{"id":13555,"date":"2018-05-09T08:28:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T08:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/?p=13555"},"modified":"2019-01-14T10:17:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T10:17:40","slug":"beginner-200000-on-mobidea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Beginner Made $200,000 on Mobidea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mobid-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"mobid-3788251765\"><div class=\"mobid-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/recommends\/banner-placement-1\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"da\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/da.gif\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"730\" height=\"90\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>You&#8217;ve already checked Mobidea Academy&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/affiliate-marketing-success-stories\/\">affiliate success stories<\/a> but now&#8217;s the time to experience something special! Guess what? Cihad is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/super-affiliate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">super affiliate<\/a>\u00a0who\u2019s earned a whole lotta money <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/mobidea-tutorial-get-started-webinar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working on Mobidea<\/a> and we had the chance to talk with him! Ready? Check an interview with a successful affiliate and see how it&#8217;s done!<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#introduction\" >Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#cihad-the-super-affiliate-interview\" >Cihad: The Super Affiliate Interview<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#1-how-did-you-learn-about-affiliate-marketing\" >1. How Did you Learn about Affiliate Marketing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#2-what-were-the-first-offers-you-ran\" >2. What were the First Offers you Ran?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#3-main-issues\" >3. Main Issues<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#4-how-did-the-first-campaign-go\" >4. How Did the First Campaign Go?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#5-the-most-difficult-aspect-of-affiliate-marketing\" >5. The Most Difficult Aspect of Affiliate Marketing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#6-what-other-campaigns-did-you-launch\" >6. What Other Campaigns did you Launch?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#7-working-with-single-offers\" >7. Working with Single Offers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#8-did-you-try-running-offers-in-turkey\" >8. Did You Try Running Offers in Turkey?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#9-do-you-usually-talk-with-your-account-manager\" >9. Do You Usually Talk with Your Account Manager?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#10-how-did-you-learn-affiliate-marketing\" >10. How Did You Learn Affiliate Marketing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#11-do-you-test-a-lot\" >11. Do You Test a Lot?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#12-how-did-you-translate-banners\" >12. How Did You Translate Banners?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#13-did-you-test-other-european-countries\" >13. Did You Test Other European Countries?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#14-did-you-work-exclusively-with-exoclick\" >14. Did You Work Exclusively with ExoClick?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#15-what-was-your-motivation\" >15. What was Your Motivation?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#16-dont-you-feel-like-switching-to-other-verticals\" >16. Don\u2019t You Feel like Switching to Other Verticals?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#17-spy-tools\" >17. Spy Tools<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#18-how-did-the-story-with-the-swiss-offer-end\" >18. How Did the Story with the Swiss Offer End?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#19-did-you-spend-a-lot-of-time-working-in-affiliate-marketing\" >19. Did you Spend a Lot of Time Working in Affiliate Marketing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/beginner-200000-on-mobidea\/#20-advice-for-newbie-affiliates\" >20. Advice for Newbie Affiliates<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"introduction\"><\/span>Introduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When Cihad heard about affiliate marketing for the first time, he was a simple guy living in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>But then, his life changed.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because he joined the Mobidea Crew!<\/p>\n<p>And guess what?<\/p>\n<p>We had the chance to meet and chat with this super affiliate!<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s time for you to learn from his passion, path, and struggles!<\/p>\n<p>Ready for this?<\/p>\n<p>Check the interview right now!<\/p><div class=\"mobid-in-content-15-p\" style=\"margin-top: 26px;margin-bottom: 26px;\" id=\"mobid-3113124103\"><div class=\"mobid-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/recommends\/semrush-v2\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"semrushtrialseo\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/semrushtrialseo.gif\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cihad-the-super-affiliate-interview\"><\/span>Cihad: The Super Affiliate Interview<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-how-did-you-learn-about-affiliate-marketing\"><\/span>1. How Did you Learn about Affiliate Marketing?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I remember asking one of my friends about it.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, I wanted to move to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>While searching for information, I met a guy in a chat.<\/p>\n<p>He was from Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>He was also looking for ways to move to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he told me about affiliate marketing.<\/p>\n<p>First, I didn\u2019t know anything about it.<\/p>\n<p>He told me I could make money with this, since he was also making money with it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"bills of money falling\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bills-of-money-falling-1-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning, I thought that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/affiliate-marketing-scams\/\">some scam<\/a> and that I would have to stay away from it.<\/p>\n<p>But I was curious, so I started asking my friends about it.<\/p>\n<p>One of them said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, it\u2019s true. You can make money online with it, though it doesn\u2019t look easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some years ago, when I started, there was nobody doing it in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>All of my friends had 9 to 5 jobs and real businesses.<\/p>\n<p>It was hard to research how to do something for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>I had no trust in it.<\/p>\n<p>But I kept searching for more information.<\/p>\n<p>I read some articles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/affiliate-marketing-forums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affiliate marketing forums<\/a>, and blogs.<\/p>\n<p>I was trying to understand what an offer was and how it all worked.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I started checking affiliate networks.<\/p>\n<p>I applied to some but got rejected due to the fact that I had zero experience.<\/p>\n<p>That made me feel sad.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to know more, but I couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>But then\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I was looking for more networks on AffiliateFix and I found Mobidea.<\/p>\n<p>AffiliateFix actually has a lot of networks trying to get people.<\/p>\n<p>With Mobidea?<\/p>\n<p>It was different.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I applied, there was no need to wait for an approval, and I quickly started talking with the Affiliate Service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"call center\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/call-center.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They explained everything.<\/p>\n<p>How it all works, what are the offers, where to get the traffic, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t even know I would need to buy traffic.<\/p>\n<p>I was trying to do it for free.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to make money without having to pay for anything.<\/p>\n<p>But then I understood that the process is much harder than I had previously thought.<\/p>\n<p>I needed to find someone from Colombia with a certain phone and operator, and make them subscribe to an offer.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, it felt like it was impossible and totally crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, my friends and family didn\u2019t support me at the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>They were laughing at me.<\/p>\n<p>They thought I was getting into some shady business that would make me lose money.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s different.<\/p>\n<p>I managed to prove to them that this is a real money-making machine.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m still giving money to one of my friends because he helped me to invest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/exoclick-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in ExoClick<\/a> at the very beginning.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-what-were-the-first-offers-you-ran\"><\/span>2. What were the First Offers you Ran?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I started working with signup forms because I didn\u2019t need the users to perform a lot of actions.<\/p>\n<p>They only had to leave their email.<\/p><div class=\"mobid-in-content-15-p_2-2\" style=\"margin-top: 26px;margin-bottom: 26px;\" id=\"mobid-68774202\"><div class=\"mobid-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/recommends\/semrush-v1\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"backlinks\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PD-970x250-Discover-backlinks-faster-than-ever-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PD-970x250-Discover-backlinks-faster-than-ever-1.png 970w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PD-970x250-Discover-backlinks-faster-than-ever-1-250x52.png 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PD-970x250-Discover-backlinks-faster-than-ever-1-700x144.png 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PD-970x250-Discover-backlinks-faster-than-ever-1-768x158.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PD-970x250-Discover-backlinks-faster-than-ever-1-120x25.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"970\" height=\"200\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/media-buying-campaign-targeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeting users<\/a> from the USA on some local chats, asking them to subscribe.<\/p>\n<p>It was a testing stage.<\/p>\n<p>I was still trying to understand whether or not it worked and if I could even get money when they eventually subscribed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"person with money bills\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/person-with-money-bills.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made $10 by following this strategy.<\/p>\n<p>But then I started to have doubts about whether or not Mobidea could pay me.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum amount to withdraw was $50, and I thought:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay. Let\u2019s make $50 and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I did it, and Mobidea paid me.<\/p>\n<p>I was finally ready to pay for traffic!<\/p>\n<p>The Affiliate Service told me I should also explore the Smartlink.<\/p>\n<p>They said it\u2019s good for newbies to get their \u201cfeet wet\u201d and &#8211; sometimes &#8211; it could even outperform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/single-offers\/\">Single Offers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I agreed to test.<\/p>\n<p>I was mainly focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/adult-niche-affiliate-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adult traffic<\/a> at that time.<\/p>\n<p>That hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n<p>I only launched a campaign when I got to chat with my first Account Manager &#8211; Raul.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-main-issues\"><\/span>3. Main Issues<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Withdrawing money was a big issue for me.<\/p>\n<p>PayPal is not available in Turkey and Paxum rejected my account, even though it accepted my friend\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t want to invest money from my pocket:<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to keep my earnings rotating.<\/p>\n<p>Mobidea had sent me my 50 bucks.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I discovered <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"ExoClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/recommends\/exoclick-homepage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ExoClick<\/a>, I started looking for ways to insert money there.<\/p>\n<p>It took me some time to set everything up.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I discovered a Russian payment system &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/news\/webmoney-is-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WebMoney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I collected the minimum amount required by ExoClick &#8211; $200 &#8211; and sent it to the platform.<\/p>\n<p>I struggled to do even that.<\/p>\n<p>For me, it was a huge amount of money and WebMoney didn\u2019t allow me to spend more than $50 per day.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why it took me four days to charge my balance on ExoClick.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, with Raul, I created my first campaign, including targeting, bidding, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/banner-design-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I created my own banners, with a better quality.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t want to appear to be a scammer.<\/p>\n<p>And then I started testing.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-how-did-the-first-campaign-go\"><\/span>4. How Did the First Campaign Go?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The first campaign was for Costa Rica (Claro).<\/p>\n<p>I think many people give up because they don\u2019t see the conversions coming.<\/p>\n<p>When you don&#8217;t see results, it\u2019s easy to get disappointed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"sad man\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sad-man.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You start thinking that there\u2019s no money in affiliate marketing.<\/p>\n<p>But I got lucky!<\/p>\n<p>Right on my first day, after about 20 clicks, I saw a conversion.<\/p>\n<p>I then focused on making my campaign profitable.<\/p>\n<p>I talked with Raul a lot, annoying him all the time.<\/p>\n<p>For every cent I lost, I panicked and quickly got in touch with Raul.<\/p>\n<p>I was like:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Raul! There is something wrong! I lost money!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Raul was like:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much did you lose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And I answered:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c5 cents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"pile of cents\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-cents.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know.<\/p>\n<p>He was calming me down.<\/p>\n<p>He was telling me that it was okay.<\/p>\n<p>He was always asking me to be patient, but I couldn\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the screen and waited to get at least one more conversion.<\/p>\n<p>After two days I lost about $2, and I asked Raul to check and see what was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>He checked and suggested I cut a few zones, change the banners, or simply wait for the next day, or change the bid to get more traffic.<\/p>\n<p>My main metric was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/cpc-vs-cpm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Every time it went up, I got nervous.<\/p>\n<p>After a week, I felt like I knew a lot and I started to invest more money.<\/p>\n<p>It was the same Costa Rica campaign.<\/p>\n<p>I found out that Huawei, Android was out-performing.<\/p>\n<p>And this is what I started making money with.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-the-most-difficult-aspect-of-affiliate-marketing\"><\/span>5. The Most Difficult Aspect of Affiliate Marketing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Patience.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s tough.<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting is the hardest thing.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t feel like this is true for me anymore, though.<\/p>\n<p>Now?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m super patient.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m probably losing money at this exact moment, but I don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n<p>Before, I used to check my campaigns every single minute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hands-woman-laptop-notebook-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hands-woman-laptop-notebook-1-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"hands woman laptop notebook\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hands-woman-laptop-notebook-1-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hands-woman-laptop-notebook-1-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hands-woman-laptop-notebook-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hands-woman-laptop-notebook-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hands-woman-laptop-notebook-1-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hands-woman-laptop-notebook-1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now?<\/p>\n<p>I check them every week.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s dangerous for you to start getting addicted to checking.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the amount of attention you give to your campaigns depends on a lot of different factors.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, if I know that the campaign is not performing well, I\u2019ll pay more attention and check it more often, as well as when I\u2019m making tests.<\/p>\n<p>But if it\u2019s a stable campaign, you have to wait for about five days or a week to see what you can do next.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-what-other-campaigns-did-you-launch\"><\/span>6. What Other Campaigns did you Launch?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The next campaign I created by myself was targeting Panama.<\/p>\n<p>While Costa Rica\u2019s traffic was really cheap and was bringing me money, Panama felt like it was too expensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"dollar bills\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dollar-bills.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guess what?<\/p>\n<p>I had to stop it one hour after it started, when I spent $3.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning, my goal was to earn $5 per day.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n<p>People told me that I could do more, but I didn\u2019t need it.<\/p>\n<p>$5 was enough for me.<\/p>\n<p>Why not?<\/p>\n<p>Losing $3 in one hour?<\/p>\n<p>That was too much for me.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, my Costa Rica campaign started performing poorly too.<\/p>\n<p>Raul explained:<\/p>\n<p>I was simply over-optimizing.<\/p>\n<p>It was too much!<\/p>\n<p>Now I know that I need to be patient.<\/p>\n<p>I must let the campaign get solid numbers before optimizing.<\/p>\n<p>Back then?<\/p>\n<p>Raul was my only source of knowledge and I thought he was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>I started learning and reading a lot, looking for other ways to make my campaigns profitable.<\/p>\n<p>In one week, I grew from a simple newbie to an average media buyer level.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7-working-with-single-offers\"><\/span>7. Working with Single Offers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When it didn\u2019t work well with Panama, I started checking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/cpa-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offers\u2019 list on Mobidea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I left Costa Rica as it was, but then I tested similar Single Offers.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because &#8211; unlike the Smartlink &#8211; they have fixed payouts.<\/p>\n<p>The offers worked well.<\/p>\n<p>I tested more.<\/p>\n<p>I was still working with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latin_America\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LATAM<\/a>, especially Colombia Claro, which was performing well.<\/p>\n<p>Still, my earnings were too small to cover my spendings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"person without money\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/person-without-money.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t want to invest extra-money on this.<\/p>\n<p>Getting another $200 wouldn\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n<p>I made some changes to my campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>I decided that, if I didn\u2019t earn enough money on the next day, I would stop the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>I was really close to giving up.<\/p>\n<p>I think it was a Colombia-Tigo campaign that saved me and brought me more money.<\/p>\n<p>I did withdraw it really fast and reinvested in new campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>I finally started earning $5, $6, $10 per day.<\/p>\n<p>I had reached my goal.<\/p>\n<p>This motivated me to test even more.<\/p>\n<p>The hot offers are hot because there are many people running them.<\/p>\n<p>You just need to come up with conclusions based on the data.<\/p>\n<p>So you can say it\u2019s hot.<\/p>\n<p>But there are offers that nobody\u2019s running.<\/p>\n<p>I started testing those.<\/p>\n<p>I made some good money:<\/p>\n<p>Something like 200$ in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"person with money\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/person-with-money.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8-did-you-try-running-offers-in-turkey\"><\/span>8. Did You Try Running Offers in Turkey?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Not really.<\/p>\n<p>Since I live in Turkey, I know that affiliate marketing is complicated here.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t try working with Turkish traffic.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9-do-you-usually-talk-with-your-account-manager\"><\/span>9. Do You Usually Talk with Your Account Manager?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I learned a lot from Raul.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, I stopped telling Account Managers what I was doing.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, my current Account Manager doesn\u2019t know where I get traffic.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10-how-did-you-learn-affiliate-marketing\"><\/span>10. How Did You Learn Affiliate Marketing?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I read a lot of stuff on forums.<\/p>\n<p>I watched YouTube videos, read affiliate marketing blogs, especially the Mobidea Academy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"man reading on a laptop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/man-reading-on-a-laptop.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did the same in the past, but I was not as brave as I am today.<\/p>\n<p>I have to be honest:<\/p>\n<p>When you read articles for newbies, they all say that Tier 3 countries are better for newbies.<\/p>\n<p>I think this is a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>It scares people.<\/p>\n<p>Really:<\/p>\n<p>I was scared!<\/p>\n<p>It felt like if I entered another segment, such as France, there would be someone that would crush me, and I would simply spend too much money.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, many articles are just too positive.<\/p>\n<p>I keep reading articles.<\/p>\n<p>Even so &#8211; at the moment &#8211; it\u2019s not that easy to find what I\u2019m looking for.<\/p>\n<p>I guess I am more advanced.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like I know all this stuff already.<\/p>\n<p>Matuloo\u2019s blog is also quite good.<\/p>\n<p>You can understand everything and he mentions some good tools there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/matej-interview-awa-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With Matuloo<\/a>, I also learned about <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"clickadu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/recommends\/clickadu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clickadu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I read a lot on the AffiliateFix forum.<\/p>\n<p>I did it to get help with exploring new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/traffic-sources-affiliate-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traffic sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, if your offers work for one traffic source, they will also work for another one.<\/p>\n<p>Just adjust the bid and you\u2019re good to go!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11-do-you-test-a-lot\"><\/span>11. Do You Test a Lot?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, I do.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, I just fell in love with testing.<\/p>\n<p>I was always asking my Account Manager about what I could test.<\/p>\n<p>Testing is really important.<\/p>\n<p>Once my Account Manager suggested I tried testing France, it worked really well.<\/p>\n<p>For every $15 or 16$ spent, I got a conversion on ExoClick.<\/p>\n<p>The Conversion Rate was about 1\/100, and it was really good for a Tier 1 country!<\/p>\n<p>If you have at least $6 of payout and you can find 100 clicks for $3 &#8211; depending on your banners, of course &#8211; it can work.<\/p>\n<p>Every conversion was bringing me at least 5$.<\/p>\n<p>And France is a big country.<\/p>\n<p>You can find a lot of traffic from there.<\/p>\n<p>But I was running only ExoClick, still making good money.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12-how-did-you-translate-banners\"><\/span>12. How Did You Translate Banners?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>My Account Manager sent me some banners.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to edit them.<\/p>\n<p>Until today, I\u2019ve been running the same banners.<\/p>\n<p>I also take advantage of Mobidea\u2019s Affiliate Service when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/banner-ad-copy-different-languages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">translating the creatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And all the banners are more or less the same:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you older than 18?\u201d (16 for France).<\/p>\n<p>And I categorized my banners by languages.<\/p>\n<p>I confirmed with the Account Managers so as to make sure the banners looked good.<\/p>\n<p>Now?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not creating much.<\/p>\n<p>I got lazy after a while.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13-did-you-test-other-european-countries\"><\/span>13. Did You Test Other European Countries?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After France, I made $500 and started thinking bigger.<\/p>\n<p>I checked the offers\u2019 list.<\/p>\n<p>I saw some offers for Switzerland with a really good payout ($35 per conversion) and thought:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay! If it\u2019s working with France, maybe I can try Switzerland.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14-did-you-work-exclusively-with-exoclick\"><\/span>14. Did You Work Exclusively with ExoClick?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I won\u2019t disclose all the traffic sources that I worked with but it\u2019s obvious that ExoClick was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>ExoClick is good.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, the traffic they\u2019ve got is quite expensive and there\u2019s a lot of competition.<\/p>\n<p>I would say that it\u2019s too much.<\/p>\n<p>I also explored PlugRush (not knowing about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/plugrush-automated-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automated rules<\/a> is a massive mistake!) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/trafficjunky-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TrafficJunky<\/a> (which is quite cheap).<\/p>\n<p>My profitable campaigns from ExoClick worked on TrafficJunky too.<\/p>\n<p>This means I was able to double my income, and I started earning more money without doing much!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"person running away with money case\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just changed the sizes of my banners and that was it.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing TrafficJunky to ExoClick, I can say that TrafficJunky is cheaper, but the quality of traffic is usually lower.<\/p>\n<p>They have 6-7 big websites, so there isn\u2019t much to cut.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, you have no traffic.<\/p>\n<p>On ExoClick, you must exclude ad zones while optimizing your campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a little tip for you:<\/p>\n<p>ExoClick\u2019s mobile central banners aren\u2019t that good.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t run them.<\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m creating a campaign, I always exclude mobile middle banners, because there\u2019s a low CTR.<\/p>\n<p>They are quite competitive which means you end up paying a lot.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no need for it.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t find a way to make these banners profitable, even for my best offers.<\/p>\n<p>After launching campaigns on TrafficJunky, I earned lots of money.<\/p>\n<p>That means I was easily refunding my traffic sources.<\/p>\n<p>I felt like I had more power.<\/p>\n<p>I could do anything.<\/p>\n<p>I was really brave.<\/p>\n<p>I started bidding the highest for Tier 1 countries, just to see what would happen.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15-what-was-your-motivation\"><\/span>15. What was Your Motivation?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Money.<\/p>\n<p>Money is what keeps people motivated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"excited man\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/excited-man.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I saw that Mobidea paid me twice &#8211; first $150 and another time $250 &#8211; I was sure that media buying was working.<\/p>\n<p>I knew I could earn much more than that.<\/p>\n<p>But the point is:<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how to make my withdrawal process smoother.<\/p>\n<p>I have the money, I see it, but it always feels like I can\u2019t touch it.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t withdraw it until I started getting really big amounts.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"16-dont-you-feel-like-switching-to-other-verticals\"><\/span>16. Don\u2019t You Feel like Switching to Other Verticals?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Not really.<\/p>\n<p>I only work with Adult offers, VOD mostly.<\/p>\n<p>I never ran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/sweepstakes-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sweepstakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have tried it but it didn\u2019t really work for me.<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for Dating offers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"couple laughing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/couple-laughing.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/crypto-affiliate-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crypto<\/a> or any other type of offers, because I feel like Adult is my area.<\/p>\n<p>I know how to work with it.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to struggle by creating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/affiliate-landing-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landing pages<\/a> (all my campaigns are running direct-linking).<\/p>\n<p>A good offer is really important for me.<\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m evaluating new offers, I analyze all aspects thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>If they are similar to what\u2019s already working for me, I go ahead and test.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"17-spy-tools\"><\/span>17. Spy Tools<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/adplexity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AdPlexity<\/a>\u00a0(check our exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/deals\/adplexity-discount-coupon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AdPlexity coupon<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It was really just out of curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to see what others were running.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"spy with a magnifying glass\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spy-with-a-magnifying-glass.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I downloaded some landers but didn\u2019t run them.<\/p>\n<p>My offers were already converting.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t want to spoil it and don\u2019t think that you need to use landers with Video offers.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe if I had tried it with Dating, I would be able to make some money there as well.<\/p>\n<p>The path to the conversion for the VOD offers has to be short.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because the majority of those clicks are performed by impulse.<\/p>\n<p>While the user is clicking, I don\u2019t want them to take too many steps until the conversion.<\/p>\n<p>The shorter the path, the better!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"18-how-did-the-story-with-the-swiss-offer-end\"><\/span>18. How Did the Story with the Swiss Offer End?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019m sure that if I asked my Account Manager about running the offers in Switzerland, he\u2019d say there was no one working with it.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d deem it a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>But it worked, of course.<\/p>\n<p>It brought me so much money!<\/p>\n<p>Other people were afraid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/profitable-niches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dive into this niche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The offer\u2019s payout was $35.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s scary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"fearful woman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fearful-woman.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You feel like you need to do something extraordinary to earn $35 per conversion, but it wasn\u2019t my case.<\/p>\n<p>The offer was a Click to SMS and &#8211; surprisingly &#8211; it was working better than a Single Opt-In offer!<\/p>\n<p>It was working like Double Opt-In in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Single Opt-In in LATAM was 1 conversion per 10 clicks.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Double Opt-In was like 1 conversion per 50 clicks.<\/p>\n<p>And &#8211; at times &#8211; my Swiss offer was giving me a conversion per 100 clicks.<\/p>\n<p>It being that a conversion was $35, and that I had spent only $10 per 100 clicks, imagine how much money I made.<\/p>\n<p>And the Swiss offer made me want to expand even more &#8211; bring even more traffic for better results.<\/p>\n<p>I discovered more traffic sources.<\/p>\n<p>I tried everything.<\/p>\n<p>I expanded it.<\/p>\n<p>The offer from France was working really well on Clickadu.<\/p>\n<p>The traffic source research I have performed has given me awesome results!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"19-did-you-spend-a-lot-of-time-working-in-affiliate-marketing\"><\/span>19. Did you Spend a Lot of Time Working in Affiliate Marketing?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I was spending a lot of time on it, yes.<\/p>\n<p>At the end, it was only two hours per day.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, it\u2019s even more relaxed:<\/p>\n<p>I set a campaign, close my laptop, and live my life.<\/p>\n<p>It also gets boring, if you are not expanding to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/affiliate-marketing-verticals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">verticals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lately, I have been working with LATAM campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>I have lots of things happening there.<\/p>\n<p>I got used to having a lot of money now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"successful man on a yacht\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/successful-man-on-a-yacht.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t give affiliate marketing up.<\/p>\n<p>In total, I\u2019ve tried at least 10 traffic sources.<\/p>\n<p>I know all of them.<\/p>\n<p>The key point here is that you really need to know how they work.<\/p>\n<p>Different traffic sources have different features.<\/p>\n<p>Some are better when it comes to working with PPC, some with CPM.<\/p>\n<p>In some of them, your daily budget matters a lot; in others, not so much.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, on ExoClick, you have to bid the most.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n<p>They only check your money.<\/p>\n<p>If you give them money, they give you traffic.<\/p>\n<p>On other traffic sources, you can find a way to get cheaper traffic with a high volume and a good quality.<\/p>\n<p>People must know and explore everything, not just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/creating-a-campaign-on-mobidea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to create a campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20-advice-for-newbie-affiliates\"><\/span>20. Advice for Newbie Affiliates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>My main advice?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t go for media buying!<\/p>\n<p>But 6 months ago I\u2019d say:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo for it! This is your chance!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t predict anything in this business.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t say for sure how the market will change.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll never be able to know whether or not newbie affiliates will be profitable.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m making a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"pile of money\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pile-of-money.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to teach anyone how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to have more competition &#8211; I already have enough.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I can suggest them other verticals.<\/p>\n<p>I made it with Adult, but it doesn\u2019t mean you need to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>You can do it with Mainstream or with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/cpa-facebook-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook traffic<\/a>, I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t run any campaign there or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/google-adwords-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AdWords<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some people run on Yahoo.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d say that &#8211; if you are running the same offer on the same traffic source as I am &#8211; you will lose, and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n<p>Because you can\u2019t out-bid me.<\/p>\n<p>No way!<\/p>\n<p>I believe that I can make money.<\/p>\n<p>I made all of this money on my own, but of course, we all need help.<\/p>\n<p>Without help, you can be successful but it will take a long, long time.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, you will only be able to make it rain after spending a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m telling you:<\/p>\n<p>I spent nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I only put $200 from my pocket.<\/p>\n<p>I kept it all online.<\/p>\n<p>And now?<\/p>\n<p>I have so much more!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdnwp.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"king with crown\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-623x351.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-316x177.jpg 316w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/king-with-crown.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Whoa, Cihad!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What an amazing interview!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks for these tremendously useful insights!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">See Also:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/super-affiliate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Become a Super Affiliate in 10 Simple Steps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/mobidea-tutorial-get-started-webinar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobidea Tutorial: Getting Started With Mobidea [Webinar]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/affiliate-marketing-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4 Toxic Affiliate Marketing Scams You Have to Avoid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/affiliate-marketing-forums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Affiliate Marketing Forums on the Internet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/traffic-force-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TrafficForce Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mobid-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"mobid-1378105991\"><div class=\"mobid-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/recommends\/banner-placement-2\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"da\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.mobidea.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/da.gif\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"730\" height=\"90\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve already checked Mobidea Academy&#8217;s\u00a0affiliate success stories but now&#8217;s the time to experience something special! 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