How I Jacked Tim Ferriss for $3,879

Mike Hill

15 years ago

Ron, the link is DOA...

I'd love to see that video though

Mike Hill

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Dan C. Rinnert 15 years ago

Link works for me.

Funny thing is, my father watched that video this morning. It had been forwarded to him by someone he eMails with.
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Charles Washington

15 years ago

That video is AWESOME!

So, you used your list to generate that revenue?

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Mike Hill

15 years ago

That's strange, the link isn't working for me. I get an Address Not Found Error...

Oh wait, Ron probably has me BANNED

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Nathan Hangen

15 years ago

So how much of the traffic was generated from your list? I'm guessing you have a decent sized list to pull something like this off, but that is definitely kick @$$. Thanks for sharing Ron.

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Ron Douglas

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Nathan Hangen

So how much of the traffic was generated from your list? I'm guessing you have a decent sized list to pull something like this off, but that is definitely kick @$$. Thanks for sharing Ron.

Yeah, but it was just a brief mention is one email. Most of the traffic actually came over the following weeks as people started forwarding the link to others.

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Ron Douglas 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Hill

That's strange, the link isn't working for me. I get an Address Not Found Error...

Oh wait, Ron probably has me BANNED

Mike Hill

Hi Mike,

That's weird. I works when I click it. It's just a static html page: recipesecrets.net/eggtrick.html
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J. Barry Mandel

15 years ago

Dang Ron!

Thats some GOOD stuff you got going on!!

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Lisa aka LJ 15 years ago

That is amazing. I'll have to remember this when I get a decent-size list built up.
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- Michele Miller 15 years ago
  
  Very cool. The neat thing is the video showed a great tip/trick and that is the whole thing about something going viral. Well done!
  
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  Thanks for sharing that.
  
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Dayne Dylan

Banned 15 years ago

I like this...you could put a few things under that video...

*Pay Per Click Ads
*Pay Per Action
*Create a $7 report

;-)

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Ron Douglas 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Dayne Dylan

I like this...you could put a few things under that video...

*Pay Per Click Ads
*Pay Per Action
*Create a $7 report

;-)

It's funny, everyone preaches that CPA ads & affiliate programs will make you more than Adsense but in my testing I've always made more using this strategy with Adsense.

I think it's because of what they're expecting when they get to the site. They're expecting to get a free video and that's it. They only click the ads because there is nothing left to do on the page.

That mentality is not one that's conducive to selling something. Even if it's a free trial CPA offer.
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Revolves

15 years ago

Excellent strategy there!

I just had a small question. Is it okay to put Adsense in a page containing only a video (with little or no text), i.e. complying with Adsense's TOS?

Thanks again for this! I'm starting to feel it's potential.

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Ron Douglas

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Revolves

Excellent strategy there!

I just had a small question. Is it okay to put Adsense in a page containing only a video (with little or no text), i.e. complying with Adsense's TOS?

Thanks again for this! I'm starting to feel it's potential.

Sure it is. The video is plus a little text is enough content. Check out the video pages at Viddler.com, they're essentially doing the same thing.

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jerodrx

15 years ago

Your idea is great!. This is one of the benefits of of having a
list of suscribers, you doesn't even send them an affiliate link,
they don't even buy nothing, they simply click on the adsense.

Very smart idea!

Thanks to share this information

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Vince Courtney

15 years ago

Hey Ron

Thanks for sharing that technique. I am going to do a bunch of tests using the same idea. Real gem!

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dave830

15 years ago

Ron,

This rocks. Bothe the video and the idea.

How much traffic is necessary to generate $3k+ ?

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Ron Douglas 15 years ago

Originally Posted by dave830

Ron,

This rocks. Bothe the video and the idea.

How much traffic is necessary to generate $3k+ ?

It depends on many factors - click rate, average payout per click, etc.

To give you an example:

- 10% click rate
- $0.50 payout per click

You would need 6,000 clicks to get $3,000. At a 10% click rate, that would mean 60,000 views.
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bellis160

15 years ago

Outstanding!

It's amazing sometimes how just a little bit of ingenuity can cause an avalanche of results.

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Lisa aka LJ

15 years ago

Ron, may I ask a couple questions:

How often do you change the video and e-mail your list?

How careful do you have to be to match up the tags on the video and the content on your site in order to get good ads?

Am I making this too complicated?

Thanks for sharing. This is a GREAT idea.

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Ron Douglas

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lisa aka LJ

Ron, may I ask a couple questions:

How often do you change the video and e-mail your list?

How careful do you have to be to match up the tags on the video and the content on your site in order to get good ads?

Am I making this too complicated?

Thanks for sharing. This is a GREAT idea.

The video remains on that page on the site indefinitely. If I find a new video I want to share, I create a new page.

You could actually do some research on the tags and the Adsense payout, but really I just look for a video that my list would like.

I've also done this successful with other things besides just video. Anything that's interesting and viral. For example, I've been making money from this page for nearly a year:

Brain Challenge

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Tom Ryan

15 years ago

What great idea Ron. An excellent way to make some more money off your list.

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nanexist

15 years ago

VERY nice idea. I do think I might try that.

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Gene Pimentel

15 years ago

Ron! Wow. Simplicity rules. Thanks for sharing this

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SuperAffiliate

15 years ago

1) How did you track that?
2) Why does your Google Adsense show that you created it in 2006?
------Which if you did and didn't use it for anything else, that is fine.
3) And there are no analytics on that page?

Please let us know!

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Ron Douglas

15 years ago

Originally Posted by SuperAffiliate

1) How did you track that?
2) Why does your Google Adsense show that you created it in 2006?
------Which if you did and didn't use it for anything else, that is fine.
3) And there are no analytics on that page?

Please let us know!

Thanks!

I simply created a separate channel in Google Adsense for the ads on that page.

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Lisa aka LJ 15 years ago

Thanks SO MUCH, Ron!

This is what I call working smart, not hard!!!
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- Steven Wagenheim 15 years ago
  
  Ron, you gotta stop giving away all these great ideas.
  
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  Ron Douglas 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim
  
  Ron, you gotta stop giving away all these great ideas.
  
  Dude, I was thinking that earlier LOL. I should start selling this stuff.
  
  I still have never done a WSO, with the exception of the free one I did.
  
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  jmidas 15 years ago
  
  Ron, I have to admit, your idea for using adsense is one of the best I have ever seen. Nice work.
  
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dsm091 15 years ago

This is genuis!! Thanks Ron
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John Atkins

15 years ago

Pretty Good technique!

I have cashed in with similar tactics in the past.
It's similar to affiliate marketing, you use someones else product to cash in and a guy like Tim Feriss will thank you since you are promoting his video.
$3,879 in 6 weeks from adsense is pretty impressive

Keep up the good work

Originally Posted by Ron Douglas

I've made $3,879 in the past 6 weeks by jacking a Tim Ferriss video.

No, it's not what it sounds like. I'm sure he would appreciate what I did.

If you've ever been to his blog, you know that he posts some amazing stuff. I'm always on the hunt for viral YouTube videos. I often use them as entertaining content for my list.

So, to make $3,879, I simply embedded one of Tim's video on my website and mentioned it in my newsletter. I told them to forward the email to their friends if they like the video. I put some Adsense ads under the video and cashed in.

It was amazing how people started referring others to the page and it went viral. People were sending me thank you emails as if I created the video. All this and I didn't ask them to buy anything.

Here's the video - Video From The Recipe Secrets Newsletter

If you notice, there is not much else to do on that page after watching the video except click the ads. This is a great way to use Adsense. I don't really care if they leave my site because they're on my list and they'll be back.

If you have any amazing videos you'd like me to jack, let me know LOL.

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SuperAffiliate

15 years ago

I have used the same techniques.. for years.

Here's another one:

You can do the same thing with fear factors as well:

Right now, there is a new virus going around called Conficker..

So you can easily email your list and let them know to forward this message on to make sure everyone is free of this virus..

AND meanwhile, you have the Adsense setup and you have your affiliate links setup as well!!! I love this idea of creating viral "pass this message along" type of marketing.

Thanks for the post!
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