Just started out and have no audience yet. Do I just spam social media or are there better places that actually work?
Don’t spam—platforms will throttle/ban you and most affiliate networks will flag low-quality traffic; instead, start with intent-based placements where people already want solutions (SEO long-tail content + comparison posts, YouTube “review/how-to” with timestamps, Reddit/Quora only when you’re genuinely answering, and niche forums where affiliate links are allowed—often you’ll need to use a bridge page first). In my campaigns, the fastest newbie win is: pick one micro-niche, publish 10–20 keyword-targeted pages (e.g., “best X for Y under $Z”), track with UTMs + Voluum/GA4, and push initial eyeballs via low-cost native/push to validate EPC before scaling.