Justin! What niche or affiliate offers should I run?

Here’s a question I get a bit more than I want. There are a few ways for affiliates to figure this out on their own. One of the most simple ways to go about this yourself is by checking out ads on your own profiles. You can create multiple profile accounts with different likes, interests, ages and sex to view different ads. When you see the same ad multiple times over the course of a week or so, you should be able to come to the conclusion that this ad is doing pretty well.

Lots of advanced advertisers use this technique coupled with spy scripts that will gather thousands of ads from tens to hundreds of profiles at a time. If you’ve got the programming know how, this can be an amazing tool to have.

If you want to know directly, what kind of niches have worked well for me lately, gaming, dating, and education have been extremely hot.

How much money should I have to start putting ads on Facebook?

When I started advertising, I had $50 saved up from freelance writing. I also had a student loan that I was dipping in to, but wanted to avoid. Things went really well for me, and I was profiting from Day 2. I can’t say everyone will be this lucky. These days, it costs me much more to test offers than it did 3 years ago.

So what would I say the bare minimum is you should have? I’d say around $1,000 saved up, all that you are ready to lose, and plenty of research time put in before you go head long into dropping ads.

The suggested bid costs are way too high! How can I lower them?

With the influx of new marketers noticing the power of Facebook ads, the costs included have been raised considerably the last year. If you need to know anything about Facebook ads, it is that Facebook bid prices have a direct relationship with ad click-through rate (CTR). That being said, the most effective way to decrease click costs is to increase ad CTR. The best way to do this is go back and think about your targeting and how you can better relate your ad’s image, headline, and ad body copy to your targeting.

Another way to lower bids? Sure! Try going international. There are tons of offers for just about any niche that can be run in other countries other than the main English speaking ones. Bid costs here are considerably lower, but you’ll have to be careful about translating your ads. Use a prefessional translation service like OneHourTranslation.co

Justin Dupre is an affiliate marketer and blogger at JustinDupre.com. He also helps other affiliate marketers make more money through his 1-on-1 consulting services and his private affiliate marketing forums.

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worst photoshop job ever? haha

It’s no secret that Google copies just about every web service that is successful and can be used to advertise. Google maps, Google phone, Google buzz, Google mail, Google… everything. All basically copied ideas that have been improved.

Hey… it’s part of the business, I guess.

Google’s scopes are now on Facebook. How can they make a social media empire that is like that of Facebook?

Now it seems that Google might get a taste of their own medicine. Just recently Facebook filed for patents regarding search results based that is largely based on the interests and clicks of a user’s friends and friends-of-friends. Imagine using Facebook as the next search engine…

No more would the top results be determined by what some linking algorithm says… but instead based on your friends and family like and interests.

Seems like a really interesting concept to me.

From a Mashable article:

Specifically, the patent is for “ranking search results based on the frequency of clicks on the search results by members of a social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation.”

The patent continues, “Search results, including sponsored links and algorithmic search results, are generated in response to a query and are marked based on frequency of clicks on the search results by members of social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation from the member who submitted the query. The markers are visual tags and comprise either a text string or an image.”

From an InsideFacebook article:

It says a connection can be between “registered users who are related within two or more degrees of separation to the registered user within the online social network”. This leaves the degrees of separation up to Facebook, meaning results could be based on clicks by your friends, friends of friends, or every registered Facebook user. Searching for humorous content with results ranked by what your friends clicked could produce a more valuable experience than rankings based on clicks from across the web.

Either way… it’s certainly going to be interesting how they integrate that and more importantly… how we as Facebook marketers can use it to our advantage.

UPDATE: According to THIS mashable article, it seems that this patent is being put into action. Direct from Facebook:

“We launched the ability to see articles shared by your direct friends in the search typeahead. For instance, if your friend is on a news site and clicks “Like” under one of the articles (which will then go into News Feed), when you go to search for that article on Facebook, it will surface in the dropdown.”

I think this is a huge opportunity that could eventually lead to a great search engine. Look out Google!

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LOL! Along with that one, browie (another member of the forums) also made a thread for this Affbuzz ad 5 days earlier:

Hahaha! Word on the street beach is that these ads have an amazing CTR and it makes sense. I’m sure Justin is using “like” page and group targeting so that these ads are appearing to a very select group of affiliates who have an eye for Facebook ads, who will appreciate the uniquely ridiculous and hilarious style of the ads, and who will be familiar with Wes and I.

These are some great examples of very creative ads.

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As an online marketer, I have seen a massive increase in local businesses marketing online from orthodontists to estate agents to local gyms. Facebook ads are not only easy to setup, but with the right targeting they perform great with VERY little optimization needed. Creating and managing campaigns for local businesses is a fantastic way for online marketers to earn additional income. A lot of small businesses frankly won’t have a clue when it comes to setting up an online ad campaign. If you have the knowledge and experience with such platforms, businesses will be willing to pay you.

I wanted to show you an example of a very simple campaign I set up for a local boxing club here in London, UK which is still running on Facebook. They had a very small budget and were not prepared to pay $x,xxx per month for local newspaper or magazine advertisements.

Facebook provides the perfect platform for local marketing. Not only is quick and easy to set up, but you can target users by location and interests. 2 VERY important aspects when promoting local businesses online. Without location targeting, local marketing does not work for obvious reasons.

We decided upon a daily budget and I set up 4 ads targeting the following users:

who live in the United Kingdom
who live within 40 kilometres of London (Boxing club is in London and people won’t travel much further)
aged 13-40
male and female (they cater for both)
who like boxing (important!)

(We could expand on this and target users interested in other sports or women trying to lose weight.)

We used the following ad title and description:

title: Boxing Classes in London

desc: Interested in Boxing classes in London?
Click here for more info.

(Users were sent directly to the boxing club’s website – no need to create a landing page).

I let the campaign run for 1 month without split testing or changing 1 single aspect and these are the following stats:

659,279 impressions
577 clicks
Avg. CPC = $0.10 (We use GBP in the UK, so this was JUST 6p per click!)
Avg. CTR = 0.088%

As you can see, the ad is simple, direct and to the point and more importantly it’s costing the company just $0.10 per click. Not bad from an ad without any optimization and only showing to a small group of targeted users!

If the CTR begins to drop (as it will with most campaigns after some time), changing the image or title will help to increase it again. Adding further interests to target new users is also a great way to increase CTR and reach a new audience.

So… you may be wondering whether theses ads actually converted to bookings or made the boxing gym any money?!

To be honest I don’t know as of yet, but they have requested to continue running the campaign for the foreseeable future so they must be pleased with the results thus far. In most cases, you will find that local businesses are willing to pay such rates simply for brand awareness and additional exposure. At the end of the day you are being paid for your knowledge and experience to drive cheap and targeted traffic to their products and services. If you deliver this then you’re holding up your end of the bargain and there can be no complaints; especially when it’s costing them just a fraction of what it would cost/is costing them for print, radio or tv advertising.

To manage an online advertising campaign for a local business, you can charge anywhere from $100 per month PLUS their advertising budget. Now I know this may sound incredibly low and in some cases it will be, but the amount you charge simply depends on their budget, your current situation, knowledge and experience as well as how much you’re prepared to work for. This is an example for a very small business with a low budget. When I started managing campaigns for businesses I was more interested in building a list of clients than making thousands of dollars. I knew over time I would earn more once I began managing campaigns for larger companies.

Nevertheless, an additional $100 per month was still well worth having for spending a few minutes each week checking over their campaign. I will be on Facebook managing my own campaigns anyway, so I may as well manage a few others whilst I’m there and get paid for it!

Generally, the budgets will be much greater and you can charge $1,000+ per month to manage a campaign. Just 5 or 10 clients could pocket you an extra $5,000 – $10,000+ per month.

PS. Don’t be shy to charge them a one off setup fee as well as a monthly management fee. A lot of clients will expect it.

So, why is local marketing a great thing to get into?

- You can approach ANY local business. I can assure you that those currently paying for advertising in a local magazine or similar will be interested.

- You can charge a monthly fee to manage their campaign. This provides you with regular, re-occuring revenue.

- There is no limit on how many clients you can take on.

- Word of mouth advertising will increase your list of clients after securing as few as 4 or 5.

- If you’re already promoting your own campaigns on Facebook, managing a handful of campaigns for your clients will be effortless and extremely rewarding without the worry of checking conversions and sales daily.

- There are still a LOT of local businesses not advertising online.

- HUGE potential!!

I hope this post has given you a few ideas and will help you earn a little extra $$$. Good Luck!

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Now… the forums are filled with great content, we have 150+ active members, and multiple success stories! OH… and you’ll want to see the amazing SPY TOOL we just recently released. It’s epic.

So, check out this sneak peek video I created:

What some of our members are saying

Check out this blog post by PhilC who made over $727 profit his first WEEK. [Sceenshots included]

Wow, what an amazing forum!

I’ve been around Internet Marketing for a while, and many times a forum seems like it will be the missing link – get advice from the superstars and finally breakthrough and start doing well online. However, most of the time it winds up being a bunch of lost souls similar to you and I, with the “guru” coming by once or twice a month to reply to a few posts with a couple terse sentences that show they didn’t really care enough to understand the question, or they didn’t care enough to type an intelligent, helpful response.

I am extremely happy that this is not the case with Jonathan’s Facebook Forum. In addition to detailed case studies that are worth their weight in gold, Jonathan seems to provide feedback in just about every (maybe every) post, which is truly remarkable and shows his commitment to making this a phenomenal resource.

As a bonus, you get to pick the brains of a number of other very smart people who have a substantial amount of experience between them in different areas. This is huge as well.

This is a great forum – plain and simple. Stop thinking about it and try it now!

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FBAdsGuide Forum has helped me in so many ways with Facebook. One of my first campaigns on facebook I blew through $50 in less than 2 hours. That was a rude awakening at the power of facebook advertising. Now that I’ve seen case studies by Jon, and his team, it makes more sense now on how I’m suppose to approach my ads. I have also learned that there are certain affiliate offers that just plain don’t do well on facebook like they would on other traffic sources. The best part about the forums is being able to post my exact ads and targets and everyone is willing to help make it profitable.

Thanks Jon,

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Hey guys,

i tried to inspire you once, now I’m gonna do it again. I was thinking about whether I should share that or not, cause I really don’t wanna brag around or whatever. But I thought that this could be one hell of an inspiration for some of you as it completely shocked me.

I launched a killer campaign 3 days ago… [truncated to remove campaign details]

Its a ROI of about 1500%.

Hi,

iam new in this site..i not speak english, i speak spanish..

but i to earn in this 3 days more de $600 only in facebook!

thank you jonathan

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I have been doing affilliate/internet marketing for a couple years now, but am somewhat of a newbie to Facebook advertising. So I don’t have a lot to teach others on the forums, although, I am able to help some and get a lot great help from others more experienced on the forum.

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Portland, OR USA

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I have received a ton of complaints from visitors about being scammed. Once you pay, they don’t deliver. It seems when I wrote the review (which is now removed) they sent just me and the other reviewers a good chunk of facebook fans but when non-reviewers purchase, they don’t get anything.

Do not buy.

Thanks,
JV

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So far the forum has been going extremely well! With over 100 members already, the forums are quickly filling up with questions and answers that will be sure to help you with your Facebook campaigns!

Oh… and did I mention the tools? We are just about ready to launch our first tool which will greatly change the way we research our campaigns on Facebook. I’ve never seen a tool like this launched to the public before. It’s included for free for our members.

So, go check out the forums while you can get 14 days for just $4.95. If you’re not 100% satisfied, you literally will get 100% refund and will not be charged another cent.

If you are happy, the forums cost a measly $50 per month which is literally 1/5th of what I charge for one HOUR of phone consultation when I used to do it.

Go check it out here:
http://www.fbadsguide.com/private-forums/

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The main complaint was that people wanted more information… where they could follow up. A community of sorts.

So… today is the launch of the Facebook Ads Coaching Forum!

Now… to get the forum active and started up, I am offering all my blog readers a 14 day risk FREE trial for just $4.95. This trial offer only lasts until midnight on Friday the 25th of this month! (That’s just a couple days for you to get the risk FREE Trial!)

Here is what is included in this forum:

• 1. Access to me and my team! – The people behind the revenue. We will focus on getting your facebook campaigns up and running successfully!
• 2. Special Facebook TOOLS – We are building out SPECIAL Facebook tools that will help you have a huge competitive advantage over others on Facebook Ads. These tools have NEVER been released to the public and are FREE when you get your risk free trial of the Facebook Ads Coaching Forum!
• 3. Access to A Community Of Like Minded People – We are offering this trial discount in order to build a huge community of people who are working together to see success using Facebook.
• 4. CASE STUDIES – I love case studies! They provide a GREAT way for you to learn… so we have decided to provide at LEAST 1 case study per month using Facebook Ads! This will include REAL LIFE campaigns, ad copy, targeting data, etc. Everything.

So go check it out now!

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First… Read what others are saying about my Facebook Ads Guide!

“Well, I have read the first half of the book, and I have to admit that it is really simple to read and understand, this book is great for newbies but also for people who already created a FB campaign without real success…”
Thomas – May 31st, 2010

“Jonathan has put a lot of effort in to this guide and it really shows, he really has revealed everything he knows about FB advertising, so really after reading this guide you know the exact method he’s used to make a million and earn over 3k a day, that means there’s nothing but laziness stopping you achieving at least a small profit.”
Dan W. – Dans-Blog.com – June 1st, 2010

“Wow, Jon has written about niches he has been pushing himself and breaks everything down into a VERY doable format. Very well written and definitely worth the read.”
Will R. – WilliamRobin.com – May 31st, 2010

“I just read your guide and was very pleased to see that it hit all of the questions I’ve been having with FB advertising. I’ve had limited success thus far with FB but this guide really hit on the problems I was having. I’d have to say you over-delivered…”
Eric B – VideoGamesRental.net – May 31st, 2010

“This guide is awesome! I have been creating thousands of Facebook campaigns and scary enough this guide reveals it all. It’s useful for those which want to start, and quite useful for experienced marketeers as well. With this knowledge you get a solid understanding on how Facebook Ads works and which strategy you should choose. You want to set up an campaign for your company, for a client, or you want to earn your own jacuzzi with affiliate marketing? The online competition grows every single second. This is must have for Facebook marketeers. Without this guide you don’t even have a chance!”
Jaap Jacobs – JaapJacobs.nl – June 1st, 2010

“I have gone through everything in the guide plus all the bonus materials and I have to say it’s one of the best guides on Facebook advertising that I have come across.”
John Chow – JohnChow.com – June 2nd, 2010

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What are the negative things people have said?
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