Yeah I saw that. I just deleted the campaign and asked adwords. Luckily I didn't get my account banned. I have some adword friendly offers I would like to advertise in the future so I think ill go to another traffic source or different offer on A4D.
2 month challenge before "Real" Job.
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Yeah I saw that. I just deleted the campaign and asked adwords. Luckily I didn't get my account banned. I have some adword friendly offers I would like to advertise in the future so I think ill go to another traffic source or different offer on A4D.
Day 5
Not too much progress. Was out friday and today because of holidays. I hear traffic is usually down on holidays. Doesn't look like i'll be using google because of the banning and my ads getting suspended, so I will try YSM and MSN.
Also added a few facebook campaigns.
Not too much progress. Was out friday and today because of holidays. I hear traffic is usually down on holidays. Doesn't look like i'll be using google because of the banning and my ads getting suspended, so I will try YSM and MSN.
Also added a few facebook campaigns.
Day 6
Well, I think I am going to write all my stats down for the week on Sundays. I will go from Monday to Sunday and write down all stats for that week in excel. Does anyone have any suggestions on doing this? Is this not even necessary and its a waste? I figure it might be good for taxes. Here is the link to download my excel spreadsheet if you want to take a look:
zSHARE - June 30- July 05.csv
*you might need to move the tabs to see the info*
Also, I figured I made $38.82 profit this week, but I included facebook. Facebook had 0 conversions and I spent $70.00. But that $70 was from the click fraud credits so I wasn't really expecting to get that money anyway so I kind of made $108.82 depending how you see it.
Waiting for the weekend to pass so I can ask my AM what he suggests to run other then google bizopps. Also throwing up some dating offers on facebook for the time being.
Well, I think I am going to write all my stats down for the week on Sundays. I will go from Monday to Sunday and write down all stats for that week in excel. Does anyone have any suggestions on doing this? Is this not even necessary and its a waste? I figure it might be good for taxes. Here is the link to download my excel spreadsheet if you want to take a look:
zSHARE - June 30- July 05.csv
*you might need to move the tabs to see the info*
Also, I figured I made $38.82 profit this week, but I included facebook. Facebook had 0 conversions and I spent $70.00. But that $70 was from the click fraud credits so I wasn't really expecting to get that money anyway so I kind of made $108.82 depending how you see it.
Waiting for the weekend to pass so I can ask my AM what he suggests to run other then google bizopps. Also throwing up some dating offers on facebook for the time being.
Day 7
Google didn't really suspend/ban me or what not. I didn't think when your balance gets low your ads would say "Suspended". Talked to adwords and they said everything is fine and I just need to fill my account with money. Thinking about making another adwords account from a different computer and credit card to do rebill offers. Not going to do google bizopp but maybe something similar.
Until then, I am doing dating ads on FB. 100%-150% ROI but not getting much traffic. FB also likes to approve half my ads and disapprove the other half. All submitted at same time and all look the same.
Need to really start working hard now. Just found out the school im going to requires me to work full time as an electrician while going to school. Work from M-F, 9-4ish then going to school T-Th from 6PM - 10 PM. That would be no time for affiliate marketing. If I meet the goal of $200-$500 a day I will say no to school for now.
Google didn't really suspend/ban me or what not. I didn't think when your balance gets low your ads would say "Suspended". Talked to adwords and they said everything is fine and I just need to fill my account with money. Thinking about making another adwords account from a different computer and credit card to do rebill offers. Not going to do google bizopp but maybe something similar.
Until then, I am doing dating ads on FB. 100%-150% ROI but not getting much traffic. FB also likes to approve half my ads and disapprove the other half. All submitted at same time and all look the same.
Need to really start working hard now. Just found out the school im going to requires me to work full time as an electrician while going to school. Work from M-F, 9-4ish then going to school T-Th from 6PM - 10 PM. That would be no time for affiliate marketing. If I meet the goal of $200-$500 a day I will say no to school for now.
Hey man, I like what you're doing in this thread. My advice is to go to school, get your electrician license, but not give up on this stuff. You seem to have your head on straight... just diversify your opportunities.
Wow, you're really doing great! As long as you're making profit over your CPC budget you are doing excellent!!
Keep it up!
Keep it up!
Thanks for all the replies guys, I really do appreciate all the support and all.
Thanks man. If I do pretty well these next 2 months, I will probably end up not going. Electrician was like a back up plan because my step dad owns the business. I would really like to become an music engineer/music producer. But its easier and more jobs in electrical work compared to music. But affiliate marketing has opened up my eyes, and doing this is fun.
Day 8
Been working a lot. Put up a review site for zips, been doing a lot of traffic. I know I am going to lose money on this one before even profiting. I am putting money into it and looking it over after a few days to a week and see what is working.
Stopped doing google bizopps and trying twitter offers instead. On adwords it says the ads are approved but I am receiving no impressions. Maybe this one campaign is slapped? The review site for zips is also on this adwords account and its running fine.
Looking to get a review site done for resV and looking to expand into that niche. I don't really want to but I am top 5 in the A4D competition and I have to run SOMETHING with A4D to try and win.
Had dating ads on FB but impressions keep going down after they are up for an hour.
Not trying to look on WF more then once a day. I appreciate the feedback and looking for more. Also, I may post my review site up here and ask for it to be reviewed to get the best out of it. That's it for now, back to work.
Thanks man. If I do pretty well these next 2 months, I will probably end up not going. Electrician was like a back up plan because my step dad owns the business. I would really like to become an music engineer/music producer. But its easier and more jobs in electrical work compared to music. But affiliate marketing has opened up my eyes, and doing this is fun.
Day 8
Been working a lot. Put up a review site for zips, been doing a lot of traffic. I know I am going to lose money on this one before even profiting. I am putting money into it and looking it over after a few days to a week and see what is working.
Stopped doing google bizopps and trying twitter offers instead. On adwords it says the ads are approved but I am receiving no impressions. Maybe this one campaign is slapped? The review site for zips is also on this adwords account and its running fine.
Looking to get a review site done for resV and looking to expand into that niche. I don't really want to but I am top 5 in the A4D competition and I have to run SOMETHING with A4D to try and win.
Had dating ads on FB but impressions keep going down after they are up for an hour.
Not trying to look on WF more then once a day. I appreciate the feedback and looking for more. Also, I may post my review site up here and ask for it to be reviewed to get the best out of it. That's it for now, back to work.
Day 8 Update
As I expected, lost money with the zips. But hopefully after losing a few hundred the quality will back out for them so I will get raised more for the payout. I want to get at least 50-100 leads and ask them the quality.
I have $106 in FB click credit I still want to use. Maybe Ill use it for testing things new things.
Some people suggested using keywords for content network instead of using urls. Well, tried using that and spent a lot more then before. 0 conversions when typing words like news, newspaper, daily news, world news. I am using a fnews lp so I thought that would work a little. Hmm, maybe I am doing something wrong? Ill see how it turns out tomorrow. Open to suggestions of course.
As I expected, lost money with the zips. But hopefully after losing a few hundred the quality will back out for them so I will get raised more for the payout. I want to get at least 50-100 leads and ask them the quality.
I have $106 in FB click credit I still want to use. Maybe Ill use it for testing things new things.
Some people suggested using keywords for content network instead of using urls. Well, tried using that and spent a lot more then before. 0 conversions when typing words like news, newspaper, daily news, world news. I am using a fnews lp so I thought that would work a little. Hmm, maybe I am doing something wrong? Ill see how it turns out tomorrow. Open to suggestions of course.
Day 9
Well this absolutely sucks. Didn't get to do any work today other then trying to get some facebook ads approved. Went to play basketball today and broke my ankle, wtf. Extremely pissed off. More time to do AM yeah, but everything else just sucks. I can't go out, play sports, go to the beach or nothing. I almost got a shore house for a week this summer, good thing I didn't. I will be stuck in my house, can't even drive.
Now I have to quit my job and I actually like working there, been working there for 5-6 years. I was working at a pretty good job for a source of income for AM and paying bills until September. Now I don't have any income coming in even if I lose a bunch of money in AM.
Oh well, we shall see how it goes. Just pissed off atm.
Well this absolutely sucks. Didn't get to do any work today other then trying to get some facebook ads approved. Went to play basketball today and broke my ankle, wtf. Extremely pissed off. More time to do AM yeah, but everything else just sucks. I can't go out, play sports, go to the beach or nothing. I almost got a shore house for a week this summer, good thing I didn't. I will be stuck in my house, can't even drive.
Now I have to quit my job and I actually like working there, been working there for 5-6 years. I was working at a pretty good job for a source of income for AM and paying bills until September. Now I don't have any income coming in even if I lose a bunch of money in AM.
Oh well, we shall see how it goes. Just pissed off atm.
Thanks man, I appreciate it.
Day 10
Had to get a boot on my leg so now I can work and be a little more comfortable compared to a cast.
Got a few FB ads on. At first I was getting a bunch of impressions for .40 cents and spent $28.00 and got 2 conversions for a total of $74.00. Wasn't getting impressions 4 hours later so I raised the bids up to .75 and clicks starting coming through. I know some networks are delayed in stats but I don't think I got any leads. Almost done with my $100 of the click credit from FB. Thinking about sending another $100 and see what happens.
Day 11
Sorry I didn't post, not like people are reading anyway. I had to get things sorted out with my ankle and stuff.
-I am all over the place with traffic sources and offers. I am sticking to one thing and one source and getting it profitable. Going with Resveratrol. Then hopefully after that is successful Ill go do white teeth or something.
-Waiting for my LP to be finished, doing a review style. Ill also do one source of traffic at a time... maybe ill stick with yahoo or maybe do content with google... not sure yet.
-Until then, putting up dating ads on facebook.
Sorry I didn't post, not like people are reading anyway. I had to get things sorted out with my ankle and stuff.
-I am all over the place with traffic sources and offers. I am sticking to one thing and one source and getting it profitable. Going with Resveratrol. Then hopefully after that is successful Ill go do white teeth or something.
-Waiting for my LP to be finished, doing a review style. Ill also do one source of traffic at a time... maybe ill stick with yahoo or maybe do content with google... not sure yet.
-Until then, putting up dating ads on facebook.
Day 12
Not much to update. Still adding facebook campaigns, deleting and resubmitting. It seems like you get more impressions when they are first approved then it dies. So I just delete those and resubmit some more to get impressions.
Still waiting on my Lp for my Resv. I'm really looking forward to just focusing on one traffic source and one niche.
Not much to update. Still adding facebook campaigns, deleting and resubmitting. It seems like you get more impressions when they are first approved then it dies. So I just delete those and resubmit some more to get impressions.
Still waiting on my Lp for my Resv. I'm really looking forward to just focusing on one traffic source and one niche.
Day 17
Yeah, not an exciting thread. Was just waiting on my LP, but I also got some ideas while I was waiting. Going to get some "real" sites made and pretty excited about them. Got my LP and doing adjustments now. Up all night to get this campaign on google content. Now its all testing from here on out. No excuses anymore, got all the time in the world now with my ankle situation.
Questions
- How much do you usually test to start tweaking things? $100? 100 clicks? (Review style btw)
- What do you use to split test landing pages? Just a script I need to search for?
Yeah, not an exciting thread. Was just waiting on my LP, but I also got some ideas while I was waiting. Going to get some "real" sites made and pretty excited about them. Got my LP and doing adjustments now. Up all night to get this campaign on google content. Now its all testing from here on out. No excuses anymore, got all the time in the world now with my ankle situation.
Questions
- How much do you usually test to start tweaking things? $100? 100 clicks? (Review style btw)
- What do you use to split test landing pages? Just a script I need to search for?
Day 18
I keep forgetting to update this but I try not to go to WF too much. My Resv review LP is up and running. Have it on Yahoo and google content. But google content isnt giving me any impressions. I get like 280 a day. I am bidding $1.75 right now with a bunch of placements and also added keywords like resveratrol and antiaging. Getting no impressions. Anyone have any idea? I do have money in my account so that isn't the problem.
I keep forgetting to update this but I try not to go to WF too much. My Resv review LP is up and running. Have it on Yahoo and google content. But google content isnt giving me any impressions. I get like 280 a day. I am bidding $1.75 right now with a bunch of placements and also added keywords like resveratrol and antiaging. Getting no impressions. Anyone have any idea? I do have money in my account so that isn't the problem.
(FOR SEARCH NETWORK) do not bid on very generic terms like "antiaging" or "anti aging". See if "resveratrol" is converting, if you feel the cpc is very high and not profitable go for long tail keywords like "resveratrol free trial", "buy resveratrol", "resveratrol trial" etc. Search for "long tail keywords" and "keyword research" on this forum and read the information before you continue.
2 Month Challenge before Real Job
I think what you're doing is awesome, and it's your
choice how you want to do it.
I'll let you know how I keep track of my progress and
the rest of the world can hold me accountable.
I use friendfeed, and twitter, and also do status updates
on a few different social websites.
Then after a couple of weeks I can look at what I was
doing all that time.
Some of it will be screwing around, especially when you're
self employed, you gotta take time out to smell the coffee,
that's why I own my businesses right.
Just thought you would like to know how I track my progress.
I think what you're doing is awesome, and it's your
choice how you want to do it.
I'll let you know how I keep track of my progress and
the rest of the world can hold me accountable.
I use friendfeed, and twitter, and also do status updates
on a few different social websites.
Then after a couple of weeks I can look at what I was
doing all that time.
Some of it will be screwing around, especially when you're
self employed, you gotta take time out to smell the coffee,
that's why I own my businesses right.
Just thought you would like to know how I track my progress.
