Website gaining good traffic, earnings still so/so

Harvey M

12 years ago

What's your business model mate? How have you configured your list and funnel? We need this sort of information.

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robp12

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Harvey M

What's your business model mate? How have you configured your list and funnel? We need this sort of information.

I started building my list around October and it now has around 40 people on my e-mail list which I utilize AWeber for. The numbers have been improving pretty steadily, as I began to offer a free book giveaway for anyone who signs up for the newsletter.

My business model is mostly affiliate posts, in which I talk about a topic, whether it's books, sports and promote an affiliate program or product in conjunction to my content. I also utilize Google AdSense, but my earnings aren't too great on that, only around $1 a day.

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Harvey M

12 years ago

Originally Posted by robp12

I started building my list around October and it now has around 40 people on my e-mail list which I utilize AWeber for. The numbers have been improving pretty steadily, as I began to offer a free book giveaway for anyone who signs up for the newsletter.

My business model is mostly affiliate posts, in which I talk about a topic, whether it's books, sports and promote an affiliate program or product in conjunction to my content. I also utilize Google AdSense, but my earnings aren't too great on that, only around $1 a day.

1. Get more people on your list. SEO, generating more straffic, better funnel, etc.
2. Don't just talk about such and such. Try to build a relationship with them. Start pre-selling the importance of your affiliate products to them.
3. Don't expect many sales with 40 people on your list. Just plain not enough.
4. If you AdSense earnings at $1 a day, get rid of it. Focus on on business model at a time. If that's selling affiliate products, do that. If it's AdSense, do that.

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RyanLester 12 years ago

The big thing is not too cover the site with too many ads.

Are you capturing the visitors and building a relationship? remember, email marketing aint going nowhere anytime soon.
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robp12

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Harvey M

1. Get more people on your list. SEO, generating more straffic, better funnel, etc.
2. Don't just talk about such and such. Try to build a relationship with them. Start pre-selling the importance of your affiliate products to them.
3. Don't expect many sales with 40 people on your list. Just plain not enough.
4. If you AdSense earnings at $1 a day, get rid of it. Focus on on business model at a time. If that's selling affiliate products, do that. If it's AdSense, do that.

I agree with all of what your saying. I've worked extremely hard to build up relationships with a wide variety of readers and earn their trust. As for the email list, I realize it's quite small, which is why I'm making a concerted effort to build it up through free prize giveaways and other added incentives.

I feel like my efforts are certainly paying off in terms of traffic, so hopefully with my continued hard work and some trained advice, I can increase earnings in direct proportion to traffic.

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everydayreviews

12 years ago

that's a cool site. no advice, but i admire your work

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robp12 12 years ago

Originally Posted by everydayreviews

that's a cool site. no advice, but i admire your work

Thank you, I really appreciate the kind words.
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- MariusPrice 12 years ago
  
  Hey Rob definitely you have a nice site and a lot of traffic and maybe will be good to add a new category Internet Marketing and see how your traffic respond.
  
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roosevelt

12 years ago

I think you can improve your website revenue by changing your ad placements. For example, adding a square banner right under the main article title always increased click through rate for my sites.

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lapeoro

12 years ago

Build some links and bookmark all the posts to the top bookmarking sites and gain more traffic.Thereafter you can generate more revenue.

More traffic results in generating more revenue.

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Cataclysm1987

12 years ago

Maybe you could launch some of your own bro products and promote them to your bro list with a bro webinar? A brobinar, if you will.

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Bredfan

12 years ago

Hey - Love Studiopress and Genesis...good stuff. The site looks great.

One thing I noticed was the aweber form: "Sign up for our newsletter to receive our FREE E-Book and product giveaways!"

Maybe tighten that up a little to be more specific? What's the eBook about?

Also - the form is subordinated to the social buttons on the Home Page. That's fine, if Likes or Follows are more important to you. Maybe put some thought into what's more important and highlight that above the fold.

Last - it's definitely a debatable topic around here... But I also have a site in a niche that is harder to monetize (politics). I started using a pop up to get signups and it seems to be working better than any on-page signup form did. Maybe you could try that?

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robp12

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Bredfan

Hey - Love Studiopress and Genesis...good stuff. The site looks great.

One thing I noticed was the aweber form: "Sign up for our newsletter to receive our FREE E-Book and product giveaways!"

Maybe tighten that up a little to be more specific? What's the eBook about?

Also - the form is subordinated to the social buttons on the Home Page. That's fine, if Likes or Follows are more important to you. Maybe put some thought into what's more important and highlight that above the fold.

Last - it's definitely a debatable topic around here... But I also have a site in a niche that is harder to monetize (politics). I started using a pop up to get signups and it seems to be working better than any on-page signup form did. Maybe you could try that?

Thanks for the advice. I too have tried a pop-up (specifically the Pop-Up Domination plug-in), and it simply didn't convert too well. I decided to ditch it because I felt like it might piss some of my readers off and I just didn't think it was worth it for the amount of subscribers I gained from it, which was minimal.

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lucidsuccess

12 years ago

try some backlinking strategies.

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robp12

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lucidsuccess

try some backlinking strategies.

I've done some organic backlinking strategies, but I'm honestly afraid to purchase any backlinking strategies because I think they might damage my sites reputation or even harm my relationship with Google.

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GeraldNitram

12 years ago

Originally Posted by robp12

I've done some organic backlinking strategies, but I'm honestly afraid to purchase any backlinking strategies because I think they might damage my sites reputation or even harm my relationship with Google.

Good choice. If you have the time, you can do this by yourself. Do you allot time for your backlinking efforts? Well, other than posting here in the Warrior Forums, of course.

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robp12

12 years ago

Originally Posted by GeraldNitram

Good choice. If you have the time, you can do this by yourself. Do you allot time for your backlinking efforts? Well, other than posting here in the Warrior Forums, of course.

I usually send my content to relevant sites for backlinking and content promotion. Not only does that help me build a bigger following, but it also works to advance the SEO of my site as well.

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