Ask An Uber Affiliate Round 4

Keeeeep on askin’.

 

Chris C. asks…

You mention that you create your own landing pages. I notice most networks that run search offers have their own LP that you need to hit (via jumplink) to get the cookie set.

Do you set your LP to go to the affiliate one (essentially 2 LPs before signup) or do you set the cookie yourself and figure out a way straight to the signup/action page? How do you bypass the affiliate page?

 
You can bypass an affiliate page by either having the affiliate network get a custom link to the signup page for you, or by going direct and asking for a link directly to the signup page. Just contact your affiliate manager and tell them you want a deep link to the signup page on Offer X, and see what they can do for you.

 

Wayne asks…

Also, what changes do you expect to see in the future as a result of the increasing popularity of mobile devices used to access the internet? How is that going to effect affiliate marketers in your opinion?

 
I think it’s just going to open up a totally new advertising market with new opportunities. There will still be billions of searches per month on computers, we’ll just be adding billions more as people browse not only at home, but when they’re out on the road. I think it’s setting up a great future for affiliate marketing.

 

al asks…

you mentioned the one of the best things that you’ve done growthwise is attend conferences. What’s the next conference you’re going to so I can book a tix ….

 
Probably Affiliate Summit East in Boston. I wanted to to go ad:tech San Fran, but I’ll be gone in Florida.

 

PPC Coach asks…

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

 
Umm…

 

Tim asks…

Describe a perfect mini-site landing page to get a good QS. Privacy policy, About us etc. is understandable, but what kind of content and how much content would you put on the site? I am not sure how you can incorporate a LP with a content site.

 
Create a blog or something attached to your site where you add articles. Have content on the site so it looks like a website, but still have the big-graphic-with-call-to-action landing page feel added.

 

Dumbnuts asks…

Ever ask yourself — why such a big suit?

 
lol say what?

 

Matt Bingel asks…

I also run a 7 figure affiliate business. I am a one man show. I think I had read that you have affiliate managers. How do you trust your campaigns/keywords/methods, etc to them without thinking they will just take them for themselves?

 
Currently I don’t have any personal affiliate managers who manage everything…although it’s something I’m looking into. As far as the trust issue, there obviously are many. Have them sign contracts and think about possibly just giving them a revshare so they feel more attached than just a salary.

 

tantowl asks…

We can make money from adsense with low budget ($10).
Do you have a case studies make money with $10 selling affiliate product using adwords?
I wonder you make an experiment in this blog and share with your readers.

 
I go into my campaigns expecting to spend a little more than $10, lol. That’s simply not enough to run any productive tests, unless you get extremely lucky.

 

Match asks…

How much do you bench press?

 
I haven’t maxed in a while, I rep around 205 for 5 reps. In November my max was like 170, so I’ve come quite a ways since then.

 

Kevin asks…

What do you consider the most important above the fold factor for a landing page?

 
Probably legitimacy. If people think it’s a legit website for a legit product that they’re interested in, you’re doing things right.


15 Comments

  1. March 26, 2008

    Hi Paul

    One quick question. How do you get a lot of traffic to a blog? I have a decent amount but I need more. Any advice?

    To Your Success

    Jameel Mukadam
    http://www.Jameelmukadam.com/blog

  2. March 26, 2008

    Jameel, here are some tips for you:

    – Comment on all the blogs you can find that are in your vertical (closely related, and loosely related)
    – Definitely be part of Technorati and other Blog Ranking/Review sites.
    – Write quality content, on a regular basis. (Apparently, 1 or more post a day is optimal, but if you go for less, post on a regular schedule)
    – Run contests/promotions
    – Comment on forums once in a while (but don’t take up all your time)
    – Guess post on other blogs
    – Write viral content (that may be popular with social media like Stumbleupon, digg, delicious…)

    I think this is a good start. Anyone wants to add something to the list?

  3. March 26, 2008

    Are you coming in Florida just for vacation or work? where exactly in Florida?

  4. tyler dewitt
    March 26, 2008

    Man I thought you had some pretty big arms on you I look smaller then you and bench more I guess I get that from my dad hes the same way guys that have twice more muscular looking arms then him he can out bench them, but at the same time doing them consistently.

  5. March 26, 2008

    Hey Paul, two questions:
    1. What are you future plans for your other not so famous blog FreePpcSecrets [dot] com?
    2. Did you read the interview with Rick Astley in La Times about Rickrolling?

  6. March 26, 2008

    nice tips for the beginners…a good go there!

  7. March 26, 2008

    what are u saying …lol

  8. tyler dewitt
    March 26, 2008

    LOL

    Well I thought he could lift more then that I mean you could tell he was working out because his arms LOL

    Anyways why would someone even ask him how much he can bench press in the first place LOL

  9. tyler dewitt
    March 26, 2008

    Sounds little gayish to ask someone that.

  10. March 26, 2008

    I’m tall and skinny, my max used to be like 135. In December I was doing 145 x 7, so I’ve been improving pretty rapidly.

  11. March 26, 2008

    yea it was very funny cos i didnt grab what u were talking about lol

  12. kjb1891
    March 26, 2008

    Screw bench presses. Go with weighted dips instead.

  13. March 26, 2008

    i need some good laugh lol

  14. March 26, 2008

    @tantowl you can look for adwords/msn/yahoo/etc vouchers/credits in google search to start new accounts. You can usually get anywhere from $50-100 credit with a new account.

  15. Match
    March 27, 2008

    I asked b/c his biceps had some decent size for a tall and skinny guy in the interview video. Although bicep size doesn’t always correlate with bench press max, so I guess he either focuses on arms in the gym or used some 10lb dumbells right before the interview.

    Either way, it was meant to mix things up a bit.

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