Most forum admin I speak to are basically unaware there is such a thing as CPA advertising. This is scary to me. It wasn’t until 6 months ago that I began to learn about this method of monetizing my forums and this may have very well cost me tens of thousands of dollars. The beauty of a forum is that it has a central theme with users coming that have a great deal of interest in that theme. There also will tend to be a higher level of trust with the membership due to it being a community, not only an information portal.
So, when I say CPA Ads are all about the niche, I am referring to the fact that certain forums can be a golkdmine in the CPA market. Let me offer some examples:
1. Xbox forum - a free xbox CPA offer would be killer!
2. Weight loss forum - weight loss CPA offers would do very well!
3. Movies forum - Netflix offers would perform great!
Do you see the trend here? For most of the niches I can think of, there is a way to reach your demographic with multiple CPA offers that they will gobble up. The idea is to be smart, determine your audience, learn about what they are interested in, and research the CPA networks and their offers.
One thing to make a note of is that every CPA network offers certain “incentivized offers”. These offers are those that you can promote and even give back to the user that completes the offer. I have seen free premium memberships given if a user completes 1-3 offers and so on. Be creative and don’t leave opportunities on the table!
Who are you using for your CPA network… CJ?
I use AzoogleAds and work with Jai. You can skim through the monetization forum to see several of my posts concerning my success with Azoogle.