"Internet Marketing is going to DIE in ~5 years"
For example, a company called Demand Media is valued at 1.5 billion dollars. And what do they do? They create about 4000 articles a month, and pay the authors $15-20 for each one. Another similar, albeit smaller company was just purchased by Yahoo for $90 million for the purpose of real time content generation... I think it's entirely possible that the content we're trying to compete with will be generated 2, 3, or even 4 times as fast once these companies with billion-dollar budgets start working at it.
Also, if you look up "Mortgage Rates" or something along those lines on Google (Depending on your area, I can't reproduce it), you'll find a form to fill out in the sponsored links (Read: Adwords) section which will allow you to compare the mortgage rates in your city and obtain a direct link to the realtor's/company's website. No affiliate required, it could be some type of revshare arrangement or simply paying to have a more complicated 'ad'-type deal on Google.
Additionally, Google recently patented a new software package to help prioritize sites based on what users search for and where they eventually end up. If you can get the top spot in this algorithm you're probably set- but I feel it's more likely that these huge companies seeking huge profits that will have a better chance at beating out the little guys.
So, what do you all think of this? There's always the tried-and-true method of building your list, nurturing it, and selling to it... But if CPA were to die in the next few years, what would you do? I'm just getting into the industry, and I don't like the looks of all the doom and gloom.
Also, I have purposely not posted a link to the videos so nobody can start calling it free advertising, but if anyone wants to watch it I'd be happy to post it.
[edit] I realize there are many more options out there other than CPA. But this can affect every facet of Internet Marketing and traffic generation... And plus, CPA is kind of the 'big thing' right now, with many people making tens of thousands of dollars a day- I didn't hear about those kinds of numbers before it came along.
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