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Any suggestions for my new media site? (wordpress)

by BlackReef
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I built this about a week ago, and have been trying to keep it updated regularly:

TheOpSec.com <--I am unable to post links due to my new account

Like everyone else here, I am trying to get rich lol.

Any suggestions on what I can do to improve? Are my ad locations OK? I've made about $30 so far, in its first week. I dont know if that is good or bad but I want to make much, much more.

Any help would be appreciated!
#media #site #suggestions #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author MrElectric
    Right off the bat I don't see any attempt to collect email addresses, other than that it seems decent.

    Are you rotating ads to see which ones perform the best?

    Are you just providing broad news stories or are you sort of angling to a particular crowd that are only interested in certain types of news stories? I would choose the latter to set yourself apart somewhat so you're not competing with the larger news sites.

    Are your ads sort of random or are they targeted to the type of people that go to your site?
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    • Profile picture of the author BlackReef
      Originally Posted by MrElectric View Post

      Right off the bat I don't see any attempt to collect email addresses, other than that it seems decent.

      Are you rotating ads to see which ones perform the best?

      Are you just providing broad news stories or are you sort of angling to a particular crowd that are only interested in certain types of news stories? I would choose the latter to set yourself apart somewhat so you're not competing with the larger news sites.

      Are your ads sort of random or are they targeted to the type of people that go to your site?
      Thanks for the reply! Currently I am having issues with the newsletter subscription option, so I am getting the bugs worked out and I hope to be taking email subscriptions in the next few days.

      As for the news - I have decided to fill a niche role of the more serious news, instead of appealing to a broader spectrum - just as you mentioned. You can tell that the latest articles on the site are geared towards a certain type of crowd.

      The Ads? I am a complete n00b at the ads man lol. I just signed up for Google Ad-Sense, and I am just inputting the code into the text widgets. Nothing specific, just google adsense.

      If there is a better way, Id love to know!

      Thanks again,
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