Shady Solo Ads

12 years ago

I personally think you are over paranoid and looking at the wrong thing... I mean, your looking at names. You should focus your energy looking at opens, clicks and sales.

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VinnyBock

12 years ago

Originally Posted by mbacak

I personally think you are over paranoid and looking at the wrong thing... I mean, your looking at names. You should focus your energy looking at opens, clicks and sales.

I hope your right Matt, it's definitely a good possibility I'm being paranoid, it's just the #'s that worry me, it's a pretty big coincidence that solo ad subscribers sign up with their full name, yet it seems like everyone else only uses their 1st name... :confused:

Thanks for you opinion... Hopefully everyone agrees with you - that will put my mind at ease some...

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Bill Hugall

12 years ago

Originally Posted by VinnyBock

I hope your right Matt, it's definitely a good possibility I'm being paranoid, it's just the #'s that worry me, it's a pretty big coincidence that solo ad subscribers sign up with their full name, yet it seems like everyone else only uses their 1st name... :confused:

Thanks for you opinion... Hopefully everyone agrees with you - that will put my mind at ease some...

I must be missing something. I don't give my last name ever. I only ever ask for the first name. Who cares about there last name. The email and first name for personalizing is all you need. I am wondering why the last name matters:confused: As far as solo's go don't they fill in the form you provide them. As long as the leads click and buy you are golden. Not to mention that guaranteed sign-ups are never as good as just clicks. There are some high quality solos here and they are pretty cheap.

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wordpressmania

12 years ago

I fully agree with this... I think you should be aweber about your sells and approved email address than that of names

Originally Posted by mbacak

I personally think you are over paranoid and looking at the wrong thing... I mean, your looking at names. You should focus your energy looking at opens, clicks and sales.

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wordwizard 12 years ago

I've bought bunches of Solo Ads, some from Warrior recommended sources, and some from the DOE. The Warrior ads brought quite a few sign-ups but no sales.

The DOE ads brought zero results. Not to say that there are other ads that might work better, but the two or three I bought ads through were not working for me.

I might try again, with different list providers, but it IS a bit discouraging.

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Daddy2

12 years ago

wish i could help you out with this one, but mine only has an email field...ive always been kinda leary of solo ad providers...the first one i used i had a lot of people opt in...like over 100 and not a single sale from it when ive done some ppc campaigns had less opt ins but made a few sales...just seemed fishy to me that out of over 100 people opting in that not one bought...after opt in my conversions have been around 15% prior to the solo ad...which should have ment i should have made at least 15 sales...and i had 0

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VinnyBock

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Daddy2

wish i could help you out with this one, but mine only has an email field...ive always been kinda leary of solo ad providers...the first one i used i had a lot of people opt in...like over 100 and not a single sale from it when ive done some ppc campaigns had less opt ins but made a few sales...just seemed fishy to me that out of over 100 people opting in that not one bought...after opt in my conversions have been around 15% prior to the solo ad...which should have ment i should have made at least 15 sales...and i had 0

My feelings exactly, just a "little leary"... Glad I'm not alone...

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thedog 12 years ago

I haven't actually tried solo ads yet.

How much did you pay for the less expensive service... and how much for the more expensive one?
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- VinnyBock 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by thedog
  
  I haven't actually tried solo ads yet.
  
  How much did you pay for the less expensive service... and how much for the more expensive one?
  
  The prices on solo's vary pretty widely, the less expensive service I ordered which was 200 clicks and 20 sign ups guaranteed was $27...
  
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sovereignn

12 years ago

Originally Posted by VinnyBock

Hey everybody

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I only recently started purchasing solo ads, and every time I go for a less expensive service I notice a disturbing trend, and I'm curious to know if anyone else has noticed this...

My opt-in form is a plane 2 field form, NAME: & EMAIL:, when I get sign ups as a result of my own promotions it seems as though 8or9 out of 10 of subscribers enter just their 1st name in the name field. I do get an occasional person that enters their full name, but just a 1st name is way more common.

I've noticed when I purchase these less expensive solo ads, I see a lot more full names. I recently purchased a service that guaranteed 200 clicks and 20 sign ups, and out of the 200 clicks, I got about 65 sign ups, but I noticed a much larger than usual % of the 65 sign ups, filled their first and last name into the name field. This worries me because as mentioned, my subscribers usually only sign up with their 1st name.

My questions;

Has anyone else noticed a similar trend with certain solo ads?
Am I being paranoid, do you guys/gals notice a lot of people do sign up with their full name?

Really interested to hear every ones thoughts on this...

Vinny

Hah Vinny this brought me a nice laugh

Personally I'm paranoid of cheap solo ads as well of course I feel with price comes quality (sadly definitely not always true)

This would have probably occurred weird to me as well and I'd probably be posting the same thread you are now.

From an outside point of view though... You're probably just being paranoid

Maybe you should send one of them an email and see if they're a bot

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VinnyBock

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sovereignn

Hah Vinny this brought me a nice laugh

Personally I'm paranoid of cheap solo ads as well of course I feel with price comes quality (sadly definitely not always true)

This would have probably occurred weird to me as well and I'd probably be posting the same thread you are now.

From an outside point of view though... You're probably just being paranoid

Maybe you should send one of them an email and see if they're a bot

I'm glad I'm not the only paranoid one.. :p

It would be nice if I knew where to sign up, to the sellers list, then I could see if I actually receive my own ad, that's a smart idea...

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dslfarms

12 years ago

I have seen the same, i believe it is the type of form that is filled out.
i have squeeze page forms that have first/last name email & phone#

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hustlinsmoke

12 years ago

I do not think you are paranoid and yes with every good thing come bad people. I am sure they have bots now that sign up to the solos. I mean you can buy 1000 emails at fiverr for about 30 bucks.

It would not be hard to make a bot to automate clickers.

Stick with trusted solo ad provides and look in the classifieds here, look for ones that review that said they got buyers.

Not always is a higher priced solo better either. I have paid up to 1,000 for a solo ad and he was beat by a 200 dollar solo ad on sales.

You just have to be careful.

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inhomeincome 12 years ago

Could you maybe recommend specific solo ad providers? I always like to find new providers. Thanks!
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guptara

12 years ago

For those who are not getting any sales, they should check where are the sign ups coming from. I mean which countries the subscribers are from. If they are from "Non buying" countries, then ofcourse it means that quality of list is low.

And I agree with what Matt said - Focus energy on improving conversions.

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LukeDavenport

12 years ago

Yeah..you have nothing to worry about

Focus on the numbers!

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paul nicholls

12 years ago

you are focusing on the wrong things

some of the stats or numbers may not make much sense but you should only ever be looking at how profitable your solo ads are, thats it

it all comes down to how many oto`s you make and how many upsells or how many buyers they send you

that is the most important stat of your campaign

paul

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Stephen Crooks 12 years ago

As Shakespeare said "whats in a name?" The acid test for the list is just how responsive they are to any offers you make to them. Have you tested that yet?

I have been testing safe swaps as part of a case study I am conducting, my first solo ads will go live in a couple of days. One of my solo ads went live accidentally yesterday and I have seen 6 sign ups as a result. I am not sure how many were sent though. So far, those sign ups are a mixture of full names and some just using first name.
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54703

12 years ago

What is Solo Ads?

Maybe someone told it to me?

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Stephen Crooks 12 years ago

Originally Posted by 54703

What is Solo Ads?
Maybe someone told it to me?

It is basically paying another mailing list owner to send out something you are promoting to their list. You might be trying to build a list of your own, sell your own product, an affiliate offer or just drive traffic to your site. There are services like safe-swaps.com that offer this or you can look here at the classifieds.
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- David-JP 12 years ago
  
  Been doing solo ads for a few weeks now- bought one on WF, but 95% of opt-ins are gmail accounts- while normally this makes up less than 50%. Also, based on the number of clicks, Ill usually get a 5% OTO sale after the double opt-in. but with this one, 0%.... Glad I tested with a small buy to start! This sellers offer got a lot of positive reviews. Not sure what to make of it.
  
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Rayeoh 12 years ago

Solo Ads is basically engaging someone that have existing subscriber list that will do a broadcast to his/her list on your product/services at a minimal fee. This is often use as the quickest way to build your subscribers besides article, blogging, forum etc...
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Mike Baker

12 years ago

Those who are saying that you are looking at the wrong thing ought to be listening to you and not the other way around. Why? Because no matter why you are paranoid you have every reason to be, because it is your money you are spending and not anybody else's. If I wasn't getting very good results from a solo ad I sure as hell would be looking at the link stats to see where the subscribers are coming from. If they have the same or very similar IP address, then this usually means that the person you bought the solo ad from is filling out the form themselves each time using a proxy server. These are scammers and we shouldn't be encouraging them by paying them. Hence, be as paranoid as you like as it is your money and your money alone you are spending.

If you aren't using a link tracker when you send a solo ad, you should be.

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VinnyBock

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Baker

Those who are saying that you are looking at the wrong thing ought to be listening to you and not the other way around. Why? Because no matter why you are paranoid you have every reason to be, because it is your money you are spending and not anybody else's. If I wasn't getting very good results from a solo ad I sure as hell would be looking at the link stats to see where the subscribers are coming from. If they have the same or very similar IP address, then this usually means that the person you bought the solo ad from is filling out the form themselves each time using a proxy server. These are scammers and we shouldn't be encouraging them by paying them. Hence, be as paranoid as you like as it is your money and your money alone you are spending.

If you aren't using a link tracker when you send a solo ad, you should be.

Hey Mike, thanks for your input...

I do use a tracker and all the clicks as well as the sign ups IP's look legit, its just the one fact, that almost all sign ups resulting from the solo ad signed up with their 1st and last name while most of my subscribers only used their first name...

I agree it's better to be safe then sorry, and while working online the paranoia gene may be a gift rather than a curse...

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ChadClayton

12 years ago

well, personally, it shouldn't be a think you should be worried about so much. Its more important to spend more time focusing on getting more traffic, clicks and sales.

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paul nicholls

12 years ago

the reason why it doesnt matter how suspicious your subscriber details or ip`s look is because if you made a tonne of sales then you wouldn`t even think those details were suspicious anymore

im not saying don`t pay any attention to it, of course you should but only after your entire solo ad has run it`s course and you see how many sales you make

if you get say 100 opt ins and not one sale then you can start to get a bit worried, this is what i do when i buy solo ads

i wait to see the outcome, if i get plenty of buyers then its all good by me, if its very low then i start to look very closely at things like ip addresses, emails, names etc etc

paul

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Raydal

12 years ago

Your question is a fair one because you've seen a
pattern and wanted to know if any other marketer
had seen a similar pattern and what it could mean.

It seems that you are breaking new ground and you
have to see how the subscribers respond to your
further marketers and see if you can come to a
conclusion.

Usually when people give their full names they show
that they are serious or NEW. Only time would tell
really.

-Ray Edwards

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VinnyBock 12 years ago

You guys all make valid points, and I really appreciate the feedback...

I agree the only way to know anything for sure is to wait for results, I was more curious than anything else, if anyone has noticed a similar pattern...

Thanks again for the all input, I really value EVERYONE's opinions, even if some of you guys have missed the point completely.. :p
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- NoBoss 12 years ago
  
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ryanhan

12 years ago

well, don't worried about it so much. The importance are to spend more time focusing on getting more traffic, clicks and sales, and building a good list.

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dadhere

12 years ago

I've had a far better result with asking for first name only. Most are reluctant to give out full names, just paranoid I guess. But building up the relationship over time makes it all better!

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