Affiliate Marketing Revised

Everything you think you know about building an affiliate business is wrong. The tactics of the past few years just don’t work anymore. If you play by the old rules, you will lose this game.

You’ve been duped

You’ve probably heard how easy it is to start an affiliate business. This is partially true. There’s no doubt it’s easier than starting your own business. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

Here’s the ugly truth

The worst part is that the information you’ve received is all wrong. The first thing you’re taught is to pick some great products. Next to pick your keywords carefully. Then buy some keyword ads that send traffic to the product. And sit back and collect the profits. But, it’s all wrong.

Don’t bother with keywords

There was a time when this worked. But the competition has shot the price of keywords through the roof. It’s time for a paradigm shift.

A brand new formula

There is a solution to this problem. Follow this method and win again…

  • Do CPA marketing instead of product promotion
  • Do demographics research
  • Do image ad marketing

Do CPA marketing instead of product promotion

CPA means Cost Per Action. It’s so much easier than promoting products. Because it doesn’t involve payment. Your commission is generated when they complete an “action”. Entering their email into a form, for example. Which is much easier than getting them to buy something.

Do demographics research

Don’t waste time researching keywords (see below). Invest your research time into demographics. First you select your CPA offer. Next, you go to Quantcast.com. And research what kinds of people will be interested.

Market on display networks

So far, you’ve got your CPA offer and your target demographics. You can advertise directly to them on display networks. Using image ads. And there was no keyword research required. Plus you’re going to save a ton of money. Display networks charge a fraction for image ad clicks vs. keyword ads.

In closing

This is powerful method to make money online. Because it’s free to get started in CPA. It’s much cheaper to do image ads than keyword ads. You can use demographics to target your ideal prospect. And you get paid for having them take a simple action.