Hey guys,
After 4 months of AM ... I'm finally doing 1k+ profit a day (1k-1.5k) for 1 week yet.
I was stuck at 500-800 a day and I'm scaling slowly...
Here is how I work :
I usually wake up around 8:00 A.M and start working at 8:15 A.M.
I'm looking at my yesterday profit and write it down on my board.
After that I usually go through all my campaign and look at the CTR and if it look the same as all the other day I'm pretty sure the CR will look the same so I make an overview pretty quickly to make sure everything goes well.
After that, I usually have a plan for the day which campaign to scale, which campaign to launch (country, offers, etc...).
I usually create new banner when I see the CTR drop a bit or the CR.
My goals is to launch all country on all the tarfficsource I use at the moment and have like 3-4 banner that are always running on each country that are all the same and look at my overall profit without puting too much time on 1 single country ... when I'll see my profit and stats decrease I'll change the angle or the banners and make 3-4 new one and change them accross all my country. There are so many placement so many country so many trafficsource and website that this task REQUIRE a lot of time and is not something I like to do and this is not something that bring value.
The Problem:
At some point when I'll get to 20+ country fully scaled to 7-9 trafficsource and many placement I won't be able to handle if campaign alone. So I want an unique process.
When I'll see my profit decreasing this will mean I need to change the angle/offer/banner/lander .. anything in this ..
I want to be able to test and test and test and just look at my stats and make decision from that and have people doing the task .. I think the most important thing when you become that big is quick decision and make them happen.
So I don't wanna spend anymore time doing banner lander or uploading my damn campaign on my trafficsource and I want to hire somebody that will do it for me or even a firm that does every task I need.
The problem is ... I'm scared that people don't do the job or miss something or stole my info or my stuff.
I mean 1 wrong link can't make 1 campaign go wrong ..
So I thought hiring a firm ... since they might have better staff and more organization.
I really need help and tips about it because if I can find a way to have people I can count on I know I'll be able to hit 3k profit a day very very quickly since I'll be able to scale all these things and just focus on making decision about angle/offers/ctr/cr and I'll also be able to start other vertical etc .. and I know I can hit 5k+ profit pretty quickly also .. I think once you understand the game it's just a matter of copying what you are doing over other offer ... there is a learning curve for every niche vertical trafficsource but once you get good at it ... it's time to scale it and than just manage it and have other people doing your unimportant task.
I heard about a few philipines indiana firms ... if you guys know any of these or have tips just leave it here I would be really greatful.
Thanks.
Chris.
If you make 1-2k profit/day you should not outsource to a 3rd world country. Hire a local firm to handle such tasks for you. Someone from india, ukraine or so might be cheap but will be a bigger pain to deal with then managing stuff on your own or with someone local to you.
You get what you pay for, dont forget that.
Yes I understand what you mean and I thought about it.
-banner - lander - translation is not a big deal VA can do it easily but the most time consuming is to change and rotate the banners from my 7-9 tarfficsource and placement .. and I just don't feel confortable using other people to do it .. I mean when I do it I know I do it the right way but when it's not your business you care a little bit less and if you put the wrong link on a few places it's a pain in the ass to find it and replace it plus the losses -.-
Anyway thanks for the tips I'm dressing a list at the moment and I'm kinda thinking about how I could do it all.
It's all about finding a good employee. There are landing pages and banners everywhere, just because someone can steal them doesn't mean they're going to be successful. Plus, it's unlikely that they'd risk a full time job to try and steal your stuff.
You work in a totally different way than they do. You can't "steal" that knowledge. Also, consider the amount of money you spend to get where you are and how much money they are willing to work full time for you for. It's probably not likely they'll risk their peanut salary on testing some internet marketing stuff they don't fully comprehend.
Good luck!
I'd recommend hiring 1 local person. Like @tical said, jsut because they can see your campaign doesnt mean they can make it work.
1 local person who works with you daily is prob your best option (or it's at least what i personally would do, and plan on doing). You pay them a full time salary + bonuses when doing well. You speak to them often so you know whats going on, and they're nearby/loyal and on the same timezone so its easy for you to call them up anytime (if your both working from home). This seems like the least stressful, most helpful hiring method.
If you're going to outsource to a 'cheaper' region, I'd recommend Eastern Europe over Asia. Good hard workers. That's just based on the experiences I've had, admittedly.
If you're going for a local employee, I think the best incentive is a percentage-based profit share on top of a good, competitive salary.
Make sure your campaigns are stable and diversified before taking on a full-time employee though. Redundancies are no fun for anybody!
1K/day is good money -- but remember taking on a local employee is more expensive than slinging work over Odesk, and it requires more structure. Plus there's the managerial side. Are you prepared to set a good example to your workers? They won't respect you if there's no professionalism. But they'll have no problem taking your money.