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Archive for October, 2006

Google AdWords Tip: Avoid Marketing Talk When Writing AdWords Ads

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Read more about Articles, Google AdWords Tips

There is an old saying in online marketing:
“Customers don’t like to be sold.”
As a result, it is worth testing whether and what “benefit” words will actually benefit or hurt the performance of your Google AdWords ads. A simple word such as “easily” might have a significant positive or negative impact on the click-through-rate and [...]

Google AdWords Tip: Don’t Yell and Boost Your CTR by 234%!

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Read more about Articles, Google AdWords, Google AdWords Tips

As a regular reader of this blog, you know by now my passion for testing small things that can have a big impact on the click-through-rate and ROI of my Google AdWords campaigns. I love doing this for a few reasons.
1) I know that most of our competitors are too lazy to bother
2) I [...]

The $5000 Lesson: My Key Learning from Attending Jay Abrahams 3-Day Marketing Seminar

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Read more about Creating Trust Online, Guarantee, Popular

If you’re into marketing you probably know that Jay Abraham is considered to be the World’s #1 Marketing Guru. He’s also the single most successful business consultant in the world today.
I recently spent $5000 to attend one of his seminars. On the left is a picture of me with Jay - I’m [...]

Google AdWords Tip: Should You Capitalize small words such as “to”? Answer = NO

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 Read more about Articles, Google AdWords, Google AdWords Tips, Pay per click advertising

Check out the following test and see how we boosted the click-through-rate of our Google AdWords ad by 42% by not capitalizing the word “to.” If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will have discovered by now that I am a big believer in testing and that there is no test [...]

Your Questions Answered: What does it typically cost per month to start and fund a new ecommerce website?

Monday, October 9th, 2006 Read more about Articles, Entrepreneurship, Pay per click advertising

Nila, a real-estate broker from North Carolina asked the following questions:
After I bought your book, how much a month should I spend to make this work? If I only have a budget of $250.00/mo, is this system going to work for me?
One for the beauties of starting an ecommerce business is that [...]