The biggest well known secret in generating wealth in the internet based business or e-commerce is Traffic. Everybody knows it; every site wants it and every site needs it. The point of websites is to be visited and viewed. Many elaborate designs, money and countless hours of developing a site to make them beautiful and attractive are utilized. Without traffic, it is for naught.

With traffic comes a potential customer which basically means sales which in turn means profit. While many sites have collapsed in the past with the downturn of many internet based business, many smaller sites have generated good money by concentrating on a certain niche and some subniches.

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This is a reason why e-commerce site laser target certain groups of people and drive them to their site to showcase their sites and products. Precision marketing is essential so that you could count on all the traffic on your site as potential customers.
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Today the power of Adsense tracking proved itself I use RevenueMonitor to track all my Adsense pages, and I just saw at one of my niche sites that there where clicks to one of my Adwords campaigns!

So I was paying for my Adwords campaigns to show these ads at one of my own pages! The next thing I did is login to my Google Adsense account and fill in the Competive Ad Filter. You can find this in the “Adsense setup” tab.

The Competive Ad Filter was designed to exclude some competive ads you don’t want to advertise for, these ads will not be shown on your pages. Use this tool and fill every URL you’re advertising for (with Adwords) to prevent that you pay for your own traffic

It’s plain simple: When you advertise with Adwords you want as much targeted traffic for your money. Therefore, you need the lowest CPC (Cost per click) as possible, and thát you can get by having a high CTR (Click Trough Rate). But how do you write your advertise to have the best CTR?

Cause fear! When you tell your readers NOT to buy your product but just fail, you’ve caused fear. Here’s just an example of what I mean.

In the first ad you you just describe what people can do at your website. In the 2th ad you tell them NOT to visit your site but first let their surgery fail. After that, visit your site.. Believe me when I say that LOTS of people are clicking on this kind of ads.
I use this ‘fear ads’ for a while, and they have a 6~8 times higher CTR!

Is it Adsense who’s paying all your bills? If it is, you better start listening, because Adsense isn’t not only Adsense that’s making money!

A good way to get money with site-traffic is affiliate marketing, it’s one of the easiest ways to make money online. Companies like buy.com, amazon.com, and walmart.com all have successful affiliate programs that you can join free.

So what is an affiliate program?

Affiliate programs allow you to sell another company’s service or product and make a commission on every sale or lead. They provide you with links, ad-copy, banners, and sometimes datafeeds of their entire inventory. They also tell you what their best sellers are and give you exclusive coupons to offer your customers.

How do you find an affiliate program?

Three of the biggest “brokers” for these affiliate programs include cj.com, linkshare.com and clickbank.com. It’s easy to apply, get approved, and get started. You don’t have to deal with customers, inventory, shipping, or returns. All you do is refer a customer to the company and they in turn reward you with a referral fee or commission when a sale is made. Many companies also offer residual income opportunities where you will earn month after month. This is common with membership sites such as email autoresponders or dating sites.

How do I choose a program?
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