(Newbie Guide) Affiliate Networks, Traffic Sources, & Basic PPV I'm now going to discuss some basics for those of you who are newer to affiliate marketing.6 {: d& U# T& e s: G
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This first lesson i'll be talking about; Affiliate Networks & Traffic Sources! 6 w p8 |5 f+ E' L- K" N3 p& C4 U* y: \* ^& K) l: j0 C Whats an Affiliate Network? . F' M! p) v* [8 k; ~It's the middle man company that connects affiliates and company's promoting products.+ y7 }" L! c' a M1 m5 Y1 c+ M' \
There are good and bad Affiliate Networks, good Affiliate Networks, ALWAYS pay on time, they're always available (some even give you there cellphone), and they help you make money by telling you whats doing good, and tips to promote it! ) i0 m* \; N$ k) E: A# T " J, g J: ~/ w, _5 V7 uLet me list you my top Affiliate Networks: # ]& Y! d1 Y S( X+ K3 R' T7 `; Bhttp://convert2media.com. z& a9 u4 W( }/ o6 _# [
http://ads4dough.com+ `1 W- y' y- m; U8 \1 g
http://neverblue.com2 A9 o5 H% _. I; N
http://www.f5media.com2 o7 z1 l2 R# }
http://www.adsimilis.com 2 z! T/ b( E, | y4 H$ u* L# C$ m9 [5 {! [/ V Traffic Sources . @3 F; m( z# k5 Z- s3 y4 Z+ F4 y , h; E# @& H' Z3 F5 gUPDATED - Read Stackman's Guide To What Works In 20133 i9 f) l Z+ p* H# P& z
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This is one of the keys to making money online. There are tens of thousands of different companies to buy ads from. I'm going to start you off with the major 3. They're the 2 largest places to buy PPC traffic from, you can start with less than $50 for all of them, and they have TONS of traffic for you to buy for when you strike a golden egg campaign. 3 G8 X5 d# D3 d# H, ^& O: H3 _& V _7 t4 H
1. https://adwords.google.com3 f. j! ~1 H- M ^" w3 m- K& o
2. http://www.facebook.com/advertising & f- ^& P( \( _- X' k) ` ^) [/ |4 T( d- J
If you've already dabbled in affiliate marketing and your looking for more traffic sources to help you make big $, i suggest the 3 below. - b) }, E' u3 }0 J, J! z+ @4 C; p' a) f& c0 W( @; O
1. https://adcenter.microsoft.com4 e3 R* X4 d' R
(People always under estimate MSN, but they've now partnered with Yahoo.com and they always have awesome conversion rates for the right niches); r- c4 R& r6 t0 h8 e# i$ T, `/ k
2. http://www.pulse360.com (Great for media buying) ) H) A# Z% o& D; V6 b- |2 g! i3. http://www.bidvertiser.com (Smaller but very untapped PPC company) N+ k0 B8 p9 g+ _$ } % ^+ N% L* \4 }- R6 X4 vFinally lets dabble into PPV2 Y5 J0 M. G/ L
PPV is a type of advertising that displays popups to people who have the popup company's software installed on their computer. 5 v& [$ F, ~, K: D3 o6 h. `" ~5 v( ^0 Z3 m
It works like this:- k$ w2 L$ j8 C! g; n- B
"Sammy" has installed a game that contained a form of ad-ware in it. This ad-ware is not intrusive, except for the fact it displays popups over a certain interval of time to "Sammy". 4 K: Z- N2 e4 z( ~: X$ F+ G L+ U1 m& d* f5 J; ^
The next day Sammy goes to Apple.com to look for a new computer. While Sammy is browsing Apple.com a popup comes up that offers her a deal for something. / y0 R+ ~+ i+ L* `" C8 B q, ?: t. y M, a$ b
This popup was made by an affiliate marketer (or website owner) who is bidding on the Apple.com URL.9 B8 P* [* E) E
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% j. _) o, C' Z/ _2 C- Bids usually start at 1cent : q* T; |+ d: h5 C- URLs and Keywords can be bid on by multiple affiliate marketers6 p2 S' A1 Q& b# B
- Every bid raises the bidding price by 0.01 (1cent) % k% G9 M1 h0 {* _: w/ E0 T 9 D& z: G1 w7 ^! }% A. H& gPPV Traffic Sources ) S; L f, t* v& @' t7 f- f: C: G- http://www.trafficvance.com ; P8 m3 Q1 A" w# n, G- http://www.directcpv.com. m% L- b( s2 [
- http://www.mediatraffic.com 0 d2 m" \ z; e: {- http://www.adonnetwork.com 3 a3 j0 T+ a! S4 y s# }- https://www.leadimpact.com ( J9 y! F: K2 M" E. f3 f7 J1 N' s