The "Secret" Site
My new site (yes, my "secret" site *grin*) made two more sales this weekend... for a total of 8, now. I'm VERY pleased with this first month online, as the site isnt even finished - yet it's already converting visitors into buyers!
I was just looking at my stats, and noticed that two visitors arrived on the site from the same search phrase. When searched on Google, my page is in the #1 spot! The search was for a specific product on that page, and of course the search phrase (name of the product) was bolded in the description of my listing... very nice :)
Another of the pages was #12 on Google (that's #2 on the second page) for a search phrase that also brought in two new visitors. It's really interesting to grab these phrases out of your stats, and then do the search yourself to get an idea of what those searchers are seeing.
One thing I noticed is that most of the competing pages have terrible page titles. That is actually something I gave a lot of attention - doing my best to encourage a click by the Title alone. Fortunately, even though I'm working in a very competitive market... most of the competing sites are not owned by webmasters or internet marketers. I am sure they are experts on the topic itself, more so than I... but I still feel as if I have a huge advantage.
Copywriting and SEO are both great skills to learn in depth - but I'm finding more and more that "SEO Copywriting" is super-important. Because while you do want your keywords in the Title bar of your web page... you also want that title to be visually appealing to the people that are searching those terms. And you need it to entice them to click on YOUR page, rather than a competing page in the results!
Not always an easy combination - but taking the time to be creative and put some thought into it (yes - across hundreds of pages) - - can really pay off!
Anyway - I managed to get a whole slew of relevant inbound links this week... and we added 5 or 6 new sections to the site, which is probably around 50 new pages. I want to RULE the SERPs on this topic... and I plan to ;)
posted by Lynn Terry @ 6:00 PM
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This is so exciting!!! I am so happy for you! You have no idea how much motivation this gives me to "dig in" to SEO copyrighting and especially converting. This is probably (no, it is) my weakest area and I really want to learn more about it and to really push myself to do more with affiliate sites and products in 2005.
It IS exciting! :)
And another sale was made while I was blogging, so we're up to 9!!
I have dreams about this site going "cha ching, cha ching, cha ching" all day and night year 'round, once I get it finished and it has a chance to "settle" in the SERPs...
I dont know if that's intuition or anticipation... but it's certainly motivation! :D
~ Lynn
WOW!!! That is so cool! You are doing exactly what I want to do. Create great affiliate sites, with information and products that people are looking for, convert like crazy and then have it practically drive on autopilot at some point, with adding, updating, tweaking here and there. Then build another and start the process over again.
That's the goal!
I have 5 or 6 sites now that I want to finish up and really get running smooth on their own... and then I may do a couple more like this new one that I am working on.
After having helped so many other people do this type of thing online, it's actually fun to just sit back and do one of these myself!
That's *one* of the reasons I am keeping it private, too - no pressure, no rushing... just steadily & consistently building an affiliate site to generate passive income.
I have to say - it's been a lot of FUN! And it really has been a great experience for me, too... to put everything I've read, learned or even taught (about content sites, affiliate marketing & seo) into ACTION and see such great results!
~ Lynn
YAY!!! Congrats Lynn! That's wonderful! I'm excited for you! Keep on sharing, it gives me motivation - and I need that sometimes. Blessings!
Shel
I won't mind not knowing what the site theme is IF you tell me what you did.
In English, please.
It would actually make a very good Case Study, start to finish. I'll get to work on that, and prepare it for a future issue of SSWT! :)
~ Lynn
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>It would actually make a very good Case Study, start to finish.
Congratulations Lynn!
We agree, it would make a FANTASTIC case study.
We are EXCITED for you and we can certainly feel the joy and the passion that you have for this new affiliate site so please keep sharing both your discoveries and your progress.
Here are a few questions that your readers will most definitely be interested in knowing about.
So, how did you decide or know which product to become an affiliate for?
In other words, did you just decide to visit a certain site that lists various products that offer affiliate programs and then pick one that you yourself would buy or was there more thought that went into the process and did you do any initial market research and/or keyword research BEFORE deciding upon a product and what (if any) tools did you use to assist you in this process.
Also, do people have to possess a certain type of knowledge or do they have to be Web wise and/or computer literate to do what you are doing, or can anyone with the passion and the stick-to-itiveness be just as successful as yourself when it comes to building and designing affiliate sites to supplement their income or even as a full-time business?
Your Friends,
Sharon and Roy MonteroLearn SEO & Link Popularity Services
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