Thursday 16 February 2012

HOW I MAKE $3000 + EACH WEEK MAILING

My Earnings  


I don't share alot of my methods but here goes.

Below is one of my 8 'online dating' email campaigns. Each one had similar stats but this one had earned the most in the 6 days. The one that was doing the worst had made $776.



After lots of research I chose one dating site and before I even signed up I contacted the head affiliate manager. Here is what I said;


Hi. I currently work with another large online dating site. I know my affiliate manager very well and we've been friends for a long time. My question is this. I send traffic to them by means of emailing. However my emails are not 100% compliant but I do include an opt-out link and subtract their suppression list for each email blast. When too many complaints come in, I make myself a new account, he terminates my old one, deletes all my personal information from their system and transfer my funds over to the new account. Then I start again. He does this to cover his own ass and it works out well for both of us. Would you be interested in something like this? I make good money with them and he is very happy with the conversion rates he gets from my traffic so its a win-win. If not, no worries. I just feel like being honest about this stuff from the very start is the way to go.
He agreed to test out the traffic and ended up being happy with the results. I have been with them for almost 2 years now.

I run campaigns on 3 different affiliate accounts I set up with them. The first 2 accounts I use strictly for emailing. The 3rd one is for whitehat traffic and is used for banner ads, Facebook ads, YouTube and offline traffic. Here in this thread I will just talk about my emailing campaigns.

Most of my emails are scraped from the web. I do not target any specific keywords or niches. I installed some Windows VPS boxes with a good email scraper, load up large lists of common words and names as keywords and let them run 24/7.

I get a lot of scraped emails every day this way. Now from here I remove duplicates and split the emails up into parts. I then load import them into different VPS boxes with Interspire IEM installed. Each one is scrubbed against a large list of spamtraps and their suppression list as it is being imported. Then I send out a very simple email to the lists. It's normally something like;

Subject: Hi

Message: Hey. How are things? We may be getting down there to your neck of the woods soon so maybe we can all go grab a bite to eat or something. I'll keep you posted. Talk to you soon. Dan
Most of the time the people will think it is someone they used to know or think it was sent to them by mistake. But since it isn't trying to sell them something, most people will just delete it after reading it. The important thing here is that most of them will not mark it as spam and by reading it, it also improves the my IP's reputation.

This way I can effectively parse out all the hard bounces and end up with a clean email list to send to free from most spam traps and suppression emails. I then export them to another set of VPS boxes which are used for sending out my dating ads.

I try to keep my ads short and simple. They all say something like;

Largest Singles Site In The World
Over 30 Million Members
Costs Nothing To Join
==URL==

to unsubscribe, click here
The offer I use when emailing pays me per every free lead. I start at $2 per lead until I get my first paid join. The pay rate fluctuates depending on my conversion ratio. They pay out every 2 weeks so what I do is blast out emails as fast as possible for the first 7 days on my 1st account. Then I switch all traffic to my 2nd account and send as many as possible to it for 7 days. Then I loop back to the 1st and start over. When I do it this way, my 1st account gets tons of free signups for the first week, then during the 2nd week some of those free joins start to convert to paid members and make my conversion ratio better for that pay period. So, no matter what I am guaranteed to get at least $2 for each free lead but most of the time I end up at $3 - $4 per lead before the pay period ends.

I'm not going to do the math here because in affiliate marketing what you make each paycheck is always different due to fluctuations in conversions and how many joins you end up getting. However I will say that money is no longer something I have to worry about. Of course I have to be careful because BlackHat emailing is a dangerous game to play. I've never had any problems, knock on wood, but yeah it's something I am very meticulous about.

There are tons of dating sites out there with affiliate programs. When choosing one I would recommend signing up directly with them and not through one of the large affiliate networks like (CJ, Azoogle or MaxBounty for example). One big thing you need to look into when signing up for any affiliate site is what other affiliate marketers are saying about them. I believe all of them shave leads. The key is to find one that doesn't shave too much and ensure that your conversions and pay stays pretty consistent. If you use one that you make a lot of money with the first couple paychecks, then you notice a drastic drop in conversions, 9 times out of 10 they have started shaving too much and not a company you want to stay with.

The one I chose stays very consistent and pays me every 2 weeks like clockwork. They keep my info safe and let me know when I need to change accounts. They also let me sign up with fake info and are very flexible with how I want to get paid. I'm not going to mention the site I use here because my affiliate manager would not appreciate it if all the search engines started showing that they were BlackHat friendly. But yeah, if you wanna give em a try, send me a private message and I'll tell you there.

For those of you out there trying to make money online, give some thought to affiliate marketing in the online dating field. Bottom line is, sex sells, period!

Got questions? Go ahead and ask. I'll do my best to answer them all.