I just threw this video up real quick to illustrate something I think is just outrageously awesome…

http://screencast.com/t/COHuk5yJCJBI

If you aren’t already familiar with Remarketing, and aren’t already a member of VanCluteSolution.com, then you might want to check out my Remarketing Unleashed videos.  For the cost you won’t find better info out there on the subject.

Are you doing remarketing yet?  If so how’s it working for you?

Jonathan

I just read this article and thought it was a very good reminder of the basic principles needed for an effective landing page.

Check it out and see how many of these things you are, or are not, doing yourself!

Jonathan

Gauher shared some awesome stuff on today’s webinar, in particular an entire new traffic source that he’s making 300% to 400% returns on!  I’d never heard of this one prior to the call, and he gave it away for free.

Check this out, listen carefully and see if you can’t make use of some of the advice given here!

Jonathan

If you’ve ever wished you had a crystal ball that would tell you exactly what was working in PPC marketing right now, well you’re not alone.

Unfortunately, mine doesn’t seem to work.  So I’ve got the next best thing!

Come join me and Gauher Chaudhry for a casual but very insightful discussion about what he’s doing in his PPC business right now, today, in September 2011 as well as what he thinks you should be doing into the future.

A few things he’s already shared with me, but there’s so much more that he hasn’t and I can’t wait to ask him about it all.

Naturally he’ll be talking about material that’s in his new PPCFormula 3 course, but whether you’re in the market for that or not this promises to be a very revealing conversation.

Make sure you’re there to eavesdrop! 

I look forward to “seeing” you there!

Jonathan

This is a very limited time chance to get some really good free training on PPC marketing from someone who does this himself every day to make the bulk of his substantial income.

http://www.payperclickformula.com/webinar.php

It’s free, but will only be up another day two.  So if you aren’t already a member of PPCFormula and you’d like to basically get a lot of the nuts & bolts of it all for free, make sure you check this out right away!

Jonathan

I don’t know how many people even know about Looksmart, but they’re one of the larger 2nd tier PPC engines.  They do have a lot of traffic and it can be a whole LOT cheaper than Adwords for the same clicks.

Click the “Looksmart Video” link on this page to learn how to set up a looksmart campaign.  If you’re into PPC at all, this will be a valuable 14 minutes and 47 seconds!

JVC

P.S.

Make sure to sign up for the free Webinar Gauher is going to be holding, on the same page.

Does PPC Still Work?

Amazingly, I get asked that question fairly often.

And I say amazingly because I tend to assume that by now, people must realize that traffic sources don’t work.

We work THEM!

And without exception the people that I know who make a good living via PPC, work very, very hard for it.

This stuff is NOT EASY.  I don’t care what anyone tells you.

I suspect that nobody knows that better than Gauher Chaudhry.

As you probably know if you’ve been around me any length of time, Gauher is a “guru” in the PPC game, having created the PPCFormula course that changed many of our lives as far back as 2007.

In the years that I’ve known Gauher, I’ve watched him totally rebuild his business from scratch several times.

I’m talking about a guy who does 7 figures a year in PPC-generated commissions, and he’s rebuilt it all.

More than once!

But what’s even more remarkable than that, is that he hasn’t just managed to recreate his business each time (usually due to the nature of the game changing in some fundamental way).

He’s made it STRONGER than last time!

And here we are, today, in late 2011, when a lot of people I’m sure would tell you that the PPC game is “over”… with so many stories of account bans and slaps, it would be hard not to listen!

But Gauher’s doing better than ever.

And believe me, he’s not sitting on the beach with his laptop sipping a margarita!

He’s hard at work, every single day, nurturing his campaigns, building new ones, testing new ideas, and optimizing his data.

If there was an award for “Hardest Working Guy In PPC”, I’d say give it to Gauher!

His PPCFormula course has been closed for quite some time now, but that’s about to change once more as well.

Gauher has totally overhauled the course, with case studies of exactly what he’s doing NOW, in 2011, that’s working for him.  PPCFormula 3.0 is about to launch.

I was one who took him up on the offer of “early bird” access to the new content earlier this year, and I truly must say that if you want to have the best shot at success with PPC – especially if you want to promote CPA offers – then PPCFormula 3 is the smartest way to go.

Check out the free video Gauher has just posted, where he walks you through the entire process of setting up a PPC campaign on one of his most profitable traffic sources, that almost nobody is talking about.

Sign up for his list and I’m certain you’ll get some really valuable tips from him even if you don’t decide to buy PPCFormula 3 now.

One last word of caution before I sign off… PPCFormula 3 is not “cheap” and in my opinion it shouldn’t be.  The price reflects the caliber of people who have trusted Gauher as a teacher, and it’s worth many times the price for those who are willing to do the work.

I’ll say it again – FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK.

This stuff isn’t easy, but if you will put in the time and the focus, it could change your life like it has so many others’.

Be well!

JVC

Just found out that Gauher Chaudhry has a batch of physical DVD sets of his PPCFormula 2 course leftover, and he wants to clear them out before he launches PPCFormula 3 next month.

You can get them for just $497 until they’re gone, and that’s less than half the regular price as I recall.  Plus his OTO after you buy, is PPVFormula for only $397.  As you may know, PPVF is where I initially learned all about PPV myself, so I can’t recommend it highly enough.

There’s less than 100 sets left and I know his list has over 50,000 people on it so… if this interest you, you definitely need to decide quickly!

Enjoy,

Jonathan

I just got this email from Amazon.com:

Hello,

For well over a decade, the Amazon Associates Program has worked with thousands of California residents. Unfortunately, a potential new law that may be signed by Governor Brown compels us to terminate this program for California-based participants. It specifically imposes the collection of taxes from consumers on sales by online retailers – including but not limited to those referred by California-based marketing affiliates like you – even if those retailers have no physical presence in the state.

We oppose this bill because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive. It is supported by big-box retailers, most of which are based outside California, that seek to harm the affiliate advertising programs of their competitors. Similar legislation in other states has led to job and income losses, and little, if any, new tax revenue. We deeply regret that we must take this action.

As a result, we will terminate contracts with all California residents that are participants in the Amazon Associates Program as of the date (if any) that the California law becomes effective. We will send a follow-up notice to you confirming the termination date if the California law is enacted. In the event that the California law does not become effective before September 30, 2011, we withdraw this notice. As of the termination date, California residents will no longer receive advertising fees for sales referred to Amazon.com, Endless.com, MYHABIT.COM or SmallParts.com. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned on or before the termination date will be processed and paid in full in accordance with the regular payment schedule.

You are receiving this email because our records indicate that you are a resident of California. If you are not currently a resident of California, or if you are relocating to another state in the near future, you can manage the details of your Associates account here. And if you relocate to another state in the near future please contact us for reinstatement into the Amazon Associates Program.

To avoid confusion, we would like to clarify that this development will only impact our ability to offer the Associates Program to California residents and will not affect their ability to purchase from Amazon.com, Endless.com, MYHABIT.COM or SmallParts.com.

We have enjoyed working with you and other California-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program and, if this situation is rectified, would very much welcome the opportunity to re-open our Associates Program to California residents. We are also working on alternative ways to help California residents monetize their websites and we will be sure to contact you when these become available.

Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

OK, does anyone else besides me think this is absolutely insane??  Not that Amazon would choose to terminate all California affiliates, but that the government would entertain legislation like this???

Perhaps I’m missing something as I am almost rabidly non-political, but if the largest affiliate networks like Amazon, eBay, and Commission Junction terminate affiliates in states that pass this kind of legislation, then won’t revenues DROP dramatically, resulting in LESS sales tax revenue to be collected??

PLUS, say I was generating $200k/year with one of these affiliate networks.  I now lose all that income, which means I also don’t pay INCOME TAX on it!

I fail to see how this could be anything but a completely losing proposition for the US economy.  Online retailers lose new customers and revenue that was being previously referred, affiliates are now potentially “out of a job” and contribute to the country’s unemployment problems, and the government gets less tax money into its already-barren coffers.

Seriously.  WTF?!?!?

Jonathan

I thought this was too funny and revealing not to share.

I was speaking with someone from a web toolbar company the other day.  They have a very cool product and a private affiliate program and they pay per install, like most any toolbar offer you might find on a CPA network.  They want traffic and specifically had a reason to want to talk to me.

They’re working with a “big brand” ad agency out of New York, who is running traffic and getting data for them, etc.  This big agency apparently decided to try popunder (PPV) traffic to see how it would perform.  Their consensus?  Popunders weren’t worth pursuing because out of 2,000 pops they “only” got 18 installs.

EIGHTEEN INSTALLS ON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $2 AND $20 WORTH OF TRAFFIC AND THEY SAID IT DIDN’T WORK?!?!?

For those who may be unfamiliar with PPV, let me explain just how cheap this traffic is.  You can get this traffic for easily anywhere from $2 per 1,000 pops, to $10 per 1,000.  If this company got 18 installs on 2,000 impressions and paid $10 per 1,000 impressions, that means they had a per-user acquisition cost of $1.11.

Now to a toolbar company, the value of an install has got to be a hell of a lot more than $1.  So if they can get installs for around a buck, they’re laughing all the way to the bank!

And this was just an initial small test… but this big ad agency thinks it’s not worth doing.

Can they really be that blind?  Do they just not know how to optimize to increase the ROI?  Do they not have more networks to go to for increased traffic??

Well frankly I don’t care.  This guy knew me and knew I was a PPV guy, so now I’m going to be handling their PPV traffic needs and watching the installs roll in.  Madison Avenue’s loss is my gain!

I’m just shocked that a supposedly very highly regarded agency, who really knows what they’re doing, would not see the tremendous potential in PPV after that initial test.  It’s like they don’t know how to calculate basic metrics or something.

Jonathan