How I used FREE PPC Ads to Land $145 in Audiobook Sales
What I love most about driving traffic to my audiobook on Audible is that Audible pays to re-target traffic to your product page.
If you don't know how retargeting/remarketing works, then I will explain it briefly.
When some visits a particular website page, in this case, my specific audiobook page on Audible.com, a tracking cookie is placed on that computer, and for 2-3 months after, that specific webpage visitor will see a banner/display ad for my audiobook almost everywhere on the web they go afterwards.
So if they don't buy today, they will be reminded to purchase it a later point in time.
Normally, I would have to pay extra to retarget people, so this is an awesome bonus that ACX/Audible.com does for you!
So, how did you do it, Miles?
Quite simply...with a little skill and a little luck.
Click "READ MORE" to find out how I did it...
I received emails from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions offering me $50 in free ads credit 8 different times. I suspect that I got these emails by having a company profile page and a paid personal account. 8 times $50 equals $400 in free ad spend, and I only spent $1.85 of my own dinero!
$400 in FREE LinkedIn Pay-Per-Click Ads
I mainly focused ads to target recent college graduates and millennial career-focused groups.
Bing & Yahoo Pay-per-Click Ads
I spent $46.61 of my own greenbacks and obtained $75 in free ad credit from Bing.
I achieved 201,768 impressions and 225 clicks to my product page on Audible.com
LinkedIn, Bing, & Yahoo Combined
I spent $48.46 of my own money and got $144.74 in royalties which tripled my money.
"But, wait", you may say. "If you had spent the $475 of your own money, you would've lost money.
And you would be absolutely correct in that statement. I am showing you a way to legitimately hack nearly free traffic that turned into sales for my audiobook. Your results might be better or worse.
Now, it did take me some of my time, which is valuable, but I see this as a long term investment into building my brand which is super important to have success these days. "Build it, and they will come immediately" is dead. If you are in this for the short term gain, you will likely get discouraged and disappointed.
Why Didn't You Use Google Adwords?
Yes, it is.
I highly recommend using Google Adwords, since if you search on the web, you can find a coupon code to get $50-$150 in free ads if you spend the first $50. I had already used a free code a couple of years ago, so I wasn't able to run Google Adwords for this campaign.
But you certainly could and should apply the same tactics to Adwords.
Bonus Tip: Which Ad Copy Performed Best?
Not only does this help me by directing more of my campaign spend to the top performing ads, but it helps me understand what words people respond most to.
This is a great way to hack keywords that convert the best; then you can use them for other campaigns outside of PPC.