site is on 1st page of Google but not getting sales..!!

Nirav Dave · Share | #1 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 11:21 AM

My website is on 1st page of google for 1 keyword. It generally getting 20 - 30 unique visitors/day from that keyword but I haven't get single penny from that site...
product I am promoting from clickbank have good gravity, so that is not problem. My keyword is relative and effective. I think something is need to change in website....

I need to know, If you are an affiliate than what kind of look and content you will put to convert visitors int buyers ?? to give better understanding I write in different words, What you will put on your website (in what manner) to get better sales ??

Like,
Are you putting 2 to 3 informational articles and just put links in content...
OR
Building preface of the product and explain need of product, etc...
OR
Doing something else to get better conversion...

Please, share you experience and knowledge in detail,
So that I can know what I should change....

David Jackson · #2 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 12:18 PM

Is all of your traffic organic? Or it coming from sources other than search engines? The quality of your traffic can have a direct effect on conversions.

Also, it's been my experience, you can't accurately determine conversion rates until you've had a minimum of 1500-2000 clickthru's. Here's why: You might not get a single sale in the first 100-200 click-thru's. But in the next 100-200 click-thru's, you could get 10 sales. That's marketing. You just never know in which batch of hundreds those sales are going to be in.

Again, assuming your traffic quality is good. That's why it's important not to overreact. But assuming you're getting a decent amount of traffic, you can find the answer to your conversions question by analyzing your raw data logs.

The first thing you need to determine is do your keywords match what your vistors are actually searching for. How much time are visitors spending on your site? If visitors are quickly clicking away, they're obviously not finding what they're looking for.

The competency of your marketing, and the viability of the product or service being offered could also be inhibiting sales. Perhaps your copy isn't compelling enough. Your copy needs to pop and encourage positive action.

David Jackson

dWhite · #3 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 12:29 PM

Might I ask what keyword you are ranked for?

Nirav Dave · #4 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by David Jackson

Is all of your traffic organic? Or it coming from sources other than search engines? The quality of your traffic can have a direct effect on conversions.

Also, it's been my experience, you can't accurately determine conversion rates until you've had a minimum of 1500-2000 clickthru's. Here's why: You might not get a single sale in the first 100-200 click-thru's. But in the next 100-200 click-thru's, you could get 10 sales. That's marketing. You just never know in which batch of hundreds those sales are going to be in.

Again, assuming your traffic quality is good. That's why it's important not to overreact. But assuming you're getting a decent amount of traffic, you can find the answer to your conversions question by analyzing your raw data logs.

The first thing you need to determine is do your keywords match what your vistors are actually searching for. How much time are visitors spending on your site? If visitors are quickly clicking away, they're obviously not finding what they're looking for.

The competency of your marketing, and the viability of the product or service being offered could also be inhibiting sales. Perhaps your copy isn't compelling enough. Your copy needs to pop and encourage positive action.

David Jackson

Thank you David,
I got almost all traffic from google, means most of traffic is organic.
I am promoting same product my visitors search for.
My keyword is longtail and as I have researched, it is an effective keyword for sales...
I really like your guidance of band of hundreds....
This is I think I should tell you....
00:05:29 Avg. Time on Site
0.92% Bounce Rate

But for US
Avg. time on site is 00:00:40
New visits 97.14%
Bounce Rate 0.95%
Pages/visit 3.45

I think this will help to let you guide me in better way....

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Originally Posted by dWhite

Might I ask what keyword you are ranked for?

Keyword is totally related to my content and product,
That is certainly not the problem....

David Jackson · #5 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 01:56 PM

In addition to the information I gave you before, instead of trying to sell directly from your website, start sending out your own newsletter through an e-mail marketing service like Vertical Response, Constant Contact, FeedBlitz, etc.

Collect the names of visitors to your website and send them your newsletter with your affiliate link imbedded. This is called giving value first before asking people for their money. If executed properly, it works like a charm.

How often you send out your newsletter is up to you - once a week, twice a month, or whatever.

David Jackson

dWhite · #6 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Nirav Dave

Keyword is totally related to my content and product,
That is certainly not the problem....

I was going to run it through the adwords keyword tool to see how my many global searches it gets per month.

Ranking first page of Google for the keyword, but having a low amount of global searches pretty much renders it useless.

David Jackson · #7 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nirav Dave

Thank you David,
I really like your guidance of band of hundreds....

But for US
Avg. time on site is 00:00:40
New visits 97.14%
Bounce Rate 0.95%
Pages/visit 3.45

You're welcome. If visitors are only spending approximately 10 seconds per page on your site, your web pages aren't providing the information they're looking for. There's a problem there somewhere. That's why they're clicking away so quickly and you're not making any sales.

David Jackson

Nirav Dave · #8 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Jackson

You're welcome. If visitors are only spending approximately 10 seconds per page on your site, your web pages aren't providing the information they're looking for. There's a problem there somewhere. That's why they're clicking away so quickly and you're not making any sales.

David Jackson

Yes, you are right, i need to write new content which is short sweet and useful just like your site...
thank you for support me on v7n and on your site...
rep added (but your help is much more than rap....)
thank you very much...

David Jackson · #9 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nirav Dave

thank you for support me on v7n and on your site...
rep added (but your help is much more than rap....)
thank you very much...

Again, you're welcome and thank you for the rep.

The best advice I can give you at this point is slow down, and learn how to do things the right way. You'll be much better off in the long run.

Speaking of slowing down, I'm going to recommend you read my article The Impatience of Internet Marketing Newbies.

David Jackson

Nirav Dave · #10 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dWhite

I was going to run it through the adwords keyword tool to see how my many global searches it gets per month.

Ranking first page of Google for the keyword, but having a low amount of global searches pretty much renders it useless.

9,900 Global Monthly Searches
4,400 Local Monthly Searches (USA)

average 400 to 600 impressions...
But I was 10th on google....

sorry for late response...

Snooks · #11 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 05:02 PM

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It generally getting 20 - 30 unique visitors/day from that keyword

This equates to roughly 600-900 per month which is alround 8%-10% of the total search volume.

I would have thought that even given the small numbers, the percentages are such that you should have enjoyed some level of success. I would think that something on the page requires adjustment but without seeing it, its difficult to say.

Tweak, tune, adjust and retry

**ScriptMan** · #12 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 05:44 PM

And just a little common sense posted here. I don't know your product or your market but the US based market is usually the pits Dec, Jan and Feb unless you are selling gifts then the pit time Jan, Feb and March.

People get into Holiday mode and spend their money on the holidays, then the CC bills come in in Jan. Takes them a month or two to get back into a buying frame of mind.

moneyonlinesorg · #13 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 05:53 PM

Here's the issue, your keywords are they ones people use to find ANSWERS on the product, or are the keywords user use to find WHERE TO BUY the product. The reason you may not be getting all that great conversion is either from something on the page that's hindering it, or, you've optimized for keywords more related to those looking for info, learning about the product, etc, but not necessarily BUYING the product. Do some google keyword research and see if you can target something else, create another page, and compare the results.

I see things like that happen all the time. One keyword or phrase is one people tend using for information, and another is what they use for buying. You may need to find the buying one.

David Jackson · #14 (**permalink**) 03-05-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ScriptMan

the US based market is usually the pits Dec, Jan and Feb unless you are selling gifts then the pit time Jan, Feb and March.

People get into Holiday mode and spend their money on the holidays, then the CC bills come in in Jan. Takes them a month or two to get back into a buying frame of mind.

His problems run alot deeper than that. They're content and keyword related. Visitors are only staying on his site a few seconds. That's why he's not making any sales.

David Jackson

Nirav Dave · #15 (**permalink**) 03-06-2011, 12:40 AM

Without showing my website may be it is difficult to have true opinion...
Snooks, ScriptMan, moneyonlinesorg and David Jackson
I have sent you a message about my niche ans keyword...

I am eager to know your thoughts....
thank you very much fur your interest...

moneyonlinesorg · #16 (**permalink**) 03-06-2011, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by David Jackson

His problems run alot deeper than that. They're content and keyword related. Visitors are only staying on his site a few seconds. That's why he's not making any sales.

David Jackson

Believe it or not, I agree with you on this one. Allot of deceptive marketing practice going on there, and they're leaving his site, I'd guess, because they're thinking the right side images are categories within his website, and they're looking for more information. Beyond that, monetization isn't about sticking all our eggs in one basket, and it seems like he's stuck his in about 2. Site looks nice, but there's allot of things there that are examples of what NOT to do to try to make money online.

Yeah, he just sent me a PM, and I made some preliminary suggestions. Finding his content on that site is DIFFICULT, especially with full page posts of the entire articles instead of using snippet breaks like wordpress allows.

Sorry Dave, you've got allot of work ahead of you on that one. The keywords, I'd say are those directed to people searching for information on the topic, and with the way your website HIDES the information, it's the biggest reason they're leaving your site, and probably not converting because they thought it was more of your content, but it was your affiliate program.

moneyonlinesorg · #17 (**permalink**) 03-06-2011, 01:02 AM

And it's looking like you've got 3 posts total on the blog, so thin content as well, nothing much of anything there yet, no authority established which means they don't trust you yet, and without additional content, they never will. You need content development as well. Do a wireframe for your site for topics like I did for mine. Here's an example of a wireframe, it's not keyword optimized, I won't post that because someone would steal it

http://www.howtomakemoneyonlines.org...learning-list/

Create the wireframe, then brainstorm posts and get posting. People need to have things to read to get to know and trust us, without it, there's no authority, no trust, no buying.

Nirav Dave · #18 (**permalink**) 03-06-2011, 01:54 AM

Wow....
informative and cool...
will surely show you my site after "remake"...

nowinnofees · #19 (**permalink**) 03-06-2011, 02:14 PM

what is your website name..

how you are placing ads will also matters,,

check vivah-shadi.com , i get more than 15 clicks per day with just 100-120 visits..
just ad revenue.

synapsis · #20 (**permalink**) 03-06-2011, 02:24 PM

Good job that you have hit the top of your target niche.

Bad choice on hoping that Clickbank is going to make you some real money, I have found that CB products for the most part convert around $0.05 cents in regards to hops/purchases.

Take a look into other offers, not just CB. I'm a fan of CB don't get me wrong, just that some of their products are terrible and even if you hit a top niche, your not going to get much from it. Other than basically provide free advertising for someone else

Overall, I would advise you to take what you've learned and start applying it to another product. Perhaps this is just not the one. You will notice from many other CB people that they are not just spending time on one product, they are promoting many. The reason for this is exactly what I've stated, some products work and some don't in terms of conversions.

Good luck in your future endevors.