Ask Shannon!

Welcome To The First Official Ask Shannon Thread On DP!

Do you have questions about business, seo or internet marketing? Most do and I would love to help you all out with some answers! Whether your question is how to make some quick cash on line or how to think smart when investing in bigger projects I would love to throw my 2 cents your way!

You can ask me any question's relating to the net, business, seo and marketing / making money!

I will do my best to answer them all within a day or two!

 

Hi Shannon,
Oh I got questions! I have just launched my website, loftgolf.net, and am trying to greatly improve it's performance. This is a new venture to me, having only owned brick and mortar businesses. Any help would be very appreciated!

 

Hey LoftGolf, what exactly would you like to know? Perhaps get a little more specific with your question. Maybe something like I am just starting this website and wanted to know some good on line marketing techniques I can apply since its a service business.

 

Great... I have a question...
How much you make per month, what is your main stream of income, u working on any future projects, is PPC needed for affiliate success, advice for newbies on PPC for affiliates ?

 

I'm trying to market the site as a fun, interactive site dedicated to "par challenged golfers". I felt that by adding the Cart Girl of the Month competition it would bring people back to the site more often. I have also put a forum and blog on the site for the same reason. I guess I'm just trying to find out how to get to the next step. So yes, I am looking for advise regarding on-line marketing and just about everything else! Thank you.

 

Hey Dude!

I am currently making between 1k and 2k per month throughout all the sites I run. Its not a ton but its enough to survive and be my own boss!

As to my main source of income that would probably be my webdesign job where I on average make 15.00 per hour (from home mind you). I think it will grow over time though.

I am always working on future projects, you can check out my blog for news on those and stuff (sig).

As to your PPC and affiliate questions I think I will answer that in a post for my blog if thats alright, I should have it done and up tomorrow!

 

That would be great.
Thanks for your time

 

Np dude, glad to help!

 

What niches do your websites focus on our of curiosity?

Do you prefer to do affiliate programs, dropshipping/selling your own products, selling advertising, or some other method to generate revenue on your sites?

 

I blog, run a webmaster forum and do webdesign / seo work for various people and companies.

And I prefer direct ad sales as its much easier then affiliate or dropshipping but I also used to run my own training dvd company which taught me a lot about selling products and selling is always a good thing!

 

Who's your current webhost and are you happy with them?

 

HostGator and yes 110%

 

Great thread Here is my question:

When you're working on any project and it seems to fail, how do you motivate your continue on or look at the brighter side of things?

 

Have you ever sold a website before and if so is it O.K. to sell through paypal or is it best to go through some kind of escrow service? Thank!

 

I have sold many websites before raning from a couple dollars to over 1,000.00 and I have always used paypal. But I have also been burned twice totalling around 2,000.00 so depends if you know the seller / buyer well.