[ad#co-2]I was putting up some banner ads the other day which I got from market leverage and pepperjam.
After adding the code I tried to preview the banners to see whether they blend with my pages. To my disappointment it was an utter mess. Only a blank space showed up, but when I click on this blank space it re- directed to the affiliate page somehow.
I used to add some CJ affiliate links to my product web sites months ago and they could be integrated without any problems. So, I was really disappointed about the situation and I thought it must be a problem with the theme.
When I had time I spent hours in forums and related web sites to find out what the problem is. Why my banner ads are not showing up? It was “Kerosene” from Sitepoint who advised me to view my web site through “browsrcamp.com”. And to my surprise all my banner ads were clearly visible there. By the way, using brwsrcamp is a very good way to test the compatibility of your web design with Mac OS X browsers. Later on I found out that my recently purchased Kaspersky anti virus guard is the one responsible for blocking banners coming from affiliate network URL’s in my PC. Which made me realize, Most of the web surfers now days use kapersky or another powerful virus guard to protect themselves against malicious viruses.
It certainly gives user a good surfing experience but to poor affiliates who are trying to make some money using commission junction, pepperjam ,Linkshare ,Market Leverage and most of the other advertising networks it gives nightmares. (Click bank banners shows up just fine with kaspersky.) What is the point of using a banner ad if it cannot reach at least 50% the site visitors. As you know it is not easy getting traffic these days to web sites. And adsense is not what it used to be 3 years back. Most visitors now days are adsense blind. And only hope for most site owners these days is the square shape banner ads like 125*125 or 250*250 if they are to recover the hosting fees and make a decent living.
I am not talking about the big shot blog owners or other web sites which can opt for private ad selling. 70% of the web sites out their Do not have the ability to engage in private ad selling. Even if they do ,it has to be for ridiculously low prices.
Since we cannot ask our visitors to turn off their virus guards while visiting our web site, a good practice would be to put text links more often than using banners. after doing little pre-sale using the “click here to….” phrase still gives wonderful feed back in terms of conversions. If you insist using banners make sure to put a text link near by like I have done in my “share market suckz” post. That post is the one giving me amazing conversions and I realize using the text link plays a major part of that. And always remember to get the best use of alternative text tag. If your banner image does not show up ,the visitors will see your alternate text so make sure to use a catchy phrase to get more attraction.
Or else, You can download the banner image and host it in your own server. If you use your server image URL instead of the image link given with the affiliate code, Then the banner will show up without any problems. The down side here is, in your affiliate manager area it will not record any impressions. Only the number of clicks will be recorded. If you are using this method contact the affiliate network customer care and let them know you are using your own banner. Otherwise they will not know how you are getting clicks without impressions, unless someone from the network manually visit your site and check the set up.
There is one more thing I should add if you are a newbie affiliate marketer. Yes, Affiliate marketing has its own advantages. But for me, Most money come from my own product selling s. (No, I don’t sell e-books and not planning to do either..). As an affiliate, if you find a good niche where you get few good conversions, it is always better to develop a similar product and try to sell it. You will not believe how cheap you can get things developed at elance.
I have already completed writing one of my own experiences where I turned an affiliate product in to my own product back in 2004 and how I made a killing out of it. To make this post nice and short, I thought of publishing it tomorrow.
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only people who tried aff marketing knows how tough it is to make a sale. Great ,Great information. I used to make some cash through my old web site but couldn’t continue due to high studies. Sold it to a friend for $450. :-)
Should start again soon, What your thoughts on pepperjam network? Are they converting well?
hi, I am completely new to web business. Is there any place I can learn everything from the beginning?
Thanks so much for the help.
@ glen,
Yes pepperjem converts well so does market leverage, But pepperjam has more options. They both will accept your site after doing a quality review. If you apply for market leverage expect a personal call from them. If you are in SriLanka expect it mid night. I got mine at 1.00 a.m here. :-)
@ anura,
If you have the ability to read things and gather ,go to warrior forum. Or else if you can spend $9 buy the rich jerk. It will only do good for the total newbie.
Good luck to both of you….
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