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14 years ago

Well done on getting the product up and running.

you can use the same domain/blog for a blog. In one of my niches I have a separate domain for the blog and that has worked well.

I asked this blog question a month ago and the general consensus of the replies was use the same domain.

There is a warrior here that has a product Gain Affiliates Now. I can't remember his warrior name - his real name is Drew. Its a great insight into getting affiliates
Warrior name is PDMclaughlin - There was a WSO but that's probably finished now

Kenj

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brendan301

14 years ago

congrats on completing your first product. as far as promoting it, the free ways of doing it are writing articles and submitting them to article directories. once they're submitted you can put them on your blog as well. you could also create a hubpage and squidoo lens that has some articles on it and links back to your sales page.

In regards to keeping affiliates happy, you could have a landing page with no opt-in box for affiliates to promote and a separate page for you with the opt-in box for listbuilding.

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Karen Connell

14 years ago

Thanks for that Kenj, I will do a search to see if I can find the product that you mentioned.

Brendan, do I use the same sales page with my optin form and use that link in my articles etc?

Karen

p.s My 'thanks' button has gone missing :confused: or I would 'thank' you both for taking the time to answer my novice questions.

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DropWizard.com

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

I have just submitted my first niche ebook (dogs) to Clickbank.

Now I know that I have to generate interest for affilates to want to promote my stuff so I was thinking of, amongst other things, a blog where I put daily articles that I will also submit to directories.

My question is, can I have a blog using the same domain as the sales page? Would it be something like

I am technically challenged so a bit of guidance would be really helpful.

Also, I would be grateful for any other suggestion for promoting my book ( sadly, at the moment it has to be free ).

I have not put an optin form on the sales page as I have read that a lot of affiliates don't want to promote products where the owner collects emails from traffic that they have sent. Is this the right thing to do or should I ad an optin form?

Thank you

Karen

yes when you install wordpress (assuming you have fantastico on your cpanel) you have the option of which directory you put it in. Leaving it blank installs it in the root (same as the sales page) or put in a file name such as blog and the system will install it there. You can also have more than one blog. Like this

domain.com/index.html (sales page)
domain.com/blog
domain.com/offers
domain.com/my-thoughts

etc etc

Why does it have to be free? Is there no value in it?

Gordon

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Karen Connell

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DropWizard.com

yes when you install wordpress (assuming you have fantastico on your cpanel) you have the option of which directory you put it in. Leaving it blank installs it in the root (same as the sales page) or put in a file name such as blog and the system will install it there. You can also have more than one blog. Like this

domain.com/index.html (sales page)
domain.com/blog
domain.com/offers
domain.com/my-thoughts

etc etc

Why does it have to be free? Is there no value in it?

Gordon

Thank you Gordon. The landing page is not Wordpress so I assume that I simply add another page to the site called 'blog' or whatever but not link it from the salespage. Then I link the 'blog' page back to the sales page. Is that the right way to do it?

The only reason that it has to be free at the moment is not that there is no value in my product but that I had a client that I did quite a lot of work for who has disappeared off the face of the earth without paying me so I don't have money for PPC just now.

Regards

Karen

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DropWizard.com

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

Thank you Gordon. The landing page is not Wordpress so I assume that I simply add another page to the site called 'blog' or whatever but not link it from the salespage. Then I link the 'blog' page back to the sales page. Is that the right way to do it?

The only reason that it has to be free at the moment is not that there is no value in my product but that I had a client that I did quite a lot of work for who has disappeared off the face of the earth without paying me so I don't have money for PPC just now.

Regards

Karen

No that's not the right way to do it.

Go to:
yourdomain.com/cpanel and log in. Look for a module (generally at the bottom) called fantastico. Click on it. On the left side you'll see a list of options including an option for wordpress. click on that. When it opens it will ask you where you want it installed. There is a box there. If you leave the box blank it will install it into the root (where the sales page is) You don't want that.

In the box put "blog" (no apostrophes) and the system will create a new folder called blog in your hosting and add the wordpress files to that. It will also tell you where you can log in and start working with your blog. All you have to do past that point is to put a navigation link on your sales page to link to your blog.

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Karen Connell

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DropWizard.com

No that's not the right way to do it.

Go to:
yourdomain.com/cpanel and log in. Look for a module (generally at the bottom) called fantastico. Click on it. On the left side you'll see a list of options including an option for wordpress. click on that. When it opens it will ask you where you want it installed. There is a box there. If you leave the box blank it will install it into the root (where the sales page is) You don't want that.

In the box put "blog" (no apostrophes) and the system will create a new folder called blog in your hosting and add the wordpress files to that. It will also tell you where you can log in and start working with your blog. All you have to do past that point is to put a navigation link on your sales page to link to your blog.

Thanks for that.

My sales page is an addon on my hosting site, so is there still a way to add a wordpress blog onto the salespage domain?

I am familar with installing a WP blog via fantasico in the normal way but adding a WP to an html website is making me dizzy...

Thank you in advance for your advice and (much needed) help.

Karen

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DropWizard.com

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

Thanks for that.

My sales page is an addon on my hosting site, so is there still a way to add a wordpress blog onto the salespage domain?

I am familar with installing a WP blog via fantasico in the normal way but adding a WP to an html website is making me dizzy...

Thank you in advance for your advice and (much needed) help.

Karen

What exactly do you mean by an add on. If you'd like to PM me the site I'll have a look at the page but assuming you say you have cpanel try to think about the structure as the same as your desktop.

You have a file folder on your desktop let's call it root. Index.html (main page) is in there. You open the root folder and create another folder in there called "blog". Now wordpress files created including index.php reside in the folder called blog.

That's the structure of a typical hosting setup for domain & blog.

Unless you want to use the blog to build the whole site. that's different.

Here is a screen shot of the folder blog sitting in the public_html folder that is the root for your domain. When you use fantastico and name the directory you want to use that is where the wordpress files reside. The system creates the folder blog automatically. To access the blog your address is yourdomain.com/blog To access your sales page your address is yourdomain.com & the index page shows.

Gordon

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jbpatlanta

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

Thanks for that.

My sales page is an addon on my hosting site, so is there still a way to add a wordpress blog onto the salespage domain?

I am familar with installing a WP blog via fantasico in the normal way but adding a WP to an html website is making me dizzy...

Thank you in advance for your advice and (much needed) help.

Karen

Karen,

it doesn't matter if your sales page is an addon domain. You can still add a wordpress blog to it. I have done this with my domains as well.

1. In cpanel go to simple scripts or fantastico or where ever you need to go to install wordpress.

2. It will ask you where you want to install wordpress. In bluehost it is in a dropdown menu. After the domain is a "/" and a space you can write "blog" or another name for your directory.

3. My sales pages is www. webbusinessiare. com. It is an add on domain and I just (5 minutes ago) added a blog to it at www. webbusinessaire. com

If you need any help just PM me.

JBP

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tryinhere

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

Thank you Gordon. The landing page is not Wordpress so I assume that I simply add another page to the site called 'blog' or whatever but not link it from the salespage. Then I link the 'blog' page back to the sales page. Is that the right way to do it?

The only reason that it has to be free at the moment is not that there is no value in my product but that I had a client that I did quite a lot of work for who has disappeared off the face of the earth without paying me so I don't have money for PPC just now.

Regards

Karen

as a vendor i would be very cautious about using ppc / adwords and clickbank in the same vein, as you would run a high risk of having your account closed, even more so if your site is not perfect in every way, your better off with what your doing now and nor would i offer a ppc option to your affiliates unless your had proven results yourself.

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Frank Donovan 14 years ago

Gordon,

Originally Posted by DropWizard.com

Why does it have to be free? Is there no value in it?

I believe Karen means that the marketing has to be free, not her eBook.

Karen,

Congrats on finishing your book. Article marketing is not the only free option you have. You could approach some of the larger newsletters and blogs in your niche and allow them to publish an excerpt of your book (in exchange for a link to your site). They may well be keen to get hold of some new content.

Maybe even give each one their own exclusive excerpt and if they get a good response from their readers, you could end up with an enthusiastic JV partner.

Hope all goes well.

Frank
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- DropWizard.com 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Frank Donovan
  
  Gordon,
  I believe Karen means that the marketing has to be free, not her eBook.
  
  Frank
  
  I got that on the second round thanks. It could be taken both ways but of course I got the wrong one:p
  
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Alexa Smith

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

My question is, can I have a blog using the same domain as the sales page? Would it be something like www.mydomain.com/blog ?

Yes, you can. It will be whatever you make it (but can certainly be that, if you want).

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

I have not put an optin form on the sales page as I have read that a lot of affiliates don't want to promote products where the owner collects emails from traffic that they have sent. Is this the right thing to do or should I ad an optin form?

It's the right thing to do.

There's nothing to stop you from having two different sales pages, if you wish, one with and the other without your opt-in, and giving affiliates a choice which one they want to use. But if you do that, I think it would be a good idea (a) to list in the marketplace the one without the opt-in, and (b) to state clearly in both the marketplace listing and your vendor spotlight page that this is what you're doing. Having only one version of your sales page which does have a vendor's opt-in is very clearly not the right thing to do.

Good luck with your product, Karen!

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Karen Connell

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Yes, you can. It will be whatever you make it (but can certainly be that, if you want).

It's the right thing to do.

There's nothing to stop you from having two different sales pages, if you wish, one with and the other without your opt-in, and giving affiliates a choice which one they want to use. But if you do that, I think it would be a good idea (a) to list in the marketplace the one without the opt-in, and (b) to state clearly in both the marketplace listing and your vendor spotlight page that this is what you're doing. Having only one version of your sales page which does have a vendor's opt-in is very clearly not the right thing to do.

Good luck with your product, Karen!

Thank you Alexa.

Funnily enough it was you that I thought of when I considered adding an optin. I have read some of your posts about it and what you have said makes perfect sense to me.

Thank you for your good wishes

Karen

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Karen Connell

14 years ago

Gordon,

Thanks so much, it is much clearer now.

I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this in so much detail.

Thanks again

Karen

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Karen Connell

14 years ago

I've done it!!!!

Just thought that I would let you know that.

Karen

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DropWizard.com 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

I've done it!!!!

Just thought that I would let you know that.

Karen

Awesome. Let us know when you have it ready so we can take a look.

Good luck!
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Tomwood

14 years ago

Karen what is your commission rate you really need to offer the 75% max to attract loads of affiliates know this sucks but it's better to have 100 affiliates making you 25% than 20 making you 50%.

it's all about driving up the gravity and creating a viral affiliate machine and building a big customer list you can then market all sorts of related products too

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