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I just launched a tea blog

by 101AnonymousGuy101
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I recently launched a tea blog. I now have 2 unique articles on it.

How do you think I should monetize the site?
#blog #launched #tea
  • Profile picture of the author GuruGazette
    It will take more time, effort and content before monetization goes anywhere, but I'd suggest exotic teas and supplies (tea pots, strainers, mugs, etc)
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    • Profile picture of the author LilBlackDress
      Yes tea making tools such as kettles of all kinds with accessories. Specialty teas including weight loss teas, herbal, finger foods for tea....
      Tea parties for grownups and kids supplies, tea music etc.

      Lots of ways to monetize it!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ghoster
    Originally Posted by onlinemoneymakerguy View Post

    I recently launched a tea blog. I now have 2 unique articles on it.

    How do you think I should monetize the site?
    Write about 500 more pages of content and wait.

    You have to plant that seed!

    In all seriousness, though, you need to have thousands of visitors per month before you think about monetization.
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    • Profile picture of the author petelta
      Originally Posted by Ghoster View Post

      In all seriousness, though, you need to have thousands of visitors per month before you think about monetization.
      What if the first viewer wants to buy?

      Set up monetization first, then worry about sending traffic to it. Do it any other way and you're wasting time on useless traffic.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ghoster
        Originally Posted by petelta View Post

        What if the first viewer wants to buy?

        Set up monetization first, then worry about sending traffic to it. Do it any other way and you're wasting time on useless traffic.
        The gains that the "useless traffic" will bring in down the road will far surpass anything that may trickle in now.

        Focus on writing high quality content and building traffic, I say. Anything else will just divert energy from the one thing that can bring in the big money.
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        • Profile picture of the author petelta
          Originally Posted by Ghoster View Post

          The gains that the "useless traffic" will bring in down the road will far surpass anything that may trickle in now.

          Focus on writing high quality content and building traffic, I say. Anything else will just divert energy from the one thing that can bring in the big money.
          What exactly do you consider that one thing that can bring in the big money?

          What gains do earn from traffic that isn't there to buy? That's the biggest problem with newcomers. You shouldn't be afraid to sell.

          What's it say about the traffic you're generating that gets upset about you selling? It says they are shitty traffic. People you have to convince over weeks of content are not your ideal buyers.

          You won't be able to build a perfected system if you don't know how they react to offers.
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      • Profile picture of the author acahoon
        Agreed! Get you cart set up because you never know who is watching out there and you don't want to loose your first sale.
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    • Profile picture of the author LilBlackDress
      Originally Posted by Ghoster View Post

      Write about 500 more pages of content and wait.

      You have to plant that seed!

      In all seriousness, though, you need to have thousands of visitors per month before you think about monetization.
      Wow I disagree with this for sure. You don't need thousands of visitors to monetize. You just need targeted traffic. One site I own gets just a few visitors per day but l/2 to 3/4 buy.
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    • Profile picture of the author goindeep
      Originally Posted by Ghoster View Post

      Write about 500 more pages of content and wait.

      You have to plant that seed!

      In all seriousness, though, you need to have thousands of visitors per month before you think about monetization.
      Thats right.

      My old site started to clock over money once I had about 3.5K uniques per month, most sites are similar - you will need at least a few thousand visitors. At least!

      Work on the 1% conservative ratio. You can not get lower than that as its the most conservative single digit figure and most sites will need less traffic than this as their conversions will be higher, but every business especially online should base their business off of this e.g. 1% of total site visitors will click on whatever offer/link you have and 1% of those will buy.

      So for example I know with my new site that I need 75 sales per day for me to reach my goal. So that means I need 7,500 to click on my buy now links and If I continue to use my 1% conversion ration that would mean I need 750K visitors per day...

      Is that likely or unlikely?

      Unlikely, so what do you do? You improve your conversion and only get targeted traffic, you then design your site, its content and the whole UI so that people actually want to click through
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Levanduski
    Throw up some adsense ads for now, and then focus on building up some more content. 2-3 posts per week maybe, and then try to find places to syndicate that content. Also, write guest blogs on other tea (or hot beverage...or health drink.) sites. Find out where tea drinkers hang out, and go to them. Bring them to your site, build a list.

    Then start marketing them the best tea on earth. There are quite a few great coffee-affiliate programs out there (mysticmonk.com is my favorite). I think they do tea too so maybe check them out. Otherwise I'm sure there are dedicated tea affiliate programs to.

    Do some research and find which one is the best. Don't get discouraged, it will take a little bit of time before you start rolling in the money.

    Good luck!

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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      I think you should also invite all readers round to your place for a formal, Japanese tea ceremony once a week. You can perhaps earn affiliate commissions on their travel arrangements at the same time.

      Few (if any) of your competitors will be using this form of monetization.
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      • Profile picture of the author zoulkifl
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        I think you should also invite all readers round to your place for a formal, Japanese tea ceremony once a week. You can perhaps earn affiliate commissions on their travel arrangements at the same time.

        Few (if any) of your competitors will be using this form of monetization.
        Alexa you made me spit out my tea! That is indeed a wonderful way to get a very lucrative affiliate commission.

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  • Profile picture of the author Chosen2013
    If you started your blog just recently, it's too early to think about it's monetization.
    Make more articles and check if there are online tea shops with affiliate programs around, so you could use them on your blog and earn money.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Chosen2013 View Post

      If you started your blog just recently, it's too early to think about it's monetization.
      I've seen these conversations here before. The first one I ever saw mystified me and they still mystify me now.

      I can hardly believe that so many people apparently imagine that if you've just started a blog, it's "too early" to monetize. Some of the comments here are honestly no more sensible than my suggestion above about hosting Japanese tea ceremonies (albeit that that one was deliberately facetious!).

      As asked, just above, "What if the first viewer wants to buy?"

      What do you gain by not having the site monetized?

      "Waiting to monetize" is exactly as logical as the people who "wait until they have 100 subscribers" before sending any of them an email, and then wonder why their list is "unresponsive" (and/or start off threads here to announce that "list-building doesn't work").
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      • Profile picture of the author Ghoster
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        I've seen these conversations here before. The first one I ever saw mystified me and they still mystify me now.

        I can hardly believe that so many people apparently imagine that if you've just started a blog, it's "too early" to monetize. Some of the comments here are honestly no more sensible than my suggestion above about hosting Japanese tea ceremonies (albeit that that one was deliberately facetious!).

        As asked, just above, "What if the first viewer wants to buy?"

        What do you gain by not having the site monetized?
        A new blog or a blog with low readership is more likely to be snubbed by readers if they have monetization everywhere. This is a fact.

        But yeah, if you want to see the trees for the forest, go ahead and monetize a site with no traffic.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by Ghoster View Post

          A new blog or a blog with low readership is more likely to be snubbed by readers if they have monetization everywhere. This is a fact.
          There's just one little problem with that "reasoning": it doesn't explain how the readers know that it's a "blog with low readership"?! It looks exactly the same to them whether it gets 1 visit per day or 1,000 visits per day, doesn't it? You and I perhaps have rather different understandings of what the word "fact" means.

          (And who said anything about monetization "everywhere", anyway? Your post appears to be the first mention of that concept!).
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          • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            There's just one little problem with that "reasoning": it doesn't explain how the readers know that it's a "blog with low readership"?!

            They'll make that (correct) assumption because the blog only has TWO articles on it.

            That said, I agree it should be monetized. But there is such a thing as moderation. You don't have to hit your readers with a barrage of ads.

            I would probably begin with one AdSense block and a banner ad in the sidebar. In other words, keep it simple.

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            • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
              You can put Amazon tea supplies on it. Write an article about crazy tea pots (blending with crack pots) and put some super unique tea pots on it.

              Write one about getting your zen back and sell some super mental focusing teas.

              You CAN monetize it from page 1 and have it making sales. I have a few one page sites that do well. Sure most are a lot more than one page but you can make offerings from day 1.

              People who say otherwise are missing out on the profits while the site grows.

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            • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
              Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

              They'll make that (correct) assumption because the blog only has TWO articles on it.

              That said, I agree it should be monetized. But there is such a thing as moderation. You don't have to hit your readers with a barrage of ads.

              I would probably begin with one AdSense block and a banner ad in the sidebar. In other words, keep it simple.

              John
              I am sorry but I have a one page site that get's a load of traffic. Let's put it this way. My friend who has an authority site gets "nearly" as much as my one page. Yes, he's jealous.

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              • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
                Originally Posted by Enfusia View Post

                I am sorry but I have a one page site that get's a load of traffic. Let's put it this way. My friend who has an authority site gets "nearly" as much as my one page. Yes, he's jealous.

                That's very interesting. But you need to define what you mean by "a load." (If you're going to make a bold claim, it would be best to deal in specifics.)

                I also have a few other questions...

                1) Do you and your friend have sites about the exact same topic? (After all, some are vastly more popular than others.)

                2) Do both sites have content of equal quality? (Maybe he's using junk content.)

                3) Do you both put in the same amount of effort pinging, bookmarking, and backlinking? (Maybe he's just much lazier than you are.)

                Perhaps these are the things that actually account for the difference in traffic.

                As I'm sure you can understand, I'm skeptical because you're saying you get more traffic with a one-page site than he does with an "authority" site.

                If that's true, there's got to be a valid REASON for it: Either he's either doing something very WRONG or you're doing something very RIGHT.

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                • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
                  Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

                  That's very interesting. But you need to define what you mean by "a load." (If you're going to make a bold claim, it would be best to deal in specifics.)

                  I also have a few other questions...

                  1) Do you and your friend have sites about the exact same topic? (After all, some are vastly more popular than others.)

                  2) Do both sites have content of equal quality? (Maybe he's using junk content.)

                  3) Do you both put in the same amount of effort pinging, bookmarking, and backlinking? (Maybe he's just much lazier than you are.)

                  Perhaps these are the things that actually account for the difference in traffic.

                  As I'm sure you can understand, I'm skeptical because you're saying you get more traffic with a one-page site than he does with an "authority" site.

                  If that's true, there's got to be a valid REASON for it: Either he's either doing something very WRONG or you're doing something very RIGHT.

                  John
                  Hi, thank you for your reply.

                  My point that I was maybe not clearly making is that it doesn't matter if it's a 1 page site. My one pager converts really well.
                  I also have many You Tube Channels with only one video that do pretty well.

                  As for specifics.
                  My one pager does in fact get more traffic than his Auth site. I'm not going to give traffic figures for one reason. There are those here who would dispute them. It doesn't matter if I said it only got 1,000 per month someone would want to argue it.

                  They then would want to see the site as proof, I'm not showing potential competitors my site with negative SEO being a reality.

                  And please, no one argue that negative SEO is a reality please. I'm not interested in arguing that as a point.
                  I can and always have been able to tank nearly any competitors site I want. No, I'm not talking Amazon or the likes. I'm talking about the level of people on this forums sites. There are people who for a price will tank your site, always have been. It's so simple that if I told you how it's done (I've never done it or hired anyone to do it) you'd laugh or cry.

                  1. We are in the same niche but not the same topic. Well, ok on a couple of his pages he covers some of the broader issues in the same sub niche but I'm laser focused on it.

                  2. We both write our own content and he's "pretty good". I've been writing copy for over 30 years so maybe mine is a little more engaging?

                  3. I've never pinged the site and I've NEVER built a backlink to it for the purpose of building a backlink. There are many and I do mean many links pointing to the site but I don't really care about that as ranking is only a small portion of my traffic. I don't run any paid ads to it either, no PPC, no CPC no ad spend per say at all.
                  And yes, it converts really well.

                  I have 3 main sources of traffic. I don't have to deal with Google directly for any of them.

                  I'll give you one of them here but the other two would each require a WSO to get them as one is ultra sick. It's really nothing new. I just had an idea to combine 2 things one day and OMG, can you say BINGO!

                  The one I will give you is mastered by Miss (I believe) Alexa Smith (clever handle by the way, if it's real then you were born for IM).
                  It's called Syndication.

                  No need for me to explain it please go read the insane volumes Miss Smith has given so freely to you.

                  You know, It's amazing to me. Alexa has given everyone so much spot on information that it's mind boggling but you still chase the golden pony next traffic push button millionaire for under $10 formula. I'm sorry I'm not being a jerk but it makes me laugh and sad at the same time.

                  I'm NOT interested in arguing with anyone if the above statement hits too close to home.

                  If you're NOT one of the people who does that then you have absolutely nothing to berate here.

                  And John, I of course do not mean that directed towards you or anyone in particular. How could I, I don't know you individually.

                  The other 2 methods are so powerful that if I did a WSO the price would be at least $97. Because once you saw them and their utter simplicity you'd freak.

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                  • Profile picture of the author An Al
                    Originally Posted by Enfusia View Post

                    They then would want to see the site as proof, I'm not showing potential competitors my site with negative SEO being a reality.
                    3. I don't really care about that as ranking is only a small portion of my traffic.

                    I have 3 main sources of traffic. I don't have to deal with Google directly for any of them.
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                    Holy contradictions, Batman, lol.

                    Folks in this forum kill me.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
                      Originally Posted by An Al View Post

                      Holy contradictions, Batman, lol.

                      Folks in this forum kill me.
                      Hi, I see your point of it APPEARING as a contradiction. However, just because ranking in G is not the MAIN source of traffic does not mean that I want to give up all those nice $$$ from the loss of G traffic. I'm not an idiot.

                      I apologize if this seemed contradictory.

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        • Profile picture of the author RickCopy
          Originally Posted by Ghoster View Post

          A new blog or a blog with low readership is more likely to be snubbed by readers if they have monetization everywhere. This is a fact.

          But yeah, if you want to see the trees for the forest, go ahead and monetize a site with no traffic.
          no it's not a fact....I had 6 articles on my blog and immediately put up adsense. It didn't make a ton of money but it made some... then all I had to do was focus on building content and traffic, over time the revenue just kept increasing.

          Honestly OP, just throw up adsense and plan on getting some online tea companies to sponsor the blog once you're past the 300+ UV/day mark. Monetization for this blog should be easy peasy... Id put a feedburner submit on the blog to capture emails and get subscribers in case there actually is a good tea product you could promote... but you're so specialized I highly doubt your audience is going to appreciate the typical IM "buy my product" chain of emails people seem to think is so great ...Id probably go solely with an ad-based monetization method with this. Keep it simple...focus on traffic and content.
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          • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
            Unless a site is designed primarily for lead-capturing, I agree with those who say it should be monetized immediately. There's no reason to wait until you reach a particular volume of traffic. That would be like launching a magazine with no advertising.

            It's almost always better to get your visitors used to the site's style from the start, rather than try to slip in the adverts later on; the blog may need to be redesigned or reshuffled, and you'd risk coming across as cynical to some of your established readers.


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        • Profile picture of the author Diice
          Originally Posted by Ghoster View Post

          A new blog or a blog with low readership is more likely to be snubbed by readers if they have monetization everywhere. This is a fact.
          Your opinion does not make something a fact.
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      • Profile picture of the author illiptic
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        I've seen these conversations here before. The first one I ever saw mystified me and they still mystify me now.

        I can hardly believe that so many people apparently imagine that if you've just started a blog, it's "too early" to monetize. Some of the comments here are honestly no more sensible than my suggestion above about hosting Japanese tea ceremonies (albeit that that one was deliberately facetious!).

        As asked, just above, "What if the first viewer wants to buy?"

        What do you gain by not having the site monetized?

        "Waiting to monetize" is exactly as logical as the people who "wait until they have 100 subscribers" before sending any of them an email, and then wonder why their list is "unresponsive" (and/or start off threads here to announce that "list-building doesn't work").

        Good advice.

        Many often forget that the only way you make money doing this stuff is through people BUYING STUFF (or clicking on an ad)

        If there is no way for people to buy stuff and nothing for them to click on, then there is no possible way to make money!

        Experiment with monetization NOW and tweak as you go and as you learn.
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    The first thing you need to do is have A LOT more than 2 articles!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeffery Moss
    If your site becomes successful you can add a directory of tea related sites and sell links there or even add your own affiliate links in the directory to supplement spaces not sold.
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
    Patrick,

    Interesting. Thanks for the added detail.

    There's no need to reveal your niche or prove your traffic stats. Although your results seem rather unusual, I'll take your word for it.

    Personally, I'm not aware of any legitimate push-button or "golden pony" traffic sources. My favorite source of targeted traffic -- one that I've used since its inception -- is AdWords.

    (In large part, SEO seems like a bunch of work for traffic that isn't scalable and could be gone tomorrow.)

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    • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
      Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

      Patrick,

      Interesting. Thanks for the added detail.

      There's no need to reveal your niche or prove your traffic stats. Although your results seem rather unusual, I'll take your word for it.

      Personally, I'm not aware of any legitimate push-button or "golden pony" traffic sources. My favorite source of targeted traffic -- one that I've used since its inception -- is AdWords.

      (In large part, SEO seems like a bunch of work for traffic that isn't scalable and could be gone tomorrow.)

      John
      Thank you.

      No, there's no push button way that I've found either, syndication is far from push button. But it works.

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  • Profile picture of the author carlamae
    Once you've got some traffic you need an ebook to sell (affiliate ebook is fine, but nice if you could create your own)...also, do you plan on selling or drop shipping tea from that blog? Because people that land on your site are going to be looking for tea, baby!
    Maybe you could even eventually create tea of the month membership site out of it or something...I'm just spit balling ideas...I tend to have more ideas than I have time! lol All the best to you! Also, just keep adding content with some keywords and the traffic will come.
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  • Profile picture of the author TerryX
    adsense is an easy way to start.
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  • Profile picture of the author wholesale blogger
    I have a friend (Chinese) and I worked with him lots helping hom through his business degree over the past few years, His family are in China and own and produce their own green tea business. The tea is priced at around $1000 per kg and when you see and taste it compared to the cheap nasty stuff I have seen before, you can tell why its so expensive (Although I am no expert being from Liverpool in the UK and drinking mostly builders tea). maybe you could do something with them. If you want to, drop me a PM
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  • Profile picture of the author adelewilliams
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    You can bring up some tea related accessories, or maybe organize a section where you suggest a tea type depending on a person's temper.
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  • Profile picture of the author ParkerFar
    Why don't you continue to offer great content, build a following, and offer "recommended products" in the form of affiliate links? I always liked the idea of partners and working with others. From there maybe you could develop your own products?

    Kind of tough though since it would be physical products which are much more involved. If you can find a way to offer info products on the subject, that would be a monster home run.

    Good luck. Awesome idea btw!!
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  • Profile picture of the author JanePlaten
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    So you have 2 articles and wish to monetize your blog? I would say you either need to start seriously writing your stuff and on a daily basis, or start looking for a web content writer who will do that for you. It takes an awful lot of work.
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  • Profile picture of the author DoubleOhDave
    Sorry if I am regurgitating, it's a long thread and I am short on time..
    I thought of this niche before and started an ill-fated site on it.. but that was back when I believed in push-button profits, so when I got real it was one of the sites that didn't survive the cull!
    To help you out though, here's some of the ideas/affiliate offers I found:

    Green Tea affiliate stuff on Clickbank - there's one there in particular that is really good (not just an attempt to get money for crap) Just take a look.
    Amazon: Really, really nice accessories on there!
    Teavana: Think this was the only affiliate tea site that allowed instant affiliation (I am sure there's an instant tea joke in there somewhere! :-))
    The Public Domain: The Book Of Tea is in the public domain - an ideal offer as a download for an opt-in, and if you go here: Visipix
    you can find some nice images to include to spruce the ebook up and make it look good. (oh and the book will be available in www.archive.org)
    Add the following plugins: amazon link localizer, wp-insert, and display widgets - and between them you can laser target your Amazon affiliate links to match the page or post and be particular to the visitor's country - and if they click on a generic Amazon link they will be brought to the local site for their country so you don't lose commissions. Just make sure you put your details in the settings or you don't get the cash.
    Go to the Wikipedia entry for tea - there is a massive amount of info there for tea and a great starting point for research. Also, take any inbound links for Wikipedia and put the anchor text into this: Wikipedia article traffic statistics to see how many pageviews they receice so you know where to focus your content..
    That's about as far as I got - added very little content, but if you wanted to market it, I can imagine article marketing, a facebook group and a Pinterest account (for all those nice tea accessory and public domain images) would do okay.
    Best of luck with your site!
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    • Profile picture of the author honestim
      Hi,

      Here are some suggestions

      1) Put an opt in form and start building your list from day 1
      2) Start delivering value and selling to your list irrespective of how big or small it is.
      3) Make the list building your top priority because the niche you are in, there are good chances of having repeat business from your customers.
      4) Regarding monetisation options here are a few
      a) Google Ads, Chitika and infolinks (I would not prefer it personally for a niche site like this)
      b) Affiliate products including gourmet teas etc
      c) Drop shipping from your website (Higher margins than affiliate programs)
      d) Selling accessories like tea cups, gourmet tea baskets, kettles, tea books etc

      The possibilities are endless...

      Best
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      • Profile picture of the author DoubleOhDave
        Originally Posted by honestim View Post

        Hi,

        Here are some suggestions

        1) Put an opt in form and start building your list from day 1
        2) Start delivering value and selling to your list irrespective of how big or small it is.
        3) Make the list building your top priority because the niche you are in, there are good chances of having repeat business from your customers.
        4) Regarding monetisation options here are a few
        a) Google Ads, Chitika and infolinks (I would not prefer it personally for a niche site like this)
        b) Affiliate products including gourmet teas etc
        c) Drop shipping from your website (Higher margins than affiliate programs)
        d) Selling accessories like tea cups, gourmet tea baskets, kettles, tea books etc

        The possibilities are endless...

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        OOOH! The dropshipping idea is a great one!
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        • Profile picture of the author honestim
          Thanks Dave,

          With the drop shipping model a 2-3 page website with small traffic can contribute to crazy volumes as compared to massive sites with huge traffic and Adsense ads thrown around...yes it takes a bit of work to start with but is definitely worth the effort.

          Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author wholesale blogger
    If Starbucks are going to start selling tea you can bet the market is expanding....

    Also, I guess you may have more success in countries that are big on tea already ... England for a start and we have speacilty tea shops ...
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  • Profile picture of the author mrcarefull38
    What I would say is drive traffic to it first then see if there interested then get ad's placed on it but the ads should be about the subject of the site not about something like Web hosting or a subject that don't tie in with it
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    • Profile picture of the author wholesale blogger
      Originally Posted by mrcarefull38 View Post

      What I would say is drive traffic to it first then see if there interested then get ad's placed on it but the ads should be about the subject of the site not about something like Web hosting or a subject that don't tie in with it
      Im not sure I would bother putting adverts on a site like this. They seem to me to take away from the overall look and feel of a site when the owner places adverts, related or even worse (as you say) they are unrelated.

      Maybe I'm wrong, but i'd just go with your high quality content with links to your affiliate or own products.
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
    Get more content up, 2 is nothing. I actually prefer to have around 5 pieces of really epic and different types of content up on the site before I actually launch. I also do a big launch and build a buzz around it.

    If done properly you can have tons of email sign ups, links, social media share and mentions about your blog before you've even launched. Running a launch competition can work wonders for that.

    Some good topics that will help...
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    I'm not sure why you've even started a blog that you want to make money from when you've yet to work out a strategy for traffic and monetization, that should have been one of the first things you did.

    Don't just do any old thing and hope for the best. Create a plan and a strategy and stick to it.

    You can monetize through selling tea from around the world, unusual teapots, tea cups and other tea equipment...and whatever else tea drinks want?

    Doesn't need to be limited to 'tea' related stuff work out your demographic (what age / sex / country / income etc) and then work out what ELSE they want and like aside from tea, they might like cooking too? You can likely sell some other products too if targeted to the demographic.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    A simple search on Google for Tea, types of tea will give you a handful list of tea to start researching keywords for and writing on. Going a little further for "tea affiliate programs" and vary your keywords, you will find some tea companies offering affiliate program that you can review and sign up for.

    However, you have two ways to monetize your blog either adsense or affiliate marketing.

    Once you are set and ready to fly, gather and save a good number of long tail keywords you should blog about and optimize your post for them differently.

    Remember, if you have a good blog, content and nobody knows about it then it's useless.

    Guest blogging is good for traffic, ensure the blog is worth it before contacting them.

    SEO traffic a must.

    Social presence is vital as well.

    Don't leave out YouTube for a clean, crisp and attention grabbing video, don't forget to optimize your title too.

    This will sustain you and your business monthly when done correctly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Danielle Murphyx
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    Create quality and constant content. Advertise it: Google AdSense. Analyse it: Analytics. But what I didn't get is if it is a selling-tea blog or just a descriptive one...
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  • Profile picture of the author RickCopy
    Honestly OP, everyone in this thread is just telling you an opinion based on their own experience...don't take it as fact... it doesn't appear that anyone ITT has experience in your niche... just keep putting up content and experiment with traffic sources and monetization. You'll figure out your own style if you stick with it. Dont let anyone tell you the "right" or "wrong" way to run your business.
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    • Profile picture of the author wholesale blogger
      Originally Posted by RickCopy View Post

      Honestly OP, everyone in this thread is just telling you an opinion based on their own experience...don't take it as fact... it doesn't appear that anyone ITT has experience in your niche... just keep putting up content and experiment with traffic sources and monetization. You'll figure out your own style if you stick with it. Dont let anyone tell you the "right" or "wrong" way to run your business.
      Surely by the op taking notice of the experience from others here the op can make more of an informed decision. Of course the best way id to find your own way in any field but if he can avoid pitfalls made by others then why not. Isnt that what we all want to do ;-)
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