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Average amount of hops per sale? (just looking for a rough guess)

by RedShifted
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See this is really annoying me now & I'm realizing I just got lucky on youtube.

I got up to 109 hops and got 4 sales initially (my first 2 days). Now I'm up to about 223 hops (day 4), and have NOT got one additional sale. This is driving me crazy and I don't know why noone else seems to be buying.

I'm really wondering if this had more to do with time of day. I'm thinking maybe I just accidentally posted at the right time of day, or coincidentally when there were a few buyers on youtube.

But right now people are hopping on my link, but noone new is buying!

Do I just need to drive thousands of targeted buyers instead?
Because right now I'm doing a lot of posting and people are only coming by at the rate of around a 2.4 hops/hr.

I'm never going to make real money like this am I?
I'm realizing this marketing thing comes down to driving A LOT of targeted prospects FAST.

I guess this is why people spend so much time doing SEO or PPC. Posting comments on youtube is never going to drive enough traffic imo. It was working good at first but I think its time to change up my technique (which is just ranking comments on relevant high traffic videos with a title link).

-Red
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  • Profile picture of the author Chrisbroholm
    No offense, but it took you 768 posts to realize that marketing is about driving targeted prospects to an offer?

    It's absolutely impossible to give an estimate of hops per sale, maybe if you gave the product you are affiliating, other affiliates might be able to chime in with their experience.
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    • Profile picture of the author fin
      You should be trying to find the most effective traffic method that drives as much people as possible into an email funnel in the quickest amount of time.
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      • Profile picture of the author marketinguk
        Yep sustainable business model, i agree with Jamie and personally wouldn't waste my time on this, especially as you are having real concerns and doubts.
        Originally Posted by fin View Post

        You should be trying to find the most effective traffic method that drives as much people as possible into an email funnel in the quickest amount of time.
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      • Profile picture of the author RedShifted
        Originally Posted by fin View Post

        You should be trying to find the most effective traffic method that drives as much people as possible into an email funnel in the quickest amount of time.
        Thanks this is very direct and exactly what I need to hear.

        I'm going to try building up a massive fan page now I think that could help a lot with views. If that doesn't work then I'll just start finding good keywords and going the SEO route. Then eventually PPC.

        God I got so much freakn stuff to learn still.

        -Red
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        • Profile picture of the author Mr_Lauri
          Why don't you write a free report in your niche,

          order a few SOLO ADs... and make sales?

          If you don't have the budget to buy solos, sell your tv and couch...




          Originally Posted by RedShifted View Post

          Thanks this is very direct and exactly what I need to hear.

          I'm going to try building up a massive fan page now I think that could help a lot with views. If that doesn't work then I'll just start finding good keywords and going the SEO route. Then eventually PPC.

          God I got so much freakn stuff to learn still.

          -Red
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          Traffic and Conversions.
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          • Profile picture of the author fedor50
            That's generally how marketing online goes. But it's the marketers who adapt and continue to tweak their campaign, sales page, etc that ultimately find success in this business.
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          • Profile picture of the author marketinguk
            Sounds like a recipe to chuck money down the drain if you don't know what you're doing. Indeed many respected warriors will tell you even doing really effective due diligence with solo ad sellers is really tough these days to get right.
            I certainly wouldn't recommend you to sell your tv and couch for it - that's crazy.
            Joel
            Originally Posted by Mr_Lauri View Post

            Why don't you write a free report in your niche,

            order a few SOLO ADs... and make sales?

            If you don't have the budget to buy solos, sell your tv and couch...
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    • Profile picture of the author RedShifted
      Originally Posted by Chrisbroholm View Post

      No offense, but it took you 768 posts to realize that marketing is about driving targeted prospects to an offer?

      It's absolutely impossible to give an estimate of hops per sale, maybe if you gave the product you are affiliating, other affiliates might be able to chime in with their experience.
      I'm promoting both Truth About Abs & Dub Turbo.

      This thread was specifically in reference to dub turbo. Truth About Abs I'm promoting with a blog, dub turbo with youtube videos (to compare).

      I KNOW marketing is about driving lots of targeted prospects.

      What I don't know (should have made this clear) is what mediums work best for driving LARGE amounts of targeted traffic.

      Like how are people getting millions upon million of views on youtube? They're obviously not doing it buy commenting on other peoples videos. Is this all backlinking? Do they promote the videos first by buying views?

      My view count is going up to slowly, I want to learn how the pros are getting millions of views on their videos.

      Thanks - Red
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      • Profile picture of the author marketinguk
        Originally Posted by RedShifted View Post

        I'm promoting both Truth About Abs & Dub Turbo.

        This thread was specifically in reference to dub turbo. Truth About Abs I'm promoting with a blog, dub turbo with youtube videos (to compare).

        I KNOW marketing is about driving lots of targeted prospects.

        What I don't know (should have made this clear) is what mediums work best for driving LARGE amounts of targeted traffic.

        Like how are people getting millions upon million of views on youtube? They're obviously not doing it buy commenting on other peoples videos. Is this all backlinking? Do they promote the videos first by buying views?

        My view count is going up to slowly, I want to learn how the pros are getting millions of views on their videos.

        Thanks - Red
        There could be so many answers to that question i'm surprised you are asking it. They could have bought these views from fiverr which is junk traffic, or it could be mainly google organic traffic for highly searched terms, or it could be ranking at the top of the youtube search results for competitive terms. There can't be a clear and straight answer to that question i'm afraid.
        Joel
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        • Profile picture of the author RedShifted
          Originally Posted by affilliate pro View Post

          There could be so many answers to that question i'm surprised you are asking it. They could have bought these views from fiverr which is junk traffic, or it could be mainly google organic traffic for highly searched terms, or it could be ranking at the top of the youtube search results for competitive terms. There can't be a clear and straight answer to that question i'm afraid.
          Joel
          Thanks I seem to be regressing back into a newbie state of mind let me just get back to work and STFU.

          -Red
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  • Profile picture of the author marketinguk
    Or you can shift away from youtube marketing entirely if you feel it doesn't best suit your talents, it's your call. You've been around long enough to know the game and if something has real long term potential or not. I personally would see if my talents were better suited to a different business model and one that is potentially sustainable in the long term.
    N.B. I have now reached my 250th Post. I'm catching Alexa Smith up LOL.

    Joel
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  • Profile picture of the author marketinguk
    No problem it happens to many of us at different stages, just try to keep things simple and stay "focussed", aah that word that so many marketers struggle with, myself included sometimes.
    Good luck
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