Made my first Clickbank $50

pledgerar

pledgerar

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I launched a bullshit diet campaign to my email list of 1000 and made my first $50. I know that's a fluke, but I wanted to chuck some shit against the wall to see if it would stick. Now that I know theres coin to be made, how do I go from being a flukie to earning consistently and scaling my efforts? Is there a formula you all use to keep the monies rolling in?
 


Split test your email campaigns, try one that isn't bullshit, keep growing your list, masturbate for at least 3 hours a day.
 
pledgerar said:
Now that I know theres coin to be made, how do I go from being a flukie to earning consistently and scaling my efforts? Is there a formula you all use to keep the monies rolling in?
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Congrats man, I still remember how tough it was for me to get the first sale. It's the greatest feeling though.

To answer your question, what you do is just keep working at it consistently. I've noticed the main thing that can predict if someone will get to x/day or not is their belief they can make it. For me, the belief I can do it was always predisposed by my daily best. So, when I hit my first sale like you it took me a couple months after that to start making that consistently.

First sale on Jan 2008... with clickbank like you:

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To start getting 1 sale/day consistently was a lot of work because I didn't know what the hell I was doing but eventually I made it. Then I hit my first $100 day in Dec 2008:

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And again it took me quite a while to start hitting that consistently. About a year and a half after that I hit my first $1k day.

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Then like clockwork I started hitting $1k/day consistently by just continuing working on it. Now I'm working on bigger goals and I don't think the chase ever stops. Especially when you meet guys that are doing magnitudes more than you it ignites something inside you that can't be easily turned off.

I'm kind of a lazy/unfocused person and not really that good at marketing, so it took me a while to reach and breach those milestones. But I am persistent. So what I'm trying to say is if you just keep at it you'll get there.

I suggest you do the same as me but work harder - so that it won't take you years like me lol. Whenever you hit your new daily best you make it a goal to start hitting that consistently. Do that, don't quit and you're set.
 
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JoseArmando said:
To start getting 1 sale/day consistently was a lot of work because I didn't know what the hell I was doing but eventually I made it.

I suggest you do the same as me but work harder - so that it won't take you years like me lol. Whenever you hit your new daily best you make it a goal to start hitting that consistently. Do that, don't quit and you're set.
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Thanks for the great words of encouragement. Being a member of this forum gave me the belief that its possible. My question is other than just the belief, what made the difference for you? Size of email list? Paid traffic? Niche?
 
Pheasant said:
Split test your email campaigns, try one that isn't bullshit, keep growing your list, masturbate for at least 3 hours a day.
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Not really sure how to split test. I know thats aff marketing 101, but could you give me a little advice on how to do so? For instance, how do I know better results from test 2 over test 1 are a direct result of my efforts and not some fluke?
 
JoseArmando said:
Congrats man, I still remember how tough it was for me to get the first sale. It's the greatest feeling though.

To answer your question, what you do is just keep working at it consistently. I've noticed the main thing that can predict if someone will get to x/day or not is their belief they can make it. For me, the belief I can do it was always predisposed by my daily best. So, when I hit my first sale like you it took me a couple months after that to start making that consistently.

First sale on Jan 2008... with clickbank like you:



To start getting 1 sale/day consistently was a lot of work because I didn't know what the hell I was doing but eventually I made it. Then I hit my first $100 day in Dec 2008:



And again it took me quite a while to start hitting that consistently. About a year and a half after that I hit my first $1k day.



Then like clockwork I started hitting $1k/day consistently by just continuing working on it. Now I'm working on bigger goals and I don't think the chase ever stops. Especially when you meet guys that are doing magnitudes more than you it ignites something inside you that can't be easily turned off.

I'm kind of a lazy/unfocused person and not really that good at marketing, so it took me a while to reach and breach those milestones. But I am persistent. So what I'm trying to say is if you just keep at it you'll get there.

I suggest you do the same as me but work harder - so that it won't take you years like me lol. Whenever you hit your new daily best you make it a goal to start hitting that consistently. Do that, don't quit and you're set.
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This is actually very inspirational, thank you for this post. I'm like you, lazy and unfocused, probably why we decided to get into internet marketing.

Also congratulations OP, continue to build your lists up and start networking with some copywriters and learn the art of persuasion. Listen to infomercials and study how they pitch their products and adapt that into your own marketing strategy.
 
Moe Bricks said:
This is actually very inspirational, thank you for this post.
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Thanks, Moe. I hope to be a wickedfire success story. All the progress I have made since last year I owe to members like you, all of you who have been on this thread, EMP (Blind Ape SEO), and CCarter (moneyoverethics.com). You all are beasts, and Im on my grind until I earn a place at the table with you all!
 
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A/B Testing - the knowledge bomb edition

pledgerar said:
Not really sure how to split test. I know thats aff marketing 101, but could you give me a little advice on how to do so? For instance, how do I know better results from test 2 over test 1 are a direct result of my efforts and not some fluke?
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Split testing, often called A/B testing.

Remember, kids
Always Be testing.
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This simply means you make two variations of your medium, then split your traffic into two groups and see which variance converts better.

Then you make variations on the better one of those, etc... always optimizing.

Who does this?
Oh, you know, just small outfits like amazon or netflix, or....

So.. what to do?

  • Decide WHICH variable to test.

This is important, because if you change more than one thing at once, you'll never know WHAT made you convert better.

  • make a variation
    Don't be too timid at the beginning, either.
  • Test
  • repeat
So in your case:

Decide if you want to test the email OR the landing page.

Say you DECIDE to test a new email copy.

Draft 2 emails

I dunno... say.. email A has an image, email B does not.

Send email A to 50% of your list, send email B to 50% of your list.

Do this at the same time. Don't send one email on Monday and one on Wednesday.

The emails are sent to the EXACT same landing page, but you track it somehow... referrer link
Code: 
mywebsite.com/landingpage&ref=a
vs.
Code: 
...&ref=b

Or you copy the page and include a different url in each email

Code: 
mywebsite.com/landingpage_a
mywebsite.com/landingpage_b

whatever you are comfortable with.

Then you wait a week after sending shit out.
Then you analyze.

Email B is better? Cool, no images it is, then.

Then
you either take email B (because enough % now click on your landing page) and try to improve it even more

OR

You leave the email alone and test landing page variations.

Tadaaaa!

Have some links:
wikipedia overview
A/B testing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Optimizely, well known tool in that space
https://www.optimizely.com/ab-testing

Another overview, by a tool maker
https://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/ab-testing/

Smashing magazine article
The Ultimate Guide To A/B Testing | Smashing Magazine

List of WP plugins
WordPress › a/b testing « Tags « WordPress Plugins

Doing it with G analytics in WP
How to Do A/B Split Testing in WordPress using Google Analytics

And CCarter's case study
Money Over Ethics / Mercenary Carter » Case Study – Getting Started With Conversion Optimization

Satisfied? Cause I can go deeper if you prefer :338:

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emp said:
Split testing, often called A/B testing.

Remember, kids


This simply means you make two variations of your medium, then split your traffic into two groups and see which variance converts better.

Then you make variations on the better one of those, etc... always optimizing.

Who does this?
Oh, you know, just small outfits like amazon or netflix, or....
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See people. This is why I fucks with emp!
 
Ok, my plan going forward is to split test email campaigns twice a week and run 2 social media campaigns twice a week for a total of 4 campaigns per month until I am confident enough to start blowing loads all over different channels. So that leads me to my next question: I have access to 10,000 well-cultivated and targeted twitter followers (no fiverr bought shit), and about 5K facebook followers. i havent posted on the accounts for about 4 months while i got some personal things in order. Do I just start dropping affiliate links into these channels and count on ppls short attention spans (believing they didnt miss me) or do I set sail for new channels (pinterest, tumblr, other forums)? Of course, I will put alot of effort into making sure my offers are tailored for my fans/followers/subscribers, so anyone have any pointers or advice?
 
pledgerar said:
Ok, my plan going forward is to split test email campaigns twice a week and run 2 social media campaigns twice a week for a total of 4 campaigns per month until I am confident enough to start blowing loads all over different channels. So that leads me to my next question: I have access to 10,000 well-cultivated and targeted twitter followers (no fiverr bought shit), and about 5K facebook followers. i havent posted on the accounts for about 4 months while i got some personal things in order. Do I just start dropping affiliate links into these channels and count on ppls short attention spans (believing they didnt miss me) or do I set sail for new channels (pinterest, tumblr, other forums)? Of course, I will put alot of effort into making sure my offers are tailored for my fans/followers/subscribers, so anyone have any pointers or advice?
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Never did email shit or anything like that or what youre thinking of doing. But I think the general consensus is to first provide some value, freebies etc. Then start slinging shit,
 
emp said:
Split testing, often called A/B testing
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Great explanation emp! You are dead on this one. I can honestly say first hand that BBY and TGT, along with the ones you pointed out, are doing this shit constantly.

Test early, test often.


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pledgerar said:
Ok, my plan going forward is to split test email campaigns twice a week and run 2 social media campaigns twice a week for a total of 4 campaigns per month until I am confident enough to start blowing loads all over different channels. So that leads me to my next question: I have access to 10,000 well-cultivated and targeted twitter followers (no fiverr bought shit), and about 5K facebook followers. i havent posted on the accounts for about 4 months while i got some personal things in order. Do I just start dropping affiliate links into these channels and count on ppls short attention spans (believing they didnt miss me) or do I set sail for new channels (pinterest, tumblr, other forums)? Of course, I will put alot of effort into making sure my offers are tailored for my fans/followers/subscribers, so anyone have any pointers or advice?
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The often bandied about ratio is 9:1 .. 9 unrelated, useful messages, then 1 marketing / self promoting message.

Especially with a break in your engagement, I would not go straight into slinging shit... gotta rebuild that trust for a while.

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