How do you think about the opinion of that guy? How to Get Started as an Affiliate? Notice the comments.
I think it's utter *****t, sorry. As well as any other course which tells you that direct linking to clickbank etc. is a good idea. A 12 year old kid who knows only a little about adwords and quality score might even know better. If someone recommends direct linking this proves they have NO fricking idea whatsoever how adwords works, they don't know anything about quality score...and they're on the best way to either lose a BIG amount of money quick...or even getting their ads/accounts banned. It is true that direct linking might temporary work for a little time...but its still a long shot to actually "recommend" direct linking. Its just really, really BAD in many ways. 1) As said: Quality Score <---- dont use iframes, redirects, direct linking....your bids ill go up, sooner or later your ads might not even show anymore. 2) Duplicate Url problem...if someone else uses the same URL and outbids you....well only ONE ad per URL is displayed on adwords and it's the one with the highest bid.
pretty sure he's jus tryin to sell the damn software.. never go by comments.. ppl are generally paid to post them..
To be honest, I didn't need to read past the first paragraph. Once I read that direct linking to CB products are, according to him, the BEST way to go, I simply closed the window of the website. Everyone, I should think, knows better than that.
I think you should follow everything he say's, you'll be a millionaire in 2 weeks, pwomise. Direct linking isn't always all that horrible. If you're in the market to do quick sweeps, and or you aren't doing PPC, simply buying a .com > forward to your hop > advertise on radio/tv/newspaper/other sites, your lander and or QS/CPC go out the window. Even with PPC sometimes if you're simply flipping offers and testing many new ones, no big marketer will setup new landers/seo/long term shit, they simply throw money at it, if it converts, and is consistent, then I can picture someone big getting a lander and focusing on one campaign, but for the most part (without reading the post, just offering my own exp.) direct linking shouldn't be so frowned upon imo.
NC is right. People want to see if an offer converts first. If it does, then they will develop a lander.
That article is almost two years old. :-/ The internets don't stand still; that might been a good quick-buck kind of advice back in the day, but nowadays it's terrible advice. When it comes to internet profit, the faster a moolah making system/trick/method works, the shorter its lifespan.
I have seen so many people doing that at google adwords. There are affiliates of regnow, shareit, cleverbrige and cb. Are they all fools?