Comments on: Earning by thinking outside the box http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/ Random Musings about Internet Marketing Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Gab Goldenberg http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Gab Goldenberg Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:17:17 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-526 Hey Diorex, Been a longtime reader at Oooff and quite happy you're back posting again. Anyways, sharing this was pretty sweet and I learned a bit from PunditX's post. Anyways, I was wondering if I could get in touch with you to chat privately and swap ideas. I'm going to run my first affiliate search PPC campaign in a while and am taking your advice to go with products that have a higher than $10 payout so I can scale, though it's mostly for the testing prior to promoting organically. That's why I was hoping to have a talk, n perhaps see if I can help you out too somehow :D. If so, email me :). Cheers Gab Hey Diorex,

Been a longtime reader at Oooff and quite happy you’re back posting again. Anyways, sharing this was pretty sweet and I learned a bit from PunditX’s post. Anyways, I was wondering if I could get in touch with you to chat privately and swap ideas.

I’m going to run my first affiliate search PPC campaign in a while and am taking your advice to go with products that have a higher than $10 payout so I can scale, though it’s mostly for the testing prior to promoting organically. That’s why I was hoping to have a talk, n perhaps see if I can help you out too somehow :D.

If so, email me :).

Cheers
Gab

]]> By: ImagesAndWords http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-505 ImagesAndWords Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:09:38 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-505 Yeah it's really amazing to see how many people think the only way to do affiliate marketing is through CPA networks. Seems like "everyone" is always going for the same cookie-cutter offers from all those networks that have pretty much the same types of offers over and over. I have found merchant networks like ShareASale much more profitable (ROI-wise), than most CPA/lead offers I've ran. And as Diorex mentioned, promoting physical products is generally far more sustainable in the long term. CPA offers come and go and I consider them just temporary moneymakers. Yeah it’s really amazing to see how many people think the only way to do affiliate marketing is through CPA networks. Seems like “everyone” is always going for the same cookie-cutter offers from all those networks that have pretty much the same types of offers over and over.

I have found merchant networks like ShareASale much more profitable (ROI-wise), than most CPA/lead offers I’ve ran. And as Diorex mentioned, promoting physical products is generally far more sustainable in the long term.

CPA offers come and go and I consider them just temporary moneymakers.

]]> By: Smaxor http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Smaxor Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:54:27 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-471 What there's guru's that tell me how to make money? Shoot I've been doing this the hard way and coming up with my own ideas all this time. What there’s guru’s that tell me how to make money? Shoot I’ve been doing this the hard way and coming up with my own ideas all this time.

]]> By: Alexa7 http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Alexa7 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:30:49 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-469 They say beat it until it's dead. Too bad it died an early death. They say beat it until it’s dead. Too bad it died an early death.

]]> By: PunditX http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-468 PunditX Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:47:02 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-468 productionhead, Yes, I did a little work with the FF referral too but the payout was a little too low and there was slightly less volume. As this was just one of my "test" offers (read: not on the company account or time) I had to bankroll this myself. Volume was not an issue so every second of my time was spent on this one. Totally worth it though. Diorex: You mentioned that you would have marketed it a number of different ways. Care to share? productionhead, Yes, I did a little work with the FF referral too but the payout was a little too low and there was slightly less volume. As this was just one of my “test” offers (read: not on the company account or time) I had to bankroll this myself. Volume was not an issue so every second of my time was spent on this one. Totally worth it though.

Diorex: You mentioned that you would have marketed it a number of different ways. Care to share?

]]> By: productionhead http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-467 productionhead Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:26:12 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-467 Also, it is sad to see Google terminating a publisher who is using legitimate methods to drive traffic. I pushed installs to Firefox a while ago using paid search on MSN (think of all the users who recently installed vista and type in "firefox" into the default IE which has MSN as the main search engine.) and was never terminated. Also, it is sad to see Google terminating a publisher who is using legitimate methods to drive traffic.

I pushed installs to Firefox a while ago using paid search on MSN (think of all the users who recently installed vista and type in “firefox” into the default IE which has MSN as the main search engine.) and was never terminated.

]]> By: productionhead http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-466 productionhead Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:13:51 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-466 One of the reasons why I love CJ. They have the largest advertiser base. I'm always amused to see affiliates who have a mindset that they should only push DirectTrack and networks like Azoogle. That only creates a limited amount of growth because the advertisers are less in numbers, and many networks have the same exact offers. CJ? Fathead.com. Apartments.com. Just a wide variety of advertisers, that, every time I login I feel like I'm in affiliate candy land: a huge number of diverse offers and endless possibilities on how to market them. One of the reasons why I love CJ. They have the largest advertiser base. I’m always amused to see affiliates who have a mindset that they should only push DirectTrack and networks like Azoogle.

That only creates a limited amount of growth because the advertisers are less in numbers, and many networks have the same exact offers. CJ? Fathead.com. Apartments.com. Just a wide variety of advertisers, that, every time I login I feel like I’m in affiliate candy land: a huge number of diverse offers and endless possibilities on how to market them.

]]> By: PunditX http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-461 PunditX Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:44:51 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-461 Thanks for the link Diorex. Much appreciated. It's really sad to see so many people getting stuck in the mindset of what the "gurus" tell them. It's the people I meet at conferences that are the real gurus. The ones who don't need to "brag" about it to be happy (I realize the apparent irony). You have shared a lot yourself and yet seek nothing in return. You have been an inspiration to me the past year or so. I admire your approach. Thanks for the link Diorex. Much appreciated. It’s really sad to see so many people getting stuck in the mindset of what the “gurus” tell them. It’s the people I meet at conferences that are the real gurus. The ones who don’t need to “brag” about it to be happy (I realize the apparent irony).

You have shared a lot yourself and yet seek nothing in return. You have been an inspiration to me the past year or so. I admire your approach.

]]> By: nickycakes http://www.diorex.com/earning-by-thinking-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-460 nickycakes Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:29:00 +0000 http://www.diorex.com/?p=129#comment-460 so right. so right.

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