"ArE yOu dOiNg BlAcK hAt?"
Bro I passed school and UNI doing the most disgusting "Black Hat" techniques you can imagine
How am I not supposed to do that right now
𝘼𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙨
AM represents the ideal of a judge
It doesnt matter your height, weight, age or background
Only your skills matter
Have you been an affiliate for 30 years? For 30 days? AM doesn't care
𝟵𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹
Affiliates (and marketers in general) who despise BlackHat do so for 1 of 2 reasons:
1-They are cowards and can't bear to play against the "rules", they fear any legal
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙖 𝘽𝙃 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣
A random tuesday morning a couple weeks ago I met a guy, strong russian accent, in his 50's.
He was curious about what a 22yo guy like me was doing, I explained to him
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙥𝙞𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙂𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
And why is this the only way to reach 6-figs/months with only 3 or 4 clients
12 months ago I was barely starting with my B2C leadgen agency
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨
Private (custom made) offers and an armored back-end are the only way.
And no vertical comes close to lead-gen + call-center combo for secrecy.
1-Partner up with a
My setup may seem overkill for some, but it took time.
(And no, not because of anything BH.)
It's a defense strategy from being a high-profile person.
Multiple installs of:
Affiliate, Network, and CRM tracking platforms, hosting, servers, domains, ad accounts, tools, etc.,
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙇𝙒𝘼𝙔𝙎 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚
No mater the vertical you are in, there is always an angle you can use to position yourself in the top 5% most profitable campaigns in that sector
And how do you find that angle?
BY DOING THE FUCKING RESEARCH
Yep, it's boring af
If you are doing HEAVY black-hat stuff (ilegal)
Just remember, to avoid being caught you need to be lucky every day
They need to be lucky only once
Risk is NOT lineal
𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝘃𝗰-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽" 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆
You go all in for a barely-tested business model with high risk and high volatility
You sell your soul to multiple VCs, you spend years running at a loss and burning piles of
𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨
It feels like ambition left europe by boat on the XIX century
Popular opinion on entrepreneurship and business is notably different in europe (specially western europe) compared to other major economical regions of the world
𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙆 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚
They want to FEEL productive
When I tell my friends/family that I work 3 hours/day they ask why don't I work more or why dont I start other projects
But that is a sign
"𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙" 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 "𝙗𝙖𝙙" 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵
Mediocrity is expensive. Probably not on money, because it may lead you to breakeven or to a shy profit. But it's
You only need 2 traits to be sucessful
If you have them you will 100% become unstopable:
Critical thinking (specially self criticism)
and Discipline
One to know what you need to do
The other to actually do it
Why is success and the concept of "making it" the biggest paradox in business?
When someone claims "i want to make it" they are limiting themselves
You see, every time that someone aspires for success, they inevitably set a goal in their subconscious,
Even if its not a
𝟵𝘁𝗼𝟱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘁
Let me explain, affiliates, ecom guys and other biz owners have gone through the highest highs and lowest lows: failing, pivoting, progressing and succeding
Exploring new
𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙂𝙊𝙉𝙉𝘼 𝙈𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝙄𝙏
Your goal is to make your ads convert like crazy
Not to have your readers thinking that you are a genius. In fact if readers see your ad and say "oh
There are 37.474 TRILLION dollars out there
And you are telling me you can't manage to make 10k/mo
Bro, the money is already printed
You just need to go get it
If you found this thread interesting, and whant to know how I slashed my CPL from 20€ to 4€, RT and if I see enough interest I'll write a thread about it
𝘽𝙧𝙊, 𝙗𝙐𝙩 𝙒𝙝𝘼𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙋𝙥𝙀𝙣𝙎 𝙞𝙁 𝙞 𝙛𝘼𝙞𝙇?
I am sorry to tell you this, but your ego is blinding you.
And you are more irrational than a bipolar schizophrenic kid on drugs
There is a whole debate about what the fuck failing really means, but lets stay with the
𝘽𝙪𝙏 𝙩𝙃𝙞𝙎 𝙙𝙊𝙚𝙎𝙣𝙏 𝙬𝙊𝙧𝙆 𝙬𝙞𝙏𝙃 𝙢𝙀!
Oh man yes it does, that's why half of people here train martial arts, hate on datejusts, only eat stakes and do cold showers
Making money doesn't prevent you from being an NPC
Wake up
"Real Men Do X"
Translation
"I am trying to manipulate you into doing X by appealing to you ego."
"Real Men fight For Their Country"
Translation
"I am trying to manipulate you into risking your life in combat in exchange for zero personal gain by appealing to your ego."
Best marketing geniouses i've met are in Affiliate Marketing
Really smart people always one step ahead of agency owners, great source to learn from
A pitty that their talent is wasted on making people buy pills and fill out gambling forms
Expecting results before putting in the work
is like expecting heat from a stove before adding the wood
We've got to put the fuel in before we can expect heat
There are no shortcuts, just put in the work
Be relentless
And before you know it
There will be a massive fire
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙮𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙚-𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨: 𝙖 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣
It's impossible to lie without showing any signs.
When you lie, your heart rate increases
Your blood pressure increases
Your zygomatic major (facial muscle) contracts
Your eyes move up
𝘼 𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙨
born to a clown family
grew up poor
was hungry for success
noone belived in him
the clown was blinded by his ego
lost his friends
lost his family
lost his respect
after years of hussle, hit a bullrun on his 20s
Meanwhile, I found a way to get CPL from 20€ (industry norm) to 4€ (will explain on another thread if I see enough interest)
My mindset shifted, I started looking at businesses as machines that needed thousands of B2C leads per month to survive, instead of simple "clients"
I foresee a very cloudy future for dropshippers
Temu ads are unbeatable, and there is no way dropshippers will beat them at supply chain or LP optimization
We need to be reminded more than we need to be taught
You don't need 2 more courses and 5 more books
You already know what to do
It's not about education
It's about execution
If you want to succeed in business avoid beig afected by emotions.
Don't get too excited with wins
Don't overthink on losses
Emotions should not affect your actions
That's why ultra sucessful ppl have borderline psycopatic traits such as emotional detachment
3rd day in a row with high feever
But i dont participate in sickness, so i am still working
(Nah, i work because my operations are still 100% dependant on me, if i could i wouldnt do any work
IK its typical guru advice, but make sure u can aford to be 1 week away from ur biz)
I know I should detach from results
But it's not that simple, CPL affects my mood
One day feeling like Jeff Bezos
The next one feeling like a failure
Easy said, not so easy done
Should do better,
Will do better
Fear keeps you away from all the good things in life
Keeps you away from success
Keeps you away from hapiness
Keeps you away from love
Keeps you away from money
Everything you want is on the other side of fear
Leverage it
Today 7 months ago i started my 3rd business. It took me 6 months to get my first dollar, and just 30 days later I am making 500$/day PROFIT.
This is a journey of persistence and focus, and it finally worked. This is my story:
Best thing about making real money?
You dont care about speed traps or parking tickets
Speed tickets are just a toll to let rich people go faster
And parking tickets are just premium price to park where you want
I have always been emotional, I suffer under stress, I suffer when I dont hit my goals and when my life does not go as planned
But 2 years ago I made 1 promise:
My actions will NEVER be affected by my emotions
It doesn't matter if you suffer, it only matters how you act
If you have bad news for someone, never EVER tell them directly yourself
Use a middle man
And if you have good news, make sure to be the one that tells them
Remember, the nature of the news infects the teller
Most people are doomed
Since I started this journey, I have helped one of my hometown friends
He saw I was starting with my online biz, he was motivated and I offered to help
This path can be very lonely, so the idea of having some of my friends with me was very attractive
Dont obsess about what you want
Think about what you want to want.
Nothing is worse than playing a game for years, and once you win it you realize you didn't even want to play it
It took me a couple months to start delivering great results, and then I realized that charging 1.5-3k per client wouldn't get me very far
The only solution I saw was to sign bigger clients, but it was not easy, AT ALL.
I HATE when people complain
MT NPC: "Taxes are too high and the government mismanages them"
Like bro, that's easy money
just go and sell them anything,
become the middle man that increases prices and makes a profit.
there's always a way to leverage a complain
Every successful person has an enormous ego
There has to be a moment when you are so distorted in your perception of yourself that you think you are above everyone else
You think you are capable of doing things that no one else has ever dared to do
and others only dream of
And there are 0 compliance requrements
So as long as the leads I get are trully interested on the service my clients offer
I can use the most disgusting BlackHat techniques ever known to mankind
Hustle culture was killing my business.
I was working 10+ hours/day
After reducing my workload to 60min/day i 8x my business in 30 days
>>> A Thread 🧵 <<<
Avoid these biz partners:
When you are choosing a partner you need to look for:
1-High Inteligence
2-High Energy
3-High Integrity
And you CANT compromise any of these 3 traits
Otherwise you'll end up with someome that:
If in 2 years you have not been able to solve ONE problem
I am sorry, but you are doomed
I see life as a sucession of problems
The faster you solve them, the faster your life improves
Most people are doomed
Since I started this journey, I have helped one of my hometown friends
He saw I was starting with my online biz, he was motivated and I offered to help
This path can be very lonely, so the idea of having some of my friends with me was very attractive
I can't understand people's inability to solve problems.
Today I met a friend from back home I had not seen for 2 years
And he was talking about the EXACT SAME PROBLEMS he told me last time
Optimization is the enemy of scaling
Just remember, Blackberry optimized the best buttons and trackpads for their phones
Who do you know that uses a blackberry nowadays?
To make it big you need breakthoughs, not 5% optimizations
And the best thing? They don’t micromanage me, and they allow for more leverage. I make in a day what I make in a week with my other clients on a retainer model.
And I was the only one on the sector that could provide them with all the leads they needed for a reasonable price
Remember, they were paying 20€ for a lead that I could generate for 4€
So what did I do?
Weak people use "ethics" as an excuse.
They hide their incompetence under the "ethics" umbrella.
They say they refuse to do something because its not ethical
However, they lack the ability to do those things
And that's hyprocritical,
"I was with my girlfriend las week"
"I had one exam"
Like bro, you only need to click a couple buttons and thats it
Then he says he wants to avoid corporate jobs, "escape the matrix" but he lacks motivation
@entropychaser
"See that blood stain? That was my blood, I picked my finger and squeeze the blood onto the page
How many copywriters have actually bled for their clients?"
A true pioneer
They all had in-house teams, and because they saw my service as a comodity, they didn't understand why they should pay 10k/mo when someone else did it for less
Wealth is a proxy for competence
That's why I want to make money, not for the materialistic psyop
I would rather be making money but not spending much
Than to be living an influencer lifestyle while broke
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 "𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙠" 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩
If you have suceeded in life, it will be in your best interest to make sure that your success is not explained by luck
But if you have not suceeded you will want that your failiure is explained by
If you partner with someone for a long term project,
but you see that they don’t evolve as fast and with the same commitment as you
dont be afraid of going your own way
Took me 18 months to do it
@entropychaser
Khaneman's studies can explain 99% of dumbass guru's behaviours and why that works
Hypocritical rotten faces under golden masks
They are flying high like icarus, just wait some time before karma rips off their wings
I started contacting big businesses on that sector with a strong offer
We would fix a price for those leads, normally between 15-20€
And I would supply all those leads, with a cost of 3-5€
@PrintWifiMoney
I am buying a car for my dad so that when they say
"This car is not yours, it's your dad's"
I can say:
"Yeah, I bought it for him last month"
@entropychaser
True, but they should be very sincere about their true motivators
Fame? Money? there are much better vehicles out there
Recognition? Bootstrap wins at that IMO
Impact? Probably here is where it makes the most sense
But still, make sure you really want impact, and you are not
Like this they can save thousands of € a month, and I can make 5figs/client each month, and the best thing?
They don't micromanage me
They can't afford to loose me as a supplier
Now I'm in a postition of power and I don't need to crawl, begging for clients