July 26, 2011

 

Affiliate Marketing Definitions

We often get asked questions about what affiliate marketing is and how it helps a business. In that discussion we sometimes bring up particular sayings or phrases that are specific to the affiliate marketing industry. Below is a list of common definitions used within affiliate marketing in order to help clarify important phrases commonly used within the industry:

Cost Per Action (CPA)

Also know as Pay Per Action (PPA), Pay Per Sale (PPS) or Pay Per Purchase (PPP). This is the commission which is paid to an affiliate on the amount the customer purchased. [Read more...]

Top 5 Tips for Improving Your Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Campaign

Often when doing an audit of a pay-per-click campaign I find common mistakes that cost business owners money effecting their ROI. I have complied a list of tips that when implemented will help to drive more relevant traffic to your website and help to increase your conversion rate resulting in a more profitable return on ad spend.

1. Separate Your Search And Content Network Ads Into Different Campaigns

Content Network ads are displayed on websites that are related to your keywords where as Search ads are displayed within Google and Google Search Partners.

Since the audience for each is quite different, they will respond differently to your ads.  By separating each into their own campaign, you will be able to create targeted ads that can be modified to better serve the audience being targeted.

Also, by separating the two into separate campaigns, you will benefit from learning what your audience is responding better to and which campaign is converting at a higher rate. [Read more...]

What shopping channel is the best for my client? – Part 1

One of the first questions every shopping channel manager should ask when analyzing a product’s potential is: what is the best shopping channel for this specific product? There is no right or wrong answer of course, but here are a few tips on how to choose the correct shopping channel for your clients. In part 1 I will give an overview of all the different kinds of channels and the largest ones within each category, and in part 2 I will describe the search criteria for each channel, how that impacts your product’s performance.

The free Shopping Channels – the four big ones [Read more...]