Make your first cj sale in your first month (how to guide)

Discussion in 'Commission Junction' started by 1EightT, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. kyle759

    kyle759 Peon

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    #421
    Yeah, I've actually already got my own dedicated server for another site I run so I've got something going there.

    Do I need to do SEO on the sites or will your program cover that? Ditto on outside promotion (article marketing, PPC, etc.)
     
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  2. 1EightT

    1EightT Guest

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    #422
    This is straight from our member forums:

    -Vps Hosting-
    ::High Quality::
    http://www.zone.net -- Includes affiliate link, i am frequently asked if i have one.

    ::Medium Quality::

    ::Use at your own risk / Expect problems::
    http://www.jaguarvps.com
    http://www.slhost.com


    SHouldn't be a problem. You would just enter the landing page url in your redirect url field in our software, and all human traffic will be sent to the landing page.


    YOu will need to design the templates and such for the sites. The system can either scrape content using our algorithm that determines the average keyword density across multiple sources, or you can have control over the process yourself and use the custom content section. With custom content you have full control over everything from density to structure, readability, etc.

    For marketing, there are tools built in to help. We also have two free services on the forums for getting automated backlinks. We have add on scripts you can use on your own server to get more links, interlink, etc. If you take advantage of the built in tools and those offered for free on the forums you shouldn't need to do any outside promotion. I certainly don't for my own sites.

    It really isn't very difficult. Upload the files, setup the config file and get started. The built in installer adds the database tables and such. If you can setup a database on your server you should be fine installing the software yourself.

    No, you don't need a dedicated ip for each domain. It's always a good idea to spread out across several ip's if you can, but you can have hundreds of domains on a single ip with no issues.
     
    1EightT, Mar 17, 2008 IP
  3. bab

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    #423
    Hello
    I just read this thread...Do you still can send this method/ebook/software???
    I would appreciate it.
    Thanks
     
    bab, Mar 17, 2008 IP
  4. 1EightT

    1EightT Guest

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    #424
    We do still sell the software, yes. We've been in business over two years now :).
     
    1EightT, Mar 17, 2008 IP
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    Saight Active Member

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    #425
    i was wondering how fast do i see traffic come in after setting everything up
    ?

    thanks
     
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  6. 1EightT

    1EightT Guest

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    #426
    Check the member forums if you haven't already. We cover all of these topics extensively. If you are on your own server, and are running the interlinking script, etc you should see traffic within a couple days. If you are on the hosted server likely a couple weeks. This is going to again depend on the niche you are targeting, the promotion options selected inside of the software, the number of domains yo put up, the template you use, etc.
     
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  7. jd1234

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    #427
    Please pm me a link to the video. Thanks
     
    jd1234, Mar 22, 2008 IP
  8. HaltingPoint

    HaltingPoint Peon

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    #428
    I've been using this since January of this year. It is IMPERATIVE that you read the forums before you join. There is some great info there and it is important that you have things in place so you can get things off the ground as soon as you join.

    That said, I've only had one conversion so far. Part of my problem was that I got killed by a MASSIVE google crackdown a couple weeks after I joined and started putting my first sites live so I never got to see if those merchants converted.

    The other big thing that helps is if you know of some merchants that convert well before you join. The party line is that you should just grab a bunch of random merchants and test them to see if they work but for someone on a tight budget like myself, throwing 10 .infos at each merchant is essentially a ~$10 gamble/merchant.

    I wish I had known enough about subdomains to get started on that path at the beginning because it takes time to get that setup since you have to age the domains and I don't know a ton on the server/technical side so I need to pay people to help with that.

    Does SSEC get you traffic? Yes. Will your sites get banned? Yes, although you can help minimize this by making good templates, something I haven't really mastered yet. Also, it looks like turning interlinking off might help keep them alive.

    Will you make money? If you can find affiliate programs that convert, absolutely. From the discussions on the site there are some people making serious bank, however a lot of them know quite a bit about SEO, other blackhat techniques, and have some known converting merchants in their pocket.
     
    HaltingPoint, Mar 23, 2008 IP
  9. 1EightT

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    #429
    I have 5 openings total, so jump in while you still can.

    I just had a user that joined a week and a half ago post his first cj commission of 27.18.
     
    1EightT, Apr 6, 2008 IP
  10. rossb1

    rossb1 Peon

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    #430
    If I understand this correctly from what I have read so far here and on your website, the pages we set up are cloaked so the search engines read the content scraped from the affiliate sites. A user accessing a site via search engine link will be redirected to a corresponding affiliate program landing page with your affiliate link.

    Is the above correct?

    Also, are there people who are providing services to do VPS setup and template creation?

    In regards to domain selection, how important is selection of the name. Should the keyword be in the domain name?

    Finally, are subdomains used?

    This sounds intersting, I may just sign up

    -Ross-
     
    rossb1, Apr 7, 2008 IP
  11. 1EightT

    1EightT Guest

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    #431
    If I understand this correctly from what I have read so far here and on your website, the pages we set up are cloaked so the search engines read the content scraped from the affiliate sites. A user accessing a site via search engine link will be redirected to a corresponding affiliate program landing page with your affiliate link.

    Correct, you can scrape content or create unique custom content yourself

    Is the above correct?

    Also, are there people who are providing services to do VPS setup and template creation?

    Several people offer template design and template packs on the forums, and one user does offer installation services as well as shared managed servers.

    In regards to domain selection, how important is selection of the name. Should the keyword be in the domain name?

    That doesn't matter much.

    Finally, are subdomains used?

    Yes, in fact I almost exclusively use sub domains for my personal sites.

    This sounds intersting, I may just sign up

    -Ross-
     
    1EightT, Apr 8, 2008 IP
  12. devils_reject

    devils_reject Active Member

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    #432
    Cool, so i just have to pay U$160/month for VPS + 69/month for your program + buy 100 domains (and renew them every year) + a few more to generate traffic

    Nice :)
     
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  13. 1EightT

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    #433
    If you are paying that much for a vps then something is wrong. A vps is typically around 40 a month. For domains you can buy inexpensive domains or simply build sub domains on existing domains. This cust the cost there down to almost nothing. Very few people renew their domains after the year is up since it doesn't really make sense from an ROI standpoint. Most registrars give a special discounted price for the first year of domain registration, then jack that price up the second year to turn their profit. You can take advantage of that by not renewing expiring domains, then looking for the best deal at that time.

    oh, and you can start out on the free hosted server to get a feel for the software so you don't have the expense of a server at all when you first start. It's always nice to take a week or two to get used to the system, then jump into it more with your own server.
     
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  14. polymorphs

    polymorphs Peon

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    #434
    As a recent noob over at this site I thought I should clarify what my costs were:
    $69 a month subscription and converting an underutilised VPS into an install for this. Oh and I got someone to do my install for me - but that was more a nervousness in my own capabilities issue than it was a must do thing.
    As for domains etc, I use nothing but subs from pure WH sites - so no cost there.
    I have also bought a couple of things off other members there like templates and a noob guy handbook, so an extra $40 there - but again that was just because I wanted it all in one hit rather than doing stuff myself. Now I do all my own templates etc - they are really easy to do, even for me. All up I think I spent around $200 in the first month for setting everything up, but someone with any knowledge wouldn't need to pay that. If you were happy with the free shared hosting and did your own templates or used some of the free ones that members share with each other your only costs really would be $69 while you found your feet.

    On the topic of returns - I am now (6 weeks down the track) just getting enough from some programs like Adsense to cover costs while I explore a some merchants and a few other revenue streams.

    And I started this as a complete and utter newb who had never done BH, never done aff marketing, never actually earned $1 off anything online before. So if I can do it fairly quickly then anyone who some knowledge should be able to get up and going even quicker.

    The other benefit is one that is hard to explain or do justice to and that is the information and help provided by the forums. Everyone there has been more helpful than I can believe - they are happy to share all their tips etc and answer all the questions. Short of actually sending me a list of converting merchants they couldn't do any more (and a couple of people while not telling you actual converting merchants have pointed in the right direction on which programs to join).

    As a last point I should say that the next couple of months are going to be very interesting so I would be getting involved now before you really miss the boat.

    And if you do join, say Hi, I use the same name there as here so I am easy to find.
     
    polymorphs, Apr 10, 2008 IP
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    #435
    I am also a fairly new member. I pay $50 for a VPS which I already had as a backup server and $69 for SSEC. I found the software quite easy to install so I didn't have any expense there. I've been buying domains for a while so I am putting WH content on them and will then be using SSEC subs off of these. It's fairly simple to have your WH top level domain on a separate hosting account from your SSEC sub domains. This way sub domains cost $0 compared to buying .infos, plus they should last longer.

    The forum is the most active I have been a part of. I think they could charge a fee just to have access to the forums as there is lots of general seo and black hat info there.

    There are also a lot of positive changes coming in the near future so there may not being many more chances to get in.
     
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    #436
    Thanks for posting the information for people guys :)
     
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    tommytx Well-Known Member

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    #437
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    We have hosting included in the 69 dollar a month price. I suggest you get your own vps at some point, but you are welsome to start on ours and stay as long as you want.
    </quote>

    If you start on your hosting and then move to VPS are you allowed to use both at the same time or must you move to the VPS totally.

    Also what amount of time is allowed to migrate to the VPS once you begin to set it up... in other words can you stay on your hosting until all is running well on the VPS...

    As I can see for me setting up a VPS might take some time... and I would not want to shut down while doing the transition..

    Thanks
     
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    #438
    You can take all the time you want, we don't have a deadline or anything. You can leave domains on the hosted server and install new ones on your own as well, doesn't matter. Almost everyone will tell you that you will see more traffic on your own server though.
     
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    #439
    I also wanted to let you guys know that we did something unorthodox today. We decided that in celebration of the end of tax season we would extend a 30 percent discount to anyone that joins the program from now to the end of April. It's a big discount, and not something we are likely to do again in the near future. So, pm me for the special signup url if you are interested, but act fast.
     
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    #440
    As a side note, anyone that joins now will have the opportunity to be first in line for our highly anticipated new software release which is likely going to be sometime in the next 4-6 weeks. Remember that this 30 percent off special is ONLY going to last until the end of this month, so you can potentially get in for 49.00 your first month instead of the usual 69.00.
     
    1EightT, Apr 23, 2008 IP