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Does my new Blog have some money-making potential? Take a look please

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by BlackReef, Jun 30, 2012.

  1. #1
    I just got WordPress installed earlier this week. I originally put a theme in there but I never cared for it much. So I buckled down and spent the last 3 days building this blog:

    TheOpSec.com (sorry, I unable to post live links yet with the account that I have).

    Please check it out and let me know what suggestions you may have. My goal is to make several thousand dollars per day. That may be a long term goal - and far fetched, but that is what I am shooting for.

    Any input or suggestions are welcome. I've basically been just scouring the internet and finding recent articles and posting them.

    Still working on getting the email subscription stuff working.

    -J
     
    BlackReef, Jun 30, 2012 IP
  2. ninjamtlt1

    ninjamtlt1 Active Member

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    Yea I checked it out, i think it definitely has potential. The design is very professional and the content seems really good. Just get out there and market the hell out of it :) My main suggestion is to start an email list using Getresponse or Aweber. Getresponse is free for your first 100 subs. Good luck :)
     
    ninjamtlt1, Jun 30, 2012 IP
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    jakebvs85 Peon

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    Can you post the URL of your site? I dont see it on your post or is it the one in your signature?
     
    jakebvs85, Jul 1, 2012 IP
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    OP. The Blog looks really nice. I'd definitely spend some time on it.
     
    WinmanRoss, Jul 1, 2012 IP
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    SchenkerF Peon

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    As long as you add quality content, sure! give it a try :)
     
    SchenkerF, Jul 1, 2012 IP
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    louiselouise Peon

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    #6
    if you have budget can try ppc or other advertising.
     
    louiselouise, Jul 1, 2012 IP
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    "Several thousand dollars per day"?! Might as well aim high i guess!
     
    nickywalker, Jul 1, 2012 IP
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    Nice site you have. But I see your site loads very slow. I already tried 5 times and then enter to your site. You could use cpm banner ad network.
     
    hanky_panky, Jul 1, 2012 IP
  9. BlackReef

    BlackReef Greenhorn

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    I've always like the quote:

    "It's better to aim for the moon and miss, then to aim for a pile of cow crap and hit it dead center"
     
    BlackReef, Jul 1, 2012 IP
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    BlackReef Greenhorn

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    Thanks guys for the responses.

    I don't know anything about advertising. All I have on there is Google Ad-Sense, with a handful of ads. Im making about $5-10 / day right now. Which is not much, but also I have only been online for a few days.

    Any thoughts or suggestions on how to earn a bigger profit?
     
    BlackReef, Jul 1, 2012 IP
  11. BlackReef

    BlackReef Greenhorn

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    Ok, well I've been posting my links to various forums today. Just today, I made about $15 in Google Ad-Sense. I don't know if that is good or bad, but the blog is less than 4 days old. I've made about $20 total lol, but today was my biggest day.

    Anyways, I am completely in the dark when it comes to advertising and making $$ through marketing. All I know about is ad-sense, and Ive been putting the adsense ads in throughout the site.

    What do I really need to do to take this to the next level? My goal is $4-500/day with this site, and I think that is realistic.

    Thanks
     
    BlackReef, Jul 1, 2012 IP
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    It has been indexed already now I can say that it has a great potential just keep it updated.
     
    kinnethharring, Jul 2, 2012 IP
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    BlackReef Greenhorn

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    Ok well I need to figure out a different tactic.

    I've been posting links to the blogs in various forums. Ive been getting decent traffic, but I think its making some members upset - they think I am 'spamming' the forums, even though I put a disclaimer in there that the link takes them to the site.

    I have alot to learn - but I need to know a good way to naturally drive people to my site. Ive been adding several articles a day. Maybe I just need to be patient. Ive only had the blog up for 6 days LOL
     
    BlackReef, Jul 2, 2012 IP
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    My computer blocks it as a security risk to my computer. May want to start by fixing that.
     
    cameronpalte, Jul 2, 2012 IP
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    BlackReef Greenhorn

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    Really? Any details on the security risk? Im not sure why that would happen...?
     
    BlackReef, Jul 2, 2012 IP
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    The site is pretty nice. You can add some banner links on the side and make extra money. Other than that, just get lots of traffic and you are ready to go. Good Luck!
     
    fong47, Jul 2, 2012 IP
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    For a newsite , they usually find problem of getting traffic . You might need to look seriously on this and try to overcome this within 2 to 3 months.
    Be patient and optimize your blog and get more traffic . Then you can earn few thousand buck is not a problem .
    You can try affiliate to earn big bucks by using blog.
     
    JerrickYeoh, Jul 2, 2012 IP
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    BlackReef Greenhorn

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    Thanks guys, what is this affiliate program I keep hearing about?

    You think I should post more google ad links?
     
    BlackReef, Jul 2, 2012 IP
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    Yes your forum is so much good and it can be earn the money and may be a high ranking money-making potential.
     
    ElizabethSwell, Jul 2, 2012 IP
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    BlackReef Greenhorn

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    Thank you folks!

    I guess Ill just keep adding articles to it and be patient, and we will see what happens!
     
    BlackReef, Jul 2, 2012 IP