Joining CPA networks is very important if you want to be a successful internet marketer. By joining the best CPA networks, you give yourself access to a wide variety of different offers. the highest payouts on the same offers, and the ability to spread your earnings over several different networks. (never leave all your eggs in one basket!)

The first thing you need to do before you can join a CPA network, is to apply. Most CPA networks have a similar application process where you'll have to fill in all your personal information as well as the different methods you're planning to promote your offers with. (ie. Email, PPC, PPV, Web, etc) You'll normally have to include a website as well.

Once you've completed the application, you normally won't get accepted right away on most CPA networks. Most companies will do some sort of phone verification with you. Make sure to pick up the phone when they call, or call them back if they leave a message or else your application will be denied. The "phone interview" is actually pretty to easy to pass. It is usually only about five minutes long and typical questions include:

• How will you be promoting our offers?
• How long have you been doing affiliate marketing?
• How much do you spend on advertising per month?

The main thing to remember when taking the phone call is to sound professional and know what you're talking about. If you don't have a website, you can just say that you mainly do PPC advertising or you do Media Buys (buying advertising on websites)

Sometimes, you'll apply to a network and they will reject you right away without even giving you a phone call. If that happens, don't be discouraged! All you need to do is go to their website, find their contact information and call them! I don't think I've ever been rejected once I've talked to a live person.

Below is a list of all the CPA Networks I am personally a part of and a short review of each.

NeverBlueAds - Really nice interface, excellent reporting, and supports postback urls. Own proprietary tracking system. Definitely recommended.

HydraNetwork - Awesome selection of offers that aren't seen on any other network. Lots of Email Submits and have a decent selection of incentivizable offers. Own proprietary tracking system. A must join.

MarketLeverage - Standard DirectTrack network with a decent selection of offers. They're well known for running contests on internet marketing blogs where you can win lots of cool prizes.

MotiveInteractive - Utilizes the unique Advent 2.0 system which features one of the best looking interfaces. Reporting is great, and has lots of nice offers.

Copeac - Large number of exclusive offers. Lots of email submits. A DirectTrack network and supports postback tracking.

FluxAds - I recently got accepted into this network. If you're looking for email submits, apply here.

EliteROI - Only available to members of DominateIM and super affiliates. Rob is doing case studies using offers on this network.

ExpressRevenue - Another affiliate network with great selection of email submits and free trial offers. My affiliate manager claims they don't scrub their email submits at all. Terrible reporting interface.

MillnicMedia - Lots of international offers targeting Australia, Canada and the UK.

InstantDollarz - A must join if you're running an incentive site. InstantDollarz has the most incentive offers I've seen so far.

CPALead - This is a unique network dealing only with incentivisable email submit offers. Their offer payouts are much lower than other networks, but they have this unique gateway tool which is pretty cool.

Azoogle - A really nice selection of offers. Not really sure why I don't use them more...

Advaliant - I never really liked their interface much. I think it's been recently updated so I'll have to take a look again.

Convert2Media - Some of the highest payouts I've seen. Check them out if you're into running Acai Berry type offers. The owner Ruck also writes a great blog.

XY7 - They have a few unique offers. They or their advertisers seem to scrub a lot of leads I've noticed though.

ModernClick - Haven't been too impressed by these guys. Small selection of offers and a lot of the ones I looked at weren't even working.

Now that you've joined some of the best CPA networks, what do you do next? Well, you promote their offers of course! Some ideas include setting up a niche website focusing around a particular offer.Perhaps you could try creating an email list dedicated to a specific topic, and send out offers that way.

Or you could set up a Google Adwords account and get into Pay-per-click marketing. PPC is definitely a lucrative market, but it is quite challenging to be successful at if you don't know what you're doing. The absolute best place I've found to learn pay per click marketing is from a site called PPC Coach. It offers the best PPC community hands down.