ZachG
04-24-2008, 08:27 PM
Hey all,
I've been at this (SEO) for maybe 5 months, and am just now beginning to see the fruits of my labors. Nothing spectacular, but it's extra cash for something I was doing as a hobby. Anyways, just recently I've started getting into the Internet marketing thing "hardcore" and reading everything I can to get this thing going. I really like doing it, and think it's something I could definitely work hard to do in the long term.
I really want to get into PPC. SEO and free traffic are nice and all, but they take FOREVER. I want to get stuff going and see results faster than 6 months later down the line. That's possible with PPC, and SUP3RNOVA has said it himself that he likes PPC because of that reason.
Anyways, I'm completely and utterly stuck on where to start. I know how to find a good physical product, make a site about it and optimize it for SEO, but I am completely lost when it comes to lead generation and landing pages, and how to deal with PPC competition.
I screwed around with PPC and have wasted maybe a couple hundred $ with crappy conversions. I'm in college (around uberaffiliate's age, hehe) and don't have a whole lot of money to throw around yet, but I am willing to take risks, don't get me wrong. And I'm not lazy--I've been putting 8+ hours a day into this thing and once summer comes around I fully expect to put in 18 hours/day. I'm going to work my butt off at this until I succeed, then continue to work my butt off.
Anyways, just wanted to talk about my situation and ask if anyone can offer some insight. I'll keep poking around here and reading some more, but I really need to get something started pretty quick here. I'm sick of sitting around and not earning money :p
-Zach
I've been at this (SEO) for maybe 5 months, and am just now beginning to see the fruits of my labors. Nothing spectacular, but it's extra cash for something I was doing as a hobby. Anyways, just recently I've started getting into the Internet marketing thing "hardcore" and reading everything I can to get this thing going. I really like doing it, and think it's something I could definitely work hard to do in the long term.
I really want to get into PPC. SEO and free traffic are nice and all, but they take FOREVER. I want to get stuff going and see results faster than 6 months later down the line. That's possible with PPC, and SUP3RNOVA has said it himself that he likes PPC because of that reason.
Anyways, I'm completely and utterly stuck on where to start. I know how to find a good physical product, make a site about it and optimize it for SEO, but I am completely lost when it comes to lead generation and landing pages, and how to deal with PPC competition.
I screwed around with PPC and have wasted maybe a couple hundred $ with crappy conversions. I'm in college (around uberaffiliate's age, hehe) and don't have a whole lot of money to throw around yet, but I am willing to take risks, don't get me wrong. And I'm not lazy--I've been putting 8+ hours a day into this thing and once summer comes around I fully expect to put in 18 hours/day. I'm going to work my butt off at this until I succeed, then continue to work my butt off.
Anyways, just wanted to talk about my situation and ask if anyone can offer some insight. I'll keep poking around here and reading some more, but I really need to get something started pretty quick here. I'm sick of sitting around and not earning money :p
-Zach