October 31, 2007
What's making me money… right now
I'm often asked what programs I'm promoting that's making me money right now. So this blog post will address that question.
There are dozens of methods for picking the right offer, blah, blah blah. When it comes down to it, you need to test it with your own traffic methods and see for yourself if something will make you money or not.
I'm going out on a limb here and am listing what programs I'm promoting (other than my own) that's making me money. All of these are listed with affiliate links. I figured that if I'm going to reveal these to you, I should at least get a small kick back.
And yes, I will even include some of my traffic sources.
Reverse Funnel System - I posted about this process a while back but didn't join. I'm not a fan of MLM programs, but after a long conversation with a friend 2 weeks ago, I decided to jump on board with this. Frankly, this is the easiest money I've ever made. Kinda weird in my book… but I'm not going to argue. All I'm using is Google Site Targeting.
Hydra Media - $500 Walmart Gift Card Giveaway. People love free things; it's as simple as that. Over time, I've built up a list (by various means) to over 1.1 million people. When I drop this offer to that list, it converts at 8% on the actual clicks (which isn't anywhere near 1.1m).
Modern Click - Banital - This offer dropped to my list (above) does well. Since I started promoting this offer to my list, I see that it now has the highest EPC in the network.
Spoof Card - Can be found in CJ.com - I don't feel like digging out my link for this one. It pay's 20% of purchase and converts pretty well (between 1-6% depending on traffic source). I use Site Targeting, PPC (Google, MSN, Yahoo) and articles. Was hot for Halloween due to unique approach to marketing. Not sure if I will continue to promote it after today.
Hometown Quotes - Auto insurance zip submit - Converts like gangbusters on auto insurance, auto, insurance, and travel content sites (yes, page builders). Here's the form…
Right now, that's it.
I have some small Clickbank promotions that generate $200-$300 per week, but the programs listed above generate 99% of my affiliate income.
You don't need to promote 50 programs to make money. Just find a few that do well and ramp up those promotions for all they are worth.
Enjoy,
Woody
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Comments on What's making me money… right now »
Thanks for sharing, Woody! Great tip on focusing, too.
Very generous of you to share your big moneymakers. I really feel like studying why these make you so much money and apply *those* strategies to my promotions.
Thank you so much Woody.
Good info Woody,
I have $5-10k to "play" with and was wondering, What would Woody do? (you gotta get some WWWD bracelets). Actually put a $10 payment button on this blog call WWWD. You should be raking it in!
Anyway, I've been making good money online with my own product, but I'm ready to diversify and turn it up a notch.
My very short term income goal is a system that does $20k/month. I'm leaning heavily to WarChest mass building BUT… I am pretty experienced with site targeting also considering rolling with the Reverse Funnel System.
Since you own both, any (unbiased) suggestions or insights would be appreciated. For example, you've seen behind the scenes of both, how much would you say it take to really roll out each program with a bang? -Thanks
Thanks for sharing - a post that truly stands out.
Btw, do you have to buy the 3K platinum package in order to be able to promote ReverseFunnel?
Jay and Deep,
At the risk of being a MLM pimp, I would say signup for the Reverse Funnel System. This thing really converts well.
Yes, the 3k platinum package is the one to get.
I'm shooting for 100k in the next 30 days. If I hit it (and I should), I will share with my downline how I did it. If you are a part of the Super Affiliate Training, I will pass that info to those folks as well.
Woody
Excellent Post Woody… will be going to Ty's RFS, although I've had my doubts too about MLM.
Thank you,
Mancho
Hey Woody,
Thanks for sharing that info.
Could you say a few words about what Google Site Targeting is and can I get in on it?
Thanks Woody. The Hydra link did not work on my computer. The page did not load completely. I'm new to setting up CPA campaigns and will be putting up my first blog soon but would like to sign up under you in that network so you would get credit for that.
It is my understanding that many of these CPA networks are tough to receive approval from and often require new sites to have high traffic numbers. With my blog being new, is there a link you could put up for your blog subscribers to perhaps receive special consideration of some kind?
Hi Woody - when emailing that large list what tips do you have re keeping them "warm"? e.g. Alternate with content and promos?
Also what works for you with those giveaways re creative - text .vs. html and provided createive .vs. your own?
Usually the html they provide is one big graphic in slices, which is repeated on the landing page when you click it from the email - I was thinking it's better to presell them and send them to the LP with a link. Comments?
I only send promos to that list.
I only use text, no html. I create my own.
Woody
Hey Woody,
Great post! I just joined you at GRN. Looking forward to making us both a ton of cash!
Kels
Woody,
I paid $50 to know more about RFS. Still not decided to join yet.
I believe you can shoot $100k in 30 days since you have lot of readers for your blog and email list for your membership.
How some guys who don't have readers, don't have lot of money for PPC, can make money off the RFS?
One more question:
Do you use your own ads or you use RFS ads?
Ahhh, what about PAD sites? Sorry, This is slightly OT (off topic) but within the realm of IM.
Any thoughts on this Woody?
Mancho
Thanks Woody. The Hydra link did not work on my computer. The page did not load completely. I'm new to setting up CPA campaigns and will be putting up my first blog soon but would like to sign up under you in that network so you would get credit for that.
It is my understanding that many of these CPA networks are tough to receive approval from and often require new sites to have high traffic numbers. With my blog being new, is there a link you could put up for your blog subscribers to perhaps receive special consideration of some kind?
I'm worried the long links will get broken in text emails.
Can you recommend a way to shorten those long frickin' Hydra links, but still be able to use email pre-population?
I have GoTryThis but they don't pass variables along.
Any recommendations? I'll buy via your aff link
Can you elaborate more on the WARCHEST BUILDER. You mentioned you are using it and several of us have asked and would like to know about it and the "behind the scenes" details.
Can you give us some details that we can use to consider the WARCHEST BUILDER?
Hey Woody,
I love your blog. I always leave feeling like I've learned something. I joined HomeTownQuotes a couple of weeks ago and was wondering if you can give me some tips on promoting the offers….(that won't cost an arm and a leg)
Thanks!
Ruth
I just went from promoting anything I could get my hands on to just a few things. The results: about 300% increase in profits. It's amazing how many people will buy one product. Find those people and you will make a fortune.
Question any one making money on these programs ???
Sorry 2nd Question which one is the best to get into for someone with only 2k to spend ?
War chest builder I have heard from many people who got into it but never got anything after waiting and waiting ..
The did get refund like my experience with adsense wealth builder but they had some crappy site builder …
I would like some more info on warchest also, $5000 is a steep price for anything. I think RFS is good because it is a funded proposal and follows many keys to success, but I just dont like big ticket programs, maybe one day when I am making more.
I was one of those WCB guys. The good news is that the owner refunded my money within 1 week of me asking for it.
Here is the deal. WCB builds really big sites and really fast. If you had the money it could biuld 1000 sites a day after just entering in some basic info. Sounds cool eh? Here is the problem. It was a technical nightmare. 1st the owner claimed this was $300k in development and was how he made $1000s per day on adsense. But the problem was this -in 2 months it did not work. Errors after errors etc. Most people walked away with no sites being built. So I asked if you really used this software to become rich, how come it never works? Never got an answer to that one.
Problem #2. This was not for your average internet guy. You had better be darn good at editing / creating php files, scripts, etc. There is no out of the box.
Problem #3. Before I dropped my 5 large I asked the owner how much in ongoing cost. His answer was on average 20 cents per site per month.. WRONG.. That answer is based on you having 1000s of sites running and dividing the total sites by total cost - not including the 5 large!
So - what are the real cost:
$5k to get in
$199 per month ongoing support cost (non-refundable)
$25 per month wordze account
$200 per server to run your sites on. BTW you need TWO of these and after you scale so high - you need to add more..
Plus - lets say you have all of this and are ready to go. Well you will need domain names for those 1000 sites. If you go with a .info you can get those for .99 to $1.99 each. If you want to go .com for your sites that will cost you between $5000 and $9000 PER YEAR..
Have there people who have made money with this - I am sure there is. But they are the exception. Also the WCB site is still accepting applications after almost a year so I think they will sell to anyone.
Bottom line is this. I know a good, solid business requires you to invest and I am well funded enough to have put in my ante as needed to build to large levels. But it simply did not work.
Thanks for the detailed reply above. I am curious why Michael from WCB never mention you needed to know how do create php files, scripts, ect.
1.
What do you mean there is "no out of the box?"
I would think that if the software cost $300,000 to develope that it would be rather simple to use.
2.
$200 per month for servers seems a bit steep.
You can go to http://calpop.com/ and get a dedicated server for $135/month. What kind did you have?
I am thinking about joined WarChest Builder but after
reading this last post… will have to contact more people about it. Maybe it was just him??