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So its been 16 Hours and I have Not made any money yet!

by syedasim786
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Hey, so I launched a new campaign, I started using adwords content instead of search to test an offer, I created an entire new wordpress website as my landing page with banners that would lead the visitors to the cpa offer. I launched this campaign late last night, and I have had decent impressions and a CTR of 5-8%, however I have not had any success with the CPA offer yet and it hasn't been 24 hours. Should I be worried?
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  • Profile picture of the author LP Copywriter
    It's really hard to say without more information. Particularly, how much traffic you have sent to it. Hopefully you're collecting data to use in your next test, because more often then not, raking in the cash takes more time, money, and effort then the guru's would have you believe.
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    • Profile picture of the author blue_Tiger
      Just do not only rely on ppc traffic .. try also other sources to boost traffic to your website..
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      • Profile picture of the author Ryan_H
        It really depends on how targeted your keywords are for your PPC campaign. If they're arn't buying keywords, it's going to be quite difficult to make any sales.

        Evalute your keywords and make sure that they are targeted to the specific CPA offer. Think about, are the people typing in these keywords into the search engines looking to buy?

        It's always best to use other methods of driving traffic to your website, especially free methods like writing articles.
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    • Profile picture of the author syedasim786
      K thanks guys, yea according to my adwords I have a total of 304 impressions and I have around a 2-4 percent CTR, but no sales yet and its been like 20 hours so far. I guess I will just wait for another couple of days and see what happens.
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  • Profile picture of the author MrCruzin
    Give it time, Things don't happen over night.
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    hahaha your right MrCruzin, I guess I am just being too anxious.
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  • Profile picture of the author syedasim786
    So here are my stats after 24 hours is this ok? or should I be worried?

    Clicks 15
    Impressions 3,669
    CTR 0.41%
    Avg. CPC $0.77
    Avg. CPM $3.15
    Total Cost $11.54
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    • Profile picture of the author syedasim786
      Originally Posted by syedasim786 View Post

      So here are my stats after 24 hours is this ok? or should I be worried?

      Clicks 15
      Impressions 3,669
      CTR 0.41%
      Avg. CPC $0.77
      Avg. CPM $3.15
      Total Cost $11.54
      And these stats are from google content, and I am just testing this campaign, and I am spending a daily budget of $10.
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  • Profile picture of the author EverNoticeThat
    syedasim786
    when i clicked on your sig site addy it opens to an index list, and not a site. and does anyone know why my quick reply "bold' button does not work? i tried to unbold all this text but nothing works. (i copied his name bold and now everything is bold) lol
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    • Profile picture of the author syedasim786
      its up now, thanks for the notice
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    • Profile picture of the author syedasim786
      Originally Posted by MrLink View Post

      My first campaign with a partner only cost around 10$ and was started on the 5th. Currently have made 510$+ since I did not mess with the method at all today. You just gotta put your thinking cap on, and believe in what you're doing. Try to be original but think big.

      Good luck
      MrLink, WOW! I am very impressed, what ad network did you use for PPC? Google? Yahoo? also did you just focus on search network or try out content?
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  • Profile picture of the author jdjenkins
    Your cost per click looks very expensive for Content - I wouldn't normally pay more than 10 cents. And you need to get a lot more clicks to be sure of your conversion rate.....once you get to 100 clicks with no sales you know your conversions are less than 1%, which is not great.

    Your blog looks good though!

    best wishes,

    Jon.
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    • Profile picture of the author syedasim786
      Originally Posted by jdjenkins View Post

      Your cost per click looks very expensive for Content - I wouldn't normally pay more than 10 cents. And you need to get a lot more clicks to be sure of your conversion rate.....once you get to 100 clicks with no sales you know your conversions are less than 1%, which is not great.

      Your blog looks good though!

      best wishes,

      Jon.
      Yea I made my content bids at .80 cents to start, just so i get some clicks and traffic, but I am going to reduce the costs slowly in the following days. I have heard this strategy works well, if you want google to give you a good quality score, and better ad ranking.
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  • Profile picture of the author hhguy10
    wait until u have gotten 100 clicks
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  • Profile picture of the author affiliatelabs
    Hi,

    Few Pointers:

    1. Do you believe you have the right offer? I mean have you talked to AMs, or know for sure that the offer converts?
    2. Look at your site from a customer/visitor's perspective - Would you buy if it was you? You're targeting the offer for humans after all.
    3. Are you using the right keywords?
    4. Content network can be hard to crack sometimes - so here are the things that can be wrong overall:

    - Poor Landing Page (From a customer's point of view)
    - Non-targeted Traffic (There is a higher chances of making a sale when people are actually looking for the product or to solve a problem - casual browsers almost never turn to customers)
    - Non Converting Offer

    And last of all. Patience. Don't be dejected if this offer doesn't work out. Keep trying. Good luck.
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    • Profile picture of the author syedasim786
      Originally Posted by affiliatelabs View Post

      Hi,

      Few Pointers:

      1. Do you believe you have the right offer? I mean have you talked to AMs, or know for sure that the offer converts?
      2. Look at your site from a customer/visitor's perspective - Would you buy if it was you? You're targeting the offer for humans after all.
      3. Are you using the right keywords?
      4. Content network can be hard to crack sometimes - so here are the things that can be wrong overall:

      - Poor Landing Page (From a customer's point of view)
      - Non-targeted Traffic (There is a higher chances of making a sale when people are actually looking for the product or to solve a problem - casual browsers almost never turn to customers)
      - Non Converting Offer

      And last of all. Patience. Don't be dejected if this offer doesn't work out. Keep trying. Good luck.

      Yea my AM said this offer is doing real well with PPC, also its just a name, email, phone number, and address submit and in return the visitors would get a Free Special Guide, my current landing page is a blog site, I use wordpress direct and I stuck one of the offer creative banners at the top of the screen and on the sidebar, i have just recently added a email opt-in for the visitors to get the free report so I hope this will increase conversions from zero to something.
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by syedasim786 View Post

    Hey, so I launched a new campaign, I started using adwords content instead of search to test an offer, I created an entire new wordpress website as my landing page with banners that would lead the visitors to the cpa offer. I launched this campaign late last night, and I have had decent impressions and a CTR of 5-8%, however I have not had any success with the CPA offer yet and it hasn't been 24 hours. Should I be worried?
    Sounds fairly normal, not all campaigns are successful, keep trying
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