This video about a merchant who ‘has a family to feed' and ‘will go bankrupt' getting wrongly banned on Google Adwords is so sad, it's funny!
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This video about a merchant who ‘has a family to feed' and ‘will go bankrupt' getting wrongly banned on Google Adwords is so sad, it's funny!
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No small wonder — it seems like there is a new piece of keyword research software or a new service on the market every other day.
So, I'm going to help make choosing the right market research (or PPC campaign helper) simpler for you with my ‘short list' of keyword software and services… those that I've used and can honestly recommend.
But first, a quick blurb about keyword research…
Keyword research is essential for determining market size, competition in the marketplace and zeroing in on the specific products that your target market is searching for. To gather all that information, internet and affiliate marketers use keyword research tools.
For those quick keyword and keyword checks, I usually go first to Google's Keyword Planner to glean some basic insights into my target market. You'll need a Google Adwords account to use the Keyword Planner.
However, for more in-depth information, I tend to use one of the tools below, preferably Wordtracker. To find out why, read my | Google vs. Wordtracker article.
Get insights into your competitors’ strategies in display advertising, organic and paid search, and link building. You can cross, combine, and visualize SEMrush data to compare competitive domains and estimate keyword difficulty with a few clicks.
Nearly 1 million users depend on SEMRush for their market research.
Wordtracker is my personal favorite amongst all the keyword research tools available and perhaps the most popular keyword analysis tools being used today. From a massive 340 million keyword database you can learn exactly which terms your target audience are search for and how many times each keyword has been entered.
KeywordSpy really does spy on top affiliate marketers and then gives you a list of all the keywords that make money for them. So you can let all those smart Super Affiliates do the hard work of researching and testing to find the most lucrative keywords – and then you can turn around and use them in your own PPC ad campaigns.
Developed by Jay Stockwell – a qualified AdWords Professional – Speed PPC is a keyword research tool for more advanced Internet and affiliate marketers who want to lower their bid costs, increase CTR (click-through-rates), CR (conversion rates) and increase their Adwords quality scores.
Note: Most of the paid services listed above also offer a free trial version.
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When I saw the salescopy for Michael Jones' Clickbank Code, uh well, let's just say that I was dubious – despite seeing the video of his Clickbank account which shows earnings of anywhere between $700, $1200 and upwards per day.
Michael was claiming to have made $11,516.45 in his first week as a Clickbank affiliate and then went on to make over $48k in his first month — with no list.
One point that he makes in the salescopy that I DID like however was about choosing Clickbank products and more specifically, he says, “I'm not talking about just picking the same old high gravity crap that everyone else jumps on…I'm going to show you my simple mathematical formula for picking the highest converting product every time“.
Anyway, you know me… THAT I had to see, so I bought the Clickbank Code to find out what techniques Michael was using and determine whether or not they worked.
In addition to 5 hours worth of video tutorials from very basic “What is Clickbank” and “Marketing Terms” to more advanced landing page creation and free traffic tactics along with a bunch of bonuses; the Clickbank Code includes a “Clickbank Product Evaluator” spreadsheet that I think is worth the price of the product on its own.
There's a video tutorial on how to use the spreadsheet properly in which Michael cautions you to cull your keyword list and cull it some more until the list fits into the space available in the “Potential” workbook – just one of 4 sheets on that spreadsheet – but the one that shows you whether or not you should “Go for it!” or “Bail” according to the keywords you choose, their daily volume and estimated PPC cost.
Note the word “Bail” on the screenshot below? I plugged in keywords with an average Adwords cost per day of $213.78 but with only 4 anticipated sales on a product paying only $9.99 commissions… the spreadsheet advised me to bail.
The spreadsheet will even determine your “Break Even CPC” (cost per click).
When I found a few more keywords with lower CPC'S and higher volumes and plugged in a product that offered double the commissions (showing a daily profit of $230.00 per day), the spreadsheet told me to Go for it!
Those factors combined with the conversion and refund rates will give you a fairly accurate assessment of whether you stand to lose or gain on an Adwords campaign before you ever set it in motion.
Once you've found a market with good potential, Michael shows you how to scale up your campaign, i.e. if 100 clicks make money, 1,000 or 10,000 clicks will make you a lot MORE money.
The Clickbank Code videos are well done – they're actually big enough to see exactly what Michael is doing. Furthermore, the audio is clear as a bell and free from speech impediments or a hard-to-decipher thick accent.
Michael shows you some good Google Adwords tricks that will increase both the relevancy of your ads, and therefore the quality score. Actually, Michael shared one tip that had me running to my Google Adwords account to make some serious changes immediately… ugh, never heard THAT one before, not even in those $1,000 courses!
Michael also shares a black hat tactic – but at least he warns you right off the bat that you will lose the relevant account if you get caught using it.
Seriously, the biggest complaint I had about the Clickbank Code happened after I bought it – page after page of upsells – just when I wanted to get see the product. Moreover, all of those products are available to buy from within the membership system.
Overall, I can heartily recommend the Clickbank Code as an excellent video tutorial series on how to profit by selling Clickbank products as an affiliate. That spreadsheet, along with just a few of his tips are worth a whole lot more than $77.
I've been using the new Google Adwords interface for almost 2 weeks now and it's SUCH an improvement over the old one!
If your account hasn't yet been updated to the beta version of this interface, the key new features include:
You'll find a series of videos on Google that shows you how the new interface lets you:
Seriously, because so much more information is available at a glance in the new Google Adwords interface, it's just so much easier to use and making changes to your campaigns takes much less time. Less work, save time… always gotta like that!
Seems like everytime I hear the news, or read my email, another company directly related to our Internet marketing businesses is tightening the reigns due to the recession.
Last week I mentioned that a number of banks have either temporarily suspended or permanently shut down their credit card affiliate programs.
Back in December, I received notice that the Westin and Sheraton hotels changed their affiliate program payout structures to pay on completed stays rather than on bookings.
Also in December, Yahoo! Search Marketing announced that it would no longer provide telephone support on many of their advertisers' accounts.
Then last Wednesday, Google announced that 70 workers would be affected when it closed 3 engineering offices in the U.S., Norway and Sweden. Worse still, the free cafeteria for employees was closed and Christmas gifts to workers this year weren't quite as lush as usual. The cutbacks at Google are apparently due to the fact that although its advertising revenues are still growing, they're not growing quite as rapidly as before.
Aaaah, Poor Google. Apparently we're not spending enough.
Are you ready for some very high-level (read ‘expensive') coaching to take your Google Adwords campaigns to the next level? If so, take a look at Perry Marshall’s 12-week Bobsled Run which starts on Saturday, January 26. In the salesletter, Perry promises that:
…if you complete the homework assignments, you'll recoup your tuition by May 2008 (through AdWords cost savings and increased sales), and you will make at least $25K more next year than you would have without my help, or your money back.
That's a darned good guarantee. The course includes training in the following areas:
Pay-per-click search engines are the best way to satisfy that need. However, with several hundred pay-per-click search engines to choose from across the web, it can be confusing to know where to start advertising first.
Too, some internet and affiliate marketers are afraid of losing money through pay per click advertising.
Well, here's what I have to say about that. I've been using PPC advertising since it was introduced and spent an ‘excessive' amount only once – and only by result of acting stupidly. There's absolutely NO way you can spend too much when you set a budget. Simple as that.
About 60% of my traffic is generated through pay-per-click search engines – and the ‘secret' here is that when you drive traffic initially to your site using PPC's, the search engines notice your site (because it's now getting traffic) and your site will rank higher than it would if you weren't getting PPC traffic.
The best PPCSE's (pay per click search engines) offer account signup bonuses. Take advantage of these to get hundreds of dollars in free traffic to your site.
Listed below are the very best pay per click search engines for delivering high-quality, targeted traffic at reasonable prices.
I've also listed other PPC seach engines at which you should consider advertising.
Check in on this page every now and then to find out which of my favorite pay per click search engines are offering deals and discounts for new advertisers.
Microsoft AdCenter is best for those affiliates in more mature niches and you can get started with only $5.
Google Adwords often offers $50 in advertising credits for new AdWords customers with self-managed signup. The offer is based on a $55 total credit, which represents $50 of advertising credit and a $5 activation fee.
Sign up for a Google Adwords account.
Money-Saving TIP: If you don't see a credit offered on the direct link to Google Adwords and you need a hosting account, Bluehost almost always has an Adwords promo going on for their new customers… AND you'll save the domain registration fee.