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I’m Sorry about my Dull Looking Blog

Adam — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:47:01 +0000

This interesting post clearly shows that blogs with lots of pictures, videos and lists attract more attention that those with just text. I’m sorry my blog currently looks so boring. I’m going to do something about it:

I’m going to include more pictures.
There will be more videos.
I’ll make some lists

One day I’m going to put a picture in every post just to make it look nicer (even if it’s not entirely necessary).

That's better.

How Affiliates can Work out Which Keywords are Converting

Adam — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:24:19 +0000

Your AdWords campaign can be a lot more profitable if you cut out the keywords that cost you more than they make. With AdWords conversion tracking it’s easy to see how much money keywords are making. The problem for us affiliates is, Amazon aren’t going to let us edit their site to include our AdWords tracking code. So here is the next best thing.

Here are some example stats showing the percentage of site visitors using various keywords:

Keyword>	Visitors
nintendo dsi console	32.90%
pink dsi	5.80%
nintendo dsi pink	5.30%
nintendo dsi pink uk	3.70%
pink nintendo dsi	2.30%
pink dsi uk	2%
nintendo dsi consoles	1.80%
best price dsi	1.80%
dsi consoles	1.70%
nintendo dsi blue	1.60%
Other phrases	40.60%

The idea here is to remove groups of searches which aren’t profitable. In this example I’m only using 10 keyword phrases to keep it simple. In practice you should do this with every important keyword (e.g. every keyword with more than 10 searches per month).

Step 1. Group your important keywords.

Pink dsi
nintendo dsi pink
nintendo dsi pink uk
pink Nintendo dsi
pink dsi uk

nintendo dsi console
nintendo dsi consoles
dsi consoles

best price dsi

Nintendo dsi blue

Step 2. Make an ad group for each keyword group. Include negative keywords so the ad groups don’t overlap.

Pink dsi
nintendo dsi pink
nintendo dsi pink uk
pink Nintendo dsi
pink dsi uk
- blue
- price

nintendo dsi console
nintendo dsi consoles
dsi consoles
- pink
- price
- blue

Nintendo dsi blue
- pink
- price

best price dsi

Step 3. Create a landing page for each ad group. This can be a dynamic (e.g. php) page or a static page. Use a different tracking code in the affiliate links for each ad group’s landing page.
(Amazon UK style tracking codes)
Pink-dsi-21
dsi-console-21
blue-dsi-21
dsi-price-21
To increase conversion rates, you can take this opportunity to target the text and images on each landing page separately.

Step 4. Wait a few days.

Step 5. Check you’re making money.Take the revenue you’ve made from each tracking code and check it is higher than the cost of running the ad group. If not, decrease your CPC bid or stop the ad group. If you are making a profit, you can experiment with raising and lowering the CPC for maximum profit or just leave it as it is.

Are Links in Blog Comments Any Use?

Adam — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:46:33 +0000

No.

Internet Shopping Times – Predicting Day’s Total Sales

Adam — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:43:40 +0000

If you’re like me and can’t resist checking how much money you’ve made several times during each day, you might find this useful, especially if you are keen to see how a new element in your website is affecting sales. When I look at how many sales I’ve had so far in the current day, I often want to compare it with how I’ve performed in previous days. The problem is at 3 in the afternoon, you won’t have a full set of results to compare with the previous 24 hours.

Using a sample of over 35,000 searches on ebay during a 24 hour period then multiplying it by the conversion rate and calculating an accumulated total, I produced this chart. It shows what percent of your total sales for the day you will have likely produced by any particular time. For example, if you have made £100 by 3pm, that is roughly 31% of your day’s sales, so by the end of the day you can expect to make around £300. You can see that roughly half of your sales will have been made by 6pm. Obviously this method will sometimes give you estimates which are way out, but it is probably the easiest way to get a reasonable estimate.

Time	% of day’s sales to time
1	2.2
2	3.4
3	4.1
4	4.5
5	4.8
6	5.3
7	5.7
8	6.3
9	7.4
10	9.6
11	12.8
12	17.1
13	21.6
14	26.1
15	31.5
16	37.3
17	43.9
18	50.0
19	57.5
20	67.7
21	78.3
22	88.1
23	95.6
24	100.0

This ebay data was gathered using TeraPeak*.

Ebay’s 250 Most Wanted Products – Inspiration for Affiliates

Adam — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:05:21 +0000

If you’re not sure what product you should promote next, here’s something that might help. This is a list of the most searched for keywords on Ebay. This data is particularly interesting because unlike general search statistics as you would find in Google Keyword Tool, these are results from people who are all looking to buy products.

I collected the data using a premium tool called Terapeak* which gives you access to all kinds of Ebay related information. Unfortunately it doesn’t provide details of how many people are searching for particular keywords but it does give you a good idea of what people want to buy most.

If you’re quick, you should be able to start promoting products from the list in time for Christmas. I like to work down the list, checking the search results on Google for each keyword to gain an idea of the difficulty of getting onto the first page for each. When I’ve found one without difficult competition, I consider promoting it.

1 wii
2 nintendo wii
3 xbox 360
4 psp
5 ps3
6 ipod
7 e bay
8 nintendo ds
9 laptop
10 high school musical
11 ipod nano
12 nintendo wii console
13 ugg boots
14 fancy dress
15 cars
16 christmas
17 halloween
18 sat nav
19 nokia n95
20 ps2
21 wii console
22 lcd tv
23 boots
24 tv
25 dvd
26 iphone
27 playstation 3
28 next
29 mobile phone
30 lego
31 nintendo ds lite
32 nokia
33 caravan
34 bratz
35 digital camera
36 psp games
37 shoes
38 wii games
39 nintendo ds games
40 ps2 games
41 mini
42 ikea
43 xbox
44 ghd
45 bmx
46 ds games
47 radley
48 chanel
49 mini moto
50 nintendo ds console
51 star wars
52 sony ericsson
53 n95
54 perfume
55 transformers
56 diesel
57 bmw
58 river island
59 wardrobe
60 toys
61 prada
62 xbox 360 console
63 topshop
64 in the night garden
65 laura ashley
66 adidas
67 playstation 3 console
68 curtains
69 snap on
70 trainers
71 ds
72 free to good home
73 golf
74 karen millen
75 xbox 360 games
76 jeans
77 psp console
78 bikes
79 ps3 console
80 lambretta
81 peppa pig
82 christmas decorations
83 car
84 ipod touch
85 monsoon
86 tom tom
87 mp3
88 watches
89 ann summers
90 pit bike
91 me to you
92 ferrari
93 tickets
94 armani
95 bench
96 timberland
97 north face
98 wwe
99 rolex
100 ds lite
101 ps3 games
102 bose
103 range rover
104 disney
105 scalextric
106 k850i
107 television
108 cosworth
109 playstation 2
110 mountain bike
111 corsa
112 salvage
113 halo 3
114 samsung
115 mp3 player
116 fishing
117 spares or repair
118 hornby
119 vespa
120 nokia 6300
121 books
122 boden
123 nintendo ds lite console
124 paul smith
125 ugg
126 pokemon
127 tomtom
128 dewalt
129 digital photo frame
130 take that tickets
131 kitchen units
132 motorhome
133 land rover
134 apple ipod
135 quad
136 ralph lauren
137 ipod shuffle
138 guitar
139 ps2 console
140 dolls house
141 shed
142 baby
143 bags
144 nintendo
145 speakers
146 spice girls tickets
147 playmobil
148 scooter
149 ktm
150 tools
151 vintage
152 desk
153 vans
154 damaged
155 dr who
156 wedding
157 boat
158 kitchen
159 pink
160 ted baker
161 juicy couture
162 dining table
163 coffee table
164 caravans
165 berghaus
166 molton brown
167 faulty
168 beswick
169 pc
170 betty boop
171 fifa 08
172 football boots
173 mirror
174 jimmy choo
175 nintendo wii games
176 barbie
177 hello kitty
178 subaru
179 wedding dress
180 abercrombie
181 doctor who
182 honda
183 clinique
184 ipod nano 4gb
185 bedroom furniture
186 van
187 vw camper
188 samsung g600
189 fridge freezer
190 swarovski
191 dress
192 specialized
193 pda
194 disney princess
195 christmas lights
196 golf clubs
197 table
198 timberland boots
199 double bed
200 mulberry
201 liverpool
202 power rangers
203 i pod
204 phones
205 plasma tv
206 ben 10
207 projector
208 computer
209 sofa bed
210 rs turbo
211 sideboard
212 gps
213 touring caravan
214 go kart
215 washing machine
216 kit car
217 bob the builder
218 all saints
219 habitat
220 spiderman
221 chloe
222 leather sofa
223 trike
224 beds
225 porsche
226 baby born
227 k800i
228 no reserve
229 rugs
230 gold
231 dora
232 miss sixty
233 mp4
234 halloween costume
235 bookcase
236 carpet
237 helicopter
238 vauxhall corsa
239 lpg
240 ifor williams
241 primark
242 chest of drawers
243 mercedes
244 mac
245 shabby chic
246 disney cars
247 playstation 2 console
248 sofas
249 x box 360
250 samsung u600