$8 in Three months!

[Penworthington]

It's clearly possible to make a sale, but firstly you need to have items for sale to begin with!

Before you spend ages posting a barrage of adverts of gadgets for sale I think you need to start to think about offering some form of niche. Mainstream buyers tend to go straight to Amazon, Ebay etc. for buying gadgets and gizmos. If people are arriving at your site through Google you have to ask yourself the question - why?

What is it that has brought them to your site, rather than to Amazon? Why did they decide you had something different to offer?

If you can answer that question you'll be well on your way to working out the best way of targetting those visitors with products that are more likely to result in a sale.

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Penworthington

It's clearly possible to make a sale, but firstly you need to have items for sale to begin with!

Before you spend ages posting a barrage of adverts of gadgets for sale I think you need to start to think about offering some form of niche. Mainstream buyers tend to go straight to Amazon, Ebay etc. for buying gadgets and gizmos. If people are arriving at your site through Google you have to ask yourself the question - why?

What is it that has brought them to your site, rather than to Amazon? Why did they decide you had something different to offer?

If you can answer that question you'll be well on your way to working out the best way of targetting those visitors with products that are more likely to result in a sale.

Thanks Mate, I just wanna try a new keyword for my site, Let me know how can i target it on my site, Actually i am not goog in seo, hope you can give me some idea..

[Penworthington]

Before offering any advice on SEO (which itself could easily take up much of a library, let alone a single forum thread) a word of caution...

'Trying' a 'new' keyword sounds a bit like having a go at Blackjack armed with your life savings.

Choosing a suitable keyword or key phrase should, like Blackjack, be approached with caution, huge piles of research and a clear understanding of why it is most suitable for you, what the competition is, how you'll promote it and what will help you convert to sales.

Did you just think of the new keyword off the top of your head, or have you thoroughly researched your choice?

[Rysk]

I'm really surprised by some of the poorly designed sites I see on the forum.
People are putting efforts into their link building but none on the site, if the site looks bad then people won't stay, there will be a high bounce rate and no one will click on anything.

I've realised there's a difference between a made for adsense site and an affiliate site, but even so, it doesn't take that much effort to improve a wordpress blog, change the lay-out, fonts etc.

I spent over 2 months writing the reviews and articles for my site, I got it professionally designed, I made the effort...

[Jamian]

Many people only focus on getting traffic, and don't focus on getting
sales. All

the traffic in the world will not make any good if you don't know what
your

visitors want to buy.

You can also try using squeeze page it converts much better.

Jamian

[digital29]

I only made 4$ in 3 months...you need to have patience and not to give up.
If you work hard, you will earn more eventually

[BethHewitt]

Why dont you have a video or something explaining who you are and what your site is about? Make it more personal breaks the ads and post up a bit? I always add google friends connect to my blogs just so that it adds to the sociability and allows people to see that you are authentic and real.

Might not help but just my two pennies worth

Good Luck,
Beth

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Jamian

Many people only focus on getting traffic, and don't focus on getting
sales. All

the traffic in the world will not make any good if you don't know what
your

visitors want to buy.

You can also try using squeeze page it converts much better.

Jamian

Originally Posted by digital29

I only made 4$ in 3 months...you need to have patience and not to give up.
If you work hard, you will earn more eventually

Thank god,i am not alone who make lil money from adsense!...i just make two sites more hope to get some revnue from them!

[Jason_prz]

Originally Posted by Penworthington

What was the issue with Ezine Articles?

They had stated that my content was not original, what I later found out is that my article source (ghostwriter) was not all that reliable for EZA. I had to email them through the membership area and explain; then they reinstated me. I hope to find a better one right really soon, was think about going on Elance

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Jamian

Many people only focus on getting traffic, and don't focus on getting
sales. All

the traffic in the world will not make any good if you don't know what
your

visitors want to buy.

You can also try using squeeze page it converts much better.

Jamian

Thanks jamian for nice idea, can you explain me how can i make good squeeze page?

[Fraggler]

Firstly, as many people have mentioned, your market is a hard one to deal with. It is full of tyre kickers who just like to read about 'cool stuff'. Your domain name will allow you to move into other markets which still call their products gadgets (good choice of name). Home improvement might be one, or house hold items.

Your traffic is coming from social networking sites, try and flip this over to organic traffic - people looking for the product, not reading about something that sounds cool. It is a lot harder to make someone impulse buy rather than direct their buying intentions to a point of sale.

Your point of sale should be Amazon or Ebay. Amazon is beatable in the SERPs so don't be put off by the idea. Find some cool gadgets that sell well and have great reviews on Amazon and do some keyword research to make sure people are looking for them. Target your gadgets on the site to these best selling gadgets on Amazon. There are some great autoblog plugins for Amazon that you can use too. These will allow you to get some long tails for products while you concentrate on your SEO'd money articles.

I like you sites design. Change the AdSense fonts over to Times and make sure the size fits in with the rest of your content.

I don't think a mailing list will work on the type of site you have. You aren't providing useful or targeted information, it is just a list of products. Remove unneccessary choices from your sidebar. You want them reading the article, and that's it. If you categorise properly then maybe have a list of similar products, but that's it.

[indodistro]

you need to sell online. make an online store that sell unique goods

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Fraggler

Firstly, as many people have mentioned, your market is a hard one to deal with. It is full of tyre kickers who just like to read about 'cool stuff'. Your domain name will allow you to move into other markets which still call their products gadgets (good choice of name). Home improvement might be one, or house hold items.

Your traffic is coming from social networking sites, try and flip this over to organic traffic - people looking for the product, not reading about something that sounds cool. It is a lot harder to make someone impulse buy rather than direct their buying intentions to a point of sale.

Your point of sale should be Amazon or Ebay. Amazon is beatable in the SERPs so don't be put off by the idea. Find some cool gadgets that sell well and have great reviews on Amazon and do some keyword research to make sure people are looking for them. Target your gadgets on the site to these best selling gadgets on Amazon. There are some great autoblog plugins for Amazon that you can use too. These will allow you to get some long tails for products while you concentrate on your SEO'd money articles.

I like you sites design. Change the AdSense fonts over to Times and make sure the size fits in with the rest of your content.

I don't think a mailing list will work on the type of site you have. You aren't providing useful or targeted information, it is just a list of products. Remove unneccessary choices from your sidebar. You want them reading the article, and that's it. If you categorise properly then maybe have a list of similar products, but that's it.

Thanks a lot Mate, It's really nice reply, One question comes in my mind, Is it ok to use Amazon autoblog plugins?

[Fraggler]

Originally Posted by saru4141

Thanks a lot Mate, It's really nice reply, One question comes in my mind, Is it ok to use Amazon autoblog plugins?

No worries

I use amazon 'autoblogs' with no issues yet. The one I use is a WSO called Amazon Auto eStore Wordpress Plugin or something like that. It is pretty simple to set up and get going.

I do not just use the auto posts as content though. I use the auto content (amazon products) to add extra content to my site and to attract people search for long tails about those products. If you backlink the rest of your site adequately the link juice will also help the other pages. I like to send a lot of links to my category pages for this reason.

I spend a lot of time researching the amazon products that are getting added to the site to see if they are being searched for a lot and if the competition is week. If the above is true I modify the auto posted article to include a proper sales orientated article. The content is original but still includes rewritten Amazon content and user reviews as well as exerts/rewritten content of other sites talking about the product. User forums are great for this. These modified articles are the ones I concentrate on for backlinking and other promotion.

You will also find that the category that your products come from also have a large collection of keywords that you can target. These are the words people use to find the products/gadgets before they find a particular one they like. Write articles for these keywords too and direct them straight to amazon. You don't want the people browsing your site for the products - send them straight to Amazon and let them convert the customer.

To also dilute the duplicate content you get from a straight product/amazon autoblog, I add RSS feed exertsto the footer of my blog. This also gives my pages some relevant outbound links to help set the theme.

Your site is obviously working and I think with some tweaking you can start to make some real cash. If you can change the target audience from the savvy tech guru to the home user who wants to buy a cool new toy you should do really well. Once the market changes you will also get clicks on your Adsense ads

I would also find another way of utilising your knowledge of the social networking sites. You maybe able to make some cash using another type of site if you can convert what you learnt with your gadget site to a more appropriate one. Maybe try sending some of your traffic to a CPA offer on your gadget site just to see if it will pay off.

[hariklia]

Looking at your site I'd say double check spelling, add a bit of colour maybe and definitely do something with the font.
Just my thought as a visitor of your site.

[sainteve21]

Originally Posted by JamesM

I once ran a blog about laptops (or notebooks - whatever you call them). My Adsense earnings were truly pitiful. The problem was that my visitors were pretty web savvy - technical users who wouldn't click ad blocks as much as the general public. It sounds like you might have a similar problem, especially as you seem to have some decent traffic.

I agree with the above comments, I think the visitors to your website (if they are from the right traffic/buying sources) would be particularly tech savvy, and for that sort of visitor/potential customer then there is a HUGE amount of advertising, which for this type of customer would just water down the overall websites credibility

Best of luck

[Mega B]

Its a great domain name but i feel its wasted on a blog as you are competing with some real big boys in this area,i would be more incline to setup a site using the www.associate-o-matic.com script and adding extra forms of revenue like adsense.

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Fraggler

No worries

I use amazon 'autoblogs' with no issues yet. The one I use is a WSO called Amazon Auto eStore Wordpress Plugin or something like that. It is pretty simple to set up and get going.

I do not just use the auto posts as content though. I use the auto content (amazon products) to add extra content to my site and to attract people search for long tails about those products. If you backlink the rest of your site adequately the link juice will also help the other pages. I like to send a lot of links to my category pages for this reason.

I spend a lot of time researching the amazon products that are getting added to the site to see if they are being searched for a lot and if the competition is week. If the above is true I modify the auto posted article to include a proper sales orientated article. The content is original but still includes rewritten Amazon content and user reviews as well as exerts/rewritten content of other sites talking about the product. User forums are great for this. These modified articles are the ones I concentrate on for backlinking and other promotion.

You will also find that the category that your products come from also have a large collection of keywords that you can target. These are the words people use to find the products/gadgets before they find a particular one they like. Write articles for these keywords too and direct them straight to amazon. You don't want the people browsing your site for the products - send them straight to Amazon and let them convert the customer.

To also dilute the duplicate content you get from a straight product/amazon autoblog, I add RSS feed exertsto the footer of my blog. This also gives my pages some relevant outbound links to help set the theme.

Your site is obviously working and I think with some tweaking you can start to make some real cash. If you can change the target audience from the savvy tech guru to the home user who wants to buy a cool new toy you should do really well. Once the market changes you will also get clicks on your Adsense ads

I would also find another way of utilising your knowledge of the social networking sites. You maybe able to make some cash using another type of site if you can convert what you learnt with your gadget site to a more appropriate one. Maybe try sending some of your traffic to a CPA offer on your gadget site just to see if it will pay off.

You seems full of knowledge, i am really hungry for that, Thanks for your suggestion.

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Mega B

Its a great domain name but i feel its wasted on a blog as you are competing with some real big boys in this area,i would be more incline to setup a site using the www.associate-o-matic.com script and adding extra forms of revenue like adsense.

Thanks for script, i'll surely check it..

[saru4141]

Friends Can you please suggest me how can i change my website into Amazon or any affiliate site..

[McBrett]

Since you already have good traffic coming into your blog I wouldn't worry about building out more links right now. I would focus 100% on trying to get a higher CTR on your blog since that seems to be the ultimate goal right now.

1.) I would try positioning my ads in different locations of your blog. Move the position of your ads for 7 days. Then take a look at your CTR for that week. If things improve, you know you're doing something right.

2.) Another easy test would be to add a plug in called Adsense Injection into your blog. WordPress Plugin: Adsense Injection

This plug in automatically inserts adsense ads into main content of your blog post. The plugin randomly changes up the position the selects the ad size randomly on each page view. This help fight ad blindness.

I agree that since you've got a tech blog going your CTR will be lower than other verticals.

Good luck on your optimization!

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by McBrett

Since you already have good traffic coming into your blog I wouldn't worry about building out more links right now. I would focus 100% on trying to get a higher CTR on your blog since that seems to be the ultimate goal right now.

1.) I would try positioning my ads in different locations of your blog. Move the position of your ads for 7 days. Then take a look at your CTR for that week. If things improve, you know you're doing something right.

2.) Another easy test would be to add a plug in called Adsense Injection into your blog. WordPress Plugin: Adsense Injection

This plug in automatically inserts adsense ads into main content of your blog post. The plugin randomly changes up the position the selects the ad size randomly on each page view. This help fight ad blindness.

I agree that since you've got a tech blog going your CTR will be lower than other verticals.

Good luck on your optimization!

Thanks McBrett, i also agree with you that tech blog have low ctr, But some time i get good value per click, mostly 50 to 80 cent.

[Altug]

You mentioned some of your traffic comes from stumbleupon or social networks. In my experience these site users are extremely tech savvy and only click through if they see something really cool - If they get there and see adsense they're likely to ignore the ads and browse to the content.

I bookmarked a new page on my site once which must have got on to the front page of StumbleUpon or it must have got some kind of prominent placing which resulted in nearly 2000 clicks through to the page but my adsense was the same as it was when I normally have my 400-600 organic visitors - in fact it was a little less! I agree with the people that said aim for the average joe.

Keep it up! Your motivation is excellent, don't let it wane!

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Altug

You mentioned some of your traffic comes from stumbleupon or social networks. In my experience these site users are extremely tech savvy and only click through if they see something really cool - If they get there and see adsense they're likely to ignore the ads and browse to the content.

I bookmarked a new page on my site once which must have got on to the front page of StumbleUpon or it must have got some kind of prominent placing which resulted in nearly 2000 clicks through to the page but my adsense was the same as it was when I normally have my 400-600 organic visitors - in fact it was a little less! I agree with the people that said aim for the average joe.

Keep it up! Your motivation is excellent, don't let it wane!

Thanks dear, i am working hard on my site, Actually i am newbie, i am learning from all of you guys.

[saru4141]

Hello @Fraggler Can you please give me your site link where your are using Amazon Auto Store Plugin, Actually i also wanna change my site in amazon affiliate store..

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by chimera28

Your site is ok, I think you need more money making links, maybe some affiliate programs.

Thanks Mate, Can you plz elobrate this?

[mrsray]

Just more proof you need to know your target audience ... Proper planning is the way to guarantee your products sell well.

Originally Posted by JamesM

I once ran a blog about laptops (or notebooks - whatever you call them). My Adsense earnings were truly pitiful. The problem was that my visitors were pretty web savvy - technical users who wouldn't click ad blocks as much as the general public. It sounds like you might have a similar problem, especially as you seem to have some decent traffic.

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by mrsray

Just more proof you need to know your target audience ... Proper planning is the way to guarantee your products sell well.

Thanks for your suggestion dear..

[saru4141]

Update: Today i earn $4.44 from 11 clicks..

[MisterMunch]

Originally Posted by saru4141

Update: Today i earn $4.44 from 11 clicks..

Congrats!

Next step is to look at your traffic stats, and see what posts get the most traffic. Rewrite those so they are more able to sell some products.

[Intrepreneur]

So how did you get along after our chat on Skype?

Are you more ambitious / inspired now?

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Intrepreneur

So how did you get along after our chat on Skype?

Are you more ambitious / inspired now?

Yes dear, i am really inspired from you, thanks for motivate me, actually i was on give up stage, But after reading your ebook, I think i am rechrage now. Thanks mate.

[robmena]

Look man you need someone to help you out, everyone will tell you do this do that, read this read that, your gonna hear a million things and your head will be spinning by the time you start, still not sure if that way will work or should you be doing this or that. I can help you with SEO and a good price. Click my signature and get my email to contact me since I cant send PM yet.

Check this post i made if you have time - Here WF

Thanks,
Robert

[shousley]

Sorry but I still don't like the font you used. It doesn't look professional. Also you are wasting too much space in your theme. I know you are using an auto-blog, but maybe you can edit the post format, they look messy and not well-aligned. Your About page is still the Wordpress default, maybe you can remove it or change its content. Same with the SHOP HERE page, it will only redirect to a blank page with only a comment area field.

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by samurai-x

change your layout (template) dude...

Can you Please suggest me which Layout should be best for my site? I am loooking High "Ctr" Layout because I am using adsense and wanna make some revnue..

[Lisasmoney]

What is the psot count to be able to PM. I am a new member and trying to learn what I need to know. Also how do I post myself. Not an answer, but a post of my own questions?

[usmanz]

This is enough earning with this much traffic

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by usmanz

This is enough earning with this much traffic

Sory friend, Can you elobrate your point!!

[Glassjaw009]

One main reason I believe your traffic isn't converting at your Blog's present state is one of your traffic sources. Twitter is a very hit or miss market. Since there is little to no demographic specification when harnessing Twitter traffic, your visitors are going to be of general interest by default. In order to get higher earnings, you must get higher quality traffic. I'm not saying Twitter traffic is bad, but I wouldn't even include visitors from Twitter in your conversion rate calculations. If you do, your conversion rates will seem much lower than they "actually" are when you would have the same amount of traffic if all of it came from the search engines.

To me, Twitter is a back burner type of thing and I wouldn't focus too heavily on it.

Hope this helps!

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Glassjaw009

One main reason I believe your traffic isn't converting at your Blog's present state is one of your traffic sources. Twitter is a very hit or miss market. Since there is little to no demographic specification when harnessing Twitter traffic, your visitors are going to be of general interest by default. In order to get higher earnings, you must get higher quality traffic. I'm not saying Twitter traffic is bad, but I wouldn't even include visitors from Twitter in your conversion rate calculations. If you do, your conversion rates will seem much lower than they "actually" are when you would have the same amount of traffic if all of it came from the search engines.

To me, Twitter is a back burner type of thing and I wouldn't focus too heavily on it.

Hope this helps!

Thank mate for your reply, I notice my 55% traffic comes from Google search engine.

[saru4141]

@Update: Today i got 6 clicks and earn $4

[gulliver2010]

i see a good potential earner, all you need to do is fine tune the site for more attractive ad positioning and you're all set.

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by gulliver2010

i see a good potential earner, all you need to do is fine tune the site for more attractive ad positioning and you're all set.

Thanks mate for your opinion, Actually i dont know Why i have less clicks with good traffic, there is no average earning of adsense for me, because some time i get nothing.

[Interent-marketing]

Its all about quality content and preselling, if your getting the traffic but no conversions, review it from a non biased angle and see it how the visitor sees it. What are they searching for? Are you providing this etc.

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by Interent-marketing

Its all about quality content and preselling, if your getting the traffic but no conversions, review it from a non biased angle and see it how the visitor sees it. What are they searching for? Are you providing this etc.

Thanks Dear, I am also working on it, hope to see good conversions with my traffic

[richhaz]

How's your list building going? You may want to work on improving your opt-in rates. Test some different calls to action.
Maybe: Hot Bargain Alerts by E-mail...instead of Subscribe.

[herisetiyawan]

it's weird...You should get more than that...You need learn more about making money with adsense..Or try to increase your blog's traffic..

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by herisetiyawan

it's weird...You should get more than that...You need learn more about making money with adsense..Or try to increase your blog's traffic..

Can you elobrate dude, how can i get more traffic to my blog?

[punksluck]

Originally Posted by saru4141

Can you elobrate dude, how can i get more traffic to my blog?

1. Make sure you have the wordpress 'SEO' plug-in and meta tag everything properly on your blog.
2. Submit your blog to the many, many blog directories out there.
3. Start creating backlinks from at least 20 different sites such as forums, press release sites etc...
4. write and submit at least 20 unique content articles to EzineArticles or GoArticles.

that should get you a decent ranking and your foot firmly on the ladder to success!

[saru4141]

Originally Posted by punksluck

1. Make sure you have the wordpress 'SEO' plug-in and meta tag everything properly on your blog.
2. Submit your blog to the many, many blog directories out there.
3. Start creating backlinks from at least 20 different sites such as forums, press release sites etc...
4. write and submit at least 20 unique content articles to EzineArticles or GoArticles.

that should get you a decent ranking and your foot firmly on the ladder to success!

Thanks Mate for your opinion, Is there any easy way to get create backlinks, becuase blog commenting is really time consuming, anyway it's really helpful for me