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I have just started with adwords, loads of clicks no sales!

         

davidbel

3:47 pm on Aug 24, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Can anyone help. I just started using adwords to promote clickbank products as an affiliate. So far I have had loads of impressions, loads of clicks bit not one sale is showing in clickbank. If tried so many things and has wasted so much money with my ads. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

ajwebmaster

4:37 pm on Aug 24, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Welcome to the Jungle

jatar_k

4:41 pm on Aug 24, 2006 (gmt 0)

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maybe take a look through some of the threads in the AdWords Library [webmasterworld.com]

like this one
15 tips for AdWords beginners [webmasterworld.com]

resham5

4:45 pm on Aug 24, 2006 (gmt 0)

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maybe you should mention the price of the product or offers if any in the ad..

davidbel

11:02 pm on Aug 24, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Does letting them appear on content network matter.

senlogan

2:36 am on Aug 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Browse your server logs for search phrases that tells what users wanted.

resham5

4:17 pm on Aug 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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it's possible that you are getting some junk traffic from content, maybe you could switch it off for a while and then see results.

Green_Grass

4:49 pm on Aug 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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One obvious reason ...Landing page not well designed from a marketing angle..

Try to look at it from what people WANT when they click your ad. Is your ad well targetted, to the point or does it mislead people into clicking ..and then they do not find what they want?

deep_alley

6:42 pm on Aug 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Also what about keywords...are they targeted?
And what about clickbank reporting? Is it close to real time or does it take a while to actually show conversions?

nathanso

6:48 pm on Aug 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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You may want to restrict your campaign to Search results only, as Content Network is click fraud-filled and can run up some serious costs in a hurry. Better to fine-tune your LP and ads first.

senlogan

7:08 pm on Aug 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Also add google adsense to the landing page that will fecth you some money, till you figure out the keywords that converts to sales.

davidbel

10:41 pm on Aug 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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As I said I am an affiliate linking to another site which is not mine so I cannot add adsense. Maybe its the landing page. Can you recommend any well converting affiliate programs. Thanks

humblebeginnings

7:03 am on Aug 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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As I said I am an affiliate linking to another site which is not mine so I cannot add adsense.

No, you didn't say that. You said you promote Clickbank as an affiliate. As it appears you are now saying you don't have your own website, you just put the affiliate link in your Adwords ad, is that correct? If that is the case you really should study the merchants landing page very well. And start a thread about this in the affiliate forum. People there can perhaps help you better with your question because Adwords might not be the problem.

chief72

9:10 am on Aug 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Adsense on the landing page (had you had one) would probably only kill your quality score leading to ridiculously inflated bid prices anyway, so forget that.

My advice; no one's going to hand you the holy grail you gotta find it for yourself. That's the nature of the Google Cash game that I assume your playing. Profitable products can be as rare as hen's teeth so when you find them you keep them to yourself and milk them for all they're worth while you can.

Try this; if you're promoting predominantly Cbank products there is some useful free software that you can use to identify new products and study ranking trends. Pick things that are fairly new and trending up. Pick an assortment of different products and set up ad campaigns. If after a decent amount of clicks the product is showing a loss (I suggest 300-500) get rid of it and try something else. Though some of these could come good after a little more time I think it's best to be ruthless with your culling. When you find a product that converts, ramp up your efforts & refine your campaign to maximise profits. Over time you learn which niches work best for you.

All the best.

davidbel

2:48 pm on Aug 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I cannot find the affiliate forum.

humblebeginnings

4:45 pm on Aug 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I cannot find the affiliate forum.

If that's the case you better stop spending money on affiliate marketing for a while. First find the affiliate forum (I'll give you a hint: it's mentioned at www.webmasterworld.com/home.htm), do some good and long reading and then tweak and activate your campaigns again.

chief72

9:32 pm on Aug 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Press back button twice, control/f, type affiliate, voila:D