Hi everyone! I have been trying to make money off of clickbank for a little while now (~2 weeks) without much success. I typically use adwords, but most recently I decided to write blogs and press releases as other methods. I am sad to say that in a 2 week period and 20.00 of adwords money later I still dont have a sale. I have tried a few different products (with decent gravity ~ 20.00), but no luck. Does anyone have any good suggestions before I give up (cant keep losing money)? Thanks for the help. This site is amazing with all the folks on here helping eachother!
First welcome to CB . Listen mate , right now i don't think quiting is the right thing for you to do . You just in your second weeks with CB . Do you know some people waited for months before they got their first sales and i also believe some of them are still waiting for that day . So just be patient for a while Also my believes are , CB is all about testing and try to find which products actually work and which doesn't and I think that's what you need to do right now . Why don't you try to promote products that have gravity between 50 to ............. instead of promoting the one with 20 for gravity .You might get better result . Man you only have two weeks , just hung in there for a little bit more . If you don't want to keep losing money , use bum marketing ( squidoo , hubpages , usfreads , articles( EA and go article ) , blogs ) Send me a pm i will send you a list where you can actually post your ads and articles Good luck and best success to you
I think too many people expect to make lots of $$$ in a matter of days with no real research or effort!
yeah, and its all about trial and error. When you lose, you win. Its like thomas edisons quote with the light bulb.
buddy cb is not instant money maker..Instead of quitting to save money you should just stop adwords and go organic.It will take more time but you will not waste money.once you get sales from organic traffic then you can restart doing adwords.If you are having problems putting up a great ad together then pl. take advice from http://www.uberaffiliate.com He is an super affiliate in just 11 months and 19 years of age. he knows what he is talking.
Don't give up. Let's persist till the end. I just closed my first deal yesterday but got O today. I am not giving up unless i am dead. it is just a matter of perserverance and hard work. I am doing Bum marketing as well. I have articles in Squidoo, Hubpages, Go article and Ezine article. Although my article marketing has yet to convert any sales but i believed it will if i continue to work hard. DadOftheYear, don't give up so soon. By the way, are there any ways to increase the stats in Squidoo and Hubpages?
Squidoo and Hubpages are great but they need SEO like normal sites. Study SEO techniques are apply those to your hub and squidoo pages and they will work.
Here is my opinion. You are doing what 90% of new internet marketers do. That is bounce around a lot between products, advertising methods, etc. It is not your fault because they all work when done correctly. the issue is that new marketers don't really know how to do them correctly. The result is almost always the same. Frustration, loss of money and sometimes quitting. I will tell you that I have quit on many occasions. Most of the time for the same reasons stated above. I finally had some clarity of mind and figured out how to make money with clickbank. Don't give up. With the right direction anyone can do pretty good with clickbank.
I appreciate everyones comments. It just seems to be such a hard task to find the right product and to do it without losing a lot of money along the way. I have literally tried about 10 different products and have promoted each one on various sites (i.e. blogger.com, press release sites, etc.). On top of that I use adwords and of course I get the clicks but no bites. Just so frustrating at this point. I am not actually trying to become a millionaire overnight, I just want some extra income to payoff my debt and help my girls through college. Anyway, I appreciate the comments and feedback. Everyone seems really nice and helpful on this forum.
Create more content and start stumbling it. Build some links to your blogs. Check out the free directories forum area for places to post your site. Build traffic. Eventually it will convert. How many clicks have you gotten? If you haven't gotten a sale after 1000 clicks, probably not going to happen.
You can download my free Clickbank Business Guide. It's perfect for newbies, it should help you. Just visit the link in my signature.
I think you should just give up if you expect riches within 2 weeks. Plus spending $20 on adwords isnt what i call losing money. if you want to know what it feels like to lose money...try spending $2000.
I'm with everyone else. Don't quit. Don't give up so easily. $20 is just a drop in the bucket. Plus, it's possible to make a heck of a lot more than $20 in a day, but not if you quit.
I say quit! Less competition for everyone else. Just kidding - Don't sweat it - it's not some $7 e-book secret that you just apply and bang. CB is no different than any other network, online marketing cannot be picked up or mastered in 2 weeks - 11 years and counting, i still learn something new every other day... Your adspend on campaign testing is literally just that - consider it gambling money. Once you prove a product or two - automate the campaign, keep your eye on it as you tweak/split test, and don't even bother with squidoo and hubs UNTIL you prove that you can convert something... My first day in CB=$10 adspend turned into $130 - promoting SATtvForPC - i started to ROCK from day one, then goolge crashed in on my parade and almost banned me for promoting that product, had to find other products and other methods to promote this - then TONS of refunds came in, in the end I just about broke even but dropped that product flat even though it proved to convert... Don't expect miracles bro, come back in 2 months and if you still have no sales and are down 2K, then you have a legit reason to potentially quit or go straight bum/organic. Right now you should be reading until you have bags under your eyes. Prepare VERY well, and when you test your next product(s) - deploy them with stealth and leverage, not $20 and 2 weeks. Cheers, get inspired and pick 3 products - don't worry about gravity, worry about how well you can market your products - chances are that the ones YOU like and know something about will convert better for you because you'll be able to market them better and on a one to one endorsement. NC.
Thanks again for all the help. I guess I should have been careful about posting because now I am getting a ton of private messages from people promoting with there affiliate links. Everyone keeps telling me to use "The Wealthy Affiliate". Anyway, I will keep it going. Maybe its just the products I have been choosing. I will keep everyone posted as I continue this long hard road ;-)
I am also haven't made any sale yet. But I bought the products from my own links and save quite a few bucks.
I've been doing this for a little over a month now and I've only gotten 4 sales. That little number is not going to make me quit. I've been running an offline business for the past 5 years, so maybe that is playing a part in my determination as far as knowing to never give up and keep your foot on the pedal. Also, I've taken a ton of advice here on DP and elsewhere to not give up and that this business takes a lot of patience and hard work. I've done a ton of mistakes already, like having my hoplink typed as www.theproduct.com/?hop=myid instead of http://myid.product.hop.clickbank.net for example. But, despite the headaches, confusion, lack of sales, etc., I'm still working hard and keeping the faith.
Never ever give up. Don't settle for nothing less then success. And always put in your goals more effort then anyone could ever expect from you. Follow these three simple rules and you will always have an abundance of money.