Fearless Newbie’s First $363 Revenue Day in 18 Days
January 15, 2020
Fearless Newbie’s First $363 Revenue Day in 18 Days
You know, fellas, finding success in affiliate marketing is not about having stellar guides so meticulously laid out that even a trained monkey can follow.
It’s not about having caring & loving mods holding you by the hand, guiding you along the way and telling you you’re good boy/girl.
It’s not about having supportive family members (i.e. other STMers).
Nay!
What’s it about then?
It’s about you.
You decide to join STM.
You decide to start a follow-along.
To keep launching campaigns & to keep failing.
And to persist.
To have the discipline to post regular updates and to hold yourself accountable.
This is precisely what @offshore did as a newbie.
In 18 short days he reached $363.00 in revenue @ -21.41% ROI with push traffic.
Mind you he got his feet dipped in affiliate marketing just 30 days ago:
@offshore - “I am still learning and have in total like 30 days of affiliate marketing experience, 2 weeks pops 2 weeks push.“
Other responses?
“Holy #$%^! You're ramping up fast!” - @jaybot
“You've picked quickly and scaled up…” - @omarjr
“Speed of your progress is impressive
congrats!” - @carvaggio
Key takeaway?
Look at what our newbie said:
“I'm slowly but surely conquering my fear of spending more and more each day.“
Fear of spending green ones on traffic is one of the greatest newbie killers.
STM and your own grit is how you conquer that fear.
I’d subscribe to @offshore’s follow-along, it’s about to hit profits, go ye here
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‘Bontest’ Ends on 01/02/2020 - 16 Days to Put $1000 in Yer Pockets
It seems like not many people want:
A) Free money
And
B) A full year’s subscription to Binom
We talked about this in previous issues.
Binom’s piece of cake contest is still open.
Conditions?
Basically write anything related to affiliate marketing or tracking.
Working methods
Life hacks
Anything that proves useful to an affiliate marketer
This is literally free money if you’ve ever so far as touched affiliate marketing with your pinky.
Ideas from yours truly:
Ever launched a push campaign? Write a detailed, step by step guide.
Tracking basics? Explain and maybe even illustrate (even a goofy drawing in paint) how tracking tokens work.
Click loss? Why does it happen?
How to fix up ripped landers?
Basic AM concepts?
If your mind is blank, just open up STM forum and...borrow ideas.
It’s that simple.
Prizes:
“A guaranteed prize will be given for each article that respond to the requirements - 2 months of using the tracker (as for current clients, as for new ones).
1 place: Annual license for the tracker + 1000$
2 place: A six-month license for the tracker + 500$
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You’ve got until February 1st to jump in.
Contest ends in 16 days go ye here for free money & a free tracker
How to (almost) NEVER Get Your Ad Account Shut Down
We recently got a nice little 30 minute tutorial posted on how to keep yer accounts safe from Zucc’s prying eyes.
Key takeaways from the video:
Positive UX
No discrimination
No flashy, weird or sensational content (also should avoid certain words at all costs)
Promote happiness/positivity (more on that in the video)
One golden rule to follow
One question you can still use that’s acceptable and dodges the banhammer
Plus 4 ways The Zucc enforces his rules & regulations
Plus a lot more do’s and don’ts
Stay under Zucc’s radar with these juicy tips...go here
Read full blog
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🦡 FB in 2020 Has Affiliate Savages Scratching Their Heads
January 09, 2020
🦡 FB in 2020 Has Affiliate Savages Scratching Their Heads
How’s your average affiliate savage supposed to survive 2020’s Facebook ad policies?
How do ye survive account bans?
Most importantly, how do you survive an angry reptilian (The Zucc), ever-present, lurking behind your chair, gently rubbing your shoulders and gazing at your FB account at night?
It has been said by the great Friedrich Nietzsche that in order to adapt to change you have to change your mindset:
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
Or in more STMian terms:
To cloaketh or not to cloaketh?
That is the question.
The bulk of affiliate savages in this thread say you shouldn’t even bother cloaking in 2020.
“Cloaking bh on fb is definitely a dying art and has been on the decline for a while now. That said there are always going to be some diehard savages out there that make it work but the barrier to entry for a beginner starting from scratch is extremely high."
One guy (@jaybot) says we shouldn’t listen to him:
“My opinion sucks, don't listen to me.
But.
_I wouldn't bother cloaking_. Even the biggest BH players on FB are going WH now.”
Are the affiliate sands _shifting_?
Even the mods jumped in and said you should focus on any of the following instead of trying to wrestle The Zucc:
WH offers - accounts last, waaay, way longer, you can even appeal flagged ones and often get them back)
Your own offer/product - have you been keeping track of ‘The Funnel King’? Open stmforum.com in a tab, go to the search field and type in ‘funnel king’ or ‘@taormina’. You’re welcome.
Leadgen - ...you know the drill here.
Anywhomz_, all of the above seems to be a unanimous STM opinion (minus your diehard affiliate savage still running the blackest of blackhat campaigns, refusing to surrender_)
The key (and juicy) details on how to do WH are all in the thread.
Time to shed yer skinz?
>> Whitehat. This is the way...clickie here <<
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Innocent High-Risk Ecom Merchant Processors Thread Turns Wild
This is one of those threads.
Feels like the “butterfly effect” mention is in order.
One innocent question asking for recommendations on high-risk ecom merchant processors sparks a _wild, priceless discussion_.
Another golden thread for STM’s archives.
This very thread has been mentioned in a previous newsletter, ‘member?
It just got even bigger and even better.
To sum up so far:
1) Stripe sucks
2) Stripe sucks badly
3) 2% chargeback rate fuels controversial thread replies
4) Chargeback monitoring services (good and bad ones mentioned in the thread)
5) In-depth, hush-hush understanding of chargeback services you won’t see anywhere else, explained by people who have made and are making millions
...And this is where it gets interesting.
But also, I can’t reveal anything.
Why?
Because people pay for this info to remain private, hidden and exclusive only to STM eyeballs.
Lemme give you a quick hint:
One specifically epic reply (among many others) by @mindfume contains 8,746 characters of e_ye-opening, mouth-watering, gold_en wisdom, lessons and insider insights on what’s actually happening behind the scenes when it comes to chargebacks and how to actually deal with them.
So much so that the Funnel King himself has this to say in a quoted reply just below:
“Finally, someone that knows what the $%^& they are talking about_. You all need to read and reread this_.” @taormina a.k.a. The Funnel King (has processed over $17M with just Stripe and also explains why Stripe sucks, badly)
This is one thread where you wanna hit ‘Subscribe’ and keep it in yer profile forever.
>> Chargeback mysteries deconstructed, go ye here for gold <<
Goodbye Push? Google Rolling Out Update in February 2020
Fellas, perhaps the time has come for push traffic. (...Or has it, really?)
Milk those sub lists while you still can.
It was all expected and a matter of time before this happened.
We warned you.
@erikgyepes just dropped this piece of unfortunate news:
“Looks like they have finally come up with a way to eliminate push notification prompts (spam) and the update is coming next month in February 2020.”
From Uncle Google:
“To protect notifications as a useful service for users, Chrome 80 will show, under certain conditions, a new, quieter notification permission UI that reduces the interruptiveness of notification permission requests.”
“Immediately after the Chrome 80 release, users will be able to opt-in to the new UI manually in Settings. “
What exactly is the “Quiet UI” update and how is it going to affect us, affiliates?
You’d think it’s all* doom and gloom,* as expected, but..._is it really_?
Some posts state otherwise.
In fact, one member says he’s gonna be having a field day after this update.
Huh?
>> You might wanna check here before panicking, see what the “Quiet UI” is all about...and whether it’s really all about to go belly up, clickie here <<
Read full blog
go to stm.blog
The Push Traffic Money Printing Machine Delivers...Again - $1k/month Newbie
December 18, 2019
The Push Traffic Money Printing Machine Delivers - $1k/month Newbie
> Go ye here and get yerself one of them push machines <<
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Should a Newbie Pop or Should a Newbie Push? That is Ze Question
Do ye start with pop or do ye start with push?
This thread shall be sorted by “controversial” at best.
Take a lookie at the first reply:
“Obviously push traffic. pop traffic has a lot of bot traffic”
Nice, interesting.
But then look at this:
“Both are fine.
But.
I say Pops to learn the basics. Push has too many moving parts for a beginner. I say graduate to push after you get a good handle on pops.”
Shortly after, the plot thickens further:
“Yes, I know this is the pop/push forum, but a newbie should start with ECOM. “
It then spirals into what you’d least expect.
@vortex, @erik (obviously biased with push) & @matuloo jump in to try and clear these murky waters.
Conclusion? See with yer own affiliate eyes.
>> Shakespearian dramas are nothing compared to this STM thread, clickie here <<
STM’s Ecom Mystery Man (@pekadis) Drops More Gold
This one man shrouded in mystery keeps delivering gold bars to STMers.
He didn’t become a mod by pure chance - this guy knows what he’s doing.
He’s running a successful ecommerce business with an actual team, warehouses, logistics and everything in between.
This is his “big update and what’s next” thread.
Intro:
“In 2019, we almost doubled our turnover, with the same amount of staff and made big improvements on our bookkeeping system.”
Plus:
“Oh, and we bought a competitor (small one)”
Listen, the way to spot a good CEO is that they never stop learning.
@pekadis says he reads 20 books a year.
(There are some lovely book recommendation in the thread, your newsletter writer confirms they’re legit picks)
He’s signed up for an online program from the Growth Institute.
There’s his unmissable wisdom on scaling a business, being careful, networking and so on.
The best part? He might just show up to the next AW conference.
The bestest part? Juiciest bits are in the thread.
>> Chests of gold by STM’s mystery ecom man - go here <<
STMers Get Cash & Eternal Glory from Legendary Copywriter
John Alanis’ contest is over and 3 winners have been announced:
(+ bonus)
“First Prize- $500 and eternal glory: jack01
Second Prize $300 and eternal glory: sushiparlour
Third Prize- $200 and eternal glory: hawaiimon
BONUS Prize- $100 Ksenia from Vortex Ads. I am awarding this to her not just for contributing to the ideas, but for being a good affiliate manager, very patient while I get my complex money-making system set up. And also for having excellent taste in music.”
Not only did John drop incredible knowledge bombs but you got to look inside his entire funnels.
The inner workings of his bread and butter.
How he makes it rain.
He asked STMers for help.
To improve page RPMs, page designs, plus any weird and quirky monetization ideas an STMer’s mind can muster up.
In yours truly’s humblest opinion, the biggest winners are us - the lazy lurkers.
Because:
A: We get ideas, insights and gold from John
B: We get ideas, insights and gold from all the contest entires.
And C: We get one of the main takeaways of this entire contest, which John reveals in the thread.
It’s perhaps even more valuable than seeing how an expert copywriter shapes his entire funnels, how he monetizes them and how he’s about to improve them thanks to STMers.
This marketing lesson you should see for yerself, ASAP.
>> Do yourself a favour and read every single reply in this thread, go here <<
Speaking of Cash & Contests - Grab $1800 from Binom
One contest ends, another one begins.
Binom’s contest should be ez money if ye have the slightest bit of experience:
“We value knowledge and we are ready to pay for it.
The conditions of the contest
The content must be about affiliate marketing or tracking. We accept cases, guides, analytical material, description of working methods, life hacks, tutorials and everything that you might consider useful for the audience.
The content must be absolutely unique, original and must not be published anywhere else earlier.
The text size has to be no less than 5000 symbols that’s about two pages of printed text. Explain an idea, do not be shy.
The article will be published on the official channels and Binom’s blog.
The dates of the contest is two months: 01/12/2019 - 01/02/2020
The winner will be announced at 10/02/2020
Binom’s team decides on the winners. We consider voting is not a good idea because of cheating attempts.
Prizes
A guaranteed prize will be given for each article that respond to the requirements - 2 months of using the tracker (as for current clients, as for new ones).
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Read full blog
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Case Study: Lazy STM Neo Gets Triggered – Makes $4.5k Profit in 3 Days
December 13, 2019
Lazy STM Neo Gets Triggered – Makes $4.5k Profit in 3 Days
You should know who lazy STM Neo is by now, no?
A.k.a. @twinaxe
A.k.a. Joined the STM mod crew (yes you read right, also he’s killing it)
How much do ye think it takes to trigger a lazy Neo?
Very little, lemme tell you.
So little all it takes is 2 words, literally - “$50 EPC”.
Picture this: A gorgeous Thai girl gently feeding our very own lazy Neo the finest selection of grapes when a seemingly innocent notification pops up on his phone.
Somewhere between the lines he locks onto the following:
“$50 EPC”
“Too good to be true?” - He thinks.
He feels an irresistible urge burning inside.
He’s triggered beyond all reason.
Neo swiftly hops out of his hammock leaving the gorgeous Thai girl bewildered and in shock - she has never seen him make such sudden movements beforehand.
Conclusion?
Quick push crypto campaign that netted $4.5k in 3 short days.
Turns out it’s not too good to be true.
And the rest is history.
Or as they say, an STM case study.
Juicy screenshot-ridden details inside as is customary. (ad copy, banners, landers etc. the full shebang)
>> Go ye here for the full case study <<
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The Return of the Don - $4000+ Days & Scaling Hard
This guy just came back after several years all of a sudden.
New shiny nickname and all.
“Hey guys, I am the OP and I am back. After several f#$%*g years lol.
I had to leave STM because of several reasons, not sure if i should write them all here.
Thanks for the help Matuloo, it really helped back in the days.
I did not give up Adult and I am now doing constant $4000+ days and $500+ average daily profits. My max profit per day is $3000 and revenue was $6000+. It was a rough ride, but worth it. I also do BH, SaaS and a bunch of other things
Maybe I will do a follow along in the future on my road to $10,000 daily revenue. Perhaps starting of next year or after I am back from AWA. Peace!”
Main takeaway?
He did not give up.
Persisted.
Took the plunge.
Launched dem camps, saw dem stats, optimized, and did it all over again, and again, and again.
I’m feeling generous today so here’s another snippet:
“Making so much profit is all about learning how to scale quickly I think once you have something working. Of course banner blindness kicked in pretty quickly and competitors started bidding higher as I took so much of their impressions, and the performance dropped day by day. Since I scaled so aggressively two of my biggest geos had to be paused shortly by Aff network (Italy, Spain I think). So I saw profit dropping down from $3000 -> $2500 -> $2000 -> .... $1000 or so which lasted for one more week.“
This thread is dripping in gold.
P.S.: You’ll also see how many campaigns our lazy Neo has in his tracker; it’s way more than you think. No, it’s not hundreds.
>> Post-AWA success stories are the best - grab em here <<
STMers Brutally Slap Crying Newbie
This one newbie’s stuck in neck-deep mud right now.
Campaigns are failing.
Money’s being lost.
No job, no extra income, nothing else to do.
Wrong decisions being made.
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt start to set in.
It seems there’s no way out.
“Quick what do I do?”
Then out of the blue you hear this:
SLAP
And then another one.
And another one.
STMers jumping in and slapping the living hell out of a crying, frustrated and confused newbie.
Lemme just paste this in so you can get a feel for this thread:
“Now quit your bitching, and get the f#$% back to work, and report back when you have every click accounted for and you have discerned a pattern in the data.”
>> Treat yourself to some newbie tears & fine STM wisdom here <<
Read full blog
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[CASE STUDY] How to Cash In $XXX/day From Push List Bounties – Mandalorian Style
November 20, 2019
[CASE STUDY] How to Cash In $XXX/day From Push List Bounties – Mandalorian Style
What’s the one common denominator for The Mandalorian and typical greedy affiliates like us?
We collect all the bounties.
Big or small, it doesn’t matter.
Forget the 80/20 rule – that doesn’t apply to passive stuff.
If it’s ROI-positive it goes into our bank accounts.
We add anything we can to our bottom line.
On that note:
@sushiparlor slammed open the doors to a monstrous (and lucrative) case study encompassing a story, screenshots, numbers and $XXX/day (passive) bounties.
Having push campaigns is only part of the equation.
But how else can you tightly squeeze out precious profits out of your already slightly profitable or breakeven campaigns?
The answer’s super simple - you build a push list, passively.
How do you build a push list passively?
That one’s simple too and we’ve mentioned it not-so-long-ago – Monetizer. More specifically, Monetizer lets you collect AND monetize push subs automatically.
Want proof? @sushiparlor had this to say:
“...What it offers is the ability to make money off of owning a push list without managing it. They provide 80% revshare for any money they make on your push subscribers which, at the time of writing, is the best public deal I’m aware of.”
...
Set up a new monetizer account to keep my stats separate and clean.
Pay and run traffic through it over the course of 2 weeks and afterwards let it sit for a further 2 weeks to see how much passive income it generated.
Share all my results (and hope it is good results).
This I thought would prove that this method works even if I started from scratch. ”_
_
Sushiparlor started from scratch just to prove his point.
This stuff works and it’s working right now as you’re reading this.
Anywhom, I’ll let the numbers speak:
“31.9% ROI over 28 days probably isn’t an amazing results in the affiliate space but personally as an ex-finance guy I am happy with it especially when we keep in mind that this method was:”
But given this is:
A) Extremely low maintenance (he says he spent a lot more time writing out the case than he did working on the campaigns).
B) Consistent returns (this is a passive-level style income, you build the list -> Monetizer monetizes is and that’s it).
“And if you keep at it you can definitely reach $xxx per day and reach the top of Monetizer's push revenue leaderboard (I'm currently within top 5, sorry humble brag
P.S.: The nitty gritty details, as usual, are all laid out bare naked in the thread:
Opening a Monetizer account (plus one tip to speed things up if you’re tech-disabled)
Finding or having an existing affiliate campaign (you’d be surprised at what you need, and no, you don’t need a profitable one)
Settings up the push collection funnel (there are 2 ways and the best part is @sushiparlour uses them at once)
>>Go ye here before everybody else jumps in on this...people are already angry it’s out<
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How Lazy STM Neo Got his Push Beginnings Underway
Guess what?
Lazy STM Neo is now an STM mod.
Halley-looyah!
He can now infect us all with his laziness day in and day out.
You think laziness is your ally?
You merely adopted the laziness. STM Neo was born in it, molded by it.
Now, he teaches us his ways.
Are we glad he’s aboard the STM ship.
Let’s call his first thread as a mod... the beginning of a lazy new era.
“In some areas we all are beginners and this is why I thought that I just tell about my Push story and how I started as Push newbie
...
“I spent maybe $8k on Push for about $6k revenue and with the knowledge I have now I could easily have saved a good part of the money.”
“Then I wanted to scale some offers that I ran on Pops and because I had so many Pop campaigns running for it already I wanted to see if I can scale a bit with Push.
And boy was I surprised, yes I could scale it pretty good on Push.
I decided to test more on Push and it didn't take long to have the first $XXX day and not much later I had the first $1k+ revenue day and my best revenue day was about $2k and best profit day was about $900.”
I suggest you keep your eyes glued and that “Subscribe” button pressed down hard.
For what’s to come is about to surprise you.
“Right now I write a Push Traffic 101 about these things, a small guide with some tips and tricks about how to start with Push Traffic without losing too much money aka without making some of the stupid mistakes I did
Upcoming key takeaways?
“- What trafficsource to use and when to use it (some are better for testing, others are better for scaling)
How to work with creatives (I like it simple and effective)
How to target and to bid
What to run and how to run it
How to scale”
The juicy stuff’s inside, as per usual.
>> Valuable lazy lessons in here <<
The Scaleship Arrives to Day 100 of 100 - One of STM’s Best Follow Alongs...Ever
You know Tim (@wakeboarder) by now, if you don’t then shame on you, sir.
Unfortunately I bear both good and bad news.
Bad news first:
One of STM’s best follow alongs ever has just reached its promised end.
What an incredible journey this was.
Tim has kept a neatly packed, extremely organized journal of his and his team’s professional and personal journeys @ The Scaleship - a top secret location somewhere in Slovenia that they rented for 100 days in order to scale their business all over Europe.
And learn.
And grow.
And hire male erotic dancers for photoshoots.
And test 11 checkout versions.
And read 22 books in 100 days.
And, the best news:
Revenue: 142,730.96€
Orders: 3747
Spend: 34,390.33€
Profit: 41,732.56€
Oh yes.
Next goals? Hitting 5000 orders per day.
There’s no doubt they’ll do that.
The question is, WHEN is the new follow along being posted?
Just do yourself a favour and go in and read Tim’s ENTIRE follow along, like, right now.
Some of the seemingly quick tips are literally game changing.
>> Follow The Scaleship’s Full Journey Right Here <<
Newbie Digs “to Infinity & Beyond”...Only to Find Profits
Another day another profitable newbie follow along.
Nothing beats the feeling of hard work paying off after putting in everything you’ve got and seeing the fruits of your labour.
This guy persisted big time.
We’re talking detailed, painstaking updates.
Being able to keep your nerves in check when all you have in front of you are red, negative ROI rows.
Persistence pays off and it’s gonna keep paying off.
You only need one more key element before you reach success:
@vortex
Amy guiding you along the way with invaluable advice.
Following Amy’s advice closely is your shortcut to a profitable follow-along.
But the thing is, it’s not just Amy on the forums – we’ve an entire army of expert moderators teaching you their mysterious ways.
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How to Buy a Click Once and Resell It 1000 Times (and win $1k)
November 18, 2019
How to Buy a Click Once and Resell It 1000 Times (and win $1k)
“Q: How many copywriters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: I’m not changing a f!@#$(ng thing!”
I’m not even touching that subject line because it’s written by someone with a LOT more experience than me.
Master copywriter and old-school (since 1996, btw) direct response master, John Alanis, started spilling gold on STM recently.
His knowledge-bomb threads drip with copy gold.
Just the way they’re written is fascinating, not to mention the meaty and useful bits.
This guy’s the real deal – inside this thread yer gonna learn how he got to join STM in 2014 and how he got to speak at STM London 2015 shortly after.
An email master and legend is about to teach you his sacred ways and I suggest you listen.
Closely.
“I joined up, started reading the posts, and began contributing on the topic I know most about- opt in email marketing. There are many ways to make money in affiliate marketing, but I always loved list building and opt in email marketing because it’s one of the best ways to buy a click once, and resell it over and over, even thousands of times over days, weeks, months, even years.”
The funny part is this is going to be just a tiny part of a series leading up to a contest.
“...I’m going to share with everyone what is working for me now and how you too can buy a click once and resell it thousands and thousands of times. They say the more you give, the more you get, and since I want to get a lot, I’m going to give a lot over the next few days.”
Spilling the beans on what’s working for him in 2019 is putting it mildly.
Finally, in return John would want you to join a contest where he (yes!) needs help & advice fixing his internal pages (“on-page design, finding more offers to promote, people to buy traffic from me on a wholesale basis”).
So you get to not only learn but make cash doing so at the same time.
But let’s not skimp on the most important part – our beloved Hugh Hancock (caurmen), the legacy he left behind and the lives he touched and changed.
Even after his passing he is still our (by far) most thanked STM member and for good reason. 15,770 thanks, unsurpassed by anyone.
John tells his story of how he met Hugh in his next series, which you must read ASAP.
(more on that in the following piece)
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Remembering Caurmen (Hugh Hancock)
(That above is Hugh at an AW conference)
In Hugh’s memory this won’t have any of my cheesy writing in it because even this short line itself is painful enough to wrap up.
(Although, I’m pretty sure he would 100% appreciate and laugh off a crazy email if he’s still out there somewhere.)
Hugh has touched and changed so many people’s lives that you owe it to yourself to go and read this.
As promised above, please jump in and see John’s touching story of how he met Hugh.
I’ll leave you with the story’s end so you can start from the beginning:
“When I heard Hugh passed away last year I took it hard. Really hard. It felt like an old, long time friend had died, and he had. Hugh and I only met once, only drank whisky together once, only told stories in person once. But it felt like I’d known him a lifetime, and perhaps St. Paul’s Cathedral looming over us in the dark that night was an omen. Not a bad one, but an omen that Hugh would always be with us, looming over us, sure and steady, a good, evil peated Scotch in hand.”
>> We miss you, Hugh, rest in peace <<
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[$200k Profitable Native F-Along] $50k This Month - The Flying STM Dutchman
November 07, 2019
[$200k Profitable Native F-Along] $50k This Month - The Flying STM Dutchman
Hear ye, hear ye!
STM newbie blooms & turns STM pro.
$200k total this year and $50k just last month.
The Dutch sure know their native traffic, man.
You can see it in his eyez, and you can sense it in the airz and in between countless greedy affiliate rows of content on STM – success.
Mr @tey165, a.k.a. TeyTey a.k.a. The Flying Dutchman’s quick rundown is over ‘ere:
“I started out on pop around november 2018, then did some push and since February 2019 almost exclusively native.
Done around $200k revenue total so far. My biggest campaign is slowing down but I've done $50k this month.
Only running white hat ecom offers at the moment.
Average roi is between 10% - 20%. Low but steady.
$xxxx/day profit has been hit a few times. Trying to get there consistently.“
His weapons of choice? Taboola & Outbrain.
Also, 4 key learnings you want your eyes glued to, ASAP.
In particular, there this one game-changer of a gold-dripping tip in point 2.
P.S.: Actually, forget all that, let me take you on a quick trip down memory lane, this is what I wrote in an email this March.
Quotes:
“ “Quote: “I'll keep on grinding, hopefully I'll look back to this thread in a year from now and laugh at my current numbers
(Your truly): “We all know what’s going to happen in a year from now…”
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How to Throw $5k in the Wind (or Taboola, in This Case)
This guy’s offer converted at 1 in 30 everywhere else but native.
“Few things to keep in mind:
Offer works very well (on FB, IG, Liveintent, Google, Linkedin, and even managed to break even on Quora with small $450/day budget).
It's an Ecom offer
Here's the funnel:
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Did he figure it all out?
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From Untangling a Small Push Scaling Problem to Epic Wisdom From ‘96
This thread took a sudden turn.
Basically “I’m running a profitable campaign, HALP how do I scale?!!?”
In turn, the guy got super-sharp recommendations.
But that’s when this thread got really juicy.
@jaybot jumped in and basically laid the chips on the table with which push networks have “good quality” to “pretty close to gambling”.
But then it got steak-dripping-in-juice-level, juicy.
An old-school direct response guy called John Alanis, who goes by the nickname of @johna5150 dropped his 25+ years of knowledge on how to scale carefully.
Just look at this and tell me if it doesn’t make you want to hug his entire 8134 character post:
“Processes lead to riches, excitement leads to bankruptcy. Or even worse, having to go get a job.”
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AWAsia 2019 in a Nutshell: You're in for a treat
Lemme quote Chaz ‘cuz his stuff is always spot-on:
“It’s been 4 years now since Affiliate World Asia's 2015 consummation.
SNAPSHOT:
-It’s grown from 1300 to 3300 attendees.
-Booths more than tripling from 57 to 190.
-We trailblazed Tactical Flashlights, Dropshipping, Cash on Delivery and Push Ads.
-There's been speakers from Facebook, Google and Snapchat, and almost every Moderator from STM grace the stage.
-We’ve hosted some of the biggest parties in Affiliate Marketing history - Roboteka, STM Island, Affiliate After Hours and let’s not forget about when we rented a private jet to Ibiza.
Remember this, with Affiliate World, things only get better.”
-- Insert run down of what your days at AWA 2019 are going to look like --
Also: “That’s what’s about to go down! STM has been a crucial part of Affiliate World over the years, and we plan to keep growing in directions that interest you. As always, let us know if you have suggestions, or feedback, we’re all ears to the STM fam.”
Damn straight!
Also: There’s Sellers World Conference if you like to gently hug Bezos (or Bezos to hug you...and rub your shoulders).
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$303,000/mo Rev on FB - BH Vader turns to WH light side
November 01, 2019
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Type: Diet drink
Where to Run: FB, Native (MGID, AdNow, Outbrain), Push (DaoPush, PropellerAds, RichPush, AdsTerra, MegaPush)
Best Prelander -> Lander Combo: [42036] -> [41753]
Why It's Great: Thai food is tasty and beach season there lasts forever!
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Category: Diet drink
Where to Run: FB, Native (MGID, AdNow, Outbrain), Push (DaoPush, PropellerAds, RichPush, AdsTerra, MegaPush)
Best Prelander -> Lander Combo: [61436] -> [61438]
Why It's Great: [same as above]
#3 - [6466] Intoxic
Type: Bad breath treatment
Where to Run: FB, Native (MGID, AdNow, Adskeeper), Push (MGID, PropellerAds, DatsPush, DaoPush)
Best Prelander -> Lander Combo: [22477] -> [11607]
Why It's Great: As high as 65% of Thai people may have bad breath (according to NIH.gov)! Help them get rid of it!
#4 - [17783] Detoyic
Type: Parasite-removal
Where to Run: FB, Native, Push
Best Prelander -> Lander Combo: [49078] -> [49077]
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Best Prelander -> Lander Combo: [26056 -> 25496]
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Type: Stop snoring spray
Where to Run: FB, Native (Outbrain, Taboola, MGID, AdNow, Content.ad)
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Why It's Great: More than 1/4 of the Thai population are habitual snorers (according to NIH.gov)! (Tip: Overweight and smoking can both contribute to snoring, so retarget those custom audiences from your weight loss and smoke-cessation campaigns!)
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Best Prelander -> Lander Combo: [49496 -> 51013]
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Best Prelander -> Lander Combo: [47593 -> 42643]
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$303,000/mo Rev on FB - BH Vader turns to WH light side
What’s the sound Darth Vader makes when he’s breathing?
KHOOOOH PUUUHRR
(Unironically, @casshy’s avatar on STM is Yoda. @casshy = OP in question going to the light side of the force)
But anywhomz, @cassshy’s making $303,000/mo revenue on Facebook running whitehat, clean Jedi-level lead-gen stuff after being all nice and affectionate towards BH stuff.
How about dem apples?
“I would like to tell you about my journey and how I managed to jump from BH Facebook traffic to WH leadgen. I used to run BH traffic a lot since the beginning of 2017 and run it on pretty big volumes.”
You know the game, it’s rough but ROIs are high - 200-600%.
You run stuff, the Zucc slaps you across the face.
You step to the side...and so on.
…
“Then Facebook started to sweep all the farmed accounts, I know this for sure cause I used to lost hundreds of them on a weekly basis.”
“So I decided to try WH.”
“... leadgen offers for EN speaking GEOs. I am working exclusively and only with direct advertisers. So, networks, do not even try to beat my current payouts.“
Here are a few glorious Vader screenshots:
August (meh)
September (oh yeah, now we’re talkin’. $140k rev)
October (the good stuff)
Oh btw, @cassshy said he’s getting a “Poor Ad Experience” - issue promptly solved by a quick link out from our very own @stickupkid explaining how to fix these.
If anything you might wanna jump in there just for that one tip.
Also this thread’s turning into a morphling - OP decided to post regular updates...in his success story.
Talk about gold.
Darth Vader’s whitehat journey’s over ‘ere - Subscribe
[Continued] @sushiparlor’s unicorn riding skills net $XXX/day
Deep breath.
If you remember Mr. @sushiparlor’s struggles (e.g. $30,000 revenue and $0 profit/breakeven), frustration with trackers, white hairs, et cetera.
Hold your chair’s handles tightly with your greedy affiliate hands for this is the shortest STM news piece ever:
“Have managed to "push my way out of breakeven" and making low $xxx/day at this point (have done it for most of this month now so doesn't seem like a fluke).”
Slow.
Clap.
Well done mate.
What led to this? Primarily having a teammate, but not only.
For one, he didn’t give up.
For two, ye’ll have to see for yerself inside the thread.
He even crafted the read more link, what a top guy this lad:
>>“PS. I'll probably share tips/case study at a later date of how I managed to be profitable, am just waiting for stats to come in.”<<
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