I've bookmarked tons of resources and I've read through all of them. I pretty much know the process I'll try first (trying to duplicate others) for both bum and PPC marketing. My question is: Which would be the best way to start if I haven't touched the 'real deal' at all? I understand that bum marketing can be successful, but it takes lots of articles that are specially crafted (unless I misunderstood). I understand that PPC marketing can be successful, but it takes precisely crafted ads, keyword choices, and bids to make it great. Lol I sound so...newbie.
Bum marketing doesnt take long. Say you write 3 articles in a hour. So In 1 day spend 3 hours writing articles. Thats 9 articles, from 9 articles you will most likely get a sale or two pretty fast. If you write 9 articles a day, in no time you will be making 3-4 sales a day which equals 100 bucks if you choose the right publisher.
Thanks for your input Learning to write great, solid articles takes time and experience, right? I haven't even gotten an article written yet xD Hornetss: In bum marketing, how would you go about 'setting the stage'? Domain name + landing page, or domain name + redirect with wp.com/blogger blogs?
Recently, I've made a nice list of excellent free guides, which can help you to get started. My Clickbank Business Guide - www.makemoneyonline4idiots.com Lemonarian Definition of Bum - www.lemonarian.com Devour's The Art of Clickbank - www.theartofclickbank.com Travis Sago's Bum Marketing method - www.bummarketingmethod.com All the guides are free, and for me they are one of the best guides. No fluff, straight to the point. Love them.
since no one answered ppc yet.. i'll have a go at it.. yes ppc is a much more immediate source of traffic and if your landing page and/or product is of quality conversions will start rolling in in the first day. to set up a good ppc campaign so many factors come into account... the correct selection of keywords, properly setting up campaigns based on these, good and relevant ads and what I would consider the most important a good landing page. I learned this the hard way.. loads of money down the drain... If I was to start over I would start with article marketing and tweaking my landing page. Once you believe that your landing page is converting at a pretty good rate with the article traffic its getting then if you still want.. look into PPC.. this way you'll start sending PPC to a page that already works.. no experimenting with PPC cash... hope it makes sense...
I agree that the landing page is very important in both article marketing and ppc. It is absolutely vital to have a good landing page for adwords or you will get killed on their quality score and it will cost way too much to advertise. I would start with articles until you are sure of the landing page.
These are the links I have right now that i believe are most important. http://www.norbsmoney.com/clickbank-100-money-making-newbie-guide-best-advice-i-can-offer/ http://lemonarian.com/DefinitionOfABum/DefinitionOfABum.pdf http://www.reversemobile.com/?hop=0 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=889467#post8163683 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=897318 http://uberaffiliate.com/affiliate-marketing-guide/uber-affiliate-marketing-guide/ http://zacjohnson.com/the-super-affiliates-guide-to-ppc-marketing/ http://www.aojon.com/enough-bullshitting-lets-make-money-in-24hrs-or-less/ http://www.derekbeau.com/ppc-affiliate-marketing-how-what-to-promote/ http://uberaffiliate.com/yahoo-search-marketing/what-ppc-engine-to-start-with/ http://uberaffiliate.com/affiliate-tips/affiliate-marketing-on-a-low-budget/ http://www.cdfnetworks.com/landing-page-or-redirect-that-is-the-question/ http://uberaffiliate.com/landing-pages/landing-page-keys-to-success/ http://www.here.org.uk/2007/06/goog...-page-that-wont-get-banned-with-examples.html http://www.derekbeau.com/18-tips-for-writing-better-pay-per-click-ads/ http://www.here.org.uk/2007/09/creating-ppc-ads-that-stand-out-from-the-crowd.html http://www.digital-web.com/articles/11_ways_to_improve_landing_pages/ http://searchengineland.com/071214-124154.php http://www.googlelady.com/335/51-tips-adwords/ http://uberaffiliate.com/affiliate-tips/how-to-scale-a-campaign/ http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/04/08/the-1000000-experiment-with-ppc-part-1/ http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/04/13/10k-ppc-experiment-part2/ http://www.cdfnetworks.com/the-13-pay-per-click-network-challenge/