Making money online has become increasingly hard for
fairly new marketers, like myself, in 2015. As we push deeper into the
new year, us newbies will be wearing out the ol' mousepad trying to find
new was to make money online with the ever-changing internet marketing
world.
Last year, in the early stages of my internet marketing journey, I was introduced to ClickBank. At first, I checked out the site and played around with it to get familiar with how it works, and I slowly came to think... "Are people still making money with this?" So I took to some of the most popular marketing sites to do a little research. At that particular time, I was reading mixed reviews. Some people were saying that yes, they were in fact making money, while others were saying ClickBank was played out. After that small bit of research, I decided to leave it alone for the time being, because I had other projects I was exploring.
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to give ClickBank another look. This time, I added YouTube video tutorials to my research to get an idea as to how, exactly, people were going about making money with this method. Turns out, there are a few different ways to do this. One method I came across was how some people were using PPC ads to drive traffic to their ClickBank offers. This obvioulsy is not a new method ofcourse, but I had never given it much thought. Then I read how people were not using Google AdWords for their PPC campaigns because Big G won't allow direct linking from ads to the actual ClickBank vendor sales page, but that Bing ads DID allow it.
My first thought was that this could be a good way to make some easy, quick money. I didn't need a website, or landing page, or an autoresponder or have to search for a "freebie" to give away. So I decided to give it a try.
I went over to ClickBank, found a good product to promote. Then went over to Bing ads, set up my campaign, and let 'er rip. Sadly, my results were dismal. Now, I will admit this..I didn't run the ad for too long. Maybe 3-4 days, max. I spent about $40, and I had 100 clicks per 3,000+ impressions, with a click-through rate of about 4%. As far as Bing is concerned, those are really good numbers. The problem was, I made NO sales! YIKES! People were clicking my ad which was taking them directly to the sales page, but they were not buying. So, I basically kissed $40 and a bit of ambition goodbye.
The good news is, there is still some potential for making money with ClickBank using a slightly different approach, with brings me to the other method I read about during my research. That is, to make a good landing page and collect emails, or create a full blown review site about your offer, and "pre-sale" your leads. This has been the tried and true method all along, and still continues to be, no matter what offer you are trying to promote.
In conclusion, it is definitely true what all the experienced marketers out there say, "You can't get rich quick!" At least, not anymore. Building a successful business online requires a lot of time, effort and patience, which in the long run will be more beneficial anyway. I do believe that money can be made with ClickBank still today, so long as you don't try any short-cuts.
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Last year, in the early stages of my internet marketing journey, I was introduced to ClickBank. At first, I checked out the site and played around with it to get familiar with how it works, and I slowly came to think... "Are people still making money with this?" So I took to some of the most popular marketing sites to do a little research. At that particular time, I was reading mixed reviews. Some people were saying that yes, they were in fact making money, while others were saying ClickBank was played out. After that small bit of research, I decided to leave it alone for the time being, because I had other projects I was exploring.
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to give ClickBank another look. This time, I added YouTube video tutorials to my research to get an idea as to how, exactly, people were going about making money with this method. Turns out, there are a few different ways to do this. One method I came across was how some people were using PPC ads to drive traffic to their ClickBank offers. This obvioulsy is not a new method ofcourse, but I had never given it much thought. Then I read how people were not using Google AdWords for their PPC campaigns because Big G won't allow direct linking from ads to the actual ClickBank vendor sales page, but that Bing ads DID allow it.
My first thought was that this could be a good way to make some easy, quick money. I didn't need a website, or landing page, or an autoresponder or have to search for a "freebie" to give away. So I decided to give it a try.
I went over to ClickBank, found a good product to promote. Then went over to Bing ads, set up my campaign, and let 'er rip. Sadly, my results were dismal. Now, I will admit this..I didn't run the ad for too long. Maybe 3-4 days, max. I spent about $40, and I had 100 clicks per 3,000+ impressions, with a click-through rate of about 4%. As far as Bing is concerned, those are really good numbers. The problem was, I made NO sales! YIKES! People were clicking my ad which was taking them directly to the sales page, but they were not buying. So, I basically kissed $40 and a bit of ambition goodbye.
The good news is, there is still some potential for making money with ClickBank using a slightly different approach, with brings me to the other method I read about during my research. That is, to make a good landing page and collect emails, or create a full blown review site about your offer, and "pre-sale" your leads. This has been the tried and true method all along, and still continues to be, no matter what offer you are trying to promote.
In conclusion, it is definitely true what all the experienced marketers out there say, "You can't get rich quick!" At least, not anymore. Building a successful business online requires a lot of time, effort and patience, which in the long run will be more beneficial anyway. I do believe that money can be made with ClickBank still today, so long as you don't try any short-cuts.