How to Make $1,000 a Month With CPA
I have a friend right now attempting to make $1,000 per month with cpa (cost per action) using MaxBounty and I thought it was a good idea for me to create a series tutorial showing you how to do this.
For reference, I am going to be doing this using absolutely no money for the site development, hosting, or marketing. I will be doing this in my spare time as well, which will show you that it can be done even if you have a full time job.
To start out the series, I created a free blog on WordPress.com and inserted some CPA ads, and a small starting article review. You can see the first CPA site at http://freeblackberrystuff.wordpress.com/ (note: wordpress.com is touchy and your website may not be there for long because of their dumb TOS, but you can use other free hosts. Do a google search for “free php hosting” and you will find lots of them that will even give you free ftp access and a sub-domain).
The CPA I am using on this site ranges from $1.60 to $2.80. These are not huge conversions, but with traffic and numbers, the goal is to make a little under $40 per day using only CPA. This is equal to an 8 hour a day job for 5 days a week making below minimum wage.
If you want to follow along, you will need to get yourself a MaxBounty account. I just ask that you write your own articles and don’t rip mine. I don’t care if you go after the same ads or whatever. Just don’t steal my text.
First, check out my site that I mentioned above. See how I set it up with a basic theme that was there when I signed up for an account with WordPress. Notice I placed some cpa ads in widgets in the sidebar and footer. There is absolutely nothing complicated about this.
I will be updating this site here and there until I get it how I want it. I will start marketing it tonight via blog hopping and article marketing. I will also submit it to tons of directories. I have a list that I use, but for this project, you can use a good list I found at http://addurl.nu/ (this link goes to the wayback machine version because the domain was down the day after I wrote this).
Once I get the basic edits done to the website, and get some marketing done, I will post here again with an update and my next plan of action. If you are joining me, I wish you luck.
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Twitter: DennisEdell
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When did WP.com start allowing affiliate marketing type stuff?
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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When did they not? I have never had an issue.
Twitter: DennisEdell
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Lucky you, it’s quite prominent in their TOS…or it was.
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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Either way, no big deal. WordPress.com is not exclusive to this campaign. As you will see, the campaign will require many different sites which will go on different free hosts.
Twitter: DennisEdell
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I’ve been reading along; quite intriguing so far.
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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And it’s getting more interesting…
Twitter: DennisEdell
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This actually seems like something I could follow. All niche “teachings” I read seem to start in the middle, ya know? Like we already know the basics…
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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I always start from the beginning, and answer questions that may sound stupid but are necessary for the beginner. It’s like programming books. So many of them assume you get the basic concepts of the language, when as a beginner you actually want to know what the hell the semicolon goes there for.
Twitter: DennisEdell
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Now you’re just dredging up some childhood trauma man.
Basic, Machine language, C+, Cobol…..AAACCCKKKKKK!!! LOL
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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I’m learning C# and JQuery starting this weekend.
Twitter: michaelpedzotti
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Hi Brandon, that looks like a great way to start. There’s one thing I don’t get though and that’s how the banner ads work. They all seem to point to an internal link on the WP domain “en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/” and not to a CPA offer, it would seem. Maybe Dennis is onto something? Maybe I am not taking it all in and need to rest. Who knows.
Cheers, Michael
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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Nope you’re right. It used to work, and I tried to get around it with a url shortener on my domain, but the links were invalid. I will change the host and update this post. No biggie
Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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Ok. I was able to get around the issue and stay on WordPress.com. I hosted the maxbounty images myself rather than using the html they gave me, and I used their contextual links, and used ninja affiliate to shorten them. Now the links work perfectly.
Making money from CPA is bit difficult. However you gave me an idea how to make $1000 per month.
Really it is a great article. I hope you will keep writing.
Thank You!
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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I am always writing
Thanks for stopping by!
Twitter: sallyneill
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Hey Brandon
Just popping over to say hi, my time is my own now so I can return to visiting some of my fav blogs!
I have never tried cpa, but it does interest me, so if you do some updated posts that would be cool for people who dont have a clue about it aka me lol.
Sally
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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I am right on that Sally! Actually, I have to update this post a bit with the new info in a comment I made here. WordPress tries to block certain links, so I got around it with ninja affiliate and self-hosting banners. Sometimes you got to be tricky when going the free route. Although, WordPress.com isn’t the only game in town. There are literally TONS of free hosting servers around that are ad-free, and even give you ftp access. All you need is that, and a free sub-domain. Nothing special.
Twitter: srpatterson
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The one url here is not working. The AddUrl.nu is for sale and the content is gone from what I can tell. Looking forward to following the series. Thanks
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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WOW that’s strange. I was just using them yesterday. Looks like their domain expired. You should be able to see all of the directories on that site through the wayback machine http://web.archive.org/ though.
Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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I just updated the link itself on this post as well, so it goes directly to the wayback version.
CPA is a very profitable income stream. I have a few sites that are set up perfectly to get the most amount of CPA profit I can. Its pretty sweet
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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Yes it is. I can’t wait for this series to advance while others actually follow along. I like helping people make money.
Twitter: buildrankprofit
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Wow Brandon, now HERE is a post I want to link to and a series I will be following along with closely.
As you know I am starting to dabble in this, and I can add here that it is only thanks to you that I went down this path.
Thanks for the insight and now thanks for this post and the ensuing series
Chat soon man
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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No problem man. The series, as you probably know, was because of our skype conversation. Remember, your new cpa pursuits? I figured you would appreciate a tutorial, and my other readers would as well.
Twitter: rick_byrd
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Hey Brandon:
I am really excited to follow along as you work towards making a $1000 with CPA marketing. I have not tried CPA marketing as of yet. I was just talking to someone the other day about CPA offers.
From have read over the years, it can be hard to get accepted by CPA networks. Is that still true today? If so, do you have any advice to help get accepted?
- Rick
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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I have never had a problem getting accepted by a cpa network. The ones that verify you require that you have some experience with affiliate marketing or some kind of marketing in general. They don’t go and call references or anything like that. I believe the rumor of it being hard comes from people in countries like China or somewhere else, where a lot of cpa networks don’t operate due to high amounts of fraud.
Lazy Profits verifies you by calling your phone number and giving you a “code” to enter into the site. MaxBounty actually calls you and talks to you about your marketing experience. That’s it. Pretty simple.
Twitter: rick_byrd
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Brandon:
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I just finished applying for an account at MaxBounty. I actually may contact them to speed up the process.
I will also checkout Lazy Profits.
Thanks again!
- Rick
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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No problem Rick. If you don’t contact them, I believe they are fast. I filled out the application at night, and they called me the next day. I don’t know if it is always that fast.
awesome this article s great now i challenge my self to work hard online…
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I know there are some networks who doesn’t accept members out of the USA.
What about Maxbounty?
I try to find some sources, but is not to easy
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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I’m not sure. I haven’t explored who does and who don’t because I have not personally been affected by that problem. A CPA network generally has that information in their FAQ though.
Twitter: polanskimax
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Good luck Brandon! Making $40 a day through internet marketing is not an easy feat. I still have issues making $3/day.
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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Thanks Max. I am actually making much more than that from internet marketing. CPA is just a small piece of money-making though. You can actually make money with any route (cpa, adsense, mlm, etc) with a little time and knowledge.
Twitter: blognames
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I would be interested to find out the progress of this. I see that the site is still up, surprisingly, since its on the the hosted WordPress. Maybe I should try it there as well…. Will check back….
Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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I have posted a couple of updates since then, and I name them with the “CPA UPDATE” title.
I’m still trying to made page for CPA and seems wordpress have good lead. I just hope subdomain made good traffic.
Twitter: BlogStashDotCom
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Great method Brandon. I am always amazed at how truly easy it is to make money with CPA, once you know the basics.
I dont mean to brag or anything, but I started learning about CPA last year. I went from knowing nothing (I didn’t even know what CPA stood for) to making around $2000 a month with MaxBounty. Of course, my blog ranking for a few big keywords helped to get some targeted traffic in front of those campaigns.
But. non the less, I started experimenting with a few blogspot blogs and I immediately stated seeing result, so I thought why not go all the way and thats what I did.
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Twitter: Brandon_Connell
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CPA is just fun. It can also be marketed through blog ads. For example, the banner ad spaces here on my blog. You can also advertise them through buysellads, as it is allowed in their terms of use.
Twitter: earninghours
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Hey Brandon, Nice post I like it. I have been building adsense targeted niche sites. But now I am also thinking to give CPA Advertising a try. Bookmarked your post for future reference..
Thanks & Regards,
Jawed
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