HELP! Does a sudden rush of subscriptions mean something sinister?

guruwill · 03-15-2009, 09:27 AM

Hi

Just last week I finally put up a blog and a sales page - in a non-IM niche. Music Industry success coaching in fact.

Tested the sales page a little with Adwords only to the UK with an Aweber sign-up pop-up on it.

All good.

Expanded the Adwords to worldwide today and got a sudden rush of people signing up from the Phillippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other similar areas. Now, I'm not rushing to a conclusion, but half at least have been stopped by Aweber as undeliverable.

Does this look like something sinister to you? These are not the places I would expect to sell my ebook. It's not my natural market.

Do you think it might be a bot or hack or am I just being paranoid?

If so, what do I do?

At the very least I have meaningless attempted subscriptions and potentially meaningless subscribers.

What do you think?

Will

bobsedge · 03-15-2009, 10:01 AM

You are being spammed. It is either one of two scenarios. One, its possible competitors are clicking on your ad to chase you out of the space. This is not likely with your niche and the marketing area its happening from. Two, google content partners are clicking on your ad to pad their wallets. They are likely submitting these leads to throw you off the track and keep you in the game longer. A few cents per click is probably not worth spamming for in the UK, but it is probably good money in these other areas.

You have two options. One is get out of these markets and focus on the areas that work. Or two, you can limit your marketing in these areas to search only.

guruwill · 03-15-2009, 10:09 AM

Thanks very much - I've pulled the Adwords completely from the obvious countries.

But why would the people bother to sign up to the Aweber list? If they click on the Google Ad in a content place, the click counts anyway right?

I just don't see why they would sign up. Any ideas?

perhaps these are legitimtaely interested in the content?

Will

guruwill · 03-15-2009, 10:11 AM

Sorry Bob - reread and understood your point about submitting the leads to keep me in the game!

03-15-2009, 09:27 AM	#1
guruwill Will Arnold Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	HELP! Does a sudden rush of subscriptions mean something sinister? Hi Just last week I finally put up a blog and a sales page - in a non-IM niche. Music Industry success coaching in fact. Tested the sales page a little with Adwords only to the UK with an Aweber sign-up pop-up on it. All good. Expanded the Adwords to worldwide today and got a sudden rush of people signing up from the Phillippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other similar areas. Now, I'm not rushing to a conclusion, but half at least have been stopped by Aweber as undeliverable. Does this look like something sinister to you? These are not the places I would expect to sell my ebook. It's not my natural market. Do you think it might be a bot or hack or am I just being paranoid? If so, what do I do? At the very least I have meaningless attempted subscriptions and potentially meaningless subscribers. What do you think? Will

03-15-2009, 10:01 AM	#2
bobsedge HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Long Island, NY, USA. Posts: 239 Thanks: 19 Thanked 165 Times in 20 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: HELP! Does a sudden rush of subscriptions mean something sinister? You are being spammed. It is either one of two scenarios. One, its possible competitors are clicking on your ad to chase you out of the space. This is not likely with your niche and the marketing area its happening from. Two, google content partners are clicking on your ad to pad their wallets. They are likely submitting these leads to throw you off the track and keep you in the game longer. A few cents per click is probably not worth spamming for in the UK, but it is probably good money in these other areas. You have two options. One is get out of these markets and focus on the areas that work. Or two, you can limit your marketing in these areas to search only.
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03-15-2009, 10:09 AM	#3
guruwill Will Arnold Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: HELP! Does a sudden rush of subscriptions mean something sinister? Thanks very much - I've pulled the Adwords completely from the obvious countries. But why would the people bother to sign up to the Aweber list? If they click on the Google Ad in a content place, the click counts anyway right? I just don't see why they would sign up. Any ideas? perhaps these are legitimtaely interested in the content? Will

03-15-2009, 10:11 AM	#4
guruwill Will Arnold Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: HELP! Does a sudden rush of subscriptions mean something sinister? Sorry Bob - reread and understood your point about submitting the leads to keep me in the game!