Maxbounty takes a Stance on Myspace Promotion

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Posted on October 31, 2006 in Affiliate Networks, Affiliate Information  

I received this email from Maxbounty today.

 I am sending you this e-mail today to update you on MaxBounty’s position with respect to advertising on MySpace.

While we have been allowing affiliates to advertise MaxBounty campaigns through
their personal MySpace profiles with the provision that they were not phishing or
spamming other MySpace profiles, our recent efforts working with MySpace directly
has shown that too many people are breaking the rules. Coupled with the fact that
MySpace expressly forbids commercial activity of any type in their terms of service,
we have decided to change our position on MySpace advertising.

Effective immediately, MaxBounty’s affiliate terms and conditions will be updated to
prohibit advertising of any type through MySpace accounts. This includes, but is not
limited to, advertising via bulletins, comments, mail, profiles or any other area of
a MySpace account. Any affiliate caught violating these terms run the risk of having
their MaxBounty accounts terminated.

Looks like no more myspace promotion of Maxbounty offers, plain and simple. So if you did or use links you may want to remove them immediately.

Making Money as an Affiliate. Where do I start?

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Posted on October 27, 2006 in Affiliate Information, Affiliate Tips  

I get asked all the time on how I make money and how others can get started. I will give an overview of what needs to be done before you take the plunge into being an Affiliate and promoting offers.

First – Research Research Research

Research is the key and gaining knowledge of the Affiliate market. You are at the right place by reading Cpa-Affiliates.com Blog but there are many other places. Below is a few forums and blogs I read that can help you gain information.

• Earners Forums
• Digital Point Forums
• SitePointe Forums
• Wicked Fire Forums
• Capitalist Pigs Blog
• Shoemoney’s Blog
• The News and online news sources.

Second – Decide to do it.

I get asked all the time should I give this a try or is it worth it? Yes everything is worth a try get a plan together and just do it. Start small and get bigger. Do you want to look back on your life wondering what would have happened if you would have tried? I know I don’t! If you have existing sites use them, if not start a site. Learn some html or web programming. Start posting some of your questions as comments in this blog or in the forums I recommended.

Thirdly – Signup

Now you decided you are going to do it and you have a plan, start signing up. Get going with a diversification. I suggest trying at least one contextual, one CPA network, and one advertising network for the best success. My suggested signups are listed below:

Contextual:
Join Google Adsense

CPA:
Join MaxBounty
Join Azoogle

If you want to signup for more networks check out our Top 5 CPA Networks.

Advertising:
Join Google Adwords

Now you’re signed up get going and implement your plan. Once the pennies start rolling in your will be driven to make quarters, then dollars, then thousands. The biggest thing to remember is to learn from both successes and failures. If you only learn from your successes then you are missing some major knowledge gaining experiences.

Lastly give yourself time Rome wasn’t built over night and neither will your success. Remember that the internet is constantly changing and you need to change with it to truly be successful. I wish you the best of luck!

If you have any suggestions or feedback feel free to leave us a comment.

Ringtones the Big Money or the Big disappointment

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Posted on October 23, 2006 in Affiliate Information, Affiliate Tips, Ringtones  

Many people ask in forums or in replies to blogs what is the deal with ringtone market as of late? Is it saturated? Is the money maker ending? Are Ringtones conversions decreasing? What is the best CPA network to use to promote ringtone offers from? I will try to answer a few of these questions today.
Is the Ringtone market saturated?
Yes and No is my answer. I feel it has reached a saturation point of the effect that everyone can make a buck it takes more work than it did 6 months ago heck even a month ago. The reason I say no is there is always room for new promotions ideas and unique was to promote ringtones. But doing the same old same old is going to get you break even if you lucky.
Is the Ringtone Cash Machine ending?
Well of course…… eventually it will end but as with anything it will have a cycle. That may mean it remains a good market for the next year or it could be 5 years. I have a feeling we will see this market stick around for a while.
Are Ringtone Conversions Decreasing?
This answer will vary as sometimes it is a reporting or tracking issue but par of it also has to do with saturation of the market. As with any ad you see it enough you start ignoring it even the GREAT ads. I wouldn’t be surprised to help increase the conversion CPA networks start changing the creatives more often to give the offers a fresh a new look.
What CPA network is the best one to Promote ringtones from?
Which ever one pays the most and converts the best. If it pays the most and doesn’t convert, the high payout does you no good whatsoever. So try different networks (Top 5 CPA Networks) and try different offers. I will say that my top 2 ringtone networks are Maxbounty and Azoogle. Both have a variety of offers and payouts and they both have offers that convert well. If you are going after the pot of gold Maxbounty has the highest base Pay ringtone offer that pays 13.90 per signup for mobilesidewalk.
Lastly, I will discuss the frustration. Yes frustration with ringtone offers. As one day you may have rockin converts and the next day they may suck. My word of advice is try to capitalize on a new and emerging market as you could be the next one to hit it big for loans, scholarships, sweepstakes, diet products etc… instead of trying to get in on a market that has tons of competition.
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The Secret to Making Money with CPA networks

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Posted on October 19, 2006 in Affiliate Tips  

Any one that visits any of the webmaster forums out there has seen some newbie or even someone with some experience that is frustrated post; what is the secret? It’s not rocket science so I will share the secret to my CPA success in today’s article.

Secret #1:

Don’t listen to the nay sayers. No matter what leap of faith you take or what field you try to explore within any online marketing people will always tell you, you can’t do it or it’s to saturated. DON’T listen to them….. Why….  Because if you are creative enough there is always room for you to make money and good money at that.

Secret #2:

Test, Test, Test. Many people get into the CPA game and lose $100 and then give up or even lose $1,000’s and then give up. The Key is to test, don’t jump all in give it time do small trials until you find what works. Once you find out what works multiple it to other sites or landing pages in that field or another offer.

Secret #3:

Check out the competition. Many people get gung-ho and go all in throw up an I-frame landing page and just wait for the money to roll in. I am not going to lie. Sometimes you will get lucky and that will work. But 90% of the time you need a good landing page. I don’t want you to go and copy people’s landing page but change the color… but use the look and feel of there pages and make your own unique one. 

Secret #4:

When the money comes in don’t blow it all. I have heard too many stories of people that made it big made $40K in one month spent it all then 3 months later are struggling to make $1K as the offer they were promoting ended or there success in that field was just short lived. Most CPA offers can remain steady for some time but some you have to get the money while the getting is good. So save some of that money so that when the rough times hit you still have money to do the first 3 secrets again.

I hope yall have found this article informative. If you have a specific question or area of CPA promotion, networks (Maxbounty, Azoogle, CPA Empire, HydraMedia) or offers you would want me to cover just leave a comment.  As always I recommend all of my Top 5 CPA Networks.

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