Comments on: There’s no Secret to Niche Marketing

By: Bob Alter

Bob Alter — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:18:07 +0000

Thanks Josh for the response. I realize the CTR will be lower because I do visit the site, but I never thought about checking unique visitors. Great idea!!

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:57:06 +0000

@ Bob – It’s hit and miss. Some niches get higher CTR’s then others. It’s all about ad placement though. That big large rectangle directly below the title converts the best. That is laser targeted traffic!

Another thing to consider is that when you’re visiting your own pages you’re creating Adsense impressions, so the CTR may very well be higher than you think.

Don’t go by the CTR that adsense reports. Look at the number of UNIQUE visitors you get and the number of adsense clicks.

By: Bob Alter

Bob Alter — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:40:44 +0000

Josh,

It’s been a burning question for as long as I have read your reports or Tims. And that is….how on earth can you get a 20% or better click thru rate on your niche sites? I’ve used the exact same strategies as the both of you and I don’t even come close to getting a 10% CTR. Have you noticed a decrease?

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:15:30 +0000

The same goes for dating software, if you want to start a dating site then you have to find a niche market that isn’t being done yet and then if you market it properly you can make a little bit of money.

Michael

By: Marco

Marco — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:01:14 +0000

Hi Josh, I would just like to say that you are spot on. I’m just starting my first website and I will follow your advice: never give up!

By: Dennis Grubbs

Dennis Grubbs — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:27:39 +0000

1shoppingcart, 2checkout, paypal

dlguard+payapl+getresponse (or any other payment processor combined with dlguard)

GetResponse is fully integrated with DLGuard and will protect your download and can setup the autoresponder to automatically have them opted in once they purchase the product. Then you can already have your followup emails setup for that list and it will automatically send them the email you are talking about. Completely automates the entire process.

If you run into trouble the support Sam Stephens provides with DLGuard is phenomenal. I would say it is probably the best customer service in the business.

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:33:37 +0000

PayPal

By: Bob McClain

Bob McClain — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:25:03 +0000

Thanks for the response Josh. Actually, I was hoping you or someone might know of another way to sell it. I’m certainly not married to Google Checkout.

There are tons of articles aout there on “How to write an ecourse” but I can’t find anything on how to actually sell it online.

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:22:02 +0000

@ Bob – Unfortunately I’ve never used Google Checkout, so I can’t help. I’m sure you can get that answer and more from the community at CWJ though.

By: Bob McClain

Bob McClain — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:19:01 +0000

I know this question is off-topic but a lot of sharp people read this blog so I thought I’d give it a shot.

I’ve written a number of ecourses from 4 weeks to 12 weeks long. I was using Google Checkout but I can’t figure out any way to do an autoresponder to follow the checkout process.

When someone spends that level of money with me, I want them to feel confident by immediately getting a thank you and the first lesson of the course. Any suggestions?