(We will return to the Frustrated Affiliate Marketer next week)
I want to digress here for a second to write about something that has been gnawing at me for the last couple of weeks. I don’t know if it is the season or the weather or perhaps a full moon, but I have been reading a [...]
(Continuing from The Frustrated Affiliate Marketer Part V: Your First Blog)
Your blog is now up and running! You’ve tested your affiliate links. And you’ve gotten your Google Pay-Per-Click Ads all set up. At first, you are a little bit disappointed still on how few clicks you are getting. Your Click Through Rate (CTR) is rather [...]
(Continuing from The Frustrated Affiliate Marketer Part IV)
You recently created your first blog. There is a sense of accomplishment here because it looks pretty darn good. It took a little bit of trial and error to get those affiliate links right and the integration of Adsense required a little bit of research, but [...]
(Continuing from The Frustrated Affiliate Marketer Part III)
A Landing Page! You come to the conclusion that you need a landing page at this point. You have been spending some time online looking at what others have been marketing (and making money on). In fact, you have spent close to 2 weeks just [...]
(A quick digression from the Frustrated Affiliate Marketer)
So here I am, sitting in San Diego Airport waiting for my delayed flight on Delta to finally arrive (I really do not like Delta, but they are only one of two that goes directly to Atlanta). Thanks goodness for Free Wi-Fi at San Diego Airport. I am [...]
Continuing from The Frustrated Affiliate Marketer Part II…
You are now convinced of a few things at this point:
1) Affiliate marketing is NOT the easy $500/day that everyone advertises
2) ”Google Cash Methods” of affiliate marketing really does not seem to work.
3) Still, the CONCEPT of affiliate marketing makes a whole lot of sense and you start to [...]
Continuing from The Frustrated Affiliate Marketer Part I…
So they are now in the hole about $77 on Google Adwords with nothing to show for it. They spend a little bit of time asking questions on the forums and possibly even go out and buy another book or two. They come to the conclusion [...]
A common story:
A person goes and buys an eBook about affiliate marketing. They create a blog, a website (or even try to do a bit of direct affiliate marketing…known as “Google Cash” methodology) and then create some Google Adwords campaigns. They bid, let’s say $0.10 per click and wait for the money to roll in!
They [...]