First Sale!!!

15 years ago

Congrats, my friend... My first sale was more exciting than my first 5 figure day. I still remember it vividly and the incredible mindset shift that took place. I was hooked for good!

Continued success

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oda

15 years ago

WELL DONE MATE!!!!!!!!!

Your right that tracking is important, look into that straight away. Once you know where the sale came from then you can scale up and focus on that area more.

remember 2 that you can add tracking id to your CB links to help get info on the clicks. Try Using that first them upgrade to a better system later on.

Most link cloakers also have tracking available. i use clicktrackzilla from WSO thread, its great at telling you exactly where each sale came from.

Again awesome work Now make it happen again... and again..... and again.......

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E. Brian Rose

15 years ago

By your third sale, you will be selling an ebook telling the world how you made your first two sales. Then you will be Don Lapre rich.

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Sarah S

15 years ago

Congratulations, getting your sale is such a good feeling! I remember I was so giddy with excitement when it happened to me; I felt like it proved that internet marketing was actually "real."

Originally Posted by MichaelG469

I really wish I knew how that guy got to my site, what he liked, what his opinion was, just wish I had more analytics so that I could see *what worked*

What method(s) are you using to promote the Clickbank item? If you have your own site, you might want to install Google Analytics so that you can track how your visitors get there; it might help you with your campaigns. If you're hosting on cPanel, you can also see some information about where your visitors come from, which might help as well. And at the very least, you could also add the optional "Tracking ID" when you create your Clickbank hoplink, if you're using hoplinks on more than one site.

Anyways, congratulations again, now just keep on truckin'

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MichaelG469

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Sarah S

Congratulations, getting your sale is such a good feeling! I remember I was so giddy with excitement when it happened to me; I felt like it proved that internet marketing was actually "real."

What method(s) are you using to promote the Clickbank item? If you have your own site, you might want to install Google Analytics so that you can track how your visitors get there; it might help you with your campaigns. If you're hosting on cPanel, you can also see some information about where your visitors come from, which might help as well. And at the very least, you could also add the optional "Tracking ID" when you create your Clickbank hoplink, if you're using hoplinks on more than one site.

Anyways, congratulations again, now just keep on truckin'

I have google analytics, but I don't know for sure where that PARTICULAR person that bought the product came from. Was it google, or an article, etc. How did he find my site? But hey its all good, I'll just try to keep doing what I'm doing.

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weblink29

15 years ago

Congrats on the first sale. That first one hooked me....I am still chasing after that high

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Steven Miranda

15 years ago

Nice! The first sale is always the best!

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GlynisG 15 years ago

Congratulations. A simple way to track where your sales com from is by using Statcounter.
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- godsgood 15 years ago
  
  Very nice, congratulations! Hopefully I'll be there soon
  
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HigherPrThanGod

15 years ago

Ah, yes.. that first sale.

As I always say in these first sale posts - WATCH THEM REFUND IT. (Oh noes)

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MichaelG469 15 years ago

Originally Posted by HigherPrThanGod

Ah, yes.. that first sale.

As I always say in these first sale posts - WATCH THEM REFUND IT. (Oh noes)

Don't jinx me..
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- HigherPrThanGod 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MichaelG469
  
  Don't jinx me..
  
  I don't think it's Jinx'd anyone yet. :p
  
  Congrats though. I remember how excited I was, back in 1998, when I made my first sale. I remember being in the college library logging into the admin area of my sponsor and excitedly seeing more sales.. lol
  
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John Romaine

15 years ago

Hope it was one of my products

Nice work dude *high five

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sscot

15 years ago

It's really Wow moment buddy. congratulations! go ahead, work hard, method works for you.

Good luck,

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cobra tatham

15 years ago

The first of many to come and then after you scale things up... look out as they will be coming in fast and furious.

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luckyshah290

15 years ago

Congratulations .....

I wish you all the success ..
Keep up the good work ..

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Monidelgagrillo

15 years ago

Congrats on your first sale! The feeling is definitely addicting

The best motivation there is to keep pushing forward.

Monica

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anthony2

15 years ago

Originally Posted by MichaelG469

Whoooo hooooo! First clickbank sale! I'm ecstatic, I went on a vacation and haven't checked anything site related in about 4 days. Come back and I have my first sale!

Super excited! But only 1 problem:

I really wish I knew how that guy got to my site, what he liked, what his opinion was, just wish I had more analytics so that I could see *what worked*

Wow...I'm happy right now.

congrads...my friend

keep on working hard, smart, be consistent and you will
have alot more sales coming.

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forexpro

15 years ago

good job. more hard work and you'll be good do great.

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RevSEO

15 years ago

Now scale! Great job on the first sale, I still remember mine and boy was I excited.

Then I watched as Clickbank ate it away for a monthly "maintenance" fee.

I'm long past that now, but keep it up, you are in for a roller coaster of a ride

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bhuff85

15 years ago

Congrats! It feels good to finally get a taste of some of your work finally paying off, doesn't it? Don't let it stop with this one - keep 'em coming!

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Willie Murray

15 years ago

Well done you! here's to many more

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MichaelG469

15 years ago

I'd like to hope that they keep coming, and I'm trying to figure out more ways to boost traffic. I feel like the one area I really need to work on is building more backlinks to my site. I've been here for a while now and I'm still not sure how to get good quality consistant backlinks. I've looked into some companies and it was like $750-$1000 a month....and I've only made one sale. I don't have that kind of cash at the moment.

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HigherPrThanGod

15 years ago

Originally Posted by MichaelG469

I'd like to hope that they keep coming, and I'm trying to figure out more ways to boost traffic. I feel like the one area I really need to work on is building more backlinks to my site. I've been here for a while now and I'm still not sure how to get good quality consistant backlinks. I've looked into some companies and it was like $750-$1000 a month....and I've only made one sale. I don't have that kind of cash at the moment.

That right there is why I went into adult. Getting high pr back links are made for the adult field. The only other alternative is to get a crap load of .com's in competitive niches for long-tail phrases (100+ sites) and as each gets a few hits a day, in total you end up with a lot of traffic.

So, instead of spending $750 on backlinks, why not buy 50 longtail domains (don't do keyword research, just type what makes sense) and then get them indexed. These days you gotta go with quantity over quality when you're a newbie.

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John Romaine

15 years ago

Originally Posted by MichaelG469

I'd like to hope that they keep coming, and I'm trying to figure out more ways to boost traffic. I feel like the one area I really need to work on is building more backlinks to my site. I've been here for a while now and I'm still not sure how to get good quality consistant backlinks. I've looked into some companies and it was like $750-$1000 a month....and I've only made one sale. I don't have that kind of cash at the moment.

Dude, whats important is LIST BUILDING.

Guess what? The EASIEST person to sell to is a PROVEN BUYER! You now have that. Start capturing emails and promoting additional products in the back end.

BTW - Can you email this person directly and simply ask them how they found you? Or dont affiliates have this option??

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celente

15 years ago

Originally Posted by ramone_johnny

Dude, whats important is LIST BUILDING.

Guess what? The EASIEST person to sell to is a PROVEN BUYER! You now have that. Start capturing emails and promoting additional products in the back end.

BTW - Can you email this person directly and simply ask them how they found you? Or dont affiliates have this option??

Hi

everytime I read your posts you just keep getting smarter and smarter dude.

You are correct. Build a list of prospects who love and cant wait for you to send the next email and you have won this game, time to quit the job.

But it is harder for some than others.

Once you master email marketing and building a list, you can earn more than you family combined.

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veenafurtado

15 years ago

Congratz. Wish you get many more sales.

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Jake Gray

15 years ago

Perhaps he went through your Warrior signature?

But congratulations on your first sale. Don't settle for the first few - Keep
expanding until you get in the hundreds. Perform SEO daily and you'll reap
of the benefit once it starts making a decent amount.

Jake

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corycrabb 15 years ago

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nicolas simpson

15 years ago

fantastic, i was so happy when i got my 1st sale too. i hope you will get more soon.

Best regards.

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FredJones

15 years ago

Good job. Now, look up for tracking codes inside Clickbank. Create a separate tracking ID for each location that you have linked the sales page to. That will pinpoint the link that gave you the sale. Do it immediately so that you know by the next time it happens.

Originally Posted by MichaelG469

Whoooo hooooo! First clickbank sale! I'm ecstatic, I went on a vacation and haven't checked anything site related in about 4 days. Come back and I have my first sale!

Super excited! But only 1 problem:

I really wish I knew how that guy got to my site, what he liked, what his opinion was, just wish I had more analytics so that I could see *what worked*

Wow...I'm happy right now.

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Cwayne

15 years ago

That's awesome. I'm trying to get into internet marketing but for a new guy there's just so much stuff that doesn't make sense.

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art72

15 years ago

Originally Posted by MichaelG469

Whoooo hooooo! First clickbank sale! I'm ecstatic, I went on a vacation and haven't checked anything site related in about 4 days. Come back and I have my first sale!

Super excited! But only 1 problem:

I really wish I knew how that guy got to my site, what he liked, what his opinion was, just wish I had more analytics so that I could see *what worked*

Wow...I'm happy right now.

Congratulations Man!

Looking forward to making my first sale real soon! I use and recommend Statcounter, and Big "G's" Analytics. Also, as someone stated above....it's nice to know Clickbank allows specific campaign tracking as well, I just leaned about this earlier tonight.

While I am just getting started, I highly recommend Matthew Neers WSO ....only $9 (Huge Over-Delivery!)

Here's a direct link, check it out:

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ml#post4085404

Hopefully, I'll be posting my first sale soon, keep up the good work!

PS- Might want to fix your <h1> tag on "How to Make Solar Panels" Site
(Keep it green Bro, I used to install them on swimming pools)

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Jamie Drew

15 years ago

Well done Michael! I'd say just to enjoy and have a beer or something to celebrate. Always reward yourself mate! Feel good about what you've achieved and more success will indefinitely come!

I can tell that you're already thankful for it, so now go celebrate it.

Congrats man!

Jamie

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BXPS

15 years ago

Congratulations bro, Keep up the good job.

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boxoun

15 years ago

Now you know that whatever you are doing is converting. Now its time to get more traffic then worry about analytics!

congrats

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bayumaulana2003 15 years ago

Congratulation

keep up the good work and focus on one system
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15 years ago

Congrats!!! It's the best feeling in the world...

More to come =)

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brunom

15 years ago

Congratulations! Now check what you've done right and rinse and repeat!

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MichaelG469

15 years ago

Thanks guys, this has really motivated me!

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Deltia 15 years ago

Way to go!
Take that enthusiasm and make more and more
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Cee

15 years ago

Congrats! May you have many more

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MatthewNeer

15 years ago

Hey man, CONGRATZ on the first sale bro!

That is something most people never get to. And check it out, now you know exactly how you did it, or what you did to get there. Now you just gotta INCREASE what you did in volume and make it happen on a bigger scale.

Can I ask what you sold?

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15 years ago

Congrats Michael - pat yourself on the back for me

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niravmehta 15 years ago

Congratulations on the first sale. Like everyone mentioned, the "first sale" is like "first crush". You always remember it, and cherish it.

Truth be told, it's always a mystery how the first sale happens. You do the best you know, and wait for the sale to happen. And then suddenly it does. But you don't really know how it happened and how you can recreate it.

You can use Google Analytics tracking to help understand the visits, and create goals to see how many reach your sales page / post sale confirmation page.

But another thing you can do is simply write to the buyer. Ask him/her about what he liked about the product, how he reached your site, and what else you can do for him.

And yes, do work on building a list as well.

Wish you lot more success ahead. Keep it up!
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opticbit

15 years ago

Great... I still need to make my first CB sale. I've done others though so I haven't concentrated on CB>

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dagaul101

15 years ago

First off, congrats on the first sale, its the first step of many I hope, you could always reverse engineer potential sales traffic from your end to see where he/she came from

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15 years ago

First sale always feels great- good job!

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Kevin Tan

15 years ago

Congratulations on your first sale.
May you have more coming your way.

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FranMurray 15 years ago

Congrats, the first sale is the most memorial.

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fongjey

15 years ago

That was great! keep it going. Perhaps you could leverage on google analytics to look at your audience or traffic in depth.

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15 years ago

Congrats! Now you should go for more. More!

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Fazal Mayar

15 years ago

congrats, hope its 1 to many!

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ChrisWilliams

15 years ago

Use must use google analytics on everything. That way you can always know what is working and what isn't

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Tony Marriott

15 years ago

Fantastic, I remember the buzz well.

You have immediately noticed one of the big challanges with affiliate marketing. tracking your conversions.

First thing you need to do is make use of the Clickbank tracking IDs. Have a seperate id for every affiliate link. At least that way you will know exactly what link produced the sale.

Realistically 1 sale is not enough to be "statistically" relevent enough but the quicker you get your tracking in place the quicker you will have data to analyse.

Make sure you have Google Analytics or statcounter or similar installed as you can then see a lot of information about your site visitors.
I am assuming you are using organic seach traffic. This is harder to link to your conversions.

If your site traffic is fairly low then it is possible to look at the Clickbank purchase time stamp (adjusting for time zone) and then view your Analytics log for the same time. Clickbank also tell you country and (state if US) and you can check this against the information in your stat logs (IP geo location). That way it is possible to find the very site visitor that made the sale.

This's clearly not a tracking method you can sustain but for your first sale it might just be a bit of fun.

If you use paid traffic like Adwords it is possible to track end to end and have an exact picture.

looking forward to getting many more sales

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ZaneZenMaster

15 years ago

Haha, Congrats bro..
Always takes the first sale to find thta inspiration to continue and build!
Reinvest that first sale man, As little as it may be. Use it wise to bring in more sales

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Truxx

15 years ago

Awesome man! Keep it up. It's such a motivator having that first sale.

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Matt Glenn

15 years ago

Congrats! The first sale always seems to be the hardest. Now that you broke through that it's all up hill from here.

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grover69

15 years ago

No matter the complaints about Clickbank (and trust me, I've got plenty) it is still a fun little system to learn how to make your affiliate sale online. All you need is proof that it is possible and the entire world opens up. Now what's next down the road?....product creation!

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chrisen

15 years ago

Congrats. It's nice hearing the success stories from time to time for a little more motivation.

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15 years ago

Awesome! Do keep us updated on your future success!

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Goldenboy

15 years ago

Congratulations man, making our first sale is always the most excited event in the internet business. Although my first earnings weren't that big, the idea that I was earning was more than enough for me to celebrate on it. Glad to know that you keep on improving in what you have been doing, keep it up. Continue to learn, familiarize and master what fellow warriors have been teaching you.
Always keep a positive outlook in life.