Just made my first two PPC sales - Any advice?

Discussion in 'ClickBank' started by Skribblez, Aug 27, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hey guys,

    Just made my first two PPC sales on a health product.

    I got two commissions of $17.98 but I spent $12.06 on PPC.

    Stupid me, I wasted $3.42 for 9 clicks on [insert health problem here], so I quickly paused that, lol. I was bidding about $0.38 per click.

    I was also bidding $0.25 per click on [insert health problem here] treatment. That's where the two sales came from. Got 43 clicks, 1.09% CTR, average position: 4.5, and that cost me $8.64

    Summary:
    Total spent on PPC: $12.06
    Total in Clickbank commissions (2): $35.96

    My ad:

    Cure ___________________
    Cure Your ______________
    Naturally In 48 Hours
    www.Domain.com

    I just bought the domain product-name.com, and redirected it to my hoplink, lol. The product I'm promoting only has a gravity of 12.4.


    If anyone has any tips or advice, I'd very much appreciate it. :D I'm hoping to eventually figure out how I can spend less, and make more, just like everyone else.
     
    Skribblez, Aug 27, 2008 IP
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  2. mill123

    mill123 Active Member

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    #2
    aren't we all!


    nice work on the sales.

    when i started i was spending about 3x more on adwords than i was earning with clickbank haha.

    so dangerous. i think its not a very good place to start out.
     
    mill123, Aug 27, 2008 IP
  3. AffilateRook1

    AffilateRook1 Peon

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    A lot of weightloss publishers provide pre-established landing pages, insted of redirecting try to find one of these and edit it with your hoplink, That way people bookmark YOUR page, and refer people to YOUR page.
     
    AffilateRook1, Aug 27, 2008 IP
  4. WilsonA

    WilsonA Active Member

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    the easiest way to spend more and pay less is to find a product in the
    same niche that pays you more or expand your keywords to look for more
    targeted ones. Also try to track your ppc campaigns on a keyword
    basis, you can use different tid's for each of them.
     
    WilsonA, Aug 27, 2008 IP
  5. bl4ckmaN^

    bl4ckmaN^ Well-Known Member

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    Put your keywords on your landing page to lower CPC. Also try putting them in meta tags. (<meta name=keywords content=your keyword, keyword2>)
     
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  6. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    Good advice. It'll help with your quality score.

    PPC is a bitch. I haven't had much look with it. When I was earning $60 per tracer sale I was spending 1/3 - 2/3 of that in PPC. Same with Brotherhood too.
     
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  7. teapoint

    teapoint Peon

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    Nice work my friend, did you do a lot of research before hand? One thing, is Google cool with you advertising a url which redirects to a hoplink?
     
    teapoint, Aug 28, 2008 IP
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    willyboy104 Active Member

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    Good job, personally i won't be going anywhere near PPC it seems dangerous to me :D
     
    willyboy104, Aug 28, 2008 IP
  9. bl4ckmaN^

    bl4ckmaN^ Well-Known Member

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    LOOOOL, no offense, but I knew that your forex campaign won't last for long :D

    It's a wonder for me, how PPC marketers profit ;)
     
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  10. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    I knew it too. I needed to test for decent keywords though, that's why I do it.

    Seems those that are making $1000+ per day from selling the brotherhood are able to do it because of their huge email lists.
     
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    Ideastone Peon

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    Using a straight to landing page hoplink is a terrible idea and I advise against it. Google's gonna slap you sooner than you think.
     
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  12. Michael T.

    Michael T. Well-Known Member

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    Yes I have, go to the google adwords section and be active there,ask everything you don't know about PPC.There is really valuable information everyday.

    For spending less and making more you actually need only 3 things:

    -Great QS

    -Better CTR

    -Your sales letter improved to convert better

    This things are not easy to learn and improve but the Google adwords PPC section is a good place to start.

    Hope i will see you there.
     
    Michael T., Aug 28, 2008 IP