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Imagine a world where you could generate all the traffic that you want for any CPA offer that you want and do all this for free. The sweet truth is that all this is available right now. But the sad truth is that most affiliates still limit themselves to the PPC arena, leaving tons of cash on the table.

Those who were around in the late 1990’s can still remember how easy it was to put together a website in any niche and  rank high for it in the search engines within a very short period. They got lots of free traffic from natural search.

Those days are gone, unless… you have an extra life time to wait. However when it comes to generating free traffic, there was never a better time in the Internet’s History than now.

Nowadays, thanks to Web 2.0 sites one can easily generate tons of well targeted traffic using social media marketing. When done properly one can drive hordes of free traffic simply by visiting places like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Squidoo and others, leaving behind  a comment that contains a link to a hub page, or even directly to their offer.

Putting together a blog these days is a no brainer and it is free. Word Press is one great example that comes with a 30 day challenge. Taking on their challenge would yield a great, fully SEO’d, blog, tons of ideas and a wealth of education. This is indeed a great way to jump start your affiliate marketing journey.

A great way to get your blog picked by the search engines is to post articles on your blogs and then submit them to the different article directories. When submitting your articles make sure you include a link to your blog. 

While PPC has its place in promoting any online product, it is still a very expensive way to do so. In some niches the competition is fierce for the most popular keywords and the cost is very high. Any affiliate and especially those who promote CPA offers that pay only a few dollars per lead leave a great deal of money on the table by relying only on PPC. Learning how to generate free traffic is not that hard and it sure worth the effort.  

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Simply put, arbitrage stands for an effort to profit from a price difference of an action taken on different markets or platforms. In the case of CPA arbitrage all it means is that you, the affiliate, act as a broker buying traffic (example: search engines) for one price then selling it back — in the form of leads — back to the network for a higher price. Confused? Don’t worry it is simple:

Let’s assume you are promoting a CPA offer. You go out there, buy traffic for that particular offer and get it converted for less money than the offer pays. If you are successful in doing so, you earn the difference between what the network pays for that lead and the price you paid to get that lead (conversion).

Here is an example: An X offer pays $5.00 per lead. You launch a PPC campaign and buy traffic for, let’s say 0.25 cents per click. Now let’s assume only 1 out of 10 clicks converts. What is your cost per conversion (lead)?
Cost per conversion: 10 clicks @ $0.25 ea. = $2.50
Your Profit:                              $5.00 - $2.50 = $2.50

Here is what you have done: You took an offer that pays $5.00 per conversion. You purchased traffic and got a conversion that cost you $2.50. That conversion (lead) you sent (sold) back to the network that paid you $5.00 for the trouble. That is exactly what CPA arbitrage stands for; profiting from the difference between the purchase and sell price on two different markets.

Whether they know it or not, all affiliates who promote CPA offers are traffic brokers. They buy traffic at a certain price and sell it back (in the form of a lead) for, hopefully, a higher price. They all engage in CPA Arbitrage. The idea here is to purchase (traffic) low and sell (leads) high. To maximize your profits you must find ways to pay as little as possible for your traffic. PPC is only one of many other approaches you can take to promote CPA offers. The smart affiliates go way beyond paid traffic. They go where traffic is free.
 
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Before deciding to promote a CPA offer it is always a good idea to find out the level of competition out there. We all dream of finding a ‘hot’ offer with very little, or no, competition, but chances that this will ever happen to you are close to zilch, or at least so is the case for most affiliates. The smart affiliate will often find some loopholes and thus dominate. Knowing how to research your keywords can create this magic for you too.
 
Here is how you do it:
The first thing you want to do is find out how many ads promoting the same offer are out there. That you accomplish by simply typing in into Google, Yahoo or MSN any of your most relevant keywords. It is the sponsored ads promoting same offer that you want to count. 
 
So you have counted and found that the competition is fierce (many affiliates are promoting same product). Don’t Panic! The good news is that the product is actually in high demand and that’s exactly what you want. However, the bad news is that your Cost Per Click (CPC) will most likely be high for those keywords. This you can overcome by writing a better ad that will yield a high CTR (Click Through Rate), rewarding you with a higher Quality Score and thus a lower CPC.

Now back to the smart affiliate and the magic:
What you want to do now is take each of your keywords for that offer, typing in, one at the time, into any of the above mentioned search engines. The magic happens when you come across a keyword that has high search volume, but very low competition.

Bear in mind that most affiliates either don’t know this trick or are simply too lazy to do the extra work. But what they don’t know or are too lazy to apply causes them to leave a hefty amount of cash on the table. This is bad for them but a great reward for you simply for knowing what to do and applying it.  

Even only a few of these keywords, aka golden nuggets, in your arsenal will be enough to bring you tons of leads at a very low CPC. There is where the real money is being made. Those who do the work and are lucky enough to find those keywords, guard them with their lives.  When you find your own golden nuggets that’s exactly what you should do too.

Now that you know this little secret/trick you can also understand why it is so important to gauge the competition.

If you wish to learn more about the art of CPA marketing you can do so by visiting:
CPA Arbitrage

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Do you ever wish you were your own boss? Does the idea of working from home appeals to you? Have you ever heard of Affiliate Marketing? If your answer to the first two questions is “yes,” then you are in a good company: Millions of people from all over the globe share this wish.

The promise of big money, flexible hours and being your own boss is quite enticing. However, when it comes to actually doing something about it, many are rather skeptical and afraid to make the commitment or even take the first step. To most the idea of having the security of a 9-5 job is quite comforting and the fear of losing it can be rather scary. Yet others are afraid they don’t have the necessary capital to start a business of their own.

There is a simple solution that addresses these concerns. The solution can be found in becoming an affiliate marketer. This is a business you can begin to build gradually while still keeping your regular job. It is something you can start with very little capital or even without any money at all. However, you will need a desk, a computer, an internet connection and a phone. If you have these 4 things, you have all that you need to start your own Internet home based business and earning money as an affiliate marketer.   

Simply put, Affiliate marketing, is selling other peoples products or services and getting a cut of the sale’s price, AKA, commission. You don’t have to own the product, store or ship it. You don’t even have to have your own website. All you have to do is advertise, sell the product and collect your commission. 

Once you subscribe to an affiliate program you will be assigned an affiliate ID. Armed with it, it is now time to find the product you would like to sell, build a campaign and launce it on one, or several, of the major search engines. Warning: Unless you are familiar with the online advertising and especially PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising it will be a smart idea to begin your journey by learning all that you can about it before you launch any campaign. There is a wealth of free information on the Internet on every aspect of marketing. All you have to do is Google the term you are looking for.

PPC is only one of the methods you will be using to drive traffic to the merchant’s site. It is mention here first because it is the fastest way to test and find out whether or not you have winner. Once found a winner, you can also test the response from the content network where you can choose to Pay Per Click, PPM (Pay Per 1000 Impressions). On some networks you can even use PPV (Pay Per View).

Retail sites such as Amazon and EBay have affiliate marketing programs. All you have to do is generate traffic to the particular product. The more traffic you can generate the more money you will make. Links and blogs are free and they can generate a hefty amount of traffic. There are many other methods by which you can attract traffic to the product you are selling. In time you will learn them all. 

Affiliate marking as a home based business should not be scary nor does it require any serious capital to start. Yes there is a learning curve and yes, you will make mistakes. Every one does. The idea is to go into it gradually – do not quit your day job yet – learn all you can in your spare time to the point where you really know what you are doing.
Then, before you know it, you will begin to generate commissions. A great way to start your affiliate marketing journey is by learning how and promoting CPA offers. You can learn about CPA here: CPA Arbitrage

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