I've been studying Affiliate Marketing for a few months now, I ran one campaign (Christian Mingle) on POF for a day just to get a feel for process, setup, and how everything is when its running. I had two campaigns; 1: 30-34 yrs old, 2: 35-39 yrs old; Males in the US and some other targeting.
30-34 Group
16,253 Impressions
7 Clicks
0.043% CTR
35-39 Group
3,969 Impressions (Late to get approved)
4 Clicks
0.101% CTR
Obviously not enough data, but I can't help but wonder if not having a landing page contributed to clicks but no conversions.
How do I make a Landing page?!
It sounds almost stupid to ask but I can't find a tutorial on here. I don't know HTML but am going to start finding tutorials online. Are there templates to work from readily available? What programs can I use to edit them? (Working from a Macbook Pro or PC).
I have heard most of POF is direct link but maybe it would be worth a shot to copy a campaign and run one with and one without a landing page.
Can someone better direct me?
Thanks!
http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/
There are others out there, I find this one to be the quickest/easiest for landing pages
Also, that sample size is veeeeeeeeeeeerrrrry small, but your thinking is right, it's always a good idea to split test direct linking and landing pages.