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Introduction to Blackhat CPA Marketing
I'm gonna start off slow guys.
Explanation and Introduction
Blackhat = Sleazy or unethical ways of getting the “edge†over the competition.
CPA = Cost Per Action.
So the basic philosophy goes something like this…
Using Blackhat means and techniques to gather the edge over the rest of the
competitors in order to promote CPA offers.
Yes, you will be doing this!
Yes, you will have the immediate edge over your competition!
Yes, you may begin learning right now and begin implementing almost
immediately!
So Let’s Begin, What is a CPA offer?
Let’s start off small.
It begins with a company/advertiser looking to buy leads so they can turn those
leads into paid users on their site or the use of other monetization means.
This company/advertiser then registers as an advertiser to an Affiliate Network/
CPA Network.
They then notify the network they will be offering a CPA zip submit that pays
$1.25 on 1st page submit which is also known as a CPA offer!
This is where WE as publishers come into play. We then sign-up to Affiliate
Networks/CPA Networks, find these CPA offers, and start promoting them to earn for every lead we generate. We can also be called Lead Generators or Affiliate Marketers! ïŠ
There is a certain kind of CPA offer called e-mail/zip submits. The offers pay out
as high as $3.00 and as low as $0.80 per lead that you generate. These will be
the kind of CPA offers we will be promoting for our method in Section 3.
If you haven’t seen these offers before or have no idea what I’m talking about,
that’s okay because our next step is signing up for CPA networks so you will be
able to see and start promoting these offers.
How To Get Into ANY CPA Network
Getting into a CPA Network is really REALLY damn easy with a few exceptions of
either living in a 3rd world country or not being able to speak English.
With that said, I outline a foolproof guideline of pretty much getting accepted
into nearly all CPA Networks:
· For company name, setup a front and use your company name!
o Example: Myself Marketing, Inc.
· Have a business website ready to present as your main URL!
o Example: MyselfMarketingInc.com
o Upload a Business Template or fresh Wordpress theme.
 Oswd.org
 FreeWPThemes.net
· Use your personal domain as your e-mail address!
o Example: affiliates@myselfmarketing.com
· Use a real phone number!
o I usually do a follow up call the next day to confirm that you are
getting accepted. Always speak like you know what you are doing and
act a little “condescending†and tell them you’ll be able to pull big
numbers in no time.
o Always keep in contact with your affiliate manager whether in be on
AIM or through the phone. These are the people that get you paid so
it’s nice to have an ongoing relationship with them. Some will even do
favors for you. ïŠ
· What Verticals/Offers Do You Promote?
o Example: Financial, 2nd page e-mail submits, 1st page e-mail/zip
submits.
o They will LIKE that you mention 2nd page e-mail submits because it
notifies them you’ve been in another advertiser network before them
and you obviously have experience.
· Method of Promotion and Experience?
o Example: I promote through several channels including PPC networks
(Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing, MSN Adcenter, 2nd and 3rd
tier search engines/PPC programs) and Media Buys (Print ads in
newspapers, 30 second spots on TV, banner ads on popular websites,
etc).
· Treat It Like A Business and It Will Treat You With Business!
o Words for the wise!
All these tips should give you a pretty good understanding on what CPA
networks expect from newly-applied affiliates. Now go out there and start your
application for various CPA Networks.
Here’s a List of CPA Networks (Big List!)
Blackhat CPA Domination Method #1
I’m going to be straight up. I’m earning an average of $350/day per network
that I choose to do with this method. Potential is limitless. My other private
methods net me a higher ROI % and give me more security is why I choose not
to scale this method up too much.
The reason I chose to share THIS particular method is because it takes EFFORT to
implement and that’s good because most people are very lazy and don’t take
action meaning it’s going to be less saturated for me and the people who put
this to work and make some money. ïŠ
Blackhat CPA Domination Method #2
Topic/Niche: File Host Uploading
Difficulty of Implementation: Moderate to Difficult
Programming Prerequisites: Intermediate PHP
1) Register a domain or use free hosting
a. Example: HostYoDamnFilez.com
2) Upload an File Upload script
a. You can buy or find some free one’s very easily
3) Create a pretty logo or use a logo generator
4) Modify the upload page to where it will do this:
a. Pop-up with a CPA 1st page zip/e-mail submit
b. Conditions:
i. File Size: I found 15MB or larger to be more profitable.
ii. Initiate pop-up when it has already started uploading, I found the best
% to be around 20% of the total size file.
c. Why This Works
i. This plays on people’s emotions and psychology. Pretend you’re trying to
upload a 125MB .zip file. You start uploading a 125 MB file and it’s 25%
done @ 31.25MB so far and a window pops up and says if you do not
complete this CPA offer, your upload will not be processed. I would be
pissed but oblige and complete the offer.
d. Cautions:
i. You HAVE to be careful here because conversion rates are extremely
high and a high conversion rate seems to raise suspicion on
incentivization of non-incentivized offers.
ii. Dilute your conversion rate by buying cheap traffic.
1. NEVER send cheap traffic directly to affiliate offer, but to a
brand new double Meta refresh.
a. Cheap Traffic ïƒ 1st Refresh ïƒ 2nd Refresh
2. Always use a 3rd party tracking system OR just blank the referrer
by using a double Meta refresh.
5) Now Generate Traffic!
a. Adwords Search
i. Bids are very cheap
b. 2nd, 3rd, and nth Tier PPC Programs
i. Dirt cheap bids
c. Adwords Content Network
i. Bids are also very cheap.
d. Warez Forums
i. Media buys (banner ads)
ii. Just upload a good amount of your own files using your own site and
add a signature link promoting your site
e. Spam Ya Link!
i. Spam Torrent Comments
ii. Spam Social Networking Sites
iii. Anywhere You Wish ïŠ
· Tip: If you go with PPC ads, make sure you use a call-to-action such as
“Upload Instantly†otherwise you might turn out negative like I first did. ïŠ
· Tip: Using free hosting that supports your script will save you on bandwidth
costs although bandwidth shouldn’t be a problem either way.
· Tip: Don’t just try 1st page submits. Try 2nd page e-mail/zip submits, ringtone
offers, and others. It’s ALL about testing which converts the best to give you
the highest ROI %!
How To Protect Your CPA Income +
Start Getting Weekly Payouts
I was initially thinking that this section is not really warranted but what the
hell…you all might get your CPA income revoked/withdrawn and get a bunch
and bunch of people in trouble.
Protection of your CPA income consists of:
1) Preventing your affiliate manager from seeing your traffic source.
2) Pushing real leads and ensuring backend conversions for the advertiser.
3) Keep conversion rates believable – 1st page e-mail/zip submits I try to
keep from 15-40%.
If your affiliate manager never sees your traffic source, then you’re key. You can
use a simple double Meta refresh to hide your traffic source(s).
This is done in this process:
User goes on Site A ïƒ Clicks on 1.php (Meta refreshes to 2.php) ïƒ 2.php Meta
refreshes directly to CPA offer.
Make sure there’s an IF statement that checks if the referrer is actually blank
and it isn’t blank then send em to a 404 page because you don’t want
your affiliate manager to see you’re your traffic source.
Getting weekly payments:
All you have to do is talk to your affiliate manager, be condescending (like you
should’ve been the whole time) and mention that you get weekly payouts
with companies such as…..XY7, Copeac, and Hydra. Along with that, there’s
also usually a minimum of $1,000/week in lead generation in order to get
the weeklies. |
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