Some of you know that I have been hard at work honing my affiliate marketing craft these last few months.

I apologize for my lack of updates to this site and even to the GTME software.  No matter how hard I try, I can never seem to get more than 24 hours in a day, but I feel like I need 36. 

For those of you that are fans of the software and affiliate marketing tips I have given away in the past, don’t go anywhere because I have something coming that I think you are going to LOVE!

I don’t want to say too much more at this point, but stay tuned over the next two weeks and find out how you will take your Internet Marketing to the next level!

Best Wishes,

Benjamin

I just wanted to write up a quick post about Google’s Placement Targeted Campaigns.

Most people spend their time on the keyword targeted campaigns (I even have a free tool to help with keyword research), but you shouldn’t neglect the placement targeted campaigns because they can be profitable as well.

Think about it, Google is giving you the option of targeting a specific site for your ad.  However, even more important than targeting the specific site, is that you are able to target a specific PAGE on that site.

Why is that important?  To give you an example, I recently launched a placement targeted PPC campaign and was losing money to test various sites’ performance.  After a little while, I had enough stats that showed there was 1 site that looked promising.  After further testing, I narrowed that 1 site down to 1 page that gave me the best return.  So, my entire placement targeted campaign now consists of 1 page on 1 site.  However, it generates a positive ROI on my ad spend and I don’t do anything except let it run. 

PPC is tricky and you can lose a lot of money without really making anything, so I don’t recommend that people just go out and try it without having the capability to stand the loss of funds and also a good tracking system in place so you can tweak your campaign based on your stats.

However, if you want to give it a shot, it can definitely be profitable (after the initial loss to collect data usually).

Best Wishes,

Benjamin

There are a lot of people in the Internet Marketing world giving out free information.  However, usually the free information is just a teaser or intro to get you to buy their paid product that guarantees to show you how to make your fortune.  If you do end up buying it, then it is usually hit or miss as to whether the information really helps, but one thing is for sure, you helped increase the other person’s bankroll.

There are two forums that I am an active member of and feel they provide great information and friendly folks.  The first one is where I got started and have been an active member for a while.  It is called affearners and highly recommend it.

The second forum that I am an active member of is a relatively new forum and it is run by a guy that I have come to really appreciate and respect.  His name is Ruck and I am amazed by the information he gives away, along with the sheer volume of the work that he produces.  He never tries to sell you anything of his own, but gives away tons of quality information on how you can make money in this business. 

For an example of a quality post he made about CPA offers, keyword research and landing pages, visit this link. 

I highly recommend that you check out both his blog and forum. 

Best Wishes,

Benjamin

Do you ever wish you could just do a Direct Linking PPC campaign to an affiliate offer to test it out, but find it hard to get a  good quality score for your keywords on Google?

I have a method that I have developed that allows me to do just that.  I am able to test affiliate campaigns with an easy, step-by-step method of keyword research using GTrends Made Easy that gives me good keywords that Google likes.

To give you an idea of how well this method has worked for me, I made two videos showing the method in full detail.  The affiliate offer I am promoting and the PPC campaign have been running for two days. 

 As of today, I had 58 clicks and 1 conversion.  The cost of PPC was $25.35 and my commission was $35.  Almost a $10 profit.  However, my goal was not necessarily to see if the campaign was profitable, I was merely wanting to see if the offer was converting before I spent any serious time doing keyword research, building a PPC campaign, building a website/landing page, etc.

Total time I have spent on testing this offer was 20 minutes (not counting the hour it took for GTrends Made Easy to process the keywords).

Enough of me explaining, watch the following two videos and I think you will understand much better and hopefully see the power of the technique and maybe even put your own twist on it.

Part 1

Part 2

I hope that helps you with your own keyword research and campaigns!

Best Wishes,

 Benjamin

The good guys over at affearners have come up with a long list of “why you will fail at Internet Marketing”.  I think that it makes some great points (there are actually 99 total).  But I want to talk about 2 of them in particular, and you can read the rest for yourself here.

- You promote the wrong product to the wrong people  
- You Give Up too Soon

I have spent the last year of my life learning about Internet Marketing, researching and listening to others that are successful in this business, and trying to become successful myself.  After all that time, I have seen common threads among those that are successful.   

Don’t Try to Sell Ice to Eskimos 

You have to know your market, period.  That means that you have to know what your market wants and then sell it to them.  That is a sure way to be successful in this business.  I have heard many successful marketers say that they ride the waves of the trends.  They figure out what is hot, what people are dying to buy and then sell it to them.  That is not a hard sell.  You don’t need to do a lot of convincing on your landing page, just give them the checkout button and make your commission.

It’s Not How Many Times You Get Knocked Down, It’s How Many Times You Get Back Up That Matters

I love that saying and when it comes to success there is nothing more true than that.  Just because you try something and it doesn’t work, doesn’t mean you tuck your tail between your legs and go home.  No, on the contrary, you get up, dust yourself off, figure out what went wrong and try again.  This time, try not to make the same mistake you made before, but it’s ok to make a different mistake.  Until they perfect brain implants, the best way we learn is by our own mistakes or the mistakes of others.  As long as you never give up, then you will eventually succeed.

Death or Success, there are no other options 

When I look at my life, I only see two potential outcomes.  I either die before I succeed or I succeed before I die.  Either way, I don’t give up until one occurs.

Best Wishes,

Benjamin