Improving Arbitrage Campaigns?

[michaeln]

So about three months ago, I started trying out arbi campaigns and I'm now at around $30/day profit, but I can't seem to break the $50/day mark consistently. Any tips for me?:bowdown:

Here's what I'm doing:
1. Buying traffic from adwords - content network only.
2. Using a layout similar to the adsblacklist sites. Basically really ugly. One ad box on top and some junk content after it. From what I understand, I'm doing arbi 1.0.
3. Dynamic site urls. This makes it easy for me to create new ads/urls. (www.mysite.com/search.php?q=<keyword>)
4. Added privacy policy/about page/link to wiki on the site hoping to improve any quality score issues.

I also tried writing a super generic keyword based ad to point to the keyword url, but that didn't work to well.

Example:
{Keyword Default Text}
Some text about {Keyword}
{Keyword} is great.
www.url.com/search.php?q={Keyword}

And for the adgroup I had every keyword I could think of. I thought I was on to something, but it ended up not working as well as doing things manually. I guess baby steps first.

(Not sure if this belongs in the newbie section. If it does, please move it there)

 

[beejeebers]

Apply whatever you're doing to make $30 per day to another merchant.

Big hitters usually run a lot of programs, constantly testing, always looking for new profitable areas.

 

[Apologetik]

On the numbers side, how much are you paying for your Adwords traffic? Could it be too much? Perhaps you need to derive traffic from other sources.

 

[illkity]

No idea if this will affect your first campaign or not but...

Why not buy a new domain and setup a campaign doing the exact same thing as the first? Maybe vary it slightly so it's not exact but you get the picture.

I should try this.

 

[dekalog6]

Test another layout. Perhaps put the ad block beside the body text. How are your dynamic pages created? Does the user have to search first before the page is created?

Try testing more relevant content in some pages and see if that improves CTR or payouts.

Keep adding campaigns. Look for niches with less searches yet could be profitable. Try niches that women will be interested in (most people in IM seem to be men, hence less competition).

An aged domain with content seems to affect quality score. If you have an older site with existing pages, toss in some arbi pages outside of the main site so regular users won't see them. Put the nofollow tag on those pages.

Arbi shouldn't be a be all and end all. Sometimes arbi can clue you into profitable niches. Once you've found a profitable niche you can buy a domain, add some real content and turn it into an affiliate site. So basically arbi allowed you to test market some niches while making you money.

Hope this helps.