Need a suggestion with my project

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Hello,

I started my own website (with my cousin) few months ago. That site will be (is) about some specific books reviews. At this point only 4 reviews. A problem is that my cousin stopped reading/reviewing more books because he has some urgent work which he must complete. He will be able to start reviewing again in 1-2 months.

So my question is:
What can I do with that website now ?
or any suggestion what to do now. Launch atleast squeeze/landing page ? Make it offline or online with just 4 reviews ? How to prepare that site for launch ?

I'll appreciate any help.
#project #suggestion
  • Profile picture of the author CynthiaC
    What was the original focus for the site?

    did you want to drive traffic to buy these books? Affiliate sales? Publishing services?
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  • Profile picture of the author ingfefe
    My idea is Affiliate sales and adsense (or something similar).
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  • Profile picture of the author Trummer
    Hi
    I started out with my own blog a few weeks ago in a programm called The Quick Start Challenge. One thing i learned and which i recommend to you is: Don`t get it right, get it going - meaning: don`t overcomplicate it, get the site online, and work on it. You will learn as you go... - i am doing so myself and it works well.
    Set goals, write them down and stick to your plan.
    If you need more reviews you can check out fiverr - you get nearly everything there for 5 bucks.
    Are you doing affiliate marketing with your reviews? - You can sign up to amazon associates and get commissions for books purchased through your links. Or you can add google adsense to your site. If people click on the ad, you get a small commission. I hope that helps - you are welcome to check out my site, if you need more tips. All the best, Richard
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  • Profile picture of the author fosu
    Originally Posted by ingfefe View Post

    Hello,
    So my question is:
    What can I do with that website now ?
    or any suggestion what to do now. Launch atleast squeeze/landing page ? Make it offline or online with just 4 reviews ? How to prepare that site for launch ?
    I'll appreciate any help.
    Look first if the site has some traffic or not, The traffic is the motherboard of the Internet marketing, if your website has no traffic than try to promote first and bring some natural traffic, in the meantime check and investigate (keywords, backlink etc...) if your site has your adsense on it be careful with traffic you buy,

    A big NO if you are going to launch your site with heavy traffic and your Adsense on it, you risk to loose you Adsense account

    If you disable your Adsense code and display your site here, we might give you more advice.
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    • Profile picture of the author ingfefe
      I dont have adsense on that site yet and thanks, now I know that I'll wait with it Anyway I was not bringing traffic to my site because that site it's not prepared for it.
      I know that 4 reviews are super low, that's why I'm asking you to a suggestion what to do without reviews so I'm not just wasting money for domain/hosting/etc.
      It's possible to buy a book review ?
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      • Profile picture of the author EveGood
        Originally Posted by ingfefe View Post

        It's possible to buy a book review ?
        You can outsource just about anything! Yes, you could get book reviews written on outsourcing sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author JensSteyaert
    I would just keep adding content if i were you, 4 reviews is not that much.

    Keep adding more content and after that think about adding monetization methods
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