Posted by Ad Hustler | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 16-07-2009
Back in February I wrote a post about one of my testing methods to see if I’m being scrubbed, shaved or the like. This is another testing method I use in niches that are unstable. I find (and i’m sure you do) that their are CERTAIN niches where the conversion rates are all over the place on a day to day basis. In this type of niche, your best offer today can be your worst tomorrow. Since it makes no sense to sit around and bitch about it, you need to take action. Here’s what I do:
Since you’ve been in the niche long enough to know the conversion rates are up and down you probably know which offers/networks you’ve had the best luck with.
- Create a rotation in your tracking software of choice.
- Take the 2 offers you’ve had the best luck with and put them in the rotation.
- Find 3-4 other offers that you’ve either not tested or not had luck with and put them in the rotation as well.
- Let each offer get xxx number of clicks to it
- Keep the 2 best converters for that day
- Start all over again tommorow
I know that this seems like a waste of money to some degree as if you had a really good offer yesterday, it should be the best today as well, but in certain really unstable niches, I have had luck using this method to find the best daily converters. Most unstable niches have a lot of offers which allows this testing method to work. You obviously can’t pull this off if your niche only has one advertiser.
How do YOU handle these tough niches?
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Posted by Ad Hustler | Posted in Traditional Media | Posted on 15-07-2009
This video has been floating around the net for some time, but Vince from Slap Chop is going to use it for his next commercial. I bet it’s highly effective…
Watch The Video
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Posted by Ad Hustler | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 07-07-2009
I think MarketLeverage owns the fortune cookie industry. Check out these words of wisdom from todays obnoxious DAILY offer update:
Please login to your MarketLeverage account and grab new links today! We’ve rotated our tracking domains and replacing your current links with new ones will increase your conversion rates! More conversions = higher revenue! Thank you!!
Damn….I wish someone would have told me YEARS ago that more conversions = higher revenue. All this time i’ve been trying to get less conversions and higher revenue.
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Posted by Ad Hustler | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 06-07-2009
Over the weekend I noticed some cool updates from the Tracking202 team that I figured I would share.
1) We all knew that Tracking202pro has an affiliate program. One thing that the Tracking202 guys just implemented was that you can use an affiliate link of theirs to sign people up for their free prosper202 & tracking202 services as well. If the user then turns into a paid customer at any point down the line you get commissioned. I think this is a pretty cool model. I have no idea what percentage of free users become paid users but regardless, it doesn’t hurt to get people signed up through your affiliate link. One reason that I think this is good is because a lot of experienced affiliate marketers do mentor newer guys (One thing that’s really cool about this industry). I would think that most of them are telling the newbies to sign up to prosper202 or tracking202 so at least if they upgrade they can make some pocket change down the line off the newb.
2) Although the tracking202 guys have always had an affiliate network, it looks like they are either launching a new one or rebranding under the name revolution202. I’m sure there will be angry comments about how the tracking202 team now has your tracking data plus your affiliate data and they will now steal your campaigns and take over the world. Believe it if you want, but it isn’t true. I’ve never met more honest and down to earth guys then Wes & Steven. What differentiates revolution202 from the zillions of other networks out there? I’m not sure yet, but when I find out, I will share the info.
If you are not using prosper202 or any of tracking202′s other solutions yet to track your affiliate campaigns, you should give it a try. I do use prosper202 and it’s awesome (did I mention it’s free?)
This is NOT a PAID post and I’m not selling you anything. I feel like the Tracking202 guys have given so much to the affiliate marketing community, I am giving a little back to them.
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Posted by Ad Hustler | Posted in Doing Business | Posted on 05-07-2009
