Yeah, paid ads using variations of the landing page I gave away here.  This requires a lot of split-testing and it never stops. 

And no, I won't give away my final version and where I'm advertising it.    People need to learn how to do this on their own. 

-Chris

I wasn't implying that you would be begging for trade secrets, Chad.  It's the other members I worry about.    I know I'll get some e-mails.

My HostGator sign-ups are actually lower than I was hoping for.  I need to do a lot more testing.

-Chris

wow!! Congratulations Chris,

I would add, if we can make money here, we will be able to make money on other programs as well. The technics we apply here (MAP technics) do work the same on any other Internet Marketing business.

Marco

Thanks everyone!  All I'm doing is running variations of the landing pages I gave out and taking advantage of having a direct sign-up form embedded.  My split-testing has shown that this really boosts conversions so I highly recommend everyone take advantage of the new sign-up form available in the back office or build your own sign-up forms (HTML knowledge required). 

However, put a screening mechanism in place.  As we all know here, APS offers tremendous benefits, especially after all the recent changes.  But it still requires work, and some people are on an endless search for a get-rich-scheme.  If you are using your autoresponder to build a list you don't have to worry about these people opting in, but if you are sending them directly to APS try to filter them out.  Just by adding something as simple as "Be prepared to invest at least $10" will really help weed out people who have no intention of doing anything.

-Chris

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Pretty impressive...but I don't get one thing, how can you split-test your landing page, I mean don't you have to own 2 or more variations of the respective page and have them set up to work on your Adgroups all in the same time.

Or do you split-test on a schedule basis,"this page now, it's variation next week"...ca's that would work, but can't say you get too accurate results, hope I'm making sense.

So care to share? Ca's I never fully understood this branch of split-testing, thank you.

W.Matthew

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Hi W.Matthew,

I own all of my landing pages.  I create them either using Dreamweaver or Kompozer (free).  What I do is create different variations (e.g. landingpage1.html, landingpage2.html, landingpage3.html, etc.) and then I create different tracking IDs for each one using the tools in our APS back office.  When I setup my ads I use these URLs (e.g.  My-Domain.com/landingpage1.html, My-Domain.com/landingpage2.html, My-Domain.com/landingpage3.html, etc.)  This way I can track how well they perform.

It's amazing how minor tweaks can have a huge impact.  Experiment with different layouts, headers, images, videos and even things as minor as fonts, font sizes, and link colors can affect conversions.  This is very tedious, but it must be done to maximize conversions.  It really is a crucial skill that everyone should develop whether they are promoting APS or any offer for that matter.

I highly encourage everyone to learn how create landing pages and how to upload them to their web host using a FTP program.  I was going through Mark Ling's Affiliorama yesterday and he was some excellent video tutorials on how to do this.  Everyone should check out Mark's lessons - he offers a wealth of information for free. 

Also, learning the basics of HTML/CSS will be a huge help.  Free programs like Kompozer can do most of the work, but it really helps to know the basics in case you need to dig in and fix a few things manually.  HTML is as basic as this:

<b>Hello World!</b>

This code will produce:  Hello Word! in bold

<a href="http://www.acme-people-search.com">Click this link to visit Acme People Search</a>

This code will produce:  Click this link to visit Acme People Search

You can use something as simple as Notepad to create landing pages using HTML.  All you have to do is save the file with a .html extension and then upload it to your web host. 

There's a lot more to be said about this and it would take a book to cover it, but it's something that everyone can learn by investing a little time. 

-Chris

Ya exactly my point...I kind of taught that that would be the answer, but than taought about duplicated content, and I mean, wouldn't it fall in the respective category? Ca's the pages would only be of  minor differences...or, ya ...the split-testing would be for a short duration of time so google or the other search engines wouldn't be able to spot it that quickly...yes so it wouldn't matter, you just do it, see which one would prove more reliable and implement it...than after a short while do it again and again always improving.

But still, if you just keep on split-testing over and over again, then, eventually,  they will still spot that we are duplicating content...or am I wrong?

Thanks guys,

W.Matthew

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