Asmi's AM Journal (50)
I'm not really good with posting on the forums but I thought it'd be a good idea to have a Journal / FollowAlong on STM, aim high targets, and keep myself accountable.
This thread will be an overview of my AM journey. Will update it with my progress in numbers only. I'll create a few other Follow Alongs for individual campaigns and/or traffic sources.
Targets:
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Profit: $30,000 per month ($1K per day).
Timeframe: By Dec 2013 (14 months from now).
History:
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AM Experience: 2 Years
Main Traffic Source: PPV
Max. Monthly Profit: $6,000 (Dec '11)
Plan:
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Already have a few successful financial campaigns on PPV. Try to scale them.
For new traffic sources, work on dating niche only and get really good at it. Start with POF, work my way to successful campaigns, then scale them over to FB and may be other traffic sources as well. The details of my plan may change but in essence I've narrowed down my niche to 'dating' and start with POF and scale to other sources.
Monthly Updates:
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Month: Oct 2012
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $1,200
Revenue: $2,590
Profit: $1,390
RoI: 116%
Profit/Day: $45
Month: Nov 2012
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $1,315
Revenue: $4,896
Profit: $3,581
RoI: 272%
Profit/Day: $119
Month: Dec 2012
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $1,108
Revenue: $3,767
Profit: $2,659
RoI: 240%
Profit/Day: $89
Month: Jan 2013
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $1,656
Revenue: $3,237
Profit: $1,581
RoI: 95%
Profit/Day: $51
Month: Feb 2013
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $1,886
Revenue: $4,807
Profit: $2,921
RoI: 155%
Profit/Day: $104
Month: Mar 2013
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $2,811
Revenue: $6,680
Profit: $3,869
RoI: 137%
Profit/Day: $125
Month: Apr 2013
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $3,760
Revenue: $7,765
Profit: $4,005
RoI: 107%
Profit/Day: $133
Month: May 2013
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $4,990
Revenue: $6,597
Profit: $1,607
Month: Jun 2013
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $5,399
Revenue: $10,593
Profit: $5,194
Month: Jul 2013
Traffic Sources: PPV
Spend: $6,150
Revenue: $10,667
Profit: $4,517
sick ROI dude!
but can you please post more detail data?
which traffic source? verticle? offer?
after more detail, im sure guys here will make your goal come true very soon
Adgale,
Traffic Source: PPV (TrafficVance)
Offers: Mostly financial like Loans, Credit Reports etc.
Prepping to launch dating campaigns on POF very soon.
Awesome, your on the right path
You have something stable, and your taking some of that income for further testing. I would recommend sticking with what you know before you jump ship to another traffic source. You clearly understand PPV, you should scale horizontally and try more niches in PPV 
^^^ Sounds like a plan..
It sounds like whatever offers you're running really kill it on weekends.
Originally Posted by stackman
You have something stable, and your taking some of that income for further testing. I would recommend sticking with what you know before you jump ship to another traffic source. You clearly understand PPV, you should scale horizontally and try more niches in PPV
Yeah that'd probably be quicker way to reach the financial target by sticking to one traffic source, but I'd like to have some diversity in my traffic sources even if it takes a little longer. Also, I want to stick to one niche ie. dating and get really good at it and POF seems to be a good place to start.
Originally Posted by d4rk
From what you've posted, I think you are going to hit your 1k/day profit mark WELL before December 2013.
Originally Posted by titleist
hi asmi gr8 follow along. congrats on awesome head start. your revenue/profit is quite sinusoidal. have you figured out why this is happening? is the offer or campaign drying? and you are again posting new campaigns? or is it just 1 campaign which is going up n down?
wow !
Originally Posted by asmifife
very inspiring,kudos
Have you split-tested landers?
Hi asmifife,
you are doing very well. Sick ROI. Are you trying to scale, as in increase your ad spend?
From the looks of it, you could easily spend in the xxx/day range, and get back more!
What are you promoting right now my friend ? Still ppv and financial offers ?
wish this thread wasn't so secretive...pretty hard to get anything out of it.
Is this US traffic only or did you open an international account with TV?
are you using landing pages? I forgot to ask this question as well.
Originally Posted by ironman
Revenue is irregular because traffic volume is low and almost all the campaigns pay high per lead/sale.
Originally Posted by nissangtr
Originally Posted by paullow
Originally Posted by codeface
I've mentioned in the OP that this thread is going to be updated with only the Spend and Revenue details and not individual campaign details. I wanted to start a couple of campaign follow along threads but haven't done yet.
Anyways, here's some info for those interested in what kind of campaigns I'm running right now. All are on PPV.
Payday Loan - $95 CPA - profitable - LP (10-15% CTR) - looks difficult to scale as I've run out of relevant targets,, and angles didn't seem to work for a payday loan offer.
Credit Report - $27 CPA - profitable - DL - scope to scale using angles.
CPS Offers - $20-$50 CPS - profitable - DL - no scope to scale.
Social Security Benefits - $11 CPA - break even - LP - not sure how to scale.
Free Diapers - $2 CPA - break even - DL - there was scope to scale this one, but I think I'm getting scrubbed now, so not sure what to do with this.
Originally Posted by charles
Originally Posted by asmifife
After a while with many of my campaigns I run out of targets so I revert back to trial and error. I posted a link to a csv with the top 1m urls here. I just tend to chuck 20k targets at a time in to a campaign and watch it like a hawk. Most of the time you'll find targets that generate nice volume that you'd never have thought of.
I tend to only use this method on campaigns that are already generating a nice profit and give me the scope to lose a little while testing. word of warning though, don't chuck the targets in to your existing campaign as you run the risk of fucking your existing campaign up. Copy the one that's already working and load them in to that instead.
That ROI is insane mate ! Keep up the good work and you should soon hit the $1K profit mark
Your spend is always low, didn't you find any way to spend more ? new targets etc .. ?
Mehdi
Kickin some ass man, good job! Insane ROI right there.
Any noticeable reason for lower ROI for last few days? Changes or just ebb/flow without touching?
Too little data to make a decision on a daily basis Paqman, he needs to average out on a week by or month by basis
Nov 2012 - Totals
Spend: $1315
Revenue: $4896
Profit: $3581
Originally Posted by asmifife
Very nice ROI% mate !
Now stop being lazing about it and start thinking about making that permanent, because if you have a campaign that does $1300 spent for $4900 i'm sure that can lead to a $13000 / $30000 at least with some more volumes and tweaking ....
Mehdi
oo steady rising keep on working champ!
Im expecting a big 2013 from you bro! awesome thread
asmifife: You should try to capture their emails also! This niche is pure gold. Build a list around it!
Dec 2012 - Totals
Spend: $1108
Revenue: $3767
Profit: $2659
Nice ROI and good going man. I'll follow this thread
Sorry, been away for 2 months because of personal stuff. No progress in my AM journey, but I'm back to working on my campaigns now.
Jan 2013 - Totals
Spend: $1656
Revenue: $3237
Profit: $1581
Feb 2013 - Totals
Spend: $1886
Revenue: $4807
Profit: $2921
Nice dude, glad to see this thread going again.
Mar 2013 - Totals
Spend: $2811
Revenue: $6680
Profit: $3869
great to see your stable profit.
if you running these volume from ppv, and you may think a better server to handle your traffic, you may get 10% more revenue.
btw, if you running international traffic, managed DNS also a good choice for u.
just my 2 cents
Apr 2013 - Totals
Spend: $3760
Revenue: $7765
Profit: $4005
nice and stable dude!
this thread is so inspiring I hope one day I can have profitable campaigns over a sustained time frame...one question for OP are you still pushing stuff like payday loans?
Originally Posted by britannia
Yes, I'm still pushing Payday Loans.
May 2013 - Totals
Spend: $4990
Revenue: $6597
Profit: $1607
Jun 2013 - Totals
Spend: $5399
Revenue: $10593
Profit: $5194
Holy Shit!!!! 5 digit revenue!!! WOOOP WOOOOP!!! congrats!!!!
Thank you for the inspiration, very impressive
Always nice seeing those stable campaigns that last for months. Congrats!
As far as insight, maybe you could educate us on how you come up with your targeting/angles and how you go about selecting your offers. Basically, what sort of brainstorming and research do you do to setup your profitable campaigns?
Originally Posted by asmifife
Jul 2013 - Totals
Spend: $6,150
Revenue: $10,667
Profit: $4,517
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