***The Official Affiliate Marketing/Make Money Online Thread Part 8***

[pbnugget]

Anybody doing FB ads currently? Could use some tips on how to optimize targeting and costs.

Tips:
Target email addresses from your opt-ins (custom audiences)
Target the pages of your competitors
Create a persona of your customer? Do they checkout online? Use the demographic data in GA to find the demos which convert well for you.
Does your product pair well with another product? (ie. Buy a boat gonna need a boat trailer). Target pages for those products as well.

[iwillloseweight]

Subbed. Love threads like these.

[saberu315]

This LP is bad. Where is the CTA?

Some facts for you:

You have 2 seconds to get my attention when I land on your page or I will bounce.
You have 12 seconds to give me a sense of direction before I bounce. What am I supposed to do on this page? There is no CTA, no price, nothing noticeable which says "Hey, there is value here! Don't miss out."

Get rid of the "You will thank ME later." No offense, but I don't want to buy anything from you. Who are you? What credentials do you have? Why should I trust you?

YOU are not an authority, and until YOU are one, I recommend omitting anything that identifies this page as being created by one dude on his computer. Keep it professional.

thx for the response. still need to work on it i guess

[pacmane]

Anybody doing FB ads currently? Could use some tips on how to optimize targeting and costs.

high ctr = lower cpc

1) make sure you use power editor (has a lot more options aand targeting)
2) do custom audience targeting (fb sends fake clicks and likes if you target via interests. so do custom audience targetting to target real ppl)
3) to do this get a fb fan page UID scraper (check blackhat forums)
4) make sure you're targetting NEWSFEED only (on default it is set to both right hand & newsfeed. newsfeed only = much higher ctr and cheaper clicks)
5) make sure you're targetting "desktop" only (on default it is set to target both desktop computers and mobile. unless you're optimized for mobile i advise desktop only or you're wasting money)

this will increase ctr and therefore bring your CPC down. i've had 0.02 clicks doing this with very high ctr.

i usually bid high end of the suggested CPC to get traffic rolling in. from there it naturally drops as your ctr goes up. then you can play with it by dropping it by a couple cents and see if you still get traffic.

[ScrillaVilla]

Never checked this thread out before.. in. Looks like a lot of good advice in here. Check out my FB/Clothing store in site for any feedback/suggestions. I need to get better at marketing it.

[Cruzader510]

I do for ApeAthletics



Depends, you have to target well. You can create customized audiences too with tools you buy. I have mine narrowed down pretty well, invested only $50 dollars in likes so far and went from 500-800+ pretty quick.

Gunna hack your site, not srs. Props brah your killin it. Still sitting at 260, haven't done another campaign yet, what tools did you buy for custom audiences?

So I'll be relaunching my site tomorrow with extensive product offerings, I'll post the link in this thread, as I know the minute I post on main misc. thread it'll be deleted. But everything on the site will have pretty competitive pricing plus five dollar shipping on everything, free if you purchase 3 items. Das it for tonite mayne.

[HmbleMgnificent]

I've set up a Ltd company with Companies House, I've designed my website, I've hired someone to search on various criteria to find sales leads, and I've made some sales calls

This has resulted in a definite web design sale already, and 3 more in the pipeline

Just waiting for my business account application to be accepted to launch the site, and start making the monies!

[mike.hunt]

Tips:
Target email addresses from your opt-ins (custom audiences)
Target the pages of your competitors
Create a persona of your customer? Do they checkout online? Use the demographic data in GA to find the demos which convert well for you.
Does your product pair well with another product? (ie. Buy a boat gonna need a boat trailer). Target pages for those products as well.

It's a news site I just started so I don't have emails yet but these are good tips

high ctr = lower cpc

1) make sure you use power editor (has a lot more options aand targeting)
2) do custom audience targeting (fb sends fake clicks and likes if you target via interests. so do custom audience targetting to target real ppl)
3) to do this get a fb fan page UID scraper (check blackhat forums)
4) make sure you're targetting NEWSFEED only (on default it is set to both right hand & newsfeed. newsfeed only = much higher ctr and cheaper clicks)
5) make sure you're targetting "desktop" only (on default it is set to target both desktop computers and mobile. unless you're optimized for mobile i advise desktop only or you're wasting money)

this will increase ctr and therefore bring your CPC down. i've had 0.02 clicks doing this with very high ctr.

i usually bid high end of the suggested CPC to get traffic rolling in. from there it naturally drops as your ctr goes up. then you can play with it by dropping it by a couple cents and see if you still get traffic.

Thanks man
I got a UID scraper setup and running, gonna go HAM on some targeted ads this weekend

[cannadian]

Curious how long it took you brahs to start seeing organic traffic from the search engines start pouring in.

Right now my site is 6 weeks old but I'm posting a couple of solid posts each week and have gotten maybe 10-15 decent backlinks in my niche (like PR3, PR4, PR5). About 100 uniques a day but I'm still getting no search traffic at this point.

My friend said it usually takes about 3-6 months?

[tallbroski]

In to make that CEO paper

[saberu315]

Curious how long it took you brahs to start seeing organic traffic from the search engines start pouring in.

Right now my site is 6 weeks old but I'm posting a couple of solid posts each week and have gotten maybe 10-15 decent backlinks in my niche (like PR3, PR4, PR5). About 100 uniques a day but I'm still getting no search traffic at this point.

My friend said it usually takes about 3-6 months?

I'm on the opposite end where all I get is organic google traffic and zero backlinks. my articles usually start hitting organic traffic after 2 weeks but its very limited. maybe 1 person per day who had a very specific search term

[peteyyytran]

Phuck. been slacking. more T-shirts coming in and Stringers will be out soon too. Need to get back on dat der grind.

things i need to d really get on
- promo video
- finding more athletes
- more ******** interaction
- more IG presence
- more ******** presence-
- 20k on twitter
- tank tops | Shorts | girl specific items

Went from around 320+ shirts down to 10-15 or so in 2 colors right now. New order includes 3 old colors 2 new ones that seem to be getting a lot of hype.

let's get it boyz

[MetroBrah]

Will purchasing a domain make your website or blog better in terms of SEO?

[ScrillaVilla]

Will purchasing a domain make your website or blog better in terms of SEO?

You can buy a domain for $1 from GoDaddy (with coupon), why wouldn't you get one anyways..

[cannadian]

I'm on the opposite end where all I get is organic google traffic and zero backlinks. my articles usually start hitting organic traffic after 2 weeks but its very limited. maybe 1 person per day who had a very specific search term

My buddy said after about 3-6 months if you keep writing solid articles consistently you'll get anywhere from 10-100 hits from the search engine per day.

Wondering if this is what most other brahs experience.

How long have your sites been up? 1 per day is pretty bad, mine gets about that, I just want to know when to expect like 50 hits per day kinda thing you know.

[mike.hunt]

My buddy said after about 3-6 months if you keep writing solid articles consistently you'll get anywhere from 10-100 hits from the search engine per day.

Wondering if this is what most other brahs experience.

How long have your sites been up? 1 per day is pretty bad, mine gets about that, I just want to know when to expect like 50 hits per day kinda thing you know.

Really depends on the niche, if you're writing about "how to trade forex while sitting on toilet" It may takes years to get 50 visitors per day.
Check out nichepursuits.com case study where Perrin is making $1k per month with a shaving site that is only 3 months old. That will give you some good insight.

[Cruzader510]

Site's been redesigned on new platform more products, awesome prices. Check out the site, feedback is always helpful.

www.primedforce.com

[mike.hunt]

dat CTR!

such a huge difference with targeted audience

[S_P_Q_R]

Any marketing experts in here?

Need help with advertising my site on all platforms.


Am willing to pay for services......

[Cruzader510]

Finally Made a Sale!!! Stoked! was at a wedding today with my girlfriend, when I checked shopify an hour into the wedding saw the first order! Gunna keep pushing, and not give up!

[peteyyytran]

Finally Made a Sale!!! Stoked! was at a wedding today with my girlfriend, when I checked shopify an hour into the wedding saw the first order! Gunna keep pushing, and not give up!

Congrats brah, wait you're actually selling direct supplements!?!

[Nostalgiac]

Finally Made a Sale!!! Stoked! was at a wedding today with my girlfriend, when I checked shopify an hour into the wedding saw the first order! Gunna keep pushing, and not give up!

You also sell crossfit apparel? I may have a domain you could be interested in. PM me if you are.

[Cruzader510]

Congrats brah, wait you're actually selling direct supplements!?!

Yeah, I love designing and working on apparel, but decided to expand a bit planning on targeting crossfit community

[TypicalOp]

Site's been redesigned on new platform more products, awesome prices. Check out the site, feedback is always helpful.

www.primedforce.com

Looks awesome now! How you selling the supplements? Drop shipping?

[ScrillaVilla]

Yeah, I love designing and working on apparel, but decided to expand a bit planning on targeting crossfit community

Mirin site, everything look high quality. How you selling supplements? You find a distributor? Sounds like a great idea.

[genesisGin]

Site's been redesigned on new platform more products, awesome prices. Check out the site, feedback is always helpful.

www.primedforce.com

Mirin' the theme, nice and clean.

Where are you bulk buying your supplements? Inb4 Alibaba.

[Cruzader510]

Looks awesome now! How you selling the supplements? Drop shipping?

Mirin site, everything look high quality. How you selling supplements? You find a distributor? Sounds like a great idea.

Mirin' the theme, nice and clean.

Where are you bulk buying your supplements? Inb4 Alibaba.

Thanks guys, no alibaba, I did a lot of research but ended up finding distributors.

[JordanBrah]

Thanks guys, no alibaba, I did a lot of research but ended up finding distributors.

Is that social sidebar (left) an app or built into the theme?

shopify crew - bought this earlier, really liking it http://demo.planetshine.net/callisto-shopify/

Congrats on the sale

[Cruzader510]

Is that social sidebar (left) an app or built into the theme?

shopify crew - bought this earlier, really liking it http://demo.planetshine.net/callisto-shopify/

Congrats on the sale

I like the theme, it's the addthis app.

[saberu315]

My buddy said after about 3-6 months if you keep writing solid articles consistently you'll get anywhere from 10-100 hits from the search engine per day.

Wondering if this is what most other brahs experience.

How long have your sites been up? 1 per day is pretty bad, mine gets about that, I just want to know when to expect like 50 hits per day kinda thing you know.

I'm not exactly sure by what you mean here.10-100 hits per day for the website? or for each article? My articles start getting 1 hit per day at about two weeks after creation but some articles are getting 5 hits per day after only a month. I think this will continue to rise to maybe around 10 hits per day per article. Right now I get 25 hits day from organic seo

So if you had 100 articles on you site getting 10 hits per day you could expect 1,000 hits per day or close to 30k each month which isn't really bad IMO. but like you friend said 3-6 months down the road depending on how much content your posting.

do the pr5 sites linking to you have read counts on their posts? I ask because I notice that even huge websites in your niche for example zerohedge have some articles with 30k hits and some with 2k hits. And despite the massive amounts of posting they have put out its still hard to accidentally run into them through a search IMO