http://w3.the-cb-code.com this system im think it may be bullshit, i trying to figure out how to get traffic and im tired of all these so called gurus or i should say guru con men and women trying to prey upon innocent noobs trying to make a living in the affiliate game me myself included... it seems like they r the only smucks making money at this afiliate shit... dont mean to be sceptic but i have been making several sites that rank in the top 3 of the SERPs and have a decent search traffic daily but im not getting any traffic, ive been asking and doing all the social networking bookmarking and that stuff but no sales not enough traffic, i ask around and thats what i get the run around... i was old study SEO i did that no results do this do that no results i am getting no were fast. i really dont understand whats going on do i need to switch to adult niches but wait i heard the conversions were so shitty now its rediculous... can anyone tell me a solid way they get traffic without all the fluff or trying to sale me some worthless shit... im really normally a level headed calm cool guy but this stuff is pushing me to the wall and its getting very frustrating being on the computer all day and night posting and post and u guessed it posting with no results...
if anyone can help without the wise comments please this is serious matter that alot of guys and gals in here want to know but they dont know how to ask and are afraid because they dont want to seem dumb, well ive learned the only dumb question is a question not asked... please no sales stuff i am on a limited budget... oh yeah ive even heard that the adword and ppc game is going in the toilet to from google slapping everyone about words in post...
but anyway im done venting can someone help or add their input...
olm75,
You sound like me the first two years I was in this business. I wrote a ton of articles and even had great SEO rankings and the traffic just trickled in and I made less than $100 a month. It's okay to write articles and submit them to EZA but it won't pay the mortgage.
So what finally worked to bring in the amount of traffic to my sites that allowed me to make enough to go full time? I discovered I had to master the art of driving a lot of targeted traffic to my sites. Yes, they are all paid ways. Why? Because once you figure out how to do it there is an endless supply of it.
I lost money on AdWords at first until I decided I was going to learn this and failure was not an option. Google has so much info on their AdWords help page you could start there. Everyone thinks they need to pay for some expensive AdWords system but Google has all the information you need right there. Go to AdWords>>>Help>>>AdWords Learning Center. This is excellent information and it's free.
Then, start doing some baby steps and put a few ads up with a $5 or $10 a day budget. I use the content network heavy because you can use placement targeting ads and I get cheaper clicks than the search network. Placement targeting just means you pick the web sites to advertise on. Very profitable once you learn how to do it.
You can also target forums that are highly targeted to your niche. Take the toy niche. I have an Amazon toy store site and I can advertise on any big toy forum through Google. Think outside the box and advertise on mommy forums. They buy a ton of toys.
Just an idea of how I turned things around for me. It's a business so advertise just like any other business would. You'll learn a lot just by doing it and you may lose some money at first. But that's the way a business works and once you have it mastered just produce more campaigns or ramp up the ones you have and you'll make more money.
I hope that helps you some,
EZ