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$100,000 Media Buying Mistakes

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One of my favorite ways of generating traffic is media buying. I've been pretty tight lipped out media buying up until now and I've decided to post more about media buying because it's a hot topic these days that a lot of people are trying to learn more about. With any topic that is this massive there are going to be some people that are making major mistakes. I'm going to show you a typical problem, what I call "media buying followers" using a movie marketing campaign that I think is … [Read more...]

Media Buying Agencies

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Thinking of working with one of the Media Buying Agencies? There are a lot of factors to consider when thinking about working with a Media Buying Agency. I've seen two common scenarios that generally lead people to working with these agencies. Scenario 1: You are a new media buyer and you need help. In my opinion this is usually a bad reason to want to get involved with a media buying agency. The problem here is that you are putting a lot of trust in a company that they are going to be … [Read more...]

Reverse Media Buying Case Study

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I put together this video for you guys on Reverse Media Buying. Reverse Media Buying as I will explain in the video is the art of buying media such as banners while finding websites via search engines and other means, from websites that don't go out and solicit their own sales. Usually you can get a much better deal by doing this and approaching sites yourself, that don't have a salesman working their banner spots. … [Read more...]

Buying Traffic from Plenty of Fish – Guest Post by Justin Dupre

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This is a guest post by Justin Dupre. Scaling out. This is what you do when you've hit your maximum potential on any given traffic source. People get bored of seeing your affiliate ads on one website everyday, which is why looking into alternative places to buy traffic is so important. Scaling out is just another way to get all your eggs out of one basket, or in other words, diversify. So when I was a one advertising platform kind of man, I was making a killing on Facebook. But like I … [Read more...]

Don’t Forget The Other Traffic Sources

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“We tried Google, we failed with Bing, Facebook didn’t give us anything, and neither did Twitter or PPV. Online marketing doesn’t work.” That’s what a new client of mine said about 20 minutes before I landed a consulting gig with them. When you do marketing, and yes, I’m going to give you the most boring cliché ever, but YOU HAVE TO “think outside of the box.” Be creative, do something others aren’t doing. So I asked them, “Did you try any other paid traffic … [Read more...]

Negotiating a Media Buy

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A lot of people have been asking me lately how I negotiate my media buys. First and foremost, I find it easier to deal with someone that you know or have had some sort of past communication with. The first tactic that you can employ would be to simply ask for a discount. Often times, if you have had some sort of past communication they will offer you a good rate right off the bat, negotiation over. But, if you don't get your desired rate right off the bat then it's time to use some … [Read more...]

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