I have decided to start a webpage using blogger to try and sell a product from clickbank called Jam-O-Rama, which is an online guitar course. here is the URL of my site: http://uofrock.blogspot.com/ is this ok? I have two links to the product, and I'll be adding more content soon (this is just kind of a test page) with Adwords and some bum marketing, do you think this site could be effective. any advice of things I should change before I really get going with this project?
Needs some work, dude. Just being straight up with you. If I had never picked up the guitar before, your post would make absolutely no sense to me. Furthermore, your post does not sell me on the product. You may want to consider changing your template as well, instead of the generic Blogger template. Change the colors, add some sales language, add some pictures, and think about how the product could help you if you were wanting to learn to play the guitar.
Also, I was planning on adding more content, that first one was just kind of a test. I figure that since I am selling a product about learning guitar, having a blog filled with guitar lessons and such was good, or should I just be talking about the product?
You could actually use that to your advantage and gather subscribers for free tutorials or similar. When you have given them a teaser, you could go for the sale. Have you used Squidoo before?
I have heard of squidoo, but I have not used it before. I took a look at it once. Are you suggesting I make a squidoo(maybe a few) that are guitar tutorials, and use it as a way to promote this product. Should I just make one or more than one? are you suggesting that I use squidoo instead of blogger, or in conjunction with it? If I am using both, how should they interact?
Use both. In my experience, Squidoo outranks Blogger straight out of the box. Link your blogger page to your Squidoo Lens. The only problem I have with Squidoo is the ads that appear on the page. Otherwise, it's pretty good. I would try to use Squidoo to link to the sales page (the product page). I would cloak your links first. Pm me if you need more assistance.
Ok, I added a second article to the site, is this closer to what I should be writing? this one is tuned a little more towards absolute beginners. I also added links to my product at the bottom of each post. I also played around with the colors a little bit, and later tonight I am going to go to the graphic design lab at my school and whip up a header for it, so that it doesn't look so bare. I'm about to go make the social bookmarking rounds with this article, and start getting some back links built. besides writing new content every day and social bookmarking, what other steps should I take? I've heard various things about article directories. Some say they are dead, some say they are still a good way to build links and traffic. Also, is it too early to start an adwords campaign for this site, or should I go ahead and get one running?
Mistake # 1 - Adsense. Are you ready to lose a $30 commission (or whatever they pay) over a $0.10 click on one of the Google Ads? Unless you have 1000's of daily visitors to your blog who will click on the ads - they are useless. Please get rid of them ASAP. I am not trying to bash you or your blog - but this is personal experience here Alex
1. your heading is all crammed in there on my computer "WHO ELSE Wants To Learn To Play Guitar Step-By-Step Like The Eagles, Green Day, Pink Floyd, Guns 'n Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Eric Clapton, The Beatles and more?" Such a small table for the heading, and it's taking 5 lines of big font that overlaps. Right when I see that, I know it's an unprofessional page and chances of buying are almost nill. 2. you have a whole page to work with, but the entire content section is crammed into a table which is less than 1/2 the page wide. 3. Who are you? Why should users trust you? What are your credentials? You need to prove that your an expert in the field to convince people to part with their money 4. Strengthen your writing as others said. From correct capitalization to selling points. Convince your readers that the product is exactly what they need. Tell them what they get, what they will learn, and how it will help. Don't speak too much confusing "jargon" as beginners may walk away and feel the material is over their heads. 5. Get a domain from godaddy. 1 sale will probably pay the costs back for a year. In my opinion, do it all the way! Ask the vendor for a free copy, or buy it, then read it and take notes on the selling points. Find angles and information that you can use as "bait". Figure out a killer writing strategy that presents the product in a way that makes people want to whip out their credit card. Pretend you are a buyer and write it as if you were trying to convince yourself. As everyone else said, I don't mean to be rude but selling is an art which takes patience and practice. Good luck, you can do it
awesome, thanks for your advice. I'm still learning at this, and I'll try to make some changes to the page.