Skimming Question

From Adword Miracles

[ReMuSoMeGa]

I am reading the book Adword Miracles.

I've tried about every method, and I am not making any money.

Right now I want to try Skimming.
Basically it says to take a handful of products from one niche and start promoting via direct linking.

Its kinda vague tho.

Am I supposed to make one campaign for the niche, then several adgroups for one product, then several more adgroups for another product all under the same campaign?

Whats the smart way to go about direct linking to a bunch of products of one niche?

Please be specific.

Thank you =]
-V

[Seb7]

Personally, if you dont have a large range of products then use one compaign per product. Keep all your keywords and ads very tightly focused to each product.

[RhinoFish]

more importantly, work with merchants and networks that can be trusted to reward you for your work. the big ones are chock full of shortcut takers (ie cheaters) and will take credit for a fraction of your traffic using adware tricks and other tactics. join ShareASale and check out their lineup of merchants, they are a clean trusted network - so look for merchants that are exclusively at SAS. and don't put much merit in the published EPC numbers at any network, that don't reflect how you'll do, they reflect how the aggregate population does - which is a different story altogether.

[netmeg]

I don't know that book, but the very name puts me off - there are few if any "miracles" in AdWords. There's work, there's using your common sense, there's taking the time to *learn* how it works, but miracles? Nah.

[esllou]

While we're on the subject, I've been reading this book, "How to Have Sex With Tons Of Supermodels" and I'm almost at the end and I haven't even been able to get a date off any of them yet, though I've had my face slapped three times and have a court order to stay at least 250 yards from Kate Moss.

What am I doing wrong?

[LifeinAsia]

Question:

What am I doing wrong?

Answer:

reading this book, "How to Have Sex With Tons Of Supermodels"

[AdWordsAdvisor]

I am reading the book Adword Miracles. [...]

I don't know that book, but the very name puts me off - there are few if any "miracles" in AdWords. There's work, there's using your common sense, there's taking the time to *learn* how it works, but miracles? Nah.

Agreed.

Well said, netmeg - and I share your unease.

As the economy takes a tumble, I am pretty sure I am seeing an uptick in folks people coming to AdWords with the expectation that they can make a lot of money with little study or work.

The reality of affiliate marketing, having watched for years now, is that it is extremely competitive - and, thus, likely to be both challenging and expensive.

In my opinion, unless new affiliate advertisers are very familiar with both AdWords in particular and affiliate marketing in general, it is likely they will spend more money than they make - at least until they have done the work to come-up-to-speed.

I would advise that such folks do not expect to start making money right away and that they do not expect it to be simple, quick, or easy.

Bottom line, it takes a lot of work, and new affiliates may or may not make a profit - depending on the effort they put into it.

It's sort of like real-life in that way, I guess. :)

AWA