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Affiliate Marketing

Since PPV affiliate marketing has been pretty popular lately, and many beginners are testing the waters, I wanted to share a tip I personally use to make money with my PPV campaigns.

Showing is better than telling. So, here’s the screencast I’ve created to show you the exact URL research method I use to target local websites, and sell national offers.

In the video below, I’m using 2 tools to do my url research. The first one is AffPortal, which is a must have tool to have if you want to make money in the PPV field, and the second tool is a free desktop tool called Laser URL by Matt Harward.

PPV Local URL Research Screencast

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I’ve recently written a blog post about PPV Affiliate Marketing. After that blog post, I’ve received a number of questions related to properly tracking target url’s for PPV traffic sources.

I’ve decided to create this step by step instruction screencast of how to setup a PPV Campaign with proper tracking, by using Prosper 202. I’ve prepared this screencast for affiliate marketers who are new to PPV traffic source, and would like an easy and free way to setup proper tracking.

Some resources mentioned in the video:

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Importance of Banners in Online Marketing

Whether it’s used for offline or online marketing, a picture is sometimes worth a thousand words.

With the increasing popularity of banner advertising through media buys, Facebook Ads, Myspace & Google Content Network, choosing the right images & banners for your campaigns are becoming more important than ever.

Let me explain you why choosing a creative banner ad can bring in crazy profits from experience and show you a real Facebook Ads stats I have tested;
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Top Secret PPV Marketing Guide

PPV is probably the most popular word lately on affiliate marketing forums and blogs.

Everybody is talking about PPV and how profitable this traffic source is.

I have heard about the word PPV first time in my life, almost 1,5 years ago from a good friend, and a very smart online marketer, and I’ve started testing the PPV traffic little over a year ago.

Since the secret about this traffic source is already out, I’ve decided to share my tips about PPV Traffic. Let’s start with the basics:
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Benefits over Features

Whether you are selling a diet pill, an LCD TV or an eBook, listing the features of the product will not help with your sales. Your customers don’t want to hear about the features, they want to hear about the benefits. So, tell them exactly “what’s in it for them”.

When planning an online marketing campaign, many marketers still forget about the importance of benefits over features. As a marketer, your job is to sell the benefits of the product on both your ad copy and sales copy.

This is easier to be said than done. Here’s a 3 step recipe to fully understand and implement the important marketing technique; Selling Benefits over Features.

Marketing Benefits vs Features – 3 Step Plan

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Google Content Network reaches 80% of the internet users globally, serving more than 6 billion ad impressions each day and making it the number 1 online advertising network in the world.

Are you taking advantage of Google Content Network?

Here are some tips from real Google employees for Google Content Network.

  1. Seperate Your Search & Content Campaigns
  2. Google Content Network Tip 1

  3. Try Google Content Campaigns with 3-5 Keywords
  4. Google Content Network Tip 2
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How to Fail in Affiliate Marketing

Nobody is perfect, and everybody does mistakes in life.

The key is to learn from your mistakes and not to repeat them.

When I see people fail in affiliate marketing, I try to understand the reasons behind that failure.

I have created a Top 10 List for the most common reasons to failure in affiliate marketing by observing other people’s mistakes, and learning from my personal experiences.

Whether you are new to affiliate marketing or have been in the industry for a while, in this list, you fill find some mistakes you’ve done along the way or you’ve still been doing.
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Facebook Workplace Targeting

Last week on a regular evening at home, I was on the computer reading my favorite blogs and my wife was on her laptop browsing the net.

We were both quiet and minding our own stuff.

Then suddenly, she called my name with a very excited voice tone asking: “Hey, isn’t my car’s insurance ending this month?”

I’ve said: “Yeah, I guess so, I have to look up”

Then she got more excited and said (while turning the laptop’s screen to my workstation):

Look at this deal, XYZ Auto Insurance Company is running a special discount for only Westchester Medical Center Employees!!!

She was showing me a Facebook Ad running an auto insurance offer, and targeting workplaces. I was like WOW!
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