Would you trade $1000 for $2000? How about $10,000 for $18,000?
If you’re anything like me, I’ll make those trades all day long!
Well, Deacon Hayes is doing exactly that every month through his blog, Facebook ads, and affiliate marketing.
Although he’d been blogging for years, his traffic and revenue had kind of stagnated.
Inspired by the success of The Penny Hoarder using a similar strategy in a similar niche, Deacon decided to jump in and throw $1000 toward his new Facebook Ads experiment. Within a month he’d effectively doubled his investment.
Ten months later he’s built a beautiful machine that combines compelling helpful content, affiliate relationships, and the massive reach of Facebook.
In this episode, you’ll hear the type of content Deacon has found most profitable to promote, the types of ads he runs, and how he’s able to get his costs per click down to around $0.05.
Free Bonus: Download Deacon’s Top Profitable Facebook Ads Tips
Download the Free PDF "Highlight Reel" from this Episode
With all of my guest's top tips and resources included.
Enter your email to access it now:
Success! You just unlocked the highlight reel from this episode ... AND over 200 other subscriber-only bonuses. Check your email for details :)
(If it doesn't show up in 5-10 minutes, check spam/promotions.)
You'll also receive my best side hustle tips and weekly-ish newsletter. Opt-out anytime.
Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on iTunes!
Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Android!
Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via RSS!
Or use the player app above to listen right in your browser.
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com – Find your next hire for free today!
Learn:
- How Deacon has found financial independence through online businesses.
- Why he decided to start running Facebook ads to drive traffic to his articles.
- The types of articles that convert best with Facebook ads.
- How to best monetize your articles with affiliate offers.
- Deacon’s tips for optimizing the articles you’re driving traffic to.
- How he doubled his money in the first month and is netting $10k just 10 months later.
- How he lays out the look of his ads and does split testing to maximize conversions.
- Deacon’s #1 tip for Side Hustle Nation.
Links:
- Well Kept Wallet
- 40 Awesome Side Hustles – Well Kept Wallet Blog Post
- 7 Extremely Easy Ways to Improve Your Finances Today – Well Kept Wallet Blog Post
- You Can Retire Early! (Deacon’s new book)
- How to Make Money on Facebook
- Mail Munch
- LeadPages
- Monica Louie | Monica’s Facebook Ads course (I’m a student and affiliate; use promo code Nick50 for $50 off!)
- Unsplash
- ShutterStock
- TUNE
Download the Free PDF "Highlight Reel" from this Episode
With all of my guest's top tips and resources included.
Enter your email to access it now:
Success! You just unlocked the highlight reel from this episode ... AND over 200 other subscriber-only bonuses. Check your email for details :)
(If it doesn't show up in 5-10 minutes, check spam/promotions.)
You'll also receive my best side hustle tips and weekly-ish newsletter. Opt-out anytime.
Great tips and talk!
I’m curious if he had to personally message his affiliates to ask for a link or if they were already available.
Also, I wonder how often he generated original and fresh content for his finance blog. I love talking about investing but I don’t know if I would be able to do it consistently for six years, on a daily basis.
Interesting talk! Thanks so much!
Thanks Todd! So my understanding is that most companies have or had pre-existing affiliate programs through networks like CJ, Linkshare, FlexOffers, etc. Then it was just a matter of joining the programs and using the links provided by the networks.
Fantastic tips and insightful discussion. If you have something to offer from your blog which will add value to your audience then Facebook is a great platform to market and promote it. And if targeted properly then Facebook ads can lead huge profits to the company.