The $3000 per month Google Adsense Project...

[SportsFan]

I just started doing some testing a couple days ago, as a matter of fact the site is not even finished yet and it is for a cheap item. I've already made $50.00 and like I said, I've not even started marketing the site yet.

If you want to try another sometime, please consider mine.

The product is unique and would need to be marketed to people who use Microsoft Outlook. (I believe that is about 300 million potential customers.) If you can reach these people, the product will probably sell quite well.

Microsoft has listed my website as a “Third Party Provider” for Outlook add-ons and my website is ranked very high in popularity. See http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ma...982801033.aspx - I have two products in the Top 25 this month, #13 and #22. That is pretty good considering there are thousands of other Third Party Providers.

On my website it shows that my affiliate program pays 20%. However, I have increased that to 50% for some of my best affiliates, and I would be willing to offer you 50% as well. As a matter of fact, I will probably change the 20% on my website to 50% pretty soon and just make that the new standard.

50% of two dollars is not very much, but the good news is that most customers buy more than one, and the sales do add up rather quickly.

If you are interested let me know, or you can use the link below to go to the website and join.

[jordanmcclements]

mmmm... this thread seems to have gone off course a bit!

Maybe a new thread is called for?

One affiliate expert was giving advice which really meant that your site would just be an extension of his site. It sort of reminded me of those Sheep Live Fluke insects that take over the body of an ant turn it into a kind of ant robot and make it walk to the tip of a blade of grass so a passing sheep will eat it and then get into the Sheep's liver.

I can imagine another ant saying: "Well, gosh! It looked like Phil, but he cut me dead!"

he he, that is so true. I still feel a bit uncomfortable about affiliate marketing compared to good old fashioned adverts where you are not trying to manipulate the visitor/reader...

But having said that - I would definitely be interested to know how Janeth gets on!

[Martinscholes]

mmmm... this thread seems to have gone off course a bit!

Maybe a new thread is called for?




he he, that is so true. I still feel a bit uncomfortable about affiliate marketing compared to good old fashioned adverts where you are not trying to manipulate the visitor/reader...

But having said that - I would definitely be interested to know how Janeth gets on!

Yes. Me, too!

[janeth]

where you are not trying to manipulate the visitor/reader...

There are a lot if ways to sell something. I am fixing to add some affiliate banners to one of my blogs. The blog post will be there and a banner beside them. There is no manipulating involved.

And there is no manipulating involved in the other site. It says if you want to buy a silicone wristband click here. You are then taken to a page were you can order and purchase a silicone wristband.

If anyone is manipulating anyone it's the sites running the Google adsense. The best way to use Google adsense is to build an ugly site and blend the ads into the site so they do not look like ads.

But having said that - I would definitely be interested to know how Janeth gets on!

I've not been able to work with the site anymore in the last couple weeks but hopefully will start using it again this week.

[cw1865]

It would seem to me that Jordan's next logical step would be to somehow incorporate affiliate advertising into his website.

Jordan - you can look at it this way. Right now you are being compensated for the click throughs which is good, but now imagine getting commisions on some of those click throughs as well!

I'm not quite sure what your website would be a good fit for in the affiliate arena.

Janeth - I need some good affiliates, if you're interested, PM me....

[Martinscholes]

I just run 20 news sites and have articles and news items on them.

Affiliate adverts might tend to get in the way. Actually, I recall that I DO have one affiliate ad on one site. Not done anything, so far.

[jordanmcclements]

There are a lot if ways to sell something. I am fixing to add some affiliate banners to one of my blogs. The blog post will be there and a banner beside them. There is no manipulating involved.

And there is no manipulating involved in the other site..

Janeth, sorry - I did not mean to imply that you were a sleazy affiliate who manipulates visitors to your own nefarious ends.. I meant that, in the majority of cases, it seems to me that to make decent money from affiliate sales - you do sometimes need to persuade visitors that "It really is in your own best interests to purchase this amazing info product (which contains nothing new or unique or anything that cant be found for free with a bit of searching) which can be yours for the fabulous price of 49.97!"

With regards to putting aff. advertising on my web site - I tried it and it didn't work (not the right niche I guess). Currently I am trying Chitika in any spare space I have, and have replaced the 3rd adsense box on my pages with chitika mini malls - so far this is going reasonably well (a LOT better than any affiliate stuff I have tried)..

[Chuckmiser]

How is the Amazon doing? oppps that's chinka on 2nd look ,wouldn't make more sense to run straight Amazon?

You did a great job of framing the adsense. Did you ever split test the ads to see if any were doing better than the others?

I was surprised to see the green urls.

Are you a little concerned on the placement of that top text ad I am always nervous to have them that tight and actually after testing I am thinking of removing them all together on my site.

Keep up the good work I hope you meet your goal.

[jordanmcclements]

Chitika is my second highest earner (good bit behind adsense - but better than anything else I have tried so far).

[Martinscholes]

So, I suppose it is OK to use Chitika AND Google adwords at the same time?

I am thinking of using Chitika on some of my sites