Comments on: The Short End of the Long Tail of Affiliate Marketing. http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/ Random Musings about Internet Marketing Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Learn PHP http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Learn PHP Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:23:13 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-120 wow! you guys make $25k a month? lol i can't even do $25 a day. lol i think I stepped into some different territory here. lol pardon me, i'll see my way out. wow! you guys make $25k a month? lol i can’t even do $25 a day. lol i think I stepped into some different territory here. lol pardon me, i’ll see my way out.

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]]> By: Smaxor http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Smaxor Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:47:48 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-118 Anthony, Don't believe in false gods. Some peoples mouths are much bigger then their wallets. See through the hype and sales/pr pitches or you're going to be disappointed again and again. Anthony,

Don’t believe in false gods. Some peoples mouths are much bigger then their wallets. See through the hype and sales/pr pitches or you’re going to be disappointed again and again.

]]> By: Smaxor http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Smaxor Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:43:48 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-117 Another great post Diorex. As you mentioned in this article I really see focus as a key ingredient to all this. If you really want to spend time getting to know a niche you're going to do so much better then just trying to work a lot of different ones at the same time. If you become strong in a niche you'll develop relationships with everyone in that niche. Then you can trade email lists, get special deals, higher payouts, etc. Focus on something and learn it inside and out. I slightly disagree that the hard niches are dead as I think with some slow testing and low bids to start things out you can get into almost any niche. Just keep your bids low and do your research. And for gods sake pickup the phone and talk to people in your industry. Another great post Diorex. As you mentioned in this article I really see focus as a key ingredient to all this. If you really want to spend time getting to know a niche you’re going to do so much better then just trying to work a lot of different ones at the same time. If you become strong in a niche you’ll develop relationships with everyone in that niche. Then you can trade email lists, get special deals, higher payouts, etc. Focus on something and learn it inside and out. I slightly disagree that the hard niches are dead as I think with some slow testing and low bids to start things out you can get into almost any niche. Just keep your bids low and do your research. And for gods sake pickup the phone and talk to people in your industry.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Anthony Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:46:53 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-121 Diorex, This is my first visit to your blog and I've already picked up some serious insights. You mentioned that some of the marketers above are earning 25k per month. I'm just starting out. I plan to seriously utilize strategies I've gleaned from you, John Reese, Jeremy@Shoemoney, Rosalind Gardner, etc. Is it unrealistic to shoot for a 25k/month within a six month window? Your comment on directly approaching the buyer is an echo of an audio interview I heard recently between John Reese and Jeremy Schoemaker. I want to bust my ass to make my business work. From what I'm learning, there's plenty of loot for the taking if one is willing to work hard and smart. Thank you. Diorex,

This is my first visit to your blog and I’ve already picked up some serious insights.

You mentioned that some of the marketers above are earning 25k per month. I’m just starting out. I plan to seriously utilize strategies I’ve gleaned from you, John Reese, Jeremy@Shoemoney, Rosalind Gardner, etc. Is it unrealistic to shoot for a 25k/month within a six month window? Your comment on directly approaching the buyer is an echo of an audio interview I heard recently between John Reese and Jeremy Schoemaker. I want to bust my ass to make my business work. From what I’m learning, there’s plenty of loot for the taking if one is willing to work hard and smart. Thank you.

]]> By: diorex http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-116 diorex Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:57:30 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-116 @ paycoguy as timeloop suggested just look for fields that are not already crowded with dozens or hundreds of other affiliates who may be irrationally affecting the landscape. I like competing with Fortune 500 companies - they get one slot can beat me on brand name and CPC, but I can still be right below em. @ Matt - we host all the forms ourselves - check out http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/why-white-label/ We also are mostly A/B split testing. the problem with MV is that you can miss significance and it takes longer to get any answer and increases the chance we get the wrong answer. We have a custom traffic management system that can truly split test for us across lots of keywords or other variables if we so desire. @ paycoguy as timeloop suggested just look for fields that are not already crowded with dozens or hundreds of other affiliates who may be irrationally affecting the landscape. I like competing with Fortune 500 companies - they get one slot can beat me on brand name and CPC, but I can still be right below em.

@ Matt - we host all the forms ourselves - check out http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/why-white-label/

We also are mostly A/B split testing. the problem with MV is that you can miss significance and it takes longer to get any answer and increases the chance we get the wrong answer. We have a custom traffic management system that can truly split test for us across lots of keywords or other variables if we so desire.

]]> By: Matt L http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Matt L Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:35:15 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-115 Forgot my question - we just started shifting some resources over to affiliate marketing from client work on the b2b side, and wondered what you recommend to monitor testing (split or multivariate) of ads, landing pages, and copy when we have to use subids? Do you send the traffic to different landing pages entirely and track conversions that way? If I could get the analytics on the thank you page, I'd be set, but... Forgot my question - we just started shifting some resources over to affiliate marketing from client work on the b2b side, and wondered what you recommend to monitor testing (split or multivariate) of ads, landing pages, and copy when we have to use subids? Do you send the traffic to different landing pages entirely and track conversions that way? If I could get the analytics on the thank you page, I’d be set, but…

]]> By: Matt L http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Matt L Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:31:39 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-114 enjoy your posts over on WF - hope you keep this up whenever you have time. enjoy your posts over on WF - hope you keep this up whenever you have time.

]]> By: nicholas kamau http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-113 nicholas kamau Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:36:57 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-113 honestly welcome back man. :) honestly welcome back man.
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]]> By: timeloop http://www.diorex.com/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-122 timeloop Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:23:33 +0000 http://diorex.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/the-short-end-of-the-long-tail-of-affiliate-marketing/#comment-122 paycoguy: probably an industry that's big but is also not in the spotlight of the internet marketing community all the time (like ringtones, movie rentals, etc) Diorex: i love your blog. even if you can't post frequently, please don't kill it :) paycoguy: probably an industry that’s big but is also not in the spotlight of the internet marketing community all the time (like ringtones, movie rentals, etc)

Diorex: i love your blog. even if you can’t post frequently, please don’t kill it :)

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