I would definitely try to determine where your traffic is coming from. You may consider a free service like http://www.statcounter.com.

They will tell you everything about your visitors such as country, referral keyword, referral site, time on page, etc.

-Ben

Thanks,
Rich

Congrats on all your accomplishments! It is inspiring to hear stories like yours.

As for your questions:

1. credit card companies generally look for a privacy policy – and that it is linked to from your home page. They also look for some content such as articles and/or unique material about money/finance, etc.

That being said, some networks are more lenient than others. Check out http://www.ncsreporting.com as they generally approve you more often than not for their programs.

2. In any event, I would encourage you to focus on your existing business. It sounds easier to make money than the credit cards since you already have the sales funnel.

As for your bid, I can’t say whether $2.00 is too much to pay because I don’t know your:

(a) conversion rate of a click to lead to sales, etc.

(b) or what a lead is worth.

It really comes down to simple math:

How much, on average, are you MAKING on a click?

Without knowing that, I can say that $2.00 is steep no matter what business you are in. Can I ask why you are paying that much. Is is because of a poor quality score or because it is competitive.

I assume that if you are a local company you should not be paying anything close to $2.00 per click.

I hope this helps.

-Ben Moskel

I have been reading all your emails for a while now. Everything from little tips to the conference you guys are going to have on December 4th and 5th. I just wanted to see if you could give me some advice.

I am a college student and I currently own a bathtub refinishing company with my husband. About a year ago I created the website for the company and set up an Adwords campaign. This website was my first website ever to design and the Adwords campaign was the first I ever ran, so I read a lot from all kinds of sources about Adwords, SEO, website design, etc. I became fascinated with the online part of my company, which actually drives all the revenue.

When I saw your program about a year ago, it really caught my attention as it said it was for the Online Entrepreneur, and at the time I was applying to the #1 Entrepreneurship Program (WCE) in the nation. To make the story short, I got into the WCE program, and I also got your program. I read the entire Online Entrepreneur book and watched the video that comes with it. I started a website designed for credit cards, but I had a bit of a hard time with the approval of the credit card companies for my website. I was wondering if you could tell me what type of content credit card affiliate companies look for so that I may get approved? I was also wondering if you think $2.00 per click for a keyword like bathtub refinishing is too much, or is it at the right price?

I also wanted to let you know I really wanted to attend the December conference but I happen to have a Statistics final exam on the 5th. So I will be looking forward to the next seminar.

Thank you so much for your help and your time.

Sincerely,

Laura