Comments on: Does Your Affiliate Site Beg for Money? http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/ Your guide to building, promoting and monetizing blogs and websites Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Global Free Classifieds http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-9388 Global Free Classifieds Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:35:22 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-9388 Very informative information. I will update my blog as per your instructions. .-= Global Free Classifieds´s last blog ... <a href="http://globalclassified.net/2009/12/classified-advertising-how-to-write-headlines-that-make-the-sale/" rel="nofollow">Classified Advertising: How To Write Headlines That Make The Sales</a> =-. Very informative information. I will update my blog as per your instructions.
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]]> By: Igal http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-8965 Igal Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:06:31 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-8965 Absolutly right, so true but one question is still open, is how? Or what? What should there? What content and how is it presented? The following website combined both, ads and content: Http://www.best-value-deals.com Absolutly right, so true but one question is still open, is how? Or what? What should there? What content and how is it presented?

The following website combined both, ads and content:

Http://www.best-value-deals.com

]]> By: adsense clicks http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-8853 adsense clicks Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:55:27 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-8853 really great article frnd .-= adsense clicks´s last blog ... <a href="http://adsenseactive.com/affiliate-marketing/making-money-clickbank" rel="nofollow">Making Money Using Clickbank</a> =-. really great article frnd
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]]> By: The Affiliate Marketer's Help Desk http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-8047 The Affiliate Marketer's Help Desk Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:28:19 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-8047 Speaking of sites that beg for money. Has anyone seen these sites that take other people's articles and make slight word changes, but for the most part it's the same article? I found a sight that took one of my articles and switched to words using strange synonyms surrounded by a ton of ads. I don't know whether I should feel complimented or offended! .-= The Affiliate Marketer's Help Desk´s last blog ... <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAffiliateMarketersHelpDesk/~3/NtjsYnMXZe0/get-real-help-with-starting-your.html" rel="nofollow">Get Real Help With Starting Your Affiliate Marketing Business</a> =-. Speaking of sites that beg for money. Has anyone seen these sites that take other people’s articles and make slight word changes, but for the most part it’s the same article? I found a sight that took one of my articles and switched to words using strange synonyms surrounded by a ton of ads. I don’t know whether I should feel complimented or offended!
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]]> By: Bilal http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-8034 Bilal Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:17:23 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-8034 Awesome post Lisa. Indeed you are right, people try so hard to make money they end up losing money! You cannot force your first time visitors to buy something from your site out the blue (Speaking for information sites) it's better to build a relationship + credibility with the reader which will help you get a customer + long time visitor (Hopefully). I remember coming to a site before and I had to scroll down about 3-4 times before I reached the content the rest was filled with spammy ads! Great post Lisa .-= Bilal´s last blog ... <a href="http://robswebtips.com/blog/5-more-affiliate-marketing-tips-to-help-you-become-a-better-affiliate-marketer/" rel="nofollow">Five more affiliate marketing tips to help you become a better affiliate marketer</a> =-. Awesome post Lisa. Indeed you are right, people try so hard to make money they end up losing money! You cannot force your first time visitors to buy something from your site out the blue (Speaking for information sites) it’s better to build a relationship + credibility with the reader which will help you get a customer + long time visitor (Hopefully).

I remember coming to a site before and I had to scroll down about 3-4 times before I reached the content the rest was filled with spammy ads!

Great post Lisa
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]]> By: Patrick http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-7655 Patrick Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:46:41 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-7655 This is a great article I've seen sites like the ones you described and I bet they get really high bounce rates due to the excessive advertising and lack of content. The main focus of a website should be on providing value for people and if you do that they will be more likely to take you up on your offers. Great site by the way Regards Patrick This is a great article I’ve seen sites like the ones you described and I bet they get really high bounce rates due to the excessive advertising and lack of content. The main focus of a website should be on providing value for people and if you do that they will be more likely to take you up on your offers.

Great site by the way

Regards
Patrick

]]> By: Jamie http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-7489 Jamie Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:35:52 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-7489 Excellent point Lisa. The number one purpose for the Internet today is Information! That the main reason why it's gigantic. Secondly, it would be safe to categorize your business a trust and credibility entity. To me that is a crucial factor why people will come to your site and make a purchase. It is the same reason that I myself have sign-up with Website Babble. With all the scam and con-artist out there, its good to come across someone as yourself that is honest and willing to assists people to achieve their goals. I'm very impressed with what you did with the site so far, and commend you keep doing it. I have a vibe that you will take it to the next level. :) Stay sweet ma!!! Excellent point Lisa. The number one purpose for the Internet today is Information! That the main reason why it’s gigantic. Secondly, it would be safe to categorize your business a trust and credibility entity. To me that is a crucial factor why people will come to your site and make a purchase. It is the same reason that I myself have sign-up with Website Babble. With all the scam and con-artist out there, its good to come across someone as yourself that is honest and willing to assists people to achieve their goals. I’m very impressed with what you did with the site so far, and commend you keep doing it. I have a vibe that you will take it to the next level. :)

Stay sweet ma!!!

]]> By: Christian http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-7485 Christian Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:43:20 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-7485 It's true...considering the user experience is essential. You have to believe that focusing on the customer is actually going to end up being best for both of you. Create value, and the money comes on it's own. Simple, yet so few of us actually follow through on it! .-= Christian´s last blog ... <a href="http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/please-post-your-facebook-and-twitter-profile-here/" rel="nofollow">Please Post Your Facebook and Twitter Profile Here</a> =-. It’s true…considering the user experience is essential. You have to believe that focusing on the customer is actually going to end up being best for both of you. Create value, and the money comes on it’s own. Simple, yet so few of us actually follow through on it!
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]]> By: David Moore http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-7462 David Moore Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:13:15 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-7462 I have to admit Lisa It took me a while to respond to this one. Got to love blogging it gives you moment to real in your emotions and say it right without blowing and pissing off the world. Not to say I'd ever sugar coat anything, but my first point is as much as I love what I do it's the most complete I've ever felt in my professional life, I'm still out here to make money. It's not the first or last thing on my mind everyday, but it has to be a topic that needs explored from the very first day. The unfortunate part is in the beginning you'll find yourself over doing it until you get it drilled down as tight as you do and know exactly what each piece of real estate is worth and what "your" market responds to. Now you're right it is kind of annoying to trip over 2 large rectangles of Google Text ads before you get to any content, but I know I read some blogs that it's worth putting up with that because they do take the time to give you some great stuff, however that's not the norm. I guess my major point is, as Carl Ocab puts it so eloquently it's fine to give away the best content you can possibly put together but we're out here to get paid too and you should be monetizing your blog from day one and you should be testing and tracking every thing you're doing. So one day you can be an "A" list blogger as yourself. Another favorite quote of mine is they either lover you or they hate just know that there's no money in the middle. Unsure of it's origination but I've heard it a lot. I learned that the hard way... I could write about this topic all day I think, but the other thing to consider is traffic types I'm not sure about your traffic but I'd say my referral traffic is more likely to stick around than my search traffic even though 98% of my search traffic is long tailed. So my opinion is if they were only going to hang for 30 seconds or less I might as well provide them something to leave on instead of the back button. I guess that's a guys point of view... Thankfully we have some awesome women out here blogging and telling it how it is so us guys don't get off kilter. I know I need a balance check here and there. Till next weeks master piece... Take Care Dave P.S. After reading through your comments about comments I guess we're on the same page. It's the initial perception that get's us all in trouble... LOL .-= David Moore´s last blog ... <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSociety/~3/oMa0mpjqfCU/" rel="nofollow">Sexy Website Branding On Twitter With Sexy Bookmarks Part 2</a> =-. I have to admit Lisa It took me a while to respond to this one. Got to love blogging it gives you moment to real in your emotions and say it right without blowing and pissing off the world.

Not to say I’d ever sugar coat anything, but my first point is as much as I love what I do it’s the most complete I’ve ever felt in my professional life, I’m still out here to make money. It’s not the first or last thing on my mind everyday, but it has to be a topic that needs explored from the very first day.

The unfortunate part is in the beginning you’ll find yourself over doing it until you get it drilled down as tight as you do and know exactly what each piece of real estate is worth and what “your” market responds to.

Now you’re right it is kind of annoying to trip over 2 large rectangles of Google Text ads before you get to any content, but I know I read some blogs that it’s worth putting up with that because they do take the time to give you some great stuff, however that’s not the norm.

I guess my major point is, as Carl Ocab puts it so eloquently it’s fine to give away the best content you can possibly put together but we’re out here to get paid too and you should be monetizing your blog from day one and you should be testing and tracking every thing you’re doing.

So one day you can be an “A” list blogger as yourself.

Another favorite quote of mine is they either lover you or they hate just know that there’s no money in the middle.
Unsure of it’s origination but I’ve heard it a lot.

I learned that the hard way…

I could write about this topic all day I think, but the other thing to consider is traffic types I’m not sure about your traffic but I’d say my referral traffic is more likely to stick around than my search traffic even though 98% of my search traffic is long tailed.

So my opinion is if they were only going to hang for 30 seconds or less I might as well provide them something to leave on instead of the back button.

I guess that’s a guys point of view…

Thankfully we have some awesome women out here blogging and telling it how it is so us guys don’t get off kilter. I know I need a balance check here and there.

Till next weeks master piece…
Take Care
Dave

P.S. After reading through your comments about comments I guess we’re on the same page. It’s the initial perception that get’s us all in trouble… LOL
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]]> By: The Affiliate Marketer's Help Desk http://blog.2createawebsite.com/2009/08/10/does-your-affiliate-site-beg-for-money/#comment-7434 The Affiliate Marketer's Help Desk Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:36:31 +0000 http://blog.2createawebsite.com/?p=2068#comment-7434 You are absolutely right about this! It's so annoying when you can't find the content because it's so buried in ads. I know that some site owners don't do this on purpose, sometimes they may be so crunched for time that in their rush to get something posted, they end up blasting their visitors with blatant sales pitches instead of quality content. My suggestion is to consult the article directories and chose a few good articles to publish to your site (adhere to all copyright laws of course) - this is a good way to populate your site with more content. Of course your own original content is best, but for the time crunched, the ezines will do. Check out ezinearticles.com or associateprogram.com for quality articles. Or if you'd like some tips on how to write your own engaging content, read, "5 Tips for Writing Engaging Content" at: http://affiliate-helpdesk.blogspot.com/2009/07/5-tips-for-writing-engaging-content.html. .-= The Affiliate Marketer's Help Desk´s last blog ... <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAffiliateMarketersHelpDesk/~3/zy9STNdQ1Lk/email-marketing-basics.html" rel="nofollow">Email Marketing Basics</a> =-. You are absolutely right about this! It’s so annoying when you can’t find the content because it’s so buried in ads. I know that some site owners don’t do this on purpose, sometimes they may be so crunched for time that in their rush to get something posted, they end up blasting their visitors with blatant sales pitches instead of quality content. My suggestion is to consult the article directories and chose a few good articles to publish to your site (adhere to all copyright laws of course) – this is a good way to populate your site with more content. Of course your own original content is best, but for the time crunched, the ezines will do. Check out ezinearticles.com or associateprogram.com for quality articles. Or if you’d like some tips on how to write your own engaging content, read, “5 Tips for Writing Engaging Content” at: http://affiliate-helpdesk.blogspot.com/2009/07/5-tips-for-writing-engaging-content.html.
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