Google AdWords

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KeithA

11-09-2005 10:51:50

I'm still trying to think of creative ways to get greens. One thought is to start a Google AdWords campaign.

Here's my question can I get in trouble with Freepay for doing this? Amazingly I've never heard of anyone using this strategy, but it seems like it might be worth a shot since I can limit the daily budget.

Anyone have any experience?

FreeOffersNow

11-09-2005 10:53:35

I've seen referral links on Adwords plenty of times...its not really "creative," but it might work. FreePay shouldn't have a problem with this strategy, as it is a legitimate form of advertisement.

Vector

11-09-2005 10:56:56

i see it all the time. i also see some that the company sends out directly but thats different.

TheUKNetwork

11-09-2005 10:57:02

Used this before... for $20 I got 1 green...

Instead of, e.g. listing your freepsps.com link when people search psp. Try doing a site targetted campaign. So you can advertise your freeipods links on ipod sites etc..!

KeithA

11-09-2005 11:03:17

I usually pay $20 per green anyway.

I like the idea of doing a site-targeted campaign. I'll have to check that out...

Matt8789

11-09-2005 11:52:37

Google Adwords doesnt work unless you have a bunch of money to put in cause its pay-per-click

KeithA

11-09-2005 12:10:22

[quote869a4c40f7="Matt8789"]Google Adwords doesnt work unless you have a bunch of money to put in cause its pay-per-click[/quote869a4c40f7]

What about a lot of high-volume traffic? Fark.com is $100 for a week. I'm sure I'd get a ton of traffic, but I don't know how many (if any) would convert to greens. For $100, I would expect at least 5 greens...

Admin

11-09-2005 16:21:32

Good luck.

Don't bid on any offer-related keywords, eg. video professor. That can get the site (freepay or whatever) in trouble. You have to be willing to invest, and have a good strategy for getting signups (eg. a landing page) and be willing to spend some money. It helps to have a compelling ad, too.

KeithA

11-09-2005 16:25:25

[quotea56fe66d3a="Admin"]Good luck.

Don't bid on any offer-related keywords, eg. video professor. That can get the site (freepay or whatever) in trouble. You have to be willing to invest, and have a good strategy for getting signups (eg. a landing page) and be willing to spend some money. It helps to have a compelling ad, too.[/quotea56fe66d3a]

I've got a domain but no host right now. Not sure I want to go to the trouble of throwing up a landing page, since that means incurring the additional cost of a host.

It may be simpler just to be patient and invest in paying people for greens via PayPal. Thanks for the ideas though...I'm still thinking it over.

Admin

11-09-2005 17:16:20

FusionCash is hosted at the same place as FiPG, which is some really high quality colocation. The landing page cost us a good chunk of change but I consider it 100% worth it, since it doubled or tripled our conversion rate.

climed

11-09-2005 17:36:07

Adwords may or may not work. You must use highly targeted keywords though. Don't use general keywords like ipod but use free ipod since the users that click your ad when searching free ipod is more likely to sign up then someone who clicks your ad when searching for ipod.

Any advertising method is a good method though. 8)