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Mistakes I made in affiliate marketing and what I’ve learned from them

Posted on June 23, 2008 under Affiliate Programs with 1 Comment

This is my entry for Marketing Leverage’s contest where I’m required to write a story on the mistakes I’ve made in affiliate marketing, and what I’ve learned from them.

I’m going to keep this very short…

Here’s my list of mistakes:

• I over paid in PPC
• I didn’t build a list
• I’ve completely neglected Yahoo and MSN
• I’ve limited myself to Clickbank only for no good reason (I love clickbank)
• I’ve used only direct linking,
• the list goes on…

BUT…

The biggest mistake I’ve made, without a doubt, was jumping from one thing to another.

Every day a new, over-hyped ebook/course/system launches, and as I young affiliate I felt as if I need to catch up with them all.

I went from PPC to SEO to creating my own eBooks to membership site to list building to whatever the latest “buzz” was.

If I had just focused on ONE THING, I would have made more money much sooner.

So here’s my advice for all affiliate wannabe’s out there. There’s really only one thing you need to learn.

Read this closely, because this is “mind blowing”:

Affiliate marketing is not about selling products. It’s about providing solutions to problems.

It is a totally different mindset.

If someone was suffering from acne, provide them with a way to make the acne go away. Problem solved.

Sound simple, no?

It took me a while to “get” it.

Whatever your method of advertising may be, if you’ll try to help your visitors with the problem they’re trying to solve at the moment, they’ll respond favorably and you’ll make money.

Good luck!

Conversion Tracking for PPC Affiliates

Posted on September 30, 2007 under Pay-Per-Click, Affiliate Programs with 4 Comments

If you’re an affiliate promoting products using PPC search engines such as Google AdWords, you know how important it is to track the conversions of your PPC keywords.

Google AdWords has an built-in conversion tracking tool. Although this is an excellent tool, many affiliate marketers find is useless. You see, to use Google’s conversion tracking tool, you need to install a piece of javascript code (provided by Google) on the “Thank You” page - the same page the customer see after purchasing the product you (the affiliate) promoted.

As an affiliate, you don’t have access to the “Thank You” page , simply because the conversion doesn’t occur on your website. It occurs on the merchant’s website. You can, of course, ask the merchant to install the code for you, but many of the merchants aren’t going to help you unless you have a proven track record of sales.

So… how can affiliate marketers perform an effective conversion tracking on their PPC campaigns?

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Win a Free HLOLA Account & an iPod Touch

Posted on September 28, 2007 under Pay-Per-Click, Affiliate Programs with 1 Comment

HLOLA, my soon to be launched service that offers advanced Conversion Tracking for PPC Affiliates, is giving away 3 FREE, 1-year membership and an iPod Touch!

But hurry, this competition ends on HLOLA’s launch date, October 31, 2007.

To get the complete instructions on how to win this $600+ prize, head over to HLOLA’s website.

HLOLA Launch Blog

Posted on September 25, 2007 under Pay-Per-Click, Affiliate Programs with 1 Comment

I’m excited to announce that the official launch date for HLOLA.com will be October 31, 2007.

My team of developers and myself are working hard to give you the smartest, most advanced conversion tracking tool designed specifically for PPC affiliate marketers. If you ever wanted to know what keywords are converting and why - HLOLA is the answer.

Make sure to head over to HLOLA’s website and signup for our alert list to be notified when we launch.

The first people to sign up for the service will receive some pretty cool bonuses as well!

IM Deals on DealDotCom

Posted on September 23, 2007 under Affiliate Programs with 0 Comments

Recently launched service, DealDotCom, offers Internet Marketing products for special low prices. The guys there decided to only offer one item per day so you have to buy fast before they are sold out. A new item goes on sale at 12:00 midnight. In case you missed yesterday product or is sold out to bad you can not get it again it gone.

I’ll check them out and report back soon. For now, you can visit DealDotCom now.