Hi everyone.
March is coming to an end, which means only one thing: Google's reports are coming. And they're going to hurt. That's what happens when you scare away the clients. I hope Google understands this and changes its way with AdWords.
My article marketing is advancing pretty well, one article a day. They get published in many blogs, and hopefully one day I will be established as an expert enough to make sales with my driving test guide.
I also opened another blog, which is called (shockingly) "Pass Your Driving Test". It has my articles, some videos, and some ads for my guide (of course). Google "sandboxed" it, but I hope it will return to its high rank in the search results soon.
Remember that I planned to do some viral marketing? Well, I did. Big time. The exact method is still kept secret (although I don't think there are that much readers here), but I managed to get over 100 hits per day. Too bad I installed the email capturing form only when the traffic faded away.
And finally, as I mentioned, I installed an email capture form for a course about driving test mistakes. I already have 16 messages, and every fifth message is a "how are you?" message trying to get the listed people to do something and show them I'm a living person. A research showed that people need to be exposed to an offer seven times before they accept it, and I hope they will finally accept my offer some day.
Hoping for a great April,
nadavs
Monday, March 31, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Birthday
Hi everyone!
Today I'm 18, which means I can finally have my own international credit card and my own PayPal account. I won't get it so fast, but I have the option. That feels great.
Today I officially launched my guide about the driving test, with publications at Digital Point forums and a press release (which should be online by Thursday). Hopefully these will boost sales.
That's it for today. Not much to say.
Yours,
nadavs
Today I'm 18, which means I can finally have my own international credit card and my own PayPal account. I won't get it so fast, but I have the option. That feels great.
Today I officially launched my guide about the driving test, with publications at Digital Point forums and a press release (which should be online by Thursday). Hopefully these will boost sales.
That's it for today. Not much to say.
Yours,
nadavs
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Going Viral and Articley
Hi everyone.
A few days ago I thought Google unslapped me: many words on my campaign became active and acquired impressions and clicks (well, a single click). Sadly, when I woke up in the morning, the words were there, but the nice bids weren't. Google still wants $10. Well, they can ask for $10 as long as they want, I don't pay that amount.
On the brighter side, I finally begin to see the results of my SEO. A couple of days ago I had a sale from a completely stupid YouTube video which apparently caught someone's attention. I hope this video continues to do a great job.
On the much brighter side, when I look up my EzineArticles name I see many results, some of them not on EzineArticles. My seven articles are published across the net with my links in them. More backlinks, hopefully more traffic.
And for the viral part, I now offer a free ebook for anyone who visits my landing page. More than that, I offer it as a part of my product's affiliate tools. The ebook in the affiliate tools is rebrandable, meaning you can plug your own affiliate name and spread it around.
Until my birthday (two days to go),
nadavs
A few days ago I thought Google unslapped me: many words on my campaign became active and acquired impressions and clicks (well, a single click). Sadly, when I woke up in the morning, the words were there, but the nice bids weren't. Google still wants $10. Well, they can ask for $10 as long as they want, I don't pay that amount.
On the brighter side, I finally begin to see the results of my SEO. A couple of days ago I had a sale from a completely stupid YouTube video which apparently caught someone's attention. I hope this video continues to do a great job.
On the much brighter side, when I look up my EzineArticles name I see many results, some of them not on EzineArticles. My seven articles are published across the net with my links in them. More backlinks, hopefully more traffic.
And for the viral part, I now offer a free ebook for anyone who visits my landing page. More than that, I offer it as a part of my product's affiliate tools. The ebook in the affiliate tools is rebrandable, meaning you can plug your own affiliate name and spread it around.
Until my birthday (two days to go),
nadavs
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Refunded Sale
Hello everyone.
Let's open with the bad news: I got the almighty "Google Slap". Yesterday Google decided that my webpages aren't good enough and nothing can stop them. All my bids on my new ebook jumped to $10. My campaign halted. I contacted several representatives, each making a new excuse about my sudden quality score drop. Others have been affected as well. They have a maintenance scheduled on Saturday, and hopefully this will help my campaigns.
The less bad news is that my ebook has been refunded. The first buyer could not download the ebook and refunded it. That's really annoying.
The good news: I had a sale from my ebook! It was refunded later, but it proved it can sell well and work. Now all I need is my campaign to start running again.
Until the unslap,
nadavs
Let's open with the bad news: I got the almighty "Google Slap". Yesterday Google decided that my webpages aren't good enough and nothing can stop them. All my bids on my new ebook jumped to $10. My campaign halted. I contacted several representatives, each making a new excuse about my sudden quality score drop. Others have been affected as well. They have a maintenance scheduled on Saturday, and hopefully this will help my campaigns.
The less bad news is that my ebook has been refunded. The first buyer could not download the ebook and refunded it. That's really annoying.
The good news: I had a sale from my ebook! It was refunded later, but it proved it can sell well and work. Now all I need is my campaign to start running again.
Until the unslap,
nadavs
Monday, March 3, 2008
Marching into the Launch
Hello everybody.
That's it. My product is on. It has nice download buttons, a 51% "discount" and a good looking cover. The topic? Passing the driving test. The link? Right here.
Sharp eyed marketers would notice that I used an affiliate link there. That's because I want to check something with ClickBank. If you want to promote it, there is an affiliate page for you. Not many tools in there, but it gives you the link format.
Every email makes me jump now to see whether I sold something or I have to keep waiting. So far I'm on the waiting side. I have some affiliates (no idea how), but no sales so far. If you have any idea for the sales page, please share.
On the bright side, March is finally here. My 18th birthday is getting closer and closer. I want to make a sale on this product before I can buy a domain for it. Then I can really call it a keeper.
Until the sale,
nadavs
That's it. My product is on. It has nice download buttons, a 51% "discount" and a good looking cover. The topic? Passing the driving test. The link? Right here.
Sharp eyed marketers would notice that I used an affiliate link there. That's because I want to check something with ClickBank. If you want to promote it, there is an affiliate page for you. Not many tools in there, but it gives you the link format.
Every email makes me jump now to see whether I sold something or I have to keep waiting. So far I'm on the waiting side. I have some affiliates (no idea how), but no sales so far. If you have any idea for the sales page, please share.
On the bright side, March is finally here. My 18th birthday is getting closer and closer. I want to make a sale on this product before I can buy a domain for it. Then I can really call it a keeper.
Until the sale,
nadavs
Friday, February 29, 2008
The 29th
Hi everyone!
Today, as you know, is the 29th day of February. This special day occurs only once every four years, and it's a real waste not to write any post on that day and wait until 2012.
Tomorrow the month of March finally begins. This means two things: one, my birthday is very close. Two: my product is going to go online.
Yes, it's finally happening. My product is going online and everybody celebrates. Just some finishing touches and I will start to see the publisher side of ClickBank (which turned out to be somewhat good, so I unpaused my campaigns).
Also, my first article ever on EzineArticles has been published! I was so concerned about PPC problems and ClickBank so I turned organic and wrote this article. It's related to my video, but it also has a good, live link in it. SEO, here I come!
Finally, February 2008 will be remembered as my first month with profit. Yes, you read well. PROFIT!
Not much, but still something.
To a better March,
nadavs
Today, as you know, is the 29th day of February. This special day occurs only once every four years, and it's a real waste not to write any post on that day and wait until 2012.
Tomorrow the month of March finally begins. This means two things: one, my birthday is very close. Two: my product is going to go online.
Yes, it's finally happening. My product is going online and everybody celebrates. Just some finishing touches and I will start to see the publisher side of ClickBank (which turned out to be somewhat good, so I unpaused my campaigns).
Also, my first article ever on EzineArticles has been published! I was so concerned about PPC problems and ClickBank so I turned organic and wrote this article. It's related to my video, but it also has a good, live link in it. SEO, here I come!
Finally, February 2008 will be remembered as my first month with profit. Yes, you read well. PROFIT!
Not much, but still something.
To a better March,
nadavs
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Pausing
Hi everyone.
Something bad happened to ClickBank. Sales have stalled for many affiliates, money flows to PPC like beer in a bar with no results. I am on pause mode.
From now on, I have no PPC campaigns running until one of the two happens: ClickBank fix their problems and I can get sales again or Safeway.com approves me on Commission Junction. Until that, Google will have to live with others' budgets.
I may try some article marketing now. I still have to get traffic, and although I get about 20 hits per day from ezinearticles.com (no idea from where), it'll still be nice to make it more formal source of traffic (and have an idea where traffic comes from).
Finally, the moment everyone's been waiting for has arrived. I finished my eBook, designed a not-so-ugly sales page, an affiliates' page, and a thank you page. The eBook is also approved by ClickBank. Now all I need is that ClickBank will go back to normal and they will get my $50.
Until the ClickBank columns return,
naddavs
Something bad happened to ClickBank. Sales have stalled for many affiliates, money flows to PPC like beer in a bar with no results. I am on pause mode.
From now on, I have no PPC campaigns running until one of the two happens: ClickBank fix their problems and I can get sales again or Safeway.com approves me on Commission Junction. Until that, Google will have to live with others' budgets.
I may try some article marketing now. I still have to get traffic, and although I get about 20 hits per day from ezinearticles.com (no idea from where), it'll still be nice to make it more formal source of traffic (and have an idea where traffic comes from).
Finally, the moment everyone's been waiting for has arrived. I finished my eBook, designed a not-so-ugly sales page, an affiliates' page, and a thank you page. The eBook is also approved by ClickBank. Now all I need is that ClickBank will go back to normal and they will get my $50.
Until the ClickBank columns return,
naddavs
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