Earned $ 0 ... Spend $ 10 ... Let me Go to Hell :-(

Discussion in 'ClickBank' started by seanro, Jul 9, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Hello,

    Yesterday i joined CB to earn $$$ ...
    I selected to promote

    1) satellite Tv 2) SEO elite

    I created hoplinks and advertised them on my Google Adwords New Account...

    To my surprise i got 10 clicks on my ads ... spending around $ 10 ... but none of my products were sold !!

    What shall i do .... am i no good for affiliates marketing .. please help me ..

    i am broke :(
     
    seanro, Jul 9, 2007 IP
  2. alemcherry

    alemcherry Guest

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    from whatever I read, I must agree that you are "no good for affiliates marketing" :)

    If you had made money that easily, I would have spent few thousand dollars every day and made huge profit!

    You are lucky to have learned the lesson for $10, lot of people have spent much more than that, for the same lesson.

    Not to discourage you, but making money online is not an easy thing.

    Dont expect a sale for 10 clicks, you can realistically expect one for 100 clicks or more. So you need to get targetted traffic at a cheaper rate. Adwords is possibly not the cheapest way, and the cheap ones are not really targetted well. Nothing like organic traffic!
     
    alemcherry, Jul 9, 2007 IP
  3. guruguy

    guruguy Active Member

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    It is not just as simple as if I spend money I earn money. Firstly, both those products are highly competitive, and need special tactics to promote, not just PPC. If you are spending $1 per click, you don't seem to know how to use PPC. I would suggest firstly finding new products that are in less competitive niches. Then use other ways to promote them first, i.e. on your own website. Only when you have a decent chunk of money would I suggest to try direct PPC. It is A LOT of trial and error.
     
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    Swerd Active Member

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    you need help.. you obviously dont really know what your doing.. dont worry tho, eveybody has to start from nothing..

    $10 for 10 clicks is bad.. you should read forums and blogs to learn more first.

    ps. google will not let you advertise tv for pc for long, so dont get worried when they dissaprove all of your ads and keywords..

    if you are broke and have no money to advertise, you need to do bum marketing.....

    do not ask what bum marketing is.... www.justfuckinggoogleit.com :)

    hope this helps
     
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    downloadsonline.org Active Member

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    It is better for you to spend sometime learning the tactics of google adwords before spending your money.
     
    downloadsonline.org, Jul 9, 2007 IP
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    Yeah, on a forum, a guy posted about having $40,000 in advertising charges, and no sales. So it could be worse.
     
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    I hope you at least knew some techniques to Adwords, like learning how to effectively write ads, what keywords to bid for, etc. Honestly though $10 is a minimal loss in the world of affiliate marketing.
     
    ez-online-money.com, Jul 9, 2007 IP
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    Just treat it as a learning experience.

    I just started in this a few weeks ago, I put some money down in Adwords, lost about $60 or so. Then I realized I am obviously doing something wrong. I took down all of my ads and started reading on here and other helpful forums as well. I am still reading and still learning, but am starting to find my way. I have started using Adwords again and am starting to make some money now.

    But trust me, do as much reading and research as possible or you are just throwing your money away. This stuff does work, you just need to learn how to make it work for you. There are many keyword tools available, not all of them will work well for you, experient and find out which works best.

    Best of Luck.

    Chris.
     
    ChrisBa, Jul 10, 2007 IP
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    I think you need more traffic to promote CB products and to learn tips on Adwords.
     
    ztnbw, Jul 11, 2007 IP
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    1. 10 clicks is not enough to determine that the campaign is not profitable.
    Most people test it with at least 100 clicks to see if they could break even.

    2. Your CPC is too high at $1, it is definitely a huge risk if you are going for more clicks.

    My advice: Stay away from Money Making niche if you're new. They're too competitive for a beginner to promote it. :)
     
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    Fine tune your affiliate marketing skills. Join some good coaching.

    starturl.com/learn-n-earn

    Here you can become affiliate of WA & cover up your cost.
     
    pradipdk, Jul 11, 2007 IP
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    10 is just nth....i think i spend 500 to learn the meaning of the word" Affiliate"
     
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    From a 100 clicks or more? That is terrible.. I recieve a sale for about every 20 clicks..
     
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    Lesson 1: Don't choose hyper competitive products.

    Satellite TV and SEO Elite happens to be 2 very competitive products to push and it's no wonder you are finding hard to make sales. Also, 10 clicks is not a good measure. Try 100 clicks.

    Lesson 2: Don't go for the straight sale.

    I'm guessing you are directing to your affiliate in the ads. Bad move. Always go for the email + firstname so that you can follow up later on.

    Oh yes, and read up BumMarketingMethod.com. It works.

    Hope this helps.

    Richard Hansel
     
    rhansel, Jul 12, 2007 IP
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