My journey To $10/Day

[jacobi]

Hello Everyone,

I have been working on Adsense for the past 2 years, and I have earned pretty good, but lately earnings started to drop so I thought to better switch to CPA instead.

Here's what I have :
Tracking software: AdsBridge (Basic account)
Landing pages hosting: VPS (first month $5)
Budget testing offers: No more than $5-10 daily

My goal is to earn $10/day to cover hosting, tracking software and testing expenses.

Here's my first attempt in CPA:

29/6/2016

Offer Number 1 : GEO (INTL)
CPA Network: Peerfly
Vertical: App install
Payout: $0.05
EPC: $0.02
Traffic source: Facebook Ads
Targeting: 4 Arab countries
Landing pages: Nope, I thought no need? I used direct linking.

Here is the stats on Facebook Ads
Didn't check AdsBridge as it was useless without conversions..

Post Reach: 64,672
Clicks: 1,598
Per Website Click: $0.005 (I was paying for ad impression)
CTR: 2.45%
Conversions: 0
Amount spent: $7.38
ROI: -%100

Alright, I honestly didn't believe I got no conversion with this large number of targeted traffic. Pretty odd not to get a single conversion isn't it? I'm sure at least just One of them downloaded, installed and opened the App.. I even went too far, I browsed my aff link on my own smartphone, downloaded the app, opened it many times.. Hoping I might be wrong and let my AM know to deduct the converted payout from my account, but no! I'm not.. I see my click on Adsbridge and it didn't convert. Anyway, contacted my AM for an explanation? Got no answer. Move on buddy!

Will update soon with other offers...

 

[jacobi]

Hello everyone,

30/6/2016

Offer Number 2 : GEO (NL)
CPA Network: Peerfly
Vertical: Lead Gens
Payout: $2.00
EPC: $1.00
Traffic source: 7Search
Targeting: Netherlands
Landing pages: Created 3 landing pages, submitted them for approval. Got denied because of a timer I placed. And also I got banned from using custom creatives. Contacted AM, he told me to use offer's LP.. So I used direct linking for this offer.

Here is the stats on 7Search for two days :

Keywords: 28 (in both English and Dutch)
Ad impressions: 50 (No sufficient traffic I know)
Clicks: 9
CTR: 18%
Conversions: 0
Amount spent: $0.77
ROI: -%100

 

[jacobi]

Hello Everyone,

1/7/2016

Offer Number 3 : GEO (INTL)
CPA Network: Peerfly
Vertical: Retail (lead)
Payout: $3.00
EPC: $1.03
Traffic source: Facebook Ads
Targeting: Arab countries
Landing pages: Nope, just wanted to try direct linking first. I know I have to use LP for this offer.

Here is the stats on Facebook Ads :

Post Reach: 36.416
Clicks: 40
Per Website Click: $0.04 (I was paying for ad impression)
CTR: 0.11%
Conversions: 0
Amount spent: $1.45
ROI: -%100

 

[jacobi]

Hello everyone,

2/7/2016

So I stopped all campaigns above, and this one below as well.

Offer Number 4 :
CPA Network: Peerfly
Vertical: Sweeptake (Email submit)
Payout: $1.60
EPC: $0.24
Traffic source: 7Search
Targeting: USA
Landing pages: Direct linking

Here is the stats on 7Search :

Keywords: 194
Ad impressions: 2,904
Clicks: 112
CTR: 3.86%
Conversions: 0
Amount spent: $5.60
ROI: -%100

 

[jacobi]

Will update soon... I'm testing 4 offers and two of them had one conversion each. Finally lol

 

[azgold]

Since you have a VPS, you can try running your landers through that. Redirect through a domain.

I understand testing more than one traffic source, doing it myself sometimes but it's good to get really good at one to gain understanding of setting up, tracking and optimizing a campaign. When you figure out how it all works, move on the next traffic source. It'll save you a ton of advertising dollars.

All that being said, congrats on getting those two conversions!

 

[Alex AdsBridge]

Will update soon... I'm testing 4 offers and two of them had one conversion each. Finally lol

Hey @jacobi you are doing great job!

You may set split testing for offers, LP (if you add some) and your creatives.

If you run several campaigns, an auto-optimization feature will intelligently drive your traffic to the best converting offers.

I think you can try to add LP to your flow, so as you know it converts better. You can create one in AdsBridge visual or html editor, or add a self-hosted one.

Let me know if you need any help with tracking or optimizing, I 'll be glad to assist you

Btw, here is the guide that can help you to learn more about fb tracking
How to advertise on Facebook? A case study shared by AdsBridge user

 

[jacobi]

@azgold
Thanks for commenting, Yeah I think without testing multiple traffic sources I will keep loosing money.

All that being said, congrats on getting those two conversions!

Actually they are 4 conversions now haha.

@Alex 099
Thanks for mentioning the guide. I will read it right away.
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2/7/2016 - 4/7/2016

Offer Number 5 : Multi GEO - Tier 1
CPA Network: Peerfly
Vertical: Short form lead
Payout: $6.00
EPC: $0.18
Traffic source: 7Search
Targeting: All countries specified
Landing pages: Direct linking

Here is the stats on 7Search :

Keywords: 157
Ad impressions: 3,275
Clicks: 47
CTR: 1.40%
Conversions: 0
Amount spent: $2.35
ROI: -%100
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The following three offers are in the same niche.

Offer Number 6 : Lead Gens
CPA Network: Peerfly
Payout: $0.40
EPC: $0.09
Traffic source: 7Search
Targeting: USA
Landing pages: Tested Direct linking and 3 Landing pages

With Direct linking I got 3 conversions.. Those conversions come from the same keyword. So, I'm keeping Direct linking and targeting the keyword that's converting. But since it has a few clicks and a low Click2Conversion.. It will take so much time to make the ROI positive.

Here is the stats on AdsBridge :

Keywords: 77
Ad impressions: 3,766
Clicks: 42
Conversions: 3
Earnings: $1.20
Amount spent: $6.35
ROI: -%81.1


Offer number 7 : Lead Gens
CPA Network: Peerfly
Payout: $2.25
EPC: $0.11
Traffic source: 7Search
Targeting: USA
Landing pages: Direct linking.

I got 1 conversion from the same keyword of Offer 6

Keywords: 98
Ad impressions: 6,166
Clicks: 30
Conversions: 1
Earnings: $2.25
Amount spent: $5.35
ROI: -%57.94


Offer number 8 : Lead Gens
CPA Network: Peerfly
Payout: $1.20
EPC: $0.04
Traffic source: 7Search
Targeting: USA
Landing pages: Direct linking.

Here's the stats on 7Search :

Keywords: 52
Ad impressions: 4,694
Clicks: 36
Conversions: 0
Amount spent: $5.37
ROI: -%100

 

[jacobi]

Will update soon... I'm testing Three offers.

 

[azgold]

@jacobi - you've just proven that a person can get conversions on 7S!

All the naysayers, please take note.