Let’s face it; building an audience is not an easy task. So I would like to share with you some of my experiences with building an audience, and generating some traffic.
If You Build It, They Will Come
While you certainly need to build it, they almost certainly will not come. At least not in the beginning without some grinding on your part. But if you’re willing to put in the extra work, you will undoubtedly benefit in the medium to short term.
I have only ever launched one web project, which unfortunately had some minor trademark issues and subsequently had to be close down. But during those 2 months, I was #1 on Google, #2 on Yahoo with $100 in Ad Sense revenue and 4,355 monthly visitors, “Not bad for a rookie.” I thought.
The Leg Work
Everyday after work, I would put in around 1 hour of promotional activities. These included commenting on blogs, courting potential clients, and answering questions on Yahoo Answers related to my niche.
Yahoo Answers and Google search where my most reliable sources of traffic, undoubtedly it also helped that my keyword was also my domain name.
For a majority of you the statistics and revenue above is small fry, but it proves that with a little good old fashioned elbow grease, building an audience, while somewhat difficult, was not impossible either.
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