Everything you think you know about building an affiliate business is wrong. Everything you’ve been taught is simply out of date. If you play by the old rules, you will lose this game.

The big lie

You’ve been told it’s easy to get started as an affiliate. Well, that’s true . . . to a point There’s no doubt it’s easier than starting your own business. But starting your own business is really hard, so it’s all relative.

The bad news…

The worst part is that the information you’ve received is all wrong. The first thing you’re taught is to pick some great products. Next to pick your keywords carefully. Then to use keyword-based advertising to send visitors to the product. And sit back and collect the profits. But it doesn’t work.

Forget keywords

There was a time when this worked. But it’s just too competitive to use keywords now. So, throw it all away.

A brand new formula

All is not lost. Follow this method and win again…

• Start using CPA marketing
• Do demographics research
• Do image ad marketing

Get into CPA marketing

CPA stands for Cost Per Action. It’s much better than promoting a product. Because you don’t have to get people to spend money. Your commission is generated when they complete an “action”. Such as filling in a form. And it’s much easier to get them to do that.

Instead of researching keywords, research demographics

Don’t waste time researching keywords (see below). So spend your time doing demographics research. Once you’ve picked the CPA offer to promote. Then go to a site like Quantcast.com. And discover the exact demographics of your ideal prospect.

Use image ads

So far, you’ve got your CPA offer and your target demographics. You can advertise directly to them on display networks. And use images as your ads. And you don’t need to know or buy a single keyword. The biggest advantage is price. Keyword ads are expensive, but image ads are still cheap.

Summing it up

This is a great way to make money fast. Because you can start CPA marketing for free. It’s much cheaper to do image ads than keyword ads. You can laser target with demographics. And getting them to take an action is much easier than making a sale.

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