I need some help here ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. I’m looking to broaden my affiliate marketing horizons and I’m after a bit of good old fashioned honest feedback. Here’s some background:-
Affiliate marketing now accounts for a decent chunk of my income, my technique is very simple. I stick what I consider to be relevant (banner and text ) offers on some of my more popular pages and almost 100% rely on free organic traffic. It converts reasonably well (text always better than banner), put it this way the ROI is great! The trouble is that I only ever seem to be able to consistently convert on affiliate programs run by product authors. For example – I do very well out of Bet365 (when I’m not referring winners) and a few other bookies, ClickCash and a couple of well known software products, direct from author. I do OK out of ClickBank as well – not fantastic but OK. My trouble seems to be when it comes to promoting offers from the big CPA networks – namely Commission Junction and NeverBlueAds. My conversion is shit with these (with one exception of 1 offer with Commission Junction). It doesn’t seem to matter what offers I go for, my conversions compared to every other advert on that page seems to stink!
It got me thinking to perhaps broadening my horizons a bit and maybe try some of the newer networks. Of course you don’t have to search very far in the “Make Money Online” niche to see Market Leverage mentioned they are literally everywhere. The trouble is that because there are affiliate commissions at stake it’s hard to take recommendations at face value. Not that my research didn’t throw up some interesting info!
I have seen NeverBlueAds tracking questioned so many times that I can’t help but wonder. To be honest it is probably just me promoting the wrong stuff but what if…. Either way I should try some offers from a different network. I know that there are now a large number of CPA networks out there (PeerFly seeming to be the latest flavour of the month) but I can’t help feeling that Market Leverage seems to have the best reputation and should be my next port of call.
So have any of you had any experiences (good or bad) with Market Leverage? I’m especially interested in hearing the opinions of any organic traffic affiliate marketers out there, but all opinions are very welcome!
5 Responses to “What Do YOU Think Of Market Leverage?”
KushMoney
April 1, 2009
I never really tried to promote any offers on marketleverage. I place text links and banners on low traffic sites to see what happens but nothing more. I joined peerfly the other day. Placed a few offers on some websites.
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|MLDina
April 2, 2009
Hey Paul- Saw your post and I couldn’t help but drop by and say hello. It’s great that you’re considering other networks, and we’re flattered we’re one of your top prospects. Why don’t you look at what we offer versus some of the other networks? I’ll of course answer any questions you have, but it doesn’t hurt to sign up and see what we (or others) have to offer. Good luck, and let me know if I can do anything to help!
|Patrick Curl - Social Media Consultant
April 2, 2009
I’ve been w/ marketleverage for a long time and haven’t even really put my all into them yet, and have come out making some really decent money.
Their support is awesome, and the fact that their team actually responds to comments like the one from MLDina shows that they are the real deal.
I can’t say enough about them – so far they’re the best network I’ve been with!
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|Paul B
April 2, 2009
Looks like I’m going to go for it, looking forward to seeing what ML are all about.
Kush – For the most part I do a similar thing, it’s just getting the right offer on the right page – very hit and miss but when when it works, happy days!
See the PeerFly content over at Publisher Challenge isn’t going so hot, 2 days in and only $0.48 on the leaderboard!
|MLDina
April 2, 2009
Thanks for the feedback KushMoney and Patrick.
Paul- We’re running an affiliate challenge of sorts this month. Email me for details, it may be of interest to you!
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