A quick Google search will tell you what others think of it.

Personally, I don’t buy stuff like that. I do my own testing and I pay attention to what well known internet marketers talk about (and they give good advice away for free just by talking about it on their blogs).

There’s just no substitute for trying things out yourself and taking the time to really learn how the internet works and how to best make money online. It takes a little bit of money to test different things yourself … think of it as a hobby, or an investment in “tuition fees” to give yourself a self-taught education.

Those numbers are “in theory”. I just started this campaign to play around with it (always need to keep learning). Unfortunately, I had to put it on hold for now. The Google quality score was sending me some very ugly signals … basically it was saying “don’t even try it buddy!” haha

I’ve played around with CPC to affiliate deals a bit. I think I might venture back into that arena when I find an interesting opportunity.

It looks like you’re doing great so far…I wouldn’t mind making an extra 5k a month :D. Keep up the great work!

There are different strategies. I keep my Adwords CPC fixed and don’t raise it no matter what (gotta control costs). That means some keywords aren’t eligible for “Search” and only find customers on the content network. To make them eligible for search, it’s a matter of increasing the quality of your landing page for those keywords. Or realizing they’re not really suitable for your campaign.

I’ve found the best strategy is to work with Google’s algorithm, quality score, etc. They really do know how to target and assess the quality of keywords to a landing page well. “Listen” to the feedback you get from them via CTR and CPC costs. You might not get as much traffic, but you’ll get more people who are genuinely interested in what you’re advertising and a much steadier return.

This article has come at a great time - when I too have been experimenting with Arbitrage and Affiliate Marketing through Adwords. At the moment, my return is at around 20% - but it fluctuates hugely with some days recording a loss and others returning a normal profit.

The quality page is definitely a good piece of advice. I’m not particularly proud of my Arbitrage campaign at the moment, and am going to work on improving my site, as all the keywords that I’m bidding on are going up in CPC price - I’m guessing that’s the Quality Score kicking in.

If you can create a good site with an About page, Terms and Conditions, a few pages (all Adsensified of course), then I’m sure CTR and profits will increase.

Great article again,
Adnan