I'm writting this today to save you wasting your money and more importantly, wasting your time.. I sincerely hope it helps.
I gave up on Facebook ads a long time ago, because they hate affiliate marketers.
They also got very expensive over the years to the extent it's no longer possible to breakeven direct-linking to affiliate offers (if you can get approved or run ads long enough without getting banned).
Here are some of the traffic strategies I tried since I started in 2008 until now that didn't work for me (some worked briefly before stopped):
5 Traffic Sources I tried that didn't work for me
Pay per view traffic -
Its when your ads pop-up on computers with adware. It's a relatively cheap form of traffic mostly used in health markets and travel because it delivers a mostly older crowd who download apps without understanding what they're getting. Naturally, those aren't "bright" buyers. Traffic is cheap but so is the quality.
Twitter Traffic -
I built several twitter accounts to the size of 24,000 followers. I got barely any clicks. I used software to do it as well as reciprocal following (where I followed someone expecting them to follow me back). Probably biggest waste of my time ever.
Facebook (free) -
similar to Twitter, I befriended people in my niche and wanted to get to know them. I came across as a creep who randomly contacted me through messenger. I didn't make friends. I didn't make money.
Google (free SEO) -
I built a blog and optimized it over the course of 8 months. I started getting some traffic. Couple of hundred visitors per day. I placed an opt in form on the right sidebar but only built a list of 1,000 people in those 8 months.
When I mailed it, I had 3 people open and 1 click. I scraped the list and started over with a traffic source that got me super-responsive list subscribers and growing instead.
Google (paid ads) -
I uploaded my first ad and got banned. That was it. Next time I tried Adwords, I had advertised my ad agency. It was nothing like I thought it would be. There are so many things that are just wrong about it, biggest being - price.
I was now paying $7 per click for a keyword "solo ad." And it's not even a popular keyword. Keywords such as "work from home" or "make money online" cost $20 per click. I can't afford that. Can you?
Facebook (paid ads) -
This strategy worked briefly. For a short time I ran a high ticket coaching offer on Facebook. I broke even offering a $1,000 item. Most of the leads I generated off Facebook never responded to follow-ups.
I learned that social media users has an "escape" mindset. They're trying to escape from decisions... Buying decisions, life decisions, all decisions. And then I got banned. Then I tried again and got banned again.
After getting banned for the 4th time, I gave up and moved away from Facebook completely to find a traffic source that's 20 times more profitable than Facebook ads..
Pinterest (free) -
I worked DAILY to build up 250,000 monthly viewers over the course of 18 months.. Made asimple mistake and they shut down my account..
So I started a new one, new email, new boards, new followers.. just started the whole process over from scratch.. about 8 month later I had gotten 200,000 monthly views.. you guessed it, BANNED! For what? I have no idea.. Simply the biggest waste of time on the planet.
These are just some of traffic sources I tried.
They're all blood sucking traffic sources for one reason or another.
The traffic source I use now works on complete auto-pilot.
The price never goes up (in fact, after it's set up, it's completely free to use whenever you want). It doesn't limit you with regulations or landing page requirements.
“TRAFFIC SHOULDN'T BE HARD, IT'S ACTUALLY EASY...”
I used to work really hard to get trickles of traffic. I blogged, I wrote articles, I shot videos, I did anything I could just to get a few clicks, some visitors... anything! Now I kick back and watch my traffic roll in every day.
