10.25.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 12:32 pm by Heartsbane
Hi Tony!
I recently purchased your book and have enjoyed reading it. I found a CJ program that allows direct linking and have been running ads for the past 3 days. This is a “4 Bar” advertiser with an average EPC (3-month and 7-day) of about $30.00. I have written my ads carefully and know I’m sending qualified traffic to the site.
When I look at my “Quick Stats” on CJ, it does indeed show I have produced about 250 clicks thus far. However, my commission earned is still a big fat $0.00. I certainly would’ve expect to see *something* by now! So my question is, how long does it take for CJ to post commissions? Is there a 2-3 day lag before commissions are reported to CJ? Does it depend on the program?
I’m just curious if I should be continuing this program or if I’m doing something seriously wrong - or is it still too early to know.
Any feedback is appreciated!
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10.19.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 2:44 pm by ayb
Hi Tony!
Thank you for being there when we need you. Your answers have been a great way to disclose many of our queries.
There has been so much changes to search marketing the way you taught us. I would like to know, if you don’t mind, could you share with us your newest strategies on this search marketing business.
This is my tenth month learning about search marketing, particularly adwords and affiliate marketing(clickbank & CJ). Well, i have yet to meet any sales. Quite to my own disappointment for not being able to emulate you and earn $10k in my first 6 months.
Please help us. For me, i am really in dire need.I really want to make this happen. And recently, i have just got myself PPC Classroom membership site to help me in PPC Marketing.
Please advise Tony, sir.
Would it be okay for me if i were to open a google group so that you and your students can post questions readily?
say: askanthonyborelli@googlegroups.com
eusof.
hellomynameiseusof.blogspot.com
aybeusof@gmail.com
p.s.: thinking of opening a facebook group on affiliate millions. With your permission, sir.
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10.04.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 8:56 pm by rreglus
Hi All:
Mr. Borelli, I have been reading your book with much excitement. I was wondering, is this strategy you mentioned in the book still valid on its own or does one have to develop a website. I only ask because I would much rather work with the strategy you mentioned to start out as opposed to building a website first. I guess what I am asking is do you believe I can make a reasonable income (let’s say $2000-$3000 a month) just using the search marketing strategy alone (assuming I am good at copy writing and the other essential skills you mention in the book). I would be willing to add the website strategy later but I would like to start with your strategy first if I can make this kind of income. Please help…
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10.02.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 10:49 pm by sphinx13
Hey Guys!
Mr. Borelli, I know that you must get this question all the time. I am at a loss for writing ads now that it has become so apparent that I can not use anyone’s “trademarked name” in the display URL. I have a website that is completely unrelated to 100% of the programs I have promoted. So, using my own URL, as the display name is out of the question and I certainly do not want to make a website for every program. This is search marketing right?
I will be the first to admit, I was excited about this business and I found myself reading the first 6 chapters of your book. Then…stopping. Why? because I was having small success with my ads. I failed to read chapter 10 before I could get your warning on all the newbie mistakes. I had to go back and read them, and I heartily thank you for that chapter.
So back to my question, I can totally deal with not using their precious “trademarks”, in my key words and search terms, but I can not seem to think my way around the “display URL” concept without loosing money.
Thanks,
Anthony
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10.01.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 12:13 am by T
Tony,
I have launched a few campaigns on Google by direct linking (no website of my own) and have targeted high volume keywords similar to the approach in your book. I have focused on programs that pay per lead for users signing up to a free online website. They only require minimal user info (i.e. email address) and no credit card is required.
While I have driven decent traffic with a good conversion rate, I am having issues making a profit due to my high costs per click. For my keywords, Google is requiring minimum CPCs of >$3 to get on the first page which makes it extremely difficult to drive traffic while keeping costs down, even with CTRs that are high. When Google was using the old quality score measure with minimum CPCs, my quality score was “great” and my minimum CPC was 0.03. If I use a maximum CPC of $1 then Google barely shows my ad even though my quality score is high. With a lead payout of $4 and these high CPCs, I need a very high conversion rate to make any profit.
Is this issue due to the immense number of people competing for the same keyword traffic? Do you have any suggestions to help reduce my CPC other than improving CTR through better ad copy? Is your recent recommendation to create a website related to huge competition and a cost per click issue? Would you recommend that we don’t bother with any programs that still allow direct linking and if so then what are your specific reasons?
If making a profit through direct linking no longer works even for programs that allow it then it would be great to know so I can move on to another approach.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
T
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09.26.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 3:47 pm by umair.munir
Hi Tony,
Great book, enjoying it. I have tried to register with Affiliatefuel.com but they have rejected my application. I followed your tips in the book but my email address is from .co.uk domain as my company is registered in UK and so it my mailing address.
I have another US business but that does not have a website at the minute.
I did mention that I am going to use search marketing and that I am going to use Google, Yahoo and MSN.
Any suggestions
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Posted in Questions and Comments at 2:57 pm by affiliate
Hi.
I have just tryed to join Amazon’s Associates Central Program. They say in a email that I can’t join as a search engine marketer. Do anybody have tryed to join Amazon with success? and how?
Regards
Tim
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09.19.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 2:02 am by iziah
Tony,
I’m in the process of running my first campaign w/ Adwords and I’m promoting an affiliate offer. The problem that I’m having is that although I have my own domain name, the URL that I have is completely different from the affiliate link that I will need to use, in order to have my visitors go directly to that landing page, from my ad- Google doesn’t allow this, they say that the display URL and the destination URL must be “fairly similar” in appearance. How do I get around around this? I was thinking about going back to my domain registrar or my hosting company and doing a redirect for the destination URL so that it looks identical to my display URL….any suggestions?
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09.18.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 10:20 pm by sphinx13
Greetings everyone,
Does anyone know if I can us the word, “amazon” in my ad? As long as this word is not a “key word” or part of the “search terms”?
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09.08.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 5:29 pm by readerdave
To Anthony (or any reader of Anthony’s book). What type of software tool or tools would you recommend to assist with the management of campaign activitiy, commissions, etc.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
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08.30.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 11:52 pm by brian
Hope someone can help. Maybe this is typical but I’m a newbie and something doesn’t seem right. Posted my first ad yesterday on AdWords. Ran it a few hours for two days just to see what happens.
Adwords reports: clicks impr.
365 36,581
CJ Manager shows all zeros. Is there a delay for data reporting on CJ with new accounts? (opened yesterday) Is this common? Does CJ only report sales? CJ reports show clicks and impr. columns on their tables, so I assumed they would have the same numbers as Google.
thanks for your help
I have an update: Today cj report showed 213 clicks. This is 72 hours after the campaign began. If there were any sales would they be reported by now? This delay makes it hard to determine if I should continue the campaign or not. As for now I’m still on pause.
thanks
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08.27.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 7:08 pm by jm
First of all, loved your book! I am a displaced IT consultant too (project manager). Prior to buying it, I started down the path of creating my own site, but quickly discovered affiliate search marketing is easier and cheaper. I signed up for several affiliate networks - CJ, Clickbank, RevenueWire. So I was at about step 5 prior to buying it.
My dilemma now is which product(s) to promote, and which networks best support the products that I choose. Based on my experience, I have narrowed it down to 3 areas:
1. Computer Software (optimization, antispyware, etc.). I know that the margins here must be razor thin due to the competition. I have connected with a SW publisher that has give me good support and tips on how to market, and their conversion rates, etc.
2. Sporting Goods. I think i could promote niches, like Camping. Their may be opportunites for seasonal campaigns too.
3. Real Estate Investing - Short sales, investor tools, etc.
4. Credit cards
Any help you can give based on the products that i have mentioned and Networks that support them best would be greatly appreciated. It seems like amazon would lend itself nicely to sporting goods.
Also, do you ever recommend running the same campaign, and then swapping out the products if it is underperforming. In theory you could do it if you had broad keywords, and then just replaced one products’ hoplink with another.
Thanks!
Jim
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08.26.08
Posted in Newsletter Archives at 6:41 pm by Administrator
Hi Everyone, Sorry for the delay in publishing this newsletter. My move has proved far more challenging than I first anticipated.
I’ll keep this letter short. A LOT of you have been writing and complaining about how increasingly difficult it is to find programs that still allow direct search marketing without a website, and although there are still some that do allow this (most notably Amazon.com), I too have been having difficulty finding new programs. As a result, I have come to the conclusion that it may soon be next to impossible to make money in search marketing without a website, and I am sadly advising even those who have met with some early success to start strongly considering developing and testing landing pages, in order to continue to compete in the future.
of you have been writing and complaining about how increasingly difficult it is to find programs that still allow direct search marketing without a website, and although there are still some that do allow this (most notably ), I too have been having difficulty finding new programs. As a result, I have come to the conclusion that it may soon be next to impossible to make money in search marketing without a website, and I am sadly advising even those who have met with some early success to start strongly considering developing and testing landing pages, in order to continue to compete in the future.I realize my book dealt very little with web design (we have Greg to credit that it is there at all – since I knew virtually nothing on the subject, and did not see the necessity at the time). But this is what the affiliate millions website is for… to address changes after the book was published. Realizing - as I do - that many of you are most attracted to this business model because of low startup costs, I have done my best to identify affordable solutions to the added burden of developing a website. Free website templates and simple instructions are still available on my website; www.affiliatemillions.com/web-design.html , along with affordable web design companies capable of developing sites tailored to whatever affiliate programs you wish to promote.
I also have found what I believe is the absolute best deal on affordable and service-rich web hosting. Blue Host’s hosting plan includes: - 1 Free Domain - Free Setup - 300 Gigs of Storage Space - 3,000 Gigs of Transfer - 2500 E-Mail Accounts - SSH, Perl, MySQL, FrontPage Extension Support, Fantastico, WYSIWYG Site Builder, Free Marketing Services and more. - Unlimited domains can be hosted for no extra charge on 1 account
I will continue to search for solutions to the new challenges that are the one constant in this industry. Good Luck, Affiliate Millionaires in training!
Anthony Borelli
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08.14.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 3:10 am by afmember
Hi Tony,
Thanks for hosting such a useful discussion board on affiliate marketing. I have a couple of questions for you:
1. I’ve been looking through the available programs on CJ and many of them prohibit the use of the company’s URL as the display URL. So, if I don’t have my own website and am simply doing paid search listings, what can I use as the display URL?
2. Do programs generally accept new publishers who are individuals and do not have a history on CJ? When I look at the top rated programs I wonder if they’ll even accept me at this point. How do you suggest someone who is a new affiliate marketer get started with building a commission history on CJ?
Thanks much in advance!
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07.26.08
Posted in Questions and Comments at 7:48 am by Tim
Tony,
I just want to say that I thoroughly enjoyed your book. I read it in one sitting and now I am preparing for my first campaign. I am concerned though about the amount I should set for my daily budget. I do not have a lot of money to waste. I see people talking about 20 or 25 dollar daily budgets. I am thinking more in the line of a 5 dollar a day budget which means I am willing to lose 150 dollars in a month. Should I wait till I can save up more money or will this be ok to start with?
Thanks,
Tim
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