I am trying to make sales using ad words. I am putting affiliate links in the ads directly. Okay so my question. How long should I keep a campaign going before I say forget it this inst going to make me any sales? Also I have a campaign going with about 10 keywords on it and ive only have gotten 4 clicks. The keywords are fairly well searched. Why am I not getting any, also I am on the first page for about half my keywords. Is there a time period you have to wait before others can see your ads up?
your quality score is probably low (if you're putting the affiliate links directly)...that's why you won't get listed high... (or it will require some crazy CPC like $5)
I would really suggest you study up on adwords. Adwords can cost a lot if you don't know what you are doing. Keep reading on DP or get a book to help you out. To be successful with adwords takes some work.
As in a matter of fact 2 hours ago I made my first sale. I had 4 clicks to my blog that I posted a article to 1 week ago. 37cents worth of clicks one 26 dollar sale not bad. Unfortunately I closed that campaign but I just reopened it. I'm going to see if I can get some more results.
Spartan, you have to pay close attention to Adwords, because you can lose a lot of money if you don't know how to use it. You have to split and test your campaigns applying small changes to see what is the best combination. Congratulations for your first sale, but it doesn't mean that your campaign is going to work well. Just keep doing and improving.
If you have a blog and using an article you may want to try and get organic rankings. Then your article is there 24/7 and free Great way to get targeted traffic and not worry about adwards. Some article of mine stay ranked on the first page for months and bring in lots of sales For Example I have one article with just about 70,000 veiws from a first page first position google ranking. The google key words are pc satellite tv, you'll see the frist article on the left side is a review for pc satellite tv 2006. With over 10,000 back links. This article generates lots of sales Also the backlinks took no effort to get. Here is a copy of the search from google. You can get articles ranked like this also. I have had this particular article ranked there since July of 2006. Results 1 - 10 of about 26,300,000 for pc satellite tv. (0.20 seconds) Pc Satellite TV - Review of Satellite TV for Pc 2006 Software This article is a review of PC Satellite TV software for PC 2006. Gives tips and details for the Elite software. ww.articlesbase.com/.../pc-satellite-tv--review-of-satellite-tv-for-pc-2006-software-32339.html - 52k - Jun 3, 2007 - Cached - Similar pages You may want to concider trying this out Cheers and to your success! Paul
temujin, what Paul65 did was brilliant. He wrote a keyword rich (and, of course, valuable) article and posted it on an article site that Google loves. The backlinks multiply the effect. As a result, he gets tons of hits on his article and, probably, tons of clicks on the URL that earns him cash. This is why we do what we do...
Hi there, Before you continue on it sounds like a little training might help. To learn about AdWords, take a look at Perry Marshall's "The Definitive Guide To Google AdWords" That's where I learned how to use them effectively. I think you can get the ebook from his site at perrymarshall.com The next thing I would suggest is not using your direct affiliate link. Set up your own site with an article or a review of the product you're affiliating yourself with and get people in the right frame of mind before they actually go to the sales page. Your job as an affiliate is to pre-sell the product. I hope this helps. Enjoy your day! Terry