How to Make Money from Those “Dud” Sites

If you’ve built more than a few niche sites I’m sure you have some that get traffic, but just don’t convert. I had a bunch of those from the beginning of my learning curve. I picked keywords that had great search volume and weren’t competitive so I’m getting traffic, but the sites just aren’t converting. I didn’t pick great “buying” keywords.

For a while I’ve let them sit around and do nothing ~ but then I realized I have to maximize the work I’ve already done. There’s gotta be a way to make money from these underperforming sites.

And there is!!

Start building a list!!

It doesn’t matter what your site is about ~ whether it’s baby related, recipe related ~ or even chainsaw sharpener related you can create a newsletter or some sort of autoresponder series for it.

Why bother with a list for niche sites?

When you set up a way for people to sign up to your list you create an instant raise for yourself. It is generally known that it takes at least 7 exposures to something before people will buy. If you create a way for people to hear from YOU those 7 times you are much more likely to make a sale.

It also provides you the opportunity to not only provide quality information to people, but to provide different products they may want or need. It’s much harder to do this from a website, but in a newsletter or autoresponder series you can easily weave in multiple related offers.

This is gonna take a lot of work!

Setting up an autoresponder doesn’t have to take a lot of work. You may have niche sites that are related to specific keywords, but they are all in the same “niche” you can get them all on the same list. Let’s say I have 3 niche sites that are based on specific keywords, but they are all related to babies I can use the same list for all three sites.

Personally I like to do newsletters for my autoresponder series. I can put a newsletter together quite quickly. I just have a few elements in each newsletter.

1. Personal words ~ something relevant from me ~ let’s people hear my “voice” and allows me to connect with the reader.

2. Sponsored ad ~ a text ad for an affiliate product (if your list gets really good you can sell this space too)

3. Featured article ~ an article (mine or someone else’s I have permission to use) related to the topic

4. Q & A ~ answer a question relevant to the niche which easily can lead to a recommendation for a product.

I set aside 1 day each week to work on my newsletters. Each one can take less than an hour and it works for me forever.

So it may be a little effort, but it’s an effort that is well worth doing. If you haven’t built your first list yet it can seem kind of overwhelming I know ~ here’s a free report that breaks list building down into understandable, actionable pieces. It’s what got me moving on the right track! Enjoy.

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