Is it worth using AdFly to build a list?

12 years ago

Its probably going to vary from niche to niche. I know there's another thread around here about using it for adsense: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-websites.html

It looks like the traffic was somewhat responsive. The only real way to know is to try it. By like $10 worth of traffic and see how well it does for you.

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Devin X

Banned 12 years ago

Only drawback is that it'll prolly be untargeted traffic. May not be a bad thing depending on your niche. Worth checking out since it won't cost much. Let us know, eh?

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Exel

12 years ago

I've used Adfly with moderate success. It's is important to note that the traffic are
real people and that it is very cheap, so you can easily test and adjust your campaign
accordingly. Some points to take into consideration:

1. Adfly traffic is as diverse as possible. For best results, you should have an offer
that appeals to the widest group of people. Only tiny percent of people know of SEO,
even less of its importance, but lets say, weight loss, money making, health is much
more appealing to general public.

2. Visitors are going somewhere when shown your page and it is for only few seconds.
You need to make it very eye catching and attention-grabbing to get them to stop and
check it out and enter their info.

3. More than half of all the people who opt-in won't proceed to confirm their subscription.
So, for maximum results use single opt-in.

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calvinyumi

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Exel

I've used Adfly with moderate success. It's is important to note that the traffic are
real people and that it is very cheap, so you can easily test and adjust your campaign
accordingly. Some points to take into consideration:

1. Adfly traffic is as diverse as possible. For best results, you should have an offer
that appeals to the widest group of people. Only tiny percent of people know of SEO,
even less of its importance, but lets say, weight loss, money making, health is much
more appealing to general public.

2. Visitors are going somewhere when shown your page and it is for only few seconds.
You need to make it very eye catching and attention-grabbing to get them to stop and
check it out and enter their info.

3. More than half of all the people who opt-in won't proceed to confirm their subscription.
So, for maximum results use single opt-in.

Thanks, I found this is very helpful, Exel.

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Leo Wadsworth

12 years ago

Good - its cheap. Bad - its not targeted at all, and can be unresponsive. So cheap, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.

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ryanmilligan

Banned 12 years ago

I used it before; the most unresponsive, crap I've seen in my life.

And that from several uses - wouldn't have done it more than once but I was just doing a little testing.

I'm sure some people do great with it, but from my experience, I would have to say its a waste of time.

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Meyowza

12 years ago

What was the niche you were marketing in adf.ly?

Originally Posted by ryanmilligan

I used it before; the most unresponsive, crap I've seen in my life.

And that from several uses - wouldn't have done it more than once but I was just doing a little testing.

I'm sure some people do great with it, but from my experience, I would have to say its a waste of time.

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Fraser SellHealth

12 years ago

adfly is only good to get cheap traffic to your site so you can drip links and for other seo purposes , pretty sure you will lose money if you are trying to convert something or list build.

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Dragontech

12 years ago

For a specific niche - No

For a hot trendy niche - Probably

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Kal Sallam

12 years ago

You get what you pay for yeah? Like others said test it with a mass
Appeal product and see how it does. You won't ever know until you try.

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lis101

12 years ago

I have used adfly, and i have gotten about 200 subscribers doing it, and I have a list right now of about 250 subscribers and only about 20-30 people to open my email on a good day.

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fenixpro

12 years ago

Well it's been said a few different ways, but the answer is yes and no. With a decent landing page you will get subs. I usually get around 150 per 10K visitors, or 150 for $10.

But like the ^^^ posts, it's highly untargeted so even your subs are close to worthless if you have even a remotely specific product. You're basically getting subscribers that are untargeted so you need to build that into your email marketing. It has to be general and whittle down to weed out all the impulse subs. For me, this would be best with CPA.

It's like Twitter. The people you get from adfly aren't there to buy anything. They are on there way somewhere. You need to engage them and send them down a funnel that later that moment, day or week drops them somewhere where THEY chose to go intentionally. This is where your offer or product is.

For example, a poll or voting site or page with a reward - such as a CPA email submit. Or the same thing, but coming from your email marketing after they sub in...

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TheProgrammer

12 years ago

Adf.ly traffic is only for those who just wanna impress their clients with traffic flow.

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rmolina88

12 years ago

Not really.

I got a few subs for my list from it and they're not super responsive. Not like I spent much on it anyways.

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Elmar

12 years ago

I wrote a blog post on my blog about my experience with Adf.ly to build a list.
Adf.ly Traffic – Junk or Not ? - Elmar's Marketing Blog*|*Elmar's Marketing Blog

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jakecoop79

12 years ago

In my experience it's not a great way to build a list. You can get some subs but they tend to not be very responsive.

I think your efforts and your money are better spent trying to find more targeted subscribers.

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NickCesarz

12 years ago

Hey Michael. I recently ran a campaign on Adf.ly that yielded terrible results. The opt in rate for just an email and first name was so low compared to what I was paying per thousand views.

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xxxJamesxxx

12 years ago

If you do end up using it to build a list, remind me to NOT do a adswap with you.

It's junk traffic... Stay away.

James

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MarketingPro11

12 years ago

I would say there is no point in purchasing traffic from adf.ly...

A couple weeks ago,I purchased 2,000 US views from them for $8...Although they delivered the views within 3 days,only 9 of them converted into leads(IM niche).

I had a high converting squeeze page in place(it converted at around 60% for the traffic I got running a free WSO) but it failed to convert adf.ly visitors into leads...and so far I have failed to generate a single sale from those subscribers.

If you are looking for responsive traffic and good ROI,adf.ly is certainly not the place...The only use I see for this traffic is when someone tries to increase his view count or inflate his traffic stats.

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cbondcarolina 12 years ago

I've not used adfly, but from what I understand of tthe service, it may not be the best investment outside of generating a little cheap traffic.

In the current IM landscape, targeted traffic is more important than ever. I've invested in many different media buys in the past where my results were moderate at best, and all because the traffic was either thinly-targeted or the leads were unresponsive. Even though it's cheap, I probably wouldn't expect much by way of conversions.

I know it's cliche, but the best lists are the ones that are the hardest to build. If you put a lot of work into your marketing and promotional efforts, the resulting list will be one that you profit off the most. Unless you just have a TON of start-up capital, purchasing leads can quickly become a futile enterprise.

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CaesarSEO

12 years ago

Easy and cheap but not worth. Traffic doesn't convert at all.

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OldLodgeSkins

12 years ago

Hi,

I've made 3 tests with it. To me, it's crap.
See my tests here and have a look in particular for the 3rd one, in the comments of that article: Freeway2Wealth - Adf.ly cheap traffic source

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Bill Hugall

12 years ago

Not a good conversion traffic. I you want real customers than save your money. It might be cheap but cheap is crap in my eyes. There is good paid traffic and there is good free traffic. This is cheap crap. But they were super easy to work with so I will give them that. : )

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tristatemedia

12 years ago

i used for amzon sites, it was terrible.....then i used for adsense and it was terrible.
but, it worked for me for list building.
there is a wso that taks about that traffic.
contact me if you need info.

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Daniel Evans 12 years ago

I've tested too and not a single person seemed to be actually concious.

Definately worth avoiding!

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OldLodgeSkins 12 years ago

Originally Posted by tristatemedia

but, it worked for me for list building.

Actually, it probably didn't.
I did get a few signups during my tests. But most of these guys never confirmed. They probably never opened the e-mails, and I never got anything out of them.
It's not because you have signups that you have real prospects...
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- BrentDotCom 12 years ago
  
  Spent $100 and received 5 opt-ins for a good producing squeeze page.
  
  Seems a tad underwhelming, eh?
  
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