ONE ADWORDS AD MAKES $4,620 IN 2 WEEKS - OTHERS $6,700 - WITH "NO KEYWORDS" OR WEBSITE? + CPA Bonus

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by ODA Marketing

Hi.

So your zero startup cost is referring to the fact that you don't need anything more that this guide, some offer to promote, and an adword account?

I assume that there will be some startup cost as long as you are using adword. Normally you will have to pay Google long before you will receive your affiliate commission, or do you show us a way around that too?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Kindly regards,

Oddvar.

Zero percent start up cost means that most business ventures would require you to put investment into it to start them up.

CPA networks are free to join (at least the ones I join), and you would thus just need to have a Adwords account and this could be adjusted to any sort of daily budget level.

There are no tricks I give to get around that.

This is a method to drive cheap/targeted traffic using adwords to CPA (or whatever) offers.

Also, remember you get a no risk money back guarantee.

I think anyone who is serious about putting this to use can make it work.

[Robert Oliver]

"Hi, Robert.

Congratulation on your positive result with this method.

Can I ask you how much you had to spend in ad cost to earn your $280?

Thanks.

Kindly regards,

Oddvar."

My response:

I spent close to $125. I have never used the content network before. I am a victim of the search network. I am learning as I go on this. Brian has laid out everything nicely for me to follow.

I started out slow testing 2 offers. 1 was a email/zip and the other a free trial offer. I am seeing better results with the free trial offer so far with a limited budget per day set at $20. I have also chosen the websites for my ads to run on. I think this has made a difference.

I need to go check my stats now. I have not done that in couple of days.

Robert

[teesee150]

Originally Posted by Robert Oliver

"Hi, Robert.

Congratulation on your positive result with this method.

Can I ask you how much you had to spend in ad cost to earn your $280?

Thanks.

Kindly regards,

Oddvar."

My response:

I spent close to $125. I have never used the content network before. I am a victim of the search network. I am learning as I go on this. Brian has laid out everything nicely for me to follow.

I started out slow testing 2 offers. 1 was a email/zip and the other a free trial offer. I am seeing better results with the free trial offer so far with a limited budget per day set at $20. I have also chosen the websites for my ads to run on. I think this has made a difference.

I need to go check my stats now. I have not done that in couple of days.

Robert

Robert, please check your stats and post back! Very interested!

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Still glad to hear things are working for your Robert.

And I am also happy to hear you have never used the content and/or placement networks and still got this to work following the method.

This is proof that somone who has never seen this can make it work!

[Metronicity]

Just bought and read this. Very good advice for Direct Linking on the Content networK. Worth the $17. I'll give it a whirl and report back in a week - I'm getting crushed direct-linking on Adwords for Search. Can't wait to try out this technique. Bit of work in it initially but you get nothing for nothing. This guy seems to know his stuff - even if he can't spell to save his life.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by Metronicity

Just bought and read this. Very good advice for Direct Linking on the Content networK. Worth the $17. I'll give it a whirl and report back in a week - I'm getting crushed direct-linking on Adwords for Search. Can't wait to try out this technique. Bit of work in it initially but you get nothing for nothing. This guy seems to know his stuff - even if he can't spell to save his life.

Thanks for the kind words! It won't win a spelling B but will get the job done!

[Brian_Mahaffey]

I have received more PM's asking if this method uses Iframes or redirects that may get you banned from Google.

No, this method does not use iframes or redirects.

There is nothing illegal or BlueFart about this method. This is in fact is totally legal, and there are no tricks to try and fool Google or quick fixes to get around any rules.

This is a long term, totally legal way of using Adwords.

[sjchiz]

Hey Brian,

Just purchased but never saw any download info....

Apr. 7, 2009 16:41:28 PDT
Transaction ID: 8GB97349YV443892W

I also sent a PM with my email info.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by sjchiz

Hey Brian,

Just purchased but never saw any download info....

Apr. 7, 2009 16:41:28 PDT
Transaction ID: 8GB97349YV443892W

I also sent a PM with my email info.

Hi,
Just sent you download link to your PM.
Thanks

[123rlp]

Hi,Brian I just picked up a copy of your method please send me the download link.
Thanks,Bob

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Hi Bob,
I will PM you.
Thanks

[checkmuldoon]

Nice Headline, second only to "Never Mind The Bollock's"

Anyone any results to report ??

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by checkmuldoon

Nice Headline, second only to "Never Mind The Bollock's"

Anyone any results to report ??

Thanks.

If you read this thread you will see someone already has had results from this
that has put it to use.

Also, as a side note, several "Guru Types" have mentioned adwords methods such as this, and reported people are making a killing online with it.

This is in fact why I started to test and engineer this method.

[SimonHarrison]

Brian

Question for you..

You say you're direct linking how are you getting past the display URL not getting refused by Google ?

In your book, this part of the equation is missing unless I missed a part.

On page 6, you discuss you can get past the direct linking issue, then on page 11 it jumps to selecting the type of campaign then it jumps to page 13 where you're entering the locations for your ads to be visible, all this makes perfect sense but nowhere does it actually explain how you're bypassing the display URL issue.

I would like to see how your display URL and destination URL are set up to allow Google to let you have a visible URL which does nothing but direct link to the offer.

For example if I set up a domain name called

www.free-back-scratchers.com

And I set that in my domain manager to forward to the offer on the CPA network, Google instantly cans those ads with a "Inaccurate Display URL" message.

How are you circumventing that issue ?

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by SimonHarrison

Brian

Question for you..

You say you're direct linking how are you getting past the display URL not getting refused by Google ?

In your book, this part of the equation is missing unless I missed a part.

On page 6, you discuss you can get past the direct linking issue, then on page 11 it jumps to selecting the type of campaign then it jumps to page 13 where you're entering the locations for your ads to be visible, all this makes perfect sense but nowhere does it actually explain how you're bypassing the display URL issue.

I would like to see how your display URL and destination URL are set up to allow Google to let you have a visible URL which does nothing but direct link to the offer.

For example if I set up a domain name called

www.free-back-scratchers.com

And I set that in my domain manager to forward to the offer on the CPA network, Google instantly cans those ads with a "Inaccurate Display URL" message.

How are you circumventing that issue ?

Sorry for any confusion. I am not reccomending using any domain forwarding in the book. It sounds like your display URL is not getting the user to end up on the final domain since you are using a re-direct domain. This is against Googles policy and it not what I am reccomending to do in the book.

So if your display URL is www.myhomepageofstuff.com (this is what the user will see on the ad)

Then when the user clicks your ad they must end up somewhere on the domain myurl.com as the final destination.

The destination URL can be different. For example, it could be http://mytrackingserver.com

Then user clicks that the ad with the display URL www.myhomepageofstuff.com they are sent through to http://mytrackingserver.com (behind the scenes the user does not even know that), and then they finally end up on www.myhomepageofstuff.com

The below example is the right way:

user clicks on ad-->>>ad (display url says www.myhomepageofstuff.com)-->>>they are behind the scenes sent though http://mytrackingserver.com -->> this redirects them to www.myhomepageofstuff.com where they end up


The below example is the wrong way:

user clicks on ad-->>> ad (display url says www.myhomepageofstuff.com)-->>> they are then sent to www.myhomepageofstuff.com and www.myhomepageofstuff.com redirects the user to bigmoney.com where they end up


The one URL rule what I am talking about is where Google only allows 1 advertiser to show the display URL per search/webpage on their network. The highest CTR ad will only show in this scenerio. This is the direct link slap that happened around 2005 stopping more than 1 direct linking ad to show up via search/website .

This URL may explain this better than I just did.

http://adwords.google.com/support/bi...&subtopic=9280

I will PM you to clarify
Thanks

[SimonHarrison]

user clicks on ad-->>>ad (display url says www.myhomepageofstuff.com)-->>>they are behind the scenes sent though http://mytrackingserver.com -->> this redirects them to www.myhomepageofstuff.com where they end up

Hi Bryan

Yes the above is basically how all my campaigns have always been setup. In my scenario www.myhomepageofstuff.com is always my own landing page which then leads to the CPA or other type of offer.

I don't link directly to merchants , purely because I've always found my own landing pre-sell page increases conversions, allows me to add an opt in and gets me past Goggle only allowing one advert per URL per search BS.

Recently I've found offers on the CPA networks which look like they would do just as well without the middle man, so 've been trying to find a way to bypass that process and direct link to the vendor without competition, using a masked URL with forwarding.

I know you had your own method for reducing the competiton issue, which incendentally is very nice, I'l try it, but I msinterpreted what you meant as direct linking .

Call it blind hope, I thought you had managed to find a loophole in the domain forwarding/masking technique.

My bad, thanks for the response, cleared it up.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

No probs. Glad that is a clear now!

Cheers

[Dave d]

Some quick questions sorry if this seems dumb, altough you say direct linking can you please clarify that you dont need a squeeze page ie no copy writing or website ?

Also with regards to IM im a ppc noob although I have ran adwords campagins before which had nothing to do with IM will this work for me.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by Dave d

Some quick questions sorry if this seems dumb, altough you say direct linking can you please clarify that you dont need a squeeze page ie no copy writing or website ?

Also with regards to IM im a ppc noob although I have ran adwords campagins before which had nothing to do with IM will this work for me.

Hi,
You are correct. With direct linking you do not need a website. You write your google adwords ad, the user clicks on it and they end up on the merchants website/CPA offers website.

I believe anyone, even a newbie can follow this.

Thanks!

[nuub]

Originally Posted by Brian_Mahaffey

Sorry for any confusion. I am not reccomending using any domain forwarding in the book. It sounds like your display URL is not getting the user to end up on the final domain since you are using a re-direct domain. This is against Googles policy and it not what I am reccomending to do in the book.

So if your display URL is www.myhomepageofstuff.com (this is what the user will see on the ad)

Then when the user clicks your ad they must end up somewhere on the domain myurl.com as the final destination.

The destination URL can be different. For example, it could be http://mytrackingserver.com

Then user clicks that the ad with the display URL www.myhomepageofstuff.com they are sent through to http://mytrackingserver.com (behind the scenes the user does not even know that), and then they finally end up on www.myhomepageofstuff.com

The below example is the right way:

user clicks on ad-->>>ad (display url says www.myhomepageofstuff.com)-->>>they are behind the scenes sent though http://mytrackingserver.com -->> this redirects them to www.myhomepageofstuff.com where they end up


The below example is the wrong way:

user clicks on ad-->>> ad (display url says www.myhomepageofstuff.com)-->>> they are then sent to www.myhomepageofstuff.com and www.myhomepageofstuff.com redirects the user to bigmoney.com where they end up


The one URL rule what I am talking about is where Google only allows 1 advertiser to show the display URL per search/webpage on their network. The highest CTR ad will only show in this scenerio. This is the direct link slap that happened around 2005 stopping more than 1 direct linking ad to show up via search/website .

This URL may explain this better than I just did.

AdWords Help

I will PM you to clarify
Thanks

from your explanation.. do we still need a domain name to get this method done?.. and how could it generate sales since the ads clicker is not end up at the affiliate site like in your example?

The below example is the right way:

user clicks on ad-->>>ad (display url says www.myhomepageofstuff.com)-->>>they are behind the scenes sent though http://mytrackingserver.com -->> this redirects them to www.myhomepageofstuff.com where they end up

i assume that when the visitor click on the ads, they will get to the display url which is www.myhomepageofstuff.com in this case. so how could it generate sales since the affiliate site is http://mytrackingserver.com or did i just misunderstood something? and what do you mean by behind the scenes? if this is the secret in your guide, then there is no reason for you to answer me. im looking forward to your guide if its promising.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by nuub

from your explanation.. do we still need a domain name to get this method done?.. and how could it generate sales since the ads clicker is not end up at the affiliate site like in your example?

The below example is the right way:

user clicks on ad-->>>ad (display url says www.myhomepageofstuff.com)-->>>they are behind the scenes sent though http://mytrackingserver.com -->> this redirects them to www.myhomepageofstuff.com where they end up

i assume that when the visitor click on the ads, they will get to the display url which is www.myhomepageofstuff.com in this case. so how could it generate sales since the affiliate site is http://mytrackingserver.com or did i just misunderstood something? and what do you mean by behind the scenes? if this is the secret in your guide, then there is no reason for you to answer me. im looking forward to your guide if its promising.

Hi,
There is absolutely no secret in the guide that has to do with domain redirects, or anything that is against Google policy or even doing anything tricky with Display URLS.

For direct linking you do not need a domain name and you do not need a website. In the example I showed that you are referring to I was just trying to demonstrate a point of using the Display URL and Destination URL, and was not trying to explain direct linking with the method I use in the book.

For direct linking, you just put a Google Adwrods Ad together and point it to a CPA/Affiliatewebsite offer -- that is all - no need for your own website.

This is all legal stuff that should work for years to come.

I think the questions here are just about direct linking in general. Here is an example of direct linking that might explain this better.

Here is a Google Adwords ad:

Buy This Big Product
It is the best product ever
Visit here to get this product now.
www.affliatesiteofthisproduct.com <<display URL is what the user see’s and goes to the CPA offer or affiliate website.

www.affliatesiteofthisproduct.com?aff=321 <----Destination URL. This is your affiliate ID appended to the domain. The users DO NOT see this.


So when the user clicks on this Ad this display URL www.affliatesiteofthisproduct.com MUST be in their browser once everything is said and done (like now you have http://www.warriorforum.com in your browser) – this is the final page the user lands on.


So your destination URL (which the user does NOT see) could have the affiliate link in it (or go through a tracking server that will cloak the link and append the affiliate link to it, this is what I meant by “behind the scenes”).

You can use a tracking server when you direct link but you do not have to. I was trying to give some examples in the last post with using a tracking server in between when the user clicks and when they end up on the final destination page to again clarify the point of the Display URL and Destination URL.

You can just put in your affiliate URL as I show above.


So once the user clicks on your ad they go to www.affliatesiteofthisproduct.com (which if the affiliate site you had in your display URL).

So you get paid if the user buys the affiliate product, or if this site is a CPA offer you get paid if the user completes and action (like puts in their email address). They, thus land on the affiliate or CPA offer website - not yours.

Again here is the google help file on this explaining the Display URL and Destination URL.


AdWords Help

But this method indeed can be used if you are not direct linking. It can indeed drive traffic to your own product pages , or pre-sell pages.

Hope that clears it up!

[Dave d]

Just been accepted by Max Bounty so Im in

[Brian_Mahaffey]

That is great and glad to hear that.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Please know that I wil be away fossil hunting with the lad (where there are no computers or mobile signals), and will be back this sunday. If you have any questions just Private Message me and I will answer them when I get back.

[michaelmac]

Hi Brian,

Pm sent.

Thanks,

Michael

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by michaelmac

Hi Brian,

Pm sent.

Thanks,

Michael

PM'd you back!

[blackjack]

Brian

Just read on other post (in WF) that Google doesn't allow redirect. The ads have been pulled by Google where URL was redirect to other sites.


How do you deal with this?

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by blackjack

Brian

Just read on other post (in WF) that Google doesn't allow redirect. The ads have been pulled by Google where URL was redirect to other sites.


How do you deal with this?

Hi,
There is no redirecting with this method. Not sure what gave you that impression. Maybe you may have mistaken the fact that a destination URL redirects in reading where I answered a question in the post? This is normal when using a tracking service. But you do not even need to use a tracking server.

Again, as long as the DISPLAY url in your ad is where the user ends up this is legal. Nothing in this book that try's to fake google out.

There are no iframes and there is nothing illegal at all or even close to it with this method.

Hope this all makes sense

[blackjack]

Brian

Thanks. I missed the post above where you have actually answered the question.

I have already got your ebook. This issue of redirect got me confused. Just to make sure my understanding, another example

Let's use eBay. I want to promote cars with my affiliate link. The correct set up is as follows

Display URL wxw.ebay.com
Destination URL wxw.ebay.com/cars/myaffiliate
But how about if the final URL still says wxw.ebay.com/cars/myaffiliateid


Thanks for your help

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by blackjack

Brian

Thanks. I missed the post above where you have actually answered the question.

I have already got your ebook. This issue of redirect got me confused. Just to make sure my understanding, another example

Let's use eBay. I want to promote cars with my affiliate link. The correct set up is as follows

Display URL wxw.ebay.com
Destination URL wxw.ebay.com/cars/myaffiliate
But how about if the final URL still says wxw.ebay.com/cars/myaffiliateid


Thanks for your help

Hi,
Yes that final URL/destination is fine. It is still on the BASE domain that is in your display URL it does not matter where the user is sent on the site. This is very common to send a user to a deep link landing page on a domain.

Hope that clears everything up and thanks again!

[blackjack]

Cheers mate for your help on this.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

No problem. My Pleasure!

[Flyingpig7]

Hi Brian,
Thanks for the download I have studied the ebook. It is well thought out. I'm pleased you have the directlinking confusion sorted out above I was alittle unclear about how I put my affiliate Id in as well. I have never used Adwords always been wary of it too many people had their fingers burned also I use other methods for my traffic to my blogs.I have been thinking about trying out Cpa for a while but had not thought of direct linking. However this guide has inspired me to have a go.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Keren

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by Flyingpig7

Hi Brian,
Thanks for the download I have studied the ebook. It is well thought out. I'm pleased you have the directlinking confusion sorted out above I was alittle unclear about how I put my affiliate Id in as well. I have never used Adwords always been wary of it too many people had their fingers burned also I use other methods for my traffic to my blogs.I have been thinking about trying out Cpa for a while but had not thought of direct linking. However this guide has inspired me to have a go.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Keren

Thanks Karen, just make sure you start out with a low daily budget and slowy move on.

[Fernando Veloso]

Warriors, can you provide some update on your campaigns? How's it going?

Thanks.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

I will be away for a few days so any issues downloading pm me.
Thanks

I am now back!

[jrod014]

Originally Posted by Brian_Mahaffey

The below example is the right way:

user clicks on ad-->>>ad (display url says www.myhomepageofstuff.com)-->>>they are behind the scenes sent though http://mytrackingserver.com -->> this redirects them to www.myhomepageofstuff.com where they end up

Wouldn't this be a "bridge page"? According to google this is not allowed.

AdWords Help

Google-"Bridge Pages: Ads for web pages that act as an intermediary, whose sole purpose is to link or redirect traffic to the parent company."

Maybe I'm not understanding to concept?

I just want to clerify before I buy the product.

Thanks,

J

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by jrod014

Wouldn't this be a "bridge page"? According to google this is not allowed.

AdWords Help

Google-"Bridge Pages: Ads for web pages that act as an intermediary, whose sole purpose is to link or redirect traffic to the parent company."

Maybe I'm not understanding to concept?

I just want to clerify before I buy the product.

Thanks,

J

Hi,
This product is about direct linking and not going to a home page of any sort. Although, it can be used for traffic going anywhere.

The above example was just showing the display url and destination url as an example.
Thanks

[jrod014]

Ok, thanks for clearing that up, I think I'll give the info a shot.

Thanks again,

J

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Going to Cornwall to get tan in the english rain. Be back in a week (aug 1st ish). Send me a PM if you have a query and I will get back to you then.

[jhbalaji]

Can you guarantee the profits mate...

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by jhbalaji

Can you guarantee the profits mate...

Sorry, there is no way anyone can guarantee that any product they buy will automatically make them money. That comes down to individual effort.
I am showing you the insides of my business that has made money, and has taken me a long time to find. I think that anyone who understands that and puts the effort it can have a good chance to succeed.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

This product now has videos added that can be downloaded.

[kumkum]

I am very interested in this WSO
However I didn't find anymore update from all the buyer..
maybe more than hundred buyer here..

but I only saw several... Testimony where the guys make some little money.

What I want to ask is ...Did this kind of strategy still works..

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by kumkum

I am very interested in this WSO
However I didn't find anymore update from all the buyer..
maybe more than hundred buyer here..

but I only saw several... Testimony where the guys make some little money.

What I want to ask is ...Did this kind of strategy still works..

This strategy still works and should work for years to come. And to re-iterate, there is nothing sneaky or illegal about it. It is based on placement targeting on the content network, and can be used for any type of traffic needs and not just for direct linking. I have used it to drive traffic to my own websites. The only change in Googles policy since this WSO started is a slap on fake review sites and legal issues with weight loss products on the content network.
Much like a product launch, WSO's get a lot of sales at the beginning and then loose traction after being up for a while as there are only so many people on this forum. If there where any major changes to Adwords and this product I would update it to reflect this, (like I had to do using the new Adwords interface). The videos where added latter as well, and anyone who made original purchases always have received the free upgrades.
Cheers

[razztek]

I've tried Adwords before and due to my inexperience it ended up costing me big. I'm sure many others can say the same. I'm interested in this, but I'm just wondering if (for example) you made $4000 via CPA offers, when does the Adwords bill come due? If I spent $1500 in ad costs, I know that I can't afford to just pay this before I get my money from the CPA network.

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by razztek

I've tried Adwords before and due to my inexperience it ended up costing me big. I'm sure many others can say the same. I'm interested in this, but I'm just wondering if (for example) you made $4000 via CPA offers, when does the Adwords bill come due? If I spent $1500 in ad costs, I know that I can't afford to just pay this before I get my money from the CPA network.

Adwords bills you at different rates based on your past credit with them (if you go to the billing tab in the Adwords interface you will see it). For example, when you start out they may bill you at every $50, then after that goes though it may increase to $100 and then $500 and so on. This is only if you setup your account to auto bill at the start. You can also setup your account to pre-pay. This is where you pay up front before running any ads and your ads run until your budget is depleted.

As far as the CPA networks they are all different on when they pay you but you generally start out at net 30 (which means you get paid every 30 days). After you bring in consistent traffic they change it to net 15 (paid every 15 days). You can also request to get payments sent through quicker if needed.
I advise anyone who is just starting to keep daily budgets low until you have proven converting offers, and then and --- only then, do you slowly raise your daily budgets. This way you reduce your risks.
Hope that helps.

[-seomaster-]

i dont have enough knowledge on PPC campaigns....would it be fruitful for me brian?

[Brian_Mahaffey]

Originally Posted by -seomaster-

i dont have enough knowledge on PPC campaigns....would it be fruitful for me brian?

Hi, and thanks for your interest. I can honestly say this is for anyone who would like to get into Adwords content network/placement targeting from begginers to advanced. I run through exactly how to setup a campaign and exactly how I made my money.
There are terms I am using that may be a bit new if you are totally fresh to Adwords but these should still be understandable. I had a friend read through the manual who knew nothing about adwords or internet marketing and it was comprehensible to him so I think it would be to you. The videos go through how I setup everything from scratch as well.

Hope that helps and if you have anymore questions please PM me and I will be glad to assist.
Thanks

[Steve-K]

Brian,

I am very new at this and have no clue what to do.

My company just received a $100.00 Google AdWords coupon in the mail that can be redeemed as a new customer. It's a special offer they send out to get new clients.

Is it a steep learning curve for someone who has never done this?

Thanks,

Steve