Wow, I have been quiet with my updates over the last few days. I have been busy researching, practicing, and launching campaigns trying to make my first $1M. Even though I accomplished a lot, this was not a good month for me profit wise. So lets get to the point.

Affiliate Networks

I doubled my affiliate networks so now I have more sources for my offer research.  This month, I added the following to my portfolio:

  • Wotogepa
  • affiliate.com
  • Net Partner
  • Market Leverage
  • Revenue Wire
  • Motive Interactive
  • Clickbank
  • Hydra Network

Campaigns

I launched 10 e-mail submit campaigns in February. None of them were profitable, though I had the most success with Neverblue. I’ve sent many many traffic to other networks including MaxBounty, Amped Media, Wotogepa, and Azoogle. But none of them would convert so the advertiser on those networks were scrubbing me quite heavily. My traffic sources were good quality, so I have stopped using them for the time being and sticking to the few decent offers from Neverblue to promote e-mail submits.

Revenue

This is where February was less than stellar. My total spend on PPC was $150.00, but my revenue was only $27.00. For those lazy to do the math, that’s a $123.00 loss. However, I am treating this as a $123.00 investment in my education on PPC marketing. It was indeed a very valuable lesson if you have been following my blog. Just read all my posts for the month of February to see what I’ve learned along the way. There are so many nuances of PPC advertising that you cannot learn without trying and failing. My mastermind group has been a great help too and they have been motivating me and contributing to the knowledge base in many many ways.

Take a look at my chart from Neverblue (the only network that is converting for me). Boy I hope my revenues will be 1000x higher before the end of the year.

February Statistics

Conclusion

I think February was a good learning month as I analyze and over-analyze the PPC strategy and launch campaigns to learn what works and what doesn’t. I have generated many new ideas to try and with time, these ideas will be vetted to see what works best for me. Unfortunately, there is no better way to learn about PPC than to try it and figure out what works and what doesn’t. The results vary from individual to individual so there is no magic formula that I can write here. The folks in my mastermind group are all trying different techniques with varying degress of success.  So if you are thinking about PPC and have not launched yet, get cracking.

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