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Tracking202 Pro Is Finally Available To The Public!

Posted by JasperP on March 25th, 2009

In case you didn’t know already, Tracking202 Pro is finally out of beta and released to the public.  This is the hottest tracking system for search marketers and if you know the reputation of Tracking202/Prosper202, then you should know that this is a quality tracking system.

What is Tracking202 Pro?

Tracking202 Pro is a fully automated tracking system that pulls in data from the 3 major search engines as well as CPA networks to reconcile the revenue and cost data.  This means you can see the profitability from each search engine, keyword, text ad, etc without having the manually log the data in yourself!

Sounds interesting, what are some of the features of Tracking202 Pro?

• Full Integration with Google Adwords, Yahoo! Search Marketing, and Microsoft AdCenter
• Full Integration with the Affiliate Networks
• Check out your stats from an iPhone or web-capable mobile phone
• The system updates all of destination URLs and pulls creatives automatically
• Content network and search network can be viewed separately
• Conversion tracking down to the keyword level
• Bidded Vs. Searched Keyword Analysis
• Real Time Spy View 

I have Tracking202 already, why should I get Tracking202 Pro?

T202Pro and T202 are completely different tracking systems.  This means that Pro is not an “UPGRADE” of the regular version but a different way of monitoring and optimizing campaigns.  

If you have been using Tracking202/Prosper202 for awhile, you know the pains of searching for converting keywords in your campaigns and determining the profitability of them.  This system completely automates the cost analysis of your ads and keywords without having to go and look for them.

How much does it cost?

Tracking202 Pro is very affordable for the affiliate marketers looking to take it to the next level.  Now if you haven’t made your first sale yet, then I would probably stay away from this platform.  The pricing is basically a fixed monthly fee based on the number of clicks plus API fees and a fixed $0.004 click charge.

Also, you get a 7-day Trial to check out some of the features of Tracking202 Pro.

Check out the pricing by visiting the Tracking202 Pro page: 

I’ve never heard of Tracking202, what kind of reputation do they have?

I’ve personally met Wes and Steven and I can say that these two guys are one of the most respected and well-trusted people in the affiliate marketing industry.  They’ve put out a free tracking system (Tracking202/Prosper202) that has revolutionized the way we build our campaigns.  The Tracking202 Pro system is another quality tracking system that will take affiliate marketing to the next level.

Here are some of the reputable businesses that are sponsoring Tracking202 Pro:

WebTraffic2Go offers the most responsive and compliant offers out there with competitive payouts. Our constantly growing network is a favorite for many reasons including strong personal affiliate relationships. We strive to do our best to maximize benefits to our affiliates including providing the best offers (even when we don’t have it, we’ll get it) and go as far as to create personalized, custom offer pages to meet your needs. We bring true exclusive offers and direct advertiser relationships in many sought after verticals and have a team of dedicated and experience managers to meet the both the demands and needs of our affiliate. Let us help you optimize your online marketing campaign. See for yourself what our knowledge, offers, and experience can do to boost YOUR ECONOMY!

Neverblue is a premier global lead generation network that delivers millions of profitable customers to clients from all over the world, including members of the Fortune 1000. Neverblue values strong affiliates, because they’re what make us better! Neverblue is a wholly-owned, Canadian subsidiary company of Vertrue Inc., an $800 million internet direct marketing services company. Check us out today!

eAdvertising is one of the leading premier networks that specializes in Acai, Colon, and Facial offers among others and offers exclusive media buy help and expertise for those looking to expand on traffic sources. With so much to offer, take a look at what eAdvertising has to offer today.

AKMG prides itself in personal affiliate relationships, solid offers, and personalize attention. AKMG will work with affiliates to ensure that they will profit and prosper. Come check out AKMG now.

One of the oldest networks around, Affiliate.com has plenty to offer new and veteran affiliates. Come by and check us out.

The Epicenter Network is a company that was built from the ground up to help Affiliate Marketers succeed. We’ve built several platforms and tools to accomplish this, including DM2, an affiliate-targeted website building and marketing platform, and EpicenterAds, a contextual advertising platform. Our CPA network, Epicenter Select, is an elite, invite only, performance-based online advertising network. Striving to deliver the highest quality traffic on the web, Epicenter Select limits traffic sources to search, email, and display. At Epicenter, our publishers always come first. We provide exclusive and direct campaigns, top payouts, flexible payment terms and methods, personalized customer service and reliable, easy-to-use systems.

In conclusion, Tracking202 Pro is a great system for the intermediate and advanced affiliate marketer.  Check out their website for more information.

Tracking202 Pro Website

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Microsoft AdCenter Desktop Tool Now Available

Posted by JasperP on February 18th, 2009

The Microsoft AdCenter Desktop tool is finally out of beta and available to the public! It’s very similar to Google Adwords Editor Tool and should make managing MSN campaigns a breeze. 

Download it and if you have trouble installing it, set your IE browser to default temporarily:

https://maf.adcenter.microsoft.com/desktop/setup.exe

Thanks to Wes Mahler for the heads up.

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Project Yahoo: Campaign Progress And Dating Niche Launch

Posted by JasperP on July 31st, 2008

So I’ve been trying to test out traffic on Yahoo with the purpose of taking the profitable keywords and moving it over to Google.  I’ve only been testing out the traffic for about 2 weeks using a specific method of testing broad keywords and text ads.

The general guideline is 10,000+ keywords (grouping <1000 keywords with 1-2 common keywords for each ad groups) and 10+ ads for each ad group.  The main purpose for testing like this is to get a broad view of what types of keywords convert as well as what types of ad copy converts best.

I optimize these campaigns every day by using the following criteria (These guidelines come from Artarmon42 and Keliix06 of ClickConsultants):

• Sort by clicks and delete keywords that make absolutely no sense
• Sort by impressions then by CTR and use the following guidelines
• Delete keywords with less than 250 impressions and no clicks
• Delete keywords with less than a 0.4% CTR

The exception to these rules is if the keywords appears to be highly targeted but I just need more data to verify.  I will let those type of keywords run until I reach 1-2x the commission.

So far I’ve learned quite a bit from this project.  I’m learning to micromanage a bit more and I’m paying close attention to the details of my campaigns.  I’ve also constructed my own keyword-level tracking script from the tips at the guys at ClickConsultants.

I might as well reveal the niches that I’m working on right now with Yahoo.  I think there’s no point in hiding the overall niche.  So instead of telling you Niche #1, Niche #2, etc, I can just tell you that I’m currently focusing on the following:

• Debt Consolidation
• Dating
• Online Games

Here is the summary so far:

As you can see, I’m still in the red with a negative ROI. I expected that because of the fact that when you’re testing a wide variety of things, it’s really difficult to pick out the good keywords and text ads on the first try (unless you’re either damn lucky or a super marketer!).

One thing that I noticed, though, after studying my debt relief offer in great detail was that my traffic was being sent to the Smiley Central International offer! Usually when that happens, it’s because the offer doesn’t accept traffic from a particular country.  In my case, I was sending traffic to Canada! I just changed that yesterday and now my CTR went from 1.0% to 0.5% overnight!  So I’m basically starting over again with the whole tuning process.  Oh well.  Lesson learned.

I did get my first lead for the debt relief campaign and this was after removing Canada from my geo-targeting options.  I’m probably going to re-import this campaign since the stats are all screwed up now due to the different traffic sources.

On another note, the dating niche that I’ve been working on is finally being uploaded to my YSM account as I write this.  Here are the stats on that:

• 16,665 Keywords
• 26 Ad Groups
• 16 Text Ads per Ad Group
• CPC: 0.10
• Daily Budget: $5.00

I’m probably going to let this one loose tomorrow as soon as everything gets approved.  I’m just waiting on my text ads to get approved.

Anyway, that’s the scoop on this project! Hopefully I can start making profits on these new niches soon!!

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It’s Been A Month.. What’s Going On?

Posted by JasperP on July 21st, 2008

It’s been almost a month since I posted on here and it’s been a rough ride.  Google put the slap down on alot of campaigns.  Hit me pretty hard on one of my campaigns so it’s been tough trying to get everything back in order.

Anyway,  I got my Legalzoom.com stuff from my previous order and it’s very exciting to have my first offiicial LLC business!  There are alot of forms to fill out and stuff to take care of on the administrative side, but all in all, it’s nice to have some sense of organization in my marketing business.

One thing that I accomplished today was getting my business account from WaMu.  For those of you that don’t know, WaMu offers Free Business Checking!  I would have preferred to have Bank Of America but they charge monthly fees over there so I think I’ll try the free biz checking at WaMu first before I jump over there.

Here are a few pictures I took to show it off:

I still have some more forms I have to mail out and I still have to figure out the accounting side and how I’m going to transfer my business income and expenses from my personal account to my business account.  Hopefully it won’t be too big of a mess!

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