failed marketer saying hello

[forest]

Hi
I have just found this forum.

I have been doing affiliate marketing on and off over the last number of years.
While I have read a lot and have taken a lot of action I have little to show for it.

I would like to create an income from affiliate and CPA marketing but have had little look.
While I have tried many things at the moment I am working on PPC mainly with Bing.

I do work in the online space as a web designer and like putting together websites but have failed to moneterise them and get them to convert.

Anyhow I have been a member of other IM forms in the past but looking for something more geared towards affiliate marketing where I can learn from others and share my story.

I want to give this another shot and trying to learn more about how to get users to take action on sites and the Science behind Internet Marketing

 

[T J Tutor]

Hi
I have just found this forum.

Hi @forest , welcome to AffiliateFix!

I have been doing affiliate marketing on and off over the last number of years.
While I have read a lot and have taken a lot of action I have little to show for it.

I would like to create an income from affiliate and CPA marketing but have had little look.
While I have tried many things at the moment I am working on PPC mainly with Bing.

I do work in the online space as a web designer and like putting together websites but have failed to moneterise them and get them to convert.

Anyhow I have been a member of other IM forms in the past but looking for something more geared towards affiliate marketing where I can learn from others and share my story.

I want to give this another shot and trying to learn more about how to get users to take action on sites and the Science behind Internet Marketing

We have a load of awesome marketers here and I am certain you will find them very informative and helpful.

Use this forum as a mentor. It's full of members at every level of experience which makes for many balanced perspectives for a Newbie to learn from. Take the time to read through the forums here and see for yourself that the Newbies achieving success have actually dedicated themselves to success in this industry and reaping the rewards by following the advice of fellow AffiliateFix members, being dedicated to success, putting the time in, and making the necessary investments. You cannot shortcut the learning curve. It goes slower for some and it goes faster for others. Everyone has their own intellectual absorption rates, skill development pace, commitment level, and budgets.

You are a FIX'er now and that means you have the world at your feet with IM. Here are a few suggestions:

Read and learn through extensive reading in this community. Select one vertical. one tracker, and one traffic source. Learn from your fellow members here to master each one of them (a couple of months). Then you can expand and replicate your successes.

As a Newbie, you need to read, study, invest, and implement. Perseverance, dedication, and taking action are the cornerstones of the success you will obtain.

Read
Read through the various areas of the forum to learn about the types of marketing available for your new business. Make a list of all the types of marketing and take some notes along the way. Then determine which area of marketing with which you will start your journey.

Do this to select an area of marketing to start, as well, do this to select a tracker, a traffic source, and to select a vertical.

Then read up on the affiliate networks and select two to begin with that will serve your needs and the types of offers you would like to promote. Put your application in and they will call you for an interview. Be professional and be prepared to answer some questions about how you will promote offers, do you have a website, are you a Newbie, etc. Please note, if you join the Dojo, we have a thread there that can offer assistance in getting accepted to some of the networks.

Study
Now that you have selected a basis to begin, read all of the threads in this forum that relate to your initial selections so that you have a rudimentary understanding of their features and benefits.

Invest
You will require some investment. A VPS server, domains, traffic, landing pages, etc. You will need a budget for daily, weekly, and monthly expenses. This will change over time and you will need to update it often so that you know exactly what your costs and earnings are.

Implement
This is where it all starts to earn. You must now begin to implement what you have established as your foundation for your business.

Here is some advice and guidance that will help you establish your initial goals:

Make sure you complete the following first.

Every business needs:

1. a plan
2. a schedule for research, learning, and execution
3. a budget.

Remember to read through our WIKI and get to know the basics as well as some of the buzz words in the industry.

I also recommend reading the following thread:

As a Newbie, What Stops You From Getting Started

Here is a set of immediate goals:

1. Get a VPS
2. Select a vertical
3. Select a tracker
4. Select a couple of networks and get your approval
5. Select a traffic source
6. Create a schedule for researching, learning (training), and working. This is a business, treat it as such!
7. Create a budget for every expense (daily, weekly, monthly)
8. Be very active in this forum by researching, asking questions, helping others when you are able.

As well, I highly recommend you join the DOJO as it is full of great tools and contributions for successful marketers. Click the banner below to learn more.



Remember This! : Nothing has to be perfect before you start. Read & study, but invest and implement at the same time. You cannot learn all of it from reading and studying. A great deal of your learning comes from implementing!

Good Luck!

T J

 

[azgold]

Hi, welcome @forest !

There are no failures, only learning opportunities.

Whenever you need help, let us know by creating or adding to a thread in the appropriate forum and we'll do what we can to offer some guidance.

 

[IndeXer]

We have a lot of experience marketeers on here who are ready to help everyone, just open a thread in helpdesk section, as you said you have good experience in designing webpages I am sure CPA is your area. Explore it.

Btw, welcome to affiliatefix.

Regards
IndeXer

 

[kate.dispply]

hi @forest,
nice to meet you. Good motivation and good experience.
Design and understanding your previous mistakes will definitely help you this time.
Welcome!

 

[Addiliate.com]

The only person that can beat you... are you. Don't give up. Keep on learning ,optimizing, tweaking and testing!
You'll find your profitable campaigns soon enough. Then its a matter of upscaling them

 

[forest]

Thanks for your replies
I am a member of max bounty as well as clickbank and do have a hosting plan
What I am mainly concentrating on at the moment is sending bing ppc traffic to offers via a landing page.
I have optimized my landing page to get a 25% CTR but want to improve on this.

My current plan is to set up 10 separate sites/verticals and each earn x amount a day
Really anything between 4 and 10$ would be OK

Two sites are already set up and going to be setting up two more this week
At least design them and add content later.

Anyhow thanks and see you around

 

[Mobrand]

CPA is a tough business but this forum is going to help you for sure!

Good luck!