First thing is, don't give away your niches and domains, especially on a public forum like this. I would edit your post and remove those. I would focus on quality content, the type that helps your potential customers. Use social media like Facebook and Twitter to drive traffic and interest. SEO is a minefield for newbies and you can quickly get disheartened or make mistakes like using Fiverr gigs. Just keep reading this forum and absorb all you can. You are taking action which is more than can be said of most newbies on here. Good luck.

First of all, welcome. You're already off to a great start with a website and content. That's already much further than most people go.

After taking a quick look at the site, I can see it could definitely use some improved SEO. Your post titles also need to be a bit more descriptive and interesting. I find them too vague. It also doesn't look like you're using an SEO plugin, so I'd recommend installing a free one to get you started in that direction. I personally like Wordpress SEO by Yoast.

The site design could also be a tad better.

Although as far as getting traffic goes, I wouldn't put all my eggs in the SEO basket.

I think review videos on Youtube would be a perfect idea, as cat-related videos get tons of traffic. And Youtube videos rank really well on Google, so I wouldn't be surprised if your videos started to rank high in the SERPS much quicker than your actual site.

The Amazon affiliate program should also work great for you, especially if you do reviews for cat toys and playthings. Pet owners love their pets, and I'm sure you'll see plenty of sales once you start driving some traffic.

Perhaps join cat forums as well and advertise your site in your sig. If you regularly provide genuine, quality content, occasional visitors may turn into regulars and even share your content with others. It may start off slow, but if you're passionate and knowledgable on the subject, you can definitely make it work.

Also, make sure you make it easy for your visitors to share your content. I didn't see any social icons on your site, so that's something I'd address right away. A plugin I'd recommend is Sexy Bookmarks (also free).

Hi Lears

Yes, your site does need a lot of work.

Here are the three golden stages, you need to start at number 1 and only until you've completed this stage go on to the next.

1. Conversions - persuasion techniques, site architecture, usability, emotive language etc. Remember people don't buy things, they buy benefits. For example people aren't buying "advice for your pet needs", they're buying better health for their cats
2. Merchandise - having all your products on there and having something which has value for the consumer.
3. Traffic - SEO, Paid ads etc. Only get traffic once you've worked on the above two things, else it's pointless.

So in response to what direction you should be going in, I'd focus heavily on stage 1 "Conversion".

If you have any questions let me know

I recommend the following book, it takes you through the stages I mentioned above in detail: CALL TO ACTION: Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results: Amazon.co.uk: Bryan Eisenberg: Books

Focus on traffic. Then conversions. Make sure you're building your list on your site.

So many different ways to get traffic though both free and paid depending on what your niche and target customers are all about.

Personally I would go for copy writing - learn it, do it, over and over. If you are staying within the one niche then you have got one thing right straight out of the bag, and that's not jumping from one thing to another or trying too many sites at once on your first go.

I see you are in the cat niche so if i were you I would join the War Room - for the simple reason that you can get free keyword tools and image scrapers to create funny memes from some of the very generous warriors in there. Cat pics go down a treat on facebook... make them funny and you will prob enjoy a degree of viral traffic. Plus, use Pineterest.. and yes - social sharing buttons are important - WP Socializer is one i only discovered today and it HIGHLY impressed me.. go check it out (free on Wordpress.org)

Hi there,

once your content is all-together then I would definitely start driving traffic. Get out articles every week, and a Press Release every month at least, contact people in your niche and ask to JV with them, then perhaps get into FB ads.

My suggestion is to take things step-by-step, and write out your goals. Have 1 thing complete before moving on to the next. All the best!