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Originally Posted by GspotProductions
And here is the point to my thread. The affiliate knows what converts, because, they know best or because that's what everyone else is doing?
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Because they have tested many many many programs and many many many tours - they know out of site A or site B which one is going to convert better, and bring in long term EPC.
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Originally Posted by GspotProductions
What if 20 affiliates signed up to my site today, sent say 5000 hits to my tour & each converted 5 to 10 sales.
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But they aren't, and never will. What if everyone signed up to any new program with my ref code? What if everyone signed up to sites I push, and saw the great content inside, instead of jacking off to pornhub videos? What if etc etc other stuff that doesn't actually mean anything?
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Originally Posted by GspotProductions
Would everyone then say, oh, "this is the design everyone needs". I hope not. I'd rather see everyone having original sites. Sign up, send traffic & tell me if it doesn't work after sending maybe 2000 hits in a day or so  |
There's a reason design formulas are the same, and that's because unemotionally-vested people go with what has been proven to work. They take advantage of someone else spending money and testing, and use the results for their own gain. You should take advantage too
Also 2000 hits is nothing.. literally nothing. Testing has been carried out over many hundreds of millions of hits, huge data, so again - take advantage of that
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Originally Posted by GspotProductions
Many huge mainstream companies spend millions on advertising. Do they need to, I'd always use virgin media, they don't need to spend the money, just do the job  |
You only heard of virginmedia because of their previous huge advertising, and your analogy is slightly off anyway. A better way to look at it is: branson starts a business, knows the core product he wants to sell, then gets help in many areas, including marketing and presentation. He knows that he has to take his emotions OUT and put proven methods IN.
It doesn't matter what YOU think is a good design, it matters what potential affiliates think is, if you want to attract more affiliates. As I said, your content and member interaction etc is great, but surfers are sold on the tour, and if affiliates don't trust the tour, then you won't get affiliates - it really is as simple as that, and however much it may go against the grain, you need to do it if you want more affiliates