SELLING PRODUCTS AND ADVERTISING ARE VERY LEGITIMATE METHODS:

Some Ideas on Which Inbound and Outbound Links to Track With An Ad Tracking Program - By: Malcolm Leyshon

In a previous article about ad trackers, I explained how they can help you track inbound and outbound links to improve the performance of your ads.

You will find more ideas about which links to track in this article. After reading the information you will see just how useful and beneficial an ad tracking program really is.

Here's an alphabetical list of various places where you might want to replace your regular URL links with ad tracker links.

Affiliate links - Any link for an affiliate program should be tracked when placed on your website or blog.

Article directories - use a tracking link in your signature to find out which of your articles on different directories attract most of the attention.

Banner advertising - use a tracking link to see which banners are more popular on which sites and web pages.

Blog comments - track your blog comments you post to see which attract the most interest.

Classified advertising - you'll want to split test your ads to find out which ad sites are most responsive and which ads are most popular.

E-books - It's wise to embed tracking links in the body of your e-book. Since these will most likely be long-term links, you'll want to keep them pointed to active websites by redirecting them in your tracking program control panel if you ever decide to change your website URL.

E-mail signature files - find out which signature ads attract the most response in your emails that you send out. These could be personal or business related emails.

E-newsletter links - check the response rate of your newsletter subscribers. Test similar ads in different newsletters and compare different ads in each newsletter.

Forum links - use a tracking link in your forum signature file and also in the main body of your forum posts whenever you have a good reason to include a link.

Online auctions - direct people to your online auctions using tracking links and find out which of your products get the most attention.

Pop-up ads - you can measure the responsiveness to these with tracking links. Pop-up ads can be very effective.

PPC ads - using tracking links will allow you to check your stats but you can also test the responsiveness of different pages via your ad tracker control panel.

Reciprocal links - see how well your links are doing on third-party sites (and monitor them to make sure they are not quietly removed).

Traffic exchanges - find out which squeeze pages attract the most clicks. Using a tracking program can provide more detailed information..

You should now realize that ad trackers are very important tools for your internet business and allows you to see what is happening and why. When it comes to choosing important tools for your internet business, an ad tracking program is right up there with web hosting for your website and autoresponders. These are the three essential tools of any successful internet marketing business.

Using these resources and posting to them on a regular basis will help you cover your basic internet business start-up costs while also getting your name and profile out on the web.
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Why An Ad Tracker Could Be Your Most Important Internet Marketing Investment - By: Malcolm Leyshon

Investing in a high quality ad tracking program is essential if you're serious in making money with affiliate programs. It will also be important to learn how to use the program to constantly monitor and improve the performance of your advertisements.

How does an ad tracking program work?

The process in setting everything up is quite simple. When you're ready to post an advertisement or affiliate link, you will want to replace that link with an ad tracker link. This is set up using your ad tracking program. All you have to do is enter your original link into the program that you want to track, and then click a button. The program will then generate a tracking link which you use in place of the original link.

For example, if you want to write a classified ad without using a tracking URL, you would just add the URL of the web page in the classified ad. But, when you use an ad tracker to monitor your advertisements, you enter the original web page URL into the ad tracking program, and then you insert the new tracking URL that was generated into the classified ad.

If you don't use a tracking URL, then any clicks on that link can't be tracked. You'll have no idea how many clicks it receives or where the traffic is coming from. On the other hand, tracked URL's will allow you to see when somebody clicks on the link. You will be able to see exactly how many people have clicked on that particular link.

Why is it important to track your ads?

Any active marketer will have numerous advertisements placed in various spots across the internet. If they don't track their ads, they have no way of knowing which ads are effective and which ads are not. They'll have no way of systematically improving their ad performance.

The marketers who track their advertising are able monitor which ads perform well and which perform badly, and adjust accordingly. When an ad is replaced, the new ad will be tracked, and its performance can be measured through the ad tracking software. This is simple but very powerful because if it's consistently applied, your ads are guaranteed to improve over time as you filter out the losers and run with the winners.

When you realize how simple the concept of ad tracking actually is, it is amazing to know that so-called Internet marketers shy away from using it. Yes, ad trackers do require a little more work, but a little effort can bring much greater efficiency and profit potential.

Most ad tracking programs will show you more than just the number of clicks a URL generates. They can also track where your traffic is coming from and record IP addresses and time logs. You will be able see first-time and repeat visitors as well as the keywords they used to find your web pages. You will also be able to monitor additional activity on your website.

Utilizing an ad tracker is important to see what works and what doesn't work with your advertisements. Without an ad tracker, you are marketing in the dark.
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Selling Products and Advertising are Very Legitimate Methods - By: Satish2

While creating an income with the internet, most people don’t even consider a much more effective method for making money on the internet, which is by selling their own services. Now simple math will tell you that if you are selling DVD players and are making $5 for each one you sell, it will take 200 sales to make $1000 of profit. The idea of making money online is attractive to many, primarily because of the benefits it offers. Building relationships is important when it comes to profiting. One of the most talked about ways of earning money online is to run your own website. It sounds wonderful earning money online that’s why you are here isn’t it. People are making money selling odd stuff from haunted vases to advertising their bare backs for ad space. You no longer need to have to know anything about PCs or programming to start earning money online .But I feel that when it comes to making lots of money online, the biggest mistake that most webmasters make is not having enough of one of two things (or both): Links And Content. Forget making others rich on reseller mini sites. The web offers alluring new ways of making a living, ways that may allow us to profit from our deepest passions. People are skeptical about making money online because of the scammers and of the gurus who basically are only making cash for themselves. Although the number of money making seekers is growing all the time, new opportunities is constantly appearing on the internet, too . Bottom line is, no single method of earning money online will make you rich overnight. Sure, there are many legitimate online money making programs, but which one will work best FOR ME. Let’s review every option: Hobby: Maybe you don't know it but making money is millions of people's favorite hobby. If you are serious about making money online, I suggest you leave these micro money making opportunities to teens and to move to more lucrative activities. Remember: starting your very own ultra profitable online business does NOT have to be hard especially if you know of all the great different and most profitable ways you can start making money on the internet ASAP. Thousands of people are making a full time income from the comfort of their own homes, working only a few hours a week. Income It seems that one of the hardest parts of creating an income with the internet is deciding what methods to use to achieve your goals. Even if you’re not looking to work full-time at home, the internet offers a viable source of money which can help to supplement your regular income. The research involved with making money online is relatively simple. The real truth about making money online is that there is no real secret to it, it takes hard work dedication and patience and if you're not prepared to put it in you will not get it out. You may also be surprised to know that making money on the internet is pretty simple. The keys to making money online is just like making money anywhere else, hard work and knowledge. The trick to making money on the internet is to find out what people want. Finally, in what I call a flash of brilliance, I discovered that making money online is easy if you follow the right plan.
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Autosurf Programs -Earning a Good Amount of Money - By: Satish2

Autosurf programs are the hottest thing on the internet right now. You need no experience to start and you can get started almost instantly. It’s so easy to get started; even your 10 year old kid can do it. It’s a great way to earn some extra income to sponsor your other projects you might be planning or just earn a living out of it. Autosurf programs lets you view advertisement set on an auto-timer for an amount of time and you get paid for that. The purpose is to upgrade your account level, the more you upgrade, the more you will get paid in the end.

Autosurf programs are great, and you should get started as soon as possible to make money and feel good about it. There are many autosurf programs out there, so how do you spot a good one from a bad one?

1. Introduction
Although autosurf programs are very new and easy to use, it’s hard to tell how long they will last. There are a few autosurf programs that are stable and have lasted for awhile.

2. Checking Programs rating
Always search on Google first on the programs rating before joining. If everyone is saying that it’s great and you should join, then it must mean that you must join or you’re losing out!

3. Is this autosurf program trustfully?
Check out the program’s forum! If they don’t have one, they must have something to hide. Spend some time reading the forum and asking other users question before you start. If everyone on the forum is saying its great, then try joining the program first since most if not all autosurf program lets you sign up for free.

4. Investing your money
To make money, you will need to buy upgrades. My recommendation is to start small and take the profit and deposit it into your bank, then use the small amount you started off with and invest into the autosurf program. This makes it hard for you to lose money. Since it is your hard earning money, never put in more than you can afford. There are people who are making a living using autosurf programs.

5. Final words
I love autosurf programs; it has given me more than enough money to start my other online business.
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Secret Adsense Basics - By: das

Despite what all the Adsense gurus will tell you, there is no huge secret to using Adsense. What all the ebooks and services tell you is exactly what you can find out from Google Adsense themselves or from doing some research on the Internet.

If you are new or relatively new to Google Adsense you might want to take into consideration the following basic tips:

1) Blending... The best way to get anything out of Adsense is to blend the ads within your website. Make them look like they are a part of your site. Use the same color of your site links for your Adsense ad links.

2) Placement... of what areas within a web page perform better as apposed to other areas. Use this as a guideline to placing ads within your own web pages. The trick is to experiment with different areas and see which areas perform better on your website. Remember no two websites are created equal, so what might work on someone else’s website might not work on yours.

3) Ad Limit… Google allows you up to 3 ad units and one link unit, along with up to two search boxes. Use as many as you can on your website without making it look cluttered.

4) Channels… Channels allow you to track the performance of your ads within your site through URL channels and custom channels. When you are setting up your ads to be placed on your website, make sure to use channels so you can know exactly which ad unit is performing. This is an invaluable tool, and one that isn’t used as often as it should.

5) Filtering Competition… with this feature Google allows you to filter out your competition of your niche area, allowing only complementary product and service ads to be placed on your site.

6) Content… Remember to keep your site updated with new contact as often as possible. The rule that I have heard is not more than a week between updates. New content brings visitors/customers back, which increases your Adsense revenue.

You’ll find these 6 tips just about everywhere you look on the Internet. They’re pretty basic because they work for everyone.

The only secret to Google Adsense is tracking your results and experimenting, along implementing these six tips.

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How To Earn Money On The Internet For Free? - By: kemengr

There are several ways to make money on the internet. Some are honest and most are dishonest. Naturally, people (that includes me as well!) get tempted by unscrupulous rascals.

Having said that, there are direct and indirect methods of making money on the internet. It could be persuasive or unpersuasive, specific or casual. That is, one can persuade you to register for a free e-book followed by a $47 get-rich-by-tomorrow scheme or scam. Or one can carry PPC (pay per click) ads like Google's Adsense on websites or blogs and make money based on luck. Luck because only some visitors may click on ads. Of course, I won't recommend MFA (Made For Adsense) websites.

What one needs is to sift the grain from the chaff. Read free e-books as many as possible - preserve the good ones, dump the rest. If you don't know how to go about it, just type your subject or niche keyword or keyphrase with the prefix "free e-book" into Google or Yahoo or MSN search bar. Scan the top pages and make your selection.

The point I want to make is: you have to search and decide. There is no need to know any HTML or Java. Only ideas and ideas (please don't copy!) will help. If you can't write well, get it written by friends. Start a Squidoo Lens, start writing articles, start collecting info from Google search and Ezine Articles or Go Articles. Try to write what has not been written.

My simple steps to help you find easy ways to earn money from the internet:

1. Visit Dmoz.Org and find where you find your interest.
2. View the top websites there and make notes.
3. Visit article directories and read what has been written by experts.
4. Get Free Word Tracker and start collecting the top 100 searches.
5. Go to Google Keyword Tool and check top traffic websites.
6. Find niche keywords from the above and make a list.
7. Produce e-books based on research done (1 - 6).
8. Start a Squidoo Lens which is free and simple and seek advice at Squidu forum.
9. Register your profile at the top social networking sites where you can refer to your Squidoo Lens.
10.Write about 10 articles on your niche topic over 2 months and publish on your blog (Blogger is free).
11.Refer to your e-books wherever and whenever possible.

Don't forget - your e-book should contain your URL of Squidoo Lens or blog or websites or ALL!

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Ad Tracking Is A Must To The Affiliate Marketer. - By: Jason Oickle

There is a lot of money in affiliate marketing. This is true, only to those who are serious and working hard on their affiliate program. Affiliate marketing success varies in every individual affiliate and, it depends on their will and perseverance. No matter how good an affiliate program is, it will not prosper if you do not pay the price of hard work. You must put in extra effort especially in your promotions. Nothing will happen if your site dosn't get any traffic, you must be able to convince your visitors to click the links and proceed to buy the products. No click-throughs means no income for an affiliate marketer.

You can generate a full-time income with affiliate marketing and you can do it at home, even while you sleep. You must have a good web site. It must have good promotional and informative contents, pleasing design, inviting banner ads and all other important elements in an affiliate marketer’s web site. You should use some other means of advertising such as newsletters, email marketing, message boards and ppc such as Google AdWords. It can be easy if you plan your course of action well and have taken all the steps towards success carefully and diligently. Now, there’s a tool you can and should use to help you go through the program with ease and confidence, the Ad Tracker. For many experienced and successful marketers, the Ad Tracker is a key to successful affiliate marketing.

So what is an ad tracker? It is tracking software or program that allows you to trace and take note of every click-through made by visitors of your site and by other customers who got your referral link. There are ad tracking service providers as well, so you will just have to pay them to do the tracking for you. If you use an ad tracker, you can keep an eye on the progress of your marketing and advertising campaigns even offline. This tool is especially helpful if you are engaged in several affiliate and pay-per-click programs and have placed ads in emails, pop-ups and pop-unders, message boards, auto responders, Ezines, forums, several web sites, surveys and various ad service providers.

As such, you don’t want all your efforts and money to be put to waste so you want to be sure you are getting paid for your hard work. Likewise, you want to make sure every dollar you disburse in your advertising campaigns is not wasted. With the help of the ad tracker, you will know exactly how many and which of your links where clicked on, how many clicked on your links, how many of your emails were opened and how many of those who opened your email clicked through the business site and purchased a product, how many products were purchased, which of your banner ads or links brought the most leads and sales and many other facts and figures you need.

Sales records and all the data you collect is necessary in any business as this could determine if your affiliate program is worth continuing. This would also help you determine which of your marketing strategies is most effective and which is most beneficial for each product or service you are promoting.

Every decision you make must be supported by facts. That decision may not be the best, but it is something not to regret when you had valid reasons for coming up with that decision. You cannot just decide to quite your affiliate program, just because you don’t earn big immediately.

If you're serious about affiliate marketing, keep in mind that your success lies on promotion and your hard work. If you don’t seem lucky enough to convince many of your site users to buy the products, don’t get discouraged and think your affiliate program is a failure. If it works for others, it should work for you. Know whether your advertising techniques are effective or not, which works best and which doesn’t. Get an ad tracker to track everything and you’ll surely be on the right track towards success.

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4 Steps to Laser Precise Ad Tracking & Budget Management - By: Ettione Stuckey

Tracking your ads is very critical to your success online. You must, you must, you must, track your ads. Ad tracking allows you to see where your traffic is coming from. Okay, let's say you've just found this killer promotion to get the word out about your product or service. You pay your fee, type in your URL, and upload your ad(s) or banner(s).

How will you know if this program really produces the traffic it claims? How will you know if this program sent you the traffic that you do get? How can you gauge whether your advertising dollars are paying off, ie, number of clickthroughs vs number of sales? How will you know what your ROI is? The fact is, you can't, and you don't - not without an effective tracking system! That's why you need a robust ad tracking system that lets you track your ads across multiple campaigns.

Use a Quality Service - Don't Settle For A Freebie Ad Tracker!
The first thing I want you to do is to get yourself a first-rate ad tracker! Don't just settle for the freebie accounts that only let you track one little ad. That freebie account is just to give you a taste of what ad tracking can do for your business. The goal is to get you to upgrade your membership. That's where the real power comes in, especially if you have multiple programs, products, and/or services to promote. Some automated e-business systems even integrate the ad tracking right into the system. That way, you can track ads for each of your products, ad campaigns, newsletters, and anything else you want.

You can find Ad Tracker services all over the Internet. Just type ad tracker into your favorite search engine. However, if you have your own website and products/services, I recommend using an automated e-business system with integrated ad tracking. This gives you more control and versatility in your ad tracking, allowing you to track whatever you want, with no limit as to the number of trackers you can set up. some systems also let you track your expenses. That way you can quickly see the ROI of each of your promotions. See the end of this article for more information on that.

Label Your Ad Trackers For Lightning Fast Reference!
You must label each of your trackers for later quick reference, so you don't have to guess what campaign the tracker is for. This comes in handy when your viewing your trackers and you have several trackers for several campaigns displayed on your screen all at the same time. At a glance, you'll be able to tell which of your ad promotions is paying off, or which affiliates are performing well, and which ones need your help. You can also see which ezine promotions you would like to run again, and which ones you should scrap. Are you beginning to see the extreme edge you can gain by simply tracking your ads? I hope you do, 'cause this stuff is crucial to your business!

Use Ad Tracking to Rescue Your Ad Budget!
If the tracking service you choose permits you to enter your ad expense as well, then you've just stumbled upon a real Gem of a service. This is called expense tracking, and what this does is allow you to see what your Return On Investment (ROI) is for each of your ad campaigns. Inside your ad tracker's control panel you should be able to clearly see your visitors, your orders, you conversion percentage, your sales, your expenses, and your profit, all at a glance. If you cant' then what is that missing element worth to you? Using the information from each of the things I just listed, you should be able to get a firm grip on your advertising budget, as well as discern which advertising mediums produce the best results.

What Have You Learned?
You learned that you MUST track your ads. You learned that you should use a quality service, and dump the "Freebie" account. You learned that you should label your trackers for quick reference. You learned that you should use ad tracking to manage your ad budget, as well as to weed out the bad advertising mediums. Okay, now you've all got all the bases covered, now find you an ad tracking service, GET TO TRACKING!

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The Human Side Of Ad Tracking - By: Ian G Williamson

Do you know why people buy from you?

What part of your offer put them over the edge? Let's face it, you worked for a long time on your sales copy. You created bonuses, designed a guarantee, sweated over the benefits and how to communicate them. But which of those factors really connect with the buyers? What actually motivated the purchase?

If you knew, you could pump up the benefits and the parts of your offer that really drive sales. But how can you tell?

Actually, it's very easy. You just ask.

I do it every day and it takes me virtually no time or effort to get unbelievable information. How?

I add a simple email to my autoresponder series immediately after a customer purchases.

Here's what mine says:

Sample Email Request
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Hi {firstname},

It's Jeff here, from CBmall.

I'm doing a bit of market research.

Can you tell me how you found out about CBmall? Was it a
Newsletter? Ad? Search engine? Do you remember who
referred you?

Or perhaps you were reading the 10 Powerful Ways CBmall
Makes You Money?

And what specifically made you decide to make the
investment? What was the benefit that put you over the
edge and turned you into a buyer?

This is important, because soon you will be sending traffic
to the mall and this may help the CBmall sales information
get better. Which will help you make more money!

Please just reply to this email with the answers.

Thanks so much for your help,

Jeff Mulligan
CBmall.com
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Every day these emails go out and every day I get valuable information. To me, finding out why people buy is more important than why they don't. (although I try to find that out, too) That's because there are so many reasons a person may not buy, many of which are beyond my control.

But knowing what turns on buyers is a huge benefit to me as I fine tune the copy. For example, here are some of the comments I get:

**** The Results Provide Great Customer Insight ****

"I read all the info and I liked the fact that I did not have to create a web site and a bunch of other stuff. I am new to internet marketing as well as being technically illiterate but I figure I can follow instructions for the most part and you offer the support I will need."

"Personalized autoresponder and newsletter."

"Reason: The eBook, 10 Powerful Ways CBmall Makes You Money, made good marketing sense... Also the products on ClickBank - CBmall are terrific and good sellers...."

"I found your ad at clickbank.com"

"I first heard of CBmall from your newsletter which I subscribed to in December but was not convinced. My next step was to get the 10 Powerful Ways CBmall makes you money. This made things much clearer. The number of products available is impressive. The targeted traffic that is shared amongst owners is a useful bonus. The guarantee means no risk, which is essential as I am on a small pension."

**** What You Can Learn ****

OK let's look at this small sample to see what I can learn from it.

* My ad on the ClickBank web site is working - keep it going.

* I have a lot of beginners who don't have a web site of their own. I should continue to highlight this feature.

* People like the fact that there is a built-in autoresponder that puts their affiliate links on all the messages that go out. It means they get multiple chances to sell. Perhaps I should promote this more.

* My eBook and eCourse, 10 Powerful Ways CBmall Makes You Money, is working.

* Look at the last message. This is evidence of how important follow-up is. This person waited 3 months before she felt comfortable ordering.

* My guarantee is very important.

While I can only show you a small sample here, there are many more that echo these thoughts. Put them together in your head and you can see clear trends about what features come up most frequently. For me, ease of use, the ClickBank affiliation and the personalized autoresponders are the most common reasons people buy. I have adjusted the sales copy to highlight these features.

What will you find out?

Note for ClickBank affiliates: If you use ClickBank, you know that you get the email address of your customers. You can use that to send a quick email requesting this information.

A word about timing: I have found that this works really well if you send the email out immediately after the purchase. Mine goes out at the same time the thank you email goes out. This way, the reasons are still fresh in the customer's mind, and they are in a very cooperative mood - often quite excited from their purchase and anxious to do anything to help.

How to reply: I set up a simple macro so that I can just hit reply, activate the macro, and hit send. It just takes a few seconds. Mine just says:

"Thank you for helping out with your input. I really appreciate it. I look forward to helping you make extra money with your new CBmall."

That's all you need, but you should be sure to acknowledge their answers with a reply.

**** How This Helps Your Affiliate Program ****

Here's another great fringe benefit of this tactic. Often customers will specifically mention the newsletter they were reading or the web site they were visiting that first told them about CBmall.

When they do, I will frequently copy the email and send it to that newsletter or web site owner. Since these people are my affiliates, it's a great way to show them how their CBmall promotions are working. It also shows them I am paying attention to their business.

Remember that "mind share" is important in keeping your affiliates active and promoting your products. I've garnered considerable good will through these quick little messages.

**** Summary ****

In summary, while ad tracking is vital to learn WHERE your business is coming from, an autoresponder message to find out WHY you got your business is often just as valuable. Implement this simple tactic and give yourself a better understanding of what is working for you. Use that knowledge to fine tune your site for maximum conversions.

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