Well, here's how fucking retarded I am, and maybe a good lesson on making sure you do all of your homework before diving into new project. I decided to do some research on driving some apartment hunting traffic.
I've come up with what I think is a pretty good way to drive some decent traffic extremely cheap. So, I get pretty excited about getting a campaign started with them.
I signed up through the apartments.com program through CJ, thinking that hey, I can make some serious cash if all they have to do is email through the site and inquire about an apartment.
The mistake I made was not checking out the site first. Every fuckin' listing on there has a phone # to call for info, with a tiny link that's almost impossible to see with a contact form for email inquiries.
How many people are going to click the email link, which is hard as hell to find, to contact the renter instead of just dialing the phone number? Not enough to make it worth it would be my guess.
So, here's my question. Anyone had success promoting apartments.com? Or better yet, is there a better converting pay per lead apartment hunting website?
The traffic I'd be driving is cheap and targeted, but it's going to take a pretty good amount of work to drive it, so if the offer isn't going convert I'd rather not mess with it.
I might experiment with it still, although I doubt it's worth my time. If I do manage to get some conversions I'll post back here.
I've come up with what I think is a pretty good way to drive some decent traffic extremely cheap. So, I get pretty excited about getting a campaign started with them.
I signed up through the apartments.com program through CJ, thinking that hey, I can make some serious cash if all they have to do is email through the site and inquire about an apartment.
The mistake I made was not checking out the site first. Every fuckin' listing on there has a phone # to call for info, with a tiny link that's almost impossible to see with a contact form for email inquiries.
How many people are going to click the email link, which is hard as hell to find, to contact the renter instead of just dialing the phone number? Not enough to make it worth it would be my guess.
So, here's my question. Anyone had success promoting apartments.com? Or better yet, is there a better converting pay per lead apartment hunting website?
The traffic I'd be driving is cheap and targeted, but it's going to take a pretty good amount of work to drive it, so if the offer isn't going convert I'd rather not mess with it.
I might experiment with it still, although I doubt it's worth my time. If I do manage to get some conversions I'll post back here.
