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Review Site blowing up, how do i monetize??

by jalamo
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Hi Warriors,

I have a review site where others give there review on my niche, I put it together yesterday, already have a ton of reviews and have had 400 visitors in the last 12 hours alone!

Maybe this isn't huge but to me its crazy, the biggest reason i am excited is that there is not ONE review site that covers this area....

How do I monetize this? I have thought of some ideas, but where is my best leverage?

I have an opt-in list on another website of mine dealing with this niche releated area so I thought I could build that list up by getting them to go there with a banner on the site, also maybe put an opt for a free report right on the site that is about the niche?

But I dont have any products and all of that will take time, which is the best route to go?

It's reviews of services so there are no real affiliate products or clickbanks in this niche....

Also how can i start drawing more traffic without it costing me money (since I am making none yet on this site)...ezine articles pointing?

Biggest thing is how do I get google (its a wordpress) to pick up on these reviews, i can't find them in goolge yet?
#blowing #monetize #review #site
  • Profile picture of the author Justice44
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    • Profile picture of the author J smith
      With 400 visitors in just the first day, I wouldn't worry too much about getting more. it would seem that you found a popular and untapped niche (or at least the review idea is) so I'd wait a week or two to see how the traffic is doing.

      To get indexed in google you can book mark your site/pages, as well as do some directory submits, and rss submits.

      As for monetizing, related affiliate or cpa offers or if there aren't any then adsense, as you work on your own product.
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  • Profile picture of the author MelissaChurch
    I think he means make money from the site. Are there any affiliate programs you could join for the products you are reviewing? Can you start an e-mail list?
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  • Profile picture of the author JayMachado
    I would suggest offering an e-course instead of a special report. It takes a lot less time to get it up and you can add a lot more value plus build a relationship with your list a lot easier. Since you're writing about services, you could create a buying guide, what to look for, or something like that.

    Is each review set up as a blog post? Do you have those posts SEO optimized by taking out all the default number stuff and just making sure it shows up as words in your location bar? Look up all the information you can on blog optimization.

    You could also try a service like Unique Article Wizard and do some deep linking from outside the blog to specific reviews. Your articles can be about whatever the review is about and in the resource box have links to the review itself and the whole website. Plus it's good for SEO.

    That's awesome to hear it's doing so well and so quickly. Congratulations!
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  • Profile picture of the author ebizstrategies
    definately put the optin on your page with the traffic if you're trying to build a list.
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  • Profile picture of the author SoEasyMoney
    If you can think of a related product to create outsource the writing of it. There are lots of folks on here that do fantastic work.
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  • Profile picture of the author jalamo
    thanks for all the great ideas guys!
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