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help please for a new AM (9)

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hello everyone,

i had some success in the industry before but actually it was all a miss i mean by success is getting conversions but all of them was a loss there was no profit and my ROI always in the minus ...
now i decided to start over again and from scratch. so please let me tell you what i just did to start :

1-VPS hosting from inmotion hosting+filezilla is downloaded
2-adobe muse is downloaded and a bunch of ready landing pages is here too
3-for tracking i use adtracksgold hosted on my server, also i have Adsbridge.
4-for spying i dont have anything because all of them is too expensive and actually i dont know how to use any..,but i may use the tools is provided by STM.
5-i joined some networks :maxbounty,clickdealer and peerfly.

thats all what i did till now...but i'm posting here to ask what i have to do right now (here is my question so i can start):
1-which type of offers is the best now days and specially for newbies ? mobile,adult,email submit?
2-what is the best traffic source depending on the offers type?pops,mobile?
3-building the landing page....i dont know how to use muse also how to upload a LP to my server so please i need to learn this perfectly.
4-i want to do some direct linking without a landing page! is that a good idea and which type of offer works the best for it?
5-last i need something or someone to give me the right path i have to follow step by step in details for each step..(i noticed many useful article here but i found that most of them is talking about headline like none is showing how to build landing page or edit one or even uploading it. plus how to choose the offer and spy so i can know the best way to promote it... and all details from A-Z



sorry for that long post and many question
but i really to start working in a perfect way not a miss. so please be patient with me and help me fully please as i need to make money i worked hard before to make money to start an online business and i need the money as i live by my self in another country without a family and i'm a student i need to manage my life expenses i dont have a parents or any one in my life.....

last thing: really really i'm not trying to make the post emotional and let everyone help me through emotions for my Circumstances.SORRY


thanx all of you

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What I'll try to do, is answer your questions, plus give you a suggested plan to work with to get your first green camp.

But before I do that - I want to say 2 things first:

First of all, there isn't a detailed guide that will take you from A-Z because there are too many details and too many different scenarios. We do have some excellent guides here (which I'll link to below), but they will not cover every single detail. You will need to do a lot of reading and put the pieces together yourself - but all the pieces are here on the forum, and if you have further questions, we're here to help!

Secondly, learning affiliate marketing WILL take time AND money. If you're supporting yourself through school, do NOT count on making your living expenses by running campaigns. It may be months before you have the experience required to be making consistent profits. Only spend on campaigns, money you can afford to lose, without cutting into your living expenses or tuition.


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Next - I'll do my best to answer your questions.

Running sweepstakes offers on pop traffic is one of the easiest ways for newbies to make their first profits. I will outline a strategy for that at the end of this post.

For recommendations on types of offers working well right now see:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...ou-Think-Of-It


I've never used muse, but here's a tutorial:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...esktop-Landers

A much-easier way would be to download landers from Adplexity, and fix the mistakes. You DO need to know some programming - Codecademy and w3schools should give you a good foundation - and I gave some tips in this thread as well:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...Ripped-Landers

In my opinion, Adplexity is a must-have service, and the expense is small compared to the amount of time you'll save.


Actually yes! But you may need to test a lot of offers before finding one that will be profitable. Also, if you're direct-linking, you don't have much room to improve your funnel by testing landers. The offers basically have to be able to sell themselves because you wouldn't be doing any pre-selling. Also due to the lack of pre-selling, the offers should not require too much effort of commitment from the visitor, for example filling out long forms, or making payment with a credit card.

Try these types of offers:

-Offers that already have landers bulit-in. (Affiliate networks call them "pre-landers" - so ask your AM for offers that already come with pre-landers.)
-Mobile content downloads such as whatsapp wallpapers and ringtones.
-"Update your [software]" type offers.
-Entertainment offers like gaming and video subscriptions that have really appealing offer pages.


As promised above - here are some links to tutorials...

The Mobile Cookbook - for mobile display traffic: http://stmforum.com/forum/forumdispl...obile-Cookbook

How to run pop camps: http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...ic-(Algorithm)

There must be more but I can't think of any right now. It sounds like you're on a somewhat tight budget, so pop and/or mobile display would be good places to start anyways. You'd need a bigger test budget to tackle Native or FB.


Also - this thread contains links to answers to a lot of the most common questions - may help answer some of yours:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...-AM-FAQ-Thread!


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Lastly - as promised above, let me give you a rough plan of action to follow. Sweepstakes ("sweeps" for short) is still a hot vertical, and pop traffic is the easiest to make your first profits from. (Pop is quite competitive and bot traffic is rampant, so performance is not consistent, and camps don't stay profitable for long. Therefore I would suggest to expand into other traffic types after you've made some profits on pop.)


Step 1: Choose a type of sweepstakes.

Some popular ones are iphone 6s, iphone 7, and samsung s7. You can also pick voucher offers. No matter what you choose, make sure the type of offer has a lot of offers across many geos.

You may need to sign up to more affiliate networks. The 3 you're already with already has many, but a wider selection won't hurt. Consider signing up to a couple more - Adsimilis and F5 for example.


Step 2: Pick a popular language.

Since programming is not a skill you're strong in, it would probably be good to choose a popular language, so you can just rip and prepare one set of landers in one language, and use that to test multiple geos.

English is probably the most popular language, which is exactly the problem - EVERYONE wants to target them, so there's more competition. Consider choosing Latin Spanish (for LATAM geos) or Arabic. This thread will help:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...re-Geos-Faster


Step 3: Rip as many landers as you can from Adplexity.

Go to Adplexity, set the date range to the past month, select all geos that speak the language you chose, for traffic type select pop and redirects, and in the upper right hand menu select "received most traffic". In the keyword field at the top, type in your offer type (e.g. "iphone 7"). Rip as many landers you see that look different - at least 5, 10+ would be better. (If 2 landers look almost the same, ripping one would be enough.) Fix them up and upload them to your server.

I'm going to do a favor just for you: Let me know which language you choose by replying to this post (don't PM me - I only reply to PMs once every week, or even two), and I'll rip some landers for you. I obviously won't have time to fix them up for you, but at least I could save you some cost. Once you're making money, be sure to get your own Adplexity subscription - it's worth every penny. (Other members: Please don't ask me to do this - I can't do this for everyone!)

You already have hosting. You'll also need to use a CDN to speed up your landers' loading speed. And you'll also need to register a domain name to use with your landers.

This thread will tell you about CDNs: http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...-Cost-Way-Ever!


Step 4: Choose a country to start with.

Look at some of the offers for your offer type (e.g. iphone 7 offers) on the various aff networks, and choose a country that has lots of offers with low payouts. I would say under $3 would be good.


Step 5: Ask your AMs from various networks to recommend a couple of proven offers.

Ask them for offers that have converted for other affiliates. They don't need to convert very well - but they need to convert, or else you won't be able to get enough conversions to know which landing page is the best!

From all the recommended offers, choose 2-3 that have very similar payouts. The more similar, the better.


Step 6: Choose a traffic source.

Two of the largest pop sources are PropellerAds and Zeropark. I would suggest to sign up to both, and pick one to launch your campaign on.


Step 7: Set up a campaign.

Load all your landers + your 2-3 offers into your tracker, create a campaign on the tracker, then create the campaign on the traffic source.

Set frequency to 1/24. Bid slightly above-average to avoid getting all the junk traffic that nobody wants, that doesn't convert.


Step 8: Cut landing pages and offers.

Cut landers using the method described in this thread:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...Banners-Part-1

Cut until you're left with the last lander. If you have more than one landers performing the same, just pick one. Caurmen said in this thread:
Also cut offers according to this thread, until you're down to the last one: http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...Banners-Part-1


Step 9: Test every offer you can find.

Do a search on all the networks you're an affiliate of, to make a list of every offer you can find for your offer type and geo.

Use the winning lander to test all of these offers - and include the winning offer from the last step as well.

You can set up separate campaigns for OSs - for example, one campaign for Android and one campaign for IOS. Or, you can set up separate campaigns for Wifi and Carrier, or even a separate camp for EACH carrier.

Then you can cut offers for each camp separately. This will give you more accurate results than testing all offers in one camp and cutting based on overall stats (stats for all OSs and wifi and carrier).

If you can find at least one Offer + Lander + OS combination that is breaking even or green, move on to the next step. If not, repeat steps 4-9.


Step 10: Optimize and Scale.

Set up 2 camps that are exactly the same as your current camp, and assign different bids to them - one higher than your current bid, and one lower. Run all 3 camps at the same time to see which one does the most revenue, and pause the other 2 camps.

Check placement stats regularly (once a day or every 2 days) and cut placements that are in loss by more than twice the offer payout.

There are other things you can do - there are lots of threads on the forums on how to optimize pop camps. Here are some tips from me:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...Considerations

You can also scale the same camp to other sources. You can find a list of the most popular pop networks in the first post of this thread:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...of-Pop-Traffic

Lastly, you can repeat the process for the other geos that speak that same language.


Note: The above is a VERY rough outline. I would strongly suggest that you start a follow-along thread to tell us exactly how you're setting up your campaign. We would be happy to guide you every step of the way. If you DO start a follow-along, please update this thread to let me know and I'll help as much as I can.

I wish you the best of luck with your affiliate marketing journey ahead! And by the way - welcome to STM!



Amy

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i have one question now before i start which is what type of adplexity accounts i have to choose, mobile or native ??

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i signed up for adplexity account now, and for the offer i'm to start with is iphone7 from peerfly as this offer i bookmarked it before because i know that i need to work on this one and it's good

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Amy, you are the best...
You always come up with answers to almost any question that I plan on posting here..
For instance, Step 3 is the answer to a bunch of questions that I had in my mind..
And yes, you also answered why I never heard from you via PM But i can wait for an answer though

and good Luck OP...
AM experience wise - we are in the same boat

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Good luck to you! If you have any tracking questions, please feel free to write our support team at support@Adsbridge.com !
-Alex

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Good luck yacoubh, adplexity is a great tool but the landers are plagued with both malicious as well as broken JS. If I had to pick a language for you to focus on in your learning process, I'd pick javascript, as you'll likely spend the most time using it. Get acquainted with the "Developer Tools" section in Google Chrome when testing ripped landers (particularly the JS console and DOM browser) - it will be your best friend. All the best!

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I'm assuming you've picked the correct one by now? It's mobile.


iPhone 7 offers are still strong - great choice!


You're most kind - and I'm going to answer my PMs now finally!



Amy

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Hey-

If you want more variety of offers, let me know, I can help you out with an account at Adsimilis....just in time for crush the end of 2016!

Skype- joanieschneider.dqna

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