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Building Two New Niche Sites, I Need Advice...

by Dayne Dylan Banned
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Hey Warriors,

I've got a question. I've got a new niche ebook I want to create a site for. Now in the past, I would create a salesletter site and promote it that way. But now, with Google, they are not liking these kinds of sites.

So I'm thinking of doing one of these two options, which do you think is the best option...

A. Niche Content site with Banner Ad Pointing To External Salesletter Website

For this option I would build out a content site on the subject my ebook is about. The goal is to make it content rich and SEO friendly. Then I would put a prominent banner ad in the upper right hand side of all pages. This would point to my other salesletter website for my ebook.

B. Niche Content Website with Banner Ad Pointing To Salesletter Internally

For this option I would build out my content site, and still place the banner ad as I did in option A above. But in this case, it would go to my salesletter contained on the same site URL like: mysite.com/product

Now keep in mind I want to do several things with this...

- Avoid getting penalized by Google in anyway (I know they don't like affiliate sites either and I don't want to look like one)
- Make my product available to affiliates via Clickbank
- Get solid SEO traffic overtime

So which option or route should I choose, or do you have other ideas?
#advice #building #niche #sites
  • Profile picture of the author scrofford
    I'm actually getting ready to do the same thing, and I would like an answer on this too! I really don't know how much of a difference it will make, although option B might be better because the sales page is within the site itself. I really don't know though.
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  • Profile picture of the author sarlat
    Option B looks good. You can always have a different site for clickbank.

    I would also add that you should build a list and then sell the book to each person in your list when you consider the time is right. Or you could place an advert in your email with a link to the book so they see the ad every day.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dayne Dylan
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    I want to be able to not only please Google by getting good SE ranks, but I also want to be able to brand my guide and gain affiliates as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Carlton Johnson
    I would go for option A.

    I don't promote clickbank products that are obviously part of a larger site. the simple reason for that is that if I send my customers to your site and it is yourdomain.com/myproductisgreat.html then that could be a distraction for people and they will want to browse around the rest of the site before buying so they will remove the myproductisgreat.html part and start browsing yourdomain.com.

    If I am spending time and money sending people to your offer I want you to have as minimum distractions for them as possible. This is why some of the top vendors on places like clickbank these days don't even have email sign ups. They just go straight fo the kill. I am not saying I go along with that mindset totally, but I like the mentailty of less distractions.

    Those are just my thoughts though. I have also come across vendors on clickbank that will use this method to then try and sell my customers their product through a different Url, not through clickbank which means I don't get the commission.

    Focus the content rich site on SEO, if you like, but have your sales page as your sales page on a different domain. I would just have the sales page and and affiliate tools page, contact us etc on the sales domain. I wouldn't worry about SEO at all for the sales page, just focus on conversion.

    Hope that makes sense.
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    • Profile picture of the author WinstonTian
      Do you really need SEO?

      Take a look at this thread I posted
      earlier about the correct philosophy
      on thinking about marketing.

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...hange-you.html

      Don't be led by traffic. Instead, find
      out where the most responsive
      customers for your market come from
      (email? PPC? Solo ads? Media buys?), then
      develop a plan from there.

      Don't be so rigid on SEO! From what I
      know, SEO traffic hardly converts even
      for just opt-ins unless it's a late-stage
      transactional query.

      PPC is where you're forced to use these
      late-stage transactional queries as well to
      cut down costs, and would be my
      preference due to speed-testing.

      Winston Tian
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      • Profile picture of the author Dayne Dylan
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        Originally Posted by WinstonTian View Post


        From what I know, SEO traffic hardly converts even
        for just opt-ins unless it's a late-stage transactional query.

        Winston Tian
        Says who? If you target "buy" phrases, then it can be VERY good. And that is what I'm looking at doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Windbol
    Thank you for the advice. Appreciate it.
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    I'm not sure who told you google doesn't like affiliate sites but they gave you very bad info. As for banners, they have converted terribly for me so I no longer use them. Stick with in-content links with strong calls to action.
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    • Profile picture of the author BTbuzz
      Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

      I'm not sure who told you google doesn't like affiliate sites but they gave you very bad info. As for banners, they have converted terribly for me so I no longer use them. Stick with in-content links with strong calls to action.
      Fear is telling him google does not like affiliate sites from all the bs out there
      like a bunch of rabbits. If we all grow some balls and go for it.
      Instead of shaking in our boots about damn google, No battles are won in a foxhole.
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