These are the steps that I go through to promote an affiliate offer from an affiliate marketing network.

Copeac.com Aff Offer to Google Adwords
CPAEmpire.com Aff Offer to Yahoo Search Marketing

Main Steps In This Guide

1. Steps Before Starting
2. Steps To Launch A Campaign
3. Steps for Managing, Optimizing and Scaling a Campaign

I have listed the steps I do launch campaign after campaign, after already signing up for Affiliate Networks & PPC Search Engines.

Steps Before Starting

1. Sign Up for PPC Search Engine Networks
   *Recommend 3 PPC Networks
   • Main 3 PPC Networks (Recommended)
     • Google Adwords
     • Yahoo Search Marketing
     • MSN Adcenter
   • 2nd & 3rd Tier Networks
2. Sign Up for CPA Affiliate Networks
   *Recommend 3 Affiliate Networks
   
   • CPAEmpire.com (Recommended)
   • Copeac.com (Recommended)
   • CXDigital.com (Recommended)
   • ComissionJunction.com (Recommended)
   • ShareASale.com
   • MaxBounty.com
   • HydraNetwork.com
3. Sign Up for Web Hosting
4. Buy Domain Names
   • 1and1.com- .com’s for $6.12 a year

Steps To Launch A Campaign

1. Find An Offer To Promote
   • Know Networks that are promoting the same offer
   • Know Payouts for the offer from all networks
   • Get Sub-ID URL to the Offer
   • Use AffSpy.com or OfferVault.com to help you
2. .com Domain or Sub-Domain
   • .com Domain Name
     • Purchase Domain Name from 1and1.com
     • It costs $6.12/Year
   • Sub-Domain
     • Related Terms
     • RelatedTerm.DomainName.com
3. Direct Link or Landing Page
   • I use Tracking202.com for DL and LP’s
     • Create an account at Tracking202.com
     • Watch Tracking202.com Videos
   • Direct Linking
     • PPC Search Engine link through Tracking202.com on the Get Trackers Page
   • Landing Page
     • Create a Directory for Your Landing Page files
     • Using Dreamweaver, or another WYSWYG HTML Editor
     • Create a 1-5 Article Page Website
     • Create Site Pages (In Fixed Pop-Up Window)
       • About Us, Privacy Policy, Contact Us
4. Install Tracking (Tracking202.com & Google Analytics)
   • Tracking202.com
     • Create Aff Campaign, Aff Text Ad, Aff Landing Page (If Needed)
     • Add T202 Javascript
     • Create goto.php Redirect page
     • Get Ad Code (Use this for PPC Search Engine URL)
   • Google Analytics (Benefits of Landing Page ‘Bounce Rate’)
     • Add this to your landing page or redirectpage
5. Keyword Research (On Offer I Am Promoting)
   • My main keyword researching tool is SEOBook (WordTracker Alternative)
     • Other I Would Use: (I think SEOBook is all you need)
       • WordZe
       • Compete
       • SpyFu
       • Keyword Elite
       • GoodKeywords
   • I mainly use targeted keywords ONLY.
     • Open up Windows Excel
     • List Phrases, Terms on top.
     • Search keywords on SEOBook
     • Export list of keywords
     • Copy & Paste onto Excel underneath phrases & terms.
     • Search on Google, Yahoo, MSN & Links - Internet Surfing
       • Start w/ Searching for related terms on the landing page you are using
     • Use your head to come up with more words.
     • Gather list of 1k, 3k, 5k, 8k, 15k, 20k, 30k list of keywords
6. Keyword Skimming (Big List of Keywords)
   • Create Negative Keywords List
   • Delete Any Adult Keywords
   • Delete Any Non-Related Keywords
7. Create Ad-Groups & Duplicates
   • Use Google Adwords Editor to Create Into Ad-Groups
   • Deletes Duplicates Automatically
   • Organize Keywords to Related Ad-Groups
8. Create Ad Copy & Bidding
   • Ad Copy
     • Create a Unique Ad Copy (2-5 Ads) Per Ad Group
   • Bidding
     • *These figures are used as guidelines.
     • Use Google’s Traffic Estimator
     • Paste Links From (Adwords Editor) to (Excel)
     • Copy Keywords to Traffic Estimator
     • Select High Traffic Keywords
       • Bid $0.60 Cents
     • Select Low Traffic Keywords
       • Bid $0.30 Cents
9. Create PPC Search Engine Tracking Link
   • Using Tracking202.com ‘Get Trackers’ Page
   • Create New Links (if, use correct links)
     • Different Aff Offer
     • Different PPC Networks
10. Overview Launch of Campaign
    • Check Campaign Settings, Negative Kw’s, Ad Copy, Tracking Links/Codes, & Landing Pages.
    • Launch Campaign on Google
11. Submitting Campaigns to Yahoo/MSN/Google
    • I Fix/Change Ads & Links In Google Adwords Editor
    • Copy The Working Campaign
      • Name it -Yahoo -MSN -Google
      • Or -Y -M -G
    • Export that Campaign
    • Upload Export to Export202.com
    • Download either Yahoo/MSN/Google
      • Yahoo - Email Support to Upload .CSV (Takes 1-3 Days)
      • MSN/Google - Directly Upload .CSV File
12. Check Stats The Following Day
    • Optimize & Scale Campaigns

Steps for Managing, Optimizing and Scaling a Campaign

1. Check Stats
   • Stats - Should be Logged Daily
   • Log in Excel
     • You can create an excel stats file weekly or bi-weekly.
     • I check stats, once a day. The Morning when I wake up.
     • 1st Row
       Date, Campaigns, PPC Network, Impressions, CTR %, Clicks, Avg CPC, Total Cost, CPA Offer, CPA Network, Leads, Payout, Total Comissions
       • The ones that I update daily are:
         • Impressions, CTR %, Clicks, Avg CPC, Total Cost, Leads, Total Comissions
     • 2nd Row
       Net Profits, Total Advertising Costs, Total Comissions
2. Check Keywords on Tracking202
   • Tweak Keyword Bids
     • Increase Bids for Profiting Keywords (Test the Limits)
     • Decrease Bids for Non-Profiting Keywords over $10-$20 (Test the Limits)
3. Add/Edit/Delete Ad Groups
   • 20-30 keywords in an an ad group
     • 3-5 keywords in ad group is more reasonable.
   • List -1, -2, -3, If you have lots of keywords
4. Keyword Research/Tracking/Stats
   • Add More Keywords
     • Mis-spelled Keywords
     • 2,3,4,5 word combinations
     • Product Names
     • Company Names
     • Manufacturer Names
   • Use Google Analytics to your advantage
   • Use Tracking202.com to your advantage
   • Use Tracking Analysis, to improve your odds.
5. Ad Copy & Landing Page
   • Optimize Ad Copy
     • Test Ad Copy
   • Optimize Landing Page
     • Test Text, Banners, Locations, Heat Maps
   • Optimize Speed of Loading Up
6. Expand & Scale Website
   • Create More Articles/Pages
   • Reviews, Articles
   • Tutorials, Guides (Post on Free Tutorial Sites)
   • Rank on SERPS for Popular Terms
   • YouTube.com Videos
   • SEO the website
7. Increase Traffic
   • Add More PayPerClick Search Engines
   • Advertise Using Image Ads
   • Buy Links
   • Trade Links
8. Check & Study Stats

Rinse & Repeat Steps

I found this website today, from 45n5.com.

The Spiders and Crawlers Tracking Script at CrawlTrack.com

Great Tool if you are doing SEO and tracking to get placed on SERP Results.

I’ve listed a list of Affiliate Networks, you can join to get started so you can promote internet offers.

I haven’t tried all of these just yet. I will write a review once I test each one. I’m currently only using 2 Affiliate Networks. I want to keep the amount of Affiliate Networks that pay me down, so that way I can get weekly payments and my money isn’t being sent to me from to many networks.

CPA Affiliate Networks

• CpaEmpire.com (I’m Using)
• Copeac.com (I’m Using)
• AzoogleAds.com
• HydraNetwork.com
• RocketProfit.com
• NeverBlueAds.com

All Products Affiliate Networks

• ComissionJunction.com
• ShareASale.com

Digital Products Affiliate Networks

• ClickBank.com

I will keep this page updated, as I continue to use more Affiliate Networks.

I’m really only interested in telling my readers about the affiliate networks that do make us affiliates money.

I came across this website today, through using my blog reader.

It is about Eben Pagan. He’s the one who created DoubleYourDating.com.

He’s now offering some free advice on Information Marketing Business.

By watching his videos, he had $26k days average and $108k day spikes. That’s crazy money

Check the video here.

Found the link from Amit at SuperAffiliateMindset.com. He mentions:

the fact is ppc affiliate marketing is the best way to get a crash course on all the fundamental elements of online marketing & direct marketing.

I agree with what he’s saying about being the best way to get into Internet Marketing.

If you were had experience in a certain niche, and it would be easy for you to create an information product. It would be best to use your own ebook. If you want to just master marketing on the internet. PPC Affiliate Marketing is the best way to start.

It is a lot of marketing talk and doesn’t really get straight to the point.

But I’ll keep an eye on it and see if it’s any useful.

Google Ad Manager is one of google’s new sites. Ad Manager will track the stats of your ad banner that you place on your website.

Instead, of creating your own PHP links or using scripts to track your banner ads.

You can now use Google’s Ad Manager and Google’s Analytics. All programs are free.

I would recommend anyone with a content website, sign up this can be a very useful program.

In Affiliate Marketing, tracking your keywords is a must.

By knowing more about your keywords. You can find out, what exact keywords are converting well for you.

You can also find out which keywords aren’t converting at a profit and either pause or delete that campaign.

What should I use for Keyword Tracking? You may ask.

The best and easiest way I think to setup your Keyword Tracking for your PPC Campaigns would be to use Wes Mahler’s Tracking Software called Tracking202.com

I have met Wes Mahler in person at the Affiliate Summit West 2008 in Las Vegas. He’s a great guy and is very dedicated to making Tracking202.com a very well known Tracking Tool for Affiliates. Wes & The T202 Team are planning on creating additional useful tools for affiliates. They’re second project is called Export202.com, Which exports your current campaign into either of the 3 networks. I will write a more detailed post on Export202.com once I use it.

I am currently using Tracking202.com for all my PPC Campaigns and this has been very helpful for me.

Tracking202.com is 100% FREE and has already MANY Features for the 2 months it has been online.

They have worked hard on creating Online Video Tutorials to use their software. You should check these out, they explain every detail perfectly.

This PPC Affiliate Tracking Software, is the control panel to view all your stats from all your PPC Networks & Affiliate Networks.

Which organizes it all in one central location, instead of having to login manually to each one site.

The Most Important Feature in this tracking tool is it’s ability to Track Keywords and Keyword Conversions.

What is this exactly?
Tracking Keywords - You want to know which keywords (kw’s you bid on ppc search engines), triggered the visitors to go to your website.
Keyword Conversions - Tracking202.com will tell you how much you Spend & Made from each keyword, so you can further analyze your campaign data.

By knowing and tracking your results from your campaigns.

This allows you to Increase Profits and or Increase/Decrease your PPC Spending.

A List of the Features of Tracking202.com

• Ability to Add All Your Campaign Information
  • PPC Accounts, Affiliate Networks, Affiliate Campaigns, Landing Pages, Text Ads
• Ability to Generate Tracking Links
  • Get LP Code, Get Text Ad Code
• Overview
  • 
  • You can get automatic stats & color graphs with tons of different options on how to view things.
• Analyze
  • Analyze Keywords In Depth
• Visitors
  • Analyze Your Visitors
• Spy
  • Real Time Spy on Your Visitor

Thats just a brief preview of the features, they have many features that’s too much to list.

Go take a look at Tracking202.com & Sign Up.

It will help you track & monitor your campaigns.

Don’t forget to check the Tracking202.com Videos to further understand how to use T202.

Watch Tracking202.com Videos

Here’s two tools, that I think can be very useful. They are an Online Image Optimizer & Web 2.0 Banner Maker.

Online Image Optimizer - Used to make quick optimized images using an internet browser.

Web 2.0 Banner Maker - Used to make simple logo images (instantly) for your simple websites, using just an internet browser.

Comment if you know of any great tools. You can share with everyone.

A big question, for most new webmasters.

Is, Where should I buy a Domain Name?

This post was created for those who don’t know, where to buy domain names.

I buy all my domain names through www.1and1.com.

They charge $6.12/Year for .com, .net, etc. Domain Names.

I choose www.1and1.com because they offer ‘Free Private Domain Registration’. What is this, exactly?

Private Domain Registration makes it so my Personal Information Details aren’t shown when someone does a Who Is Search on my Domain Name. The information that is shown is 1and1.com’s business information when people search on the Whois.php.

Search using WHOIS Look Up. <CLICK HERE>

What is Who is? Whois.php? WhoIs allows you to search the Domain Registration Owner Details. By searching for them, if they are not set to Private Domain Registration. It will show their Home Address or PO Box Address.

So Other’s don’t see you and spy.

You would use Private Domain Registration on your domains so your Personal Information isn’t searchable through Who Is.