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Ricardo asks…

What do you think about those AM that say that crappy/cheap looking landing pages convert better than professional looking?

Depending on the niche and page, yeah sometimes that’s the case. Brutally simple and somewhat crappy looking landing pages can convert. They look extremely outdated but that’s what some people are used to that only use a computer when they need something. They also most likely load very fast.

Dan asks…

Will you post a detailed case study of one of your huge campaigns that died out? Thanks.

Probably not, because there’s always potential to get back into it in the future if things go right. The only case studies I’ll do are the live ones done in UberCamp.

Patrick asks…

How did you manage to get into affiliate summit east when it is clearly 21+ only and everyone knows you are only 19?

No comment.

John asks…

Do affiliate marketers get a lot of puzzy?

Hellz ya.

ian asks…

I have mainly used affiliate programs which pay a percentage of the sale. I get the impression a lot of the top affiliate marketers make most of their money from cost per action programs. Can you please advise what percentage of your total income comes from cost per action as opposed to cost per sale. Thank you.

100% of it comes from CPA, I don’t really like sale stuff.

Newbie asks…

When you first start your campaign, you mentioned you want to bid “high” to get the good CTR and collect good stats as soon as possible, but how do you determine what is the high bid for that particular niche you are targeting?

I usually just go balls out when I very first start and bid like $10 just to see what my average CPC will look like (in most cases it ends up around $3-4). Then I’ll cut it to $5 the next day and re-evaluate, then cut down to $2-3, and then collect data.

Lorozzo asks…

You ever had sex with your girl friend ??

wtf kind of creep are you.

Robert asks…

What would you do if your campaign was doing great, then one day, the CTR stayed roughly the same, but the conversion rates dropped by 5% or more? You try switching networks with the same offer, you find out that other affiliates are not having a severe drop in conversion rates, you even try changing out your landing page, and ad copy. Your average position is the same, but the dam campaign is converting like crap. What would you suggest?

Does it have to do with a seasonal change? A change in the news related to the offer/niche you’re promoting? A new flood of affiliate bidding around you and checking out more ads? It’s hard to determine the problem with no information. But I’d keep testing different landing pages, direct linking maybe, and trying to get a higher payout to make up for the loss you’re taking.

Jonathan Radande asks…

How does it feel to be a home owner?

Man the work never ends haha. It feels pretty cool though, there’s ALWAYS something to do, something to fix, something to buy, etc. Having my own place to work and relax is super nice though, I have a lot more time to work…or slack.

Heman asks…

Did you lose your blog content writer?

Yea he actually lost focus on the blog a little and started working more and making more money and building his businesses. Poor guy I’ll try and get him back.

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Made a post saying to ask me questions, so if you have one get to it and I’ll answer it here.

Ahmed Kassem asks…

Are you having an up trend or a down trend with your revenue over the last 3 months?

It’s definitely been dipping around here and there. Niches do great, then they die and force me to work on something new that will replace the revenue I just lost. Overall though, everything has remained fairly constant. Revenue is down overall just because of the season though, so I’m not too worried and it should be getting very good soon.

Eric asks…

Do you like chocolate?

Yea dood chocolate is pretty good, although if I had to pick between that and vanilla, I’d pick vanilla.

Verb asks…

Can you talk a bit about PartnerWithPaul.com? What kind of affiliate training is it and how much involvement do you have in the program?

Haha everybody thinks that site is me because it has my name in it and has an Azoogle screenshot. If you notice, the guy “hides his identity”, and I’m pretty sure if I went to that length to keep my identity hidden, I wouldn’t call it Partner with PAUL. His house also looks nothing like mine.

I have heard of that guy though and he used to do some pretty big numbers I guess with Azoogle. Funny part? He just incentivizes an Azoogle work at home offer and says to start making money, sign up for this program or something. So the revenue screenshot from Azoogle in the video is most likely from the scammy bizopp stuff he’s selling. Haha pretty funny but hey he’s bankin.

Keith asks…

Do you try and tailor your landing pages to resemble the merchants landing page?

If I had to give a general trend with my landing page style, yeah it would be blending with the offer page. Simply increases conversions and you can modify it to get a really good CTR too.

Dood asks…

Did CX Digital create your landing pages and KW lists for you?

No, I wouldn’t trust anybody to do that but myself.

Think Like An SOB asks…

1. what niche are you targetting?
2. what is your landing page url?
3. what are you keywords?

1. Fat ones.
2. Yourmom.com.
3. [Think Like An SOB's Mom]

IamJustinM asks…

Has anybody told you you look like Michael Phelps?

Yeah, I can’t swim to safe my life though. I try and lose energy after about 20 seconds then just start to sink.

Justin Dupre asks…

Does CX Digital really make your landing pages and keyword lists so you don’t have to?

Where are people getting this from? lol

Maurizio asks…

Hi there, and thanks 4 the opportunity.

I’ve been long time lurking, first time posting (Congrats 4 blog QUALITY anyway!)

I’m good in SEO, and I”m already doing well with Adsense & my own seo consulting biz.
Should I invest time in learning the Affiliate Marketing basics? And Why?
P.s. English is not my motherlanguage, my online assets and experience are targeted mainly to italian people.

I’d like very much to hear your take.

It’s up to you man. You know there’s money in affiliate marketing, and if you’re already doing well in SEO then you can either just expand what you’ve got going and make more money, or just start something new for the fun of it. Affiliate marketing definitely isn’t easy though, so I’d wait until you have realllly good cash flow and can set aside $5k or so to give affiliate marketing a whirl.

Dallin Harris asks…

What blogs, newspapers and magazines do you read regularly? Would you recommend them to someone just getting started in affiliate marketing?

Haha going to sound stupid but none really. I’m so out of the loop when it comes to news and new stuff, I kind of got immersed in my own world and have just been expanding that and networking with other people. As far as blogs for educational value, I don’t read any really…I find just working is a better use of my time. Newspapers and magazines, none of that really either besides Golf Digest when I’m on the pooper.

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I did an interview today for the Can’t Get Rich Podcast. You can check it out here.

I talk about a few things so it might be interesting for some of you. Lord Brar (domainer from Wickedfire) is before me, so if you want to skip to me I’m like 23 minutes into it.

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I’m interested to know something. If you could, would you pay $500 to get on the phone with me for 3 hours. Basically you get on the phone with me and tell me what you’re doing (you can be as specific as you want). I’ll give you new ideas and help you improve what you’re already doing. What I will do? Give you all the advice I can on how your campaign is going. I’ll help get it off the ground and optimize it so it’s achieving the maximum ROI. What I won’t do? I won’t tell you my campaigns, landing pages, or answer the question “Can I have all your secrets?”

I always talk about how you can’t be afraid to invest a little money for the sake of making 100x more in the long-run. Would you pay $500 for my direct and private advice? I’m interested to see what you guys would do. Note that I’m not starting any phone consultations, really. Take the poll though and answer honestly.

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