03.01.10
Posted in Questions and Comments at 2:12 am by jancahoon
It’s been quite a few months since you told us about your new concept of earning money by forwarding web traffic through the CasinoBlasters link. I wondered if you would be willing to give us an update on how that was going, maybe including some numbers like what percentage of visitors you’re finding convert on your foreign domains and what the annual earnings per domain look like? This would be useful information for those, like me, who have been hesitant to just plunge in!
Thanks.
Janelle
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02.24.10
Posted in Questions and Comments at 11:39 pm by Chris
I have just started reading today … I have to tell you my excitement level was diminished when I logged on here to find a lot of changes have taken place in the industry since your book was published. Is there still a chance for a newbie or has the ship already sailed?
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01.28.10
Posted in Questions and Comments at 10:22 pm by TY
I am new to affiliate marketing. I have heard Pay per Sale is a great way to go . I have a great product to offer and I am willing to pay 30 percent plus commission on my sales and I will do all the selling. I just need the leads driven to my site. Can anyone give me any advise on how I would find affiliates that would consider this kind of offer.
Thanks
Ty
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Posted in Questions and Comments at 3:24 am by drbuilder
Tony, your book definitely gave me a kickstart into setting up programs on google adwords. After a few campaigns/learning experiences, I think I finally found a few programs that should start working well now that the ad campaigns are generating clicks at a good cost, and I have had a chance to refine them and get the CTR up. On the few that are in this category, they have had 2-3 days of steady click activity, but I have only had one $14 commission reported, which is well below the reported EPC on CJ. I checked the advertiser’s detail pages to see if they used batch reporting, but they don’t. How long does it typically take for advertisers to report sales/commissions? I’m trying to make sure there isn’t something wrong with the way I set up the program before I get too far in. The clicks are definitely registering on Commission Junction, so the links appear solid. Any help would be appreciated.
David
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01.10.10
Posted in Questions and Comments at 5:35 pm by championventures
Tony:
I am new to this general industry. I just read your book and found it quite interesting especially in light of the fact that you were successful without a website. However, seeing that it has an ‘07 copyright date I figured that the search marketing business had changed. After reading your blog, it appears that little or no search marketing exists, at least in the sense described in your book. Is my assessment correct? Do you now suggest that only affiliate marketing that directs one to your website / content affiliate marketing will be profitable and/or is the best route? Thank you in advance for your reply.
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01.06.10
Posted in Questions and Comments at 12:30 am by T
Tony,
I took a few months off from search marketing and now Commission Junction no longer shows keyword links in my existing affilliate programs – are they gone or just renamed?
Also, if I buy a new UK casino domain name then can I do search marketing in the UK to drive traffic to the site? Was just wondering why you recommended purchasing an existing site with traffic instead of creating a new one and advertising on Google to drive traffic?
Thanks,
T
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12.11.09
Posted in Questions and Comments at 7:35 am by DToral
I took your advice and bought 2 domain names and linked them to my casino affiliate site. In the past 3 months I have had over 10,000 hits and 400 downloads. I have yet to see any deposits or actual money played. Any suggestions?
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12.01.09
Posted in Questions and Comments at 8:05 pm by millions
I am a newby at affiliate marketing.
I am trying to work out how to collect customers to my mail-list, before they click on the hoplink on the same page???
What I see as a problem is:- how do I get the customer to fill in the mail-list box before pressing the hoplink button.
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11.15.09
Posted in Questions and Comments at 3:03 pm by bakulesh
[Edited: the quoted text below is not in font page but in Affiliate Network page. Sorry for confusion.]
In your front page [no, not front page but in Affiliate Network page] it says that “Search Marketers signing up for any of these networks should list a search engine URL (such as www.google.com) in the website URL field, and explain in the description that you will run your ads on search and content networks like Google’s.”
I had setup a Commission Junction account using my own website name URL. Although cj.com allows me to add more websites and I can certainly list google.com as one of the websites associated with my account, is it necessary to do that?
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08.11.09
Posted in Questions and Comments at 5:13 am by mikee53
I am new to Search Marketing, and my question is in regards to the Display URL’s. One of the Affiliate Programs I joined prohibits the use of their Website URL as a Display URL in Search Marketing Text Ads. Would I use the Destination URL as the Display URL also? I don’t want to be penalized so I’m posting this question.
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07.04.09
Posted in Questions and Comments at 5:42 pm by twotwelve212
I am a newbie to the concept of Affiliate Marketing, I know for a fact it is somthing I think i will begin taking part in in the near future, I am going to start with a website instead of search marketing because I feel there is not as big of a risk with the affiliate websites but I will begin search marketing in the future when I am comfortable with the process.
so my question is, when i register my domain name, select a web host, create a website, how do I get my website to appear on search engines? will it show automaticly? will there be a fee charged to register my website for a search engine? thanks 
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06.23.09
Posted in Questions and Comments at 7:27 pm by dancraig
Hi Tony,
just finished reading your book,great read,and i’m exploring Direct Search Marketing but can’t help but notice there are a lot of restrictions. I’ve found lots of programs that don’t allow search marketing or don’t let you use their urls in your ads making it very difficult to get ads placed. Is search marketing now a thing of the past or can you still make serious money with it? I think i just need some reassurance before i dedicate my time to this project
dan
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05.20.09
Posted in Questions and Comments at 9:15 pm by Mark
Hi, I am willing to try out your idea regarding the websites with traffic, etc. Can you give a bit more details as to how to set this up? I see on Sedo.co.uk that they actively sell sites with current traffic levels, but once I buy the URL, how do I maintain the traffic and then addon the Casino affiliate programs?
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Posted in Questions and Comments at 5:19 pm by Administrator
Some of you may have noticed we had some technical difficulties on the site recently that affected your ability to view and browse the site. We’ve fixed the problem, and it shouldn’t happen again.
Thank you,
Anthony Borelli
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04.27.09
Posted in Questions and Comments at 3:18 pm by Administrator
I’ve been trying to find something as profitable and as easy as Direct Search was – before most companies stopped allowing it – and I’ve even resorted to doing a little hard work, buying domain names, setting up landing pages and advertising those. And although I have had a little modest success there, I don’t appear to have the same knack for web design that I have for ad writing.
As I have shut down certain web sites that weren’t making money, I started redirecting the traffic to online casinos, simply because it wouldn’t cost me any more money, and they were the only programs that would accept redirected traffic and still pay commissions. I hadn’t hope to make much, and I confess I went almost a year without even checking on how they were doing.
Well guess what… I think I’ve stumbled ass-backwards into a big pile of easy money! Although almost no-one that was unexpectedly dumped off at the casino actually gambled, the average player that DID gamble spent (over several gambling sessions) over $4000. With 36% LIFETIME commissions, I’m doing okay even if just a tiny fraction of the redirected traffic ever actually signs up.
American traffic is not eligible for commissions (thank our congress), so this works best with foreign domains like co.uk, but even my .com domains earn commissions sometimes, as they do get some foreign traffic.
Casino Blasters has the best program (36% to 50% LIFETIME commisions) and even if your domain just gets a few clicks a day, you’ll probably get a sign up or two a year off of each domain. Doesn’t sound like much, I know, but with my average real gambler spending over $4000 (usually a few hundred at a time, but with multiple visits). That’s over $1000 in commissions… if you choose the percentage program. DO NOT CHOOSE the CPA program. You can make WAY more on the percentage, because it is for the lifetime of the customers gambling.
I’ve begun buying foreign domains with existing traffic and not even bothering to develop web pages any more. I just automatically redirect them to one of Casino Blasters programs. I’ll check back in with you all in a few months and let you know how its going.
In the meantime, all those domain names you haven’t been able to make $$ with, redirect them to a casino and see if they can’t make you money after all. It doesn’t cost a penny to try, and its as easy as pie, so what have you got to lose?
Good Luck,
Tony
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