Affiliate Marketing Revised

You’re dead wrong if you think you know anything about being an affiliate. The tactics of the past few years just don’t work anymore. And if you don’t change your tactics, you cannot survive.

The big lie

Unfortunately, you’ve been led to believe affiliate marketing is easy. This is partially true. It is the easiest business you can possibly start. But “easier” doesn’t mean “easy”.

The cold hard truth

To top it off you’ve been given false information. The first thing you’re taught is to pick some great products. Next to look for easy keywords to target. Then to use keyword-based advertising to send visitors to the product. And just enjoy the commissions. But it doesn’t work.

Don’t bother with keywords

There was a time when this worked. But it’s just too competitive to use keywords now. So, throw it all away.

A brand new formula

All is not lost. Follow this method and win again…

Get into CPA marketing

CPA means Cost Per Action. It’s far superior to product promotion. Because it doesn’t involve payment. You earn a commission for having them perform an “action”. Such as filling in a form. And getting them to do this is so much easier.

Utilize demographics data

You’re not even going to use keywords (explained below.) Invest your research time into demographics. First, select the CPA offer you want to promote. Then hop over to Quantcast.com. And research what kinds of people will be interested.

Market on display networks

So you know what your promoting and you know who will be interested. You can advertise directly to them on display networks. And let images do the work. No keywords required. The biggest advantage is price. Image ad clicks are much cheaper.

Summing it up

This is powerful method to make money online. Because you can start CPA marketing for free. 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.