Hey guys. I come from an SEO background where the traffic quality is obviously amazing if you're ranking for end of buying cycle terms. As i'm trying to learn the paid side of things I'm having a hard time believing 2000+ people clicked on a very descriptive ad and not one of them filled out an email form.
I've run 4 total campaign in different verticals on Advertise.com's contextual traffic platform. After 6500 clicks and not one conversion I figured something is off. Does anyone have any success stories with advertise.com, or should I move on. I have a Traffic Vance account, are there any other's you would recommend? Thanks in advanced!
J
If you say your landing page was good then you have to talk to advertise.com and tell them you need converting traffic and refine the keywords that will help a lot.
Make sure you're tracking the Publisher ID's with the <<AFFSUB>> parameter. There is a lot of bad traffic, so it'll take a lot of testing and $$$ to weed out the bad targets. Some GEOs will make you take a loss, but don't lose hope. Test, test and test some more! Remember... You're not wasting money, you're just buying data! 
Do they have domain PPV traffic, or just RON?
On advertise depends on verticlas, for some You must invest money and find good targets for some You just lost money. Period. That is my expirience...
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I have clients that sell into their network. What kinds of offers or LP's are you pushing? Just curious if I have seen yours come through. You also have to remember that it depends on the traffic source. Sometimes with adware the end user has gotten tired of popups unless its really targeted. The spammy ads are just closed IMO.