Introduction:
I first came to know about affiliate marketing about 2 months ago when I found an affiliate page on an eBook I was checking out. Since then I made attempts in SEO and article marketing with little success (generated about 200 dollars). Over the past few weeks I have been lurking WF trying to absorb all the knowledge I can while dodging dickrolls. I was inspired to start marketing on Facebook.
I have since applied to, and been accepted into a few affiliate networks. Found an offer on an affiliate network that was recommended by my affiliate manager, and underwent the daunting task of getting ads approved by FB. Today I had everything set and ready to go, and launched my first campaign a few hours ago.
Throughout this thread I will document my day-by-day success, failure, and overall stats in hopes of learning how to refine my campaigns to have them preforming at their best and increasing revenue as well as hopefully helping other newbs along the way.
What I have done:
-Created several subdomains on a website that PHP redirect tracking202 links directly to a submit site. I have a specific one for each individual ad to properly track preformance.
-Have two ads running, split testing a slight variation (one word) in the ad copy on Facebook. It is narrowed down to a specific country, age group, and gender based on research.
-Have some ads pending approval with different images for further testing.
What I will be doing:
-Running a submit offer with a payout of ~4.00 with max daily budget of $8.00 a day for testing purposes.
-Split testing 2 ads at a time, finding the weakest and pausing it to fine tune daily.
-Dropping bids based on CTR throughout the campaign.
Questions I have thusfar:
-When should I start lowering my CTR? So far on one I have a .09 CTR with 3000 impressions. Bidding $0.37 currently (right in the middle of the suggested range).
-The other ad I have running has a CTR of .02 with 11,000 impressions. Why are they sending so many more impressions to that one? CTR started off bad on that one as well.
Until next time:
I'll be dropping by daily and posting stats and updates as to my progress. Thanks for taking the time to read and wish me luck.
I first came to know about affiliate marketing about 2 months ago when I found an affiliate page on an eBook I was checking out. Since then I made attempts in SEO and article marketing with little success (generated about 200 dollars). Over the past few weeks I have been lurking WF trying to absorb all the knowledge I can while dodging dickrolls. I was inspired to start marketing on Facebook.
I have since applied to, and been accepted into a few affiliate networks. Found an offer on an affiliate network that was recommended by my affiliate manager, and underwent the daunting task of getting ads approved by FB. Today I had everything set and ready to go, and launched my first campaign a few hours ago.
Throughout this thread I will document my day-by-day success, failure, and overall stats in hopes of learning how to refine my campaigns to have them preforming at their best and increasing revenue as well as hopefully helping other newbs along the way.
What I have done:
-Created several subdomains on a website that PHP redirect tracking202 links directly to a submit site. I have a specific one for each individual ad to properly track preformance.
-Have two ads running, split testing a slight variation (one word) in the ad copy on Facebook. It is narrowed down to a specific country, age group, and gender based on research.
-Have some ads pending approval with different images for further testing.
What I will be doing:
-Running a submit offer with a payout of ~4.00 with max daily budget of $8.00 a day for testing purposes.
-Split testing 2 ads at a time, finding the weakest and pausing it to fine tune daily.
-Dropping bids based on CTR throughout the campaign.
Questions I have thusfar:
-When should I start lowering my CTR? So far on one I have a .09 CTR with 3000 impressions. Bidding $0.37 currently (right in the middle of the suggested range).
-The other ad I have running has a CTR of .02 with 11,000 impressions. Why are they sending so many more impressions to that one? CTR started off bad on that one as well.
Until next time:
I'll be dropping by daily and posting stats and updates as to my progress. Thanks for taking the time to read and wish me luck.
