Sebastian

Hey Seb,

Awesome article, I completely agree with you and outsourcing is something I have been focusing recently in other areas of my business.

I think the hardest part of outsourcing is finding someone quality who you can trust, I always went by the misguided mantra that if I wanted something doing properly I should do it myself. This was largely due to my poor experiences when dealing with outsourcing.

Anyway the top ballers make money while they sleep, and this can only be done if you have a slick operation like you have mentioned.

James

Originally Posted by cernus11

I always went by the misguided mantra that if I wanted something doing properly I should do it myself.

James

A lot of people face the same roadblock.

I just give folks a chance these days. They have my trust from the get-go.

I find this inspires them to do better work, and also instills confidence in them.

If they take advantage of that, or don't deliver as well as expected, I simply thank them, and find somebody else.

Hey Seb, great post man.

When it comes to acquisition do you approach other webmasters that rank for keywords you want to rank for, or do you take a more passive approach by watching site sales or posting an offer to buy sites?

Good points Seb.

Do I detect PAL slowly turning back to the helpful and cooperative place it once was? Lets hope so!

Mark

Nice post man and spot on! Great advice on finding good help, once I understood I could no longer be a one man show and do it all, my life became so much easier. As most people do, I have control issues which I needed to let go of -

Good stuff/

Thanks guys,

More tips on this, as I realize I left out some stuff.

Scaling profitably is easy these days.

A lot of people are selling out, and seriously undervaluing their sites.

For example, I grabbed a bunch of sites on PAL for only a handful of CPAs each.

Basically they were unfinished projects that had a lot of potential.

How hard is it to make an ROI on that ?

Just by adding targeted content and letting the site age, you will get to 5CPA-10CPA a month (conservative). The ROI is massive.

Obviously some ballers do that on a much larger scale than me.

But every time I buy a site I add xxx, to xxxx income a month, and it all adds up very fast.

To make this work, you need a better understanding of monetization than the seller, higher CPA deals, and to focus on domains that have potential.

Then you take these half finished projects and outsource development using a profitable strategy that has worked for you. After only a few months the site pays for itself, and it's all ROI from then on.

What's awesome about understanding scaling mechanics like this, is that you can apply this to any niche.

Poker Affiliating becomes irrelevant. Your just making calculated investment decisions, and monetizing sites more effectively than the seller. You can apply this to any niche.

Cool post Seb. This is one thing I really need to work on - my problem is I suck managing people right now.

I think it just comes down to, for me, being more organized. This is definitely something I need to work on to grow!

Props to you for posting this...

It may seem simple and straight forward to you or some others reading it. But this is a "secret" that only a small percentage of affiliates can understand.

nice post.

Thanks Corry.

Actually, it seems that you have this part down better than most people I know.

You have an entire team working for you, with Program Managers and stuff.

I admire that, and think I would definitely have a lot to learn from your experience.

Thanks

Awesome posts Seb. Affiliates of all different levels and standards can learn/get ideas from this.

great idea to use methodology and put some economic rigors

Great post and some really interesting things to think about. I think everybody starts off on the "do it yourself" road and then you begin to get tied into the grind of making the money rather than looking for better ways to make it.

Great post.