Need help marketing an online flash arcade site...

Yeah, I actually changed it either yesterday or the day before. Don't use text-ads, trust me, they don't work! I had text ads only up for a while and now that I've switched to image-only my CTR has came up between .2 - .5%. Stick with the image ads!!

 

Well right off the top of my head I would say that you could make some comedy posts about getting busted at work/in class playing these games. Also whenever a new game comes out (esp if its a knockoff of a real game) then it could be like a press release style.

 

however, you know about minijuegos.com?
minijuegos sticking with the text based ads only..

or maybe their ranking is the highest arcade site?

 

how about video advertising ?
i will create a video for your site and submit to various video sites

 

Hmm, I really don't know if that will work very well... Probably pretty unpredictable traffic.. Also, as an update after implying a few methods I found at DP my current traffic update:



Farthest right dot is todays traffic so far.

 

Thats some really good traffic there. I use stumbleupon alot (Not really reddit it just doesnt work for me ) For articles i more or less wrote about console gaming or retro gaming. Although it doesnt have alot to do with a arcade site. Its some nice articles and people will still see your link.

Monetization i use alot of adsense and get sometimes similar stats to yours. And also making measly takings. Lately i have added google referalls for firefox (Prob will make zero off it but just wanted to try) And a few things from zango.

 

I've created a flash game of my own and plugged my site into it, I'm hoping to drive at least a little more traffic to my site with it. Or maybe at least some brand recognition Here's a link to the game:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/434538

At the listed link below is a .zip archive which includes many different sized and formatted thumbnails, hopefully one of which suit your liking. Also included is a screen-shot of the game, the .SWF file of the game itself, and a text file which states a game description, title, dimensions, and the optional information of keywords, author name, and author site.

http://rapidshare.com/files/106729368/YoyoBall.zip.html

Alright, here's a current traffic update:

 

I've noticed that you never use Medium Rectangle (300 x 250) on your site..
It done quite well on my site..

what do you think?