MadPPC

Yesterday I had the pleasure to talk to Yousif Yalda, who is the owner of Profit Kings Media, a brand new network.  Yousif Yalda is a successful affiliate marketer himself, so you can expect that he knows what the typical affiliate goes through, and how he can make a better network.  If you hang out of WickedFire his screen name is GrindHard.

Enough of my yapping, lets get to it:

MADPPC: First Question, how did you get into affiliate/internet marketing?

PKMYousif: First of all we would like to thank you for taking the time to talk to us. I got started into affiliate marketing rather by surprise. I was browsing a forum one day and I stumbled upon a guy who responded to my thread — and the topic wasn’t even relevant. I hit him up one day to thank him for giving me such a valuable response and we got into talking about what we both do for a living. At the moment, I was attending school full-time and working on various web application security ventures. He explained to me how much he made, and I immediately thought to myself that he was specializing in stocks or some other industry I had no insight about. He later explained to me in brief what affiliate marketing was all about, and so I was interested and started doing my research. A few weeks later with some search and asking questions, I was ready to get started! Pretty random, it turned out really well!

MADPPC: Now I understand you have your own network now?

PKMYousif: Yes, I do. It’s called Profit Kings Media and you can check us out at http://www.ProfitKingsMedia.com ! We’re a brand new network and taking off really well. We’re changing up the industry one network at a time, and we believe that overtime we’ll be the solution that all will turn to for real affiliate marketing. We understand from experience the flaws that exist for such a long time with cash flow, greedy networks taking HUGE margins, and more — and the way we operate shows these solutions in plain sight.

MADPPC: Now from what you told me already, this network sounds like a great opportunity for anybody whether your a seasoned pro or just getting started in the game. Many people when they first start out can’t do the standard $1000 a week to get wires that most networks want. Can you tell us a little bit more about how you payout?

PKMYousif: Sure, there’s always been a struggle with cash flow since most networks can’t seem to offer a better payout. This is a business , and what business do you know pays it’s employees on a 30 day basis? Let’s get real for a second here. The entire CPA model is by default in the advertisers favor, and we know from experience evaluating leads does not take such a lengthy time. I understand the need for that cap as only ’serious affiliates’ should be allowed this sort of payout structure, but this is a disadvantage for any affiliate to get started and progress. We understand that you need cash flow to help with re-fueling and resuming investments with paid traffic or any other resources that are needed. With Net 30, you really limit the affiliates performance. This is our intake, it differs greatly with other networks. I won’t go into the business side of why most networks do this, as it has its benefits but we’re financially stable to do this and believe in it. We pay out weekly via Check, Wire Transfer, and ACH Deposit.

MADPPC: And that’s no matter how much you do in that week?

PKMYousif: Whether you’re making $30 or $300,000 – we will pay you weekly.

MADPPC: Now that’s something I have NEVER heard of a network doing. What tracking platform do you run on?

PKMYousif: Well, we plan on killing one network at a time, and this is just one of the many strategies we use to operate. I have a few friends who run their own networks and share the same visions as Profit Kings Media and the directions we are taking to move forward. We are using Linktrust as our tracking system.

MADPPC: About how many offers do you offer right now?

PKMYousif: We have over 200 offers under testing, and about 30 offers live. We only carry offers that are truly reporting high ROI and convert well. Many networks publicize hundreds of offers, but how many are truly worth promoting? We are adding new offers daily and you can expect to turn serious loot.

MADPPC: Those kind of networks I typically favored. Understandably your a new network, but how many affiliate managers do you have right now? Also, what kind of help can they give to enhance the affiliates experience, and most importantly, their bottom line?

PKMYousif: At the present time, I don’t feel the need of hiring anyone as I can handle the work load thus far. On a side note, I do have 2 upcoming affiliate managers who will join on board with PKM soon. PKM as a whole helps with bidding, keywords, LP’s, adcopys, images, traffic source sources, and more. We work over 16 hours a day, 7 day a week, serving you with guidance and advice that will help you make more money.  We are affiliates ourselves and we know where to run offers and how.

MADPPC: One more thing I wanted to touch on before we wrap this up, lets say I have some sort of offer I’d like to promote on your network as the merchant. What are your requirements?

PKMYousif: We love exclusives, and work closely to provide full-blown management to help launch whatever product you have in mind. In fact, we have 3+ exclusives that have yet to hit the industry and have chosen us to be their primary partner in helping to generate the most revenue possible with accurate reporting in quality and volume. You have an idea, now let’s put it out there!

MADPPC: Lastly, for the sake of all the referral whores, do you have a referral system?

PKMYousif: Unfortunately, not at this time! With some extensive feedback, we figured that most affiliates like to keep 100% commission, and I believe that if you’re in this industry to earn an actual income and are serious, then you shouldn’t depend on referrals. That’s just one way to look at it. It’s a nice chunk of change, but at this time it’s not needed as this is the decision we’ve made based on opinions from affiliates we work with. In the future, we might consider offering a life-time referral program.

[End of Interview]

I wish Yousif Yalda and Profit Kings Media the best of luck.  It seems like some of the best networks right now, where founded by affiliates (Ads4Dough, Max Bounty, Convert2Media) so hopefully we get another one.  As Yousif had mentioned they test offers to see what converts the best and use them, out of the 20 or so offers he hits many of the more popular verticals: Dating (several offers), Crush, Education, Acai, Colon, Anti-Wrinkle, Google Cash, Insurance, Credit Reports.

Some of you will be bummed out with the no-referral, but in honestly you can’t get the best possible payout if someone has a referral on you.  What you thought that 2-5% came out of the networks pocket?  Fuck no, it comes out of the affiliates pocket.

Also another huge point plus for smaller affiliates is WEEKLY payouts – no matter how much you make.

BTW I get nothing for doing this interview, just in case some of you might think that.  Check them out!