PPC, which stands for Pay Per Click is making a lot of people very very rich. The surprising thing is that very few of the top earners have much in the way of a computer background. I have taught a lot of people how do PPC and the ones that have the most success are the ones with the most patience and drive.
Here is how it works, when you do a search on google the right hand side contains paid listings. If you search for the term "online dating" all the ads you see on the right hand side are from people bidding on the term online dating.
How do these people make money? Well there are many affiliate networks out there that will pay you to promote products and services. My favorite networks are ones that pay per action, ie someone just has to give their email address or phone number. This lead pays out $5.10 for anyone that fills out the form. This singles Cell phone offer is a offshoot of a ring tone offer, you get paid $12.00 for every person that enters their cell phone number.
Here is a sample of a google Ad which you place by signing up here www.google.com/adwords, you pick a list of search terms you want this ad to display for and the max price you want to bid. You then direct traffic to a link provided by an affiliate network.
Googe Ad
Sample Affiliate Network listings of offers you can promote
Sample Pay Per Lead Affiliate networks. Azoogle and Primaryads
The max you can make by yourself doing PPC ads is around $100,000/month this is the point where you replace ads as fast as you can create them. There are many hot offers like ring tones that only work for 6 months or so before they are replaced. Also competition may drive up prices and its no longer profitable for you to bid on those terms.
If you have your own website affiliate networks are great. If don't have many users (under 30,000 uniques/day) and they are all focused on your subject area a good rule of thumb is you can make $2.00 off affiliate ads for every dollar you make off adsense.
Looking for inspiration? Many of the sites that show up in the non paid listings in google for travel, credit card and drug are making over $10,000 a day
For even bigger inspiration check out ebay. http://affiliates.ebay.com/affiliate-community/news/
eBay Affiliate Earns over $1.4 Million in One Month!
eBay's largest affiliate earned over $1,400,000 in February '04 commissions, $1,300,000 in January '04, and $1,000,000 in December '03! eBay has made several of our affiliates millionaires, but never before in a single month!
eBay's top 25 affiliates average over $100,000 each month – well over $1.2 Million in annual earnings
eBay's top 100 affiliates earn almost $25,000 each month – that's nearly $300,000 each year
June 7, 2006 at 2:03 am |
Great post, making a million of google isnt as easy as some of these rich jerks out there make it out to be.
June 7, 2006 at 3:32 am |
Congrats on your new blog & btb great post markus…the thing with promoting CPA programs with PPC is one has to constantly ahead of the crowd and find that killer offer and promote it 3-4 months before everybody and their mom jumps in…
June 7, 2006 at 5:37 am |
Thanks Gopi,
You can still keep ahead with PPC, the problem is a lot of these networks sell your data or lists of affiliates promoting what offers. You have to go through a lot of effort to clean your links and make sure that they can’t pick up the referal string. You can do this by redirecting through a bunch of different domains using temp and perm redirects.
I strongly suspect some of these networks are building big databases of Keywords that affiliates use to promote via PPC, after a few weeks time they set up their own affiliate site and then outbid all the affiliates for terms. But for the most part unless your making close to a grand a day off a program its not something you have to worry to much about. If you are making that much you can always go direct to merchant and get up to double the payout, that way even if everyone jumps in you can still make a lot more money then they can.
June 9, 2006 at 4:39 pm |
Markus –
Certainly, I would congratulate you on your successes. However, nearly all of the sites you have listed in your article are generally seen as sites that are out to mislead customers, get them signed up in programs by burying prices and conditions in the fine print, or simply spam them to death.
For instance, siteadvisor.com has this to say about primaryads:
“When we tested this site we found links to consumerincentivepromotions.com, which our tests found to be a high volume or spammy e-mailer.”
(http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/primaryads.com?aff_id=0)
Consumerincentivepromotions spams new signups with 78 emails per week according to siteadvisor. That’s insane! But that’s not even the worst … promotionsgateway.com, also linked to primary ads, reportedly sent ***491*** spam emails to the test signup email that SiteAdvisor used, in a single week!!! Most every site connected to primaryads seems to spam their users in excess of 100 messages per week. How do you feel with your $5 signup, knowing that you just destroyed someone’s email?
The “ringtone/chat” offer? Blinko.com? Check these comments out from siteadvisor.com:
“My friend tried to get a free ringtone from this website, and he was forced to put in his credit card number. Now he has to pay for a 2 month subscription that he never wanted. BEWARE: If you want free ringtones, look somewhere else”
and
“I will be contacting the Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov), Better Business Bureau (bbb.org) and my state’s attorney general (naag.org). I urge others with the same situation to do the same.”
and
“When we visited this site we found one or more misleading ringtone offers. For example, we found an offer where a user was promised a ‘free’ ringtone — but accepting that offer would automatically enroll the user in a monthly subscription.” (from SiteAdvisor staff themselves)
So while this all may sound fascinating and simple to your readers here – they should be aware of what they are getting themselves into.
Azoogle Ads actually seems quite clean according to siteadvisor’s analysis – so I’ll definitely check that one out, thanks. And I’ll look into the eBay items as well.
June 9, 2006 at 5:38 pm |
Primaryads, cj.com azoogleads.com etc all have the same offers and the same advertisers. What you are referring to is zipcode/email offers and they are all on affiliate networks. They are usually promoted via email.
June 10, 2006 at 5:45 pm |
I tried to apply for the ebay.com Affiliate program. Right upfront, I had declared in my address that I am based out of India. After filling out several online forms, including from their agent Commission Junction, including some paper forms that I had to fax to the USA, I find that they have declined my application, without giving any reason. Then, when I read the eBay Affiliate Program FAQ, I found under “Eligibility” section that they accept applications only from USA-based affiliates. If that is the case, why did they bother to make me go through the whole procedure and waste my time and theirs?
June 11, 2006 at 5:06 am |
Hey Markus!
Great job with your site!!! I’ve heard about you for a long time now but it’s only today that I got to see your blog. Keep up the good work and more power to you!
Great post by the way. Never realized that you can make money on Ebay by being an affiliate! I’m using PPC as well to sell affiliate products, I’ll expand to Ebay .
June 12, 2006 at 3:17 pm |
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June 14, 2006 at 9:52 pm |
“Consumerincentivepromotions spams new signups with 78 emails per week according to siteadvisor. That’s insane!”
Maybe it is insane, maybe it isn’t. It depends on whether it is profitable. One thing it is NOT, however, is spam. If you sign up and give them permission to email you, it is NOT SPAM, no matter how many times they email you.
July 17, 2006 at 8:19 pm |
I think that finding the affiliate programs is not hard but implementing it and getting traffic to your website is the hard part. And once you get traffic, you need something on your website to keep them coming back for more.
August 22, 2006 at 7:44 pm |
What do you think? Is it easier to earn money whit a English website
or is it possible in any other language?
It is good if some one is born in a industry nation and can speak English.
In other nations the advertisers don’t pay so much money for advertisement. In Germany we have also a lower pay rate than in other countries.
Here you can see a overview what companies spend for advertise for a person in a year.
1. USA 572 €
2. Schweiz 395 €
3. Japan 355 €
4. Norwegen 347 €
5. Österreich 259 €
6. Dänemark 258 €
7. Großbritannien 253 €
8. Schweden 251 €
9. Irland 233 €
10. Deutschland 231 €
11. Niederlande 218 €
12. Finnland 212 €
13. Luxemburg 184 €
14. Belgien 184 €
15. Italien 155 €
16. Spanien 151 €
17. Frankreich 148 €
18. Portugal 64 €
So if you realy wont to earn much money. Don’t do it in Portugal
September 1, 2006 at 3:20 pm |
Markus, can you write more on the affiliate links issue and what can be done to insure your links are not lost to hackers using spyware and so on, sort of a tutorial for us?
September 16, 2006 at 9:02 pm |
Congrats on your new blog & btb great post markus…the thing with promoting CPA programs with PPC is one has to constantly ahead of the crowd and find that killer offer and promote it 3-4 months before everybody and their mom jumps in…
September 30, 2006 at 9:14 pm |
Mark, I just read about you and also saw your Alexa ranking ! Whoa pretty impressive. It gives “little fish” like me to wander in the big sea of google adsense. Hey good luck with all your enterprises. Have a great year !
October 7, 2006 at 4:34 pm |
Unfortunately making a million with google isnt as easy, otherwise i have to be a mult-millionaire
October 9, 2006 at 9:31 pm |
It´s not easy to become a millionaire
October 12, 2006 at 8:40 pm |
Sometimes it´s easier to become an idiot….
October 22, 2006 at 7:35 pm |
Well, it’s easy (to earn about 1k $ a month) when you invest a lot of time. Though, I have doubts if this is worth the time…
October 22, 2006 at 7:37 pm |
Hm… it’s not really that easy. However, you may get $100 a day quickly but you won’t get rich with this amount.
regards, Jonas
October 26, 2006 at 12:51 am |
Nice article. Something to shoot for. I have recently joined the eBay affiliate program and I am generating cash!
October 27, 2006 at 9:49 am |
It´s not easy to become a millionaire
November 1, 2006 at 4:12 pm |
Unfortunately making a million with google isnt as easy, otherwise i have to be a mult-millionaire greetings
November 5, 2006 at 4:40 pm |
If it’s so easy, why are we still going to work?
November 9, 2006 at 1:15 pm |
I get 100 EUR/month together …… not good
Someone has tips
November 14, 2006 at 9:48 am |
250$ / month
February 23, 2007 at 8:56 am |
Markus, please advise as to the necessity of cloaking / redirecting affiliate links so as not to be robbed of commissions or bypassed by consumers.
February 25, 2007 at 4:40 am |
anyone know if commission junction have ring tone offers?
February 27, 2007 at 1:19 pm |
I’ve found another adsense project. There you can search videos of celebritie. Nice
March 23, 2007 at 1:15 pm |
they make a hype just to bring lots of ppl to their site. they r making money from this hype too. it’s not that easy as this high earning jerks say so.
August 11, 2007 at 8:44 am |
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August 15, 2007 at 5:55 pm |
Setting up an affiliate site sounds easy and in fact can be however the key to making any money off it is to drive traffic to your website. This is NOT an easy task and if you think as a start up you can do this by paying Google adwords think again. Often the amount you pay Google far outweighs the money you make off the affiliates.
If you have deep pockets and are willing to spend thousands of dollars, and I do mean THOUSANDS, then go for it.
I’m trying it the hard way, without Google adwords, I’ll let you know how it goes. You can check out my site at http://isuppliernetwork.com
and my affiliate page at http://www.isuppliernetwork.com/content/Affiliates.html
If only life were that easy and you could get rich quick!!
September 13, 2007 at 12:08 pm |
I’m making big money here http://www.mylapcomp.com
September 13, 2007 at 2:27 pm |
Я вот пока ничего не заработал !!! (((
September 13, 2007 at 3:48 pm |
Yes, you are right.
September 14, 2007 at 2:17 am |
Markus Hi! You are from Russia. Your words are similar to words Russian.
September 14, 2007 at 10:58 am |
Yes, you are right.
September 16, 2007 at 1:57 pm |
Hello, very interesting.
But i didn’t wont say it is easy! You must spent a lot of time in youre site.
October 6, 2007 at 9:32 pm |
The problem of this kind of articles (how-to-make-a-billions) is a niche. Once information is published, the niche is exhausted by hundreds of players. Do not follow instructions! Just think about it and work, and you’ll get the perfect results.
October 29, 2007 at 10:37 pm |
Great
I hope the u can increase it next month
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December 21, 2007 at 3:40 am |
Hey Marcus,
Could you explain more in detail how your algorithm on finding prime numbers helps your site run more efficiently?
Congrats by the way!
January 26, 2008 at 3:20 am |
so is millions a month true cuz i aint got nothin else to do but make somethin happen
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April 22, 2008 at 12:15 am |
I can´t believe such stories! In my mind it is inpossible without knowledge….
June 21, 2008 at 6:27 am |
hi
i was wondering is it smart to go and pay specialist to create your website
or not
because i’am thinking they might want to steal my idea or they won’t
cause i have many good idea but don’t no how to start
please let me know how
Thanks
July 6, 2008 at 8:47 pm |
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July 19, 2008 at 4:44 am |
Please let me have tha details.
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August 12, 2008 at 4:34 pm |
Im interested – what do I need to get involved?
August 29, 2008 at 5:42 pm |
Can someone pls tell me the whole idea of this “Any Idiot can make millions off google” thing.
September 11, 2008 at 12:21 pm |
Please assist with more info
October 6, 2008 at 11:53 pm |
I’m an Idiot how come I have’nt made any money off google ?
October 24, 2008 at 12:43 pm |
well how do i start, can some one please tell me
November 9, 2008 at 12:04 am |
only idiots with big D**** can make millions on the internet. get your facts straight homie.
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January 2, 2009 at 3:02 am |
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January 7, 2009 at 11:20 am |
Great post. I am now trying to make some money from affiliate programs
February 7, 2009 at 4:48 pm |
i was wondering hwat is the best paying ad or th best type to make money from.
February 8, 2009 at 4:59 am |
i am 50 year old woman. i do not have a job. i am not getting a job. i had a car accident last year. my hand dos not look ok. please let me know how i can make money/\. i tried so many programas ,does not work.
anita
April 18, 2009 at 7:56 pm |
Surprising achievements.congrats…:)
May 24, 2009 at 1:32 am |
i want to have a lot of moneys.
May 24, 2009 at 1:37 am |
give me much moneys as you have been doing this.