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What Is CPA Marketing?<\/h2>\n

Cost per action (CPA) marketing offers a commission to an affiliate partner after their readers complete a specific action. When an affiliate or influencer promotes your products or services to their audience, you\u2019ll only pay a fee once a reader has taken the action you want.<\/p>\n

Many consider CPA to be cost-effective because it only costs you money when someone interacts with your ad. Your target action can include filling out a form, clicking through to a specific webpage, sharing a video, using a voucher code, and more.<\/p>\n

Examples of CPA Marketing<\/h3>\n
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  1. Review websites:\u00a0<\/strong>These websites compare different products or services within an industry. Their content usually weighs the features, benefits, and cons of each option. Readers often browse these sites when trying to compare their options for purchase.
    \nReview websites work great for CPA marketing because you can include a link to each product you review. Once readers are ready to purchase, they can click through to your website or a landing page.<\/li>\n
  2. Splash pages:<\/strong>\u00a0A splash page appears like your website, app, or online game loads. Major brands like Apple or Disney tend to use splash pages, as it\u2019s likely their visitor is already familiar with their brand.<\/li>\n
  3. Affiliates and Influencers:<\/strong>\u00a0Affiliate and influencer marketers can boost your CPA marketing strategy. Standard affiliate marketers come from various places, like popular blog sites, fundraising pages, cashback sites, etc. Influencers are most commonly found on social media and YouTube and often have celebrity status, which helps sell products to their target markets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to Build Your Own CPA Marketing Plan<\/h2>\n
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    1. Determine what to promote:\u00a0<\/strong>Your CPA marketing campaign should aim to make potential customers aware of something: your brand, a new product, an event, a discounted service, etc. Ultimately, what you choose to promote will affect the brand\u2019s creative and the affiliate partners you use.<\/li>\n
    2. Determine who should see it:<\/strong>\u00a0Targeting your audience works best here because you\u2019ll want to ensure your ad or links only appear to people that would likely be interested in your offer. Targeting your audience also helps you determine the best affiliate partners, networks, and influencers to work with. You can use the Market Explorer tool to view your audience\u2019s demographics and interests under the Demographics tab:\n<\/li>\n
    3. Determine how to promote it:\u00a0<\/strong>To reach your target demographic, you\u2019ll need to consider the affiliate options that work best with your budget. Can you afford to work with an affiliate network? Would you be better suited to working with individual affiliate partners and influencers? Where do you want your ads to appear?<\/li>\n
    4. Choose Your Prospects:\u00a0<\/strong>You\u2019ll need to determine the best partners, affiliate networks, and influencers to boost your CPA campaign.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      How to Find Prospects for Your CPA Marketing Strategy<\/h2>\n

      Once you have done the research and are comfortable with what you are promoting, it is time to turn your attention to finding prospects for your CPA marketing strategy.<\/p>\n

      1. Research Your Competitors<\/strong><\/p>\n

      More often than not, you\u2019ll be sharing your target audience with competitors in your industry. It\u2019s important to understand your place in the market and how much market share your competitors already have.
      \nMarket research can also help you identify companies you\u2019ll likely share affiliate marketers and influencers within your industry. You can use\u00a0Market Explorer<\/a>\u2019s Overview report to discover significant or new competitors and important audience demographics.<\/p>\n

      To get started, toggle the Find Competitors view on the tool\u2019s home page. Enter your domain, your country, and name your list:<\/p>\n

      The Overview report\u2019s Growth Quadrant visualizes your competitive landscape at a glance. You can view up to 20 competitors with the quadrant. Hover over each competitor to see their stats, including their referral traffic earnings:<\/p>\n

      Toggle the Benchmarking tab to see how each competitor stacks up against the total market. Use the Traffic Generation Strategy widget to break down each competitor\u2019s traffic acquisitions by channel:<\/p>\n

      Use this data to determine your biggest competitors and their current referral traffic. When building your strategy, ask yourself how you can match or beat their referral numbers.<\/p>\n

      2. Research Affiliates<\/strong><\/p>\n

      You\u2019ll want to work with affiliate marketers and influencers compatible with your brand and are already marketing to your target audience. But you don\u2019t have to start from scratch \u2014 you can target your competitors\u2019 affiliate partners. Working with your competitors\u2019 affiliates saves time, and you can ensure they already have marketing experience.<\/p>\n

      Begin by making a list of your strongest competitors from the Growth Quadrant. Then for each competitor, you can navigate to the Traffic Journey report in the Traffic Analytics tool, scroll down to the Traffic Journey Details chart, and toggle \u201cReferring Sites\u201d to see which sites send the most traffic to your competitors.<\/p>\n

      Use this list to determine potential affiliate partners. You can reach out to these sites to ask them to review your products, include your affiliate links in their copy, or build a custom marketing campaign.<\/p>\n

      Toggle Social Network on the report to see the top social media platforms sending your competitor traffic. Use this list to determine where to scout for influencers. Your competitors\u2019 most popular influencers likely operate on these networks.<\/p>\n

      Although it\u2019s essential to understand your competitors\u2019 strategy, your strategy will ultimately look different. Competitors often miss opportunities, so you should be prepared to work with affiliates your competitors don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

      3. Research Affiliate Networks<\/strong><\/p>\n

      An affiliate network is an online platform that brings affiliate marketers and the brands that want to hire them together. They\u2019re one of the most popular ways to find affiliates.<\/p>\n

      With multiple affiliate networks available, it can be challenging to know which ones to use. Understanding your options is an essential step to building your strategy.<\/p>\n

      Pros:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n