Guys, I've hit a wall.. :(

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Basically, I've had a #3 position in Google for a high competition term, making good money, and I've hit a wall. I don't know what to do to make more. I'm selling one product as an affiliate. I don't have contextual ads because they decrease conversion.

I'm researching a new niche in the anti-aging sector, with which I'm fascinated. But, if you were me would you stick with the current site instead of working on a new one? For those of you with big sites, how do find new ways to monetize?

I guess this post is retarded and extremely vague. Wow. sorry
 


Jump into a new niche, or make a new site about the same niche. They say competition is good for you, competition with yourself is even better (as long as it is organic ;))
 
I'd start on a new niche too. Once you're happy with that one, see if you've learned anything that you can do to improve your old sites. I tend to cycle through sites since i simply get tired of workin on them.
 
What about getting rid of the affiliate and sourcing the product direct yourself?

Always work on other ideas. All your eggs in one basket is a horrible thing!!
 
Everyone said it. Pick up the hot 20 year old blonde with huge breasts for a while, then go back to the gray-tinged PMS 40 year old with huge breasts.
 
I have a tendency to abandon my last project... try to keep an eye on it. Try not to completely ignore your money makers =)
 
Oftentimes you'll hit a wall because there are larger companies working on the terms above you. Don't fret. Just start working on something else, taking all the lessons you learned from your first success (#3 on Google for a money-earning term isn't a small feat). In the meantime, try to keep your cash cow at least in it's position by supporting it on a regular basis.

Also, another option you might want to try is to increase your link buys. Google may just not recognize that your site is quite as valuable as it is. Try out something like Pay Per Post or raw link purchases in places that you haven't tried yet.

Good luck!
 
I appreciate your advice, Dave. I keep going up gradually, so I'm not worried about the other companies. In fact, there's only one competitor - the other listing is wikipedia.

WHen I said I hit a wall, it meant more in terms of my business growth. I want to do something much bigger. I don't even care about the money so much anymore. Once it hits a certain point it seems like the satisfaction doesn't come from money, only milestones in growth along with the opportunity to think creatively.

I'm looking for adventure, so I'll definitely be starting a couple more sites and using the exact same methods to make them authority sites.
 
Your problem is that more than half your visitors/members are phen addicts. They want to buy phentermine, not chat about phentermine bullshit. Another thing is, they all know phentramine is shit.

Trust me, 95% of your visitors from the SE's dont come there looking to buy some herbal weight loss crap disguised as a drug. They want... to buy PHENTERMINE (period.)
 
Thanks for the responses everyone, except the reincarnation of AppleD. I already know what they want but it's illegal to sell it to them, so that's out. ;)
BTW Cam I'm starting the new project within 2 weeks and will contact you shortly. Same with the others.

Thanks.
 
i would not start a new project until i have either drawn a new business strategy / plan for the old one to pursue while i am after other projects or decided to leave it in its current (but then STABLE) state for a while.

there is still so much you could do about your site and you are now in a state that you understand why the last 20% of success take 80% of the whole effort. those last 20% might be responsible for 80% of your profits though.

so many people start a hell lot of projects, but many fewer people ever end them (which includes to declare them either a success or to bury them). moving on to another project as a diversion is never a good idea. diversion is allowed if you have made your homework for your current project, if it is secured that operations are running fine and stable, but not, if you are in a crucial phase where you would have to do some fundamental work about the future of your site, imho. but then you should also have set a strict timetable when you will be back on pursuing the plan that you left when taking a break.
 
I remember when we talked about what the next step would be for my site, but unfortunately, I have no idea how to set up a complicated referral based membership program like that, and I honestly am very weary of spending the money to have it developed for the site.

In no way am I considering giving up on it. Any ideas on the membership growth plan we discussed? Also, do you have any tips for starting the local clubs? Sorry to ask so many questions.
 
Start new ventures as backups. If something happens to your main venture, your newer venture would, hopefully, be producing enough revenue. This should support you while you fix your main venture. Revenue (and traffic) diversification is key.
 
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