Friday, April 6, 2007

Some Google posts for Good Friday

This is a good post…talking about Adword’s campaigns that go disabled vs paused….


What is the Difference Between "Disabled" and "Paused" for Adwords ...
Search Engine Roundtable - USA
A WebmasterWorld member asks if there is a difference between AdWords campaigns that are marked as "Paused" or as "Disabled" in the API. ...
See all stories on this topic

This post discusses the new Impression Share Metric at Adwords…

Google AdWords Adds Impression Share Metric
By Barry Schwartz
Vinny Lingham reports finding a new metric on his Google AdWords console named Impression Share. Impression Share is a statistic available at both the campaign and account level. (1) Campaign: If an advertiser has more than one campaign ...
Search Engine Land: News About... - http://searchengineland.com/

This post talks about Googl changing the color of the top listed ad….

Google's AdWords New Color
Hey, am I the only one who noticed Google switched it's top-listed AdWords ads to a yellow color today??? Personally, I think the yellow is a little much for my eyes and don't really care for it. I like the...
SEO Speedwagon - http://seoblog.intrapromote.com/


Thursday, April 5, 2007

A few posts on the Adwords Optimizer

A few helpful posts from today….

A few posts about the new Google Website Optimizer


Google Plans To Win AdWords Converts
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
The Website Optimizer tool received a formal launch for Google's AdWords clients today. Marketers using it should see conversion rates improve for their ...

Google Offers New Web Tool
Entrepreneur - USA
Google's Website Optimizer is integrated into Google AdWords and is free to AdWords advertisers. Here’s how it works: The Website Optimizer gives ...

Google Launches Website Optimizer
Media Buyer Planner - Elkton,MD,USA
Website Optimizer, released as a closed beta in fall 2006, is integrated with Google AdWords and is free to AdWords advertisers. The tool allows advertisers ...

Website Optimizer now available to all
By Inside AdWords crew(Inside AdWords crew)
If you're unfamiliar with Website Optimizer, it is a free multivariate testing application built into AdWords that helps online marketers increase visitor conversion rates and overall visitor satisfaction by enabling them to continually ...


Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Here's some info on Google

A few posts on how Google Adwords works…Quality Score..etc.

Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC) vs. Natural or Organic Search ...
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Google Adwords enables businesses, young and old alike, to infuse their advertising message to the masses. Adwords works like a standard auction. ...

Google AdWords Quality Score Factors Demystified
By Brad Geddes aka eWhisper
There are several different factors that affect Google AdWords Quality Score. It’s time to walk through each in detail and list the major contributing factors to each.First, it’s important to note why Quality Score matters. ...


A Post for MicroISV'ers and one on Google and Splogging!

For you MicroISV’ers

March Stats and a note of thanks
By Patrick
AdWords has been working really well as of late ($.34 per demo download sustained over the entire month. Close to my best ever.) With $90 budgeted I could pay for more traffic but I haven’t found the keywords yet to bring it in without ...

Splogging?

Google, Adsense, and Splogging
By Maria Langer
How can Google Adwords customers be assured that their ads are appearing on legitimate sites and are being clicked by humans who are genuinely interested in the products or services advertised? I hope Jim gets his AdSense account back. ...


Google Quality Score and Slap Discussion

Score…check it out…

A Week of AdWords Quality Score Posts
By Brad Geddes aka eWhisper
In preperation for Search Engine Stratedgies New York, I’m writing an entire series on AdWords quality score as that’s one of the most common questions I receive at the conferences. I’m not speaking on the quality score panel, ...

This article concerns the Google slap…I have experienced this and am trying to unslap myself!

Recovering from a Full-On Google Slap
By Geordie Carswell
Trying to open a brand new Adwords account isn’t recommended as eventually Google will connect the dots on your account history and you could put all of your accounts at risk of being banned. Now here’s the other crappy part: starting a ...


Two More Articles to Check Out

A few more interesting posts…the first talks about an aff marketing site/book…I will probably look into this a bit…trying to keep an open mind.

The second deals with keeping your motivation up and finding a niche.

Make Money Online - Insider Secrets Revealed.
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
There are thousands of affiliate programs around but then i discovered one that eventually changed my life called Internet Marketing Center. ...

Getting Back On The Horse
By jgall
For awhile i’ve had motivation issues, basically spending no effort or investment on Search Engine Marketing. I’ve been collecting my Google checks at their size reduced since 10/28/06 when MSN dropped a ton of sites from their index. ...


A Few Interesting Articles from Tuesday....yep...backed up!

Here are a few articles I found interesting today……One is on traffic generation methods, another on one person’s analysis of their March performance, and the last a general aff marketing post that looked to have some additional links on the sidebar I want to check out.

3 Traffic Methods For Affiliates
By admin
With Affiliate Marketing you rely on sales to make money with affiliate programs. The only thing is that many new participants forget that they also need to rely on web site traffic. After all, without traffic, no one will be able to ...

March 2007 Online Earnings Report
By Leroy Brown
Just as fast as affiliate profits came for me, they nearly vanished. Profit from affiliate programs dropped 96% in March, vs my record February. Not good. That puts affiliate earnings at a meager 2% of total profit, vs 43% last month. ...

Affiliate Marketing business program
By Darjan Panic
Firstly, you need to set up a site that would serve your purpose of affiliate marketing site. With a range of web-page building programs directing every step of the process available, it is none less than a cakewalk for you to construct ...


Saturday, March 31, 2007

Tips for monetizing your blog

Some tips about building up a blog and whether to monetize it now or later.

Blogging Tip: Don’t Make the Mistake of Monetizing Your Blog Too Early
By Maki
This also allowed me to more accurately test the potential of other monetization strategies like affiliate programs. This doesn’t mean I won’t have any more randy trysts with other ad networks in the future, just that I’ll definitely be ...


Adword's Editor Tips

More tips on the Adword’s Editor…I gotta check that thing out!

3 Huge Adwords Editor Timesaving Tips
By Chad
In the Adwords Editor click on the main top level campaign on the left panel (not an adgroup). Now click on the keywords tab. Then click the status bar (usually twice) to sort by inactive words. Now you will see all the inactive ...


A Walkthrough of the Google Pay Per Action beta

This pretty self explanatory…without further ado…

The Guide to Creating AdWords Pay Per Action Campaigns
By Brad Geddes aka eWhisper
Related Articles at eWhisper.net:. AdWords Makes it Easier to Control New Campaigns; Creating Limited Time ‘Sale Campaigns’ in Google AdWords; Creating Blog Evangelists; Creating Privacy Policies; AdWords Editor V3 to be released this week.


The Adword's Editor...top ten favorites

Here is a post at the Adwords blog that talks about the Adwords Editor. I downloaded this but have yet to try it out. Let me kow what you think.

AdWords Editor's "Top 10 Favorites"
By Inside AdWords crew(Inside AdWords crew)
The AdWords Editor folks are always interested in hearing your feedback, so email them at adwordseditor@google.com if you have any comments or suggestions. If you haven't already downloaded AdWords Editor, you can get started now. ...


Some more sites that could be of use to anyone doing blogging/affiliate marketing related on the internet.

I just started looking at this page. It looks like it has a bunch of tips and links to sites that can help with Affiliate Marketing research. Of course there didn’t seem to be anything that was laser specific here but it points you in the right direction if you have questions.

26 Affiliate Marketing and Webmaster Forums to help you Make Money ...
By Maki
Free Signature Backlinks. Signature links from reputable forums will help new websites to be indexed by search engines. You can also sell your signature links for money or use it to promote your website or affiliate programs. ...


Making Mistakes? Here is a List.

Here is a link to Avangate…a listing of mistakes that people getting into affiliate programs may make.

Mistakes in Affiliate Programs
Affiliate marketing does not qualify as a "get-rich-quickly" scheme. Here are the most common 10 mistakes that are usually made wh ...


Boost your CTR....with caution!

In the link that follows is one individual’s take on improving your Adwords CTR. I did something similar along with some other changes and found that my CTR did improve. However my impressions also dropped way down and my sales petered out. One would think that if you keenly focus your campaign you will get better sales as your context gets better…not always the case.

How to Improve your Click Through Rate in Google AdWords
By admin
One of the affiliate products I promote (Proposal Kit) had been performing particularly well for me recently and I decided to help things along by creating a Google AdWords campaign based around my reviews of [...]

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Caveat Emptor....look it up.

The words of a skeptic..and also probbaly closer to reality than many would lead you to believe......

Affiliate Programs :: ALL ARE NOT SUPER AFFILIATES!!
Stop pretending to know what you’re talking about, trying to sell them shit, and start doing it on your own and reach that super affiliate status! It’s not THAT hard. Yeah, it takes work, but hell, everything does! ...

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

One more take on Google's PPA

One more take on Google’s PPA program.

Google PPA Advertising - Affiliate-Eyez Killa!
By rodgerv
Affiliate Marketing as we know it is GONE. It’sa horrible name, a hold out from old days of two-cent affiliate programs. Affiliate marketing has grown up to the point where it at least can be termed “performance marketing” and can ...

A Few Posts Regarding Google's PPA (Pay Per Action Beta)

Here are a few posts regarding Google's PPA (Pay Per Action Beta)…interesting move by Google.  I’ll be curious what it does to the likes of Clickbank and Linkshare.

Pay-per-action beta test
By Inside AdWords crew(Inside AdWords crew)
If you're an AdWords advertiser located in the US and are interested in participating in this beta, please fill out this short web form. We'll let you know as soon as you've been added to the test and will continue to add advertisers on ...

Pay-per-action beta test (Inside AdWords)
Do you know how much that action is worth to your business? If so, you may be interested in our pay-per-action beta test. Here's Rob K., Product Manager for Pay-Per-Action, to tell us more:. Source: Inside AdWords ...
 

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Adsense Tips

This post has some tips for using Google’s Adsense.

Getting The Most Out Of Google Adsense
By Adam(Adam)
First I want to point out that every blog will generate different amounts of money by using Google Adsense, this is because the Ads come from people who are paying Google Adwords to display them and some people pay more then others, ...

Monday, March 19, 2007

Breakdown of Adwords Use For a Small Biz

Here on the RaveAboutItBlog they talk about how to improve traffic to your small business website. They talk about page ranking, inbound links, reciprocal links, and relevancy of content….some good stuff.

Small Business Websites - How do you get more traffic to your site?
By Mark(Mark)
Google Adwords Meg has written a good post on sponsored advertising here .Whilst Google is the most popular search tool from a user perspective, from an advertising point of view, it is extremely competitive. If you are not content with ...

Adwords B2B Newsletter

Google launches a new B2B Adwords Newsletter….check it out!

Adwords B2B Newsletter

Introducing the AdWords Technology Business to Business Newsletter

Welcome to the inaugural issue of our quarterly Technology Business to Business Newsletter for AdWords advertisers. Each issue will bring Tech BtoB-related information, tips, and updates right to your inbox, helping you to make the most of your AdWords campaigns.

In this issue, you’ll find a number of tips for optimizing your keywords, ads, and landing pages. We’ve also included an introduction to Google Apps, a set of next-generation communication and collaboration tools designed to meet your company’s needs………

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Improve Your Adwords Campaign?

This post runs down a list of things you can do to improve your Adwords campaign. I have tried some of these and some do work. Let me know how they work for you.

How to Improve Your AdWords Campaign in 10 Simple Steps
By Nick H.
Overwhelmed by all the advice you read about running an AdWords campaign? Here?sa simple and concise list I?ve gathered from several reliable sources: Break your campaign in groups of 10-20 highly related keywords. ...


Tips on Affiliate Marketing

This blog post has some tips on Affiliate Marketing…check it out.

4 Secrets to Succeeding With Affiliate Marketing
By Liam Webb(Maverick)
For one, affiliate marketing does not cost you anything to begin. All you need to do is to choose an affiliate program to promote and then promote it. There is no limit to the number of affiliate programs you can join. ...


Friday, March 16, 2007

Blogging Software to Get Organic Search Boost from HitTail

Here is article about using blogging as an alternative to Adwords.  They talk about how blogging can get your organic search ranking up there if you post on terms that have good rankings…check it out…

Blogging Software as AdWords Alternative
By Mike Levin(Mike Levin)
And doing the big natural search fix takes what more marketers have got, and they often get intimidated enough by the experience to flock to pay-per-click, or PPC, services like Google AdWords. But what is not commonly known is just how ...

Adwords vs Adsense....Inconsistencies?

This blog post speaks about inconsistencies between Adwords and Adsense in the way that ads are displayed…check it out.

Inconsistent Information from AdWords and AdSense?
By Ian F.(Ian F.)
On the AdWords side, we're hearing that ads are ranked according to Bid (max cpc) x Quality Score AND that ads on the content network are ranked in the same way. However, on the AdSense side we're hearing that Google will display the ... 

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Affiliate Marketing vs Adsense on your blog

This post discusses using affiliate links in your posts as opposed to placing Adsense ads on your blog.    Food for thought.

Is Affiliate Marketing a Better Choice for Small Blogs?
By WildBil
Now you're probably wondering how affiliate and associate programs are better, right? The first curse of the previously mentioned programs is their reliance on JavaScript. Many Firefox users may have JavaScript blocked for sites they ...

Impression Fraud on Adwords

Here is an article on MediaPost discussing impression fraud, and related topics with Google Adwords...check it out.  More good insight.

Is Impression Fraud More Dangerous Than Click Fraud?
MediaPost Publications - New York,USA
As most advertisers now know, the Google Adwords algorithm had a "technical issue" on Feb.16, as announced on Inside Adwords on Feb. 20. ...

Does Adsense Work?

Here is a post on Darren Rowse's blog (problogger.net). He talks about his experience with Google's advertising programs. It's a good info filled blog as well...check it out.

Do AdSense Referrals Work?
By Darren Rowse
At the time of writing this they have four products for their publishers to choose from (AdSense itself, AdWords, Google Pack and Firefox plus Google Toolbar). Putting it most simply - if a reader makes that you send to one of these ...

Using Bid Management

Here is a blog posting mentioning one company's experience using automated bid management. Unfortunately the tool he was using is no longer available, but it is something to keep in mind.

You Must Have Bid Management
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
We began our PPC, like many people do, by flinging keywords into Google AdWords and Yahoo! Search Marketing. We were building a nice traffic volume from ...

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

7 Internet Marketing Techniques that Always Work

Here's a good post from promotionworld.com about some techniques you can use that to many in the filed already may be common sense. To a noob this is good information.

7 Top Internet Marketing Techniques that Always Work
Promotion World (press release) - San Diego,CA,USA
You can use these techniques regardless of what you are marketing whether it's your own products or sevices, MLM, or affiliate programs. If you're a writer, ...

That number 7 again - 7 Tips to Succed in Affiliate Marketing

The number 7 seems to be a favorite number amongst those in the affiliate marketing industry. I see that number time and time again in posts about tips or techniques. Here's another article with some tips for success.

Top 7 Tips to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing
By Marie-Jos饠Girard(Marie-Jos饠Girard)
You can do that by joining affiliate programs. Here are the top 7 tips to succeed in affiliate marketing: 1. Join Google Adsense. I recommend that you start with Google Adsense. This the simplest and most popular affiliate program on ...

Affiliate Marketing Report for 2007

Some interesting information from MarketingSherpa's Affiliate Marketing Report for 2007...check the post out for some of the info and a link to where to find the full report.

Points of Interest: Affiliate Marketing 2007 Special Report
By James Omdahl
Affiliate marketing in general is a growing industry, and merchants are generally optimistic about the future growth of their programs. Some merchants still offer pay-per-click programs, and a couple even offer pay-per-impression offers ...

Adwords Winter Update

Here is a post about some changes at Google Adwords......

AdWords Winter Update
By Joe Williams
There has been quite a bit happening in the last month or so with Google AdWords, so here is a quick overview of the most significant news: AdWords Editor 3.0 now available Even though I don’t use AdWords editor on a day-to-day basis, ...

Losing Traffic in Adwords after an edit to your ads?

Here is a post at PPC Super Affiliate Blog that somewhat describes an issue I had with some ad groups.  I had been getting a decent number of clicks, but when I made some changes meant to increase clicks I actually found that the opposite happened.  I am not sure if I got kicked into review, but will keep it in mind for future reference.

How to Have Your Adwords Account Paused for Manual Review
By Geordie Carswell
After checking your analytics and Adwords Diagnostic Tool, you realize your account isn’t showing ads anymore. So you call/IM/Email Google asking what’s happened. Response: “That’s strange, I can confirm your account is not displaying ...

 

DKI at Adwords

Here is a post about dynamic keyword insertion from UK SEO site Zoom Zoom Marketing.  I didn't know about this, and will definitely be checking this out!   Let me know if you guys have used this and how it worked out for you.

Guide to dynamic keyword insertion with Adwords
By MarkZZ
... Point forums and I thought it was an excellent article worth reposting on our blog. There isn’t much information about on this in forums or in fact on the AdWords site (In fact i’ve heard it isn’t an officially supported feature!) [...]

Leveraging Affiliate Products

Here is a post discussing how to use affiliate programs leverage to boost your online income.  He discusses different way to get customer's attention and some techniques used to reach your customers more effectively....check it out.

Online Business - Leverage Affiliate Products
Best Syndication - Pinon Hills,CA,USA
Many people are making great money online by purchasing clicks from Google AdWords or other pay per click search engines, and sending that traffic directly ...

 

Exporting your Google Adwords Campaign to use with Yahoo Panama

Here is a post from Search Engine Roundtable about exporting your Adwords campaign so you can use it on Yahoo's new Panama release.

How Do You Export Your Google AdWords Campaign
Search Engine Roundtable - USA
s new Panama release, many are opting to use their Google AdWords structure as opposed to converting from their Overture campaigns. Why? ...

Bug in Google Adwords Data

Here is some commentary about a bug in the dispplaying of data with Adwords on Google. Apparently Google is working on the issue...just an FYI.

Campaign Statistics Missing From Google AdWords?
Search Engine Roundtable - USA
Since Sunday, some are reporting at WebmasterWorld sporadic issues with Google AdWords. When you log in, some are noticing that the campaign summary data is ...

Google Cash

Here is an article about Google Cash...never heard of this one. I'll have to check it out!

Is ?Google Cash? Really Dead?
By help
The Google Cash concept was based on signing up for affiliate programs, bidding on relevant keywords and then sending the traffic directly to the vendor?s website. There was no intermediate website. These types of programs were also ...
Home Based Business Opportunities Blog - http://www.matthewbredel.com

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Google's Slap Three?

I found this post that has to do with creating landing pages in Google's Adwords that are tailored to your customers needs. Google will calculate the quality score of your ad by how relevant your page is to what your keywords are in your ad. The better the match the better your quality score and thus the lower your bid for the click.

Read about it at sys-con.com

How to Bounce Back From 'Google Slap Three'SYS-CON Media, NJ - 10 hours agoIRVINE, Calif., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Horror crossed your face this morning when you logged in to find your Google AdWords account "slapped" -- with your ...

Buying a premade online store?

Here is a post I found on webpronews.com that deals with the question of buying a website that is an online storefront. In this case the domain consists of someone else's content which you have no control over. how do you do SEO? Is this type of business even worth getting into...read on....

Do Pre-made Stores or Online Merchant Sites Have Any Value?WebProNews, KY - 11 hours agoAmazon, eBay, Google, Yahoo! and thousands of other sites all have affiliate programs. Some of the better opportunities with product catalogs also have ...

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Affiliate Marketing...don't believe the hype?

I know I was pretty fired up when I stumbled into a program recently, and had some decent success right away. I began doing some research, and found some info that really excited me about the prospect of working in my home office wearing flip flops and a baseball cap...as opposed to sitting in my corporate cubicle.

It's good to come across articles like this that will help balance out the frenzy of mental activity that can come with researching AM.

Don't let the title of the site fool you...this is good advice for anyone.

Things To Know About Affiliate Marketing
By admin
The key here is knowing your visitors and then being able to determine which affiliate programs you can offer to meet their needs. There is also the concept of pre sale, which is the ability to put your visitors in the required open and ...
Work At Home Ideas For Women - http://workathomeideasforwomen.com

Report on Declining Commissions

I guess the moral is get in , niche, and refine while you can?

Comments?

Retailers not paying smaller commissions
By Chris(Chris)
This simply means that the results have tilted from a bias towards large merchant data towards a more balanced spread of affiliate programs from all types and sizes of merchant. Commissions are not going down, there are just a lot more ...
Affiliate Marketing Blog by AMWSO - http://www.amwso.com/affiliate_blog/affiliate_marketing_blog.php

More Affiliate Marketing Mistakes to Avoid? Yikes!

Here is what looks to be another informative read...at least to my noobie eyes, but I am trying to read everything I can. This actually appears to be a product review, but like I said in a previous post...always keep your eyes and your mind open.

Product Review: Affiliate Mistakes Special Report
By Paul Barrs on paulbarrs.blogspot.com
In his ebook "Affiliate Mistakes Special Report," Chuck McCullough teaches you how to spot and avoid or correct ten simple, yet costly errors that can seriously damage your efforts to promote affiliate programs successfully. ...

10 Things to Avoid When Doing Affiliate Marketing

I found this link to tiggrsuccess.com interesting....I'll be giving it a more thorough read in the morning. Comment, and let me know what you think.

10 Biggest Mistakes in Affiliate Marketing and How to Avoid Them
Though anyone can achieve success with affiliate programs, not everyone manages to do the same. The reason? Well, there are 10 of them, actually. These are the biggest mistakes that make success in affiliate marketing very elusive. ...

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Interesting Blog on Making Money!

I stumbled on this blog tonight called Mike's Money Making Mission. This looks like an informative blog that will be appearing on my radar for sure. This particular post discusses some of his most useful blog posts he has read....check it out

Interesting And Useful Blog Posts - 2
By Mike Perry(Mike Perry)
Affiliate Programs? Links to other sites and
blogs? In return they have written a nice post recommending this blog. You
can read it here. Blogs such as Blog About Your Blog, The Million Dollar
Experiment Down Under, Kumiko's Cash Quest ...
Mike's Money Making Mission - http://mikesmoneymakingmission.blogspot.com/index.html

CrazyforBargains recently voted Best Affiliate Program of 2006 by members of the ABestWeb

Here is a press release about CrazyforBargains beiang voted best affiliate program of 2006.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb510117.htm

An Inspiring Story...Read It and Get Moving

Here is a link from Eric's Tips....a motivational piece that really gets you thinking. As a beginner I read stories about people who are making thousands of dollars a month working from home promoting affiliate programs. At this stage I don't know if it is too good to be true. One thing is for sure...there is nothing to be lost by checking it out and trying a few things. The way I look at it is that ANY additional money you can bring in is gravy beyond what your regular job take home pay amounts to.

I am sure there are some 'too good be true' stories out there, but the whole point about this stuff is that it gets your juices flowing and opens you up to ideas that you may not have considered previously. As always...use due diligence when investigating a business opportunity, keep your eyes open...but also keep your mind open too.

This article is interesting as it profiles a girl from the middle east that earns income from affiliate marketing....interesting read with some good points.

If this girl can succeed - so can you!
By Eric
This cripples her ability to receive payments from affiliate programs to her bank account, or from merchant services for her own products. So even if she can find a way to sell a product online, getting that money into her own hands is ...
Eric's Tips - http://www.ericstips.com

Beginning Affiliate Marketing

Welcome to Aff-Central.

I am just a beginner with affiliate marketing, and decided that this would be a good idea to help get some ideas together, and possibly some conversations on the topic. I plan to post here about things I come across that are related to blogging, affiliate marketing, advertising...anything that is related. Hopefully you will find it useful. If you like it or get some use from it please comment as I would like to hear from you.