UPDATE: I am no longer a member of PPC-Coach.com, as I was banned for making Affiliit.com … apparently the owner (Will aka ppc-coach) does not like competition, although that’s not what this site was built for.

1. PPC-Coach is very limited…strictly PPC, and a lot of outdated methods and material.
2. Affiliit.com teaches INTERNET MARKETING, using SEO, PPC, PPV (later in the course), Article Marketing, List Building, etc., etc… there’s NO competition here. None at all.

So, you won’t see me on that site ever again. You can read this post here for more details, if you’d like.
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Alright, I’ve decided to do a simple tutorial on how I create polls using a simple system I’ve developed that keeps me from losing focus, and allows me to create polls within 30 minutes, regardless of size.

If you’re a member of PPC Coach, you’ll understand this post… if not: you may not have a clue.

WARNING: This system I’ve come up with uses several paid tools. They will be listed, but I wanted to give you a warning. I will try my best to come up with alternatives (free), but I can’t promise the same results.

Anyone that has done polls already knows that there’s a few tools available for quick research. BuzzDash.com is a great resource, but Yahoo! Buzz is another, as well as Google Hot Trends.

So, what I like to do first is come up with an idea. I use BuzzDash.com and Yahoo! Buzz to start my research with. What am I looking for? I want to see what’s hot, what looks like something people are interested in…

But my MAIN goal is to find something that I know will either make someone extremely angry, or extremely happy…or somewhere in between. Either way, I want the person to CLICK THE AD, go to the Poll and SUBMIT THEIR VOTE — and when they’re done, I want them to PUT IN THEIR INFORMATION. Right? Of course.

So what we’re looking for is something that everyone knows about… for instance: Chris Brown and Rihanna.

Yes, I know…everyone has tried this poll. Everyone claims they didn’t make money with this poll.

Guess what? Screw their results! I have made money with a Chris Brown and Rihanna poll because I made people angry with the Ad and the Poll title. I made Rihanna fans angry, and Chris Brown fans hopeful.

I showed a picture of Rihanna’s face and asked a simple question “Is Chris Brown Really Guilty Of Beating Rihanna?”

That question would piss off a lot of people and practically FORCE them to want to give their opinions. But some people claim that putting a subtitle such as “win a $250 gift card for voting” is necessary. Personally, I don’t know if this is true, because *I* have not tested this.

As the late Corey Rudl said: “Test everything, ASSume Nothing.”

Do I use this method? Sure, because the majority of people say it works, so I’ve kept it that way. If and when I decide to test it without the subtitle being that way, I will. But, for now I will keep it…

So, for the subtitle, I keep it as “Vote now and enter to win a [offer]” … simple as that.

I ALWAYS find a GOOD picture that will make the headline stand out. Using a picture of Rihanna’s bruised face will paint the picture perfectly. So will showing Joaquin Pheonix’s crazy beard for a “Did Joaquin Phoenix Hit Rock Bottom?” type poll.

I’ve tested with Buttons above the picture and below. For *ME*, I’ve noticed that buttons above work best.

Always test colors. Try several different colors and see what works best for THAT poll.

“Test everything, ASSume NOTHING.” – Corey Rudl

Alright, now that we’ve got the basics out of the way, let’s explain the system:

Poll Idea Research -> Keyword Research -> pollfactory -> (<- tracking ->) -> SpeedPPC -> Google Adwords Editor -> LAUNCH!  (details below)

1. Poll Idea Research: I always start off with trying to find out a good topic. I use BuzzDash.com, Yahoo! Buzz and Google Trends to start my research off. Remember — we’re looking for an idea of what kind of Poll to come up with. Don’t over think this, because we need to get 5-10 polls out each and every day, right? Right.

Spend about 5-10 minutes doing this… but no more than that. You may even already have several ideas in your head. Write them down and see if there’s anything that says they’re not worth it.

2. Keyword Research: I use Keyword Elite for this part. I use it because it’s automatic and it comes up with plenty of keywords for me without much effort. You WILL need to do a CAPTCHA image before you can minimize the program, though! Put in a keyword, wait for the CAPTCHA, and then minimize it.

TIP: ONLY USE GOOGLE AND Yahoo for your Search Engines. This way, you’ll get MUCH better keyword results. The other engines spit out some really stupid keywords.

You can try this with the Google Keyword Tool, but I cannot say how much extra time it will add, exactly. I do know that it will be much longer than Keyword Elite … that’s for sure.

3. poll factory: Here comes the fun part! Setting up Polls with poll factory is AWESOME. I love this program. I won’t get into details about how to use it (there’s plenty of documentation, and it’s VERY easy to use), but I will explain how to quickly use it in this system.

I setup the poll how I need it, with RSS and I even throw in a new news article in the Content part – but I lower (using the Enter button the content to keep it below the fold after the poll is finished.

USING Prosper 202: If you’re using prosper202/Tracking202, use this tutorial to explain how easy it is to setup T202 with pollfactory. It’s a great tutorial!

I usually add in my JavaScript and Offer link before grabbing the output, IF I use T202… but, personally, I tend to SKIP the tracking right off the bat. Why? It’s too demanding of my time right now. If I see potential – I will come back and insert tracking later.

HLOLA: I personally use HLOLA and T202 both. HLOLA is quicker to setup than T202 (free version), so I prefer IT over T202 for polls.

PPC Coach Tracker: This is another quick way for tracking, if you’re a member of this site

4. SpeedPPC: OK, here’s another paid tool I like to use. Why? Well, because it drives the time spent on campaigns down to a SERIOUS minimum. You can skip this part and do things with the PPC Coach content generator tools if you want!

So, you have a choice of either. Some of you may already own this tool, so this is for you.

If you’re using tracking – you need to throw your tracking URL into the URL Template field. For P202, you need to change kw={keyword} to kw={seed}  … if you use HLOLA, do the same.

In HLOLA, I also like to change the hg= to hg={adgroup} and hn= to hn=content  … this way you get more tracking potential. With PPC Coach’s Tracker, you should get the point by now!

YOU HAVE to do this part with SpeedPPC, though.

SpeedPPC will seriously make this part so much easier, and I will always HIGHLY suggest this tool. It’s an awesome time-saver. It’s what takes this system from a long, stressful task, to a quick and easy and FUN task.

Grab the output for the Keywords and Text ads and now open up Google Adwords Editor

5. Google Adwords Editor: This is the final part of the system. It’s EXTREMELY simple to use, too. Don’t let the size of this software scare you!

From SpeedPPC or PPC Coach’s Content Generator tool: Grab the Keyword List and go into AE (Google Adwords Editor) and go to DATA > KEYWORDS > ADD/UPDATE MULTIPLE KEYWORDS … when the box opens up, make sure it shows the Radio Button is on the “My Keyword Information..” blah blah. You’ll see it!

Now, put in those Keywords into that box and click NEXT. Finish that up and go back into SpeedPPC or PPCC Content Generator tool and get the TEXT ADS out of the lower box.

Now, you go into AE and go to DATA > TEXT ADS > ADD/UPDATE MULTIPLE TEXT ADS

It’s the same thing as before.

When you’re done with that part, it’s time to click on THAT CAMPAIGN (make sure you’re inside of the CURRENT campaign!) and click the AD GROUPS tab. When the Ad groups all come up as a list, right click > SELECT ALL. Now you want to put down your bids and all of that. I usually start out from 20-25 cents and slowly bid down during the day.

When you’re done with the ad groups, go and set your daily budget and all of that in the campaign tab. MAKE SURE you set the Search Network to NONE!

When you’re done with all of that stuff, click on the POST CHANGES button, then when the Box comes up – click on the campaign you want to post changes for and you’re done!

Poll Idea Research -> Keyword Research -> pollfactory -> (<- tracking ->) -> SpeedPPC -> Google Adwords Editor -> LAUNCH!

All that’s left is slowly bringing your bids down throughout the day!

Hope this helps!

TIP: Use WordPress on the domain, and add caffeinated content to auto-add content for you. DON’T over do it! 1 addition per day is fine… don’t do 20 posts a day, or you WILL get slapped. You should also add a few blog posts of your own throughout the week. This shows that your site is real (to Google) and that you’re not just using it for Poll-Spam