Here is a perfect example of someone who just does not know where to start. He's got some great ideas, but also a ton of excuses. Take a look and let me know what you think.
affiliategirl: anyway - wanna see my new blogsite?
reluctantgenious: sure
affiliategirl: www.FreeAffiliateResources.com
affiliategirl: it's a mirror site for the myspace site - one that i can put keywords into & market better.
affiliategirl: my brain is fried from getting it done. bit of a learning curve.
reluctantgenious: so you get higher search engine placement?
reluctantgenious: or targeted trafffic?
affiliategirl: in theory. once the site is just right i'm going to pay for some keyword terms
reluctantgenious: whats the point of the keywords?
reluctantgenious: on google?
affiliategirl: search engine placement. w/out them people can't search for "free affiliate resources"
reluctantgenious: why not just build your own site
affiliategirl: google, yes.
reluctantgenious: or sites
reluctantgenious: if you're going to rely on keyword searches
affiliategirl: well, i have my own sites that i will be placing affiliate ads onto (see bottom right of website www.FreeAffiliateResources.com)
reluctantgenious: so you just want as many sites as possible to show up in one search?
affiliategirl: so the blogs are to show people what i'm doing, what is working, and what does not work.
affiliategirl: no - each one will get traffic from different search terms.
affiliategirl: diversify.
reluctantgenious: okay
reluctantgenious: did you build that template?
reluctantgenious: no
reluctantgenious: its blogger
reluctantgenious: didn't see that
affiliategirl: no - i got it from a "blogger template site" - and then applied my own css & background to it.
reluctantgenious: how many blogs can you have on blogger?
affiliategirl: as many as you want. i searched for (researched) for the URL most of yesterday - purchased it, and then applied it to a blogger site. free hosting & the ability to advertise.
affiliategirl: i actually had a huge list of "affiliate" advertising/type sites - picked the best one & went with it.
reluctantgenious: freeaffiliatesources.com?
reluctantgenious: so you'll use that on a number of sites?
reluctantgenious: or different URLs?
affiliategirl: no - just the one - but i'll put the "blog" portion on another page & make it a more diversified site.
reluctantgenious: won't that start getting expensive
affiliategirl: the real "money makers" are going to be www.tgshopping.com & www.corsetinformation.com & www.fetishcorset.com
reluctantgenious: buying all those domains
reluctantgenious: renewing them
affiliategirl: i'm just going to document how i am making money with those sites on the affiliate site. talk about what's working & what is not.
affiliategirl: i already own the domains - renewals are $5.99 per year - it's not bad.
affiliategirl: i'm putting advertising on all of the sites - which will draw traffic & i will make more $$ when people go there & especially when they buy things.
reluctantgenious: i mean if you were going to set up a lot of sites with different urls
reluctantgenious: and keyword terms
reluctantgenious: you could actually use the same url on different sites if it was a subdomain
affiliategirl: yes - you could. easily.
reluctantgenious: like blogger makes it
affiliategirl: i'm going to do that with www.tgshopping.com
reluctantgenious: www.blogger etc.
affiliategirl: yes - exactly.
reluctantgenious: each url would be different
reluctantgenious: with the parent domain
affiliategirl: yes.
reluctantgenious: some of the visitors would figure out it's the same person
reluctantgenious: but that probably doesn't matter
affiliategirl: doesn't matter if the information is all good.
reluctantgenious: gives you a good brandname
affiliategirl: yep yep!!!
reluctantgenious: seems like you need a product to make money on the net
reluctantgenious: it's tough to sell with just traffic and some banners
reluctantgenious: not easy to get traffic for one thing
reluctantgenious: need to sell what the site is is centered around
reluctantgenious: thats where i went wrong
affiliategirl: yes - an ebook or reselling a product is a great idea.
reluctantgenious: i would like to do a showbiz site
reluctantgenious: but what the hell would i market on it?
affiliategirl: dunno - make up a few ideas - type them up - & i'll tell you what to do with them if you want.
reluctantgenious: i could do movie retals like blockbuster.com
reluctantgenious: maybe
affiliategirl: you could do an affiliate site specifically on "the best movies to rent"
reluctantgenious: but that doesn't pay much
reluctantgenious: i could do a movie review site
reluctantgenious: even though there are a ton of them
reluctantgenious: but again
affiliategirl: it could. or you could do a site with subdomains. something like "www.bestchoicesonline.com" and then have "www.movierentals.bestchoicesonline.com" etc etc etc!
reluctantgenious: what to market?
reluctantgenious: how does it make money?
affiliategirl: www.bestoldmovies.bestchoicesonline.com
affiliategirl: you have to keep up the content - write reviews - and put relevant affiliate advertising on the sites.
reluctantgenious: what affiliate advertising?
reluctantgenious: movie rentals is all i can think of
affiliategirl: www.tgshopping.com
affiliategirl: all of the pages have affiliate ads on them. the whole site is built of affiliate ads from www.cj.com & www.linkshare.com
reluctantgenious: oh i know
reluctantgenious: i just can't think of too many that would appeal to the demo i'd be targeting
affiliategirl: then pick a smaller/narrower demographic
reluctantgenious: i could see traffic materializing
reluctantgenious: but not affiliate sales
affiliategirl: how about movies for men --- or movies for couples --- or movies for single men .... or???
reluctantgenious: i'd like to do something like smoking gun
reluctantgenious: i did this at christmas
reluctantgenious: www.armchairshoppers.com
affiliategirl: you built that site?
reluctantgenious: yes
affiliategirl: lol - then you already know what you are doing. why not make that site a regular shopping site and not geared toward xmas?
reluctantgenious: i could
reluctantgenious: no seed money for ads though
affiliategirl: change it for mothers day - then for fathers day - then for birthdays - etc
reluctantgenious: thats not too bad an idea
reluctantgenious: but i still have to buy ads
reluctantgenious: otherwise no traffic
affiliategirl: just submit to the search engines - all of them - and i have other free traffic ideas. i'll let you in on some of them
affiliategirl: buy ads for what?
reluctantgenious: the site
reluctantgenious: to get people there
reluctantgenious: i did google at christmas
affiliategirl: there are ways to get free traffic.
reluctantgenious: but my bid wasn't high enough
reluctantgenious: and i was too late
affiliategirl: you update the site for Mothers & Fathers Day & then i'll tell you how to get some free traffic.
reluctantgenious: okay
affiliategirl: i'm going to use your site as a "sample" on my blog -k? that might get you some traffic, too.
reluctantgenious: cool
reluctantgenious: thanks
affiliategirl: you can update it and try some things while i document them.
affiliategirl: that's a great website name, btw!
reluctantgenious: it took me awhile to think of something not taken
Tomorrow I'll tell you what I told him regarding free traffic! Stay tuned!
~n-lynn