My 2014 Small Success Story After The Vegas Trip :D (57)
So I went to Vegas, met up with a lot of top guys, where most of them are either doing mobile/adult. When I was told about the numbers they did on mobile, it completely blew me away... That's when I decided to take mobile seriously...
Back to Malaysia on the 22nd of Jan (yes I spend a good 8 days in Vegas), I ditched all my web campaigns COMPLETELY. I said "FUCK IT". I'm gonna forgo all my web stuff and go ALL IN into mobile...
I started to work on mobile campaigns like a cow on rocket. 16 hours a day, non stop. I think the last time I felt so determined was when I hit my first $xxx,xxx/month on adult last year. Anyway, through out the whole month of Jan, I lost about $4000 just on testing campaigns. I didn't care about the money I lost. I said, fuck it, I just wanna make it work!
1st of Feb, the first day of Chinese New Year, and we Chinese are supposed to celebrate it. BUt i didn't care about it as well. And finally it's the first day I start to see some green colors on my tracker --> $50 net profit per day. Finally man... so I was telling my partner "OK let's do it! Let's scale our campaigns to $1000/day profit by the end of this month..."
Honestly, we never expect it to come so fast. We KNOW it's gonna be here but it comes so quick and yet unexpectedly...
4th of February --> we were at $500/day profit
5th of February --> We broke the $1,000/day profit mark
6th of February --> We hit a new record of $2,000
As I am writing this now, we are doing a mid 4-figures profit/day and we want to hit $10,000/day profit mark, hopefully by the end of next month.
Again, I am trying to say that Affiliate Marketing = hardwork. You don't expect the money to fall from the sky without putting in enough effort. We had sleepless nights before we see our campaigns turn into green.
2ndly, it really depend on how "desperate" you want it. I was putting myself under a lot of pressure after I return from Vegas. I told myself I need to make it. I GAVE UP my web campaigns for this. The more badly you want to achieve something, the sooner you can achieve it. It's all depend on how "bad" you want it.
3rdly, something that I learned from this Vegas trip is --> you can't succeed alone. I was working as a lone ranger last year, and as I became lazy, my income dropped too.
Last but not least, outsource whatever you can to other people, and focus your time on your strength and launch campaigns everyday. The more campaigns you have, the more data you'll get and the faster you'll be in the green.
A big shout out to Charles Ngo & joejoechen for all the encouragement and tips. Without them I wouldn't be at where I am now. Cool friends they are 
@deondup is right, Attitude and MINDSET = EVERYTHING!
Want the secret to my success? Watch this:
=================
Update
=================
So yeah it came faster than I expected too... but guys, there you go.
Congrats bro. Hope you hit the 10,000/day profit soon.
Awesome!
Very nice! I hope to see you crush that $10k/day goal 
Congrats man!
$10k days are near, just keep up the good work.
your posts are always inspiring, was just reading over your old $xxx,xxx success story and the post about secrets of high volume affiliates. about to register for an LLC and get serious about this myself, good luck on your goal!
Niceman! Ngo is god and joechen is very knowledgable. You are lucky to have such great friends
Great stuff! This is great motivation going into my first campaign...
kokofai You are the best!!!
You're a true aff marketer Kok! No matter the hurdle, you come back and le dominate!
Looking forward to watching even more growth from you matey!
You are living proof that attitude & mindset is EVERYTHING.
Well done!
Crush it ! 
I'm dabbling in mobile a bit too !
Good to see you succeeding brother
This thread has to be about congratulating and I don't want to sound douche by asking question, but I really want to know one thing, are those adult mobo campaigns or you running those app install/wap offers ??
Congratulations !! and hoping to see your 10k post by end of this month
Congrats on your success. I'm just wondering how you spend 16hrs a day working on your campaigns? I'm assuming alot of that was watching stats?
That's awesome man. I wish I can achieve this one day too. I'm here for a few months now, but still strugling. It seems that meeting the right people and having the right friends with knowledge can make a big difference.
Keep it up!
In the beginning, every campaign one launches should answers a question, confirm something or rule something out. I am betting kokofai did a lot of that
Now the campaigns he launches have a different purpose: $$$
Good work man!!
Congratulations Really inspiring
May I know if this was adult mobile or regular offers with Decisive?
Very inspiring, especially the part about walking away from the web campaigns.
I know how hard it is to ditch something that is making good money RIGHT NOW for a potentially bigger upside with something else, especially in the beginning when you are still losing money, so big ups for taking the plunge and pushing through!
I ditched all my web campaigns COMPLETELY. I said "FUCK IT". I'm gonna forgo all my web stuff and go ALL IN into mobile...
Kokofai, this is just great.
牺牲小我，完成大我!
Not gonna answer any question to out my stuff. In general, no matter which traffic source you're at, it's not impossible to make $100/day profit from it. When you have 10 sources, you've got your $1000/day. Same goes to the vertical. Pin submit, app install, dating and etc... each of them can make you $1000/day. Just work for it!
If you are still sitting in front of the computer, wondering which vertical/which traffic source you should start... man... DO SOMETHING NOW!
fucking sick bro!!! keep up the good work.. hope you hit 10k soon.
Thanks Benjamin, appreciate your reply!!
Congo Bro
Cheers
Kokofai!!! Pleasure to have meet you in person and to see you rise with pride!!
Congratulations and Keep Stackin' Brotha!
respect!
KOK FAIIIII!!!!!!!
Respect man.
#TeamASPing4eva
Originally Posted by mr green
kok faiiiii!!!!!!!
Respect man.
#teamasping4eva
The word Super Affiliate gets tossed around a lot these days, but there's no concrete definition.
I've always looked at the term beyond just a guy who can make a lot of money. I mean there were guys who could hit $50k a month off Facebook dating in 2013, but some of them are down to $0 now and can't adapt.
That's the essence of Super Affiliate. Understanding the fundamentals of affiliate marketing and being able to apply it to any vertical and any traffic source.
I will not congratulate you your numbers so far because this money is peasant status compared to what your potential is.
kokofai, you rock
- No one would tell you which traffic source to tackle because that is the bread and butter for an affiliates. I was only exposed to the real potential on mobile from fellow friends of mine during ASW and I told myself I have to be one of them.
- I'm a guy who has been following the offer-oriented approach when launching my campaigns. I focus on the top performing offers and scale them to various traffic sources.
- Bigeasy123 made a post covering this --> Read it HERE
- No there is no special deal with any particular traffic source. It's as simple as scaling what's working to multiple ad network. 1 ad network makes you $100 and you only need to scale the same campaign to 10 ad networks and you'll be doing $1k/day.
The fundamental in affiliate marketing is very essential. I'm surprised that most people do not bother about it and just launch campaign blindly. Everything can be calculated if you are given some variables like the CR of the offer, the EPC, then what will be the CPC you gonna pay, and what is your LP ctr...
Knowing all these help a lot because immediately you'll know whether a particular campaign is worth your time to launch and optimize or not.
1 Tip here, instead of quoting the network average CR and EPC for a particular offer, ask your AM to quote you the CR and EPC for his/her top affiliate. Once you know that, just sit down ask yourself "How can I do the same?" and keep working on this direction.
You can never go wrong by pushing offers in the top offer list. Most networks now will send it out at least once a week.
Hope that clears your doubt.
Congrats for your succes. Just a question. This was an adult campaign ?
No it wasn't an adult campaign. I think Caurmen made a mistake by saying it adult.
@kokofai - Whoops! Apologies for that. Where did I call it adult? I'll go fix that promptly.
Originally Posted by caurmen
No worries, that doesn't really matter.
Thank you for the story.
These types of stories inspire me and are the reason I´m here at STM
Hope to achieve that!
Kokofai - awesome posts. How did you manage the cashflow of such a set of campaigns? Ie did you have about $100k in cash working capital, or, in general how do you manage the cashflow timing?
Thanks
Great post and congrats on your success man.
I'm also curious about the cashflow issue nzbryant commented, as I myself am trying to push for better payment terms but some agencies just don't get it... the faster they pay us the more we can reinvest and grow their earnings as well. Sometimes I have the feeling they want us to be both their marketing and their bank at the same time.
Awesome story! SUPER inspiring
Originally Posted by nzbryant
I remember back then while I was new and when I found my first very profitable campaign, I didn't have the cashflow to push it to its full potential. All I did was to push the CPA network to put me on net3 and I only resumed the campaigns when I get paid by the CPA network, and pause it when I ran out of funds.... and it has been going through like that for weeks! I still remember at one point I had the thought of going to loan shark and ask for money (glad that I didnt!)... as many Asians mindset are really conservative and when you tell them you're making money online and need some investments, no one would believe you.
I even hit up Mr.Green on Skype and wanted him to fund my campaigns. :P
Things changed when I came across this very huge managed buy network and they were willing to offer me a credit line up to $50k, and eventually raised it to $100k. This is when I broke my revenue record, hitting my first 6 figures month. Ever since then, cash flow has never been an issue for me.
I must say this is the beauty of credit line - using other people's money to fund your campaigns.
Having said that, it doesn't mean you have to go after traffic sources that can offer you credit line (definitely not for individual affiliate) but if they have this option, do request for it.
Things to take note:
- You must do this business with your business name
- If possible have industry referrals as it can help you a lot on getting the credit line.
Hope it gives some ideas to affiliates who are struggling on the cash flow part.
awesome & congrats. Looking forward to learn from you. =D
Originally Posted by maynzie
Originally Posted by aaaart
Originally Posted by aaaart
And the rest: http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread.php?15084-VIDEO-STMBKK-Meet-Up-Speeches
Very inspirational post and you got it right - no work = no income!
Your success story has been all over. Awesome man.
Great story. I hope you're still going strong!
Originally Posted by thetopham
Great job!!!!!!!
with commitment and dedication like yours the sky is the limit
Way to go, keep up the great work!!!
Originally Posted by kokofai
Thanks, Ben! Awesome post my friend.
Originally Posted by kokofai
Hi Kokofai
Very inspiring......
i have question on something you wrote
"- No there is no special deal with any particular traffic source. It's as simple as scaling what's working to multiple ad network. 1 ad network makes you $100 and you only need to scale the same campaign to 10 ad networks and you'll be doing $1k/day."
For me, its not 1 campaign that makes $100 but many that contribute their part. then their are campaign that remain on fence. even if i freeze profitable campaigns on 1 source and start concentrating on other......the performance of old campaigns go down with time.
When you say launch..launch..launch.......and then there are campaigns that gets you from $1 profit to $50............and other that drags profit down (and at times u dont realize that too).......how you control such confusion.
i would be happy if 1 campaigns make $100 in one traffic source but that never happens because no network has that level of traffic without competition......and then the stability of profit issue......
how u control so many variables....and then scale when you always have to start from zero.
Others seniors/admins please chime in
thx
Originally Posted by chilliflakes
That said, there are PLENTY of campaigns that make $100 a day on a traffic source ... indeed plenty of campaigns that make $100 an hour ...
May be the trick then is to find such campaigns..........which would mean kill all low profit ones and stick with winner.
in essence the time invested (like kokofai said...16 hours a day) is invested to find winner?
So inspiring Benjamin. Really admire your dedication and work ethic to make it work in this industry. You are Malaysian right ? I hope that you can drop by Vietnam and I'll take you to the best but cheapest food in here. Just want to meet you in the flesh 
Home > Success, Wins, Achievements > Success Stories