A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Solo Ads for Traffic to Your Internet Marketing or Affiliate Offer
Are you buying solo ads?
Please read this before delving into this method of getting traffic.
Solo Ads is my favorite method of getting traffic and there are a few reasons why.
I love Solo Ads because:
• I can climb it.
• I can get it fast.
• I can make it consistent.
• And the most important part for me are the protagonists.
By buying solo ads, you’ll always get more leads than you can expect from a regular PPC campaign (especially if you’re an industry newbie). This happens because a Solo Ad seller has an established relationship with their list and basically what happens is this… the seller tells their list to “go and check this offer out”, and they immediately go and check it out because they completely trust you. the. However, before you start jumping to different providers and buying tons of clicks, there are a few rules you need to follow in order to get good quality traffic and not waste your money.
Below are the rules that I personally follow whenever I buy solo listings.
1) Find a good supplier.
This is not really difficult to do. Search Facebook for “individual ad testimonials,” join a few groups you’ll find in the search results, and then start reading testimonials about different vendors. Usually a testimonial will look like this
Vendor: Individual Vendor Name
Ordered clicks: 500
Clicks received: 550
Participate: 65%
Level 1: 95%
Dirty: 6
Comment: blah blah blah…
When reading testimonials, you should focus on four main points.
I) What is the percentage of clicks on delivery?
Everyone loves delivery. Suppliers generally give 10% on delivery to their customers.
ii) What is the average subscription rate?
I will not buy only from a provider that gets testimonials with less than 30% subscription rates.
iii) Level 1 –
Make sure your provider’s traffic comes from Tier 1 countries…less than 85% Tier 1 is not good for you. If you’re selling something online, you want to sell it to people with credit cards and the ability to buy. For the higher level 1, you will probably pay more money, which means that your CPC (cost per click) will be more expensive.
iv) Do you see “Sales” in the testimonials?
If the seller has testimonials with sales, it means that they have a list of buyers.
So, as you can see from the examples above, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that if all four main points are hit, this is a good testimonial.
When reading testimonials, you should also look at the profile of the people posting these testimonials to make sure they are not fake profiles. This does not usually happen but I just want to inform you about the probability so that you are careful. All fake profiles have similar patterns, so here are some ways to spot them; you can check it by looking;
a) The date of creation of the profile.
b) The number or amount of friends.
c) The number of personal photographs.
d) The number of timeline posts and common user activity.
You should open your notepad and write down the name of the providers that you think are good. In addition, he is still looking for testimonials. If you see the same names over and over again and see the same vendor getting good testimonials over and over again, this is a sign that the vendor is very good and you can prove it.
2) Contact the seller.
You can do it through Facebook, try adding it to your friends list. It’s always good to have friends, right? However, you will need to ask the provider some very important questions.
Here are the questions you have to ask him and in this order too;
1) What niches does your list apply to?
you can’t promote MMO niche products from “make money online” to the list full of people who want to lose a few pounds, does it make sense? Okay! A good marketer will segment their list into different niches and sub-niches. So, for example, there is MMO “make money online” niche, there is IM (internet marketing) there is Bizop (business opportunities). These 3 niches can apply to you if you are promoting any product that helps to make money online, or educate people on how to make money, or even if you are promoting some kind of online tool (can be good for messaging niche snapshot).
2) Do you have a website?
They all usually have a website, and within the website you will find tons of testimonials and also prices for different solo ad packages.
3) When can the provider schedule X number of clicks for you?
If the seller says that they can deliver the clicks today or immediately, this is not a good sign, it means that the seller has no orders for some reason. For good providers, you can wait some time, even up to 1-2 weeks. However, if the seller says 2-3 days to start delivery, that will be pretty good.
4) How long will it take to deliver X number of clicks?
Like I said before, I want the traffic to flow fast, so if I order 300 clicks, I don’t want to wait a week before all the clicks I ordered are delivered. You can usually get 300 clicks in 1-2 days.
5) Can you give any kind of guarantee on the options?
Some providers will offer warranty options. In fact, I’ve personally gotten refunds multiple times because vendor traffic didn’t convert into leads. (Of course you need to check that your funnel is set up correctly)
6) Who provides the slip?
You want to make sure your message matches the market. If the vendor tells you that they won’t accept your passes, keep looking for other vendors. Sometimes a vendor may say that he will take a look at your slip and let you know if he will make any changes…to be honest, sometimes those changes are done forever. A provider can take your hit and:
has. Recreate it in the way that will look most professional.
b. Each salesperson has his own way of talking to his list, so he can change it up a bit so the swipe matches his manner and still gets the message across to the market.
Whatever you decide to do with the slip;
7) Ask the provider if you can opt out of their list.
There is no reason for the provider to reject this request, but it will allow you to see the actual message the provider is sending to your list. So if the provider says they accept your swipe, and in fact sends their own swipe, which is a totally different message than yours, then you can kick your a $$.
8) Ask the provider if they will provide you with a third-party tracking source.
So, in addition to your own tracking tools, you’ll be able to track the clicks you send from your tool as well.
latest tips
1. Always test providers with a small number of clicks before scaling.
2. The best amount to test is to ask for 300 clicks at the beginning.
3. Know your numbers, how many options did you get from the provider? How many turned into sales?
4. What are the prices? If any provider gives you clicks below 0.35 cents per click, stay away from them, 0.35 is the lowest price for good providers, but you can find a different price range and can match up to $2 per click.
5. A good salesperson will segment their list, so when you get leads, make sure 95% of those people have never seen this offer before.
6. Don’t be afraid of bots. Tracking software can detect 99% of bot clicks.
7. Always pay with your credit card, or if you have a PayPal account, make sure your transactions are made through your credit card and not PayPal balance. The reason for this is that if you have some problems with the supplier and want to get refunds, it will be very difficult to do so through PayPal, but it will be much easier to contact your credit card company and ask them for help.
8. Remember, a good provider will never risk their reputation and send you fake clicks.
9. Remember that a good seller will always refund you if they had any serious problems, just so they don’t risk their reputation.
Last tip… don’t be afraid of Solo Ads, this is the best traffic for beginners and professionals.
And of course there are always risks you take when shopping alone, but always remember this great quote “no bread no profit”
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