that get a lot of traffic, you can make much more money, much easier. I am slowly trying to get a few of these larger URL keywords to convert. In the end i believe i will have a good mix of both very targeted campaigns, and ones that i go after larger keywords.

            Anyways, Ill try and make another update post later today.

            Onward and Upwards!
            -Ben
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            • Profile picture of the author junkdna
              Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

              . . .

              I also agree that if you can learn how to convert on URL's that get a lot of traffic, you can make much more money, much easier. I am slowly trying to get a few of these larger URL keywords to convert. In the end i believe i will have a good mix of both very targeted campaigns, and ones that i go after larger keywords.
              . . .
              Onward and Upwards!
              -Ben
              Unless Greedy has an undisclosed angle, it is a mystery why would one would want to pay, on big traffic URL, around $10.0 for 1,000 impressions through PPV, when one can get these same impression numbers for maybe $2.00-$5.00 via media buying and banner ads on Real Time Bidding platforms. Or if he/she goes direct to site can he/she can get them for $1.0-$3.0 CPM. Or, on CPM basis, PPV is at least 2-3 times more expensive than media buying and click arrives from choice, not from interruption.
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              • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
                Originally Posted by junkdna View Post

                Unless Greedy has an undisclosed angle, it is a mystery why would one would want to pay, on big traffic URL, around $10.0 for 1,000 impressions through PPV, when one can get these same impression numbers for maybe $2.00-$5.00 via media buying and banner ads on Real Time Bidding platforms. Or if he/she goes direct to site can he/she can get them for $1.0-$3.0 CPM. Or, on CPM basis, PPV is at least 2-3 times more expensive than media buying and click arrives from choice, not from interruption.
                Hey JunkDna,

                I cannot comment intelligently on media buying, because i have not yet introduced it to my marketing regimen. As far as PPV goes, you would want to target high traffic URL's cause, if you can get them to start converting, you can make a lot more money with much fewer campaigns. I think you may be comparing apples and oranges a bit. I would assume Greedy does both PPV and Media Buying, and probably has got both converting successfully. If this is the case, why not do both, instead of limiting yourself to only one traffic source. Hope this helps.

                Onward and Upwards!
                -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    @Greedy: So, bidding wars rule, most of the time!
    Not necessarily, I tend to avoid bidding wars or keywords that evoke them.

    I am only going into a bidding war if I know the campaign is already profitable.

    I won't ever get into a bidding war just to test something.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnnydio
    Awesome news, I can never get enough of theses success stories
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  • Profile picture of the author prebenrocks
    Quite nice, keep on the good work.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    I would assume Greedy does both PPV and Media Buying, and probably has got both converting successfully.
    I do some media buying, but nothing as large as most media buying advertisers.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by PPC-Coach View Post

      Good Job man, any updates?
      Hey PPC Coach, thanks for the support!

      Monday Update:

      - My rep for TrafficVance called me today, to let me know he wanted me to start pushing more traffic. I only have 3 campaigns running that spend pennies a day. We had a good conversation, and I promised him I would get a few campaigns up by weeks end. He also gave me some valuable nuggets on whats hot this time of year, and also what he thinks will be hot in the near future. His suggestions of niches hot this time of year: Payday Loans, Christmas related offers, and weight loss right after new years.

      - I had my "PPV Guide" I created finally proof read. I now am going to higher someone on Fiverr or Odesk to format and make look more visually pleasing. One of the purposes of creating this E-Book was to start building my own list. So this week I am dedicating some time to getting my sales funnel created. (opt in page, thank you page, thank you email, download page, follow up emails). I'm hoping to release it before the end of the month.

      I am committed to finishing off the year strong. I have a lot of exciting projects in the pipeline, and grow more fond of this industry by the day. Anyways thanks for reading.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author Drazz
        Looking forward to your report. Just started last month with paid traffic and so far I love it! Keep up the hard work. We'll get there.
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    • Profile picture of the author gordoqbean
      Hi Ben, I am thinking of getting a trafficvance account now. Just wanted to know among Leadimpact and Trafficvance which one do you like more?
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    weight loss right after new years.
    The only season offer, I always make time to promote.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Tuesday Update:

      - I had a one hour consulting session with a guru in the industry to look over everything i was doing. He was very knowledgeable and listened well, but I everything he told I already knew. The call cost me nearly $200, but it was a business expense. I knew there was a 50/50 chance i get a super golden nugget, but didn't get it this time around.

      - I found someone on Fivver to Format my E-book to have nice Headers, and layout. I am also having him create an E-book cover. This is all costing me $15. I am excited to finally get this done so I can start building my email list.

      - I plan on expanding a few of my successful campaigns to TrafficVance this week. I want to take some time to get used to their interface.

      That's all for today.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    - I plan on expanding a few of my successful campaigns to TrafficVance this week. I want to take some time to get used to their interface.
    Glad you are about to start using TrafficVance. You will find it really powerful!
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Wednesday Update:

      - I signed up to JVZoo, Clicksure, and Warrior Plus so i have a handful of offers i can fill my sales funnel with for my mailing list. In regards to list building i plan to create multiple lists. One thats very high quality and one thats more meant for eventually being for solo-ads sales.

      - Today i intend to get a handful of my dating campaigns moved over to TrafficVance.

      On a side not, Im feeling really good today. I have a lot of interesting things in my pipeline, that I am excited to go live. At least a few times a week, i learn something that i feel could add lots of money to my bottom line. My favorite part about this business, is that it is limitless!

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author adamnassar
    Congrats! Keep going man! Those first sales are always the memorable ones. It only goes upward from here buddy! Rock on!
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Thursday Update:

      - First I would like to say how much I love Fiver. I paid a guy $15 to format my E-Book and also make a cover, and he did a fantastic job. My E-Book actually look semi-professional, which is amazing for a Free E-Book.

      - As the release of my E-Book approaches, I feel more motivated to post my progress in this thread which is a great thing. I plan on implementing differnet levels of aggresiveness, depending on how you found my Ebook. For example my funnel will be more aggressive with Solo-Ads Opt-ins, vs people who sign up through my signature.

      Ways I plan on promoting My Free E-Book and Building My List

      1) In my signature. I am going to buy the signature image which cost $60 for the year. I intend to start making more quality posts through out the warrior forums. (5-10 posts in the morning and 5-10 posts in the evening).

      2) I will release it as a Free WSO on the warrior forum. I think this will cost me $37 to join the war room, and another $40 to create a thread in the WSO section.

      3) I plan on purchasing solo-ads. I have purchased many Email-Marketing WSOs that have included a great Rolodex of legit solo-ad sellers.

      - I am still plugging away with all my PPV stuff, and also have a few other internet marketing projects in the works. I feel like I am repeating myself but have to say that I feel so grateful for the passion I feel for Internet Marketing! There is no limit to what can be done!

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author sonixkid3000
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

        Thursday Update:

        - First I would like to say how much I love Fiver. I paid a guy $15 to format my E-Book and also make a cover, and he did a fantastic job. My E-Book actually look semi-professional, which is amazing for Free E-Book.
        Lol, I did the same thing, some fantastic gigs on fiverr!

        Glad to hear you're still at it!
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    Thank you for this great post
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Friday Update:

      - So in the last day I have been working a lot on setting up my funnel for my email list. I have been working primarily on my squeeze pages which I am creating 3 different ones for the 3 types of lists i plan to build. Types of lists i intend on creating:

      List #1) Link in my signature to promote my E-Book. For warriors on my list I will send high quality content, and once in a while promote an offer that i personally like.

      List #2) Free WSO Release: I intend to do an official FREE WSO release. The list i gather from this I will provide high quality content as well, and promote offers slightly more frequently than List #1

      List #3) This List will be created through solo-ads. This list I intend to be the the most aggressive with. I will probably end up having multiple type of lists within the realm of solo-ads.

      - From what started off as a small project of making a report, has turned into something much bigger. It has got me stoked on the list building and product creation tip.

      - I am excited to start combining the power of paid traffic, CPA and list building within all niches. The possibilities are truly endless.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan Jericho
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    IMO, Low Paid offers [$1 - $5] Are a No go for Low Budget Paid Advertisement Campaigns. Id suggest going ultra targetted to Paid offers at $50 - $1k Per sale.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnbrown12
    Keep it up man and best of luck
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    goood luck
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Monday Update:

      - Today I hit my first $100+ profit day!!! This is great cause Ive been working to break this benchmark for a little while!

      - Today was the first time I converted a Payday Loan offer which was part of the reason I broke my first $100+ profit day!

      - I spent a lot of today working on expanding my current successful campaigns to other countries and to TrafficVance. For TrafficVance i have only created campaigns in the US to start.

      - Due to the fact that LeadImpact has changed their minimum deposit to $1000, i will have to go back to my E-Book and make necessary changes. I will also have to re-send it to get formatted so it looks professional.

      - I am hoping to finally release my E-book in my signature by the end of the week. I am hard at work setting up 3 different funnels, depending how you get my E-Book.

      Overall, today gave me some great momentum. As my PPV efforts continue to improve I am excited to introduce other forms of Internet Marketing and hopefully continue to increase my bottom line.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Drazz
    Great man! Looking forward to you guide. I started last month and already making money. Looking forward to my first $100 day. Got a $65 day already
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

      Great man! Looking forward to you guide. I started last month and already making money. Looking forward to my first $100 day. Got a $65 day already
      Hey Drazz, thanks for the support. Just keep plugging away and you'll be at the $100 day mark in no time. Consistent persistent effort is golden!

      To Your Success!
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Tuesday Update:

        - I have purchased access to the War Room area of this forum for $37. In order to release a WSO (Free or Paid) you first have to become a war room member.

        - I have purchased the ability to put a pic in my signature for $60. Should be in my signature later today.

        - Purchased OptimizePress, I started off doing everything myself with HTML to build my funnel. I decided i would like to give OptimizePress a try, cause its potential ease of use.

        - I have already got back my edited version of my E-Book, with changes regarding the $1000 minimum deposit to LeadImpact.

        Most likely i'll share another update later today.

        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
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  • You are getting results, like anything you learn to have great days and some just okay days. If and when you are ready you can consider Trafficvance. I believe it is still $1,000 to join and you need to be referred by someone.
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    • Profile picture of the author Drazz
      He already joined.

      Yeah, more 100+ days are coming I guess . At the moment I am averaging $20/day for this month which is a great start.

      At the moment, I put all my effort in building a great lead magnet which I will use to build a list in my niche. I will send traffic to this and hope people like it. Will cost time and money upfront, but I heard good things about this approach so we'll see what it will bring in the end.
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

        He already joined.

        Yeah, more 100+ days are coming I guess . At the moment I am averaging $20/day for this month which is a great start.

        At the moment, I put all my effort in building a great lead magnet which I will use to build a list in my niche. I will send traffic to this and hope people like it. Will cost time and money upfront, but I heard good things about this approach so we'll see what it will bring in the end.
        Hey Drazz,

        Thanks for the comment. You seem to be on a very similar path as myself. I also feel the combination of paid traffic and list building will be a lucrative investment in the long haul.

        -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Thursday Update:

          - So i reached my first payment threshold with Peerfly today. I don't promote that many offers from them so it took a little while to hit. They do something very interesting, where they allow you to claim your money early, and will charge you an interest fee. If you want it next day they will charge 25% of your payout. I am in no rush to get my money, but i thought it was a very smart idea of Peerfly. I am sure a handful of people use that feature, which ads tons of money to Peerfly's bottom line.

          - I got optimizepress to help me build my funnel. It took me nearly a full day to get used to the interface. I am still learning and getting used to it, but i can already say i like a lot of the features.

          - My goal for the rest of the week and weekend, is to have my funnel complete for all people that get my E-Book through my signature. After this i will work on my funnel for my "Free WSO" release. Last i will finish the funnel for my solo-ads.

          - I expanded a lot of my PPV campaigns in the last week. For all of them i kept all bids at the minimum. I intend to go into all my new campaigns today, and adjust the bid prices, so that i can start generating more traffic.

          - I also have a few other projects in the works, that i will begin to share with the community in the coming weeks.

          Anyways, thank you for taking the time to follow my journey.

          Onward and Upwards!
          -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author gn3man
    Hey, Ben!
    I've been reading your story for a while, seeing success and losses.
    And maybe I'm missing something, but why you've started building a list in IM niche?
    Are you already making at least 4 figures /mon with IM to give/teach/sell your list something really valuable?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by gn3man View Post

      Hey, Ben!
      I've been reading your story for a while, seeing success and losses.
      And maybe I'm missing something, but why you've started building a list in IM niche?
      Are you already making at least 4 figures /mon with IM to give/teach/sell your list something really valuable?
      Hey Gn3man,

      Thanks for following my thread! I would like to start off and say, that if i was reading my thread i would also have the same concerns that you have voiced. Fortunately, i know my track record, and have been very successful in other businesses. This has given me the confidence and capital to grow my IM business at a fast pace. Now to answer your questions:

      - Im a building a list in the IM niche for a few reasons.

      1) I am very passionate about internet marketing!
      2) IM is the easiest niche to build a list.
      3) When buying solo-ads majority of the sellers have lists in the IM niche
      4) Warrior forum is a great way to help build a list. (This is the only forum that i am actually active on)


      - For your second question: I am fortunate enough to be making the 4 figures a month, but this alone does not make me eligible to be selling information. One of the reasons i am releasing my first E-Book/WSO for free, is that i want to build a reputation of only creating and promoting super high quality content. As far as monetizing my list goes, this will be unique for every list i create.
      1) The List i build through my signature i will only present high quality content and only promote offers i personally believe in.
      2) List I build through my Free WSO, will be similar to the above, except promote offers slightly more frequently.
      3) Lists i build through solo-ads
      A) I will create one list that i build with no intention of selling solo-ads in the future, and just promote offers.
      B) I will create a list for the purpose of selling solo-ads in the future.

      Anyways, I hope this helps clarify my vision a bit to others.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author HasanAR
    Great Ben,

    You are a true inspirational story .... One thing I learned from you is the power of taking action.

    I am on Greedy's email list and she informed about this thread. I have been following it since then.

    You have motivated me ... and now I am also making money with PPV.
    Anyway, I just made $45.20 but unfortunately I am still operating at loss ... maybe cause its new to me + I did mostly Email Submit offers. I think I will move to better offers.

    Once you release your book and I will be the first to get into your list ...

    Keep up the good work.
    I will update you when I make more money

    Hasan
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    You are a true inspirational story .... One thing I learned from you is the power of taking action.
    Yes, the first few steps are the hardest then it can get addicting.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by HasanAR View Post

      Great Ben,

      You are a true inspirational story .... One thing I learned from you is the power of taking action.
      Hey Hasan,

      Thank you for the very kind words, and for following my journey. I am very happy to see you are also taking action. I also tried email submits but personally was never able to get them to profit for me. I have always believed it is impossible to not be successful if you continue to take the proper action in the right direction.

      Happy Thanksgiving!

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Yes, the first few steps are the hardest then it can get addicting.
      Hey Greedy!

      Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for being one of the most helpful, high quality content givers on this forum!

      Happy Thanksgiving!
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Thanksgiving Update:

        I would like to start this post and Thank everybody on the warrior forum for all their continued help and support. It was less than a year ago i found these forums, and it has been an amazing journey. These forums introduced me to people, products, ideas, support that has enabled me to make such a quick improvement in the Internet Marketing field.

        As a way to say Thank You to everybody, and the warrior forum as a whole I am releasing my E-Book today. Thank You Warriors!

        Happy Thanksgiving!

        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author wayneh
    What an inspiring story. I've really enjoyed reading it. It's amazing what happens when you take action. I've downloaded your book too. It looks lile a great guide to ppv. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jute
    Hi Ben,

    I just joined your list and got your PPV Guide, quick look and I really like what I've seen so far.

    Thanks for the info in this thread and for the Guide.

    Cheers!

    Jute
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by wayneh View Post

      What an inspiring story. I've really enjoyed reading it. It's amazing what happens when you take action. I've downloaded your book too. It looks lile a great guide to ppv. Thanks.
      Originally Posted by Jute View Post

      Hi Ben,

      I just joined your list and got your PPV Guide, quick look and I really like what I've seen so far.

      Thanks for the info in this thread and for the Guide.

      Cheers!

      Jute
      Thanks guys for the kind words and the support. Enjoy the guide and hope your learn a few new tricks.

      To Your Success!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Friday Update:

    - So I have launched my E-Book in my signature and already have close to 20 subscribers. This is pretty exciting. I have only created content for a few emails, so in the next week i need to put together my follow up series of high quality content.

    - I made my first mistake in Aweber by accidentally sending a random generic email to my new list when trying to change the order of emails. Good lesson to learn i guess when my list is still small.

    - I plan to also get my funnel prepared for releasing the E-Book as a Free WSO this week . With this list i will probably email daily, with mostly content and maybe 1 in 5 emails or 1 in 7 emails with an offer. I am very curious how many subscribers i can potentially acquire with this method.

    - This week i also plan to set up a few PPV landing pages that have opt-in forms. Want to start building a list in stocks niche because i have a successful campaign running.

    Onward and Upwards
    -Ben
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    Good going Ben.
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    • Profile picture of the author MartynM
      Hey Ben,

      First off congratulations. You have come a long way in a short time! I myself am on my PPV journey and things are going well

      In your ebook you state:

      For product category, I always do Category = "Life Style", Sub Category =
      "Other". I always do this because I know it will result in the minimum $.015
      cent bid amount on the next page. If something is wrong, LeadImpact will
      contact you. If you are promoting adult material, I advise you to choose
      the proper categories.

      So you always choose these categories no matter what niche you are in? Surely you need to pick the relevant category for your niche, so the right eyeballs see it? Also are you saying that you get guaranteed minimum bids using the above category. Surely the target bid price is the same across the board?

      Cheers Martyn
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by MartynM View Post

        Hey Ben,

        First off congratulations. You have come a long way in a short time! I myself am on my PPV journey and things are going well

        In your ebook you state:

        For product category, I always do Category = “Life Style”, Sub Category =
        “Other”. I always do this because I know it will result in the minimum $.015
        cent bid amount on the next page. If something is wrong, LeadImpact will
        contact you. If you are promoting adult material, I advise you to choose
        the proper categories.

        So you always choose these categories no matter what niche you are in? Surely you need to pick the relevant category for your niche, so the right eyeballs see it? Also are you saying that you get guaranteed minimum bids using the above category. Surely the target bid price is the same across the board?

        Cheers Martyn
        Hey Martyn,

        Thank you for following my thread and downloading my E-Book. To answer your questions:

        The category doesn't really have anything to do with exposure. The category from what i can tell is just a way for LeadImpact to better monetize their traffic. Your keywords and actual bid prices are what counts when getting impressions (your pop-up to pop).

        The category and subcategory listed above will get you the 1.5 cent bid, which is the minimum bid for the US for Lead Impact. The target (keyword) minimum bid price is not the same if you test it in different categories. Test a few different categories with the same targets (keywords), and notice that the minimum bid prices has nothing to do with your target, just your category. Hope this helps clear some things.

        To Your Success!
        -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author mithya
          Hi Ben,

          I downloaded your e-book on ppv and liked it a lot as it is an easy read and gave me some golden nuggets (as you like to call it. ) even when I have been doing ppv for some time and have 2 profitable campaigns on Leadimpact.

          I also have a few doubts in my mind-

          i) As you say that we should choose, lifestyle- other category, will normal dating landing pages (not adult) get approved in this category by LI ?

          ii) If we bid in the category "lifestyle-other" and I am being shown as the top bidder in that category for that particular target and some other people choose some other category for that target and bid higher than me, will I still get traffic for that target? (i hope this question made sense)

          Also wanted to let you know that your journey has been very inspiring and I have been reading it all through my own journey in PPV.
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          • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
            Originally Posted by mithya View Post

            Hi Ben,

            I downloaded your e-book on ppv and liked it a lot as it is an easy read and gave me some golden nuggets (as you like to call it. ) even when I have been doing ppv for some time and have 2 profitable campaigns on Leadimpact.

            I also have a few doubts in my mind-

            i) As you say that we should choose, lifestyle- other category, will normal dating landing pages (not adult) get approved in this category by LI ?

            ii) If we bid in the category "lifestyle-other" and I am being shown as the top bidder in that category for that particular target and some other people choose some other category for that target and bid higher than me, will I still get traffic for that target? (i hope this question made sense)

            Also wanted to let you know that your journey has been very inspiring and I have been reading it all through my own journey in PPV.
            Hey Mithya,

            Thank you for your kind words! I know that you have also been taking consistent action, and i commend you for it. 2 profitable campaigns is a great start, now its it time to double and triple that number To answer your questions:

            i) In most cases i have had regular dating offers approved in that category, but it is not always the case. I recommend testing, and if they feel that you are in the wrong category they will just let you know. You will not get in-trouble, and dating can kind of fall under lifestyle-->other.

            ii) If they bid in a different category that has a higher minimum bid higher than you, than you will no longer be in first position. Whom ever has the highest bid price for the target will get the most volume of impressions. Depending on how much traffic the target gets, will determine if you get any traffic in 2nd or 3rd position. If a target you choose barley gets any traffic than 1st position will most likely get all of it. Hope this helps, and keep up the good work. I know you have been taking action for the last few months so keep it up.

            To Your Success!
            -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author MartynM
          Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

          Hey Martyn,

          Thank you for following my thread and downloading my E-Book. To answer your questions:

          The category doesn't really have anything to do with exposure. The category from what i can tell is just a way for LeadImpact to better monetize their traffic. Your keywords and actual bid prices are what counts when getting impressions (your pop-up to pop).

          The category and subcategory listed above will get you the 1.5 cent bid, which is the minimum bid for the US for Lead Impact. The target (keyword) minimum bid price is not the same if you test it in different categories. Test a few different categories with the same targets (keywords), and notice that the minimum bid prices has nothing to do with your target, just your category. Hope this helps clear some things.

          To Your Success!
          -Ben

          Ok nice one will try it out. I'm all for lower bid prices
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    I was waiting for your reply so impatiently. Thanks for the help and showing your support.
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Sunday Night Update:

    - I hit 30 subscribers to my list. I will start the week by organizing my quality content and filling up my funnel.

    - Today I have listed all the campaigns i would like to start with PPV this week. 50% will be expanding successful campaigns to different traffic sources and different countries. The other half will be creating new campaigns for some different offers.

    Will give more updates tomorrow...

    Onward and Upwards!
    -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Monday Morning Update:

    - I have already hit $100+ in profit today from my PPV campagins. This is exciting because this is the second time in the last 3 days that I'm in the $100+ profit range.

    - I am at 35 subscribers to my list. I am aiming to hit 100 by weeks end. I intend to do this by posting about 10 times a day to the forum.

    Onward and Upwards!
    -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Monday Afternoon Update:

    - Today i have officially hit my first $200 profit day with PPV traffic. A payday loan offer i have converted twice, which helped a lot. Now its about making this number larger and more consistent.

    Good Times!

    Onward and Upwards!
    -Ben
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    • Profile picture of the author jayaes
      Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

      Monday Afternoon Update:

      - Today i have officially hit my first $200 profit day with PPV traffic. A payday loan offer i have converted twice, which helped a lot. Now its about making this number larger and more consistent.

      Good Times!

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
      How many campaigns are you running ?
      Is it from a few big conversions or many small ones ?

      Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author defeasible
    How did you only have to deposit only $200? Their dashboard requires a minimum $1000 deposit using either PayPal or credit card. Is there another way to do this?
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    • Profile picture of the author mithya
      Hi Ben,

      I am thinking of getting a trafficvance account now. Just wanted to know among Leadimpact and Trafficvance which one do you like more?
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by defeasible View Post

        How did you only have to deposit only $200? Their dashboard requires a minimum $1000 deposit using either PayPal or credit card. Is there another way to do this?
        Hey Defeasible,

        LeadImpact only raised their minimum deposit to $1000 about a month ago, before that point it was at $200. So when i started about 6 months ago i only had to put $200 down.

        Originally Posted by jayaes View Post

        How many campaigns are you running ?
        Is it from a few big conversions or many small ones ?
        Hey Jayaes,

        1) I am running campaigns on on about 20 different offers. I probably have close to 100+ different campaigns. For example MyPCBackup would have a US, UK, CA, AUS, NZ campaign, which are 5 different campaigns in leadImpact alone. If i transfer campaign to TrafficVance that would be another 5 different campaigns just for MyPcBackup. I hope this answers your question.

        2) I have a very nice mix of offers that converted today ranging from $4-$90. Today i had 2 big conversions (paydayloan offer), one medium conversion (stock program from clickbank), and about 5 different dating offer conversions.


        Originally Posted by mithya View Post

        Hi Ben,

        I am thinking of getting a trafficvance account now. Just wanted to know among Leadimpact and Trafficvance which one do you like more?
        Hey Mithya,

        I actually dont prefer one over the other just yet. I am able to make both convert so they are both pretty great right now. I think the interface of Trafficvance is a little better cause its not as slow as LeadImpact. Also i haven't really explored Traffic-Vance to deeply yet. I have mainly used TrafficVance to transfer my profitable campaigns over from LeadImpact.

        I will probably go ahead and get an account on 50onRed this week. Ill post an update later on how i feel about it.

        Hope this Helps!
        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author sonixkid3000
    Ben,

    Had the chance to go through your PPV guide today. Can't thank you enough. it gave me tons of great information to help improve my PPV campaigns CTR and traffic. I know you've said you've been working a lot on delivering quality content and building an image as credible source on said topics - Well you've done it in my book. I was actually going to write a post encouraging PPV newbies to download it but I wasn't sure if that's allowed. regardless, I just wanted to shoot over here and say that there's some great content in your ebook, and the formatting came out great!
    I was honestly a little surprised with how much you gave - including the LP template that you provided by your email list, and coupons with nearly every company needed to get started in PPV.

    Thanks again!
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by sonixkid3000 View Post

      Ben,

      Had the chance to go through your PPV guide today. Can't thank you enough. it gave me tons of great information to help improve my PPV campaigns CTR and traffic. I know you've said you've been working a lot on delivering quality content and building an image as credible source on said topics - Well you've done it in my book. I was actually going to write a post encouraging PPV newbies to download it but I wasn't sure if that's allowed. regardless, I just wanted to shoot over here and say that there's some great content in your ebook, and the formatting came out great!
      I was honestly a little surprised with how much you gave - including the LP template that you provided by your email list, and coupons with nearly every company needed to get started in PPV.

      Thanks again!
      Hey Sonix!

      Thank you so much for the very kind words. It took a lot of time and effort to create it, and I very much appreciate you liking it. I know you have been getting your feet wet and taking action with PPV too, which i commend you for. The only way to be successful with PPV is to be consistant, persistent, and to always keep taking action. As you know PPV traffic is not necessarily the easiest, but with practice it can become more and more profitable.

      I was talking to my Rep at TrafficVance and he was telling me how they have multiple people spending $5000+ a day on pop-up traffic. That leads me to believe that some people are making million + a year just useing PPV traffic. That means still lots of growing to do

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author sonixkid3000
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

        Hey Sonix!

        Thank you so much for the very kind words. It took a lot of time and effort to create it, and I very much appreciate you liking it. I know you have been getting your feet wet and taking action with PPV too, which i commend you for. The only way to be successful with PPV is to be consistant, persistent, and to always keep taking action. As you know PPV traffic is not necessarily the easiest, but with practice it can become more and more profitable.

        I was talking to my Rep at TrafficVance and he was telling me how they have multiple people spending $5000+ a day on pop-up traffic. That leads me to believe that some people are making million + a year just useing PPV traffic. That means still lots of growing to do

        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
        Well the more the merrier! This is some quality content and I appreciate you sharing it!
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Originally Posted by sonixkid3000 View Post

          Well the more the merrier! This is some quality content and I appreciate you sharing it!
          With Pleasure Sonix!
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          • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
            Tuesday Update:

            - I have signed up for 50onRed, and so far i like the interface a lot. It is much faster than LeadImpact, and very simple and easy to use. I have set up a phone call tommarow to talk with my Rep at 50onRed. I have a short list of questions i would like to ask about how there traffic works. As far a quality goes, i am not yet able to comment but will once i have an indication. If this happens to be a good traffic source, it will probably the best place for beginners to start with the $500 minimum deposit.

            - I have been nice and diligent the last few days creating multiple campaigns that are higher paying out lead generation offers with PPV.

            - I have been also working on getting all the content for my email list set up.

            - Up-to 45 subscribers to my email list from my ebook! Lets see if I can hit 100 by weeks end!

            I am making a strong effort to really push in December so i can start the New Year off with some great momentum. I have a long list of things to do that, I am slowly checking them off and continuing to add to the list. I know if I keep checking off boxes on my To-Do list, its not a matter of if Ill be a so called Super Affiliate, just a matter of when

            Onward and Upwards!
            -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author jayaes
    Hi Ben,
    I've been following your thread for quite some time now and I visit it atleast once a day to gain some more PPV wisdom.

    Since I am just starting out your experience has been guiding me a lot. I am now trying out a loan offer on LI and I see most URLs have high bids, 0.45/v etc. Obviously lot of competition means some are getting good conversions and positive ROI on these bids.

    So what do you do, at what price point do you test your conversions before bidding for the top, or do you bid top and see the conversions before taking a call ?

    Thanks,
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    • Profile picture of the author sonixkid3000
      Just my 2 cents, but I did a payday loan offer and ran into this. - Try to use subdomains... I found that most of those loan offers, people are bidding 40-50 cents on the root domain, yet the subdomain, which may be a little more relevant to your offer in some cases, was still around 3 cents
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      • Profile picture of the author mithya
        Originally Posted by sonixkid3000 View Post

        Just my 2 cents, but I did a payday loan offer and ran into this. - Try to use subdomains... I found that most of those loan offers, people are bidding 40-50 cents on the root domain, yet the subdomain, which may be a little more relevant to your offer in some cases, was still around 3 cents
        Hi Sonixkid3000,

        Did you get considerable traffic targeting the subdomains?
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Originally Posted by jayaes View Post

          Hi Ben,
          I've been following your thread for quite some time now and I visit it atleast once a day to gain some more PPV wisdom.

          Since I am just starting out your experience has been guiding me a lot. I am now trying out a loan offer on LI and I see most URLs have high bids, 0.45/v etc. Obviously lot of competition means some are getting good conversions and positive ROI on these bids.

          So what do you do, at what price point do you test your conversions before bidding for the top, or do you bid top and see the conversions before taking a call ?
          Hey Jayaes,

          I usually start a minimum bid, and slowly increase until i get desired traffic. $0.47 is very expensive for a single impression, but as you have said it must be converting for someone. I think my highest bid is at about $0.10 for a payday offer, and I am that high because this offer has converted for me. Also to properly test a payday loan offer you must spend a lot more money testing. In my testing i like to spend 1-1.5x of offers payout.

          If you are just starting out, i would suggest you also work on $4-$15 payout offers because they convert much easier.

          Originally Posted by sonixkid3000 View Post

          Just my 2 cents, but I did a payday loan offer and ran into this. - Try to use subdomains... I found that most of those loan offers, people are bidding 40-50 cents on the root domain, yet the subdomain, which may be a little more relevant to your offer in some cases, was still around 3 cents
          Hey Sonix,

          Sub-domains are a must, but often generate little to no traffic. People bidding 40-50 cents is crazy, but someone is probably profitable at this level.

          Originally Posted by mithya View Post

          Hi Sonixkid3000,

          Did you get considerable traffic targeting the subdomains?
          Some subdomains generate solid traffic, but from all my subdomains in this niche, i only have traffic slowly trickle in.

          Also one way to get root domains for cheaper is to play with misspellings:

          ww.example.com
          ww.example.co
          ww.example.c
          ww.example.
          ww.example
          w.example.com
          w.example.co
          w.example.c
          w.example.
          w.example
          etc...

          To Your Success!
          -Ben
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          • Profile picture of the author sonixkid3000
            Well yeah I wasn't getting as much traffic as the guys on the root domain were but I was getting traffic from a relevant source Particularly because they had loan sites, but I had a payday loan offer, so I targeted site.com/paydayloans etc, etc

            Got my bid down so I'm not complaining. And thanks for the tip Ben!
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            • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
              Wednesday Update:

              So i just got off the phone with my 50OnRed Representative and here are a few things Ive learned:

              - The tool bar that someone downloads in order to get pop-ups, is a coupon based toolbar. This means people whom wanted a tool bar that shows them all the latest coupons for different websites.

              - The main demographic are women between the ages 18-44. She said 55% women are there users.

              - The highest volume of traffic comes from the US, but she said UK, CA, Brazil and Spain all get solid traffic.

              - Offers that she said do well on there network are anything coupon related, including: Surveys, Coupon Sites, Penny Auctions, BizOpp, Dating. She also mentioned travel is hot right now (Not sure what travel offer are even out there)

              - There is a "smart bid" feature when bidding, that she explained is the number you should bid if you want to be in first position.

              - She said if you are in first position than you should get about 70% of the traffic for that keyword.

              - I asked some questions about targeting keywords, but nothing really insightful there.

              Hope this helps some people get a better feel of what the 50onRed platform is all about. I will do testing in the next few weeks, and let you guys know how i feel about the quality of the traffic.

              Onward and Upwards!
              -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Wednesday Mid-Day Update:

    - I have pretty much expanded all my successful campaigns to both TrafficVance and 50onREd. I have found that 50onRed starting bid on all lot of payday loan keywords ridiculously high. I have seen a handful already at $1+ per pop.

    - I have hit 55 subscribers to my list through my E-Book.

    - I have put together an excell list where i list all quality content i plan to send to my mail list. Some of my content will be links to other websites or youtube videos, so i wanted a place to have all links and information in one place.

    - I find that staying organized is becoming more and more important. I have also noticed the days that i am least productive is when i haven't broken down my To-Do list into baby tasks. I am working hard at becoming more productive. I feel im doing well, yet still have below average days here and there. I plan on continuing to grow my productivity skills!

    Onward and Upwards!
    -Ben
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    • Profile picture of the author uncharted88
      This is very inspiring. Thank you for keeping us updated!
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Wednesday Night Update:

    - I had another $100+ profit day today. This is exciting as it is the 3rd time in the last week breaking the $100 profit mark.

    - Had a car loan offer that converted today so i went ahead and moved that campaign to both Trafficvance and 50onRed

    - Im ending the day with just under 60 subscribers from my Ebook.

    Pretty Good Day Overall!

    Onward and Upwards!
    -Ben
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    • Profile picture of the author AndyL
      Hi Ben,

      I've been following this thread from the very beginning, pleased to see you've kept it going, loads of great information you're giving out.

      good luck with your new venture into 50onred.



      Thanks
      Andy
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by AndyL View Post

        I've been following this thread from the very beginning, pleased to see you've kept it going, loads of great information you're giving out.

        good luck with your new venture into 50onred.
        Hey Andy,

        Thanks for following my journey, and your kind words. So far 50onRed traffic has been very slow. A lot of the words that seem to get traffic are very expensive per pop. I am still figuring out their network. I am confident after a few weeks of playing around with it Ill figure out better ways to utilize their traffic.

        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author adamnassar
    Nice Work! Keep it up
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Thursday Night Update:

      - On my new round of PPV campaigns for insurance offers I'm promoting, one just converted tonight. Now its time to expand keywords and raise bids on a few keywords to get into first position and increase traffic.

      - Creating my email funnel is taking much longer than i initially thought it would. Like everything in life, the first time around is the slowest, but after this time i should be able to do it at a much quicker pace. Similar to the creation of the E-Book its been a long but necessary process.

      Goals Before New Years:

      1) Create funnel for and release my E-Book as a Free WSO

      2) Create funnel, create alternative opt-in page , and send out 1-3 solo ads. For each buy Ill get 100 per seller for about $40.

      3) Set up multiple PPV landing pages with email opt-ins. Start lists in a few different niches!


      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author rmiller420
    Hey Ben,
    Firstly I congratulate you on your success. I was watching your story
    Took you as Inspiration, Started up PPV from yesterday. I got impressions but 0 clickthrus.
    May be I am doing wrong at tracking ?
    Stats: Analyze Your Keywords | Awesome Screenshot
    What do you suggest?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by rmiller420 View Post

      Hey Ben,
      Firstly I congratulate you on your success. I was watching your story
      Took you as Inspiration, Started up PPV from yesterday. I got impressions but 0 clickthrus.
      May be I am doing wrong at tracking ?
      Stats: Analyze Your Keywords | Awesome Screenshot
      What do you suggest?
      Hey Rmiller,

      Thank You for your kind words, and congratulations on starting up your PPV adventures. From the screenshot you provided i really can't tell much except that you spent some money. You havent even spent the payout amount on all keywords combined, so you have much more testing to do. If you havent already, i suggest downloading my E-Book in my signature. It is full of all the knowledge i have acquired since i started PPV. Also if you do have specific questions about your campaign, i suggest you post it as a new thread. There are others that are more experienced than myself, and it will get much more exposure than posting in my thread. Anyways thanks for your support and good luck with your journeys.

      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Ricardo Furtado
    Great stuff. This is what inspires other that there is money that can be made online. Keep up the great work and keep sharing your success. Regards
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Ricardo Furtado View Post

      Great stuff. This is what inspires other that there is money that can be made online. Keep up the great work and keep sharing your success. Regards
      Hey Ricardo

      Thanks for the kind words and support!


      Friday Update:

      - Just had a nice long conversation with my Rep at TrafficVance, he told me some very interesting things. He said that right now Neveda just legalized online poker again. He said New Jersey is next in line, and predicted by the end of 2014 Online Poker should be legal through out all of the US. I thought this was very cool, cause there is huge money to be made in that industry if you know how to prepare for it.

      - Ive spent a lot of today adjusting bids so i can get more traffic to some of my campaigns. Will update later with any news.


      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author vikram2009
    Hi Ben,
    Thank you for posting your progress. Thank you for your 2013 PPV guide, really a good source of information. I went through all you posts (today is third time) from August 8th to now. It gives me lot of inspiration.
    I use Photoshop elements and Dreamweaver ($20/month) to make my landing pages.
    I have yet to see a good video tutorial on creating landing pages using Dreamweaver, from scratch. I saw this video: PPV Traffic Assault - The #1 PPV Traffic Training Course on the Internet!! , but it takes me through using slicing Tool from Photoshop, which ultimately puts your lander using HTML tables, instead of CSS3. It will be nice if some one can make a good tutorial making a lander from scratch using Dreamweaver. I know there are several methods that are less complicate, but that is not the path I want to take. I understand that ugly banners get clicks. I am also a member of Greed Report (Hi Greedy).

    Ben, keep up the good work, and good luck. Thanks again for the e-book on PPV.
    Ganti Murty
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  • Profile picture of the author Jute
    Hi Ben,

    Great to read your updates and to see that thing are going well for you.

    I do have one question that I thought you might be able to answer....

    I want to track my site (lets call it domain1.com) and I want to install prosper202 or cpvlab and I wonder, is it better to install the tracking to a different domain that is only used for tracking or is it better to install it on a subfolder to domain1.com?

    Also I have a domain that is my last name that I only use for emails is it ok to install tracking software on that one or will the visitor be able to see that url somehow?

    Thankfull for any thoughts that you might have?

    Regards

    Jute
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by vikram2009 View Post

      Ben, keep up the good work, and good luck. Thanks again for the e-book on PPV.
      Ganti Murty
      Hey Ganti,

      Thank you for following my thread and your kind words. I agree that it would be nice to have a tutorial for landing pages. I still have tons of room for improvement in this area of my Internet Marketing Game. Eventually, i would like to get an assistant that has good web design and ad copy skills . Hopefully soon

      Originally Posted by Jute View Post

      I want to track my site (lets call it domain1.com) and I want to install prosper202 or cpvlab and I wonder, is it better to install the tracking to a different domain that is only used for tracking or is it better to install it on a subfolder to domain1.com?

      Also I have a domain that is my last name that I only use for emails is it ok to install tracking software on that one or will the visitor be able to see that url somehow?
      Hey Jute,

      Thanks for continuing to follow my journey. As for your questions.

      1) I personally have my tracking on the same domain that i use to host some of my landing pages. This being said i have read that it is good to have your tracking on a completely different server than your website if you can. This is recommended to increase both speed of tracking and load speeds of your landing pages. Also it is highly recommend that you use a VPS Linux server with SSD drive. Having slow hosting can hurt your conversions.

      2) I use CPVLab and the user would be able to see your domain. I would suggest not using a domain with your last name for tracking. Also i would suggest also getting a privacy option on your domains so that no one can look you up on whois. Hope this helps answer your questions.

      To Your Success!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Jute
    Thanks for your reply Ben!

    Cheers

    Jute
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  • Profile picture of the author Ripster
    Congrats on your success, OP! Keep on going!
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Sunday Update:

      - I have been spending most of this weekend getting up my PPV campaign for an Insurance product. I have decided to go right ahead and put up this campaign on all 3 PPV networks (LeadImpact, TrafficVance, 50onRed). Its much faster to add campaigns to all 3 networks in one shot, rather than coming back later and trying to transfer it over.

      - My subscriber list from my E-Book is up to 70 subscribers. I believe by this week i should have my funnel in place, and my list will start getting regular high quality content.

      - While going through all the example landing pages i have archived on my computer, to decide what to send to my list i got some great ideas of some landing pages i would like to try and implement this week on some of my campaigns. In particular i would like to get some video landing pages up.

      Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author vikram2009
    Hi Ben,

    looking forward to receiving your great content. I am 1 of 70 on your list.
    When are you planning to release your WSO.
    Thank you
    Ganti
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by vikram2009 View Post

      looking forward to receiving your great content. I am 1 of 70 on your list.
      When are you planning to release your WSO.
      Hey Ganti,

      Thanks for Downloading the E-Book. I hope to get the WSO out by the end of this week. The thing that is taking me the longest is setting up funnels. Its a time intensive process. Luckily after i do it once ill have some type of template in place. Also i have been focusing a lot of my time expanding my PPV campaigns as well. Hope you had a good weekend.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Monday Morning Update:

        - I had my first offer that converted using 50onRed Traffic. Due to this conversion my ROI on money spent at 50onRed is very high. This is exciting to confirm that this traffic source looks like it shows some promise. I need to fix something with tracking with CPVlan and 50onRed cause it didnt track properly. Luckily i know the IP of converting keyword so ill be able to figure it out.

        - I have a lot off PPV campagins that i am waiting for LeadImpact to approve keywords so they can live. LeadImpact is by far the slowest with approving keywords. TrafficVance and 50onRed both approve keywords and creatives much faster.

        Hope everybody had a great weekend, and wishing everybody a productive week to come!

        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author Drazz
          Yeah LeadImpact is very slow

          Do you use both direct linking and landingpages?

          What CTR are you aiming for. For some reason I have a lot of trouble getting good CTR in other country's then my own. Not sure why the style is almost the same.

          But maybe different country's different people Have to test some more stuff.

          USA Offer I got CTR of :
          1.69%
          0.72%
          2.96%
          1.02%

          UK Offer
          2.78%
          3.57%

          I am aiming for 10%. But I have offers with 25%+ not sure why it's not working out so far in other country's. Well keep on trying.

          Edit: I have some thoughts obviously, I will post it later.
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          • Profile picture of the author BillyPilgrim
            Hi Ben,
            I'm a recovering SEO just learning paid traffic. I have your ebook aand am on your list. Keep up the great work!
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            • Profile picture of the author sonixkid3000
              Keep us posted on how the video LP's perform!
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              • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
                Originally Posted by sonixkid3000 View Post

                Keep us posted on how the video LP's perform!
                Hey Sonnix,

                Will do! Per recommendation of my Rep at TrafficVance. I will put a holiday / Christmas spin on my video. He advised that making your ad/ ad copy Christmas related this time of year, helps CTR and conversion rate a lot. Anyways Ill keep you guys posted.

                Onward and Upwards!
                -Ben
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          • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
            Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

            Yeah LeadImpact is very slow

            Do you use both direct linking and landingpages?

            What CTR are you aiming for. For some reason I have a lot of trouble getting good CTR in other country's then my own. Not sure why the style is almost the same.

            But maybe different country's different people Have to test some more stuff.

            USA Offer I got CTR of :
            1.69%
            0.72%
            2.96%
            1.02%

            UK Offer
            2.78%
            3.57%

            I am aiming for 10%. But I have offers with 25%+ not sure why it's not working out so far in other country's. Well keep on trying.

            Edit: I have some thoughts obviously, I will post it later.
            Hey Drazz,

            I have offers that i both Direct Link to and use landing pages. As far a CTR goes, i think this really depends on the offer. You could potentially have something with a 1%CTR, that converts nearly every time making it very profitable. That being said i think a goal of 10% is solid. Anything that got me 5% plus was above average for me. My best was around 20% CTR. I am also still in the learning process myself, and I am sure my Landing Page game, has much room for improvement.

            I haven't really noticed any decisive evidence that would lead me to believe that one country gets better CTR than another. You may be right, i just havent done enough A/B testing to make an educated comment on this. All my data has been some what random. Anyway, if you can hit that 10% CTR thats pretty good in my eyes. I am sure there are some people whom can do this easily, but i am also working my way to get to that point. Also i commend you on also being an action taker, and tracking your data. Kudos!

            Onward and Upwards!
            -Ben
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            • Profile picture of the author Drazz
              Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

              Hey Drazz,

              I have offers that i both Direct Link to and use landing pages. As far a CTR goes, i think this really depends on the offer. You could potentially have something with a 1%CTR, that converts nearly every time making it very profitable. That being said i think a goal of 10% is solid. Anything that got me 5% plus was above average for me. My best was around 20% CTR. I am also still in the learning process myself, and I am sure my Landing Page game, has much room for improvement.

              I haven't really noticed any decisive evidence that would lead me to believe that one country gets better CTR than another. You may be right, i just havent done enough A/B testing to make an educated comment on this. All my data has been some what random. Anyway, if you can hit that 10% CTR thats pretty good in my eyes. I am sure there are some people whom can do this easily, but i am also working my way to get to that point. Also i commend you on also being an action taker, and tracking your data. Kudos!

              Onward and Upwards!
              -Ben
              I also mix between direct link and landing page depending on the offer.

              I got thinking about it and have some thoughts.

              I am targeting the standard websites, I guess everyone will think of these targets the first time when setting up a campaign.

              I guess the problem is that there are already people promoting (similar) stuff on these targets for many months, so the people might already have seen ads and joined these sites, so these are not interested anymore.

              In my local country there is not so much competition so when I target urls (the usual ones), often times, there isn't any competition. I am the first to show ads on these urls. So it's new for people and likely more interested than the people who have seen popups after popups for weeks or months.

              I think this is why. What do you think of it?

              A good solution would be to target completely different websites where my target demographics is. On sites where they didn't have seen popups for many times.
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              • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
                Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

                I also mix between direct link and landing page depending on the offer.

                I got thinking about it and have some thoughts.

                I am targeting the standard websites, I guess everyone will think of these targets the first time when setting up a campaign.

                I guess the problem is that there are already people promoting (similar) stuff on these targets for many months, so the people might already have seen ads and joined these sites, so these are not interested anymore.

                In my local country there is not so much competition so when I target urls (the usual ones), often times, there isn't any competition. I am the first to show ads on these urls. So it's new for people and likely more interested than the people who have seen popups after popups for weeks or months.

                I think this is why. What do you think of it?

                A good solution would be to target completely different websites where my target demographics is. On sites where they didn't have seen popups for many times.
                Hey Drazz,

                You bring up some interesting points. I am not sure if i ever thought about how long certain domain/ keywords have been targeted in order to make a decision to market to. I try to make all my decisions based off of testing rather than speculation. Also you mentioned targeting sites where pop's havent been seen. If you can actually find great keywords, with high volume of traffic, that dont have competition you may have a golden goose on your hands if you can figure out how to convert the traffic.

                If you can start to convert keywords that get high volume of traffic this is where you can start to get to the $100+ days with a single campaign. Greedy always suggests going after the high volume targeted keywords. If you can do this successfully you are golden.

                To Your Success!
                -Ben
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                • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
                  Mid-Day Report:

                  - So i have my cousin here today helping me set-up my funnel. She is much better with her words than i am, so she is re-reading and editing all my content. I was more a math/science kid in school over history/English. This has been great having her here, cause i have twice the man power taking action towards my goals and to-dos.

                  - I am having her help me film videos today as well. Some of which include 1)an opt-in video, 2) thank you for opting in video, and a few other PPV campaign related videos.

                  Should have another update later today.

                  Onward and Upwards!
                  -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author allysonsblessing
    Ben,

    Don't give up! You are doing great! You are an inspiration to many newbies. Hang in there!

    Allyson
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Monday Night Update:

    - I had a long conversation with my Traffic-Vance Rep today. Its amazing what you can learn from the people on the inside when you become friends. The fact that i can call and have a smart person to deal with at TrafficVance, is amazing. I still convert more offers through LeadImpact, but Trafficvance customer support, and speed of interface is much better. LeadImpact may have a little more volume, but there interface is slow and its extremely difficult to reach anybody by phone, and email support is slow as well.

    - Spent majority of today expanding and transferring campaigns to TrafficVance and 50onREd. Still a handful more i would like to do before day's end.

    Onward and Upwards!
    -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Monday Evening Update:

    - So my cousin just left a little while ago, and she was able to go through about 15 emails in my funnel, and also we did some filming. I think im going to have to re-do the videos. Being behind the camera takes a little warming up. I am also going to film a video for my WSO sales letter. I am enjoying the process of doing the videos. Its a skill in it of it self that i plan to continue to develop.

    - Today is going to be another $200+ profit day! This is exciting because this is the second time in the last 7 days i broke this number.

    - Its exciting watching my vision slowly come together. Everything is taking longer than i had anticipated, but I am still happy with my progress. I am still at the beginning of my journey, and love how exciting and limitless this business can be.

    Onward and Upwards!
    -Ben
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    • Profile picture of the author Drazz
      Great job, I had two 200$+ days in a row! Amazing. Was 10$ short for my first 300$ day . Mostly because of 1 campaign which will only be profitable this month, that's a pity. But let's crush it this month

      Last month was my best IM month and I am pretty sure I will beat it this month. Gogogo.

      PS. I did PM-ed you, in case you didn't noticed.
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      • Profile picture of the author mithya
        Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

        Great job, I had two 200$+ days in a row! Amazing. Was 10$ short for my first 300$ day . Mostly because of 1 campaign which will only be profitable this month, that's a pity. But let's crush it this month

        Last month was my best IM month and I am pretty sure I will beat it this month. Gogogo.

        PS. I did PM-ed you, in case you didn't noticed.
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

        Monday Evening Update:

        - So my cousin just left a little while ago, and she was able to go through about 15 emails in my funnel, and also we did some filming. I think im going to have to re-do the videos. Being behind the camera takes a little warming up. I am also going to film a video for my WSO sales letter. I am enjoying the process of doing the videos. Its a skill in it of it self that i plan to continue to develop.

        - Today is going to be another $200+ profit day! This is exciting because this is the second time in the last 7 days i broke this number.

        - Its exciting watching my vision slowly come together. Everything is taking longer than i had anticipated, but I am still happy with my progress. I am still at the beginning of my journey, and love how exciting and limitless this business can be.

        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
        Hi Ben and Drazz,

        Many Congratulations to both of you guys for your multiple $200 days.
        I was wondering if majority of this is coming from TrafficVance or Leadimpact. I ask this because i got denied on Trafficvance even after getting a referral because i am not on their accepted country list.

        I have two profitable campaigns on LI but I am finding it hard to scale.
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        • Profile picture of the author Drazz
          I only use LeadImpact at the moment. Hope I can join TrafficVance soon so I can expand my campaigns, but first I need to get some more conversion on Peerfly or some other US based affiliate network.

          I did test MediaTraffic with my most profitable campaigns but they didn't converted good so I decided to only stick with LeadImpact at the moment.

          I want to join 50onRed but they don't accept Paypal payments at the moment. Don't have a creditcard for my business at the moment.
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          • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
            Originally Posted by mithya View Post

            Hi Ben and Drazz,

            Many Congratulations to both of you guys for your multiple $200 days.
            I was wondering if majority of this is coming from TrafficVance or Leadimpact. I ask this because i got denied on Trafficvance even after getting a referral because i am not on their accepted country list.

            I have two profitable campaigns on LI but I am finding it hard to scale.
            I actually have a nice split. Most my profitable campaigns came from LeadImpact first, but than worked on TrafficVance as well. If you cant get an account with TrafficVance you can try 50onREd. So far its converted a few times for me so it seems to be a solid traffic source. Hope this helps.

            Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

            Great job, I had two 200$+ days in a row! Amazing. Was 10$ short for my first 300$ day . Mostly because of 1 campaign which will only be profitable this month, that's a pity. But let's crush it this month

            Last month was my best IM month and I am pretty sure I will beat it this month. Gogogo.

            PS. I did PM-ed you, in case you didn't noticed.
            Good work Drazz! Seasonal campaigns seem like they can be very profitable if targeted correctly, but are short lived. Ill take a look at my PM's and try and get back to you during the weekend. Again congrats on your recent success.

            Onward and Upwards!
            -Ben
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            • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
              Thursday Update:

              - So yesterday ended up in the $100+ profit range which is great. Today is already in the $100+ profit range again with still lots of day left. This is really cool cause with today this is third day straight at the $100+ profit mark.

              - I have been very hard at work focusing most of my attention on creating and expanding PPV campagins. I have some good momentum going now, and want to finish the Year off sprinting!

              - My list of subscribers from my E-book is at about 90 now. The daily opt-ins have gone down a bit, which i think is because i havent been posting as much and its been out for 2 weeks. I probably wont get to releasing the WSO this week. My guess is i will release end of next week.

              - I am excited for having my email game up and running soon. Having a continually growing List in all types of niches will complement the hustle of paid traffic with CPA quite nicely i believe.

              Onward and Upwards!
              -Ben
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              • Profile picture of the author AndyL
                Hi Ben,

                Hope you're still getting those $100+ days, I'm managing a few $10 days now and again which I know isn't great but I'm happy just getting a few conversions now and again.

                One of these days I'll ramp it up and maybe reach the $100 mark, keep doing what you're doing. It inspires me to keep trying.

                I signed up for your email list and the ebook is brilliant.

                thanks
                Andy
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                • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
                  Originally Posted by AndyL View Post

                  Hi Ben,

                  Hope you're still getting those $100+ days, I'm managing a few $10 days now and again which I know isn't great but I'm happy just getting a few conversions now and again.

                  One of these days I'll ramp it up and maybe reach the $100 mark, keep doing what you're doing. It inspires me to keep trying.

                  I signed up for your email list and the ebook is brilliant.
                  Hey Andy,

                  Thank you for the kind words! I am happy to hear you liked the E-Book!

                  Onward and Upwards!
                  -Ben
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                  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
                    Sunday Update: I haven't done an update for a little while so i thought today was a good day to get back at it

                    - In the last 10 days I have averaged a little over $100+ per day profit. That being said i had one day that was just about at $300 profit, but also had 1 day that i broke even and another day, that i actually had $100 loss. (This is all from converting CPA offers with PPV)

                    - In the last week i have been hard at working continuing to expand my PPV campaigns. I am hoping to continue to grow that per day profit.

                    - This weekend i actually bought 2 WSO's, one on building a email list with PPV and another on Solo-Ad / emailing marketing. The PPV course was okay. My biggest take away from it was i gotta start to implement Opt-in pages. I have been lagging on this a little and hope to add a few opt-in pages to some of my campaigns this week. The solo ad course was well worth the price, cause i found some amazing golden nuggets for myself.

                    - My own list has hit 100 subscribers This is just from people signing up from my signature. I put out my E-book about 2 weeks ago so I am happy with the results given how many posts ive made in the last few weeks.

                    - I was hoping to release my e-book as a Free WSO before New Years, but will probably end up doing it after the New Year. I think i will actually try and get a solo-ad out before the New Year instead.

                    Anyways it has been a very productive week, and look forward to keeping the accelerated pace all the way through New Years. Hope everyone has a fun successful week to come.

                    Onward and Upwards!
                    -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonChan
    thanks Ben for your inspirational story! have you thought about creating a Pat-Flynn style blog to document your journey? I reckon you'll do extremely well. If you do, please tell us the URL so we can go follow you!
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    • Profile picture of the author Greedy
      Originally Posted by JasonChan View Post

      thanks Ben for your inspirational story! have you thought about creating a Pat-Flynn style blog to document your journey? I reckon you'll do extremely well. If you do, please tell us the URL so we can go follow you!
      Do you have a link to this document?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by JasonChan View Post

      thanks Ben for your inspirational story! have you thought about creating a Pat-Flynn style blog to document your journey? I reckon you'll do extremely well. If you do, please tell us the URL so we can go follow you!
      Hey Jason,

      Thanks for the kind words and support. I have been thinking about creating a blog to document my journey as well. You mentioning this, has forced me to write some steps in my To-Do list to move that project forward. Thanks!

      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author Ian Ralphs
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

        Hey Jason,

        I have been thinking about creating a blog to document my journey as well. You mentioning this, has forced me to write some steps in my To-Do list to move that project forward. Thanks!

        -Ben
        Hi Ben - definitely worth doing, and would be a really interesting read. The way Pat documents things on his site, even down to the splits of income streams makes for really interesting reading....and its a great motivation to see where you can go from and get to....success (for the majority of people) isn't an overnight occurrence, and it's easy to lose faith and focus trying to go from zero to hero!!

        Best of luck in 2014!

        Ian
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    What link? The Smart Passive Income Blog — Smart Ways to Live a Passive Income Lifestyle On the Internet with SmartPassiveIncome.com ?
    Thank you, I will check it out.
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  • Profile picture of the author bobson8788
    Very nice, very nice indeed. I am very happy for your success. Keep going bro
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

      What link? The Smart Passive Income Blog -- Smart Ways to Live a Passive Income Lifestyle On the Internet with SmartPassiveIncome.com ?

      @Ben: Did you start list building through PPV already? What % of optin do you get?

      I just set up my first squeeze page with a lead magnet (free ebook) in the diet niche in my local country. So was wondering what opt in rate in should aim for.

      Any other peoples tried this and what were your opt in rates?
      Hey Drazz,

      I actually have been lagging a bit getting my PPV opt-in up and running. I know with solo-ads (for IM niche), people try and get 30% or greater opt-in (Solos seem to cost about $40 for 100clicks). This means that people are aiming for an opt-in for about $1 or less if possible. For PPV I imagine it would be much lower. If you are paying 1.5 cents per pop, you could send 67 pops for $1. So if you have a 1.4% opt-in or better that seems like it should be good cause you are paying $1 or less per subscriber.

      What kind of opt-in rate have you been getting thus far with your weight loss campaign?

      My goal for the rest of the week, it completely focused on my list building. I hope to get up a PPV campaign with an opt-in, along with purchase a solo ad by weeks end. Once i have done some personal testing ill give you some of my opt-in numbers.

      Originally Posted by bobson8788 View Post

      Very nice, very nice indeed. I am very happy for your success. Keep going bro
      Hey Bobson, thanks for the kind words and support!

      Onward and Upwards
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author Drazz
        Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post


        What kind of opt-in rate have you been getting thus far with your weight loss campaign?
        Thanks for the information.

        LeadImpact started X-mas very early so they didn't accept my campaign yet. Got 4 views from another source but no opt-in

        Also I have to set up some split test but most likely it will be in 2014.

        Setting up goals for 2014 is the main thing I want to finish this year.
        Also I want to start some campaigns focusing on new years resolutions I want them to be set up before new year.

        After reading your post I think it's a great time to just build a list and than send them to the offer's sales page for some campaigns if I think I am able to re-promote stuff to them (earning money, weight loss, becoming healthier)

        What are your goals for 2014?
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Originally Posted by Drazz View Post

          What are your goals for 2014?
          Hey Drazz,

          Thanks for the interest. Here are some thoughts off the top of my head.

          - Continue to be process oriented rather than results oriented. My goals I create are actions i need to take, rather than money amount i would like to get to. I know if i follow the process, and continue to take the proper action steps in the right direction my success will continue to grow.

          - I think in the following year i would like to sign up for some high end coaching. There is actually a few areas i would like coaching in. They include;
          1) Email Marketing - Would like to get my list to at least 1000 subscribers on my own before i do this.
          2) PPV - Even though I'm successfully implementing PPV, i know i am still just scraping the surface of what is possible.
          3) CPA Coaching - There is a coaching program i have in mind that i think would be well suited for my personality and style.

          - Make sure to continue to take persistent consistent action, and to continue learning and growing. I am still in my rookie season for this business, and maybe if i can hustle hard enough for the next few months i can be nominated for rookie of the year hahaha

          Merry Christmas!

          Onward and Upwards!

          -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author PPC-Coach
    Daily diaries are gold in the IM niche. They help you and keep you accountable.

    I highly recommend them. Don't worry about what you post or who reads it, just do it daily and you'll be shocked at what you did that day or didn't do.

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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Tuesday Update:

    - I am working hard to set everything up so i can buy a solo-ad in the IM Niche by the end of the week. I will do some split testing as follows. Split test 2 different opt-in pages, split test 2 differnt paths for people whom opt-in. One path that has a thank you page where i will try and pre-sell an affiliate offer, second path that has a thank you redirect, it will say thank you for 3 seconds, than re-direct to an affiliate offer.

    One of the opt-in pages i will be testing is the one that i use when you click on my signature, but i will remove the name field so all they have to enter is their email. I will also turn off the double opt-in feature for my solo purchases.

    - I will also try and get my PPV Opt-in pages set up. One for my profitable stock program i promote, one for health, and one for the IM niche. For the stock and health, i do not currently have a report to give away, so i may just have an opt-in that says something like " Discover how to start finally making money trading stocks in 2014" optin button--> "Get Access Now". Once they opt-in they will be redirected to an affiliate offer that has a sales video.

    Theses are my two main goals of the week. If i can get all these set up and get a solo ad out by the end of the week, it will be great!

    Happy Holidays!
    Merry Christmas!
    Onward and Upwards!

    -Ben
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    • Profile picture of the author MarketingImpulse
      Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

      Tuesday Update:

      - I am working hard to set everything up so i can buy a solo-ad in the IM Niche by the end of the week. I will do some split testing as follows. Split test 2 different opt-in pages, split test 2 differnt paths for people whom opt-in. One path that has a thank you page where i will try and pre-sell an affiliate offer, second path that has a thank you redirect, it will say thank you for 3 seconds, than re-direct to an affiliate offer.

      One of the opt-in pages i will be testing is the one that i use when you click on my signature, but i will remove the name field so all they have to enter is their email. I will also turn off the double opt-in feature for my solo purchases.

      - I will also try and get my PPV Opt-in pages set up. One for my profitable stock program i promote, one for health, and one for the IM niche. For the stock and health, i do not currently have a report to give away, so i may just have an opt-in that says something like " Discover how to start finally making money trading stocks in 2014" optin button--> "Get Access Now". Once they opt-in they will be redirected to an affiliate offer that has a sales video.

      Theses are my two main goals of the week. If i can get all these set up and get a solo ad out by the end of the week, it will be great!

      Happy Holidays!
      Merry Christmas!
      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben
      How many sales did you got..
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Friday Early Morning Update:

        - I have gone ahead and ordered my first solo-ad! I decided to go with safe-swaps and purchased 100 clicks for $30. I found the seller with lots of positive ratings and affordable solos.

        - Ideally i will be able to grow my list at a profit on the front-end, but even if i can achieve break-even i would be thrilled.

        - Now its time to to create a proper follow up series. Thus far i only have the initial email in place. By the end of the day i should have at least 10 follow ups in the funnel.

        - The rest of this week and weekend, i am continue to focus on my list building efforts. There is still very much to do.

        Onward and Upwards!

        -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Friday Update:

          - I have gone ahead and purchased my second solo-ad from safe-swaps. This buy was $20 for 75 clicks. Both solo-ads should be sent out between Dec31-Jan 2nd. Very happy that i finally got these scheduled out, and my solo-ad list building journeys have begun.

          - I can still further monetize my current funnel, by putting a P.S. in all my follow up emails and promoting an affiliate product. I can also put offers on all my download pages, that i have created as well.

          - My goal for today, is try to get set-up and apply for a JV Giveaway. This is where multiple people give there free gift, and everybody sends traffic to give-away so everybody can grow there list.

          - I still have to set up my PPV campaigns with squeez landing pages

          Onward and Upwards
          -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author sharonmoncada
    your success story is very much helpful for all of us. I am also interested to tell you more advertising networks where you will find out good payouts.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Email Marketing - Would like to get my list to at least 1000 subscribers on my own before i do this.
    Are you saying you are going to wait before your list hit 1,000 subscriber to start email them? Anyways I wouldn't wait, start building a good relationship asap, because if you wait they may just forget who your are.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Are you saying you are going to wait before your list hit 1,000 subscriber to start email them? Anyways I wouldn't wait, start building a good relationship asap, because if you wait they may just forget who your are.
      Hey Greedy,

      Happy Holidays! I was actually saying that i would pay for a coach after i had some time to learn the business a little on my own. I intend to promote offers and provide high quality content from the start. Hopefully i will schedule my first solo-ad purchase tomorrow.

      Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author tcrews
    Make sure you are tracking everything. Your campaign has potential.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Thursday Update:

      - I pretty much set up my funnel how i want it for now, to be ready to handle solo ads.

      - I added an exit pop to both of my opt-in pages. For now i have them both going to an affiliate offer.

      - Today I emailed one of my favorite Internet marketers in the business. I believe that he is one of the true big boys in the industry. My only relation to this person at the moment is that I have purchased many of his WSOs. I offered him the right to my exit-pops for my solo-ads campaign for nothing in return, just as potential way to work with him in the future. I intend to spend about $1000 in the next month buying solo-ads, so my exits pops will probably get around 1500 hits themselves.

      I am doing this because i think he's one of the best, and if i can start to build a relation, it is well worth my exit-pops. I will keep you guys posted to whether he responds, and hopefully takes my offer.

      - I hope to purchase and schedule my first solo-ad tonight.


      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Ignas LT
    Congrats Don't stop here and keep expanding
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  • Profile picture of the author Naveen K
    Congrats Ben! It is got to be the best follow along thread in wf.
    All the best!
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  • Profile picture of the author mithya
    Hey Ben,
    Inspired to see your list building efforts now.
    also curious to know, how the earnings are going with ppv?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Ignas LT View Post

      Congrats Don't stop here and keep expanding
      Hey Ignas, thanks for the support!

      Originally Posted by Naveen K View Post

      Congrats Ben! It is got to be the best follow along thread in wf.
      All the best!
      Hey Naveen,

      Thanks for the kind words, and following my thread. I also would like to congratulate you on your "WSO of the Day"! That's a very impressive! Also i very much like the simplicity and feel of your sales page. Nice and clean!

      Originally Posted by mithya View Post

      Hey Ben,
      Inspired to see your list building efforts now.
      also curious to know, how the earnings are going with ppv?
      Hey Mithya,

      Hope you're doing well! Thanks for continuing to follow PPV profits per day are still hovering around the $100 profit per day mark. Its a little slow this week, cause some of my offers are paused until after the new year.

      My list building efforts should be fun! I have probably purchased and gone through about 10 solo-ad WSOs alone. It feels good to finally get to this point. Now its just about keeping my foot on the gas peddle.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Saturday Early Morning Update:

        - Yesterday I purchased a piece of software called "Enounce -My Speed". It allows you to speed up through any videos online up to 3x. I have been wanting to get this software for quite a while now and I am really loving it. You can save countless hours with this tool. This is great for productivity, especially if you are also educating yourself. It counts how much time it saves you, and today alone it already saved me about 2 hours. Thats huge!

        - I have signed up for a JV Giveaway, in an attempt to boost my list building effort. I submitted my E-Book as my free gift. I also purchased a $10 up-sell that allows me to have advertisement space within the giveaway website. I figured for $10 it couldn't hurt to potentially give myself more exposure.

        - I have realized one of the reasons i love this business so much, is because my main target audience are internet marketers just like myself. I personally love buying WSOs and learning many different angles to make money online. The more you learn, the more you are able to think of different combinations of offers, angles, traffic sources, and funnels which i feel if done correctly could result in huge paydays. The Limitless Business


        Onward and Upwards!
        -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Monday Update:

          - My first solo-ad went out today, and my optin in rate is amazing thus far. I got sent about 80 clicks, and of those 80 I got 40 subscribers. So I am at a 50% optin rate thus far. I still need to purchase many solos before i have a better indication of my numbers. I paid only $20 for the above solo, so i got a subscriber for .50 cents each!

          - Got a few optin pages up for my PPV campaigns. So far i have only set up campagins in the IM niche. Hopefully i will be able to generate some good leads through PPV.

          - For the JV giveaway i am a part of, I still need to upload a few more things in order to utilize the event to the best of my abilities, and get the most out of it.

          Onward and Upwards!
          -Ben
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        • Profile picture of the author TopTarget
          Originally Posted by bigbenre View Post

          Saturday Early Morning Update:

          - Yesterday I purchased a piece of software called "Enounce -My Speed". It allows you to speed up through any videos online up to 3x. I have been wanting to get this software for quite a while now and I am really loving it. You can save countless hours with this tool. This is great for productivity, especially if you are also educating yourself. It counts how much time it saves you, and today alone it already saved me about 2 hours. Thats huge!

          - I have signed up for a JV Giveaway, in an attempt to boost my list building effort. I submitted my E-Book as my free gift. I also purchased a $10 up-sell that allows me to have advertisement space within the giveaway website. I figured for $10 it couldn't hurt to potentially give myself more exposure.

          - I have realized one of the reasons i love this business so much, is because my main target audience are internet marketers just like myself. I personally love buying WSOs and learning many different angles to make money online. The more you learn, the more you are able to think of different combinations of offers, angles, traffic sources, and funnels which i feel if done correctly could result in huge paydays. The Limitless Business


          Onward and Upwards!
          -Ben
          i've personally never bought a WSO because you can learn it all online for free. but everyone's different. but i guess if i was promoting my product, i would also claim that i love WSOs.
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          • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
            Originally Posted by Med7 View Post

            Hey @Bigbenre
            1- now I have a budget of google adwords 100$, do you think i can star about this 100$ of google adwords on my first campaign?

            2- I have no experience in this area about CPA and ClickBank my friend @Bigbenre.. what do you think the best start that I can enjoy this $ 100?
            Regards
            Hey Med,

            1) Firstly only $100 budget wont allow you to do proper testing at all, on any traffic source. Also Google is not to friendly with affiliates, so its hard for beginners to use. I currently dont have any google adwords campaigns.

            Originally Posted by TopTarget View Post

            i've personally never bought a WSO because you can learn it all online for free. but everyone's different. but i guess if i was promoting my product, i would also claim that i love WSOs.
            Hey TopTarget!

            Hope you've been well man! I do agree you can find most information for free online. That being said a have gained countless golden nuggets through wso. . I have actually been a course/ program junkie for years. Lots of real estate, self help, motivation, law of attraction, sales, closing the deal ect... I have easily spent 10k+ on seminars. One of the reasons i love internet marketing so much is because you can buy some $7 wso that has some incredible content.

            Anyways Hope All is Well!

            Onward and Upwards!
            -Ben
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            • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
              Monday Night Update:

              Todays was a good day for my listbuilding:

              40 subscribers from my solo-ad purchase of 75 clicks for $20.
              8 subscribers from PPV traffic. Optin rate is low but still testing, and some keywords ran away wit a few dollars here and there. Spent like $17 for 1400 pops. My tracking was a little off cause i made a little mistake. This was mainly because it was the first time i created a lead capture campaign in CPVLAB.
              3 subscribers from my eBook. So 50 subscribers for the day!

              I still have much to learn, and much to tweak, but i am very happy with the results so far.

              Onward and Upwards!
              -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Med7
    Hey @Bigbenre

    First thank you my friend for this share about your experience
    you have experience about CPA and ClickBank i have some question, i'ts possible answer me :$

    1- now I have a budget of google adwords 100$, do you think i can star about this 100$ of google adwords on my first campaign?

    2- I have no experience in this area about CPA and ClickBank my friend @Bigbenre.. what do you think the best start that I can enjoy this $ 100?

    Thank you so musch,
    Regards
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  • Profile picture of the author Med7
    Thank you @Bigbenre for your reply

    for Monday Night Update it's good good luck friend
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  • Profile picture of the author Badhog83
    Thanks for sharing ben! Great Story! Internet Marketink makes you learn so many new things evrery day. Addictive, isnt it?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Tuesday Update:

      - My main focus of today is to work on a few of my email follow up series. For the solo i purchased yesterday, there is only 5 days/ 5 messages in the follow up series. Im am also split testing different funnels so i have to make sure all follow series are working properly.

      - My Driver License is about to expire, so i have to goto the DMV today and take a photo, and pay renewal fees. Not internet marketing but has to get done so im not driving around with an expired license.

      I'll have another update later today.

      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author mithya
    Hey Ben,
    Thanks for keeping us informed. You are truly an inspiration. I wish I could take as much action as you. As soon as I come to the CPA section of WF yours thread is the first that i look for.
    Wish you a very happy new year...
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  • Profile picture of the author Spartan78
    Hi!

    I've just finished reading all that thread. Very good info about PPV.
    I've been successful on PPC and now I want to expand my business because I don't like to depend on payed traffic. So I started email marketing. I've set my emails follow up funnel (31 for now, in the health niche) and I want to send PPV traffic to a squeeze page. I know people who make XX.XXX figures per month with PPV traffic to a squeeze page and after promoting affiliate offers through email marketing. I did some PPC traffic to a squeeze page but is too expensive .
    I don't have experience in building a PPV squeeze page. I've think to pay someone for this. Can you tell me what soft are you using to setup your PPV pages and how you insert your autoresponder box into the page? I only have experience with wordpress blogs to build squeeze pages, and i know that for PPV you need a simple html page because is faster.

    Thank you!
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  • Profile picture of the author CarlosRubio
    Great post and i appreciate you coming back and updating us, cheers mate
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by mithya View Post

      Hey Ben,
      Thanks for keeping us informed. You are truly an inspiration. I wish I could take as much action as you. As soon as I come to the CPA section of WF yours thread is the first that i look for.
      Wish you a very happy new year...
      Hey Mithya! Happy New Years to you as well. Thank you for your continued support. As long as you keep taking action in the right direction, you'll get to where you want to go.

      Originally Posted by Spartan78 View Post

      Hi!

      I've just finished reading all that thread. Very good info about PPV.
      I've been successful on PPC and now I want to expand my business because I don't like to depend on payed traffic. So I started email marketing. I've set my emails follow up funnel (31 for now, in the health niche) and I want to send PPV traffic to a squeeze page. I know people who make XX.XXX figures per month with PPV traffic to a squeeze page and after promoting affiliate offers through email marketing. I did some PPC traffic to a squeeze page but is too expensive .
      I don't have experience in building a PPV squeeze page. I've think to pay someone for this. Can you tell me what soft are you using to setup your PPV pages and how you insert your autoresponder box into the page? I only have experience with wordpress blogs to build squeeze pages, and i know that for PPV you need a simple html page because is faster.

      Thank you!
      Hey Spartan,

      I think the strategy you have laid out is a smart one. I also plan to do exactly as you suggest. Create opt-in campaigns with a good funnels in place. The beauty is you can do this for many different niches as well eventually.

      To be honest i was doing a lot of simple HTML at first, but recently i have been using Optimizepress2 (would put an affiliate link but i dont think that allowed). Autoresponders easily integrate, and i like that in most cases it will auto fit to your window size. If you goto the ebook in my sig, that page was built on optimizepress, also if you make the window smaller, it will resize accordingly. Also it allows you to easy add an exit pop. I think speed probably is effected slightly, but more importantly i think you must have good hosting in place to handle the income traffic.

      Anyways, I hope this helps a bit. The strategy you talked about i think is what all successful people in internet marketing do!

      Originally Posted by CarlosRubio View Post

      Great post and i appreciate you coming back and updating us, cheers mate
      Hey Carlos,

      Thanks for the support, appreciate you following.

      Onward and Upwards
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Thursday Update:

        - I have gone ahead and purchased another 5 solo ads. Each solo ad is for 100 clicks from different vendors. The average price of each solo ad is about $35. I also have a solo ad that i purchased last week that still haven't delivered his clicks. So I have about 600 clicks on there way.

        - I signed up for a JV Giveaway that Matt Bacak was hosting. I decided to try it out cause it could potentially be a good jump start to listing building. I paid $9 so i could put up an OTO to sell, and have banner space within the JV giveaway. I ended up putting some PLR software that i have rights to sell, up as my OTO. I titled it "The 2014 Profit Toolkit". It has already sold 3 times for $7. So Im up $12 and 8 subscribers so far from this event. I think it goes till the 10th, so hopefully i can get a few more sales and subscribers.

        I Wish Everybody a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

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  • Profile picture of the author alodie
    Hi bigbenre,

    Thank for sharing your success results with the rest of us.

    The take-away was good for me because I am only
    now trying to get a website up and running.

    I have so much to learn, and your post was very definitely
    helpful to me.

    Once again, bigbenre, thanks.

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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by alodie View Post

      Hi bigbenre,

      I have so much to learn, and your post was very definitely
      helpful to me.

      Once again, bigbenre, thanks.

      alodie
      Hey Aloidie, thanks for the support. I happy to see it has motivated you in the right direction.

      To Your Success!
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    - I have gone ahead and purchased another 5 solo ads. Each solo ad is for 100 clicks from different vendors. The average price of each solo ad is about $35. I also have a solo ad that i purchased last week that still haven't delivered his clicks. So I have about 600 clicks on there way.
    It has been a little bit since I checked this thread, but how are solos converting for you?

    I have had bad luck and always been weary.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      It has been a little bit since I checked this thread, but how are solos converting for you?

      I have had bad luck and always been weary.
      Hey Greedy!

      I haven't really monetized my list just yet. I am giving a away a free ebook on the front end, and dont really have any type of offers im promoting on the front end. My funnel is filled with high payout offers ($100+) so i wanted to build a slight relationship and give value at first. I will report back once more people have gone further down my funnel.

      My optin rate for solo's have been amazing at close to almost 50%. I have heard a lot of people say recently, that its not always the size of your list, but the relationship, and responsiveness of it.

      I am hoping this list can turn into a quality list of buyers, but my backup plan is to create a list for the purpose of selling solo-ads if they seem to only be freebie seekers. i will probably segment my list accordingly in the near future.

      Anyways its always good to see you stop by!!

      Happy New Years Greedy!!!

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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Friday Update:

    - My solo ads are slowly coming in, and so are my number of subscribers. I am currently at about a 45% optin rate after about 250 clicks. I have 120 subscribes from my sig, and another 120 from solo-ads, + another 10 from JV giveaway, + another 10 from PPV. So I am pretty much at 260 total subscribers. I should be at 1000+ by the end of next week.

    - Some of my PPV offers I have implemented have time restrictions as to when they will accept leads, so i am going to have to add day segmenting to this campaign.

    - My optin rate for PPV is pretty bad, i am getting leads coming in but right now i paying a little over $3 per lead which is kinda high. This means my opt-in rate for PPV is under 1%. If i could get that to 5% + optin that would be amazing. Anybody else have stats for there PPV optin rates?

    - My intention for the rest of the weekend, is to fill up my autoresponder with more messages. For my optin funnel I am only at 13 messages, but i would like to get this to about 21.

    - I am still not quite sure how i am going to handle subscribes after they have finished the email follow up series. I am trying to automate the process as much as possible, but it seems like i might have to start sending a daily email, not sure yet.

    Happy Friday Everyone!

    Onward and Upwards!

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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Friday Night Update:

    - Got a little trigger happy and just purchased about $300 worth of solo-ads, from 17 different vendors from (safe-swaps). This ended up being an additional 950 clicks that are incoming to my optin. With the additional purchases and the ones im currently waiting for I have a total of 1348 clicks on there way.

    - For each solo i purchase i append the tracking so i add ...John_Doe_010314_100for35
    What this shows is name of seller, date of purchase, prices for clicks ($35 for 100clicks). So when i look into my CPVlab i can see exactly how many clicks they delivered and what they where supposed to, along with the price.

    - Time to keep plugging away, on my funnel. The process of adding tracking to each email, and sometimes to landing pages is a time consuming process, along with testing to make sure everything works properly. I am sure this will get easier, and hopefully soon enough outsource some time consuming processes.

    Onward and Upwards!

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  • Profile picture of the author vignesh676
    Hi Ben

    Congrats on the path to success and wishing you the best.

    What dimensions do you use for Leadimpact Landing pages?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by vignesh676 View Post

      Hi Ben

      Congrats on the path to success and wishing you the best.

      What dimensions do you use for Leadimpact Landing pages?
      Hey Vignesh for your support, i usually keep my LPs around 795px by 400px. this size will ensure your pop is is small enough to fit in LeadImpact, TrafficVance, and 50onred's window size. Hope this helps.

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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Monday Update:

    - I have been hard at work this weekend, creating different funnels, and landing pages. I also have done some more keyword research. My under 1% optin for PPV is way to low, and know i just need to test some more before i find a combo that works. If i can start getting leads under $1 that would be great.

    - I have attached a screen shot of my Aweber account. I have reached 550 subscribers between all my lists. I haven't monetized yet, but hopefully soon once some people get further down my funnel. Also hoping to get to 1000+ by the end of the week. This should be possible because i have multiple solo-ads still on the way.

    - I have a few PPV campaigns that i need to go thru and day part. This is easy todo but probably take me an hour cause its about 30 different campagins. Great job eventually for a virtual assistant.

    Hope everybody had a great weekend and start to there week.

    Onward and Upwards!
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    • Profile picture of the author AndyL
      Hey BigBen,

      Congrats on building your list to over 500 so far, monetizing the list is now the key to a great future.

      Well done
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Anyways its always good to see you stop by!!

    Happy New Years Greedy!!!
    Happy New Years to your as well!

    Always inspiring thread to read.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Thursday Update:

      - Got my first Aweber commission. It was for 33 cents, 1/3 of the $1 free month trial. I have heard of some affiliate marketers out there that making more than $10k / month just on Aweber residual checks from people on the monthly plan. I only need a few more thousand sign ups

      - Up to 675 total subscribers. I only have 250 clicks incoming left, so in order to get my list to 1000 by the end of the week I'm going to have to buy more clicks (solo-ads). I will probably buy another $200 worth of clicks today. That should buy me about 500 clicks which means 500 visitors to my opt-in page. My opt-in rate is probably around 35% now.

      - I have spent a lot of time today going through my PPV campaigns, and looking at what keywords need to paused. I have had some keywords that worked great for like 2 months, but than the last 2 months the keyword performs horribly. I am not quite sure why this happens but i have come across this a few times. That being said its a good idea to always check up on your campaigns even if they are on autopilot mode.

      Hope everyone is having a great week!

      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben Lawrence
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    Great work and this thread have inspired my alot. Keep on rocking
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    - Up to 675 total subscribers. I only have 250 clicks incoming left, so in order to get my list to 1000 by the end of the week I'm going to have to buy more clicks (solo-ads). I will probably buy another $200 worth of clicks today. That should buy me about 500 clicks which means 500 visitors to my opt-in page. My opt-in rate is probably around 35% now.
    Nice job cracking the 500 milestone.
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  • Profile picture of the author Inferno272
    seems like this thread is all over the place.

    i actually was reading for your PPV diary and it seems like you migrated away to list building with solos.

    i'm not a huge solo ad fan myself..at least not in the IM field...product development works better in this field.

    make a product
    sell a product
    get affiliates to push it
    your job is to get affiliates on board.

    its WAY easier to make that profitable than list building via solos

    just my opinion.


    anyways, i'm getting into CPA, and really media buying more than anything...banners, etc.

    this is an interesting read though from the PPV world.

    i probably lost about 100 bucks and got fed up with it..the list building quality was quite low (For me)

    but, i didnt give it a fair shake

    earlier in yoru thread you broke it down by total ad spend, total income, net loss/profit. can you give us an update on that?

    are you also including refunds/clickbank fees/paypal fees/ etc in these numbers? if not..you should

    good luck to you in your journey my friend. i'm subscribing to this thread and hope to hear of your first $1,000 profit day
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  • Profile picture of the author watsonovedades
    what about the PPV campaign, you dropped it?
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by petjelly View Post

      Great work and this thread have inspired my alot. Keep on rocking
      Thanks for the support PetJelly

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Nice job cracking the 500 milestone.
      Hey Greedy! Thanks, i was not able to hit 1000 last week but this week i am hoping to break that milestone as well.

      Originally Posted by Inferno272 View Post

      seems like this thread is all over the place.

      i actually was reading for your PPV diary and it seems like you migrated away to list building with solos.
      -I would use the word expand rather than migrate. You are correct that most of my posts recently have been more around list building, but that being said my $100-$150/ day im averaging right now is all from promoting CPA offers via PPV. I decided to make a strong play with list building cause promoting CPA with paid traffic is a little like gambling. I need something a little more stable in my life as well


      i'm not a huge solo ad fan myself..at least not in the IM field...product development works better in this field.

      make a product
      sell a product
      get affiliates to push it
      your job is to get affiliates on board.

      I also agree that product creation is a fantastic way to make good money and build a quality list of buyers. I already have some plans to start creating a few different products in the IM niche this year.

      That being said i believe there is a time a place for everything. The list i am building with solo-ads I will try to monitize on my own, if i am unable to make it profitable through my own effort, I can easily turn it into a list that i use to sell and swap solo-ads. I am familiar with a handful of Internet Marketers that make 10k+ a month, just selling solos ads, from a list that they have built from solo-ads and ad-swaps.


      its WAY easier to make that profitable than list building via solos

      I think both strategies when used correctly can make you a lot of money. I also agree that product creation when done correctly can take things to the next level

      anyways, i'm getting into CPA, and really media buying more than anything...banners, etc.
      I have not yet purchased any banner advertising, but also think its another great way to get massive exposure. If you can learn to start converting offers with banners or any other traffic source you're golden. CPA is great, and feel like I personally still have much to learn

      this is an interesting read though from the PPV world.

      i probably lost about 100 bucks and got fed up with it..the list building quality was quite low (For me)

      but, i didnt give it a fair shake

      PPV with only a $100 is going to be difficult. It took me about $500 before I started becoming familiar. Right now you cant even get accepted into LeadImpact or TrafficVance for under $1000


      earlier in yoru thread you broke it down by total ad spend, total income, net loss/profit. can you give us an update on that?

      are you also including refunds/clickbank fees/paypal fees/ etc in these numbers? if not..you should

      Ill try to do another post where i break down my current figures in the next week. My clickbank refunds are not as relevant these days cause i probably only have a clickbank sale every 10days, and since i started with Clickbank have only had 1 refund out of about 40 sales

      good luck to you in your journey my friend. i'm subscribing to this thread and hope to hear of your first $1,000 profit day

      Thank you friend, for the kind words and the post! I hope i will be able to report my first $1000+ profit day soon enough.


      Originally Posted by watsonovedades View Post

      what about the PPV campaign, you dropped it?
      - Hey Watsonovedaddes, I am still running PPV traffic pretty aggressively. I currently spend on average of $100, to make about $100 / day profit. My ROI on average with my current PPV campaigns is right about 100% ROI.

      Hope everyone is having a good start to their week!

      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben Lawrence
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      • Profile picture of the author Haksch
        Hey there bigbenre,
        I have been reading your whole thread since yesterday and it is totally inspiring for someone like me, who is totally new to online marketing.
        Good luck with your campaign!
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Thursday Update:

          - Im upto 880 total subscribers. I have about 500 incoming clicks in the next 3-4 days, so if I can keep my optin rate consistent i should be able to hit that 1000 subscriber bench mark soon enough.

          - I have also put together a game plan for moving forward and expanding my CPA with PPV. I will probably change things up a little and try and focus on on getting high traffic keywords to convert. Obviously picking the right offers will play a roll in this as well.

          - I continue to enjoy the experience of being an internet marketer. By no means are my earnings where i would like them to be at this moment, but i have planted many seeds that i believe have the potential to become Massive Money Trees. These seeds defintaley need water, sun, and a little TLC but they are in the ground and slowly sprouting. Right now I am very diversified as far as my different internet marketing projects go, and at the same time they all kinda synergistically work with each other. I think the biggest reasons that have helped me excell thus far are:

          1) Mindset
          - I have a 100% belief that i can become a great internet marketer.
          - I think big. Making a million dollars profit a year, or even a month is not something outside what i believe is possible

          2) Action Taker - Since I have started this thread, I have been consistently taking action. I have been a good student, and a good action taker on what i have learned. What I have learned through experience and testing has moved me much faster to my goals than just reading WSOs. It is a must to take persistent, consistent action.

          3) Process oriented vs. Results Oriented - One of the big keys to success when achieving any goal, is to be process oriented rather than results oriented. To often people start looking to get results before they have even finished the process, and then prematurely quit whatever they where doing.
          Most people will buy a WSO, and have a goal to make 5k per month with the system. I think a better goal would be to actual implement every step youve learned from the WSO, this will get you much further.

          4) Invested in myself and my business - Since i have started, I have treating internet marketing like a business. Im sure many of you had heard the quote "Treat this like a hobby, and you'll get paid like its a hobby". I have had money to both invest in education, and implementation (domain, hosting, tracking, tools) and traffic.

          Hope everyone is having a great week. Thanks for taking the time to read!

          Onward and Upwards!

          -Ben Lawrence
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    love the updates bro, keep em coming.
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  • Profile picture of the author petjelly
    Thanks for the update. This thread has inspired me alot.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Inferno272 View Post

      love the updates bro, keep em coming.
      Originally Posted by petjelly View Post

      Thanks for the update. This thread has inspired me alot.
      Thanks guys!!! I very much appreciate your guys continued support!

      I will have a daily update up shortly!

      Onward and Upwards!

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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Friday Update:

        - Today has been a great day for my confidence. I feel like i have graduated from a Freshman to a Sophomore on my Internet Marketing Journey. There has a been a few things i learned this week that has made a lot of things just click for me.

        - There has been a campaign that i have been wanting to create for a while which involves a squeez page, that leads to a offer wall, and has an email series of similar type offers to promote. So yesterday, i finally put my nose to the pavement and got it done. This process involved:

        - Purchase a domain related to the niche - $2.95 godaddy with coupon (done)
        - Changed the domain hosting to point to my own (done)
        - Set-up a subdomain on my Cpanel of my hosting (done)
        - I had a template that i purchased months ago for the opt-in page that led to the offer wall. (done)
        - Set-up all tracking(done)
        - I still had to change affilaite links and also some images (done)
        - Set up Aweber list for the followup seriers (done)
        - Updated Form on template to goto my Aweber account (done)
        - Go-thru multiple CPA Networks to find all offers that relate to this niche (done)
        - Create an email follow up series that promotes similar offers (in progress - 2 follow up emails so far)
        - FTP everything to website (today)
        - Create PPV Campaign (today)

        This process a few months ago seemed extremely complicated, but after yesterday everything started to click. The thought of trying to set up tracking for something like this a month ago would scare me, but now i feel like its pretty simple.

        For anybody just starting out, you just got to remember to keep trucking forward. It doesn't happen over night, but eventually everything starts to click and becomes much more second nature.

        Now that i have graduated from a Freshman to a Sophomore in my Internet Marketing University, i think i will celebrate tonight with some parting with friends!

        Enjoy the Weekend Everybody!!!

        -Ben Lawrence
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Sunday Update:

          - I have hit the 1000 subscriber benchmark!!! Of my list 150 subscribers from sig, about 50 from PPV traffic, and there rest from solo-ads.

          - I am excited to implement some new techniques into my PPV game. In particular the use of survey type landing pages, that lead to an offer wall of related offers. Also i intend to target URLs that have much higher traffic volume.

          - I have been thinking to start my Internet Marketing Blog soon. I think it is an extremely wise play, and will help many aspects of my business. Especially in the long term picture. I have big plans for myself as an internet marketer, and think it would be great to have a blog to allow people to share in my journey. I also would like to start making videos blog posts as well. I have been lagging big time when it comes to creating videos of myself.

          Hope everybody had a great weekend!

          Onward and Upwards!

          -Ben Lawrence
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  • Profile picture of the author Inferno272
    my question is...has the 1,000 subscribers actually made you any money?

    thats the important thing.

    i know a guy whose list is gigantic, easily 50,000 people...my list of 2k almost always destroys his.

    its about having the right people on your list, not the most ;-)
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  • Profile picture of the author badboy_Nick
    Keep on trucking mate! Persistence is key in this business ... once you crack the 1k/day mark give me a shout, happy to give you a few pointers from there on

    Any questions just let me know,
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  • Profile picture of the author Xiqual
    Thanks to all for the free info provided, the hints, advices and warnings.

    bigbenre post Rules, Warriors answers in this post Rock!

    Best regards,
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Inferno272 View Post

      my question is...has the 1,000 subscribers actually made you any money?

      thats the important thing.

      i know a guy whose list is gigantic, easily 50,000 people...my list of 2k almost always destroys his.

      its about having the right people on your list, not the most ;-)
      Hey Inferno, I completely agree with you that its not the size of the list rather the quality of the subscribers. As to answer your question i have not yet monetized my list. I am testing out some different strategies for some high payout offers. I am getting openings and clicks, so my back-up plan for my list built thru solo-ads, is to potential start selling solo-ads.

      Originally Posted by adishorule View Post

      Good job. Keep on doing. God bless you with joy of success
      Hey Adishorule, Thank you very much for the kind words.

      Originally Posted by badboy_Nick View Post

      Keep on trucking mate! Persistence is key in this business ... once you crack the 1k/day mark give me a shout, happy to give you a few pointers from there on

      Any questions just let me know,
      Nick
      Hey Nick, Thanks for the support man! 1/k a day is on the way

      Originally Posted by Xiqual View Post

      Thanks to all for the free info provided, the hints, advices and warnings.

      bigbenre post Rules, Warriors answers in this post Rock!

      Best regards,
      Adrian
      Hey Adrian, thanks for the kind words and support!!!


      Onward and Upwards!
      -Ben
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Friday Update:

        - For pretty much all my dating offers i was promoting i have been rejected from being aloud to promote the offer. I was probably making around $15/ profit from these campaigns. This was yet another lesson showing how important it is to have back up offers, campaigns, and income streams going in this business.

        - I have spent much of today and this week organizing myself. This included finally creating a Profit and Loss Excell that i will update daily. Organizing my campaigns in CPVLAB. Organizing Campaigns in traffic sources. It is crazy how cluttered things can get if you dont stay oraganized.

        - Creating this excell will also allow me to do better case studies, and potential blogging stats

        - I contacted a guy whom i met on Odesk, to give me a 1 hour voice chat consultation. During this consolation I am going to ask him questions on how to make edits to my survey landers, and other technical questions.

        - I am determined to master PPV traffic and I see now that improving my technical abilities is one of the things i must do to get to where i want to go. I also believe it is much easier to outsource a task you yourself are familiar with doing. That being said, some things are better suited for outsourcing from the get go.

        Onward and Upwards

        - Ben Lawrence
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  • Profile picture of the author ZedyDiamond
    Fantastic job OP! Remember, this is just the beginning of your success
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    • Profile picture of the author mithya
      Hi Ben,

      Congratulations on your continued success.
      I am curious as to why you were shut on dating offers, as I am myslef running dating offers on ppv. where you direct linking and they did not like the lead quality? Thanks in advance.
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    Very well done to you.
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    well done bro , really happy for you
    keep rocking
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    • Profile picture of the author BryanPost1985
      great job friend and keeping on the great work.
      I was wondering who you use for your solo ads?
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      • Profile picture of the author Olen
        Hi Bigbenre,

        Great thread, picked up some nuggets here. Thanks!

        On this comment:

        >>For pretty much all my dating offers i was promoting i have been rejected from being aloud to promote the offer. I was probably making around $15/ profit from these campaigns. This was yet another lesson showing how important it is to have back up offers, campaigns, and income streams going in this business.<<<

        Are you saying the offers ended or you got booted off the offers for some reason?

        Thanks
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Originally Posted by ZedyDiamond View Post

          Fantastic job OP! Remember, this is just the beginning of your success
          Hey Zedy, Thanks for they support!

          Originally Posted by mithya View Post

          Hi Ben,

          Congratulations on your continued success.
          I am curious as to why you were shut on dating offers, as I am myslef running dating offers on ppv. where you direct linking and they did not like the lead quality? Thanks in advance.
          Hey Mithya,

          Hope you have been well, and taking action my friend. I actual was direct linking, and self targeting for these dating offers. Also all the offers where from the same mother company. When I asked my AM about this, she said this happens often, and dating offers outside the US are way better anyway

          Originally Posted by Sunnieone View Post

          Very well done to you.
          Thanks Sunnieone! Appreciate the support!

          Originally Posted by egyboy View Post

          well done bro , really happy for you
          keep rocking
          Hey Egyboy, thanks for the shout out! Keep Rockin!

          Originally Posted by BryanPost1985 View Post

          great job friend and keeping on the great work.
          I was wondering who you use for your solo ads?
          Hey Bryan, Thanks for you support! All my solo-ad purchases have been from safe-swaps thus far.

          Originally Posted by Olen View Post

          Hi Bigbenre,

          Great thread, picked up some nuggets here. Thanks!

          On this comment:

          >>For pretty much all my dating offers i was promoting i have been rejected from being aloud to promote the offer. I was probably making around $15/ profit from these campaigns. This was yet another lesson showing how important it is to have back up offers, campaigns, and income streams going in this business.<<<

          Are you saying the offers ended or you got booted off the offers for some reason?

          Thanks
          Hey Olen, thanks for the support. As you stated above i was booted off the offer. This was the first time this has happened to me, but it seems like its a common occurrence in this business.

          Update Coming Soon...

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  • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
    Tuesday Update:

    - So I have went ahead and hired a high end coach to help sharpen up my list building game. My goal with this coach is to try and be his fastest highly successful student. I pretty much feel like i have a great understanding of the game already, and having a coach will fine tune a few things that will accelerate my path to success. The model that he will be teaching me is building a list through solo-ads to eventually sell solo ads.

    - I was in a very talkative mood today and had many skype voice chats .
    1) My new coach and I had a 30 min chat, he gave me some assignments which i hope to finish today (ToDos for Coach: Create New Optins, Choose Offers, Create Email follow series)
    2) Talked to an AM from a New Affiliate Network I join today. Had a 20 min conversation about his network, and a little small talk as well. Asked him to send me networks best offers.
    3) My W4 AM called me today, and we had a good 10 min chat. I asked her to send me all offers that are converting well with PPV traffic in 2014.

    - This week i did research on a handful of PPV offers I would like to set-up campaigns for in the next week.

    - I am leaving To Park City Utah tomorrow morning to go Snowboarding for a week. I will be bringing my laptop with me, and be working when I am not rippin it up on the mountain !

    Hope everyone is having a incredible start to their week!

    Onward and Upwards!

    -Ben Lawrence
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  • Profile picture of the author mithya
    Hey Ben,

    Thanks a lot for your continued response on our queries. I am doing well and I have been taking action with my ppv effort.

    I got some questions for you again. Please be kind to answer them when you get some time.

    i) Is self targeting on ppv allowed by advertisers. Isnt it hijacking the offer? I asked few AMs and they said u can use domain variations but not the actual domain itself.

    ii) I remember you had started using 50onred. So do you have some opinion on the traffic quality and the cost there now? Also be great if you could tell the order in which you like these ppv networks LI,TV and 50onred.

    Thanks a lot for your support and I wish you all the success with your ppv and list building efforts. You are truly an inspiration, my friend.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dele
    I have been following your thread and downloaded and read your EBook and must say you are doing a great job, Ben. You certainly have moved at great speed to update yourself as an Internet Marketer and should be an internet marketing "guru" before long if you continue at this pace.

    I have 3 questions for you.

    1) In "WARNING" under "Lead Impact Set Up", you wrote the following
    "Often times a keyword can sneak in there that eats up your daily budget very quickly."

    Are you saying keywords/urls you have not inserted can find its way into your campaign?

    2) About how many urls/keywords do you have inserted for each campaign on the average.

    3) You indicated Lead Impact's pop-up window size as 775px by 475px in your EBook while i see 800px by 600px stated on the Lead Impact website.

    Which is right?

    Thanks
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    One thing I like about Big that he take action...congrat bro
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  • Profile picture of the author ddev
    Awesome Thread. Congratulations Ben.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by mithya View Post

      Hey Ben,

      Thanks a lot for your continued response on our queries. I am doing well and I have been taking action with my ppv effort.

      I got some questions for you again. Please be kind to answer them when you get some time.

      i) Is self targeting on ppv allowed by advertisers. Isnt it hijacking the offer? I asked few AMs and they said u can use domain variations but not the actual domain itself.

      ii) I remember you had started using 50onred. So do you have some opinion on the traffic quality and the cost there now? Also be great if you could tell the order in which you like these ppv networks LI,TV and 50onred.

      Thanks a lot for your support and I wish you all the success with your ppv and list building efforts. You are truly an inspiration, my friend.
      Hey Mithya!

      i) Self targeting with PPV is allowed as long as the offer allows it. If it specifically states that you cannot bid on trademarked terms than i would not self bid. It could be looked at like hijacking the offer, and that's why some Offers don't allow it. I would talk to your AM again, cause i think every offer on there network usually has its own restrictions.

      ii) 50onRed i have concluded to be a very good traffic source. It is a great addition to Trafficvance and LeadImpact. I would say i like all of them all a lot. As far as quality of traffic i would say that i havent done enough testing to make any conclusions. They all seem to have about the same quality as of right now.

      LeadImpact:
      Pros:
      - I'm the most familiar with
      - Best volume of traffic.
      - Allows the most keywords variations that can get you cheap traffic on expensive urls/kwywords

      TrafficVacne:
      Pros:
      - You have an Rep at the company you can speak to
      - They have a very clean and easy to use interface

      50onRed
      Pros:
      - Easy to get into, and cheapest initial deposit at $500
      - Easy to use interface
      - Great addition to TrafficVance and LeadImpact when expanding campagins

      Anyways hopes this helps, and keep up the good work!


      Originally Posted by Dele View Post

      I have been following your thread and downloaded and read your EBook and must say you are doing a great job, Ben. You certainly have moved at great speed to update yourself as an Internet Marketer and should be an internet marketing "guru" before long if you continue at this pace.

      I have 3 questions for you.

      1) In "WARNING" under "Lead Impact Set Up", you wrote the following
      "Often times a keyword can sneak in there that eats up your daily budget very quickly."

      Are you saying keywords/urls you have not inserted can find its way into your campaign?

      2) About how many urls/keywords do you have inserted for each campaign on the average.

      3) You indicated Lead Impact's pop-up window size as 775px by 475px in your EBook while i see 800px by 600px stated on the Lead Impact website.

      Which is right?

      Thanks
      Hey Dele,

      Thanks for the very kind words, actually reading the Guide, and following my thread!

      1) No, what i meant was that sometimes while you are adding keywords that you may by accidentally add a rouge keyword. For example i have personally added the word "keyword" to my keywords by accident twice, cause i was copying over some keywords from an excell file where the top cell had the word "keyword". I didnt look over my keywords carfully enough, and only found out my mistake the next day when the word "keyword" ate up my whole $5 daily budget on LeadImpact. That why i set all of my campagins to $5 daily budget at first.

      2) I would say you should collect between 10-15 Urls at first with an Alexa rating of 100,000 or less so you can get some decent traffic. Once you find a keyword that converts, than you can do variations and start expanding.

      3) The reason I recommend 775px by 475px is because depending on what tool bars the user has on there web browser, it can slightly reduce the viewable area of the pop-up. By making your creative fit 775px by 475px you will always be safely within the pop-up's viewable space.

      Hope this helps, and thanks again for the kind words!

      Originally Posted by johnbrown12 View Post

      One thing I like about Big that he take action...congrat bro
      Thanks for the kind words, and continuing to follow!

      Originally Posted by ddev View Post

      Awesome Thread. Congratulations Ben.
      Hey Ddev,

      Thanks for reading and the kind words!


      Anyways I will have an update in the next 24-hours of some of my progress. Hope everyone is having a great week.


      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben Lawrence
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      • Profile picture of the author Dele
        I now have a hosting account with Beyond Hosting which i set up through the link in your EBook and so far so good. It obviously is more appropriate for the purpose(CPA) than Hostgator which i am currently using for hosting my other sites.

        Hostgator has a $75 installation fee associated with installation of Prosper 202 if performed by them while it is FREE with Beyond Hosting. Also, you need to be hosted on a dedicated server or at least VPS level 5 to be able to have Prosper installed on Hostgator's server. With Hostgator, VPS level 5 costs $88.47 for the first month and $104.95 recurring subsequently while the cheapest dedicated server costs $139 first month and $174 recurring subsequently.

        With Beyond Hosting, a Hybrid VPS - Hybrid - VPS Starter will do the job of hosting Prosper 202 and using the coupon you provided in your EBook, it costs $24.99 for the first 6 months and $49.99 recurring subsequently.
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  • Profile picture of the author spope91
    Really enjoyed watching this pan out for you BigBenre. Great effort.

    Keep these updates coming, will be awesome to see you hit the $1k/day mark!

    All the best.

    Pope.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Originally Posted by Dele View Post

      I now have a hosting account with Beyond Hosting which i set up through the link in your EBook and so far so good. It obviously is more appropriate for the purpose(CPA) than Hostgator which i am currently using for hosting my other sites.

      With Beyond Hosting, a Hybrid VPS - Hybrid - VPS Starter will do the job of hosting Prosper 202 and using the coupon you provided in your EBook, it costs $24.99 for the first 6 months and $49.99 recurring subsequently.
      Hey Dele,

      Thanks so much for useing my link, that is very kind of you! I also am useing the starter VPS for 24.99 from Beyond Hosting. they as you said will install all your tracking for you, and they are very quick with responding to support tickets. Usually get an answer within 10 min. The one thing that would take them to the next level for me, is if they provided phone support.

      Originally Posted by spope91 View Post

      Really enjoyed watching this pan out for you BigBenre. Great effort.

      Keep these updates coming, will be awesome to see you hit the $1k/day mark!

      All the best.

      Pope.
      Hey Pope,

      Thanks for following. I also hope to share my first 1k day soon enough. Its really not to far out, as long as i stick to the game plan i laid out for myself.

      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      Just read this thread catching up, inspiring to see your dedication to success.
      Hey Greedy!

      Always a pleasure to have you stop by and drop a line. Thank you again for always providing value to this section of the forum!

      Anyways i will have a update later today!

      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben Lawrence
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Monday Update:

        - I made a drastic change to one of my PPV camapaigns that was doing well cause i thought it would help. Instead of helping, it took my conversions down to zero. I will go back today and change back my campaigns to be as they where before. The campagin was getting about 100% ROI. Instead of getting greedy, i will go back and continue to run it profitably like before.

        - As i have stated on a earlier post I have hired, a high-end consultant /coach to help me get my solo-ad buying, and selling game on point. I think one big reason i was not able to monetize my list up until now is because i was trying to push offers that have payouts of $100+, which are much harder to convert through a solo-ad than a product with a payout from $7-$30. I am just finishing up setting up my new funnel ( optin page, thank you pages, download pages, content pages, email followups ). I hope to order from $200-$500 worth of solo-ads in the next 24 hours.

        - Today i decided to start video blogging. I have already made my first video, that will probably never see the internet. My purpose for this is to get more fluid and natural behind the camera. Even if i dont post my videos, i have decided to start making at least one video a day to build up the skill.

        - The last 10 days have been pretty unproductive due to the vacation i recently went on. I have re-organized myself so i can be very productive moving forward. Im ready to take my game to the next level!

        Anyways, hope everyone had a great weekend, and good luck in the week to come!

        Onward and Upwards!!

        -Ben Lawrence
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    cool thread bro
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Tuesday Update:

      - The new version of CPVLAB just got released, V 2.17. I currently have BeyondHosting performing the update for me. (One of the best parts of BeyondHosting is they perform lots of server tasks for you). The update will make it possible to track mobile traffic better (i currently dont run any mobile traffic), and also better ways to view and analyze data. With this update CPVLAB will probably gain some more market-share, because people now have a good tracking option besides imobitrax for mobile tracking.

      - Started implementing my mourning routine this week. This includes:
      a) Wake up
      b) Read motivational book 30 min (ex. Think and Grow rich, The Power of Now)
      c) Meditation - 11 min. I just sit silently and follow my breath
      d) Drink my Green Shake (Product is called Green Vibrance)
      e) Affirmations (Current affirmations from "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T. Harv Eker.
      f) GET TO WORK!

      - I have a lot of to-dos for both PPV and List building that i will be working on today.


      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben Lawrence
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    Congrats! Continue to explore more possibilities.
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  • Profile picture of the author smoor2012
    I am glad to hear you have had success. I like to hear success stories like this and hear about people finding a way.

    Stay at it. Your efforts are paying off.

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    Congrats!!
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    • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
      Tuesday Update:

      - So i finally finished setting up my new funnel for solo ads. Already some very cool results. Spent $55 today for solo-ads. Got about about 200 clicks, and 100 opt-ins so a 50% opt-in rate! Also after opt-in Ive started sending users to an offer with a $35 payout. Got 1 sale as well. So pretty much spent $20 ($55 ad spend minus $35 commissions = $20) for 100 op-tins, which comes out to about 20 cents per opt-in which is great. Im upto 1250 subscribers as of today. This number should go up quickly now cause i am going to put a decent budget in solo-ads especially if i can build my list for cheap and potentially for free.

      - I got kicked off my host and post Insurance offer that was making $100 per day. I got an email from the owner of the affiliate network saying that the lead buyers where not able to convert any of my leads. This brings my PPV total down quite a bit. Even though this was a profitable campaign, it was very time consuming, so part of me is happy I now have more time to focus on my other PPV campaigns and projects.

      - This week I met an Internet Marketer through a family friend of mine. He's knowledgeable about Mobile CPA, so after meeting we decided to work together to setup some campaigns. The last 2 days we have been working hard setting up Mobile Campaigns. It is a nice change having a project with someone to work. Also the potential in the Mobile CPA space is incredible, so its very exciting.

      - I have a handful PPV campaigns i would like to get up by the end of the week. I already know what campaigns i would like to set-up, i just have to do some keyword research and than just setup the campaign.

      Anyways, hope everybody having a great start to there week!

      Onward and Upwards!

      -Ben Lawrence
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      • Profile picture of the author Dele
        I think it is only good enough if we all try to do what we do in public, privately. The world will be a better place that way.

        Given the courtesy you have displayed on this thread which in fact encouraged me to sign up for your newsletter and also sign up under you in Beyond Hosting, it comes as a big surprise to me to observe that you can choose to ignore a PM sent to you by me containing ONLY relevant content to this thread. If it was because you wanted me to ask only on this thread, i think courtesy demands that you just simply say so in a reply to me.

        I reproduce below the entire content of the PM i sent to you and now that it is in public, will watch your reaction to it.

        Thank you.

        "Hi,

        Hope all is well.

        I am thinking of putting some funds into 7Search for PPC but am somewhat skeptical in view of negative comments i have read on the Warrior forum and elsewhere about 7Search. This includes your comment that you will not put more funds into 7Search unless they honor their 50% bonus. Some others even described 7Search clicks as "fraud clicks".

        Given that you have a recent experience, i will please like to know your views about the quality of traffic.

        Thank you and regards"
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  • Profile picture of the author MarcoLoveLife
    I was reading through this for couple days, its sad to see this threat dead. any updates?xD
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    • Profile picture of the author Greedy
      Originally Posted by MarcoLoveLife View Post

      I was reading through this for couple days, its sad to see this threat dead. any updates?xD
      Yes any updates.
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      • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
        Originally Posted by Dele View Post

        "Hi,

        I am thinking of putting some funds into 7Search for PPC but am somewhat skeptical in view of negative comments i have read on the Warrior forum and elsewhere about 7Search. This includes your comment that you will not put more funds into 7Search unless they honor their 50% bonus. Some others even described 7Search clicks as "fraud clicks".
        Hey Dele,

        Sorry for the delayed response, its been crazy here and i havent had much time to post on the forum. Also i would like to thank you for being so kind and using my aff link.

        Now for your question. As far as 7 search is concerned, i have tried twice to get them to honor a deposit bonus, but both times they denied me.

        I think 7search can be a good traffic source, but you have to learn its intricacies. As you have said "click fraud" / low quality clicks can often be the case with 7search, thats why it is so important to you start blocking publishers / that are sending you bogus traffic (ex. 100 clicks 0 conversion). I would also like to mention, that i personally have not spent enough time with 7 search to learn all its ways. Luke Peerfly has so great free info, that explains a lot of the basics of 7search.

        Sorry again for taking so long to reply. You seem like you have some great CPA knowlege, and I look forward to reading stories of your success soon

        Originally Posted by MarcoLoveLife View Post

        I was reading through this for couple days, its sad to see this threat dead. any updates?xD
        Not dead yet, was just in hibernation

        Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

        Yes any updates.
        Hey Greedy! Always a pleasure to see your presence!!!!

        I will have an update on whats been going in the next few hours!

        Onward and Upwards!

        - Ben Lawrence
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        • Profile picture of the author bigbenre
          Sunday Update:

          PPV update: So about a month ago, i was kicked off some insurance offers that was making me a consistent $100/ profit per day. In the last month since i have posted, i have spent a lot of time putting up a few dozen PPV campagins. I have a mix of both ultra targeted direct link campaigns, and some campaigns that i am using landers that i am going for volume. With all these new campaigns my PPV profits has been around the $50 / day profit, in the month of March so far. I am thinking i should be able to get it up to $100+ / day before the month's end.

          Email List Building - This has been a harder nut to crack than i initially anticipated. I am currently at 1700 subscribers, but still having trouble monetizing it properly. I have bought solo-ads to build this list, and have tested multiple different funnels, that haven't worked like i was hoping. I actually just purchased another marketers funnel, which i will test in the weeks to come. I also have a list building coach, and he's urging me to start to create my own product and funnel. My goal right now is to find a funnel that allows me to build my list for free or at a small profit. Once i get to this point ill dump some money to build my list quickly.

          Mobile Marketing - So my newest project in the IM space is Mobile Marketing. My new business associate and I have met up almost every day the last two weeks to move this project forward. I am still a complete newb in this space, and have done my learning through Ruck and Ryan at the IM Grind. (If you want some great free info to learn mobile marketing, search "mobile manifesto v2". Its a 300+ page ebook with tons of great info on mobile.) Also we have went ahead and got a membership at IM Grind to get as much info and support we can on the subject. So far we have spent about $300 testing offers. No financial success yet, but everyday we learn more and refine our skills. The possibilities in mobile are incredible and we are committed to making this work.

          My Blog - So i have recently made the goal / decisions to start my own IM blog. I think it will be the ultimate way to brand myself as an internet marketer. One of my goals for my blog is to try to get on AffBuzz.com before the end of the year. The name of my blog is TheZenIM.com (The Zen Internet Marketing ). I chose this name, because i believe in doing everything in life with a kind hearted attitude and a peaceful nature. I'm also a huge Lakers fan, and Zen Master (Phil Jackson) influenced my name choice as well

          I am excited to move all my projects forward, and to continue growing as an Internet Marketer. Thank You all for Reading!


          Onward and Upwards!

          -Ben Lawrence
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