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Posted By dave_hermansen

Re: Is it normal to have a high cost per sale?

Again, every niche is different, but you can definitely expect a higher cost per sale as you begin a campaign because you are throwing every market segment up against the wall to see which one(s)...

Forum: Beginners Area

22nd February 2024, 06:19 PM

Replies: 18

Views: 500

Posted By dave_hermansen

Re: Is it normal to have a high cost per sale?

There is simply not enough information here to give any advice. It may very well be a loser for Facebook campaigns but there is no way to know until we know how well you have diversified and...

Forum: Beginners Area

21st February 2024, 07:44 PM

Replies: 18

Views: 500

Posted By Monetize

Re: Is it normal to have a high cost per sale?

IDK what your business experience is, but this thing seems
unsustainable.

If I were you, I would suspend this immediately and figure
out something else.

It's not worth the effort to make a...

Forum: Beginners Area

21st February 2024, 04:36 PM

Replies: 18

Views: 500

Posted By dave_hermansen

Re: Is it normal to have a high cost per sale?

Sometimes, you'll lose quite a bit at the beginning because you cannot make snap decisions about what is working and what is not. You just don't have enough clicks (at least 1,000 per segment) to...

Forum: Beginners Area

21st February 2024, 11:44 AM

Replies: 18

Views: 500

Posted By Matt231b

RE: Is it normal to have a high cost per sale?

That cost per sale sounds very high. What are you other metrics - ctr on Facebook, cpc on Facebook, conversion rate on your site, bounce rate experienced, and exit rate? I'm thinking it is something...

Forum: Beginners Area

18th February 2024, 01:06 PM

Replies: 18

Views: 500

Posted By dave_hermansen

Re: Is it normal to have a high cost per sale?

Hopefully, you have many segmented groups that you are targeting. Eliminate the ones that aren't profitable and keep the segments that are.

Also, it is ridiculous to assume that $7 is what your...

Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping

16th February 2024, 07:49 PM

Replies: 14

What's your best solution for starting an ecomm shop?

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Posted By Monetize

Re: What's your best solution for starting an ecomm shop?

Who knows why AliExpress exists, it's a Chinese company.
I'll leave it at that.

Is this the successful business model you are referring to
where you are dropshipping merch from China?
...

Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping

16th February 2024, 05:14 PM

Replies: 14

What's your best solution for starting an ecomm shop?

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Posted By Monetize

Re: What's your best solution for starting an ecomm shop?

Why would a customer want to wait 3-4 weeks to
receive a dropship from China when they can get
the same item from Amazon or an Etsy seller in
2-5 days.

Dropship from China is your surefire...

13th December 2023, 02:59 AM

Replies: 23

How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

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Posted By YoichiSpeaks

Re: How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

You need to learn Direct Response marketing and nlp copywriting.

Sales funnel provides too many barriers in this ever decreasing attention span viewer.

If you have a high ticket offer then...

9th December 2023, 11:16 AM

Replies: 23

How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

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Posted By GordonJ

Agree with this, disagree with that, you can agree to disagree with me, eh?

Agree with all about the product.
Disagree with a buyer having a journey. And well, lets take a look with OP in mind (original post for newbies). And the OP:

Hi all, it seems to me that the name...

8th December 2023, 01:03 PM

Replies: 23

How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

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Posted By AceHigh74

RE: How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

Probably depends on what your offer is.

A high-ticket offer most likely requires multiple touchpoints, yes. Maybe.

But all these touchpoints seem like A LOT if you're selling t-shirts.

7th December 2023, 06:44 PM

Replies: 23

How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

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Posted By Monetize

Re: How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

What Gordon and Claude have already said.

Everything does NOT require a sales funnel.

If your product or service actually needs all those steps,
then you need to automate as much of that as...

7th December 2023, 04:53 PM

Replies: 23

How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

Views: 944

Posted By Claude Whitacre

Re: How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

I think this is a flaw in thinking.

You don't turn cold traffic into hot traffic. All a funnel does is select out the buyers from the non-buyers. And a good funnel ads upsells to make the initial...

An important factor that may determines your store's success

7th December 2023, 03:02 PM

Replies: 23

How to move a prospect through the sales funnel?

Views: 944

Posted By GordonJ

Why?

It appears you have set up your ecom which REQUIRES all the steps, from education/awareness all the way to ready to buy. I suggest you find a course which starts with ready to buy and eliminate all...

Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM)

17th September 2023, 06:11 AM

Replies: 2

I can't create a remarketing Facebook campaign

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Posted By Kay King

Re: I can't create a remarketing Facebook campaign

FB recommends you have several hundred people in your custom audience. Often the best answers on how to use FB ads comes from Facebook. The link below gives info on increasing your custom audience....

Forum: Email Marketing

23rd August 2023, 03:08 AM

Replies: 1

6 email marketing mistakes that affect your stats

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Posted By WarriorForum.com

6 email marketing mistakes that affect your stats

https://i.imgur.com/AXOZzeR.png

Marketers have lots in their plate; social media, paid search, content marketing, and of course email marketing.

That being said, email marketing still remains...

Forum: Beginners Area

25th June 2023, 07:16 AM

Replies: 11

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Posted By Randall Magwood

Re: An important factor that may determines your store's success

I think it makes sense that people generallyprefer free things over paying for something. But if the free offer has no value, then people wont just give you their information. People aren't easy and...

Forum: Beginners Area

23rd June 2023, 11:50 AM

Replies: 11

An important factor that may determines your store's success

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Posted By spartan14

Re: An important factor that may determines your store's success

Well this its logical friend and of course people prefer to give their email instead of giving their money

Forum: Beginners Area

21st June 2023, 01:27 PM

Replies: 11

An important factor that may determines your store's success

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Posted By Kay King

Re: An important factor that may determines your store's success

Not sure what you are arguing.

Of course - because a 'little info' carries little risk to the person filling out the form.

Add a requirement for phone number and physical address - and most...

Forum: Beginners Area

21st June 2023, 09:39 AM

Replies: 11

An important factor that may determines your store's success

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Posted By Kay King

Re: An important factor that may determines your store's success

Your conclusion is that 'people' would rather give an email address in exchange for 'something' than give MONEY to buy something? I'm surprised that would surprise you.;)

An email address is...

Forum: Email Marketing

21st June 2023, 02:03 AM

Replies: 2

How to become a solo ads provider?

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Posted By Cinarcinar

A solo ad provider is usually someone who has...

A solo ad provider is usually someone who has built a targeted mailing list for a long time and has a great relationship with the people on that mailing list.

You will need to start building a...

Forum: Email Marketing

18th June 2023, 03:27 PM

Replies: 2

How to become a solo ads provider?

Views: 415

Posted By agmccall

Re: How to become a solo ads provider?

I would take the 5000 subscribers and do some ad-swaps and get that number up. Also send the list regular emails on your own to make sure they are engaged. Then start out small and get some...

Forum: Offline Marketing

24th May 2023, 04:20 PM

Replies: 28

Dan Kennedy wants me to speak at his event?

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Posted By Claude Whitacre

Dan Kennedy wants me to speak at his event?

Guys;

I got this e-mail today..

So there’s been a big announcement going around at Brunson’s empire ClickFunnels and his widely known event called Funnel Hacking Live.

And the announcement...

Forum: Email Marketing

21st May 2023, 04:02 AM

Replies: 24

Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

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Posted By Mamymilan60

Re: Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

Free methods are nonsense.

The only effective way to build a list for free is to have a great website that generates free traffic from search engines, however, the primary purpose of the website...

Forum: Beginners Area

15th May 2023, 08:23 PM

Replies: 2

Do people in Tier 2 and Tier 3 countries buy products online?

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Posted By savidge4

Re: Do people in Tier 2 and Tier 3 countries buy products online?

in terms of clickbank... US $30 is a lot of money... BUT statistically 2nd and 3rd tier countries have a far GREATER online buying habit than those within 1st tier countries

India as an example...

Forum: Copywriting

21st April 2023, 08:32 AM

Replies: 24

This Company's About To Sack Copywriters For AI

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Posted By DABK

Re: This Company's About To Sack Copywriters For AI

Some (maybe a lot) of marketing companies create fluff content. I know of an SEO company that could replace all its human content creators with AI and the results would be better (AI would not...

Forum: Search Engine Optimization

21st April 2023, 07:17 AM

Replies: 16

Do subdomains affect SEO?

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Posted By dave_hermansen

Re: Do subdomains affect SEO?

The only real positive to use subdomains is that there is no monthly hosting cost (they are set up as free add-ons to the main domain's hosting account). The most important negative is, as DABK...

Forum: Copywriting

20th April 2023, 09:32 PM

Replies: 24

This Company's About To Sack Copywriters For AI

Views: 750

Posted By cornell

This Company's About To Sack Copywriters For AI

Hey guys.... came across this post.

Check this out...

...

Forum: Email Marketing

19th April 2023, 09:14 AM

Replies: 24

Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

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Posted By DABK

Re: Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

It depends on a lot of variables.

What is is that you're selling them, is one. How you're doing it, is another one.

How many people open your emails... I've sent emails to people who did...

Forum: Email Marketing

18th April 2023, 05:41 PM

Replies: 24

Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

Views: 1,045

Posted By Mamymilan60

Re: Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

Depending on the traffic source

I think the best traffic source is FB ads because you can accurately target an audience that needs your product.

The conversion rate may reach 2%-5% in this...

Forum: Email Marketing

18th April 2023, 01:54 PM

Replies: 24

Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

Views: 1,045

Posted By Mamymilan60

Re: Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

50% conversion rate!!

If you give them this product for free, you will not even come close to that percentage.

I think this coach said 50 sales of each 1,000 subscribers, not 50%. You need to...

Forum: Email Marketing

17th April 2023, 12:51 PM

Replies: 24

Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

Views: 1,045

Posted By Mamymilan60

Re: Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

Man, I've had all these experiences.

But I quickly learned that it takes money and time, and the result is always unsatisfactory.

If you don't have much money to spend on (PPC campaigns, solo...

Forum: Email Marketing

16th April 2023, 08:24 PM

Replies: 24

Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

Views: 1,045

Posted By Jeanne71957

RE: Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

Do you still have the emails you got for a product that you bought? Maybe you could go back and read them to get some ideas of the kinds of things you should write.

If you don't have any of these,...

Forum: Email Marketing

12th April 2023, 10:57 AM

Replies: 24

Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

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Posted By DABK

Re: Is email marketing absolutely necessary to get sales?

No, email marketing is not necessary to make sales.

However, your costs of acquisition go down a lot if email marketing is part of your package.

But you can pay for ads that take people...

Forum: Search Engine Optimization

5th April 2023, 03:07 PM

Replies: 16

Do subdomains affect SEO?

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Posted By DABK

Re: Do subdomains affect SEO?

No, it will not confuse Google.

However, all subdomains are on one domain. If something happens to that domain (gets hacked/you forget to renew), you lose 11 domains.

They affect SEO if...

Forum: Search Engine Optimization

4th April 2023, 08:26 PM

Replies: 14

Views: 425

Posted By writeaway

Re: My pages aren't being indexed. Please help

One trick that works for me is to post a link to one of my more recent posts to REDDIT

This usually indexes not only the post but also other newer posts

WARNING: This only works if
- you have...

4th April 2023, 07:22 PM

Replies: 5

Views: 292

Posted By talfighel

Re: Registering my affiliate marketing business?

You are in Canada and so am I and others here.

Go register a BUSINESS NAME/LICENSE for taxes.

It costs less then $100 for a 2 year I believe and you are good to go.

Forum: Search Engine Optimization

4th April 2023, 06:48 AM

Replies: 14

Views: 425

Posted By Kay King

Re: My pages aren't being indexed. Please help

If the pages are not indexed soon, I guess you'll have your answer. I don't believe creating an 'authority site' that is all AI generated content is a viable plan...but I could be wrong.

My...

Forum: Search Engine Optimization

2nd April 2023, 01:49 PM

Replies: 14

Views: 425

Posted By Kay King

Re: My pages aren't being indexed. Please help

Just a guess because I'm not a big tech person - but linking your pages to each other is likely to add them to the site map (perhaps) - at least that makes sense to me.

Do a little research online...

Forum: Search Engine Optimization

2nd April 2023, 02:21 AM

Replies: 14

Views: 425

Posted By snicky54

RE: My pages aren't being indexed. Please help

Give it some time. Are the articles AI generated?

Forum: Search Engine Optimization

1st April 2023, 05:31 PM

Replies: 14

Views: 425

Posted By Kay King

Re: My pages aren't being indexed. Please help

24 hrs??? From google's support site:

It doesn't usually a week but it may well take more than one day...especially if the site is new. You've done what you can - go write the next ten...

How many conversions should I require? (paid ads question)

29th March 2023, 09:21 PM

Replies: 2

Views: 193

Posted By dave_hermansen

Re: How many conversions should I require? (paid ads question)

This is a simple ROI equation and there is no such thing as a blanket minimum for every single product niche,

Is the money you spent more than the profit you realized from the ads in that "zone"?...

27th March 2023, 03:04 PM

Replies: 5

Views: 292

Posted By Kay King

Re: Registering my affiliate marketing business?

Not good to take legal or financial advice from a forum like this - advice may well be from someone in another country with laws that don't apply to you.

27th March 2023, 02:58 PM

Replies: 5

Views: 292

Posted By Internet Trillionaire

Re: Registering my affiliate marketing business?

I've registered my online business as "My Internet Marketing Empire"

If you're generating an income online, then it's best to let the tax man know in which entities you're generating an income in....

Forum: Search Engine Optimization

27th March 2023, 06:23 AM

Replies: 6

Using HTML sitemaps for SEO and UX

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Posted By dave_hermansen

Re: Using HTML sitemaps for SEO and UX

"If you want to improve your SEO, HTML sitemaps are 'essential'"?

Hardly. Only a website with poor navigation or one that is so large, typical crawl budgets cannot adequately cover the website,...

26th March 2023, 05:52 PM

Replies: 5

Views: 292

Posted By DABK

Re: Registering my affiliate marketing business?

People will go by your business name and your description of your business.

You can stay general, like in Blue's Marketing Services, LLC or Inc

or even BMS, Inc or LLC.

Or some random...

26th March 2023, 11:47 AM

Replies: 5