If you don't see advertisers on the google search page, there are none. This could well be a non-commercial search. Either it's not worth your time, or you've found the holy grail...

Whenever I find a decent opportunity, I usually find some competition.

you may need to create a land site not a land page , keep us in the loop n how you go

I hope you found a gem, but I have found the bid suggestion to be way off sometimes. Absolutely worth testing out though.

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Wow congrats!

Hopefully it sticks though because AdWords can be a money hole if your not careful. Many times I've chased that 1 conversion for others until I end up spending 5 times my initial investment. Kind of like a vegas ambling syndrome.

Either way, good luck and keep experimenting! Keep us updated!

-Safe Travels

I have heard about people getting banned for promoting CPA offers. But, others seem to be using PPC with no problems. Ive also read that the sites linking to the offers must contain relevant content. I think people are getting banned for using adwords to send people to offers not at all related to the ad. For example, an ad like:

Alice in Wonderland
Watch the Trailer Here
Best Movie Trailers
www*movietrailers*com

An ad like that or anything popular that either direct links, or links to a landing page that is clearly promoting an iPad email submit seems to be the issue. Then again, G is probably trying to put an end to all affiliate marketing. I dont understand how they are affected by someone else making money... it will bite them in the end when they begin to see their ad revenue drop through the floor. Its like theyre saying, dont advertise with us if you are promoting or selling something... which to me is the only reason to advertise in the first place. Anyways, enough ranting.

My campaign is moving slowly now... i think my first adwords click converted, which is exciting, but ive only had 4 more clicks since. I think my ad needs revamped. Its working though... this is all for testing anyways. My daily budget is set to ten bucks and if I see potential then ill ramp it up. Ill post my progress.

What google worries about is ruining the customer experience, particularly with other search engines coming into the picture. They want search engine users to find what they are looking for and be happy with their experience using the engine. If every time they click on an ad it leads to an endless tunnel of offers that promises a light (freebie) at the end of the tunnel or they see a free trial that makes them want to rip somebody's head off because they cant cancel it, then this gets search engine users frustrated and looking elsewhere.

With that said, there are plenty of affiliate marketing endeavors that do create a good experience and there are many CPA offers that are wonderful and valuable. This is what you should focus on. Look at your campaign through Googles eyes. Its an art, but it will help prevent you from getting banned and slapped all the time. I am still running many CPA campaigns successfully via PPC.

Mike, is your offer a decent one and a decent landing page that Google should like? If so, you may have found that gem!

Well, im still getting lead. The CPC jumped up on my main keywords after a few leads. Is that due to Google Slap? The campaign is still successful so im branching it out with a few more offers. Also, im working on my landing pages to get a better conversion rate.

Adwords Spend: $3.15
CPA Earnings: $21.00

Did you do a lot of keyword research? And are you using exact matches or going broad on the keyword setting? Thanks.

Tracking, tracking, tracking is the most important thing I can recommend. Without it, you will not know how to improve your campaigns.

@Colton, not really. Ive done a little but most of my conversions are coming from my main keyword.

As far as tracking... im tracking everything through Adwords so thats the only way I have to track. Should I be doing something more?

Update: I tweaked my landing page after my last post and converted to Adwords clicks to leads. So, landing page conversion seems to be going up.

Mike, good stuff man. Your numbers are really great for a new ppc campaign. Sweet feeling aint it!

Yes... it is indeed a sweet feeling. I tweaked my landing page about half an hour ago and since then ive had 2 clicks convert to 2 leads. So, I should start to see better lead conversion from my landing page. Fingers crossed.

Sorry Colton for not answering your question completely. Most clicks are coming from exact matches.

Ive ran into a problem now with my campaign. My ad is not triggering for my main 2 keywords. It says they are "Rarely shown due to low quality score." When I hover over, it tells me that there are no problems with my landing page but my keyword relevance is poor. I dont understand this because my keyword is directly related to my ad and landing page. Any tips here?

Does that keyword show up anywhere in your ad or on your lp?

Yea... I think I just learned that quick lesson with Facebook. I just ended up paying almost 8 bucks for 7 clicks that didnt convert to leads. I think a simple email submit would have converted. So, ill try that.