Affiliate Reviews Blog
Affiliate marketer, you are doomed to lose your pants with ‘Pay Per Click’
Why? I hear you asking, the answer is very simple, it’s all a numbers game. Let us look at a real example and include the numbers to show you exactly what I mean.
I’ve chosen a pretty popular keyword to start with “Make Money Online”, and using Google’s Adwords estimator to have your Ad placed in the top 3 positions of the sponsored links, you’d need to spend a minimum of $2.09 per click, let’s call it $1.5 per click as we’re happy to our Ad in position 4-7. We’ll set our budget at $50 per day during the test period and let’s look at the probable outcome. We run the test for 2 weeks, so our total spend on PPC is $700. The estimated number of clicks per day at $1.5 per click is a maximum of 212, and we’ll use 200 for arguments sake.
This will have generated a maximum of 466 clicks over a period of 2 weeks and cost $700. Now we know that it is conservative to assume that 1% of clicks will convert and become a sale, which means at best we’ve made 5 sales costing us $700. This is something that all the PPC merchants hide from you, but we all know that a large number of people just happy click their way around the internet with no intention of buying. A large number of potential buyers, will see your Ad, note the price and product specifications and then go and compare to other products. Even if they do come back to your product, they may have found it through another affiliates site.
Now, let us assume you’ve picked an excellent product which pays you $50 per sale, you’ve now made $250 and spent $700, a net loss of $450. This is of course if you don’t get refund requests, and let’s face it, many people will try a product, realize it doesn’t work for then and ask for a refund.
Now, you may say I am harsh, so lets look at less popular keyword (the product will also be less popular). I’ve chosen a Clickbank product paying $21 per sale with a gravity above 300. I then analyzed the keywords used by the vendors squeeze page and finally chosen ‘How to get a six pack’. I’ve narrowed my sales down to the US, Canada, Uk and Australia as the keyword may not be used in other countries, or may be mistaken for a six pack of beers. So, the average cost per click is $0.30 and we can anticipate around 20 clicks a day (Google Adword estimator). We go through the same excersize we did before. 2 weeks will then cost us $84 and generate 280 clicks, once again we assume a 1% take on so we’ve made 2.8 sales (Refunds not considered), total gross profit is $58.8, total project is a loss of $25.
Now let us look at the picture from the Vendor’s perspective. Look at case 1, which is an example of a potential big hitter. The Vendor is a well know name and has attracted 1000 affiliates, some of them using PPC and some have a big list, so their campaign is much cheaper than yours. Now you’re thinking, ok, I’ll buy a list, forget it, that is even a better way to waste your money, the veteran affiliates have built their list over months and years and it’s a good list with hungry buyers. But back to the Vendor, you have made 5 sales, you lost $450 and the Vendor made a gross profit of $250. Like you 950 of the affiliates made 5 sales each and like you, quit as they were losing money. The other 50 made cheap sales via their lists and via Free Traffic methods we’ll discuss later. From the 950 losers the vendor made a gross profit of $237,500 and let’s assume the other 50 sold 20 units each, that’s another $50,000, total Vendor gross profit $287,000. And you my friend have just lost $450.
Not convinced, still think you can make money as an affiliate using PPC? Wake up fast, don’t spend your kids college money, you’re better off buying a lottery ticket every week. Why do you think so many big names are selling their ‘How to do PPC’ systems? They are selling them because they no longer work for them, and because they make their money selling tools, not products. (remember that the only people making consistent money during the gold rush were the tools vendors).
So, is it all doom and gloom for affiliate marketers? NO. There are many ways to get free organic traffic to your squeeze page or even directly to your affiliate link (via redirection). Whatever you do, forget about traffic exchanges, they are full of happy clickers who click for credit, so that other happy clickers will visit their sites. They have as much intention of buying from you as you have of buying from them. Forget about buying lists, these people receive dozens of emails a day through some opt in process and are the same ‘happy clicker’ variety, keep your wallet firmly in your pocket.
Ok, so here’s the deal, you can rank high in any of the search engines and you get lots of free traffic, it’s simple to do but requires work and some effort, however, once you start, it starts snowballing and you get a ripple effect (I despise the term Viral – makes me feel like I have a disease). I cannot give this information out for free, as I am sworn to secrecy, just click here
. If you are happy to make an effort and see results, go for it, if you’re hoping your fairy godmother will wave a wand and make you rich don’t bother.
The Myths of Internet Dating
A huge number of new online dating services have appeared in recent years. There have been some scare stories published in various magazines and newspapers.
Some newspapers have suggested that online dating is really only for sad and desperate computer geeks. This is a long way from the truth.
A common myth, believed by many, is that online dating isn’t safe. The truth is that dating through an online service that requires membership is obviously much safer than dating a complete stranger who you’ve just met in a pub or club.
Many online dating services provide their members with sensible advice telling them how to make certain their dates are safe. Also, the cost and commitment required from members precludes time wasters and those looking for a quick one-night-stand.
Another common misconception is that online dating is only for computer nerds. The days when computers were only operable by technically qualified super-geeks have long gone. Computers are used these days by everybody, young and old.
One magazine article I recently read on the subject of online dating suggested that everybody on the system had lied about their personal details. People can and do misrepresent themselves, but they do so offline as well. Many of the best online dating services will take steps to verify personal details but people also need to rely upon their own judgement.
Another commonly believed myth is that online dating is really only suitable for young people. Like the idea that online dating is only for computer geeks, noting could be further from the truth. Internet dating has actually brought many people together of all ages. I have two close friends, both in their sixties, who met through online dating. He runs his own company car leasing firm and she worked for a well known van leasing firm. The common experience that these two older people had from their working lives meant that they got on immediately and they’re now planning their wedding.
Some people like to suggest that online dating is really only for the desperate and for people who are socially inept. People who sign up to online dating services are generally honest, genuine people who are socially capable. They simply recognize the benefits that the online dating services provide by putting them in touch with prospective partners who share common interests. Another good friend who has found love and romance through online dating plays guitar in a popular local jazz band. He also runs a popular local guitar shop. For him, guitars are his life. Online dating introduced him to a lovely lady who not only shared his keen interest in guitars but she is a talented jazz singer who now sings with his band.
One criticism applied to online dating services is that they are too expensive. I would personally choose the more expensive service as this is less likely to attract those looking for a one-night-stand. The cost of the service should be compared with what it would have cost in dinners and drinks to learn as much about your date.
Internet dating is here to stay. It provides a cost-effective and time-saving way to meet like minded people with whom you stand a good chance of finding love and romance.
My Clickbank Business – Creating Online Business With Clickbank
Why you would like a Net business? Why do you need something you consider “my clickbank business“? The explanations could be you want to earn more cash, have more sparetime, have more control over your life, telecommute, spend a little more time with family, or get out of rat race. Whatever reason you have, all the goals debated above can be achieved by building your own business. But you’ve got to be in a position to face all of the challenges ahead. “Yes, I need to grow a business but how do I start?” you wonder.
If you are actually interested by building up My Clickbank Business, there are 3 main strategies you can start one. Building your own online enterprize is the most typical way of building a business. You have a business idea and you have outlined who your audience is. You may either setup your business by yourself or with partners. If you select this method, everything is built from the start. From setting up the company to attempting to find suppliers, from hiring people to handling accounts. I would say this is the hardest way of making a company. But it is the best to gain knowledge in beginning a business. Once successful, you are feeling highly satisfied because your business is your own creation.
Another way of growing your business is buying an existing business. Some companies are for sale and you will find them in the paper, trade mags, or the Net. The advantage of purchasing an existing business is you skip over the startup part of the business. When you buy over the business, the business is running. Things you have to not overlook if you buy an existing business include the explanation why existing owner is selling the business and to make sure the business you’re going to buy is in good financial condition. To reach this, you can hire a business consultant to conduct a due diligence on the business. This way can prevent you from buying a business with issues swept under the carpet.
An alternative way is to purchase a franchise business from franchisor, like My Clickbank Business. A cool example of franchised business is McDonald’s. When you get a franchise business, you are buying into an enterprise that is proved to be working and making money. A good franchise business will sometimes give you coaching on the way to effectively run the business. You don’t need to worry about the setting up of your outlet or office, advertising and promotions, hardware and other stuff you must run the business. Everything is published glaringly by your franchisor in their operating systems. A franchised business is very useful for folks who don’t wish to take the danger of building business from nothing. But the investment for a franchised business is high.
To discover if you are appropriate to run a franchise business, visit My Clickbank Business.
You Can Work At Home Part Time
If I start a business and work from home is it possible to make enough money and still pay the rent? The answer is, definitely. Now that you know you should, how do you know if you picked the right work from home business that fits into your lifestyle? While at the same time you are protected and not lured out of your money from some scam?
It can be terribly exciting trying to decide on the perfect business opportunity but for some people it can be rather stressful. You know what you want to do, become a part time self employed entrepreneur but you’re unsure exactly what to do to become one. There will be hundreds different questions running through your mind and it can get be a little overwhelming.
Consider such crucial elements as whether that type of business is established in the market place with a successful business model. Will there be any kind of support available? Educate yourself if you don’t have a background in business, because knowledge will give you the confidence you need. Also, is this work from home idea you’ve decided on truly going to stay part time, or will it involve much more commitment than you’re prepared to handle?
For any home-based business involving sales, be sure to scrutinize the pay scale matrix before signing any paperwork. Multi-level marketing firms have traditionally been front and center when it comes to scams. Pay special attention to any fine print so you don’t end up losing your money because of some loophole. Some companies are recruitment based so you should always ask how many people you need to bring in before you can make any profits? How many people are ahead of you in the profit queue? Make sure the sales quota isn’t out of reach you couldn’t possibly succeed?
If you’re interested in working from home than wellness products and the new growth industry may be the right business opportunity for you. Millions of dollars are generated each year due to the sales of products and services tapping into the market of our health-conscious society. With a simple sales strategy of tapping into today’s technology and social networking you can not only sell this merchandise but also distribute it.
Everything from e-book courses to exercise equipment and personal products and nutritional supplements are all part of the health and well this market is booming today. Becoming a distributor for a central company can be a good introduction to starting a part time home business. One way to get in on this field is to sell or promote items or services on behalf of the company. Because distribution is centralized, you don’t need to keep stock on hand, necessarily.
Affiliate programs are nice for entrepreneurs just starting out because the company you’re representing covers all of the overhead cost. Signing up for an affiliate program and utilizing a central booking system means that the maintenance fees of your site are your only cost. The paperwork is even taking care of by the parent company in most cases, which is one less thing to worry about.
Anyone can work from home but not everyone can start a business that makes money and offers security. The difference between the two basically comes down to setting goals and being driven.A person driven to succeed that has a plan has a greater opportunity of success and living the dream.
Article Marketing Automation Review
It’s been a little time since the debut of Article Marketing Automation and I must say, I am impressed at this service since I joined a couple of months ago.
Below you will read a completely unbiased Article Marketing Automation review of this service.
The super SEO team over at PLRPro, Marc Lindsay and Daniel Turner have launched Article Marketing Automation as their new article promotion free ( and paid ) service targeted at helping blog owners earn earnings with their article promotion.
Let me explain…
What this service does is fundamentally drips related content ( that you select ) in sporadic intervals into your blog for your dominating niche. As a free member, you can create an account and add your blog into the network to accept these articles. You’ve read the last statement in the right way. You can actually join ArticleMarketingAutomation.com at no need and include your blog straight away.
To add your blog into their network is literally kid’s play.
– you log into your blog and register a new user as an author in your settings. Writer is the most suitable choice to choose as you do not want to give anybody else director access to your blog for security / fiddling reasons
– in the AMA interface, enter the category of your blog, URL, the user login credentials you created as author in your blog, click Add and you’re done
You may either choose to approve each article that is queued for your blog or have them automatically accepted for publication. I chose the latter, as I have a few blogs of mine setup in the network, and manually accepting every article that comes along can be a most unlikely task after a bit.
Though I must tell youthe meat of this system is in the seo article writing and submitting your articles to drip into other blogs in the network. You may either choose the number of blogs to accept your article, or leave an unlimited amount for all blogs to accept them at will. You can add up to three different links into each article. This is a totally large addition to this service. As an exampleI submitted an article into the AMA system 3 days ago with two anchor text links inserted in the article. So far, up to this writing, the article has been accepted and posted by twenty-two blog owners. Since I have three links in the article, that works out to 66 added links pointing to my internet site on my selected keywords in only three days! These are natural white hat links that’s’s giving me high rankings in the search engines. I am already in the middle of page two in Google for my selected keywords, and receiving traffic! Naturally, this is where you’ll have to join and become an affiliate of ArticleMarketingAutomation.com in order to receive the seo article writing submission benefits.
So why is it worth it for you to join?
In brief, Google and other search engines love content and many related links pointing to your websites. Daily addition of new fresh content is great in it’s own right, but that may only bring some traffic to your sites. The trick in receiving monster traffic to your website is in submitting articles with anchor text links in them, maximizing your link building over time with many related links pointing to your blog. This service is essentially a set-it-and-forget-it system, with all the difficult work being completed in the background, leaving you to concentrate on other jobs.
There are two other BIG enhancements that AMA have added to their system.Two hints…one is YouTube and the other is adding more anchor texts to your article!
In this recent poll (16th May 2009), all articles in AMA were found that they ranked for their targeted keywords like this:
* 10% held a #1 Position
* 41% held a 1st Page Position
* 20% held a 2nd Page Position
* 10% held a 3rd Page Position
* 29% held a top 40-100 Position
At the least join up to Article Marketing Automation for free and try this system out for yourself. Though, if you’d like to earn a considerable amount of income with your internet site then I advise that you try their article marketing system. I’m sure you’ll agree that it was well worth it.
