ITT: Feeling Generous. Answering CB Questions

[Kvamme]

@gonzomcribbinz
Can you answer the question which I posted above?
How do you make boxes like that?Do I need to know how to code for me to do that?
Thanks in advance.

 

[gonzomcribbinz]

Can you tell me how to type in red big letters in word press(do I need to code for that?)

This is a Clickbank thread so I want to keep it on topic as much as possible. But what you want can be accomplished easily. Learn HTML and CSS.

 

[ogeee]

This is really really helpful, especially since I'm about to take my 1st steps in becoming a publisher instead of an affiliate. I'm going to take all this on board. Thanks big time.

You mentioned that you keep track of everything and detailed stats, including your competitors/potential affiliates in each niche you're in or testing out. Could you go into a bit more detail on this please? Particularly what you measure about competitors/potential affiliates. And maybe if you could comment on how you analyse the data too.

You also said that you go in depth on your conversion stats with things like time of day, day of week conversions are made. How do you analyse the data you collect? Do you use spreadsheets and then run graphical reports on them or do you just get a feel for the numbers? All your insights are much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[myniche]

Based on the "Work Load" using your methods as an affiliate for CB, what is the better or more profitable method, when starting out:

1. ...is it better to promote one CB product relentlessly until successful and later move to another product?

2. ... is it better to promote several CB products at once with a slower promotion on each product, where you later focus on the winners?

 

[shadysays]

Gonzo,

I have read this thread 3 times now and taken notes. I am interested in launching my own product at some stage. So far I have the following information from this thread.

Niche Reasarch

Testing Sales Page

Attracting Affiliates

Contacting Webmasters With Test Data etc

Soft Launch

Some questions.

Can you please tell me do you use any tools or software to collect the data which can be presented to a potential JV partner or is it just a case of them having to take your word for it with regards to your testing.

The soft launch. You said you dont do the big hype IM type launch thing. Can you go into a bit more detail on the launch process.

Thanks again for your generosity in keeping this thread alive - I hope good things come your way.

 

[laundrysoap]

Hey bro,

First of all, thanks for all the answers you've been giving. It's a goldmine.

My question is - I set up an semi-autoblog recently to try to sell clickbank. I'm keeping the post on top that 'reviews' the product I'm promoting, and I have only 65 UVs so far (set it up a few hours ago). Not one person has even clicked my hop yet. Am I using the wrong venue to try to sell clickbank products - or do I need to be more patient? The niche is photography.

 

[Mr Ex]

Hey bro,

First of all, thanks for all the answers you've been giving. It's a goldmine.

My question is - I set up an semi-autoblog recently to try to sell clickbank. I'm keeping the post on top that 'reviews' the product I'm promoting, and I have only 65 UVs so far (set it up a few hours ago). Not one person has even clicked my hop yet. Am I using the wrong venue to try to sell clickbank products - or do I need to be more patient? The niche is photography.

I would like to share my opinion on that. Your situation is very common and since we can't see your landing page, it is difficult to guess the reason. It might be your page layout, your traffic source or your sales copy. Possible reasons:

1) Your page layout is poor and giving an untrusted website vibe, the visitor is leaving your page without reading anything.

2) Your traffic source is irrelevant with your page content and the visitors are accidentally landing on your page.

3) You are driving the right traffic to your website but your sales copy is poor and far away from pushing your visitors hot buttons and this is leading to bounces.

If you have google analytics, check out the bounce rate. This will help you understand if you have the problem number 3. If the bounce rate is more than 10 seconds, than it means that they are at least open to your offer and reading it. If it's around 2 seconds, than it means that you have the wrong type of traffic and they are instantly clicking their browsers back button.

I would seriously consider wrong type of traffic though. 65 unique views and no clicks is a bit strange since we're not even talking about sales here. If you had the right traffic you should have got a few clicks here and there.

 

[ClaroAds]

Like everybody else, I would like to thank for great cb information, which I found on this thread I had just finished to do all work for my first cb product and requested clickbank approval, however I would like to know that type of promotional material you would suggest to add into my product affiliates page to attract more promoters, currently I have:

-468x60 banner
-Ebook cover picture
-Keywords list (~600 keywords) and short list of main PPC websites
-2 sample advertising email leters
-Articles directory list of ~50 most popular free article directories

Thank you in advance for your recommendations

 

[thetafmann]

no questions, just a big fat thanks.

 

[acethegunnerzzz]

i wanna start clickbank...do u know what's the best Clickbank guide ?

is newbie workbook good enough ?

http://www.mediafire.com/?vhud24ruzj0

or Google Slicer is better ? (it's like Gsniper)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mjney3n5zdt

THX

 

[A-Nonna-Moose]

Great thread, gonz. I have learned much from it, mainly to work your butt off with passion, patience, and persistence. I've got a new motto now: "Show me the test results, not the sales page."

Many thanks,

Moo$e

 

[shadowfax]

Hey gonzomcribbinz,

Hope you haven't abandoned the thread

I have few questions about testing strategy (as an affiliate)

Let's say I have setup a presell page to promote a CB product. When I start sending traffic to it, how should I go about testing?


1) Split test headlines
2) Split test content (short vs long)
3) split test number of and placement of links
4) split text different themes (maybe)

For each split test, I need to check how many people subscribed to my optin and how many sales I got.. right?

Sorry if all this sounds noobish but I need to know what kind of statistics I need to test. If you can point to a good resource, I would be be grateful.

Regards

 

[nice1]

@http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/members/17628-gonzomcribbinz.html and Mr ex - cheers for all your help ---

I have a few simple questions -

- when you promote a product via CB do you use a landing page /site dedicated to teh product or a blog with daily posts and other products ?

what do you think of I pad related products ? is this a winner or over hyped ?

look forward to your responses cheers

 

[Winston Wolf]

Hey Gonzo,

You talk a lot about the importance of tracking everything. What kind of tracking tools do you use to get your statistics?

 

[acethegunnerzzz]

hi all,,,i wanna ask a question about finding Keyword

Suppose that i wanna check the strenght of competion in "How to cure acne" phrase

should i put quotes ".." in my keyword, or not ?

thank you so much

 

[mpsheng]

IMO, and I can be wrong, I type in what a typical G user would type, which is without the quotes.

That way you know what G serves up, and that is your competition.

Any thoughts?

 

[gonzomcribbinz]

This is really really helpful, especially since I'm about to take my 1st steps in becoming a publisher instead of an affiliate. I'm going to take all this on board. Thanks big time.

You mentioned that you keep track of everything and detailed stats, including your competitors/potential affiliates in each niche you're in or testing out. Could you go into a bit more detail on this please? Particularly what you measure about competitors/potential affiliates. And maybe if you could comment on how you analyse the data too.

You also said that you go in depth on your conversion stats with things like time of day, day of week conversions are made. How do you analyse the data you collect? Do you use spreadsheets and then run graphical reports on them or do you just get a feel for the numbers? All your insights are much appreciated.

Thanks

Hey ogeee,

I really don't use any kind of specialized software or anything. I more or less just use a compilation of Excel worksheets. I track their rankings on those for at least a few weeks and I always take note of any changes they are making to their site(s), how often they update with new stuff, etc. I just get into a rhythm of checking and re-checking daily or once every couple of days. You'll find that the "big players" in your niche are the ones that you have to watch closely. Others can be checked on from time to time. And after only a week or so, you should be able to see if any newcomers are making substantial moves up the SERPs.

 

[gonzomcribbinz]

Based on the "Work Load" using your methods as an affiliate for CB, what is the better or more profitable method, when starting out:

1. ...is it better to promote one CB product relentlessly until successful and later move to another product?

2. ... is it better to promote several CB products at once with a slower promotion on each product, where you later focus on the winners?

I always want to make money as fast as possible and to do that, I have to stay focused on one project at a time. So I always opt for the "go with one at a time" approach. This way, I will know almost right away if the product I'm promoting is a winner or needs to be switched out with something else. More often than not, as long as its not a complete dud, I can get a profitable campaign out of most anything, as long as I tweak a few things. Whether that profit is just scraping by or whether it really soars into the stratosphere is something that just depends on a lot of variables, such as niche, sales copy, my pre-sell, etc.

One very large exception is if I were to make a "review" site that listed several products. For instance, if I were going into the weight loss niche, I may want to throw up a small "weight loss product review" site that listed 3 or 4 Clickbank guides. I'd rate the ones with the higher payouts as "better" than the lower payout products. This is also a good way to test to see which products perform better.

 

[gonzomcribbinz]

Gonzo,

I have read this thread 3 times now and taken notes. I am interested in launching my own product at some stage. So far I have the following information from this thread.

Niche Reasarch

Testing Sales Page

Attracting Affiliates

Contacting Webmasters With Test Data etc

Soft Launch

Some questions.

Can you please tell me do you use any tools or software to collect the data which can be presented to a potential JV partner or is it just a case of them having to take your word for it with regards to your testing.

The soft launch. You said you dont do the big hype IM type launch thing. Can you go into a bit more detail on the launch process.

Thanks again for your generosity in keeping this thread alive - I hope good things come your way.

Hi ShadySays,

I think that IM-type "hype" launches work well with IM and maybe select other niches (Forex, perhaps) but for more "general" niches that simply answer a demand, there's no real reason for it. Simply put, let's say you want to publish a weight loss product...there's really no reason to try to build hype for it for a month before releasing it to the public. Unless you already have a list built and are teasing them, most people are going to forget about it or buy from your competition. I just put the product on Clickbank with no big hoopla, make sure that it converts, and then approach potential affiliates knowing that it converts. I wouldn't want to make this big build up of my new product coming out, attract a ton of affiliates with great promises, only to have it not convert come "launch day." I know that building the hype will help it convert if its in the IM niche, but I haven't seen any evidence that pre-launch hype will help in other niches - at least enough to count. My philosophy is that when the product is ready, go ahead and have it selling - that makes it that much easier to "prove" to affiliates that it actually converts.

 

[gonzomcribbinz]

Hey bro,

First of all, thanks for all the answers you've been giving. It's a goldmine.

My question is - I set up an semi-autoblog recently to try to sell clickbank. I'm keeping the post on top that 'reviews' the product I'm promoting, and I have only 65 UVs so far (set it up a few hours ago). Not one person has even clicked my hop yet. Am I using the wrong venue to try to sell clickbank products - or do I need to be more patient? The niche is photography.

I would like to share my opinion on that. Your situation is very common and since we can't see your landing page, it is difficult to guess the reason. It might be your page layout, your traffic source or your sales copy. Possible reasons:

1) Your page layout is poor and giving an untrusted website vibe, the visitor is leaving your page without reading anything.

2) Your traffic source is irrelevant with your page content and the visitors are accidentally landing on your page.

3) You are driving the right traffic to your website but your sales copy is poor and far away from pushing your visitors hot buttons and this is leading to bounces.

If you have google analytics, check out the bounce rate. This will help you understand if you have the problem number 3. If the bounce rate is more than 10 seconds, than it means that they are at least open to your offer and reading it. If it's around 2 seconds, than it means that you have the wrong type of traffic and they are instantly clicking their browsers back button.

I would seriously consider wrong type of traffic though. 65 unique views and no clicks is a bit strange since we're not even talking about sales here. If you had the right traffic you should have got a few clicks here and there.

I agree 100%. I think that the source of traffic and your design/copywriting are the most important aspects.

You want to get people in the door looking to buy more than looking for information. So if your niche was weight loss, you'd want to target "buy" words, not generalized information words.

Also, it never hurts to test (and re-test) your design and even copy. And rather than try to sell them right off the page, I'd really consider getting them to opt in for a free report so that you can sell them via your autoresponder messages.