Any tips on picking the right clickbank campaign to promote?

SeanMacnamara said:
Just saw this thread and thought I would bump it to see if there were any other CB fans in here. I've made quite a bit on CB over the years as both a vendor and affiliate, had my first $1k profit day on CB, and flipped many CB sites.

I'm surprised more gay webmasters don't mess with CB. They complain about crappy products on CB but have no problem pushing diet rebills and teeth whitening systems. Sure, there is a lot of garbage on there but also some solid products. I would sleep a lot better at night pushing The Truth About Abs or Fat Loss Factor then I would selling $100 bottles of green coffee extract with shady continuity terms.

Plus, I've never had a problem with payouts from CB. I've been with them for just under 5 years and have received all of my wires and checks on time every time. I read the threads on here about networks owing huge sums to affiliates, networks dropping like flies, going bankrupt, etc. That seems like a risky way to do business. When I first started with Clickbank and was receiving large checks, I would cash them at Wells Fargo (where CB banks) and then deposit the cash at my credit union. One week, I had a particularly large check (5 figures) and the manager had to come over to process the check. He showed me CB's revolving daily account balance and it was $22 million. I've never given any thought to my checks not clearing since.

Also, NC knows what he is talking about, listen to him. Especially the gravity part. I had a product with a gravity of 6 where one affiliate was doing $2k a day in sales. I know first hand of a product with a gravity under 15 that does six figures a month in sales. If any other CB ballers want to chat, send me a PM.
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What traffic sources were using that weren't bitch slapping you for being a CB affiliate/vendor though?
 


I hate to give this away, but if you will notice that the best CB offers usually have a page dedicated for affiliates. Meaning they can download creatives, etc. I've looked at the top selling products and notice 80-90% of them all have an affiliate program section of some sort.

So for you vendors, that extra push that will get people promoting your product... is pretty simple. Have an affiliate portal, the more creatives the better. Updating creatives, content, and giving tips and advice on how to advertise is also gold. Split test EVERYTHING - FOREVER!

I'd refer to NCMedia's posts about this.

;) Carry on...
 
To echo what CCarter said..

As far as I'm concerned, ncmedia is a walking, talking case-study on how to be a perfect vendor. Beyond split-testing and top-notch affiliate resources as mentioned above, the dude literally trains his own army of affiliates.

If you want to vend like a baws, just study a tape of nc.
 
EricVonDoobie said:
What traffic sources were using that weren't bitch slapping you for being a CB affiliate/vendor though?
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I wrote a pretty detailed response to this yesterday but it looks like it never went live because I included a link. So here goes again...

I use pretty much the same traffic sources as everyone else doing affiliate marketing. The key to making anything work is thinking outside of the box. Here's a little story.

The green energy niche on CB was (and still is) pretty hot. A few years back when I was thinking about entering the niche, I started doing some research and came across the billionaire T. Boone Pickens. He had just undertook a clean energy initiative and was spending $50 million to support it. While other affiliates were promoting these products with keywords like wind power, solar power, build a solar panel, etc., I started bidding on keywords related to his name and his energy plan. I was getting clicks for 10 cents, while they were getting clicks at $2 a piece. There was plenty of volume because this guy was running commercials all over the place. I was converting at 1:40 and making ~ $30 commission per sale. I created my own product where the graphics and copy were tailored to match all of the T. Boone Pickens traffic I was sending to it and got my conversion rate down to 1:25. Now I'm making around $43 per sale and still getting 10 cent clicks. Nice ROI.

Then, one night, Obama mentions this guy in one of his speeches and I started making a sale every few seconds for over an hour. Pure luck but still one of the best nights of my marketing career. I remember calling my wife and having her log into my account. She kept refreshing my stats and updating me over the phone until I got home.

A few other marketers caught on to these keywords eventually but I really killed it with that campaign for about a year or so.

Anyway, I said all of that to drive home the point of thinking outside the box. If everyone else is doing one thing, I try to do another. Right now, I like international traffic. I mean people in Germany still want to get six pack abs, right. But a lot of affiliates are pushing products in Germany so I go a step further, think Luxembourg. It's all about thinking outside the box.

And what CCarter said about having a great affiliate section is spot on. I either try to be the first in the niche or the best in the niche. One easy way to be the best (if you can't beat your competition on conversion rate) is to have the most comprehensive affiliate section.
 
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EricVonDoobie said:
What traffic sources were using that weren't bitch slapping you for being a CB affiliate/vendor though?
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I just clicked on an interesting adsense ad and landed here: www.fatlossfactor.com/new/ (don't know if it's ok to post links to landers, but with 4 digit alexa I don't think they would mind)

Now I don't know alot about the weightloss niche, but this shit made me watch the video till the end and almost made me want to buy. Not because I need to lose weight, but cause I was totally mesmerized marketing-wise. Only when the video ended and the "buy now" button appeared I realized that it's just another CB offer, very well packaged.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you're genuine enough and big enough, you can pour budgets anywhere. Size matters.
 
SeanMacnamara said:
I wrote a pretty detailed response to this yesterday but it looks like it never went live because I included a link. So here goes again...

I use pretty much the same traffic sources as everyone else doing affiliate marketing. The key to making anything work is thinking outside of the box. Here's a little story.

The green energy niche on CB was (and still is) pretty hot. A few years back when I was thinking about entering the niche, I started doing some research and came across the billionaire T. Boone Pickens. He had just undertook a clean energy initiative and was spending $50 million to support it. While other affiliates were promoting these products with keywords like wind power, solar power, build a solar panel, etc., I started bidding on keywords related to his name and his energy plan. I was getting clicks for 10 cents, while they were getting clicks at $2 a piece. There was plenty of volume because this guy was running commercials all over the place. I was converting at 1:40 and making ~ $30 commission per sale. I created my own product where the graphics and copy were tailored to match all of the T. Boone Pickens traffic I was sending to it and got my conversion rate down to 1:25. Now I'm making around $43 per sale and still getting 10 cent clicks. Nice ROI.

Then, one night, Obama mentions this guy in one of his speeches and I started making a sale every few seconds for over an hour. Pure luck but still one of the best nights of my marketing career. I remember calling my wife and having her log into my account. She kept refreshing my stats and updating me over the phone until I got home.

A few other marketers caught on to these keywords eventually but I really killed it with that campaign for about a year or so.

Anyway, I said all of that to drive home the point of thinking outside the box. If everyone else is doing one thing, I try to do another. Right now, I like international traffic. I mean people in Germany still want to get six pack abs, right. But a lot of affiliates are pushing products in Germany so I go a step further, think Luxembourg. It's all about thinking outside the box.

And what CCarter said about having a great affiliate section is spot on. I either try to be the first in the niche or the best in the niche. One easy way to be the best (if you can't beat your competition on conversion rate) is to have the most comprehensive affiliate section.
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+rep. Nice Explanation.​
 
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