This is a method that’s perfect for some startup cash, however, it can lead to some serious cash if you scale it but don’t forget it’s kind of seasonal. I used this method like 2-3 years ago when I started out earning money and my record from one site where I promoted a new TV earned me like $7500 in 3-4 days. I’m sure this method works as good today as it worked 2-3 years ago, the fact is I just saw a site using it which reminded me and provoked me to write this thread.
The basics
Have you ever wondered why the word ”free” is avoided by basically all marketers? Well, it’s because of something called buyers intent. If you search for “buy iPhone” for example you will see that the phrase has high competition and a lot of authority sites on the first page (most of them Apple and e-commerce sites). If you instead search for “free iPhone” you will see that it’s categorized as an easy keyword with roughly 27,100 searches every month (and the trend is kind of stable since new iPhone models appear regularly).
On the first page for the "free" keyword, you find A LOT of pages with basically zero PA and mostly non-matches. If you search for “get an iPhone for free” you will see the same and this keyword has like 500 searches every month which is still enough. The fact is there are only a few sites that target these keywords and they are very simple one-page sites that use the exact method I’m writing about here. You can with other words outrank them extremely easy if you want to by just by writing a little more content, add a youutbe video and follow my little twist here (get social signals).
We are basically going to monetize these "free" keywords with CPA offers.
The method
Go to a CPA network and check out their offers, usually, you will find a lot of offers where people can sign up and have a chance of winning something for free (iPhone, cameras). What you want is a CPA offer for a new trendy object that has a lot of searches every month (iPhone is the perfect example here). You basically choose one and stick to it.
Now you go and create a simple WordPress site somewhere, there’s a lot of hosting companies that offers hosting for free in exchange for different of stuff if you search around. A domain you can obviously get almost for free at GoDaddy and you want an EMD, like:
www.getiphoneforfree.com
www.getsonnycameraforfree.com
Now you set up a site with some articles that tell about how there’s a possibility of winning an iPhone for free if a person just signs up to your offer. You want a lot of articles about made up people who recently won an iPhone and now are extremely happy (you need to sell a dream and convince people here like the scammers at WarriorForum). Add a Youtube video also for the SERPS and like two over exciting reviews from random fiverr seller if you're really serious.
Now it’s time to make it blackhat, on the first page you add a like button for all kinds of social medias out there and write that a person can increase his or her chances of winning up to a whopping 99% (!!!) if he or she shares the site with their friends x numbers of times. This is what your articles need to focus on also, that person x won an iPhone after sharing the site 200 times on Facebook or something like that. This can make the site go viral and get a lot of likes that will work in your favor when it comes to the SERPS.
If your CPA network thinks this is unethical you either set up two sites (one serious and one blackhat) with cloaking or avoid writing what’s mentioned above and focus on spreading it as a secret method instead on social medias. Use your fantasy.
Now we need to find traffic
Okay, who’s your target group here? The obvious answer is cheap people, the more precise answer is stupid teens in general and kebab technicians from the Middle East and North Africa living in the country where you are promoting the offer. The kebab technicians are especially important here since they often have a fetish for status, getting things for free and social medias. Now you go to any place where these people hang out on the internet, I’m speaking about social media groups, forums, everything. They are usually easy to find, just make sure they are over 18.
When you find them you post threads where you brag about how you just got an iPhone totally for free. You do not want to make it too obvious that you’re promoting a site here or you will get banned fast as hell (preferably you have a couple of posts already on the site). Write something like: ”Just received the newest iPhooooone totally free from a site, gangsta style, paying is for lozzzzers. Hit me up bro and maybe I tell you where.” By experience, I know you can get away with this easier if you write as retarded as possible. After you have done this for a while (1-2 days) people will visit your site and share it with their retarded friends on social media and that’s when the number of visitors spike and the bucks start to role in.
The final step
Make a lot of similar sites but with other offers and repeat.