How i made money offline past year

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Hi there, i tought i'd contribute a bit to the community. :rolleyes:
This one i used to do in the past, but i live in a small town so i already milked it out for this niche.

Here's what i did..

I will first tell you the basics in a few words then the long version. You will be picking a niche targeting a certain group of people that aren't handy with computers (in general).Thats the group that all IM's are missing on the net, so thats the hole in the market that is uncovered. You are going to take a CPA that is very simple and easy to do for a customer, so no long surveys or something that requires certain computer skills.

Now comes the long version what i did step by step:

1. Find a CPA, i found a very short survey that after completing they send to your home address a free 2 week diet scheme and some commercial additional products for free. The survey was about 10-15 questions all multiple choice.

2. I bought a domain and forwarded it straight to my CPA link, you arent going to promote the domain online or do any seo so any domain will do, but pref ones that are related to the niche, in my case weight loss.

3. Think of some catchy text for a flyer and have it made on fiverr for 5$ saves you lot of time. Some bigbelly with a measure thing next to it and some catchy questions on the flyer do good. I used as title "Having problems loosing weight after +45?" 45 as in AGE. Then something like "order the 100% free diet from our website, no strings attached"

4. Find a copy company that will print your flyer, i had 500 pieces for like 16$ at a online copycompany.

5. Distribute the flyers by walking streets and put them in the mailboxes. What you can also do is find some neighbor kids and give them a small fee to do it for you, don't forget to say "i have friends all over the area, if i see some of them are missing my flyer you'll be in trouble!", otherwise they will possibly dump the flyers in the trash and scam you lol

6. Profit !

Results:
Out of the first 500 flyers i distributed i got roughly about 51 people who actually did the CPA. My CPA paid me $4,50 for each lead, thats $229,50 i made, cut the 29,50 as start costs for the copy and the domain and i made $200 profit easy.
Why did i choose the +45 age in step 3? Because lets be honest, the new generation are all media generation, they are on the internet every day. But when you go above 45 y/o less and less people are using computers. They know how, but they aren't really into it, so they can complete a CPA if they put their mind to it, but in general they aren't online that much, so IM's are missing thousands on those people.

I choose weightloss because the CPA's usually pay well, but it can be any niche you want. As i said before i live in a small town so i milked it already, in total i have distributed around 2700 flyers, from which i get around 300 CPA leads. You do the math. But flyers arent expensive! Imagine a bigger city, bigger yelds haha.

Anyways.. this is something i did in April 2012, but i am sure it will still work. You just have to be clever :p.


ps. there must have been more people with such methods here, but i tought i'd post mine anyways :p
also excuse me if i have some grammar errors, ENG isnt my first language. cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author sandalwood
    Originally Posted by supereek View Post

    Hi there, i tought i'd contribute a bit to the community. :rolleyes:
    This one i used to do in the past, but i live in a small town so i already milked it out for this niche.

    Here's what i did..

    I will first tell you the basics in a few words then the long version. You will be picking a niche targeting a certain group of people that aren't handy with computers (in general).Thats the group that all IM's are missing on the net, so thats the hole in the market that is uncovered. You are going to take a CPA that is very simple and easy to do for a customer, so no long surveys or something that requires certain computer skills.

    Now comes the long version what i did step by step:

    1. Find a CPA, i found a very short survey that after completing they send to your home address a free 2 week diet scheme and some commercial additional products for free. The survey was about 10-15 questions all multiple choice.

    2. I bought a domain and forwarded it straight to my CPA link, you arent going to promote the domain online or do any seo so any domain will do, but pref ones that are related to the niche, in my case weight loss.

    3. Think of some catchy text for a flyer and have it made on fiverr for 5$ saves you lot of time. Some bigbelly with a measure thing next to it and some catchy questions on the flyer do good. I used as title "Having problems loosing weight after +45?" 45 as in AGE. Then something like "order the 100% free diet from our website, no strings attached"

    4. Find a copy company that will print your flyer, i had 500 pieces for like 16$ at a online copycompany.

    5. Distribute the flyers by walking streets and put them in the mailboxes. What you can also do is find some neighbor kids and give them a small fee to do it for you, don't forget to say "i have friends all over the area, if i see some of them are missing my flyer you'll be in trouble!", otherwise they will possibly dump the flyers in the trash and scam you lol

    6. Profit !

    Results:
    Out of the first 500 flyers i distributed i got roughly about 51 people who actually did the CPA. My CPA paid me $4,50 for each lead, thats $229,50 i made, cut the 29,50 as start costs for the copy and the domain and i made $200 profit easy.
    Why did i choose the +45 age in step 3? Because lets be honest, the new generation are all media generation, they are on the internet every day. But when you go above 45 y/o less and less people are using computers. They know how, but they aren't really into it, so they can complete a CPA if they put their mind to it, but in general they aren't online that much, so IM's are missing thousands on those people.

    I choose weightloss because the CPA's usually pay well, but it can be any niche you want. As i said before i live in a small town so i milked it already, in total i have distributed around 2700 flyers, from which i get around 300 CPA leads. You do the math. But flyers arent expensive! Imagine a bigger city, bigger yelds haha.

    Anyways.. this is something i did in April 2012, but i am sure it will still work. You just have to be clever :p.


    ps. there must have been more people with such methods here, but i tought i'd post mine anyways :p
    also excuse me if i have some grammar errors, ENG isnt my first language. cheers
    You certainly did a good job of explaining your project whether English is your first languare or not. You took action, made a profit and learned something. Congratulations.

    Now rinse and repeat.

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  • Profile picture of the author supereek
    I am glad you guys like it. There might be some better paying cpa's, i was just too excited to try it at the time so i just picked easiest cpa i could get. :p
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  • Profile picture of the author supereek
    i can't recommend any at the moment as i am working currently only with dutch CPA companies.

    but there are many, just nose around
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    • Profile picture of the author aduttonater
      Originally Posted by supereek View Post

      i can't recommend any at the moment as i am working currently only with dutch CPA companies.

      but there are many, just nose around
      Okay, thanks again. I will do some research and see what I can't find.
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  • Profile picture of the author Heart Cardio
    Nice results that you have posted. I would have never thought that this way would have helped you make money offline.
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  • Profile picture of the author monstrapecuniam
    Originally Posted by supereek View Post

    Out of the first 500 flyers i distributed i got roughly about 51 people who actually did the CPA.
    This is the part where the business isn't clear for me. Such a response rate is highly unusual. What's the catch?
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  • Profile picture of the author paulsbiz
    Where do you live that its legal to put flyers in mail boxes? You can't do it the US. Otherwise It's a pretty good plan.
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  • Profile picture of the author supereek
    @monstrapecuniam
    Well i think the rate is dependable on your location, as i said i live in a small town, not popular at all for young people, so most of the citizens are elderly or above midage. So perhaps they are easier targets to be tricked into something like this.

    @paulsbiz
    Where i live people can choose to place a "NO" sticker on their mailbox, in this case it means they dont want any commercial sale magazines,flyers and such. I only put in mailboxes without that sticker. But if it's illegal in the US, you can always register a domain annonymous with godaddy or some hosting abroad. This way noone can trace your info. its a bit blackhat if you put it like that but hey, its not like you are stealing from people. :p
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    • Profile picture of the author Eddie Spangler
      Originally Posted by supereek View Post

      @monstrapecuniam
      So perhaps they are easier targets to be tricked into something like this.

      Sounds like a great way to get customers, tricking them into BS.
      The CPA biz as a whole is a sewer infested enterprise.


      @paulsbiz
      Where i live people can choose to place a "NO" sticker on their mailbox, in this case it means they dont want any commercial sale magazines,flyers and such. I only put in mailboxes without that sticker. But if it's illegal in the US, you can always register a domain annonymous with godaddy or some hosting abroad. This way noone can trace your info. its a bit blackhat if you put it like that but hey, its not like you are stealing from people. :p
      Really smart idea, lets try to play games with the USPS and the Feds , a potential big fine or jailtime in order to trick people into some BS continuity program or giving up their info so they can be signed up for umpteen mailing lists and on top of that make only a pittance of the proceeds.

      People post some real dumb $hit on here sometimes.
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      • Profile picture of the author supereek
        Originally Posted by Eddie Spangler View Post

        Really smart idea, lets try to play games with the USPS and the Feds , a potential big fine or jailtime in order to trick people into some BS continuity program or giving up their info so they can be signed up for umpteen mailing lists and on top of that make only a pittance of the proceeds.

        People post some real dumb on here sometimes.
        Well i am just telling possiblities, i havent adviced that as a method. Also people should learn to read in this case, all legit CPA's have terms and conditions and well written legal coverence webpages you can read before you forfill the CPA. So to be 100% correct, people do get to know what they are signing up to, if they don't read it: not my problem.
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        • Profile picture of the author konakid
          Thanks for sharing, sounds like you executed that pretty well. You just need to find some kids looking for a job and scale this up!

          Do you think you could find a larger area and do this on a 100x larger scale?
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  • Profile picture of the author Heart Cardio
    That is awesome that you made money like this. Congrats to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author monstrapecuniam
    Originally Posted by supereek View Post

    2. I bought a domain and forwarded it straight to my CPA link,
    Well done. I think this is the single most important part that many marketers omit. It's so cheap, yet so efficient!
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  • Profile picture of the author want2knowhow
    The *point* is, you went out and DID something. You didn't second guess it or yourself and that's the MAIN problem that stops grown ups from moving forward: FEAR of consequences! Kids don't think in those terms, that's why when babies fall when trying to walk or even (roller skate), they get right back up and TRY IT AGAIN determined to get it right! They know it can be done because they can SEE it happening all around them--and they want to do it, too! LOL!

    All I can say is...GOOD job!
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