Azoogle Newbies - It's not that hard to get started!

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by dlm, Jul 19, 2007.

  1. #1
    For those of you looking for a "mentor" or are getting frustrated with generating leads/sales on Azoogle...with a little patience you can succeed!

    This morning I decided to test out Adwords to drive traffic to some offers. Usually I use my websites to do this, but I wanted to test Adwords to see if I could make a decent return. I bought a $100 Adwords voucher on this community for $20 via Paypal.

    I set up my new account and created several groups of keywords and several ads. I am in the ringtone industry, which everyone claims is totally saturated and difficult to enter into. I had the ads link to a page on my site which immediately redirected visitors directly to the offer page (no landing page used).

    My stats after 1 day:
    10 Adwords clicks
    $0.26 avg per click for a total of $2.61 spent

    Azoogle Revenue: ~ $25.00

    I wont give away anymore information than that (although I will keep you updated on my progress). $25 in one day isn't a huge deal to me, but the point is that I was able to make a pretty darn good ROI on my first day working with Adwords/Azoogle together. It really isn't that hard - just keep testing things out until you find a formula that works. I'm off to set up more campaigns for tomorrow!

    :)
     
    dlm, Jul 19, 2007 IP
  2. SonicReducer

    SonicReducer Peon

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    #2
    Congrats on your 1st day. Keeping it going is always the challenge though. Google will probably slap your campaign down for that kind of redirect so enjoy it while you can.
     
    SonicReducer, Jul 19, 2007 IP
  3. MihuSEO

    MihuSEO Banned

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    #3
    there's very little traffic on your adwords campaign to be able to say 10% that you'll keep up those figures

    Anyway, good pep talk to newbies in affiliate marketing
     
    MihuSEO, Jul 20, 2007 IP
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    fortify Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Congrats on your results and thanks for your post
     
    fortify, Jul 20, 2007 IP
  5. hextraordinary

    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    #5
    By the looks of it your CTR is simply amazing, I doubt you can keep it up. If you do, your onto something.
     
    hextraordinary, Jul 21, 2007 IP
  6. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #6
    cool, which ringtone offer on Azoogle was this?
     
    dcristo, Jul 22, 2007 IP
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    john269 Notable Member

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    #7
    Nice to see that you are earning. Affiliate Networks are great for newbies, I must admit.
     
    john269, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  8. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    #8
    It is one of the more popular ringtone offers on Azoogle...there are basically 4 or 5 that seems to be used quite often and I'm running one of them.

    Traffic is still a little low, but I've been averaging around 1 conversion a day. My ROI is pretty incredible (around 500%) but I'm still trying to figure out how to go from 1 conversion to 10 per day.
     
    dlm, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  9. hextraordinary

    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    #9
    The truth is, to get one conversion a day on good ROI is no big deal, even 10, but thats not really earning money, is it? The idea is to get hundreds of conversions a day and turn good profit.
     
    hextraordinary, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  10. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    duh...

    The point is, you have to start small. You can't start by advertising with a few hundred dollars per day and cross your fingers and hope for conversions.

    As I said, I'm making plenty of conversions using non paid (organic) traffic, but I figured any chance to increase my profits is something worth looking at.
     
    dlm, Jul 23, 2007 IP
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    What display URL did you use?
     
    personalpa, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  12. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    I redirect it through one of my domains for tracking and use that domain as the display URL.
     
    dlm, Jul 23, 2007 IP
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    anions Notable Member

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    #13
    So if you're not using your own website, which website do you apply to azoogle with?

    Or do you call them and tell them that you're gonna use PPC traffic only?
     
    anions, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  14. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #14
    Sounds like fun times ahead. I have been tempted to push things with Azoogle, but have found their support to be lacking to say the least, which doesn't give me much confidence.
     
    dcristo, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  15. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    Well, I have several websites, which is how I got accepted. As I was saying, PPC is just an additional way I want to try and make some cash. I assume if you call them and explain you'll be doing PPC and can convince them you have some decent experience they'll probably let you in.

    As for support, I haven't found it to be an issue. My account manager is on MSN most of the day and I've contacted him a couple times when I've had questions or concerns. He usually answers me within minutes...
     
    dlm, Jul 24, 2007 IP
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    anions Notable Member

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    #16
    Thanks for the clarification.
    I've several websites too, but most of them are in, lets say, not so popular niches. Anyways, I'll never know if I wont try. :D:D
     
    anions, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  17. dailymoolahdotcom

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    pretty good stuff - i think i'll try it out
     
    dailymoolahdotcom, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  18. BlackHatSystem

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    Pretty interesting. 10 clicks cant give accurate stats though. It might just be luck. Come back when you have a 500% ROI with Adwords after 10,000 clicks, it would be much more accurate ;)
     
    BlackHatSystem, Aug 19, 2007 IP
  19. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    Just as I bit of a conclusion...

    After about 2 weeks I finished with the following stats:
    $80 spent on Adwords
    $170 revenue

    I decided to stop my campaigns at that point, because I'm not sure how to increase the volume of clicks in a cost effective manner. But that's pretty solid ROI without a landing page...
     
    dlm, Aug 19, 2007 IP
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    nextgen66 Well-Known Member

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    Why stop? That could be 90 bucks profit every two weeks. Sure it ain't much; but I wouldn't say no to 200 bucks a month. And when you get lots of campaigns like that, it starts to become real money.
     
    nextgen66, Aug 19, 2007 IP