My Final Affiliate Journey (with Bing!)

[Honeybadger]

Will post update tomorrow

 

[Honeybadger]

found my old commission reporting charts
gonna take a bunch of edits

Search Traffic & Affiliate Commission
--> 30 days

This chart shows the overall matrix from search engine impressions to affiliate commission
The data is based on the last 30 days to create a prediction for the next 30 days
Commission equations are temporary

​	Search impressions​	Search clicks​	Ad interactions​	Ad actions	Commission​
Per sale	25000	1000	20	1	$5
Target​	15 million​	600000​	12000​	600	$3000​
Results	-	-	-	-	$
Forecast​	-​	-​	-​	-	$​

Affiliate Commission
--> 30 days

The target affiliate commission ^ is $100 each day so its around $3000 affiliate commission each month
This chart shows the data from the past 30 days ^^ and uses it to create a forecast ^^^ of what is likely to happen in the next 30 days

​	Commission 30 days​	Commission 7 days​	Commission day​	Goal %​
Target ^​	$3000​	$700​	$100​	100%​
Results ^^	-	-	-	-
Forecast ^^^	$0	$0	$0	0%-

Affiliate Networks
--> 30 days

The target affiliate commission is $100 each day total across all affiliate networks
This chart shows interactions such as clicks with affiliate advertisements in the past 30 days
Actions means a purchase or a sign up or a survey
Commission means money received for actions
The search impressions and clicks are just from Bing.com

Search impressions	Search Clicks		Affiliate Network 1	Affiliate Network 2	Affiliate Network 3	Affiliate Network 4	Affiliate Network 5	Affiliate Network 6	TOTAL
50000	1300	Interactions	120	1	new	new	new	new	121
^	^	Actions	1	0	new	new	new	new	1
^	^	Commission	$5	$0	new	new	new	new	$5

Problems & Solutions
--> 24 hours

This chart shows challenges with my affiliate business
The problem and the solution are shown along with any software I used

Problem​	Solution​	Software​
Organic traffic & affiliate ad clicks but no affiliate commission​	Make list top 10 traffic pages & create affiliate links​	Google Drive - Search Console - Bing Webmaster Tools - Amazon Associates​
Losing users on empty category pages	Make list top 10 most popular empty category pages & create blog post about trending topic	Google Drive - Google Trends - Ubersuggest
Blog posts taking too long to create	Make list post types & steps to create each post then use Chat GPT to create skeleton of each post	Google Drive - Chat GPT
Main pages top of Bing - Yahoo - Duck Duck Go - Ecosia - but not indexed by Google?	Check Core Web Vitals and Google documentation for solutions	Core Web Vitals - Google Search Central

Affiliate Learning

This chart shows things i learned about affiliate marketing & how i used it to help my affiliate business & where you can read more about it

Things i learned​	How i used the information​	Where i found it​
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[cards.team]

Go to google, much easier and more traffic.

 

[Honeybadger]

am still going thru old templates
might end up doing a weekly report
daily too intense
monthly not enough

 

[Graybeard]

that would really disappoint me:

120/50000 = 0.0024 0.024%

You need to use branding better. I know you cannot use 'amazon' but can you incorporate the product's brand name into you verbiage (copy)? That would probably double, (or a much greater gain), your CTR from search, considering your copy is appealing ... If you are already doing that sort of branding effort, then your site ranking is not good enough.

 

[Honeybadger]

Many many things to consider
yesterday more visits from Ecosia.org than Google!!!!!!
that last algo update really hit hard
getting desperate now
my day job is a real bitch
earn round about $200 for a full day
pays the bills & some left
but its the graveyard shift
i fuckin hate it
would take half that to be an affiliate

am considering affiliate machine gun approach
--> pop up a heap of affiliate sites
maybe 10 or 20 different angles of the same niche
keep them all updated & see which gets traction
then hammer on those

problem is now my health getting bad again
with it motivation all time low
need that boost to get back on track

 

[Graybeard]

https://www.ecosia.org/search useful.

Not sure how that relates to what you are doing but that volume indicates your websites may have an Eco-friendly content quality (perhaps one that you are unaware of).

Try using an Eco value theme on some test pages and see what happens.

 

[azgold]

Ecosia.org....I've never heard of them before, interesting find. I actually wasn't sure what to make of it.

but its the graveyard shift
i fuckin hate it

Understandable. But it's temporary, a means to an end.

would take half that to be an affiliate

Keep going and probably you will be. Actually.....you already are an affiliate but I know what you mean.

problem is now my health getting bad again

No you don't! Don't make me come there and make you drink chicken soup and take vitamins! Because you know I will!

 

[Strickland]

Just read there might be another Google update in the next few weeks, anyone else heard this?

 

[azgold]

Just read there might be another Google update in the next few weeks, anyone else heard this?

No but it doesn't surprise me.

Google and Microsoft both fix things that ain't broken. And make them worse.

 

[Honeybadger]

Update

daily traffic is 100/150 avg all bing yahoo and duckduck
google has completely disowned me !!
avg daily affiliate clicks into double figures

1 affiliate commission last week​

new fashion product review post less than 1 week old​

native call to action in text​

visitor action was $90 for 1 item​

so i earned $9 commission​

yea ok its only $9 but the model works​

just need to keep posting product reviews​

& guys PRODUCT REVIEW SITES WORK​

got a v good relationship with affiliate network
started 2021 on 5% commission tier
promoted 2022 into 10% on request
--> after i grossed for them $20k in affiliate actions
traffic & actions way down past year
worried the network would cancel my contract
but the network stuck by me

been doin 3 main things past wk

• working my graveyard job
• updating affiliate site
• & sleeping

--> weekends are for fun!

 

[Honeybadger]

where did you read that @Strickland ?

Just read there might be another Google update in the next few weeks, anyone else heard this?

 

[Strickland]

Here it is mate! Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update & Volatility Around July 18th

Some interesting stuff in the comments too.

 

[Graybeard]

Some interesting stuff in the comments too.

Those charts are SEO voodoo IMO
Good luck hitting a moving target you really cannot trend
The value of generic search terms is always going to be volatile when there are so many players in the game.

 

[azgold]

started 2021 on 5% commission tier
promoted 2022 into 10% on request

Congrats! That's something to show for all your hard work with more wins coming, I'm sure!

 

[Honeybadger]

Traffic went up & up toward 200 daily
ad clicks went up also 15-20 daily
finally got an action $100 earned $10
then I got really ill with an infection
then traffic dropped again
so did ad clicks
considering a switch from affiliate to web design but nothing decided
anyhow im pausing it atm
cos my vision is blurry
doctor says best avoid screen time
on lots of meds
back soon

 

[Graybeard]

Take care of your eyes --you want them to last a lifetime ...

 

[azgold]

Traffic went up & up toward 200 daily
ad clicks went up also 15-20 daily
finally got an action $100 earned $10
then I got really ill with an infection
then traffic dropped again
so did ad clicks
considering a switch from affiliate to web design but nothing decided
anyhow im pausing it atm
cos my vision is blurry
doctor says best avoid screen time
on lots of meds
back soon

I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling well, hope your infection heals and your eyes are better soon!

 

[Honeybadger]

Oh dear STI
hope it doesnt become STD
immune system gone wild

meanwhile .....
have decided to keep affiliate fashion blog going until Christmas
2 main goals

1. help visitors
2. improve analytic stats

any affiliate commission just a bonus
Google ranking would be a miracle

im not doing it for the money any more
just enjoy blogging and helping folk

 

[seeqer]

meanwhile .....
have decided to keep affiliate fashion blog going until Christmas

I have read, but not tested, that blogging on medium.com can bring a lot of attention to your main blog if you talk about related stuff over there and mention your website.

I am no expert but I sharing that idea in hope it helps.