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When trying a new ppc to aff campaign do you start advertising with google only and move on to yahoo and msn, or hammer all 3 and see what works best?

I come up with a conservative campaign that we run in all three, but really, we don't even use Yahoo all that much to begin with, so I like to focus on MSN and Adwords the most. We then compare keywords, prices, CTR's and conversions. That should help you establish what works best with what traffic.

You make your money. Then you reinvest some, use some for living expenses, but what kind of vehicles does jon put his money in to make it grow?

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I personally have investments in some hedge funds that my father got me into last Winter/Spring. Aside for that, I personally just save 90% of my cash for the future. When I create a new business, I like to spend as little as possible and make as much from that. That's where I get my biggest challenge and signs of success, when I can use little or no startup capital (aside for the fees of the LLC) and turn it into a booming success. Even if I know that investing $100k's will make it profitable a lot quicker and easier, I love the challenge in the tougher smaller guy approach, and it makes me go through those stages and learn more about the new field, which is invaluable. But that's just me.
 


Do you recommend building related niche networks (eg. mobile phones, ringtones etc) or random niche mini sites (eg. dildos, teeth whitening, henna art)?
 
Do you reccomend trying to sell a specific item on a ppc campaign, like an air compressor or something like that? Rather than the typical affiliate stuff.
 
nintendo wii or ps3?

PS3, I'm a big fan of Playstation.

When promoting affiliate offers with PPC do you try to make your sites SEO friendly as well?

Sometimes. If it's a campaign being run through someone like Copeac, where they have these offers that come and go all the time, no. If it's a longterm type of offer, then yes, but again, that's very rare for me to take on any longlasting offers to promote for, unless I use my own private affiliate program.

Do you think people are getting to caught up in the arbitrage thing and not working on other things?

Nope, I think people are just kinda surprised that it works, and that it's such a simple concept. I think a lot of people are still too shy or afraid to try it too. On top of the fact that very few people have taken the chance at doing it on a large scale. Most people are doing it on a very small and safe scale, which you can clearly tell who the big boys are and who aren't. With anything, it requires patience, listening to your gut, and taking a chance with at least $10k to turn it into something that will make everything else you do look like a child. With one test we ran, we banked well over $100k in one month from it, and that was merely on a phase 2 test. So if we could do that on a $22k-$30k ad spend budget, imagine what someone REALLY big can accomplish on a larger scale, month after month. Even if you didn't do a large scale run like that, and just kept doing it consistently, the amount of constant cashflow you can generate every month is just enormous.
 
whats the most effective free directory in terms of SEO?

Dmoz.org

rev share or pps with porn?

PPS for general stuff, for the really niche/fetish stuff go with revshare.

Do you recommend building related niche networks (eg. mobile phones, ringtones etc) or random niche mini sites (eg. dildos, teeth whitening, henna art)?

Both! Why can't you do everything at some point? Don't be lazy!

Do you reccomend trying to sell a specific item on a ppc campaign, like an air compressor or something like that? Rather than the typical affiliate stuff.

You can try both routes, they are totally different. Just make sure they both go to a landing sales/product page of some sort, or even a php redirect page. There is no wrong or right answer for this question, it's all up to you, your judgement, the traffic you are targeting, and the way the product or service is pitched on the merchant's site.
 
have you figured out any good ways to sneak adsense into wordpress.com accounts?

edit: damn nevermind i missed it by one post :(
I'm too slow today
 
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