Wow! What an education!
My last post was when I had decided to enter the forex niche. Seemed like it would be no big deal and the adsense payouts would be high. Not so simple!
I built a site with adsense and a clickbank product for monetization. I have posted new content almost daily. I have identified some long tail keywords that I should be able to rank for — they get a reasonable number of searches and are lower competition. And I’ve gone about building some links to the site. Traffic is starting to pick up too. Those all sound good.
But, now I’m totally reconsidering. I’ve had about 2 adsense clicks in all this time, and a few clicks on product links, but no buyers. Hmm.
My recent education is regarding Clickbank products. First, I’ve become aware of evaluating the sales pages for these products in a new light. How many loopholes does a visitor have on the sales page to go in a different direction, rather than click through to the clickbank payment page? These can be 800 numbers, links to become an affiliate, optin boxes, etc. Really any number of options.
Another eye opener is through a product called Clickbank Reaper. I got this free somehow but through a reputable referral. The author outlines a research process to evaluate the trends of a Clickbank product to determine the likelihood an affiliate will have some success selling it. It’s really cool and much more detailed than I’ve seen before.
Turns out only 2 of the popular CB products on Forex meet the criteria for CB Reaper and both have sales pages with loopholes. Now what?
P.S. I’m aware none of the links on this blog are working. Trouble with the new GoTryThis and haven’t really found an alternative I like. I’ll get it all fixed asap.
