Struggle with Monetization? anyone else in the same boat

[Eddy]

While it seems pretty easy for me to launch a site, get it ranking and get traffic, I seem to strike out when it comes to monetization. I’ve had sites getting 600k visitors per month and struggled to make more than a few $100. Whatever I try to make work, ads, affiliate links, amazon, nothing seems to work at scale, anyone else in this situation?

• This topic was modified 8 months ago by Eddy.

[Tony Fowles]

Yep, same boat – but the two sites I’m working are nowhere near 600k a month so I assume with me it’s just a case of increasing traffic. I have a few affiliate products in places that make sense, but will probably start with ads and go from there.
My sites are gradually getting more traffic so either I’m doing something right (but slow) or the HCU is correcting itself 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Eddy]

Hey Tony, I hope you have more success at turning traffic into profit than me. it just feels like im missing some ‘secret sauce’ when it comes to turning a modest return on traffic.
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[Eddy]

The only thing I haven’t done yet is start a mailing list. I’m reluctant to take on another channel to manage. But maybe that’s the way to go?

[Tony Fowles]

That’s my next thing to work on, placing a sign up somewhere prominent on my homepages and bio’s, just so that if a fraction of people who do visit and sign up to an email list, it means they’re already interested and must trust my site.

I would imagine with your traffic, you will get loads of sign ups, maybe you could create some sort of funnel for it? For my DIY niche site, I’m considering offering a pdf to anybody that signs up, along the lines of a “cheat sheet” or something more than they would find on the site alone. Trouble is, I’ve got many half-baked plans and keep getting sidetracked by other things I need to be doing and getting one Thing done first, if that makes sense? I’ve definitely got a case of Shiny Object Syndrome, too – which doesn’t help.

[Eddy]

I think I would get sign ups, but still trying to figure out the best way to manage the list. Looking into FLODESK, BEEHIIV and EMAILOCTOPUS. Looks like some list CMS can get expensive very quickly if you generate a lots of subs.

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[Tony Fowles]

That’s a good point, no point paying for a list if it doesn’t at least cover itself. I’ve got as far as Aweber but only because I tried it for a project a long time ago and it seemed simple enough for me to use – not sure on pricing though

[eddieturbo]

Hi Eddy,

Just out of interest, 600k is a real good number, so did Google update this month impact those numbers?

I have a tiny directory site (as niche as it gets) but lost 90% of my traffic. It highlighted a flaw in my model so I went from smug to devastated to lesson learned in a short space of time.

Eddie

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