Is it possible to sell ads on my site?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by jasontn, Aug 22, 2009.

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    My site theoretically (but not in reality) gets as much traffic as JobBoardReviews dot com (as predicted by keyword tools etc..)

    That site has 7 companies which pay 100 dollars a month for ads. However, maybe the companies are just buying page rank or maybe not.

    My site Find Fast Work dot com - "jobs in my area" - keyphrase - # 2 rank

    Job Board Reviews dot com - "Job Boards" - keyphrase - # 5 rank - not "Job board" where it is not on the front page.

    My site got around 20 people a day the last time I checked (a few weeks ago).

    Of course my site's design isn't the best. But I would change that to attract ads. But nonetheless, does the site have a chance at getting ads.
     
    jasontn, Aug 22, 2009 IP
  2. LeifNisaan

    LeifNisaan Peon

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    If you are thinking for local ads then it will work for you if you give some importance to offline marketing of your website.
     
    LeifNisaan, Aug 22, 2009 IP
  3. lifeplayer

    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    Yes, the chances is there. You can also use for PPC advertisement as well
     
    lifeplayer, Aug 22, 2009 IP
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    junvalasek Banned

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    It's your site so no one can prohibit you putting anything what you want...
     
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  5. jasontn

    jasontn Well-Known Member

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    Basically, I'm asking this question:

    Will big companies who pay JobBoardReviews.com (# 5 for "Job Boards" - Google USA) 99 dollars a mo for front page ads pay me the same amount?

    My site is # 2 for a term "jobs in my area (Google USA)" and gets only 1000 fewer searches then "Job Boards" according to wordtracker free keyword tool. In addition Job Board Reviews isn't on the front page for "Job Board (singular)". Yet it still gets those ads. The "Job Board" tool gets more searches according to Google keyword tool but not the wordtracker tool.

    But of course I don't really know how much traffic "Job Board Reviews.com" is getting. But I don't think that site is much different than mine. It's nothing like hotjobs.com or something like that.
     
    jasontn, Aug 24, 2009 IP
  6. supermedo

    supermedo Peon

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    Well why don't you join a CPA network and put job banners it convert well
    i mean there offer in CJ allow user only to upload his/her resume and get paid 5 $ per lead
     
    supermedo, Aug 24, 2009 IP
  7. And!

    And! Well-Known Member

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    A site getting 20 visits a day is not going to attract advertisers who pay $99 a month. Your best option is to charge per click using a click script and work on increasing your traffic.
     
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  8. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    Agreed - very tough to get advertisers to pay that much on a website with such limited traffic.
     
    dlm, Aug 24, 2009 IP
  9. jasontn

    jasontn Well-Known Member

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    Then why does JobBoardReviews use 99 dollar a mo ads?

    If leads are worth 5 dollars a lead then 100 dollars a mo makes sense. You can get 500 dollars worth of leads.
    Let's say 100 out of a 1000 people click on your ad each mo. 100 * 5 = 500 dollars. You have a profit of 400 dollars. That's the only logic I can see in big companies paying 99 dollars an ad on JobBoardReviews.com

    Why? What is the reason for people paying 99 dollars a month?
     
    jasontn, Aug 25, 2009 IP
  10. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    Probably because it gets a bunch more traffic than your website.
     
    dlm, Aug 25, 2009 IP
  11. jasontn

    jasontn Well-Known Member

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    But quancast.com says they don't get more traffic. Based on my calculations using keyword tools they don't. At least they don't get much more traffic.


    From my ad in advertising:

     
    jasontn, Aug 25, 2009 IP
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    Yeah, if you wanna company pay your ads on your site, the first thing you must do is improve your traffic and let more visitors come to your site!
     
    SunstarShop, Aug 25, 2009 IP
  13. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    So that's about the worst way to go about building a website. Make a great website first with quality content. This will bring you visitors and in turn those visitors will bring you advertisers and revenue. You can't start looking for advertisers when you don't have a decent website yet.
     
    dlm, Aug 25, 2009 IP