4000+ Unique Hits A Day, No Money, What Gives?

12 years ago

What the?!!

Man! 110,000+ a month is craaazy! In what niche are you? How do you monetize your site?

And which traffic sources are you using? The key to make a site convert is to build it based on a niche that has tons of buyers. And then you've got to know your potential customer as if they were your closest friends!

You should know their emotions: what they like, what they hate, what makes 'em jealous,etc.

A TERRIFIC WSO course to learn more about market research was released months ago by Kevin Rogers & Ben Johnson. Go grab it right now, and master the techniques of proper market research.

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Chronological 12 years ago

I know, that's what I thought when I dinged 4,600 just on last thursday 12am - 11:59pm... and I made $0.60 with AdSense. All of my stats are terrible w/ Adsense.

As for my niche, I saw a great opportunity to write tips, tricks, and information about a mobile game that was hugely popular, but didn't yet have a lot of information on the internet pertaining to it. Because of that I get tons of new and repeat visitors. I love doing it as a hobby but I would also like to monetize. I just can't seem to find a mobile ad network that works for me... or rather.. I can't seem to use it properly!

I will definitely check out your suggestion and thank you for the input!!
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  I hope you can monetize that traffic soon. Also, could you name a few of the sites you use to share game tips. Where do you get your traffic from? Thanks
  
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Andrew Kauzlaric 12 years ago

That's quite the traffic!

It all depends on what the niche and purpose of the website is, and also if you have the proper landing pages and squeeze pages to convert all of that traffic.

Again, it really can depend on exactly what you're trying to giveaway or sell and what the niche of the website is.

I expertise in landing page optimization and conversion optimization among other things, but if there is one piece of advice I could give it would be this...

If you have all of that traffic and no sales coming in, sit down and evaluate your product, offer, incentive to buy, and your CTA's (Call-To-Actions) on your website.

Start following and studying some conversion optimization blogs and lists and also landing page optimization experts.

Hopefully this helps you and serves you in some way.

To your success,
Andrew Kauzlaric
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Wendy Maki

12 years ago

Even if your traffic is totally untargeted I can't see why you aren't getting a LOT more than $20 a month. Worst case scenario on Google: 10 cents per click + only 1% CTR ... do the math... Something is really "off" :confused:

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UAEW

12 years ago

you have to choose the targeted channel for adsense
anyway try affiliate links or sell ad space

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Chronological

12 years ago

I appreciate all the quick replies. I guess I haven't been trying to 'sell' anything really.. I've just been trying to give the best, most concise, mobile friendly information I can and hoping people click my ads.

And as far as targeted channels go.. it seems that I can only block a few different categories before they say too many are blocked... and thus far, the relevance of AdSense ads over the last 4 months the site has been active is terrible.... I wish I could just show Gaming ads.. I mean... It's a gaming site and I can't for the life of me stop getting 'lower your mortgage!' even with tons of targeted content...

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Wendy Maki

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Chronological

I appreciate all the quick replies. I guess I haven't been trying to 'sell' anything really.. I've just been trying to give the best, most concise, mobile friendly information I can and hoping people click my ads.

And as far as targeted channels go.. it seems that I can only block a few different categories before they say too many are blocked... and thus far, the relevance of AdSense ads over the last 4 months the site has been active is terrible.... I wish I could just show Gaming ads.. I mean... It's a gaming site and I can't for the life of me stop getting 'lower your mortgage!' even with tons of targeted content...

Change your perspective: mortgage ads are good. They have HIGH cost per click! You WANT high cost per click.

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Prashant_W

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Chronological

Wordpress Site w/ Mobile that receives 97% Mobile users.

This is a problem, isn't it? Here's what I reckon. I'm no expert when it comes to mobile marketing, and this is entirely based off my own experience.

When I surf the net on my phone (a decent Android phone with decent 3G service; 4G's on it's way soon as well), it takes insanely long for pages to load. It pisses me off. Hence I use it sparingly. Like, for 9gag - when I'm taking a dump.

And I definitely don't click on any ad that I may see when I actually do check other sites out - reason being, the page'll take too long to load.

If you're targeting gamers, I assume your target market is primarily teenagers. I'm 21. Unless something really pops out at me (i.e. is engaging) my attention span rivals that of a teaspoon. Hence, I don't bother clicking on ads. And I won't be surprised if your target market (subconsciously) feels the same way.

Remember though. This is my opinion. I'm not sure how the general surfing patterns on mobile phones is.

For all I know, your traffic isn't targeted. Or maybe your bounce rate's way too high. Perhaps your site is flooded with ads and is hence a turn off.

Originally Posted by Chronological

I appreciate all the quick replies. I guess I haven't been trying to 'sell' anything really.. I've just been trying to give the best, most concise, mobile friendly information I can and hoping people click my ads.

And as far as targeted channels go.. it seems that I can only block a few different categories before they say too many are blocked... and thus far, the relevance of AdSense ads over the last 4 months the site has been active is terrible.... I wish I could just show Gaming ads.. I mean... It's a gaming site and I can't for the life of me stop getting 'lower your mortgage!' even with tons of targeted content...

Dude... It's obvious. Change your approach. Why are you bothering with Adsense if the ads aren't even relevant?

Scrap the ads, build a list and put up relevant offers.

Originally Posted by Wendy Maki

Even if your traffic is totally untargeted I can't see why you aren't getting a LOT more than $20 a month. Worst case scenario on Google: 10 cents per click + only 1% CTR ... do the math... Something is really "off" :confused:

With all due respect, Wendy, I don't agree with you. I think the biggest mistake a marketer can make is to look at his/her traffic is statistics. Fact is, they're people. Like you. Like me.

Besides, a 1% CTR is evidently not the worst case. The worst case has, is and always will be 0%. Just because 1 is a small number, it doesn't automatically make it a worst case situation.

My point is, treat your traffic as real people, respect them, and they'll return the favor.

Originally Posted by Wendy Maki

Change your perspective: mortgage ads are good. They have HIGH cost per click! You WANT high cost per click.

It doesn't matter, Wendy. It really doesn't. His content is already tailored towards the gaming crowd. This means he would have to scrap everything and start from scratch.

If at all, he should work on this site, throw Adsense out of the equation, and then build a mortgage related site if he's interested.

Besides, we don't even know the age group of his current website visitors. If they are primarily teens (or young adults), I really doubt they'd care about mortgage at all.

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Wendy Maki

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Prashant_W

This is a problem, isn't it? Here's what I reckon. I'm no expert when it comes to mobile marketing, and this is entirely based off my own experience.

When I surf the net on my phone (a decent Android phone with decent 3G service; 4G's on it's way soon as well), it takes insanely long for pages to load. It pisses me off. Hence I use it sparingly. Like, for 9gag - when I'm taking a dump.

And I definitely don't click on any ad that I may see when I actually do check other sites out - reason being, the page'll take too long to load.

If you're targeting gamers, I assume your target market is primarily teenagers. I'm 21. Unless something really pops out at me (i.e. is engaging) my attention span rivals that of a teaspoon. Hence, I don't bother clicking on ads. And I won't be surprised if your target market (subconsciously) feels the same way.

Remember though. This is my opinion. I'm not sure how the general surfing patterns on mobile phones is.

For all I know, your traffic isn't targeted. Or maybe your bounce rate's way too high. Perhaps your site is flooded with ads and is hence a turn off.

Dude... It's obvious. Change your approach. Why are you bothering with Adsense if the ads aren't even relevant?

Scrap the ads, build a list and put up relevant offers.

With all due respect, Wendy, I don't agree with you. I think the biggest mistake a marketer can make is to look at his/her traffic is statistics. Fact is, they're people. Like you. Like me.

Besides, a 1% CTR is evidently not the worst case. The worst case has, is and always will be 0%. Just because 1 is a small number, it doesn't automatically make it a worst case situation.

My point is, treat your traffic as real people, respect them, and they'll return the favor.

It doesn't matter, Wendy. It really doesn't. His content is already tailored towards the gaming crowd. This means he would have to scrap everything and start from scratch.

If at all, he should work on this site, throw Adsense out of the equation, and then build a mortgage related site if he's interested.

Besides, we don't even know the age group of his current website visitors. If they are primarily teens (or young adults), I really doubt they'd care about mortgage at all.

Actually, I agree with everything you are saying. But he was asking about making money. My real point (made earlier) is that based on his stats, something is even more 'off' than he thinks. (In other words, time for a closer look.)

As to the mortgage ad statement... yes, I know that his content is different, but (1) if you are talking about Google Ads, it is very difficult to ensure that only relevant ads appear, and, truthfully, when it comes to Google Ads, sometimes that's a 'good' thing as far as the pay you end up with goes. If he sticks with Google Ads (and it seems like he probably shouldn't), then the targeting isn't as controllable as we all would like to imagine, no matter what he does on his page.

All I really meant was that if you are looking at it from an income point of view, sometimes you need a different perspective, that way you see things you might not otherwise notice.

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Chronological

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Prashant_W

This is a problem, isn't it? Here's what I reckon. I'm no expert when it comes to mobile marketing, and this is entirely based off my own experience......

Great advice, I really appreciate it! My visitors are very targeted, in fact, I would say around 5 - 10% of them take time to comment on the posts every time they visit and know I have exactly what they are looking for. I only showcase two ads, top and bottom of posts, and as a frequent mobile browser, I can say I would not be bothered. This site is 100% iphone/ipad/ipod, and I have all of them, and have tested this site all over the globe.. the load times are solid, and not bogged at all.

That said... You are correct. My bounce rate is very high.. and I'm pretty sure I know why. Beings as this is a mobile site and I know what users want to see and why they are there, I put the vital information at the top of the page, and then elaborate below (to be handy, because I treat my visitors like people, and not just traffic

) and usually it's just a quick recipe, so they most likely scroll a bit, read it, and peace out.

I am going to try and provide at least an intro, and maybe lower the font size of the vital information just a bit so that visitors might actually read all my ninjaSEOized hard work and learn a few things while doing it instead of in-and-outing. I suppose more links to related posts within articles wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Meanwhile I will try some new ad placement/sizes and relevance tinkering before I ditch AdSense or incorporate something else. (or is AdSense just a bucket of garbage as far as you guys are concerned for a low CPC site such as this?)

I really appreciate your help with this, Prashant. Thanks for taking some time out of your day!!

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Wendy Maki

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Chronological

I am going to try and provide at least an intro, and maybe lower the font size of the vital information just a bit so that visitors might actually read all my ninjaSEOized hard work and learn a few things while doing it instead of in-and-outing. I suppose more links to related posts within articles wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Meanwhile I will try some new ad placement/sizes and relevance tinkering before I ditch AdSense or incorporate something else. (or is AdSense just a bucket of garbage as far as you guys are concerned for a low CPC site such as this?)

It won't take very long for you to test that (one of the actual advantages of AdSense) with the amount of traffic.

I recently shifted one Google Ad placement a bit upward on the pages of one of my sites, so it now appears "above the fold" as they say... and I was really suprised at how much difference it made. No other tweaks had ever made that much difference. That site is also one with a high bounce rate because it provides the info people want right away.
It's not likely that you'll end up making tons more that way, but you will learn a lot from experimenting, and it will help with any future ads you use.

One thing I will tell you that I don't like about AdSense is how little control you actually have over your final income. For example, CTR on one site increased a lot, but suddenly the CPC is 1/10th of what it was. It's very frustrating, and would never happen with a straight space ad sale.

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Prashant_W

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Wendy Maki

Just to clarify a bit more... Google will show mortgage ads to visitors who, through their surfing behaviour, have shown an interest in mortgages. It's based on the user, sometimes, not on the site's content. (I wasn't remotely suggesting that he build a mortgage site. Probably if he did, then gaming ads would appear on it

).

What?? That is ridiculous! I mean, this is counterproductive in my opinion! The ads should appear based on the nature of the content! Did Google present an argument for this? Or has it always been the case? (I've never used Adsense myself, to be honest).

Originally Posted by Chronological

Great advice... (Taken a leaf out of your book

)

No problem mate.

Given the sheer volume of your traffic, a 5-10% response per post is huge in terms of quantity. These are responsive people. You should take advantage of that.

It certainly looks like you could position yourself as the niche authority.

I really think you should build a list and market to them.

Also, what are you doing with your Facebook page? How is it adding value to your business?

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Chronological

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Prashant_W

What?? That is ridiculous! I mean, this is counterproductive in my opinion! The ads should appear based on the nature of the content! Did Google present an argument for this? Or has it always been the case? (I've never used Adsense myself, to be honest).

No problem mate.

Given the sheer volume of your traffic, a 5-10% response per post is huge in terms of quantity. These are responsive people. You should take advantage of that.

It certainly looks like you could position yourself as the niche authority.

I really think you should build a list and market to them.

Also, what are you doing with your Facebook page? How is it adding value to your business?

Facebook WOULD be adding value to my business... because every time I post something I get 15 new likes, which are a definite 10 repeat visitors, and a huge spike in traffic, but it seems like no matter how many people, new or return, visit the site, I can't make more than 2 bucks a day. I must be doing something wrong and that is why I started this post.

What is the best resource for learning about these 'build a list' comments I keep reading about?

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Wendy Maki

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Prashant_W

What?? That is ridiculous! I mean, this is counterproductive in my opinion! The ads should appear based on the nature of the content! Did Google present an argument for this? Or has it always been the case? (I've never used Adsense myself, to be honest).

When you are an Adsense publisher, Google posts ads on your sight according to one of two types of "targeting":
1) contextual -- that is based on the context of what is on the web page, or
2) interest-based -- that is based on the 'interests' of the visitor.

Taking a quick look at one of my sites for June, 1 out of 10 ads presented to my visitors were interest-based. The CTR was about 1/5 of what it is for the contextually presented ads. The CPC was higher (about 2 1/2 times). Does it compute? Not sure, based on this quick look. Doesn't look good at first glance.

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Prashant_W

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Chronological

Facebook WOULD be adding value to my business... because every time I post something I get 15 new likes, which are a definite 10 repeat visitors, and a huge spike in traffic, but it seems like no matter how many people, new or return, visit the site, I can't make more than 2 bucks a day. I must be doing something wrong and that is why I started this post.

What is the best resource for learning about these 'build a list' comments I keep reading about?

Best resource, eh?

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ders-read.html (not an affiliate, no relation, etc.,)

This may not be the best (it's subjective, isn't it?), but Jason Parker does produce really good material. Oh, and that resource is free.

Originally Posted by Wendy Maki

When you are an Adsense publisher, Google posts ads on your sight according to one of two types of "targeting":
1) contextual -- that is based on the context of what is on the web page, or
2) interest-based -- that is based on the 'interests' of the visitor.

Taking a quick look at one of my sites for June, 1 out of 10 ads presented to my visitors were interest-based. The CTR was about 1/5 of what it is for the contextually presented ads. The CPC was higher (about 2 1/2 times). Does it compute? Not sure, based on this quick look. Doesn't look good at first glance.

Wow. Adsense looks like a fairly poor model to work with!

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Chronological 12 years ago

I've been online since the mid 90s, and I rarely run into a group of people willing to post this many positive and helpful comments this quickly. Thanks for all of your help.. I'm definitely gonna stick around this Forum and try to refocus my approach. Thanks again!
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Wendy Maki

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Prashant_W

If at all, he should work on this site, throw Adsense out of the equation, and then build a mortgage related site if he's interested.

Besides, we don't even know the age group of his current website visitors. If they are primarily teens (or young adults), I really doubt they'd care about mortgage at all.

Just to clarify a bit more... Google will show mortgage ads to visitors who, through their surfing behaviour, have shown an interest in mortgages. It's based on the user, sometimes, not on the site's content. (I wasn't remotely suggesting that he build a mortgage site. Probably if he did, then gaming ads would appear on it

).

BTW, there really is no point to building a site based on what ads it might attract, since that is difficult to control anyway, and just focus on building a great site for PEOPLE.

I won't begin to tell you some of the ads Google shows me based on my behavior LOL (all PG-rated of course!). As a searcher, I'd actually like to see more ads related to the sites I'm actually on.

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SeanLee

12 years ago

yeah the ad space idea is great.

Ppl would pay you several hundred bucks per month to have a wide banner on the front page of your high traffic blog.

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Gadgetroid

12 years ago

It looks like Mobile market is very competitive. People will also browse but few actually click and purchase online. I have a mobile blogg as well. Maybe we can exchange ideas?

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Chronological

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Gadgetroid

It looks like Mobile market is very competitive. People will also browse but few actually click and purchase online. I have a mobile blogg as well. Maybe we can exchange ideas?

This is definitely the case. I have a horrible click rating.

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AnnieHz

12 years ago

With that kind of massive traffic, I would be testing every possible conversion tool. I would be trying different kinds of offers and links. There must be some offer that will convert and produce ore revenue than what you are getting now!

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Chronological

12 years ago

That's how I feel... I knew something was screwy.... but after reading throughout this site I'm like a madman at my PC trying to figure this out... I don't think I'll be getting up any time soon.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

I don't know how many people click on mobile ads, but it would be worth investigating. Personally, I've never clicked on a mobile ad.

When I click on one on a regular site, I can view the ad in another tab without leaving the current site. You can't do that on mobile, I believe.

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Theeban

12 years ago

I would suggest you to go for target visitors, Do better keyword researches, rank well on search engines for those keywords and get target visitors. That will pay you more compare to un-targetted visitors.

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ttdub

12 years ago

I would quit using adsense for one, and endorse affiliates instead. Actually post something about it and tell people where to go. Don't just slap on an ad and hope people click on it. They have probably gotten used to it's placement or it's not integrated correctly, ie color palette.

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HTH101

12 years ago

Chronological have you thought about creating Youtube videos and monetizing them ? With 4'000 visits at day, you sure could make some money with it if you play your cards well.

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ResearchQueen

12 years ago

Where are these HITS coming from? Did I missed that? 4,000 unique targeted visitors could prove more effective. That many hits within that short of time, I can only think of PPV or a guarantee visitors service.

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equanto

12 years ago

you can just forget adsense if you want
just grab an affiliate product/programs, put a banner or something like that, grab the reader email, etc
of course if you want high convertion choose it depend what niche your website was
and, if that amount of unique traffic, you can random the product

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mrprosper

12 years ago

start recommending products for your visitors to buy because if your getting that much traffic they will bound to listen like ebooks from clickbank or stuff from amazon

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jocuridecopii

12 years ago

Traffic is terrible decreases in daily

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The Baldman

12 years ago

Just to reiterate an earlier reply... Sell ad space on your site. With the traffic you get you'd surely make $300-$700 per month.

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dennis09

12 years ago

Man that absolutely sucks!

Try monetizing a different way, here's something you may want to consider:

Try making them optin in order to get the information their looking for, then switch to email marketing for monetization. You could even just password protect the posts you have now and send them the "unlock" password via an autoresponder email.

You could then followup with a gaming related CPA offer. (That allows email of course)

I know my email gets synched right to my phone, so it shouldn't be TOO much of an inconvenience for hardcore mobile users.

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dhin

12 years ago

at least you can use adf.ly because your traffick very high in my eyes.
or you can sell ads via buysellads dot com

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WinstonTian

12 years ago

97% mobile?!

That might be the huge problem.

Try selling your own products or
placing affiliate product links/doing
reviews instead.

Funnel them into an email
newsletter instead. At least you're
going to have more leverage that
way.

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Sarafantrys

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Chronological

Hi, I've been reading on this site about all sorts of people that make crazy amounts of cash with far less visitors than I rope in and I am just wondering what I am doing wrong... I mean aside from ad placement and concepts I have read about extensively, because after reading through this forum it seems like the 110,000+ unique visitors I get a month should be netting me more than like $20!

Wordpress Site w/ Mobile that receives 97% Mobile users.

So far I have just been writing articles often and 95% of my visitors are organic.

I use AdSense currently with two 200x200 banners, one on top and one on bottom of every article.

Tons of Facebook likes and Followers.

I would appreciate any obvious suggestions or tips that I can get. Thank you very much!!

Think about this: perhaps your site attracts a lot of freebie seekers? Maybe you give them too much info without leaving and intrigue and enticing them to buy??
Also, 200x200 is not a good ad size. Best size for articles is 250x250 with text wrapping around.

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DGFletcher 12 years ago

Contain something other than just Adsense. Get Aweber and figure out a way to incorporate that so you can start converting some of your traffic into actual money.

BTW--where are you posting your articles at?
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jamesgan

12 years ago

Hi chronological,
Adsense earning can be quite slow if your viewer are gamer.

Because gamer focus is how to climb up to another level in their favor game!
They normally don't really cares about other things, including advertisement
I would suggest your compile your 'TOP tips and secrets to proceed another level in the game' into digital manual and monetize from there

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jmae SEO

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Chronological

Hi, I've been reading on this site about all sorts of people that make crazy amounts of cash with far less visitors than I rope in and I am just wondering what I am doing wrong... I mean aside from ad placement and concepts I have read about extensively, because after reading through this forum it seems like the 110,000+ unique visitors I get a month should be netting me more than like $20!

Wordpress Site w/ Mobile that receives 97% Mobile users.

So far I have just been writing articles often and 95% of my visitors are organic.

I use AdSense currently with two 200x200 banners, one on top and one on bottom of every article.

Tons of Facebook likes and Followers.

I would appreciate any obvious suggestions or tips that I can get. Thank you very much!!

Gotta hate when that happens!

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SandraLarkin

Banned 11 years ago

Worst comes to worst you can sell your site, and do what you have done all over again.

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wordwizard

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Chronological

I appreciate all the quick replies. I guess I haven't been trying to 'sell' anything really.. I've just been trying to give the best, most concise, mobile friendly information I can and hoping people click my ads.

And as far as targeted channels go.. it seems that I can only block a few different categories before they say too many are blocked... and thus far, the relevance of AdSense ads over the last 4 months the site has been active is terrible.... I wish I could just show Gaming ads.. I mean... It's a gaming site and I can't for the life of me stop getting 'lower your mortgage!' even with tons of targeted content...

You're right about the Gaming ads. So I agree with those who said to dump Adsense. Then look for Gaming ads yourself - Clickbank ads or CPA ads, and/or at least ads that would be of interest to your key audience (hey, acne cures might work too!). And put those on your site!

Originally Posted by ricks28

Sign up with a mobile affiliate network that offers app downloads of some kind, or other mobile specific offers. I run some neverblue offers that do pretty good. Talk to Cole or Marty

Agreed. And make sure they're targeted to YOUR target audience! (ie., acne stuff?), gaming stuff, etc.

Originally Posted by MrSure

ill advice you promote some affiliate and cpa programs and see how that pans out.

Ditto.

Also, you should create a SHORT Free Guide with some hot tips about the subject of great interest to your audience, and give it to them in exchange for their email address.

THEN you follow up by sending them tips, supplemented by irresistible offers

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whland

11 years ago

The only thing I could think of is un targeted traffic, but still you should be getting some clicks and some money. I'm surprised.

My Jaw dropped nearly to the floor when I read the title and post.

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netrover

11 years ago

Find a competitor in your niche who has a much better looking sales page. Sign up as an affiliate, and save the URL. Log into your server and redirect your URL to your affiliate link URL. If you still get crappy sales after a few weeks, it suggests that mobile users in that niche are not buyers, typically.

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TimK06

11 years ago

Well you seem to be certainly getting them to your page, but maybe the problem is what happens when you get them there? Are you not telling them what to do next? Are you overloading your visitors with information or are you trying to sale to them directly which if I was interest in your product would just run me away.

With the condition of the economy most people are really fastening there belts and are hesitant more now than ever to just dish out $. So if you are doing any of the things I listed about I would strongly recommend trying to build a relationship with your visitors first.

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denysapu

11 years ago

Sell an Ad space on BuySellAds

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successpaving 11 years ago

Originally Posted by denysapu

Sell an Ad space on BuySellAds

This is really good suggestion.

Also, optimize Adsense, blend the color, it would help.
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DotComBum

11 years ago

You can try using BuySellAds instead of Adsense which gives you more income because of the high traffic.

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