Alternatives: affiliates, email, social media, others???
.com/SteveSherlock
2. Own affiliate network:
Benefits:
Better ROI
Brand building
Co-op marketing
Builds traffic & links
Look out for:
Switching
Low CR
Slow ramp up
A BETTER WIDGET > .com/SteveSherlock
2. Third party affiliate networks:
Benefits:
ramp up
easy admin
Brand building
no ad serving
Look out for:
Easy switching
lose control
Key word bidding
30 day & 48 hour cookies
.com/SteveSherlock
3. Metrics to support relying less:
repeat user rates Avg 30%
conversion rates
cost per acquisition
annual value of a client
brand vs. generic key word search
.com/SteveSherlock
3. Top 8 Google Organic Terms by Bookings .com/SteveSherlock Keywords Conv. rate 1. oodles 2. oodles .com.au 21.52% 3. oodles .com 4. oodles car hire 5. car hire comparison 6. car hire melbourne 5.26% 7. oodles car rental 20% 8. newcastle airport car hire
Presentation by Steve Sherlock, founder of Oodles.c more
Presentation by Steve Sherlock, founder of Oodles.com at the 2009 Travel Tech Conference.
Steve argues that the ambition should be to get direct traffic via product differentiation. However its a process and in the meantime smart use of search and affilaites will buy you time. less
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