Need Marketing Help for my Finance/Stock Blog, What can you offer?

Hi, I need Marketing help for my Finance/Stock Blog http://stocksonwallstreet.net/. It is around 6 months old and I have yet to spend any money in it really especially advertising. These are my site statsitics so far which I look to improve:

- Alexa Popularity: 212,316
- Alexa Traffic Rank: 181,074
- Twitter Followers: 11,000+
- Google Pagerank: 1
- Inbound Links: 8,000+
- Monthly Unique Visits: 6,500+
- Monthly Visits: 16,000+
- Monthly Pageviews: 95,000+

Tell me what you can offer or what I can do to improve my marketability?

 

Hello,
It looks like you've done a great job with the site so far!

Have you thought of creating a YouTube channel? Reality style videos work great. After you create the videos you should syndicate them to 15+ video sites.

I see you have an opt-in form on your page, what are you doing with your list? Newsletters? Have you thought of using your list in order to promote JV's?

Have you done any press releases?

Create some social media sites: Facebook, squidoo, hubpages.

Hope this helps. PM me if you wanna discuss them in more detail!

GL

 

I use Facebook, Twitter, and some other social medias. What would I make the youtube videos of? Am creating a strong email list through where I dicuss private stock picks.

 

Your stats look good. I would also suggest youtube. How about a video giving a weeks round up of trading events.

 

You can start by creating a weekly Video Blog or even monthly, whatever you are confortable with.
Another option would be to discuss the private stock tips on video, just be creative and once you syndicate the video with the keywords/tags they generate a ton of traffic.

I don't know how big of a list you have but a great way to monetize on it would be to set up workshop groups on a webinar and charge a fee for the workshop.

GL

 

So you think viral marketing is really effective? What about paid advertisements or adwords etc?

 

those are really nice stats, are you already on video sites like youtube, dailymotion and metacafe..etc?

 

I think viral marketing is extremely effective, not only that but if you do it right you can use the videos to bring you up to the first page of google on several different keywords in less then a week (if done correctly with different keyword rich domains)

Adwords are great if done properly, otherwise you will spend a lot of advertising $$ on testing and making sure google is happy with what you are doing not to mention it can get super competitive on certain niches and keywords.

You should also try banner advertising on niche sites, you might be able to negotiate some good prices. Look for some good ezines in your niche and contact the owners asking for their rates for solo ads.

 

Not on any video sites yet. Considering it tho.

 

What should I expect to pay for Banner ads and what type sites should I look for like traffic stats wise?

 

Do a google search for your main keywords + ezine.

Search for sites that have opt-in forms and newsletters and large lists.

You can email the owners saying you are interested in advertising with them, and wants to know a few stats. Just create a form as if you were interviewing them, ask the main questions: list size, how often does the newsletter goes out, do they offer solo ads, has anyone else advertised with them? what was the outcome?

In terms of pricing its gonna depend on what sites you find, the best part is some of these sites never had anyone want to advertise with them so you can make them a low offer. I've paid as much as $500 for solo ads which had phenomenal results and as low as $25 for banner placements on single newsletters.
You can even ask them if they are willing to do a trial run with you and if it works you commit to doing 3-5 runs with them.
Get creative

 

Hey u done a grate job with u r site its very impressive i like it vary much.
u should have to submit u r videos in videos related sites and social sites . best of luck

 

Your stats look good. That is a great start.

 

So everybody agrees on video marketing I will get that started. Any other tips???

 

If I were to spend $300 on Marketing, what would be the most effective method to spend the money on?

 

If anyone can answer that question directly, it is either A) Something that has worked for them or B) They just don't know. Generally, you're going to have to do the testing yourself. I wouldn't throw all your eggs into one basket. Maybe try out PPC and Direct Advertising with that amount of money. You should be able to advertise in some pretty good places with that marketing budget and then you can tweak it to find what will work for you. Good luck!

 

Thanks for the help, is adwords the best for PPC?

 

Does anyone know anything about link building?

 

Those are some good numbers so far. How you spend money on advertising should depend on how you make money on the site. PM me, if you'd like some personal advice.

Steve

 

What do you mena? Say I make $1000 a month, how much should I dedicate towards Marketing?