So I bought some unique content a while ago and used it to build up a website. I've been active on digitalpoint and I've sucked and sucked knowledge and information to me about how to become successful online. I believe this can be called my pilot project. I can reveal my niche as this will probably give some better suggestions for my marketing plan. I hope this thread will also be an inspiration to other noobs and that it will inspire them to keep learning. * Edit: my niche is forex So at present this is how it looks. In frontpage I've built a website - that is "HTML Optimized" which means all unnecessary stuff is taken out of the coding to make the page smaller, therefore quicker to load - My sites contain appealing page titles as "keywords... - site name" - I'm using H1 tags for my titles - internal linking - relevant content linking - popular content page, where "popular" articles are being shown - i've inspired people to post their own content (by sending it to me, and i then upload it) - i've put a Facebook "like" button on each of the article pages - page description for each page - keywords for each article in HTML (though some claim it doesn't count anymore) - the design is (I think) nice and not confusing - submit to search engines, and DMOZ - any more you can recommend? - article URL is "www.sitename.x/whatever-the-article-title-is" So my plan from now on is - back linking of course by * posting in forex forums, how-to-make-money forums (please suggests more forums) * twitter accounts + set up a twitter account specifically for this niche * posting on relevant facebook groups + set up a facebook group for my site - trying to implement a suggestion script - can anyone recommend a free one? - I will also explore digg and see if I can have any success with that. It is actually an article site that I'm starting so basically all tips that will help even though at this given time I only have forex content. I would love to hear all suggestions. Thank you for your time and please tell me if I've forgotten something in both the SEO part but also if you have any other marketing tips.
It sounds like you are on the right track. The best thing to do now is keep building your profile and keep building content. Monitor how users are coming to the website and see what they are doing. Then you can assess what needs to be changed and react accordingly. It sounds like you are moving down the right path.
createdevelop - thanks. i haven't installed google analytics. can it tell me from which sites my visitors are coming? Patricksia - I said cheap methods. Meaning not something where i subscribe and have to pay $10/month any other suggestions?
ROTFL - Do you mean "Free" methods th0m4 ?? Because $10/month comes out to 33 cents a day. I am NOT advocating Patricksia's service at all, I'm just saying $10/month can be a good investment if it has agood return.
Yes - well if it's worth it, it's worth it, but I'm very skeptical about products that are recommended by the seller himself. It gives me no garanty (I know the word garanty is a no-no), but if a product is good people will recommend it without getting a cut of the sale and therefore I lean towards those products or products that I can atleast find reviews of on the internet. A few too many people are advertising their "oh-so-amazing" products on here.
Nothing is guaranteed but certain tools are more useful than others. For example if you're spending a lot on PPC then it might make sense to get SEMRush or something like that. Speaking of PPC - try spending $100 on it and see where it gets you. Get a list of 5000 long tail keywords and experiment with 20-cent clicks.
Great choice... forex for a pilot scheme... Forex is one of the most competitive niches and you're trying your luck with it without any money. Why don't you start with something simple, like 'dog training guide' or something which is easy, so you learn and move up a ladder. It's like buying property - you start with small and move up. But basically, what you're asking is that you would like to buy genuine Rolex for $10. I don't mean to be offensive and I wish you best of luck, I just think you should've started with something smaller and as you see results you will be encouraged to move to something bigger.
I know it's a bit optimistic but i figured it would be doable. I mean I did not intend to get a lot of traffic through search engines and improving SERP is basically impossible. I am only looking to make $150 from these forex articles and thought that I could drive sufficient traffic in different ways. From what I read people in this niche/money niche make quite a lot per click - around $2-3 and if I believe a CTR of 5% is achieveable I would need 50-75 click meaning 1000 - 1500 impressions. Please tell me if my calculations are wrong/too optimistic. I really am working on a really low budget as I'm limited to pocket money! Damn, damn, but that's reality. And the $150 would then allow me to buy a new domain and another 30 articles (which would then be WAY LESS competitive) where I would go for ranking them in the search engines.
I would advice having an expert optimise your code as frontpage is the least friendly code for SE's. Then either purchase or manually build links to your site from lots of different sources.
Okay joshvelco - which software would you then suggest using? I also own a version of Microsoft Expression Web 3. Is it better? Thanks for your input
I still think you should've gone for something less competitive and use the money and experience for bigger project. Anyway, all the best with your project. PS: I think your estimates are a bit optimistic but not far off.
Stephen Meyer - yes, i forgot to mention in my article that I appreciate my time too much to write elaborate articles. I outsourced the writing of the articles that make up the content of my website and I do not plan to do article marketing if avoidable. Then I would rather spend more tiime on social marketing and perhaps see less results.