This guide is meant to help newbies to get to profits faster, with less capital and time. Most of it's basic common sense, but I still get these questions all the time from new affiliates.
What offers are working on MySpace?
Well, I could tell you what's working right now at 9:10am PST on 12/13, but that could change a couple weeks from now, or even a couple hours from now. Make some profiles in different demographics, and see what other people are pushing. If you notice the same ads popping up over and over again for several days, do you think maybe they're working? or do you think all those affiliates are throwing their money away?
After you figure out what looks good, try finding a similar offer on one of your affiliate networks. In general, higher EPC = better offer. Check with your Affiliate Manager if you're still not sure.
Should I do a landing page, or direct link?
Depends on the offer. If it is a short 4 field submit, a direct link should work fine. With something where someone needs to pull out their credit card, you'll want to make an LP to work your 'sales magics' on them.
When creating your LP, you might want to take a look at what everyone else is doing, and model yours off them.
What creatives should I use?
Ones that make you profit. Because you are a n00b, conserve your capital. Look around at those same ads that pop up, and make similar ones. To save ads that look good, Right Click -> Save Image As, and now you have a quick starting point.
Why can't I get impressions?
First, check the campaign start date. MySpace's default start date is tomorrow. You need to change it to today to start seeing clicks.
I'm still not getting impressions...
Play around with the different variables. The most important initial variable seems to be bid price. Start your bid at something like $.50. Then wait for clicks and keep lowering it by .02 every couple hours until MySpace does not serve you any more impressions. That's when you've hit the bottom price for that one ad.
Also, you may want to start creating new campaigns and accounts. Instead of creating one campaign per day, maybe you should do more. But be careful, if you add new accounts too quickly, you'll get whacked with a banhammer.
MySpace stats show X but my network stats show Y. What's going on?
MySpace stats are not real time. They seem to be delayed by about an hour. Also, they seem to count all clicks. This is why you may see a difference between Tracking202 real clicks, and the MySpace billed clicks.
My campaign is not profitable. What am I doing wrong?
How many clicks are you going through before saying this? If the network conversion rate for acai is like 10%, and your ctr for the landing page is 10%, then only 1% of the people clicking on your ads will turn into leads. It might take you 300 clicks to determine anything statistically significant.
Ok, so now you have enough clicks to start getting a bit worried. Well, you're promoting an offer that works for other people. You have creatives similar to what's working for other people. And your landing page is similar too. Either you are bidding too high, hitting the wrong demographic, or your creative doesn't pull in the right type of traffic. This is where something like Tracking202 or Prosper202 really comes in handy. If you set them up properly, you can see which ad the conversions came from. Then only add new campaigns with the profitable ads in profitable demographics.
I have a profitable campaign, now what do I do?
Scale like a bitch. Then buy me a beer
MySpace has been very kind to me. I learned how to work MySpace by being persistant and getting help from WF folks. By no means am I crushing it like others, but I hold my own. I sincerely hope that some newbies take action and start their fortunes after reading this article. Ping me if you have more questions or need help with anything.
What offers are working on MySpace?
Well, I could tell you what's working right now at 9:10am PST on 12/13, but that could change a couple weeks from now, or even a couple hours from now. Make some profiles in different demographics, and see what other people are pushing. If you notice the same ads popping up over and over again for several days, do you think maybe they're working? or do you think all those affiliates are throwing their money away?
After you figure out what looks good, try finding a similar offer on one of your affiliate networks. In general, higher EPC = better offer. Check with your Affiliate Manager if you're still not sure.
Should I do a landing page, or direct link?
Depends on the offer. If it is a short 4 field submit, a direct link should work fine. With something where someone needs to pull out their credit card, you'll want to make an LP to work your 'sales magics' on them.
When creating your LP, you might want to take a look at what everyone else is doing, and model yours off them.
What creatives should I use?
Ones that make you profit. Because you are a n00b, conserve your capital. Look around at those same ads that pop up, and make similar ones. To save ads that look good, Right Click -> Save Image As, and now you have a quick starting point.
Why can't I get impressions?
First, check the campaign start date. MySpace's default start date is tomorrow. You need to change it to today to start seeing clicks.
I'm still not getting impressions...
Play around with the different variables. The most important initial variable seems to be bid price. Start your bid at something like $.50. Then wait for clicks and keep lowering it by .02 every couple hours until MySpace does not serve you any more impressions. That's when you've hit the bottom price for that one ad.
Also, you may want to start creating new campaigns and accounts. Instead of creating one campaign per day, maybe you should do more. But be careful, if you add new accounts too quickly, you'll get whacked with a banhammer.
MySpace stats show X but my network stats show Y. What's going on?
MySpace stats are not real time. They seem to be delayed by about an hour. Also, they seem to count all clicks. This is why you may see a difference between Tracking202 real clicks, and the MySpace billed clicks.
My campaign is not profitable. What am I doing wrong?
How many clicks are you going through before saying this? If the network conversion rate for acai is like 10%, and your ctr for the landing page is 10%, then only 1% of the people clicking on your ads will turn into leads. It might take you 300 clicks to determine anything statistically significant.
Ok, so now you have enough clicks to start getting a bit worried. Well, you're promoting an offer that works for other people. You have creatives similar to what's working for other people. And your landing page is similar too. Either you are bidding too high, hitting the wrong demographic, or your creative doesn't pull in the right type of traffic. This is where something like Tracking202 or Prosper202 really comes in handy. If you set them up properly, you can see which ad the conversions came from. Then only add new campaigns with the profitable ads in profitable demographics.
I have a profitable campaign, now what do I do?
Scale like a bitch. Then buy me a beer
MySpace has been very kind to me. I learned how to work MySpace by being persistant and getting help from WF folks. By no means am I crushing it like others, but I hold my own. I sincerely hope that some newbies take action and start their fortunes after reading this article. Ping me if you have more questions or need help with anything.
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