You’re dead wrong if you think you know anything about being an affiliate. Everything you’ve been taught is simply out of date. You need to adapt and change or perish.

The big lie

Unfortunately, you’ve been led to believe affiliate marketing is easy. Well, that’s true . . . to a point There’s no doubt it’s easier than starting your own business. But “easier” doesn’t mean “easy”.

The cold hard truth

To top it off you’ve been given false information. You’ve been told to find quality products. Next to look for easy keywords to target. Then to use these keywords to buy ads promoting the product. And just enjoy the commissions. But, it’s all wrong.

Forget keywords

There was a time when this worked. But the competition has shot the price of keywords through the roof. It’s time for a paradigm shift.

A better way

There’s still hope. Here’s how to win at this game.

• Get into CPA marketing
• Instead of researching keywords, research demographics
• Do image ad marketing

Do CPA marketing instead of product promotion

CPA means Cost Per Action. It’s so much easier than promoting products. Because you don’t have to get people to spend money. You get paid when they take an “action”. Like completing a survey. And getting them to do this is so much easier.

Utilize demographics data

Don’t waste time researching keywords (see below). But demographics are highly important. First you select your CPA offer. Then go to a site like Quantcast.com. And find your target demographic.

Use image ads

Now you have your offer and your demographics. You can target these exact demographics on display networks. Using image ads. And you don’t need to know or buy a single keyword. Plus you’re going to save a ton of money. Display networks charge a fraction for image ad clicks vs. keyword ads.

Summary

This is powerful method to make money online. Because getting started in CPA is free. It’s much cheaper to do image ads than keyword ads. Display networks let you do demographics targeting. And getting them to take an action is much easier than making a sale.