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Is economy really that bad?

by Anoopchawla
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Warriors from quite some time i have been promoting affiliate programs using one week marketing method, but not getting satisfactory results so far i have gor 685 hops and 1 sale which i got from the first 54 hops after that no sale. IS clickbank problem or something else ?Anybody facing the same problem:confused:
#bad #economy
  • Profile picture of the author Steven D Smith
    It may be the product you promoting does not convert well. sale in 685 hops would be enough for me to try another product.

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    • Profile picture of the author JeffLam
      Your product does not = to the economy, my friend.

      Many factors can result in your low conversion. Too many.

      Besides, worldwide politicians and economists predicts Q1 of 2010 to have increased boost in the economy.
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  • Profile picture of the author SeanSupplee
    The economy is bad yes but people are still spending like crazy which is actually helping it. The only down part is so many people are losing their jobs. But my sales online have actually increased because of this. More people are coming online they have alot more free time and are looking for ways to one get them out of this hole and two keep them busy and make their time worthwild and build a income from it. Check how your promoting your products if its not working scratch what your doing and come up with a new plan. Find something that works and duplicate it and run with it. Once you have that going then look for another means that works. Creating multiple streams of income is the way to success.
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    Depends what you mean by the economy? We don't all live in the States, so things are different everywhere you go. The UK is the only major Euro economy, other than Spain, still in recession, but even so things are generally not that bad here, in terms of people having money to spend.

    From what little I know of the USA, perhaps people are more focusing their money on the retail frenzy of next weeks "black friday" week.

    I would say you need to look much closer to home to find why you are not converting well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Powers
    Maybe it's not because of the economy reason.You'd better find the real reason carefully.The problem can be caused by your service or your products.You can also do some investigation for your business,from your old customers or other ways.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Here is my 2 cents on the economy. Take it with a grain of salt.

      I have always believed that the state of the economy is a self fulfilling
      prophecy. Somebody yells "recession" and people start to believe it, so
      they stop spending money. This in turn leads to the one thing we didn't
      want in the first place.

      If we all just kept up our normal spending, we wouldn't have an economic
      crisis...ever.

      Like I said, this is just my 2 cents and you should take it with a grain of
      salt.

      As to whether the economy right now is good or bad...read the above again.
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      • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        If we all just kept up our normal spending, we wouldn't have an economic
        crisis...ever.
        Unfortunately, our "normal spending" pattern was based on debt, aka spending more than we make. Even governments can't do that forever and regular people certainly can't.

        The good news in this situation is that people are searching for solutions to their income problem so many "make money" products, good and bad, are selling well.
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      • Profile picture of the author JeffLam
        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        Here is my 2 cents on the economy. Take it with a grain of salt.

        I have always believed that the state of the economy is a self fulfilling
        prophecy. Somebody yells "recession" and people start to believe it, so
        they stop spending money. This in turn leads to the one thing we didn't
        want in the first place.

        If we all just kept up our normal spending, we wouldn't have an economic
        crisis...ever.

        Like I said, this is just my 2 cents and you should take it with a grain of
        salt.

        As to whether the economy right now is good or bad...read the above again.
        Steven,

        I would respectfully like to disagree with you on this.

        Something I learnt from a rather affluent businessman:

        Economists and Businessmen are always at loggerheads.

        Economists aim to achieve a perfect state of economy. They want to remove all negative externalities and what not, beliving that when most things are at equlibrium it will make the economy perfect and everybody is happy.

        Businessmen, on the otherhand, wishes for an imperfect economy. Because with an imperfect economy, money is to be made! If all were so perfect, how can they make the big bucks?

        The two definitely aren't good friends.

        So far from my short existence in this planet, I see that the economy crisis of late are all based on an infringement of integrity by smart businessmen/bankers/rich and powerful people.

        They make their money by distorting the general economy to an extreme level.

        In this recent case, it's taking credit (pun intended) to a large, large extent.

        Over-stretching the dollar I say.

        Hence causing the economy to crash.

        As such, I wouldn't say that the economy simply just crash because some people think it's a recession and everyone follow the leader and stop spending.

        It's someone that MADE an impact large enough to cause a frenzy..and that impact is felt across thousands and thousands of people. People that lose their effort and money.

        And hence cannot spend.
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        • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
          Originally Posted by JeffLam View Post

          Economists aim to achieve a perfect state of economy. They want to remove all negative externalities and what not, beliving that when most things are at equlibrium it will make the economy perfect and everybody is happy.

          Businessmen, on the otherhand, wishes for an imperfect economy. Because with an imperfect economy, money is to be made! If all were so perfect, how can they make the big bucks?
          With all due respect, I don't think you understand economics.

          Economics work the way they work. Economists do not aim to achieve anything, because economics are the result of human action irrespective of human intent.

          You might as well speculate about what physicists aim to achieve with the laws of gravity. There is no aim. It doesn't matter what they WANT the laws of gravity to be, they are what they are, and no amount of wishing will alter them.

          Businessmen, on the other hand, are under the fallacious impression that because economics are the result of human choice, and because human choice can be influenced, that by influencing human choice you can influence economics.

          This isn't true. You can only influence people to a certain degree, and what short-term effect you may have is ultimately balanced out in the long run.

          They're not at loggerheads in any way. Businessmen look at economics and say "wait, if I can do this, then that will happen!" - and the economist says "it doesn't work that way... if you do this, you may get that to happen, but ultimately it will go right back to what it was going to be if you left it alone."

          Then the businessman yells "But I am smarter than economics!" and runs off to do it anyway.
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          • Profile picture of the author Daniel E Taylor
            Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

            With all due respect, I don't think you understand economics.

            Economics work the way they work. Economists do not aim to achieve anything, because economics are the result of human action irrespective of human intent.

            You might as well speculate about what physicists aim to achieve with the laws of gravity. There is no aim. It doesn't matter what they WANT the laws of gravity to be, they are what they are, and no amount of wishing will alter them.

            Businessmen, on the other hand, are under the fallacious impression that because economics are the result of human choice, and because human choice can be influenced, that by influencing human choice you can influence economics.

            This isn't true. You can only influence people to a certain degree, and what short-term effect you may have is ultimately balanced out in the long run.

            They're not at loggerheads in any way. Businessmen look at economics and say "wait, if I can do this, then that will happen!" - and the economist says "it doesn't work that way... if you do this, you may get that to happen, but ultimately it will go right back to what it was going to be if you left it alone."

            Then the businessman yells "But I am smarter than economics!" and runs off to do it anyway.
            I love that last line!

            But honestly most* people wouldn't know it was
            recession if it wasn't for the sick media.

            All they talk about is what is failing, but what would happen
            if they reported all the flourishing businesses and internet businesses.

            It would change the mindset of the people from hopelessness (laziness)
            to motivation (Action).

            Ah well.
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  • Profile picture of the author ScottTMc
    This is a fairly quite time of the year for everyone, people dont dig into their pockets as they'd rather save it for christmas. Which is fair enough really, just dont be dishartened, it will pick back up!
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    • Profile picture of the author mkayius
      From what I`ve heard the worst is yet to come.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kirahster
    I have one product that I am marketing and the stats are: 481 hops and 69 order form views! Hmmmmm 69 people were interested enough to look at the order form but not one of these people were interested enough to purchase the product.

    The price and terms are laid out well on the page also so curiosity about the price is not inducing people to click.
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