hi i have been making a wordpress blog/site about my local town and think some guidance might be needed. My site is at the beginning really, offering information about travel, shopping, hotels and that sort of thing - i'm sure you get the idea. Anyway ive been slowly building links and adding content, changing things around. It was initially an idea that it is something i would know about off the top of my head, and help me learn more about using wordpress etc. The site is now coming up in the top of google for certain words ie - (myhometown) market, or (myhometown) shopping etc. I have already seen some potential here and am starting to aim at words such as homes or lettings etc. From here I am a bit lost though. I am aware that i can join affiliate programs for home letting, or jobsites such as monsterjobs.co.uk, but i feel that there might be something better i could be doing - local advertising. But ive not a clue where to start. Now my site is still in its infancy but as said is getting some decent rankings for some keywords that MUST be useful to someone?? What is a good time/good amount of visitors before i consider approaching local businesses? How would one even go about this? What is a fair price? How is it decided? I see some community sites offering simply paid links to businesses, but what about if i offered a write up with some pics? What im looking for is ideas, guidance etc. I am in no rush really as my plan is to keep building for the next year whilst finishing studying, then looking at what to do, and hopefully the domain would have gained a fair bit more content, links and general presence. If there is anyone who has done a similar type of site, or can offer any thoughts, then that would be really appreciated Kind regards
Put a big banner on the top of your sites homepage that says "Advertise here for only $500/month!" Realtors/Lawyers/Doctors will probably hit you up for it.
Nice suggestion! Have you considered Google Adsense? Might be an easy way to monetize your traffic for now... https://www.google.com/adsense/
Hi and thanks for the replies so far. I didnt consider adsense to be honest as id like to think that this site may have value to businesses locally and for the small amount adsense would bring in, i think it may make the site look not that great really. I didnt consider putting a big banner on advertising that particular space but i think i will definately consider that yes. I was thinking along the lines of approaching local businesses and seeing if they would advertise on it, but what would be an acceptable level of visitors, what would i charge etc Really not a clue here and just looking for some guidance or suggestions. Thanks again for your responses so far