Hi All, Would love to get your feeback here. I have had an Adwords acount for a couple of months now and have tried promoting 4-5 diferent products from Clickbank using my hoplink. After spending about a $1000 I have made about $120 in total sales. I don't use any cloaking software and don't really undestand why that would make a difference. I don't have any websites and that is why I chose to promote clickbank products. Can someone explain why cloaking is important? Also, where can I get cloaking software? Another question I have is that one campaign has generated 114 clicks but no sales. I believe the pitch page for the Clickbank product is good so I don't understand why I haven't gotten at least one sale to break even. I'd love to hear possible suggestions. Thanks, Ather
1.) Ditch clickbank, (I know some people claim it works, but those are the same people trying to sell you their ebook...) There are tons of other networks out there. 2.) Promote things that do not involve the person buying something with their credit card. 3.) Don't just use adwords, use overture and msn adcenter as well.
The Clickbank system gives indications of how well each product sells. All other things being equal, your losses are probably due to a poor choice of keywords and paying too much for them. Spending 90% on keyword research could pay off. I don't think cloaking applies to AdWords, but rather ads/links placed on your own site.
yes I have heard people suggesting sell products this way. But I dont see how when ppc cost is so high. Someone suggested promote products that doesnt involve credit card, every thing these days involves cc. how could you make money if buyers cant pay with credit card ? what other affiliate network would you suggest ?
You should really consider to have a website. Maybe it's possible to do it without a own website, but I think it's the harder way, and if you want to build a real business then you just need one. People buy rather on the 7th contact in average, because they need to trust you, and if you have an own website, that gives you more credibility. Don't make the mistake to spend a lot of money until you are desperate and then give up internet marketing. Be willing to your stuff well, test and improve until your reach your goal. Model what already works. Make mistakes and learn out of them. And spend ONLY as much money as you can afford. Is is possible to build an internet business on a shoestring, if you have some money to spend it can save you time, but also it can be a completely loss. So spend it wise.
Cloaking software is just a simple way to hide your affiliate details, so that people dont buy the product without you getting any credit for the sale The way clickbank works is that you have a "hoplink" which acts as a redirection script. This script puts a "cookie" onto the computer of the person who clicked your link. However if you dont cloak your link, then when the person gets to the merchant site, it will be obvious from the address bar at the top of their browser, that there is an affiliate involved Using an unencripted link will lose you at least 50% of your sales, because most people dont like the idea that someone else, other then the merchant, is going to make money if they buy the product To cloak your links is actually very easy. All you need is a page on your site with a blank frame. This way when you advertise you advertise a link like www.mysite.com/product-name - instead of come really ugly looking link like hop.clickbank.nickname...etc As a general guide I would recommend you sell resell rights products - i.e. where you get a load of products you can sell on your own site, and keep all the money, especially if you are selling ebooks and/or software Of course you need to get your own website first, but I would say without your own website you are really setting yourself up to fail. I notice that you say you have spent $1K on advertising, you obviously cannot carry on losing money like this! Information on simple cloaking software you can use easily is available on my site at http://www.ebiz4every1.com/products.html
Thanks winningratings and all. Some more good advice I need to implement. I will go ahead and look for some cloaking software and set that up. Anyone know of any good ones out there? I was hoping that I could just make a few bucks without having to create a website but it doesn't look that way. Regards, Ather
I agree 100%! I could refer you to a great network! PM me if you want more info. Here is what I would suggest: It's great your eager to spend money. $1K is a great budget to have if you want to start all over again! If your getting "114" clicks, and not seeing many sales that is a problem. I would say your keywords are just too broad. Think like the buyer, use the free keyword tools from google and overture. Also, somthing I have been doing is type the keyword 10 times as fast as you can. Getting some mis-spellings is also a small way to get some traffic! If someone mis-spelled their keyword, they see your add and it is what their looking for there is a good chance they will check it out! Get on an affiliate network and promote some easy email submit or zip submit offers. They require very small participation for you to generate a lead. I would also reccomend you to www.enhanceinteractive.com, the traffic is not as good as Adwords, or even close, but they will design your ad for you, and keyword it, if you put $50 into an account! It's a great way to learn the ways of search marketing. They treat you very well, even if your just trying their network out for 50 bucks, you can call them any time and talk over your strategy with one of their reps. Long ago when I was just starting, I went with them and they were so helpful. Well, hope my info helps. Good luck.
How many sales can you expect from 114 clicks sending directly to a salesletter? Not many, I think. A conversion rate of 2 % is already good, or? And that, when they are presold, I guess. So if they come from an ad to the salesletter, will conversion be even lower?
Promoting clickbank products is waste of time., since the sellers mostly captures email ids of the visitors on the landing page., and you wont be getting commissions on sales that happen in future due to frequent sending of mails
A cloaking software will mask your affiliate link so people can see only the website address without any ugly affiliate link along. Google out for a free cloaking software. This will make people think that they are buying from the sales page directly with no affiliate commissions.
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