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, y/ y6 u! d: _( b! }, qCan I Teach This PPC-CPA Stuff? Part 2
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Okay, here is the continuation of the story on how I got my
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click search engines to CPA lead offers.( j/ n; v% e7 u/ @2 S
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I left off on how he messed up his Google Adwords account+ i0 Y& q0 F& m. j* A% w
and how I was trying to fix it.
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3 n3 o l% S6 {) ?/ N% c IHere is what happened when I dropped the bid on that $1.25
) g4 o# q0 s8 a. {lead campaign from $1.00 down to about $0.25.
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* J/ F+ J, a. m' m0 tReady?
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) b) ]( B& U$ P* vGoogle accepted the new bid.
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Woo hoo!
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4 C: Q+ ?& O" P |, hNow Waseem can actually make money on this offer. Google
$ t0 E0 ?' l4 m# |rewarded this campaign because we had developed a good CTR
% ?7 ?/ B9 W) W; z( }/ _7 bon the ads.8 l. C) \: p- r w( z9 S- S* H
$ v/ O5 o# ~$ h2 O/ W9 G6 o7 f# P7 CFrom this experience, I reminded him to develop his ad
. l' R9 h2 { I8 e$ z wwriting skills to keep a good CTR ratio for all his ads on6 F# `, c$ @: {5 v
Google.6 @% f# q3 Q5 v( Q* o$ M# O. N1 `; Z
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He is not a big Google fan because of all their
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lot of time on this PPC search engine setting up campaigns., y! K9 y, ?. \: Y2 j. y7 H B# v, m
: K6 K% V: {1 t1 _9 B( j: oHe only ever did learn Google Adwords and MSN Adcenter. He
$ i* P1 }* I6 e2 v* wcould have built a lot more traffic if he had experimented8 V" A; F: [( F" D) k
with the list of other *profitable* pay per click search
) r% p& F. Z! u. Z) E1 qengines I had given him.
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He started making some good money, but things could have" R) ?( @; ?& {$ R d
been better if not for the following:5 C, g' l+ Z; B* I; j4 v( H% Z
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1. Never use a broke college student who hasn』t made more
& g& j6 T# ?& y! J* {than $2,000 in an entire summer as a test subject. As soon" r, D) y9 _# w
as Waseem started making $100 in affiliate commissions a
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9 ^5 G4 g0 H# S$ _2. World Cup: Waseem is a soccer fanatic and was *easily*
* ]7 O. v* [/ E% Z+ K4 P0 _5 }distracted by the World Cup. So distracted that he told me# u, m; R- P7 l5 A+ M" {
it was a *need* for him to watch almost all the matches.
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7 Q! K+ Q3 k; u4 Q, I* B3 A3. He enrolled himself in a full-time course over the summer7 \: }* T9 F. m; r, u1 B) e
and had assignments and tests to complete. Okay, I will let
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Over the three and a half months he spent at my home, he only/ q1 \* X2 t, d( a
got around to driving traffic to 4-5 offers. I had hoped m* U; ]* n$ c2 w, D- n5 B. d
that he would have built enough traffic to pull off a1 {/ ~& p R4 A' ]
$10,000/month.
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Here are the result of Waseem』s stats since mid-May by
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** May **
9 k; m* K) K: p" z5 |5 c: s5 Z7 kRevenue: $830.05
; f7 L( S: F! D- S, G8 i/ KCost: $616.38$ A( ^0 Z$ z' A; [+ {7 C a/ F
Profit: $213.67- X" J. {& R8 V
Net Margin: 25.7%
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** June **+ Y; Y" D- o) Z! Y, c6 s3 }
Revenue: $2,526.956 q1 s; j \* F( L; Q% J- d$ D
Cost: $2,390.28
. l3 [/ y, x; Y& P: ?( uProfit: $136.67
( _+ `" m4 r3 t: } b( [Net Margin: 5.4%
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& n Q$ e4 y6 K! [; ]( E( W% E/ v** July **
9 Q4 A/ e! [8 SRevenue: $2,787.40# a. K4 l( |( B$ T& O7 v
Cost: $1,749.53
4 x' u! O6 S( t- q+ _Profit: $1,037.87& J. n$ x9 Y* B( J& i% W! ?; ~- y
Net Margin: 37.2%
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( N- n' B6 p8 W6 m0 t& Z** August **
; C! ^2 y9 q# D1 G- w _+ l6 a" d. KRevenue: $2,983.30
8 A$ {3 Q' d" m% MCost: $1,945.83( Z( p3 h" n q; ?3 K
Profit: $1,037.47
3 E: o' m: T4 V# v4 O1 w2 j2 b2 QNet Margin: 34.8%8 y7 M7 Q7 S8 t7 ? l. b) N6 F! d/ g
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** September **
+ b/ k8 c, y" XRevenue: $3,841.30
' s" d4 M" \( B3 C9 tCost: $2,662.14
3 U* D% m3 g, |3 X3 h! D, r- d2 |Profit: $1,179.161 {' F3 O" s- B6 _+ G2 s
Net Margin: 30.7%8 @+ B5 [4 q( C# ?5 I: {
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Revenue: $3,752.30
# h$ d; q# B0 v; nCost: $2,701.78
- k9 l( s' h2 w7 FProfit: $1,050.52
. W! P% n( H+ V; k( L5 UNet Margin: 28.0%
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** November (forecasted) **
+ u3 z; K( L. c9 R* M6 n& D8 V9 i7 u ZRevenue: $3,280.00" _/ `7 V0 ~. n3 A2 C) N
Cost: $2,403.00& t0 m. N* r, R8 M: R: T% V
Profit: $877.00
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For some people, they may say that the above profit is not$ b9 n6 X, t* j3 S$ H
a lot of money. But for others, that is enough to cover
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- a4 ^. {" u( C( {3 V9 ~8 tFor Waseem, this was a windfall.
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3 b0 s/ H( |8 H! OWaseem got lazy and gave up to soon. It still makes me mad' i5 R, L0 T h
when I think about the potential.
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In fact, it was ironic that when he went back to university
6 y0 w# N& c iin September, he virtually did nothing and his affiliate
# ~" N% W7 A4 G" j6 Pcommissions jumped to almost $4,000 in both September and- U4 t+ n2 E* h4 M l+ E
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If he had just spent a few hours optimizing his campaigns
8 z" f8 t, w# d/ a4 y1 C6 Iusing the *system* I showed him, he could have easily netted
3 y1 S$ n* a6 O. N50% of these gross revenues as profit.4 [# i2 l4 v* |# e. g. n
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He still isn』t doing anything with his campaigns, but is, }9 o* r, Y7 V& Z# L' W4 }# s$ L
still netting an average of $1,000 in profit a month on
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I actually just recently saw him after he came up to help me
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6 ^* j# Q3 u9 e: e. J4 F& Q6 TYou should have seen the look on his face *after* my two day( r' F. \" q2 q1 _; @2 L
seminar, when I spilled the beans on *everything* I do to( ^4 J$ b+ w2 \: U" y1 q
select group of 25 participants.
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I only taught him about 30% of what I knew.% o) S+ B! S! e* y! o i) X
) Y/ h& }( p X( T Y8 e9 qHe came up to me and kept repeating 「Man, I gotta finish
7 F6 F) J$ J$ E- W* xschool and start ramping my campaigns up.」
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Don』t worry bud, only one more semester left.
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Hope this story motivates you that if a broke college
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can make money using the PPC to CPA money model, so can you.8 o4 n; `, F3 B- {+ X
7 x. ^2 D- q8 p1 l6 \Start building those CPA campaigns!% ]% q3 T9 f9 U, `0 _* A
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