I think this is the new record for longest without a sale/convert since I started clickbank! Must be some very bad luck! I have put several new merchants to affilate and no converts yet! How many keywords are you supposed to have? I got 50 to 125 targeted keywords depending on the product I am promoting. Is this not half enough? I just racked up over $8 in clicks this weekend and it aren't over yet. Maybe all those people are enjoying their weekend and will order Sunday night before heading off to work. I can only hope! Has anyone had such a bad week as me?
Maybe a new competiting affiliate has just come up with a better landing page and he's getting all the sales. Have you checked out the competition?
I am advertising on Yahoo directly to the merchant via a hoplink. My landing page exists for organic traffic but I have yet to get a single sale from it. I promoted it to directory submissions and no luck. I spoke with a friend who makes big money and 98% of his sales are PPC. I consider him the luckiest affililate. On the bright side, some of my merchants are converting 100-200% ROI, others have yet to convert. Problem is, there isn't enough different merchants offering 70-75% comission, good product, good webpage and good profit margins. If I can find 20 good merchants that make me $5 *net* profit a day, I am set in my goal of $100 net a day, this will allow me to live an independant middle class life in the northeast.
Just do some research in the marketplace and you can surely find enough vendors with good products, landing pages, commissions etc as you wish to promote. Even if the commission is lesserthan 75%, if the product and the landing pages are good, it is better to promote it.
If you can get a product with good sales letter, you can easily convert the visitor into your customer.
How many "good" products have you seen on clickbank? I have several products that were converting but its been 7 days now without a single convert. I am getting very worried! Is anyone else experiencing the same problem? No one has answered this yet. Are you guys also experiencing this?
need incomes - i'm going to PM you with my products landing page and invite you as an affiliate since you use Yahoo not google. right now I need more exposure to Yahoo ads. I'm pretty much saturated on the google site. so check your PM. good luck
Thanks but this is not what I am looking for. Anyway guys I got a convert yesterday but the bad news is I got another refund on the same expensive product. I am going to be needing alot more help if im to make PPC profitable. 1. Should I use a different PPC than yahoo(not google) I can find some PPC that say they will send 10,000 semi-targeted traffic for just $30. If I can get two or more converts, I already am ahead! 2. Should I take my friend's claims with a bucket of salt? They make PPC seem so easy and I thought I would already be making $100+ a day by now! What kind of "magic" are they doing that I am missing? How many keywords should I be using? One friend says he was making $35 net profit a day on just 5 clickbank products, why then did he stop? 3. I am running out of good products to promote. The majority of products have problems like low % comission, bad page, unrealistic claims, bad market, popup windows, adsense(will steal my customers), backlinks(again, will steal my customers) 4. How are they making PPC so profitable? I am considering paying them for some of their secrets. Heck they should market their own ebook and I will gladly buy it if it works so well for them!
My advice: 1) No, this traffic probably wont be "real" and even if it is...it wont be targeted, Buying traffic like that is a waste of money. 2) If it was that easy, everyone would be doing it. Making $100 per day takes experience, time and a little luck. 3) Keep looking for good products, they do exist. Sometimes they are a little hard to find, but that's what keep competition down. 4) You can try buying and e-book or two, although I think the information on this forum can get just as good (although it may be a little harder to find & organize).
If it's any consolation, last week (before the weekend) was quite poor for me in sales. The weekend made up for it, though. Sounds like some others have given you great advice. IM is a long-haul game, not a short term money-maker - you have to be able to make logic/business decisions based on the facts, rather than emotional decisions on how much money you make/lose. I'm still figuring this aspect out, by the way -T
My sales were strong at the start of the week, declined a bit towards the end of the week & then shot way up on the weekend Nothing uncommon though.
Tweak Test Track ...and repeat that's what worked for me. My margins and sales aren't great by any means, but I am profitable (and improving). I guess the best advice I can give is to constantly look for something new to improve in every aspect of your campaign(s). And I mean look at EVERYTHING: your landing page(s), your keywords, ad variations, etc. Keep trying something new until you find an equation that works and then build upon it for improvement. I know I'm not giving details, but that's because there really is no magic bullet to Adwords and Clickbank. Just keep working hard. My next piece of advice is to check out your competition. If they're constantly paying for Adwords, they must be turning a profit. It's your job to find out why and then beat them.