“How to launch a CPA campaign with a small budget or without any investments?” – that’s a common question we hear from beginners.

To answer it as fully and completely as possible we should first discuss pros and cons of the “zero budget strategy”. The advantages are pretty obvious: if you don’t invest money you don’t lose money. And if you don’t care about losing money you are more emotionally stable and thus you can make rational decisions with a cool head. However, there are some disadvantages to take into consideration. For you to have a steady income without investing a cent into campaign you should spend a lot of time and effort on it. So, see for yourself, what resource is more important for you: time or money. If you ask me, I think that time is much more valuable resource than money, since it is possible to replenish money but not time. However, if you disagree with me – this article is for you.

Here we won’t discuss in details how to implement each method of getting “free” traffic, because that’s really not a hard thing to do. However, if you are interested in a particular method then let us know in the comment section below and we will consider writing an article about it.

Facebook.

This method is really simple. You should add a couple of new friends on Facebook and just spend some time chatting with them. That will help you to understand what your new friends are interested in and based on those interests you can give them a “friendly advice” which in fact will be a link to an offer you are promoting. I am even recommending to create a new Facebook  account for that purpose, depending on what offer you have. For example, if you are promoting an AdCombo’s top-selling offer Flekosteel for which target audience is mostly adult men, think about creating a new account of the same age and with same interests as target audience has. It will help you to gain trust faster. But you should understand, that this method can’t be defined as completely whitehat. However, it is more effective than just spamming to a random person you met on Facebook.

«People don’t want a product to be sold to them. People want to buy a product.»

There is another Facebook-related technique you can use. Try creating your own group. All you need for implementation is: creative idea for group’s topic and an attractive content which will be pleasant to read. Just be careful with ads in the beginning so they won’t repel your potential customers. And even as your group gains more popularity the optimal ratio remains 1 ad for every 10 topic related posts. Also, it is better to make at least two posts a day for your group to gain new members faster. People like getting information they are interested in fast and in big quantities. They don’t like to wait.  If your group is popular enough you can even stop publishing your offers and start making money by publishing other people’s ads.

Forums

Again, we are talking about earning trust of the community. If you start spamming links on the first day you are in, no one will click on them in the best-case scenario and in the worst-case you’ll be simply banned.  As a solution, you can create a new topic with a “problem you have” and let people discuss that topic to help you with solving it. And when the discussion is at its peak just answer your own question by writing something like: “Hey, guys! I asked my doctor and he suggested me using Eco slim to help me with weight loss. I think it is helping! Here is a link, if you are interested: link to the offer you are promoting” . By the way, Eco slim is also an offer AdCombo has and it is one of the most popular in the diet category.

Craigslist and other classified advertisements website where it is possible to post ads.

In the description of an ad you have posted (for example on craigslist) you can give a direct link to the offer’s landing. However, sometimes it is not possible. In that case, you can use an old method of advertising – giving a phone number. And when customer calls you, you’ll simply give him an address to a pre-landing page where not only will you have a description of a product but also a link to that landing page.

“Hey, wait! But how do I create pre-landing page without investing money?”  – I hear you asking.

Well, there are some platforms that can help you with creating pre-landing pages for free.

For example,

https://www.blogger.com – a free blogging platform

https://www.weebly.com – a platform that allows anyone to start and grow an online business

https://www.getresponse.com – an internet-marketing platform. But there is only 30-day trial period and then you’ll have to pay.

I recommend using this method with financial offers, especially with loan-related offers. As an example, when customer has some problems with issuing a loan and he is desperate for money. He finds your ad on the craigslist and calls you. Here you can recommend him to go to your pre-landing page to read about loan options which are available and if any of those loan issuing offers will interest him he can just click on a link and fill in a form on the bank’s landing page.

Promoting via YouTube

The secret to success here is getting as many views as possible.

First, you create your channel. Then you decide what kind of videos to upload. Again, I will recommend uploading videos with unpacking and reviews, since those videos are really popular right now and they can be produced with little effort. That review should not necessarily be about an offer-related product. It will be enough to mention that current video is produced with a help of a company that is selling diet pills Eco slim (again, as an example) and give a link to the offer’s landing page in the video’s description.

There is even easier way of promoting offers via YouTube. You can take an already existing video of a product you are promoting and simply add a background music so that YouTube won’t ban “your” content. Don’t forget to give a link to an offer’s landing page in the descriptions.  

Instagram promotion
Simple but not always effective method. Post a picture of your product with a link to the landing page in the description and a seductive hashtag (#giveaway; #free; #sale). But chances are high that you will get banned straight after your first post. That’s why if you have the «Black belt» in Photoshop it’s a huge plus. Use your photoshop skills for editing pictures and making your posts nice and native.

There is another way of reducing a threat of getting an instant ban on Instagram which requires some investments. We all know from Adcombo’s previous articles that each Facebook account has a certain trust-rate which is calculated using a SECRET formula. No one really knows what are the components of that formula but we can assume that depending on the amount of followers account has and the activation date the account’s trust rate is calculated. And since  Mark recently bought Instagram the same trust criteria can be applied to it.    
So, where am I going with all that? For example on fameswap.com you can purchase an account for 2$ with a total of 20.7k subscribers and as a result good trust level. After that you know what to do – use that account to promote Adcombo’s offers.

To conclude, when applying  any of those methods you should remember that people don’t like when product is sold to them aggressively, but they like buying stuff even if they don’t need it. Therefore, your main goal is to suggest and motivate them to buy the right product. But for them to follow your advice you should gain their trust which usually is a hardest thing to do.

Anyway, if after reading this article, you want to implement any of the listed techniques, you can always contact AdCombo on Skype and we will help you choose most profitable offers to promote.

That’s it for today.

So you decided to be a Media Buyer and you are full of ambition. Found a high-paying affiliate program, ready to earn millions but those networks won’t accept you and won’t tell you the reasons. Why? Let’s see.

It’s not a secret that it’s hard to get into affiliate networks if you’re a newbie. If affiliate networks accept you, they will take risks. What risks? Well, they have to check creative materials, show you how it works and if you make a mistake, they could lose money. Eventually, they spend their time helping you and their time costs a lot. Managing a new one is a lot harder than managing a seasoned affiliate, that’s why nobody wants to raise newbies. So if network refuses you, don’t get it personal, don’t be upset and, most importantly, don’t give up!

The problem is, to become a seasoned affiliate you need to start somewhere. Every super affiliate started as a newbie someday. But how will you gain experience if no one will give you a chance, right?

Some people try to fake their proofs of successful projects but it doesn’t work at all. Newbies make fake screenshots of the last offers where they (of course) have earned a lot of money. Don’t be like that, professional AM understands that it’s fake at once so better don’t even try or you will have a bad reputation or even can get banned.

So, what can you do? When you decide to be a Media Buyer, applying to a network shouldn’t be your first step in affiliate marketing. You should begin from researching, then see what others are doing, learn about the available verticals, different traffic sources, tracking, read blogs and forums. Better pick one or two verticals to focus on and learn all you can find about it. You have to be ready so if AM wants to test you, you will act like «Yeah, I know that». And don’t try to look like a super affiliate, if you’re a newbie, tell them that, be honest.

Here, in AdCombo, we don’t have newbies. But our team is glad to help them! We’ve prepared some «Dont’s» from our affiliate managers:

1. Don`t play with fake screenshots, affiliate managers really easy to find out if you’re playing with them or you’re a serious affiliate.
2. Don’t start your messages with «I’m a newbie, please, accept me!», it looks like you’re desperate. Try to impress them with what you already know about affiliate networks.
3. Don’t write to them again and again if they don’t answer for a couple of hours. Be patient. They are pretty busy people and have a lot of applications like yours. Give them 3 days and if they don’t give you any response, shoot them a follow-up email. In that email, you can include the business plan and your credentials.
4. Don’t treat your manager as someone who can help you with your campaigns right away. AM doesn’t have to teach you stuff so you’d better be prepared and learn all the information you can find by yourself. Most often they appreciate it.
5. Don’t apply to many networks at a time. Choose one, max two and see how it goes. You don’t want 10 accounts and not enough traffic to send to all of them.
6. Don’t be shy and ask questions if it’s important. For example, ask your manager about his time zone and if there’s a huge time difference then ask for a manager who lives closer to your area.
7. Don’t be silent if something goes wrong. For example, if your offer goes into the red, ask your AM, he will help you find better creative materials and traffic sources. A manager is always interested in your traffic and will do his best to help.

We know that making the first step is always difficult – you’re afraid of making mistakes, you doubt a lot and not sure you can do it. The beginning is always the hardest part but there’s no sweet without some sweat. The more you work and try, the more you will understand. And don’t forget that the best way to learn and remember new things is practice. A lot of practice.

As we said before, AdCombo doesn’t hire total newbies. But we’re ready to work with people who already have at least a little bit of experience and a lot of ambition. So if you think this is about you, then contact us. Who knows, maybe we will work well together

That’s it for today and good luck out there!

Everybody starts something at the first time: first exams, first job, first try to succeed in affiliate marketing.  And every newbie has started his own long way as a publisher. But there is one feeling that consolidates all the pioneers  –  a fear of uncertainty.  A lack of experience creates the fear of failure. Newbies in affiliate marketing  have felt this on their own skin.

But first of all, we need to define who a newbie is. A newbie –is a person who just started his/her way in affiliate marketing, but he/she has already known what internet traffic is, where to get it and how to route it well. He/she may use his/her own web sources of traffic or any other sources, it doesn’t matter.  All the others who have just heard the phrase “internet traffic” for the first time in their life still need to grow to the newbie level.

Let’s go back to our topic. As we’ve already mentioned before, for every newbie the big day comes when he makes a decision to monetize his knowledge about how to hunt on internet traffic with a good profit. And this is the time for the first step. More than one hundred newbies choose AdCombo every day. So let’s see why they do this.

1.Experts recommend AdCombo.

First of all,  newbies try to find more information about the best affiliate networks. That’s why they are looking for a good expert advice. And they find it on the affiliate marketing  forums. Also, almost at every forum, there is  a rating of the most popular affiliate networks. During the conversation with experts on these forums,  newbies start to compose a top-list of the best affiliate networks they would like to work with.  AdCombo has a good reputation among the affiliate marketing professional community. That’s the first reason why newbies trust AdCombo and choose it.

2. Personal affiliate manager.

After our newbie registers his AdCombo’s  account he gets a personal affiliate manager to help him work with the network. The affiliate manager does not provide only technical support but also helps the newbie working with offers. The publisher can ask how to choose the right offer, what kind of traffic is better for work in particular case etc.  The affiliate manager helps to find the best way to monetize traffic. After newbies’ account was approved the publisher and the affiliate manager become a one team which hunts on profit.  For newbies, this is important because they can understand rules of dealing with traffic in general but often don’t get the principle of working with specific geos and offers. And at this moment a super hero – affiliate manager, –  comes and saves the newbie.

3.”Ready-to-work” localized landing pages.

For experienced publishers creating landing pages can be easy because they’ve already know how it works or know a professional who can do this well. But at the same time, it could become a big problem for a newbie.  AdCombo solves this problem easily.  For every offer at the network, there are a ready-to-use localized landing pages and several pre-lands for making a good offer’s promotion.  Lands and pre-lands are already translated into regions’ languages. This tool is very useful and helps to start working very quickly. There is no need for a newbie to spend a lot of time learning how a landing page should be composed for a good sale, and there is no need to find a translator to make a good selling text for it. AdCombo economizes newbie’s time and cash. All he needs to do is just to sign up, choose one of the best offers with a prepared landing page and bring good quality traffic on it.

4.New unique GEOs with low competition.

For a newbie with a humble budget, it is hard to compete with experienced publishers in a popular geo. Firstly, a price for one click or 1k shows in these regions is too high for beginners. Secondly, even the newbie tries to get traffic there the result is not always so good as was expected. AdCombo has solved this problem too. The affiliate network offers exclusive new geos with low competition. The price of traffic in these geos is x2, x5 or even x10 times lower than in US or UK, for example. That’s why newbies have a good chance to get not only a good experience but a good profit there as well.

5.A wide range of niches for newbies specialized on different traffic sources.

Newbies come to affiliate marketing from different fields. It is a rare case to find an almighty person who knows how to work with all types of internet traffic. Usually, publishers specialize on two-three types of it. That’s why it is important for the newbie to find offers which will accept the type of traffic he knows how to get. AdCombo gives to its publishers a lot of different offers’ niches that allows beginners to feel more confident to start. This is the 5^th reason why newbies choose AdCombo.Payments twice a week. Quick reinvestment to the new ad

6.Payments twice a week. Quick reinvestment to the new ad campaigns.

The last but not least argument for choosing AdCombo network is money. To be a more specific – high and regular payouts.  Publishers can get their payouts twice a week. And this is a unique offer from AdCombo.  It’s not only about comfort terms of work but it is the opportunity to reinvest publisher’s budget quickly. It’s not a secret that it is important for newbies to reinvest it ASAP because they try to speed up  the work process and earn much more in a short period of time. It  allows publishers to use their money more effectively. And this is the 6^th reason why they choose AdCombo.

We have just briefly looked through 6 reasons why newbies choose AdCombo. And these are not all of them. If you want to know more about AdCombo’s advantages ask our affiliate manager about it, don’t be shy! Choose AdCombo.