Jan 23
AdWords and AdCenter and Landing Pages OH MY!
AY! Sorry I didn’t get a post up yesterday!
Since my Pepperjam post, I’ve really been devouring any and all information that relates to affiliate marketing, which means I’ve been on Shoemoney‘s A LOT lately.
It also means that I’ve been trying my … “second” campaign with the mainstream PPC services.
I didn’t get it right in my first outing so this time I gotta, “Make it work”… Tim Gunn style.
I am n00b
I wish I could write some quality posts about all this stuff because I find the whole thing just fascinating. But unfortunately, I really don’t know what I’m doing at the moment and chances are if I said 5 things about this stuff, 4 of them would be way wrong. Of course, that doesn’t mean that I can’t tell you the things I’m trying to learn about and trying to use to meet my nefarious ends right? (#):D
Targeted Traffic + Affiliate Offer = $Money
…Or so the saying goes. And like the other saying says, “The devil is in the details.” And that’s the part that I’m still trying to figure out. I really thought (going into ppc affiliate marketing) that getting your ads shown through AdWords and AdCenter were as simple as putting in a few keywords, adding the copy for your ads and hitting submit.
Then I started reading something about Quality Score. *groan*
But that’s ok. I’m always up for learning something new, and all this stuff is WAY new to me which makes it that much more exciting. True, it sucks that I’m gonna be spending money learning all this but whatchya gonna do I suppose. I just hope I can learn enough before all my “seed money” dries up. (#):) And on a final note, this is turning out to be a bit more work than what I thought it would be… Which I think is a good as it probably explains why it didn’t work out for me the first time.
Ok… I gotta get back to work tweaking that landing page of mine…
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I’ve been working a “skateboard” website to house my amazon affiliate astore…it’s not easy. But it’s fun. I don’t like landing pages though.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
It never ends my friend. Tweaking PPC is endless. If you ever get satisfied, it is time to switch to a new theme! lol
I’ve been working on ad placement for a couple years now and I still have a lot to learn.
I’ve found much more success since from affiliate payouts.
January 24th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Bush,
Kyle is right tweaking ppc is endless, to me its all about tweaking, learning, tweaking, learning…
If you are interested in learning some great tips from adsense take a look at this great link, http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/03/22/google-adsense-facts-faqs-and-tools
Some great info in here.
Regards.
January 24th, 2008 at 8:56 am
@Sir Jorge – Have you been making any money with it? And interesting thought about landing pages… The more I read up, the more I’m thinking I may need to get away from landing pages myself.
@Kyle – Thanks for the thoughts and I completely agree. I’m having fun with AdWords and AdCenter though but for today I’ve put things on pause as I do a bit more learning about everything.
@JSanderz – Yowie zowie! That’s a very comprehensive article. Very nice link!
January 24th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Well, Kyle and JSanderz pretty much covered what I was gonna say. So yeah.
“True, it sucks that I’m gonna be spending money learning all this but whatchya gonna do I suppose.”
Just like the old saying goes, “You have to spend money to make money!” And the important thing is that you’re willing to do so, and willing to learn all the ins and outs. And that, my friend, is the mindset of a successful entrepreneur.
Shine on,
Aaron
January 25th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
@Aaron – Well that comment just gave me that warm and fuzzy feeling. Thanks Aaron! (And btw, I did that whole “spend money to make money” thing again today and the wife was a bit bitter. Not gonna lie. (#):D
January 25th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Lol. Then I hope for your sake that things go well. If not, I have a sofa bed you’re welcome to sleep on.
January 26th, 2008 at 6:53 am
This is something I’ll start to do within the next few months. I’d be interested to hear your incite as you continue to move forward currently I’m in the research mode so haven’t put my plans into action. I’ll be doing so this spring.
January 26th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
@Aaron – Sweet. Good to know in the case of affiliate marketing and marriage. (#);D
@Opal T – Well as I’ve said, I’m very tentative about offering up info at this point just because I’m so unproven in the field. But who knows, could spark some interesting conversations on here.