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When approaching potential advertisers as a new forum with not all that much popularity or activity you don't have the upperhand to really make demands. So what you need to focus on is working in the longterm with them and building a solid partnership where later on when you hopefully do have the userbase, activity, and popularity, they will continue to sponsor contests for you and advertise with you as well. It's really a tough question, because every niche, especially within forums can be either really easy or fucking tough. Sometimes they appear easy to approach, but aren't at all.
In the end what you need to do is give this potential advertiser an incentive on why they should sponsor a contest. Aside for the obvious reasons, your job is to show them what they HAVEN'T considered yet. Give them more than just a contest, let them put a banner up, use them in a newsletter, and just keep offering them deal after deal because they are the first to have invested in your concept and community. I can assure you, their competitors will take notice and start approaching you later on as well.
This better not be a webmaster forum, otherwise I'm going to kick your ass.
Not sure if more than one question is allowed but what the hell.
Say that you have a good idea for a new web application.
You don't have the means to fund it yourself but know the industry fairly well and know that it can be monetized.
How would you go about getting funding to develop this project.
I know this question is probably in the grey area of 'internet marketing' but the product itself would be just that.
Say that you have a good idea for a new web application.
You don't have the means to fund it yourself but know the industry fairly well and know that it can be monetized.
How would you go about getting funding to develop this project.
I know this question is probably in the grey area of 'internet marketing' but the product itself would be just that.
Depends what the domain is. PageRank has absolutely no bearing for me. It's just got a bigger green bar than a different site. Alexa also kinda sucks. Remember, they can only track and rank their data based on people who use their toolbar. Sure, they are owned by Amazon and there are millions of shoppers from them, but I'm an Amazon shopper and I never used their lame toolbar. There's actually a very small percentage of people using it. Don't depend on those two factors to trick yourself into thinking it's more valuable than just being a domain with pretty colors and stats attached to it.
If it's just sitting there, and doesn't get much traffic.. develop it and sell it. Think of it as a real estate property that you don't really want or need. So instead of letting it sit and rot, if you have the cash and time for it, develop it into something that has a lot of potential value, and sell it to someone that can take it to the next level. You should be able to get at least $100 for it instead of letting it expire. Also, keep in mind that more than 90% of the webmasters out there DO count PR and Alexa as VALUABLE, so by adding that to your sale, you can probably fetch even more cash than you would have before. Whatever, if they are dumb enough to not listen to what people say about those two sources, then let them pay you for it.
It's just business.
Ask.com and Looksmart.com are two that not many people use. They aren't great for everything, but they do serve their purposes for specific campaigns as a form of cheaper but still targeted traffic sources. The conversion ratios are okay too, but again, depends a lot on the type of campaign and landing page, etc. From what I have heard, it sucks for things like finance leads, ringtones, etc. The super popular and competition saturated shit. But for other stuff I've heard good things.
There are no real "tricks" per se.. everything anyone needs to know has been posted about, blogged about, written up in articles, magazines, etc. It's everywhere. It just depends on what YOU want to believe and actually put into action. A lot of them take time to do, so people try and find shortcuts. The more shortcuts you use, the worse you'll do in the longrun.
Here's what you need..
1- Good titles
2- H tags (people may disagree, but they still hold value, even post-Florida)
3- Relevant one way links from relevant sources that have some type of TRUST. Getting links from every site in the world related to your topic is good, but it's a quality over quantity game.
4- Unique content with keywords. This doesn't mean to sprinkle a few or bombard it with tons of keywords, it means keep whatever the topic of the content is ON TOPIC, not on something else.
Those are my favorite 4, and probably all you really need in the long run, in spite of any crazy changes. This will work on Google, but also on many other important engines both nationally and internationally.
If you were to give out affiliate summit tickets, when would that be?
When Brandon and I are done giving them out to friends who are good affiliates in the industry that can add value and went to ASW to support us, also to loyal members. After that, the 100+ that are left, will be given out here.
Is it worth the time to make a bullshit site with nothing but offers on it? Not google or yahoo ads, but just regular offers from the networks. There are a ton of "freebie" sites out there, just wondering if it is worth the time or if that is asking for a headache.
Is this like a "I have a friend with a giant mole on his cock.." advice questions that is really about you?
Seriously though..
I'd go with both MSN and Adwords. Dedicate $100 to each one, and focus on much more targeted keywords (long tails?) for max conversions for each click/visit they generate for you, and then take the remainder $100 and put that towards the one that gave you the best ROI... not CTR.. but ROI.
Automate all of the things that take the most manual labor/time to do. Also have all the aspects that are huge pains in the asses to do by hand or the ones that cost you the most if you can.
If you wanted to develop a software program that you didn''t want the whole world knowing about (on a minimal budget), where or who would you go to in order to get it developed.
I'm thinking of setting up short term in Romania/Russia... what do you think about that idea?
I'm thinking of setting up short term in Romania/Russia... what do you think about that idea?
Jon,
The "guru whores" seem to have succeeded in convincing a lot of people they can make obscene money with no investment of time or money.
I see a few of them wandering in here, looking for real answers after they've been raped by these guys.
What do you think would be a resonable starting budget and time frame for any of these people who are just starting out?
The "guru whores" seem to have succeeded in convincing a lot of people they can make obscene money with no investment of time or money.
I see a few of them wandering in here, looking for real answers after they've been raped by these guys.
What do you think would be a resonable starting budget and time frame for any of these people who are just starting out?
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