October 9th, 2008 at 11:07am
Under General
“What The Heck Is An
Affiliate Landmine?”
Before I tell you exactly “what” an Affiliate Landmine is – I want to tell you about how I stumbled upon this concept.
A little over 3 years ago, right after I had finished wrestling practice, I phoned my wife to see if she wanted me to pick up anything for dinner. Before I could ask her anything, she told me that we had received 4 checks in the mail that day for a little over $300!
Now that may not seem like a lot to you, but for a couple of starving college kids, that was a fortune! Because of that we decided to eat out!
When I got home and looked at the checks, I realized that I had no clue who they were from. I had to do considerable amount of research online before I discovered that they were checks from an affiliate program I had joined almost a year earlier.
I hadn’t really tried to promote or sell any of their products in over 9 months – but during the time I had promoted it, I had unknowingly created some Affiliate Landmines that were starting to produce checks!
After isolating exactly where the customers had purchased from me, and discovering the Landmines that worked, I went back and started to develop more and more Landmines.
I started to create new Landmines every month and have continued to do so since then. I now get multiple check (just like in the picture above) every week!
Sometimes small checks for as little as $20-$30. Other times checks as big as $2,500 or more – all from Affiliate Landmines!!!
“The 3 Types Of Affiliate Landmines”
An Affiliate Landmine is simply an affiliate link placed where your customers resistance to buying is at it’s lowest.
That concept is so important that I want to emphasis it again:
| “An Affiliate Landmine is simply an affiliate link placed where your customers resistance to buying is at it’s lowest.” |
When you target those times that their resistance is low, and then give them an offer that is irresistible… BOOM! you’ve just produced an Affiliate Landmine!
Curious? To find out more check out this site http://theaffiliatelandminesite.com/
By writer
September 28th, 2008 at 06:37pm
Under Marketing
An evaluation of the myth and hype surrounding Affiliate Payload by a real user who tested the advocated traffic strategies over a period (a note of caution is also sounded on the product).
Affiliate Payload is a Traffic Buying information package written and released by Saj P and Alex Goad. Whether Alex Goad compiled and presented the information in the package is unclear and Myth Buster suspects that Saj P did the ground work.
The package consists of videos and a pdf document. The text is well researched and written, flows logically and contains more than ample references. The videos contain some additional examples and additional information, but ramble somewhat and seem to be added as filler information, possibly as an afterthought.
A VIP one time up sell offer is made during the sales funnel process. The VIP information consists of additional downloadable videos that add an extra twist to each of the advocated traffic generation options.
The Product advocates generating traffic through various traffic broking and posting options with in depth discussions of Pay per Click, Pay per View, Cost per Action (including Cost per Lead, Cost per Impression and Cost per Sale), Incentivized Traffic Options, Co-Registration, Targeted Traffic Pools, Article / Blog / Forum Marketing and general Advertising.
Myth Buster launched a total of 5 highly niche targeted Media Buying campaigns (utilizing 4 of the advocated options) using the methodology outlined in Affiliate Payload. The campaigns consisted of PPC; PPV and TTP traffic options and included Incentive, Advertising, Reverse Demographics, Blog, Forum and Article combinations.
To ensure decent results I tested for 5 days. Results were constantly monitored and adjustments were continuously made to improve the Click Through and Conversion Rates. A total of US $900 was spent on Media Buying with 12 hours of preparation and keyword research in 4 niche markets. Monitoring and adjustments took 2 hours per day over the 5 day period.
The Click through Rate was high for all Media Buying campaigns due to highly researched phrases and targeted keyword groups used. The targeted PPC and TTP campaigns returned a much higher conversion rate compared to the pure and combination PPV campaigns. Further research is being initiated on the Incentive and Demographics campaigns as they performed above expectation.
Myth Buster feels that Affiliate Payload does not completely consist of hype, and does deliver on the promised outcome. It is not a package for new marketers or persons inexperienced in Traffic Generation techniques. A cautionary note must be sounded here that the traffic generation methods advocated by Affiliate Payload can lead to above average loss of money if they are not properly managed / controlled and constantly adjusted.
None of the individual Traffic Buying strategies are new. The Business Edge is found in the unique application and implementation of these strategies. If these are implemented in a creative manner any person doing business via e-promotion will secure more than sufficient traffic at a very reasonable cost with the prospect of making money.
By writer