I'm new to the forum and wanted to share something that should help those of you who are interested in making money with CPA. Most of you guys know that Acai/Colon/Teeth offers dominated the media buy space for the last year, but with the death of the rebill all that has changed. These 'free trial' offers were appealing to run because it was so easy to cash in on them... but it was obvious that they wouldn't last forever. Newbies were able to copy popular Landing Pages and jack the same 2 offers they saw used, then spend money on the same traffic sources for an easy way to make a ton of cash. Now that the free trials are gone it seems like almost no one knows what to do next. I'm not going to give out any of my secrets here, but this advice should help anyone who's not afraid of using some creativity and trying something new. A few things to consider: 1) Bid prices at all the major (and smaller) ad networks are about 30% - 50% of what they were just a few months ago 2) Even when the free trials were hot, they were only targeting about 20% of the available traffic at any of the big ad networks - there are hundreds of sites to choose from, most of which are ignored. Think niches! 3) ALWAYS use a Landing Page, DO NOT direct link. No one who makes real money uses direct linking. Outsource if you have to, but don't direct link to an offer. Your Landing Page is what's going to turn the prospect into a buyer if you know what to say. 4) All the major self serve ad networks allow you to see their full inventory before you spend a dollar. Go through this entire list, then go through the list of offers in your favorite network. Visit these sites and see what's being promoted. Can you do it better? Is there something not being promoted that you could make a killing on? That's it for now
This is probably a stupid question, but what are media buys? I agree though about landing pages and conversions
A Media Buy happens when a affiliate buys ad space on a website with pre-existing traffic. An example of this is people.com - Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll see a section labeled "sponsored ads". Affiliates can bid to have their ads shown to the large audience that people.com brings in on a daily basis. It's a much easier way to drive huge volume to your offer compared to PPC. Look on every single website and you will find media buys taking place. This is where all the real money is being made.
any one know what is the best ads network for media buying.... for cheap CPM and good quality traffic...