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WHAT IS CPA ?

CPA is a type of marketing that is making a lot of waves online. That's because the monetary rewards are very high, and it can take lot less work than other models of making money online!

As a CPA marketer, your role will be to help get customer leads for companies. These companies are willing to pay 100%, 200%, 300% -- and sometimes more for each lead -- over the price the lead pays to accept the offer. Sometimes, the offers are completely free for the lead, so you make money right away, while the company takes all the risk and hopes the lead eventually becomes a customer.

The acronym CPA stands for cost per action. Your goal is to drive targeted people through your links in the hopes that they will participate in a free offer, trial offer, or some other offer as determined in advance by the company.

Sometimes all people need to do is fill out something simple like their e-mail address or zip code. Zip code offers are particularly easy to convert because they are very low risk for the person filling it out! Other offers are more difficult, and require a few pages of information to be filled out. Of course, the more difficult the offer is (which means lower conversions) the more money you will likely get paid. Sometimes it seems like a dream if it is easy to convert the offer and you get quite a high payout!

CPA offers can be found at CPA dedicated networks. These are similar to many affiliate networks you might have heard of, but they mostly focus on these cost per action offers. Do take note that it can be a little bit more difficult to get accepted into the CPA networks than it is to get accepted into something like ClickBank.com or CJ.com. That's because they want people with a little more experience who can convert their offers. Still, even the newest of the new can get accepted into the CPA networks with the right strategies, which we will cover in this series.

If you've been trying to make money online for a while, or even if you are an accomplished Internet marketer, CPA offers are the way to go these days. That's because the offers are often high converting, and the companies who provide the offers are very willing to pay their marketers high commissions.

Of course, it can be difficult to navigate this type of marketing if you have not done so before. That's why it's best to learn as much as possible so you can get started making money right away. That's the good thing about CPA marketing -- you really can make money the same day you start promoting an offer!

In the jargon-filled world of online advertising, CPA -- cost-per-action -- advertising may seem confusing at first. Also known as "pay for performance," CPA is an effective way for advertisers to select how they want to pay for their advertising -- by click, impression, sale, or other variable.

Pay-for-click advertising is very popular, but it can be costly. As such, it may be out of reach for many businesses. If you prefer to pay by sale, CPA-based advertising can deliver your customers to you and guarantee that you won't pay a dime unless until you make a sale. In the highly competitive and expensive world of Internet advertising, this is a rare bit of insurance for your company?s advertising budget.

But sales aren't the only "actions" you can choose to pay for. If you offer registrations or subscriptions on your site, a CPA-based program can be very effective. If you are simply seeking new leads for your company by using an opt-in mailing list, you can utilize CPA-based advertising to guarantee interested leads.

The benefit of CPA advertising is obvious -- you get what you pay for. And your ads will generally run in more places for longer if you decide to pay only for specified actions. This can translate to greater visibility for your company.

How it works
Now that you know what CPA-based advertising is, how does it work? When you place your ad with a CPA agency, or through a site that offers the ability to run CPA ads, your ad will begin to display as soon as it is added to the rotation.

First, you will need to decide what actions you are willing to pay for. You can use the traditional pay-per-click option, or pay by sale or by registration, whichever fits your advertising budget.

Once your ad begins to display, it will be in the rotation until the set amount of actions have transpired. If you require 100 sales from an ad campaign, your ad will display until you have reached 100 sales.

When to use CPA advertising

Here are a few instances where a CPA campaign might make sense.

• Testing your ads before starting a large campaign. CPA lets you see just how many customers actually purchase your products after viewing your ad. Even if you decide to take your campaign to a CPC- or CPM-based outlet later, you can fine-tune it ahead of time by using CPA-based advertising.

• Testing an affiliate program. Since affiliate programs are essentially CPA-based advertising campaigns, you can test the waters ahead of time, without having to worry about long term affiliate arrangements.

• Poor ad performance. If you have been experiencing slow sales or a lack of response from your current advertising programs, it may be time to give CPA-based advertising a try.

• Limited advertising budget. CPA-based advertising is also an effective way of reaching new customers without having to expend unnecessary advertising resources. You will be able to set not only the action that you will pay for, but also the amount you are willing to pay for this action.

As with any ad campaign, there is no silver bullet, and no one way approach can be right for everyone. Try a number of different approaches, and keep careful track of the results. Only then will you know which ads will deliver the best return on your advertising investment.