As the thread title mentions, I'm as green as they get when it comes to adult. Adult doesn't operate the same way that more... family-friendly... sectors of internet marketing do. Still, I wanted to learn so I set up a blog focusing on a certain niche and started pumping out posts.
The blog is now ranked #3 in google for my primary 2-word keyphrase, and traffic has grown steadily month after month. In April, I had a little over 22k unique visitors and took in a little over $600. Not huge traffic for an adult site, but keep in mind that ALL of my traffic is coming from organic search, google image search, forum sigs, etc. I've done no exchanging or purchasing of traffic. Revenue has been growing steadily as well, though April was my best month so far.
Last night I met one of my "affiliate managers" for drinks and expressed how I was not satisfied with $600/mo. It's nice to have, but not worth working to keep. I've identified a very popular but under-served niche, and $600/mo seems like a waste of potential.
My goal is $200/day. At $30 PPS, that's about 7 sales per day.
He recommended that I convert the site to a TGP or MGP. He said that he has plenty of affiliates doing 5-figures monthly (with his program alone) using TGP/MGP sites.
While I don't doubt this, I am hesitant to blindly follow his advice. He doesn't work in marketing or promotion, and doesn't know a whole lot about teh intarwebs. Right now I've got a relatively easy $600/mo and my only expense is $10/mo for hosting. If I change the whole site around and it tanks, I just threw away $600/mo.
I know that WF has a few members who make their bones (no pun intended) with adult sites, and I was hoping someone could give me their opinion on this. Steer me in the right direction.
I know that going after organic traffic is probably a losing battle and not a long-term strategy in adult. I'm not looking to "scale" this and build 50 other blogs just like it. My chances of finding 50 other under-served niches like this one are quite slim. I think I could turn this site into a real performer, but could really use some input from anyone who has blazed this trail before me.
The blog is now ranked #3 in google for my primary 2-word keyphrase, and traffic has grown steadily month after month. In April, I had a little over 22k unique visitors and took in a little over $600. Not huge traffic for an adult site, but keep in mind that ALL of my traffic is coming from organic search, google image search, forum sigs, etc. I've done no exchanging or purchasing of traffic. Revenue has been growing steadily as well, though April was my best month so far.
Last night I met one of my "affiliate managers" for drinks and expressed how I was not satisfied with $600/mo. It's nice to have, but not worth working to keep. I've identified a very popular but under-served niche, and $600/mo seems like a waste of potential.
My goal is $200/day. At $30 PPS, that's about 7 sales per day.
He recommended that I convert the site to a TGP or MGP. He said that he has plenty of affiliates doing 5-figures monthly (with his program alone) using TGP/MGP sites.
While I don't doubt this, I am hesitant to blindly follow his advice. He doesn't work in marketing or promotion, and doesn't know a whole lot about teh intarwebs. Right now I've got a relatively easy $600/mo and my only expense is $10/mo for hosting. If I change the whole site around and it tanks, I just threw away $600/mo.
I know that WF has a few members who make their bones (no pun intended) with adult sites, and I was hoping someone could give me their opinion on this. Steer me in the right direction.
I know that going after organic traffic is probably a losing battle and not a long-term strategy in adult. I'm not looking to "scale" this and build 50 other blogs just like it. My chances of finding 50 other under-served niches like this one are quite slim. I think I could turn this site into a real performer, but could really use some input from anyone who has blazed this trail before me.