I've been weighing whether or not to sell my website. It needs a little work, which I didn't want to mess with. This theorectical thread is assuming I decide to keep it.
You can see the website here: http://www.poetryrealm.com It averages about 5,000 page views/month, I think (I need to check statistics) but as you can see, it has a mere 20 or so users. Given, a lot of them were made by me or friends who created accounts & never used them. Let us assume for this thread that 100% of every flaw in the site was addressed/fixed.
What I need, obviously, is registered members (who actually use the site). I'm trying to figure out how to get them (members, NOT traffic, in general). I've tried twice to pay individuals, using scriptlance.com, to drive me in some registered members but both attempts failed to generate me even one member. Now, I'm weighing my options.
In August/September, I think I will contact a few local schools and ask them to print a small ad for the site in their newsletters; that should help, seeing that my target is writers of all ages, and teen writers are the most pretentious lol.
Now, I need to find some other way to generate users. I'm willing to pay for users, so I could try AdWords. The downside to that is I don't have the money to pay 10-50 cents or more just for a visitor who might not even sign up. I thought of using something like cj.com so I'd pay for performence, not for traffic. cj, unfortunately, won't accept my site because it's a little-known website with nothing major in its clout. Here is what I think would work as a decent structure for the payments:
Send 1-49 members/month: 10 cents per member
Send 50-99 users/month: 25 cents per member
Send 100+ users/month: 50 cents per member
Without cj.com, I'm not sure how I could do this. I'm trying to weigh all my options, so this isn't out of the question. I'm also thinking of trading links with similar websites but I'm not sure where to find any. (If you have a writing/song or music/poetry/teen website and want to trade links, PM me)
Anyone have a clue as to what I should do to gain registered members, other than what I've mentioned here?
You can see the website here: http://www.poetryrealm.com It averages about 5,000 page views/month, I think (I need to check statistics) but as you can see, it has a mere 20 or so users. Given, a lot of them were made by me or friends who created accounts & never used them. Let us assume for this thread that 100% of every flaw in the site was addressed/fixed.
What I need, obviously, is registered members (who actually use the site). I'm trying to figure out how to get them (members, NOT traffic, in general). I've tried twice to pay individuals, using scriptlance.com, to drive me in some registered members but both attempts failed to generate me even one member. Now, I'm weighing my options.
In August/September, I think I will contact a few local schools and ask them to print a small ad for the site in their newsletters; that should help, seeing that my target is writers of all ages, and teen writers are the most pretentious lol.
Now, I need to find some other way to generate users. I'm willing to pay for users, so I could try AdWords. The downside to that is I don't have the money to pay 10-50 cents or more just for a visitor who might not even sign up. I thought of using something like cj.com so I'd pay for performence, not for traffic. cj, unfortunately, won't accept my site because it's a little-known website with nothing major in its clout. Here is what I think would work as a decent structure for the payments:
Send 1-49 members/month: 10 cents per member
Send 50-99 users/month: 25 cents per member
Send 100+ users/month: 50 cents per member
Without cj.com, I'm not sure how I could do this. I'm trying to weigh all my options, so this isn't out of the question. I'm also thinking of trading links with similar websites but I'm not sure where to find any. (If you have a writing/song or music/poetry/teen website and want to trade links, PM me)
Anyone have a clue as to what I should do to gain registered members, other than what I've mentioned here?
