Posted: November 18th, 2006 | Author: Lyndon Antcliff | Filed under: Clickbank | 1 Comment »
Clickbank introduces tracking code.
Hopefully this will make it easier to track where your buyers come from. Hooked up with Adwords traking it could prove very useful.
It may be more difficult to track what the super affiliates are upto now, but we will have to wait and see.
The redesigned account management system includes updated navigation, more comprehensive reporting, and new application features to enhance your productivity while managing your account(s). The promotion tracking enhancement allows affiliates to add an 8-character tracking code to the hoplink and order process, providing the ability to accurately track and manage their campaigns. The transaction analytics beta is a tool for fundamental business analysis. Both vendors and affiliates will benefit from the visibility this feature provides into their business, product and partner performance.
Click here for more from clickbank
Posted: November 17th, 2006 | Author: Lyndon Antcliff | Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
I have been running keyword elite to see who are running ads for which keywords. Here are some of the results.
I will be reporting further results to my email list.
The Keyword “burn DVD” has thrown up interesting results. Going on the basis that those ads which run and run are successful it seems that the review sites win the day.
The next keyword is “burn the fat feed the muscle”, which is a new ebook on exactly what it says. As you can see, some ads have ran for 14 days, which must mean that they are profitable.
The smallassforsale url has a pre sell page with a bonus if you buy through his clickbank link. This is a very effective technique and has been talked about in Affiliate Project X. When I buy it’s usually because of a killer pre sale and a useful bonus.
I will be continuing my keyword elite reports through my email list.
When I get set up I will be publishing video lessons as well.
Posted: November 17th, 2006 | Author: Lyndon Antcliff | Filed under: Affiliate Marketing | 2 Comments »
I have been receiving a lot of email regarding Build an Empire, which is the new business venture from Paul Smithson of XSite Pro fame.
Andre Chaperon, Ewan Chia and Rich Schefren have all sent glowing reviews and that this is the thing to get into.
From what I gather it is an uber affiliate system allowing you to sell digital books. There are only a 1,000 positions and the fact the the above super affiliates are raving about it means it will probably sell out very quickly. The cost is not clear at this time, but it sounds like it’s several hundred pounds a year with a commision of 30%.
From the people promoting it and the experience behind it, it’s probably going to be a winner. I’m not going to be signing up though. Not because of the cost but because of time and focus. Better to stick with the things you are already doing than to hop around from opportunity to opportunity.
Posted: November 16th, 2006 | Author: Lyndon Antcliff | Filed under: Adwords Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Lyndon Antcliff, Online Marketing | 5 Comments »
5 Cool, Internet Marketing Blogs
Adventures in Net Marketing
Kaizen Marketing
WHO-1
Andre Chaperon
Andrew Wee
Why have I chosen these guys instead of the big names like Seth Godin, Marlon Sanders, Armand Morin. Actually my favourite for podcasts and articles is Perry Marshall.
These guys are cool because they are fighting in the trenches. Unarmed combat, tooth and nail stuff. They have not made it to the top of the mountain yet, but they have sturdy hiking boots and a good map.
They do not bullshit.
They do not oversell any of their products.
You know you are getting the juice from these guys.
Andre has it down for writing good copy, what he is doing is a blueprint to success.
Andrew Wee is a master at networking, and should be watched as the next big guru.
The others have provided me with info which was useful and hopefully profitable.
As a newbie to the Affiliate marketing game, particularly the Adbank marketing game (adwords/clickbank) it’s good to be plugged into honest providers of information.
They are close enough to relate to, but ahead of the game to be worth paying attention to.
Go check them all out now!
Posted: November 13th, 2006 | Author: Lyndon Antcliff | Filed under: Lyndon Antcliff | No Comments »
I got most of these posts from good old Technorati.
What I noticed is that lots of people posted but only a few posted original comments, which leads me to belive either they didn’t have a strong enough opinion to write them down or they didn’t read the ebook and just chose to post the supply copy.
This is stupid on a number of fronts.
People like to hear other peoples opinions, even if they don’t agree with them. (Check the Dead Trout post)
Posting suppiled content makes you look lazy.
Google will not love you and you will trigger the duplicate hammer.
Even though I liked Death of marketing and agreed with most of it, the post I most enjoyed reading was the Kick Start Daily Meanderings dude. Most because it was contrarian and he sounded like a grumpy old man, and that tickled me. And you absolutely and utterly knew he was speaking straight from the heart with no bullshit.
Guess what? I am going to visit that guys blog a bit more often.
Marketing is persuasion. It’s not about getting someone to like you. It’s not about making friends. It’s about getting someone to do something you want them to do.
So todays blog of the week is Kick start meanderings.
products at no cost
frugysler
Kickstart daily meanderings
Entreprenuers Journey – Yaro Starak
A Myspace blog (strange the things you find on Technorati)
www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com
www.internet-marketing-toolman-blog.com
Copywriters Board
Posted: November 12th, 2006 | Author: Lyndon Antcliff | Filed under: Affiliate Marketing, Clickbank, Lyndon Antcliff, Online Marketing | 1 Comment »
Mike Filsaime has published a report detailing The Death of Internet Marketing. He achieved fame by publishing the fastest selling ebook of all time and has made millions from internet Marketing
Here are my notes from it.
Lack of vision is a short term strategy. Using techniques that are short lived will not build a long term business.
Infinate opportunity overload is distracting you from success.
The Internet is very efficient, but if you are paddling up the wrong stream it doesn’t matter how efficient your canoe is. What you need to be is effective.
Marketing a niche is still a cash cow. If you become an expert in your niche people will still flock to you. The big boys are too bloated to move quickly into a niche.
“You decidism” rules the web. Dig, delicious, reddit, you decide what people read. YOU, not some DJ with poor jokes and bad breath. Youtube.com gets more views than most TV channels.
Build a business that will last and last and last. Short term is stupid term. Get with it and build your house on rock, not sand.
Create tight, kick ass, loyal groups of like minded people who trust and support each other. One kid in the bedroom business plan is finding it harder and harder. Your clan/group/posse/society/homies can take on the world and make your reach more powerful than it is.
Small strategic, well thought out moves may be better than a huge, kill em all product launch. You get to learn from each phase. People do not get swamped. A far more intelligent way to market an informational product.
Watch the legal stuff, failure to read the small print and avoiding copyright battles can pole axe you.
Click here to get Mike Filsaime’s The Death of Internet Report
Posted: November 11th, 2006 | Author: Lyndon Antcliff | Filed under: Adwords Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Clickbank, Lyndon Antcliff | 2 Comments »
Campaign Blasts (aff) is a how to make money with affiliate marketing, mainly using Adwords.
The ebook, written by Matt Levenhagen, was talked about on another blog I like so I thought I would take a look.
First thing, todays date is shown as if the sales letter was written on the very day you read it. Sigh! Is there anyone out there who actually thinks that. To me it’s an instant turn off and although I am an affiliate marketing virgin I have been Online marketing since 1998, so I may be a bit jaded as know that the reason the days date is shown is because of a little script. And I bet most people know as well.
It’s a little thing, but do we really gain anything from insulting the inteligence of our readers.
OK rant over.
I didn’t feel very excited whilst reading the news letter, I don’t know if Matt wrote it or paid 5 grand to some expert copywriter, but it doesn’t grab me by the cahonas like a good sales letter should.
Not sure who the ebook is aimed at, as it teaches you how to register a domain. Are there really people out there considering starting an adwords/clickbank business who do not know how to register a domain.
Perhaps quite a few, but I doubt it.
It may be that the product suffers from a poorly written sales letter. At first I was quite pleased there wasn’t the usual 18pt bright read headlines with quotes around them, screaming at me to pay attention or they will come round to your house one night and wake you with a large, dead trout. But found myself not grabbed by unquenching irrationality to purchase said product.
Nor was there the relentless bullet point lists of the benefits and advantages of the ebook. The ones that plug straight into the primeval savage part of me bypassing thousands of years of civilisation and rational thought.
No, the product is probably good. It’s the sales letter that does not do it for me.
Well Matt, if you are reading this and want me to review the ebook you will have to send me a copy as I’m just not juiced up enough to reach into my back pocket and hold that cold plastic credit card in my hand, and punch in those numbers.
But that’s just me.
Posted: November 10th, 2006 | Author: Lyndon Antcliff | Filed under: Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Tools, Lyndon Antcliff | No Comments »
If you are really bad at writing but want to build a content rich based niche site, then Instant Article Wizard may be for you.