Ways To Build A Mailing List
So as some of you guys might already know a great way to make money from affiliate marketing is by building a mailing list and then running email campaigns. On one of my sites I have built a list of around 6,000. Not too bad but I have my sites set a lot higher than that.
I am currently approaching it from a different direction. I have started running a couple of PPC campaigns for different niches without even trying to sell them a product. I know, I know you’re wondering what the heck are you doing advertising nothing. Well what I am actually doing is I am having them sign up with the intentions that I will then be able to push multiple products towards them.
Think about it this way. When you being running a campaign what happens to all the buyers information after they have bought the product you are selling? Well the company gets to keep it and you never see it. What this method is doing is giving you the access to be able to resell them products in that niche multiple times.
Give this a try and I promise you will make more money in the long run.
The Perfect Affiliate Landing Page With Wordpress
So this morning I woke up to an email that completely delighted me. It was from the lovely people at Unique Blog Designs. They have created amazing blog themes for a few years now and they have now come out with a theme that is strictly for creating landing pages using Wordpress. Let me be the first to tell you I am really impressed with how esy this is going to make things.
This is the perfect package for anyone who is in affiliate marketing but either isn’t good at HTML to create a really professional landing page or doesn’t like spending $50 for each one you have done.
- Easily Customize Your Affiliate Theme - With this new theme you can change everything yourself to your liking. You can change the page layout, the colors and even the call to action buttons. They have six different theme options available.
- Ability To Build and Modify Your Page Quickly - They have added over 30 pre-made backgrounds and also 30 headers so that you can create a branded site quickly for any of the popular affiliate niches.
- Helpful Theme Resource Center And Support - They have an amazing web support center that will help you get everything off the ground running. Watch a video to see hands on how to modify something.
Single-Use Package - $97.00 (one time payment)
- Use Affiliate Theme on a single domain/website
- Six (6) unique page templates
- Access to Video Tutorials, Knowledge Base, and Support Forum AND Affiliate Interviews
Multi-Use Package - $147.00 (one time payment)
- Use Affiliate Theme on a UNLIMITED domains/websites
- Six (6) unique page templates
- Access to Video Tutorials, Knowledge Base, and Support Forum AND Affiliate Interviews
- Free Lifetime upgrades
- BONUS Ten (10) pre-made UBD Niche Header Graphics for various affiliate marketing niches
Affiliate Theme - Super Affiliate Package - $197.00 (one time payment)
- Use Affiliate Theme on a UNLIMITED domains/websites
- Six (6) unique page templates
- Access to Video Tutorials, Knowledge Base, and Support Forum AND Affiliate Interviews
- Free Lifetime upgrades
- BONUS Thirty-one (31) pre-made UBD Niche Header Graphics for various affiliate marketing niches
- SUPER AFFILIATE PAYOUTS! Super affiliate payouts! Earn 50% (compared to the normal 30%) of all Affiliate Theme sales you refer to us.
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Using Credit Cards For Your Business
So when I first started in affiliate marketing I was really conscious about money and advertising. I would run all of my advertising expenses directly through my bank account so I made sure I never over did it. Well after a few months I said to myself,
“What the hell am I doing not earning money on my money”
So what I decided to do was take out a rewards credit card and get the limit bumped way up on it. Now making that choice has paid off as I am heading to Europe next month and the flight for my wife and I are not costing us a dime.
One important thing I always make sure do is I pay down all my expenses every week. This saves me from having to pay the finance charges by carrying over a balance from statement to statement.
I use a Bank of America American Express, but there are a lot of them out there. Some of them offer you points that you can redeem for items, cash or travel. There are others that offer you a flat 2%-5% cash back on every dollar that you spend.
What is Quality Score?
For those of you who are not new to PPC marketing this might not be news to you. For those of you who are newbies, this will be helpful and maybe even help save you money. I was recent;y readying another super affiliates blog, Jonathan Volk, and he found a good post on a forum. These are just a few popular FAQ about quality score and what it means for your PPC campaigns. I have included my answers
1. Am I correct that, Quality Score = Relevant to Keyword (for Ad & landing page) + CTR?
Yes this is the main idea behind the concept. Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft all have their own algorithm, but the main idea for a good quality score is that both the landing page and the text on the ad need to be focused towards the keyword you are bidding on. The other main component it your Click Through Rate (CTR). This is how often your ad gets clicked on compared to the number of times it is displayed.
2. Is Quality Score sticked to Account, Campaign, AdGroup, Ad or Keywords?
From what I have learned your quality score can affect you on a keyword level and also on a adgroup level. This is where having tight targeted adgroups comes in handy.
3. Where can I check the Quality Score?
In Google Adwords these is a button next to each keyword and they have assigned a score from 1-10. In my opinion if you are below 7 you have real work to do.
4. If I had a AdGroup with Low Quality Score, will it affect another AdGroup in the same Campaign?
From what I have experienced, no. I have had campaigns with some low quality scores but others have done just fine.
5. What should I do if my Quality score is dropped to very LOW? Should I delete the AdGroup and create another?
Well you can try reworking the landing page to be more optimized but I have found that it can take google awhile to readjust your quality score. My suggestion is to set up and new domain name and just copy your improved landing page to that domain and then create a new ad campaign. It will be must faster than waiting for Google to get around to re-evaluating.
So these are just a few of the major FAQ on quality score. I hope this has given you a little better idea on how to advance.
PPC Marketing With Yahoo Search Marketing
When it comes to Affiliate Marketing I do a lot more of my work via SEO than I do PPC. The work I do with PPC I am a big fan of Yahoo Search Marketing, also known as “YSM.” I know this is not what a lot of other affiliates talk about but this is my own personal opinion. Do I use Google Adwords? Of course I do. I just prefer Yahoo.
So you’re probably wondering why I like Yahoo so much. Well even though it is only the #2 search engine behind Google I still seem to get a lot of targeted traffic. I also get 100% of that traffic for much less on a cost per click basis than I receive from google. I am always looking for ways to increase my margins.
A couple of things that you need to know when starting a campaign with Yahoo are that you need to make sure you set up highly targeted ad groups. Instead of adding all of your keywords into a few different ad groups, create a whole bunch of ad groups with a few keywords in each. I find this a lot easier to do when it comes to scaling the profitable keywords and getting rid of ones that don’t convert.
The second thing to remember when setting up a campaign is that you always want to start bidding high and then bring it back after time. The reason why you want to start out bidding high is because that will let you get in the door with yahoo for the campaign and let you get shown on the front page. This will give them time to assign you a quality score and then you can start bring your bids back down. When I start running a campaign I rarely ever turn a profit right off the start. My goal is to be able to break even at a higher bid. Then once I have brought the bid back down a little after I have attained a good quality score then I need to start seeing a profit to keep running the offer.
