Comments on: Suzy: Week 15 Goals–Affiliate Advertising

By: Trisha Miller

Trisha Miller — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:04:50 +0000

Yep, you hit the nail on the head – it’s all about the traffic. Also, when you have time Commission Junction does have their own tutorial called “CJU” to help bloggers get the most from their ads.

I’m glad you’re enjoying this series – we have another fun installment coming up this week!

By: Dave and Deb

Dave and Deb — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:59:30 +0000

We have had bad luck with commission junction. I think that we didn’t test enough. We put up the ads and never thought of them again. We thought, “hey, we believe in the Lonely Planet, we use Skype, I am sure that others are going to follow our advice.” But we didn’t place them in any particular order, move them around to see what worked or send people to the companies.
We are doing better now by using less ads and putting up larger ads too. But I think that you are absolutely right, volume is the key. As we have started to build followers, we are also getting more clicks on our ads.
It may have been as simple as we just didn’t have the readership yet when we first put up our CJ ads.
Thanks for the information, this is such a useful series.
.-= Dave and Deb´s last blog post: We Are Back in the Travel Saddle Baby =-.

By: Candice

Candice — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:45:17 +0000

Sweet info, Trisha! Bookmarking this post. .-= Candice´s last blog ..Mouth stitched shut, brain wide open =-.

By: Trisha Miller

Trisha Miller — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:58:16 +0000

Hi Rebecca! Remember, it’s all about the traffic (volume) – if you’re comfortable that your ads are really relevant to your target audience, then focus your efforts on increasing traffic to your site.

This is similar to the old snail-mail marketing – advertisers would send out many thousands of mailers, because the typical response rate was somewhere around 1% – 3%. It’s the same with online marketing – you have to have thousands of visitors to your site, because only a small percentage will actually respond to your ads. But with enough visitors, that small percentage can equal a decent income for you.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:40:30 +0000

I put ads on my blogs, but haven’t made any money from them. The ads are relevant to my blogs. Not sure what to do. Maybe my keywords need to be tweaked or my writing

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