I have a weight loss site that pulls in good visitor numbers but I don't really monetize it very well. All I have is a couple of google adsense units. The traffic is mostly from google and coming from very broad keywords, such as "weight loss". How do I get the most out of the visitors without changing the actual site content? I heard plenty of people speaking about how much money there is in the weight loss niche, but all I am getting is $0.2 per click through adsense.
Well... I don't think monetizing the site is where your eggs should be put. Do you have an auto-responder on it..? If the traffic is targeted, get an autoresponder, build a list and you're golden. "I heard plenty of people speaking about how much money there is in the weight loss niche"<---do you know why? Because there are millions of fat people; pretty much all desperate getting rid of it. So, there's definitely money there. You just need to reach them. You do it by: providing them with value (on forums, squidoo, through articles, via social media etc) and directing them to your squeeze page (not FORCING them to go there). do that. oh, also -- on the squeeze page, offer them a free product that relates to them. It needs to be awesome, also; or they're never going to pay for anything comeing from you.
You know your visitors are interested in broad weight loss terms, so try to start them down a sales funnel for something more specific. Adsense is nice for the shotgun approach, but pick a converting affil offer and try to run it too. Sort of a 'looking to lose weight fast? read our review of xyz'. You could also start a weight loss newsletter and give people tips and product recommendations on a weekly basis or so.
You could target more specific kw terms (long tail) to attract more traffic. You could build a list on your site, affiliate programs, Create youtube videos linking back to your site, join CPA networks..
I do agree with building a list and providing good quality content as well as selling good products through an auto responder. You want to build micro-niche sites that target people in specific categories of weight loss. The weight loss niche is very profitable but getting ahead of the competition can be hard, but if you create a micro niche behind specific products that fulfill a specific need inside the weight loss niche you can really make the big bucks. Look into CPA affiliate networks for great offers to promote in the weight loss niche. Example of micro niche. Broad keyword "weight loss" specific micro niche keyword "HCG Diet Reviews" see the difference. Then you would build a site around HCG and HCG only to get targeted visitors only interested in HCG. your conversion rate will sky rocket when get really targeted with your keywords and your site. Dig in and find those gems with your keyword research and solve the users problem with a quality product. Cheers -- Will Skinner
well, if someone searching for weight loss and landing on your site, then they may or may not be looking to buy some diet products. they might just need some information on weight loss. but if you are getting decent traffic, you should be able to monetize the site with a few good CPA or affiliate programs. if you get 2 cents a click, then your ads are not targeted. typical weight loss ads should bring you more than that. among affiliate programs, try commission junction and linkshare as they have lots of weight loss programs selling specific weight loss products. also try some CPA networks (getting accepted into a CPA program might be a bit challenging for starters as they have specific requirements) but you could give it a try.
I'd maybe try some CPA and Affiliate offers from places like Clickbank. There's a big market for weight loss but there's also a lot of competition so you'll need to do well. CPA should definitely pay off well if your dedicated.
I'd try CPA offers. There's some really killer, high paying CPA offers for the weightloss niche and if you've got some decent traffic you should make able to make some good cash from it.
i would agree with some of the post above. you could use affiliate products to make money from your website. You can checkout different affiliate products from websites like clickbank cj.com neverblue amazon maxbounty Also i would lose the adsense because what you rather make $10.00 a month from adsense or $50 a sale from an affiliate product.
If you're looking for a way to monetize your traffic, use a CPA network. We have great health offers. Or you can always sell your traffic.
Build a list by giving away a free, relevant report, sell affiliate products or come up with your own (or purchase PLR). Clickbank is a good place to find fitness/weight loss related books that you can sell as an affiliate.
Yep build a list giving something away is the best way. That way you can have a list to hit over and over of people interested in losing weight
Promote your site by using keywords. Also post links on websites, these ways are good to get traffic. I think you can try.
Lose the adsense ads because you are not going to make any real money unless you MASSIVE amounts of traffic. If you want to monetize use targeted affiliate products from Clickbank, cpa networks, paydotcom.com, cj (commission junction), shareasale. These affiliate networks have hundreds of products you can promote. Also remember get rid of the adsense its not worth it.