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10K/Month Clickbank Method - Part II - Extremely Simple Landing Page vs. Frame Redirect

admin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:29:36 +0000

For those of you that were following my original thread on this method, you’ll remember that instead of the simple landing page above, I was using frame redirect pages.

The idea with this adwords-clickbank method is to make it as simple as possible to make money promoting clickbank products on adwords. The simplest way to do this is through direct-linking, by using one’s hoplink in the display and destination URL of the adwords ad.

However, adwords has a “double-serving” rule, which says that only one ad per URL will be shown for each keyword. This means that if two affiliates have created ads targeted at the same keyword, only one of those ads will be shown (the one with the better QS or higher bid or both…I’m not sure).

To solve this problem, I was creating frame redirect pages to be stored on my own server. I would put my domain’s URL on the adwords ads, and use coding in on the frame redirect pages to automatically redirect the visitor to the merchant’s site.

The major problem with that approach is that both adwords, and clickbank (as some of you have pointed out to me recently), do not allow the use of frame redirects. Continuing to to do risks getting banned by both sites.

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10K/Month Clickbank Method - Post from DP

admin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:27:29 +0000

10K/Month Clickbank Method - Post from DP and I thought it is good post to share.

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1)Pick a Clickbank Product:

I personally tend to stay away from the following types of products:

-Internet marketing - too much competition unless you put together a kick-ass landing page and give away bonuses (read: bribe) that are relevant to the particular product (or use other advanced tactics)

-Tattoo design products - extremely low conversion and fierce adwords competition. I once promoted “tattoo chopper” and lost close to $200 in the first few hours after I started my campaign.

-Gambling type products - blackjack, texas holdem, betfair, sports betting, etc. Gambling related adwords ads will be found and stopped by adwords staff sooner or later - they don’t allow it.

-Anything involving a well-known trademark, such as “World of Warcraft” guides, or anything to do with “Ipods”. Those will be stopped by adwords staff.

I also check the following:

-That the sales page (or the squeeze page - whichever page the visitor first lands on, on the merchant’s site) doesn’t have a pop-up; it’s against adword’s TOS. I’ve had more than a few campaigns stopped because of this.

-That the product has a low refund rate – which is, to me, anything below 10%, because I don’t want to promote something that I know won’t help people, and not to mention will hurt my bottom line. A good way to judge customer satisfaction with a product is by looking at the refund rate, which can be calculated as follows:

refund rate % =100*(1-(A/((B-B*0.075-1)*C/100)))

where A=$/sale, B=Product Price, and C=%/sale

-Preferably, the merchant has an opt-in form to capture the visitor’s email. The subsequent sale made through follow-up emails would still be credited to the me, since their computer will contain a cookie with my ID for the next 60 days. (Sorry for having said otherwise in my original post on this method.)

-That the product has a high $/sale – this allows me to bid higher and be more competitive in adwords without losing money. I generally won’t consider anything with a $/sale of below $20 (unless I think the product is in demand, and the competition is small).

-That the merchant’s sales page doesn’t contain any “leakage”, i.e. outbound links from which your visitor can “escape” from the sales page (for example, links to other products for which you won’t get any commissions if they buy).

-Preferably, the merchant doesn’t offer other methods of payment (if the visitor orders by mail or cheque, I won’t get the commission).

I usually pick around 30 products first, then look over them again with a more critical eye and get the list down to 25 (the limit for the number of campaigns on a single adwords account). Then I’d move onto the next step.
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Do you Have American Express Card? You should if You are Web marketer.

admin — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:38:12 +0000

Do you know American Express Gold Small Business card gives back 5% from Yahoo Marketing Solutions? I am spending around $3,000 per month at Yahoo and I am paying with American Express Card which covers one of my server fee. If you are using $10k per month, that is $500 back to your account. Also, American Express rewards point program is great. I always using it for Airfare. For first year, I think you could get free airline ticket using bonus points. All super affiliates are using Amercian Express Cards, so you should build good relationship with American Express. For long run, it will be a big help later on. I know someone has $1million buying power any given month from American Express Card which you can buy any Business or You could use it when you see big Chance.

If you don’t have one, you could apply here.

Las Vegas for PPC Classroom Live Trip was Good

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:36:45 +0000

I stayed 4 days at Las Vegas for PPC 2 day seminar. It was great, lot of people(I think it was 250+) who wants to make money online like these speakers. Did I learn anything? well not so much, little tips here and there but of course they will not reveal their secrets until you buy their $1995-$2995 coaching program. Amit Mehta has special priced at $3000 coaching program which will last 6 month and I was amazed people lined up and pay for it. He has to increase number of students to accomdate more buyers..very quick $200k.

I had great time to meet and speak with these Gurus, Online Millionaires. They are very professional and very friendly. One thing in common in these Gurus, they can speak and can sell to the public. They make you think you need these coaching programs.

I met Andrew Wee who is with Amit now to promote his coaching program. You might see Andrew posts or blog posts from many major SEO, Make Money Online Blogs, Forums. Nice guy and it was nice to chat with him.

I am going to Las Vegas for PPC Classroom Live Hands On PPC Lab

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:55:31 +0000

“2 Days of Pure “PPC” Training From The Top Experts In The Industry…”

I am going Las Vegas for 2 day class..I am leaving on Nov. 30th and coming back on Dec. 3rd.
I was debating to go to Pubcon since I am there anyway but Pubcon still cost alot of money.
I might try PubCon next year.

What Topics Will Be Taught At PPC Classroom LIVE?
We’ve got key speakers coming in who will discuss strategies that even Jeremy and
I will be taking notes on! Here are some of the topics we’re really going to dive deep into…

– Keyword Research (We’ll Do It LIVE)
– Split Page Testing Like You’ve Never Seen
– PPC with Content Pages
– Taking Your PPC Results And Expanding Into OFFLINE Marketing!
– Starting Your Own PPC Consulting Business
– Using CPA Networks with PPC…

Well, speakers are,
Anik Singal (Co-Founder PPC Classroom)
Jeremy Palmer (Co-Founder PPC Classroom)
Amit Mehta (The $10,000 A Day Ad Spender!)
Rosalind Gardner (Affiliate Marketing “Queen”)
Greg Cesar (The Google “Czar”)
Kirt Christensen (A True Adwords Expert!)
David Bullock (”Taguchi” Testing Expert)
Mark Widawer (Landing Page Expert)

Well, it only cost $295 for 2-day class and it is sold out to 250 people..
It is my first PPC type trip and can not wait to see other people who trying to make money online.

I will update what I learn and about this class. Happy Thanksgiving and Have Happy, Safe Holiday.

I am busy with testing PPC lately

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:14:55 +0000

I am testing and testing with PPC to generate some leads and make some money out of it. It is not easy task and requires full attention. However, once it gets going, you can start getting passive income. I will post when I find out how to setup profitable PPC campaigns.

If you search major ringtone keywords at Google, this one guy promoting Ringtone campaigns using several fake domains and direct Azoogle links. This guy ads filled up 1st and 2nd page. I can not believe it is still going on and Azoogle let it happens. My guess is he create tons of adwords accounts with one time credit card #s with $200 or $100 voucher and start bidding $4 per click. Well, what the hell, he massing up the ringtone keywords bidding for sure. Where is common sense and business ethic or is such thing exist in internet business world?

Make Money Online - PPC Campaign to Bring some Leads

admin — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:56:39 +0000

Since Last week I’ve been testing PPC Capmpaign(Adwords and YMS) to generate leads to my Landing pages and directly to my Affiliate Sites. I got frustrated last several days because, I just can not general enough traffics. Some Sites has great Quality Score and I am bidding $1.50 Per Click but still not traffics since keyword has lots of competition, but how all these affiliators make money if they are bidding this much? Same thing with Ringtones, I just can not pass QS from adwords. If I check other ringtone campaign LP, nothing better than mine, just wondering how they rank in 1st page and how do they make profit. One day I bid $2.50 per click for ringtone but I can not get listed on 1st page, well, I gave up on Adwords for now.

My Tip is, find niche with less competition, long tail keywords but not long enough that can be searched, and Get great Quality Score. Sounds easy, right? NOT!!!

I want to figure it out I can make some profit even I pay $3 per click..Wish me luck..

Good PPC Marketing Tips to Make Money Online from Super Affiliate

admin — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:26:22 +0000

Super Affiliate Zac Johnson posted a super guide to PPC marketing. It has great tips and ideas about new approach to Adwords PPC. I will try his method and will see how it works. Thing is you need to find good niche to get good amount of traffics from Google Content networks.

I bought membership at MPO Club from DealDotCom.com

admin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:13:24 +0000

I bought a year membership from today’s DDC deal which cost me $285 for a year. It comes with 5 micro niche with articles which you need to re-write to make totally unique, ad copy, and simple step to how to use it. So far, it looks good, but can you make money out of this? I think so but you will not get rich but system should work. I bought this because I could use some niche articles so I could follow club instruction and do my own way to make more money out of it. I downloaded October niche articles and article looks very good so far. Now, I need to rewording and post to one of my blog and article directory(Bum marketing), and more.

Is it worth $289 per year? I think it is. I usually paying $5-$10 for 500 words article, 10 articles is around $100. Do you get the idea?

Make Money Online with Premade Script

admin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:18:29 +0000

I am using 2 scripts for several of my sites and these scripts are very good at least to me. You can setup online store less than 30 minutes with these scripts. If you can find good niche, it could make some nice money.
Associate-O-MaticI am running two PowerTools Sites with this script which is Amazon.com affiliate script and I am getting 6% of total sales. I chose powertools because there is demand and it is high price item. With One sale, I am getting $20-$35. Script cost you $99 per year but you can use unlimited domains as long as using one Amazon Affiliate ID. One Long page Configuration is kinda confusing but it works well. One of site already indexed 45000 pages in Google.

Second script I am using is Build A Niche Store ebay auction script.

There is AuctionAds but You can use this script which make your site looks like store front site. For Ebay affiliate program, you need to have CJ account. It is $97 and you can use unlimited domains. It is very easy to setup, premade templates for your niche as well. If you can concentrated on niche item, it will bring good extra money. I am recommening higher price items. Also, Ebay pays $12-$25 per new buyer and 40%-50% of their revenue.