Comments on: How do I pick and Affiliate Offer to run?

By: Ivan

Ivan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:14:52 +0000

Hi,

Chanced upon your website through Uber Affiliates.

Thanks for te great post on the trackin information.

But can i know where do i insert this script and how do i use it in order for me to successfully be tracking wad keyword converts and what doesn’t?

Sorry but i am new to PPC marketing so i might need alot of help from you guys who are way more experts.

Thanks.

Regards,
Ivan
http://ivan-ong.com

By: Pilgrim

Pilgrim — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:19:16 +0000

The code above has a few small bugs, here’s a working version:

Cheers

By: Donovan

Donovan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:10:12 +0000

This is a great article, thanks!

I’ve been using this method to test several variations of a particular offer and it’s worked out quite well. I still feel like I’m leaving money on the table, though.

I’d like to take the next step and do some geo targeting by IP so I can redirect non-US visitors to an offer that’s available in their country. I’ve done some research on this, but most of the solutions use a country/IP database that’s way out of date.

Do you have any ideas about how to take advantage of geo targeting to maximize international traffic?

By: Smaxor

Smaxor — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:49:10 +0000

Richard I agree with you 100% but I don’t like squeeze pages. If you know what you’re doing get the data from the company you’re working with. Or better yet make them allow you to do server posts and control the whole process. This way you can add coreg options, popunders, build your list and get the affiliate income.

It’s damn near impossible to compete in PPC in major markets because of this. Imagine if ever visitor was worth double what it is now?

However CPA Empire in on INC’s 500 fastest growing list with 100 million in gross last year. So a lot of people are. Shows you where the REAL money is.

By: richard

richard — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:41:13 +0000

Why aren’t affiliate marketers building their own list and working their list instead of making small beer through sending people to affiliates?

Affiliates convert, say, 2% at best. So 98% of your traffic is lost.

Instead, if you have a squeeze page, you may get 15% to subscribe. Then you can build relationships through email and make $2 or $5 or $10 per month per subscriber.

–Richard

By: Smaxor

Smaxor — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:42:21 +0000

Thanks for the response.

yeah that meta refresh needs a url= on the front of it like this

echo “”;

should probably test my code before posting it. Normally I just write it on the fly while I’m writing the tutorial. Hope this helps.

By: Expert Rookie

Expert Rookie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:38:15 +0000

The meta refresh does not work in IE7 – just keep refreshing the page

By: andrew wee

andrew wee — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:30:06 +0000

Good suggestions for new aff marketers, esp the split testing aspect.

The alternative to doing the BH is to run a small scale PPC campaign and run about 50-100 clicks to each offer and see which converts better, then narrow it down to the top 2 and test more.

I find that with higher paying offers ($10+ up), having a content site (incorporating some copywriting to do the persuasion to the prospect) to pre-sell the offer helps.

In highly competitive segments like webhosting, having a comparison site helps, cos the human mind is predisposed to thinking that making/getting 3 comparisons does it for their due diligence…

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:34:06 +0000

Great Post.
I want to know more!
I am an aspiring affiliate entrepreneur(sp?)
I need some hand holding to get started.
Guidance, help, “tell me where to go” hehehe no pun intended
Chuck Burns