You have to have a "tube strategy" otherwise you're just throwing content away or pissing in the wind.
Also you can't compare "larger companies" succeeding or failing via tubes as an indicater of Industry health. Large companies have resources to throw at advertising and other promotions while smaller-to-midsize companies have a much tighter profit margin therefore less resources to throw at traffic. Example, how many companies can throw 50k a month at advertising?
See, that's what a lot of people in this thread do then turn around and go 'Tubes are great! We're adapting!" But that's not really the point because these large ad buys are not representative of the average affiliate or midsize Program.
Having said that there IS a way to make money with tubes but to think that's the only game in town, even now, is wrong. Tubes have to be a portion of your traffic campaign, not the whole shebang. UNLESS you have 20-50k a month to throw at advertising then I would suggest tubes-only lol.
Here's to the Winners.....:D
PS TheSquealer: would love to get some traffic-buying tips since I'm about to start that again.
