I do have a pinterest account going for the site. Can you link me to the article? I'm not sure where to find it.
I'm trying, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong
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I do have a pinterest account going for the site. Can you link me to the article? I'm not sure where to find it.
I think if you just made a tumblr blog reblogging "neat/cool" shit and making your images link to you site that you could actually get it to go viral in some way.
Although the script is really nice, you can always sell that if you need cash on the side.
Although the script is really nice, you can always sell that if you need cash on the side.
OK I'm new to this but I do have marketing experience. Very cool site, I'm impressed! My sites look like 4th graders built them at the moment. :-0
If you are paying for advertising, to get a decent ROI your ad has to be very targeted so that people who want to buy what you are offering will click on it and then put their credit card in. Your ad is very generic (so won't necessarily appeal to the people who will buy) and takes them to a site with a lot of unrelated stuff (albeit cool). If anyone actually buys something it would be very random.
If I was going to do an ad, I'd make it for a specific product, put it in a place where people hang out who would buy it, and send them right to the landing page for the product where you give them another hard sell on why they have to have it. So for the chef ipad case you'd put that where people who cook would be, or the foosball coffee table would be somewhere that foosball-playing guys hang out. Still with Amazon affiliate rates I bet it will be hard to get a good ROI on advertising unless you just do it with the big ticket items.
To promote the overall site with lots of cool stuff, I think the blogging method would work best, put a blog post for each cool product with a link "to see more cool stuff like this click HERE". Do lots of social stuff to promote the blog, etc. And that's free if you do it yourself, so you'll get a much better ROI.
If you are paying for advertising, to get a decent ROI your ad has to be very targeted so that people who want to buy what you are offering will click on it and then put their credit card in. Your ad is very generic (so won't necessarily appeal to the people who will buy) and takes them to a site with a lot of unrelated stuff (albeit cool). If anyone actually buys something it would be very random.
If I was going to do an ad, I'd make it for a specific product, put it in a place where people hang out who would buy it, and send them right to the landing page for the product where you give them another hard sell on why they have to have it. So for the chef ipad case you'd put that where people who cook would be, or the foosball coffee table would be somewhere that foosball-playing guys hang out. Still with Amazon affiliate rates I bet it will be hard to get a good ROI on advertising unless you just do it with the big ticket items.
To promote the overall site with lots of cool stuff, I think the blogging method would work best, put a blog post for each cool product with a link "to see more cool stuff like this click HERE". Do lots of social stuff to promote the blog, etc. And that's free if you do it yourself, so you'll get a much better ROI.
Wanted to add that for ads to work you need to put them in places that people will buy, and from what I'm seeing here, people on Reddit don't usually buy.
You're spot on with this one. I will be adding "buy" buttons on each item. I think people are confused about going to the comment page for the individual item and how to actually go to the amazon site itself to buy it. Thanks!
I'm not sure what you mean by "reblogging?" Are you just saying start a blog and list each item as an entry on it? I think that might be a good idea. How do I go about promoting a blog?
Awesome! I will be reading through this thoroughly.
That's where I'm lost. I really don't know. I see suggestions up above about starting a blog, but I don't know how to go about promoting a blog. :sadcrying4:
Just finding questions from people with slight regards to products I sell and linking them to it? Does Yahoo Answers have restrictions on the number of questions you can answer a day? I imagine you could make a number of faux accounts. But then I imagine they have a velocity check based on your IP too, which could easily be solved with a proxy service?
I'm going to try something more targeted next. I figure Apple accessories might be the way to go. Sell accessories for each popular Apple product under each section, and then advertise to Apple fanboi sites/forums/etc.
Also, I'm going to be fixing up the script/site/app I developed here from scratch to make it into a product you guys can buy shortly. It will be built for the layman, more or less (most IM'ers). I've been talking with a couple people on here, and I hope in the next couple weeks here to have something to sell. :banana_sml:
p.s. Sorry for not checking back to this thread and responding for a while
you've chosen a tough start my friend, and that is to tackle the "everything" niche.
your brand "how to go broke" also kind of insults the user and does the opposite of what you are trying to accomplish with selling something to a consumer: make them feel good and FORGET about what they are doing!
as stated above, pick something specific.
what I did in the beginning, was pick something that I liked - or rather in my case somethign I was familiar with: which was a beauty product that my wife used and I knew all about. I knew that I could hit her up for content ideas all day long and even get her to give me a quick run-through my landing pages "would you buy this, honey" type of deal.
scratch that, before anything else - read cashvertising (you can probably buy it on your site).
the traffic question will answer itself through a process of elimination. sure, you can make any traffic work out through pre-selling, great creatives and sheer luck, but there are much easier ways.
Somewhere, someone out there sold you the idea that Reddit.com was a great traffic source.
What most people struggle with is to put together a site that looks good, you've certainty accomplished that. It is normally the missing piece in most individual affiliate marketers plans.
There are also things you are going to have to figure out on your own, we are all being very helpful, but you can bet your ass no one here is going to give you the keys to a winning campaign.
you seem like a guy that I wouldn't mind having on my side, if you have any questions PM me.
your brand "how to go broke" also kind of insults the user and does the opposite of what you are trying to accomplish with selling something to a consumer: make them feel good and FORGET about what they are doing!
as stated above, pick something specific.
what I did in the beginning, was pick something that I liked - or rather in my case somethign I was familiar with: which was a beauty product that my wife used and I knew all about. I knew that I could hit her up for content ideas all day long and even get her to give me a quick run-through my landing pages "would you buy this, honey" type of deal.
scratch that, before anything else - read cashvertising (you can probably buy it on your site).
the traffic question will answer itself through a process of elimination. sure, you can make any traffic work out through pre-selling, great creatives and sheer luck, but there are much easier ways.
Somewhere, someone out there sold you the idea that Reddit.com was a great traffic source.
What most people struggle with is to put together a site that looks good, you've certainty accomplished that. It is normally the missing piece in most individual affiliate marketers plans.
There are also things you are going to have to figure out on your own, we are all being very helpful, but you can bet your ass no one here is going to give you the keys to a winning campaign.
you seem like a guy that I wouldn't mind having on my side, if you have any questions PM me.
ah I see you have found the coveted "how to shit in a sock" ebook affiliate program for redditors
Love the site. Very simple and easy to navigate, but I think your main problem is your targeting is too general. Your taking the shotgun approach and hoping people are interested enough in buying something. If you're going to advertise on reddit you should pick out single items like that portal keychain and advertise in the gaming/portal subreddit. Narrow your targeting as much as possible.
You have a decent site there. Holidays aren't too far off. Shopping starts in late October anymore.
I'd considers applying the idea to a specific niche, and then building it out there.
ie: Cameras
cameras $2000 and up
cameras $1500 to 2000
cameras $1000 to 1500
lenses
camera bags
etc
apps could work
kids stuff, obviously
home goods
gaming stuff
etc.
I'd considers applying the idea to a specific niche, and then building it out there.
ie: Cameras
cameras $2000 and up
cameras $1500 to 2000
cameras $1000 to 1500
lenses
camera bags
etc
apps could work
kids stuff, obviously
home goods
gaming stuff
etc.
Promoting your e commerce site is what will determine whether or not you make a profit.Search engines, however, can't see pictures. The only way that search engine spiders will pick up your site when a customer searches a key phrase that relates to your product is if you have text that relates to that product on the page. You HAVE to buy traffic!
1. Buy a mailing list and mail out coupons and/or fliers to get new clients to visit and buy products from you.(
2.Submit a news release about your online store to a local paper or a Chamber of Commerce newsletter (nationwideadvertising(dot)com)
Well, I finally came out with the site as a product for you guys to be able to buy. Check it out:
http://www.wickedfire.com/sell-buy-...ofessional-affiliate-item-sales-platform.html
Any feedback is appreciated.
http://www.wickedfire.com/sell-buy-...ofessional-affiliate-item-sales-platform.html
Any feedback is appreciated.