First Clickbank sale today!

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Today I got the 1st clickbank sale. I direct linked a weight loss offer on buysellads. 60 hops later I got the first sale.

I am thinking of putting a squeeze page with a free report which the vendor offers and 3 auto responder messages. Do you guys think this can increase sales?

The best think is that I just paid for the ad and forgot about it. Now if I can increase conversion rate with a squeeze page I can scale it up. Any thoughts on the plan?
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  • Profile picture of the author RhondaG
    Way to Go! It's always exciting to get a Clickbank sale. I used to have a site that made me clickbank sales but I sold it. Makes me want to do it again! Keep it up!
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  • Profile picture of the author HostWind
    1 out of 60 visits ain't bad! How many impressions overall do you get, and how many did it take you receive the first sale?
    You could, sloppily, try and predict overall sales volume and see if youre in the green or not.
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  • Profile picture of the author petkanov
    I have decided to go for paid traffic. It probably will be painful to lose some money, but it is scalable and takes less time.
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  • Profile picture of the author GSX
    I would try running a split test maybe through another BSA site. Definitely get more data on your current offer though, 1 sale make it tough to gauge actual CTR and ROI.

    Congrats though!
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  • Profile picture of the author petkanov
    60 hops and 74 impressions. My ad is 300x250.
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    • Profile picture of the author raywarrior1978
      Hi Petkanov. I just went to buysellads.com and I don't know how it works.
      I am reading it though. If I wanted to make money with clickbank, what do I do? I am just looking for a quick explanation. How much does it cost, how do I create the ad, through a banner or text? How does the process works and conversions. Is is a one time payment or monthly?

      Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author petkanov
    Well, I made one sale, so it could have been luck for all I know. Just browse the webistes you can put banners on, and choose the placement. For best result I would go above the fold with 300x250 banner, with text.
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    • Profile picture of the author kencart
      Originally Posted by petkanov View Post

      Well, I made one sale, so it could have been luck for all I know. Just browse the webistes you can put banners on, and choose the placement. For best result I would go above the fold with 300x250 banner, with text.
      It's not luck or coincidence that got you your first sale, buysellads is a great place for media buying and placing your banner in front of a targeted audience. Like other warriors here have suggested, try A/B split test and research the target website using quantcast and alexa to pin point and target the right audience.
      It's always a great feeling making that first CB sale.... CONGRATS!
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  • Profile picture of the author bizoppmaster
    If you are direct linking, I would suggest you split test as many offers as you can that are comparable.

    Free trials convert much easier than straight sales, but you can't get them from CB.

    Sign up for Convert2Media dot com or another CPA network, they have tons of high converting weight loss offers!

    If you run landers, make sure you run flogs or farticles. They work best!
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Congrats. Hope you make many more.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheProgrammer
    Congrats on getting your first sale, I've heard many good reviews about BuySellAds I'll try my luck very soon.
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  • Profile picture of the author GSX
    Any update on conversions? Definitely following this as I've wondered about BSA in the past. Hope your first sale wasn't a fluke! Keep us posted.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jillian W
    Congrats on your first sale! Keep us posted!
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  • Profile picture of the author DWolfe
    [QUOTE=petkanov;6672260]

    I am thinking of putting a squeeze page with a free report which the vendor offers and 3 auto responder messages. Do you guys think this can increase sales? QUOTE]

    Read the first post in this thread about using a squeeze page.
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6679039

    Yes it can help you increase sales. Also congrads on your first sale !!
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  • Profile picture of the author TomYevsikov
    I keep seeing all these first sale posts lately, seems like people are finally making it!!

    well done my friend, Good luck and looking forward to get a pm from you when you will get your first 1,000th sale
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  • Profile picture of the author NeverStop
    Congratulations on your first Clickbank sale.

    Have you split test ad variations? You might discover a better converting ad!

    Sending them to a squeeze page if done right, will nearly always outperform sending them direct to offer, you just got to keep testing.
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    • Profile picture of the author cashp0wer
      Congratulations on getting your first Clickbank sale. Now that you've made your first one you can now make many, many more!
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      • Profile picture of the author Lakezilla
        Congrats! I know 'll never forget my first Clickbank Sale. Keep it up!
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  • Profile picture of the author greenowl123
    Congrats ! I hope you get many more sales.

    Always try to get their email and follow up with them with an auto-responder loaded with 5 to 7 messages.

    And you might make more money with a CPA offer from Peerfly or others....
    Keep testing...

    Good luck !
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    • Profile picture of the author Samujaol
      That is very good, but to get more sales need more work with full determination than before, you can apply other different method apart from the one you used, this will increase your sale. Get auto-responder, so that you build your list and continue to follow your list up sounds very nice.
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Bridgen
    Well done I put my 1st one out today
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Bridgen
    I am looking to get my 1st sale on clickbank I will let you all know When It happens Also I am looking into the warrior forum as well One step at a time. I have done all the reading now it is time to have a go and jump in two with both feet.
    wishme luck
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  • Profile picture of the author dragtastic
    congrats on the first sale!

    It's always a blast. I have a baggage auction site and my account is over $100 in sales already - which is better than nothing
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  • Profile picture of the author hydride
    Hey congrats petkanov!
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  • Profile picture of the author vCr8
    Congratulations... I must agree it is not pure luck but your patience, hard work and dedication as well. I would also suggest a split test, hope to hear split test results from you so that newbies and others looking to experiment on this can get a good grip.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan Smith
    Congrats bro. Rinse and REPEAT! HAHA!
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  • Profile picture of the author Anomalous
    I crossed my first sale milestone a few years ago, but never with clickbank products. I think I'll copy your simple strategy, Petkanov. Congrats on your sale!
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  • Profile picture of the author ExpertSEOServices
    Congrats! Clickbank can be tricky stuff for newbies so getting your first sale after 60 hops is fantastic.
    Just rinse and repeat what you are currently doing to help build on that income.
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  • Profile picture of the author ExpertSEOServices
    Congrats! Clickbank can be tricky stuff for newbies so getting your first sale after 60 hops is fantastic.
    Just rinse and repeat what you are currently doing to help build on that income.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bill Hugall
    Right on!!! I love it when people make their first sales. Now one sale will never be enough again.
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  • Profile picture of the author Trevor
    As long as you create email of real value before sending the offer to your list, in 99% of cases you will increase the CR that way. Direct linking is incomparably weaker than building a list and building a relationship with the list prior to showing the traffic the offer.
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  • Profile picture of the author FlowingEvents
    Congrats..Best luck for future.
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    • Profile picture of the author jredmond
      Congrats! That first one is such a great feeling and it's only the beginning!!

      Carry on , Jim R
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  • Profile picture of the author Tasleem Khan
    Congrats on your first sale! Hope you get many, many more. Keep us posted!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author joeflizo
    First sale is really important because many people quit just because they failed to get their 1st ever sale esp on CB.

    I prefer you to do split test before you scale up your budget and project.
    You can split test on several occasions.
    Little search on google n here will help much.

    Congratulates! :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author casablancas
    While 1 in 60 is good, I certainly wouldn't make any conclusions off such a small sample size.
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  • Profile picture of the author majorkiller
    Dear,

    I am also try buysellads for my clickbank offer... and bought 10000 impression on 300*250 banner size... in two days i got 1400 impressions of my ads... but only got just 2 hops or you can say that 2 clicks on my offer... can anyone tell me what i do wrong?

    Regards,
    Saquib
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  • Profile picture of the author marketermatt
    congratz! Now look forward to your $1000/day
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  • Profile picture of the author pizaruu
    good brother
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    Congrats bro. Rinse and REPEAT!
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  • Profile picture of the author Deepak Media
    Take a screenshot. Print it and frame it

    It will always be a source of motivation when you remember how excited you were when it happened.

    Helps on the days where you have fewer sales than usual.
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    • Profile picture of the author SHAB1412
      Yes, first success is always very motivating. and once you get bigger successes and look back from where you started, it feels amazing to see where you're today.
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  • Profile picture of the author Xneaker
    This will be a long road Pet,

    First sale is great, you feel great, can boost your confidence.
    You are in the right direction, build list for long term business. You can make three month duration for auto responder, send them 1 message per week until 3 months to build relationship. Even they not buy your product, at least you can offer them different product.

    Originally Posted by petkanov View Post

    Today I got the 1st clickbank sale. I direct linked a weight loss offer on buysellads. 60 hops later I got the first sale.

    I am thinking of putting a squeeze page with a free report which the vendor offers and 3 auto responder messages. Do you guys think this can increase sales?

    The best think is that I just paid for the ad and forgot about it. Now if I can increase conversion rate with a squeeze page I can scale it up. Any thoughts on the plan?
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  • Profile picture of the author freebuys
    Congrats for your first sell.Wishing your great moment to success again and again.
    Best of luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author johan_malmo
    Congratulations
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  • Profile picture of the author scar99
    Congratulation for your first sale !
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  • Profile picture of the author wogibook
    Congratulations!!
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  • Profile picture of the author stevenrenolds
    Congratulations, keep up the good work!
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    • Profile picture of the author DYorn
      Congratulations, now keep the momentum going and get the second sale.

      A squeeze page and autoresponder series should increase your conversions.
      And it will give you a list that you can present other offers to.
      But as always you should split test everything to see what is working and what needs to be improved upon.
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      • Profile picture of the author emmanuelm
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        Congratualations! Hope you get more!
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  • Profile picture of the author Tasleem Khan
    Congrats on your first sale, its a great feeling.

    Yes add an autoresponder this should increase conversions and you start to build a list in which you can offer more products.
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  • Profile picture of the author roomi12344
    Will done buddy. Keep up the good word.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anomalous
    I've done this now is well. I'm promoting 2 CB products in the weightloss niche using BuySellAds.

    My results are not as promising. I spent $80 for 10k impression. One ad gets 0.3% CTR, the other gets 0.7% CTR.

    I have about 1600 impressions so far, but only 7 hops, and no sales.

    Suggestions?


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  • Profile picture of the author Topwriters
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    Congrats! Hope you'll be able to make more sales like this. =)
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  • Profile picture of the author HostWind
    Anything over .02 percent CTR is pretty good, in all honesty. The conversion rate of 1/60 or even 1/120 is not typical for banner ads.

    Like others recommended, split testing is likely the best idea. As a reminder, you are "interrupt marketing" to people.
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    • Profile picture of the author munaworks
      Originally Posted by HostWind View Post

      Anything over .02 percent CTR is pretty good, in all honesty. The conversion rate of 1/60 or even 1/120 is not typical for banner ads.

      Like others recommended, split testing is likely the best idea. As a reminder, you are "interrupt marketing" to people.
      interrupt marketing? In what way?
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  • Profile picture of the author SHAB1412
    Pleased to know that. Congratulations! I'm also going to start with ClickBank. It feels great to hear success stories from you guys. I would also appreciate the decision of choosing paid traffic, its much painless than free traffic & it pays well.

    Best of Luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author lincolnlee
    congtratulationssss.. !! hope to get my first sale too.. lol
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  • Profile picture of the author Dragonfire Wealth
    Originally Posted by petkanov View Post

    Today I got the 1st clickbank sale. I direct linked a weight loss offer on buysellads. 60 hops later I got the first sale.

    I am thinking of putting a squeeze page with a free report which the vendor offers and 3 auto responder messages. Do you guys think this can increase sales?

    The best think is that I just paid for the ad and forgot about it. Now if I can increase conversion rate with a squeeze page I can scale it up. Any thoughts on the plan?
    I'm thinking it may decrease your conversions, but again it might not.

    I'd do it though, cause you're at the very least building a list to market to.
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  • Profile picture of the author jpsween88
    I would definitely get a squeeze page and start capturing email addresses. If you've ever read a post on here money is in the list. Just think, if they don't buy the initial product it doesn't mean they wont buy a product in a future email. They are already interested in the niche, just got to find the right product for them.
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  • Profile picture of the author sprlck9
    Are you still doing well with this method Pet ?
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  • Profile picture of the author NewAge29
    Nice job! The problem with traffic like this is that it will take a quite a long time (and a lot of money) to actually figure out your metrics. By the time you get real numbers you could be 5 figures in the red if you're not careful.

    Not trying to be a downer, just telling you the truth.

    Nice job though! You're ahead of most people just by doing something!
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  • Profile picture of the author Byron Darensburg
    Glad for you..still trying to get my first sale..you've given me some ideas..thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Madrona
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    Congrats on your first sale from my side too.

    I would say that it depends on the visitors are coming from.

    If visitors are coming from search engine from any targeted keyword then the chance is to sell the product to the visitor and conversion rate is really very good.
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  • Profile picture of the author iammiles
    Congrats on your first sale!

    I remember my first clickbank sale but it was refunded along with the 2nd and 3rd sale i made
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