Increasing your monetization
Finally back to the series on using the PLR articles to generate content sites. Last time I discussed ways to generate traffic and now it is time to start looking at your monetization.
I usually start with Adsense because it is easy but as soon as I see that I am getting traffic it is time to look to change that up.
One of the things I like about Market Samurai is that I can track what type of rankings I am getting and I can see what and who my competition is. When I go look at the sites I am competing with I am always looking for how they are monetizing their sites.
Paying attention to the various affiliate offers they are promoting can give me a good idea of what is working in that niche. This si very true when you see more than one promoting the same offer.
At the same time I am also watching my analytics and seeing what people are typing in to find my site. This will do two things. It will show me potential topics to grow the site. Looking at the other pages on Google for that search will give me more ideas on potential ideas for monetization.
Now as I set up the various offers I want to make sure that I am tracking the offers so I can see which ones make sales and which ones don’t. You need to be tracking the results so you can change the offers to maximize your income. Because of that clicks don’t matter as much as the end result.
From this point on it is only a matter of tweaking your offers to maximize your return and expanding your keywords to add more content.
My initial goal is to get the site to making $3 a day on average. If after a couple of months I have been able to get traffic but can not convert it I may have made a mistake in picking my niche so it is time to move on.
But the ones that work will continue to get love and affection to increase them. Now go start putting the plr articles cluttering your hard drive to use.
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Mike Paetzold got started blogging in 2003 and has become an expert on using WordPress. He has become known as The WordPress Guy. After being an under ground niche marketer using his blogs he has surfaced to share some of the ways he uses PLR to enter various niches profitably. Get the details at Profitable Blog Steps |
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Great tips Mike. Having a web site make money is probably the most important thing, because without that it’s just a hobby site, which is ok if that’s all you want. But when you run your own business, you really need to make sure that whatever you are doing, that it’s making you money.
.-= Joel Osborne´s last blog ..Niche Site Club Review =-.
Actually I should be happy with $3/month on some of my blogs.
Of course most of it is my fault, by not using the monetization steps you mentioned. So my target will now be $3/day for all my blogs (what actually should be a nice monthly income).
Just need the focus!
.-= Fred Lotgering´s last blog ..Free Giveaways, Free Resources – Self Improvement Niche =-.