Web Site. I have the traffic but what next?

External Since: Nov 16, 2003 Posts: 1

For several years now I have had my own web site that primarily
advertises my rental properties directed to university students in my
city. I now have more time to devote to the site. My last count was
over 100,000 hits in the 3 years or so it has been up. Can anyone
point me in a resource direction where I can learn how to turn this
into money. I am open to all suggestions. I believe that I have a good
understanding of how to get people to my site and what it takes to do
that. I am lost in going that next step.

External Since: Nov 18, 2003 Posts: 1

dcartier.RemoveThis@purplesites.com (Waldo) wrote in message
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> For several years now I have had my own web site that primarily
> advertises my rental properties directed to university students in my
> city. I now have more time to devote to the site. My last count was
> over 100,000 hits in the 3 years or so it has been up. Can anyone
> point me in a resource direction where I can learn how to turn this
> into money. I am open to all suggestions. I believe that I have a good
> understanding of how to get people to my site and what it takes to do
> that. I am lost in going that next step.

After looking at your site I'm trying to figure out how you've gotten
so many hits. From a web design/search engine optimization point of
view your site shouldn't be getting clicked so often. (I'm looking at
purplesites.com, connected to your e-mail). You have little content,
no meta tags, and the site isn't user friendly. However, as you say,
you are getting the clicks. Whatever you did in July worked for you,
and you had over 50,000 hits in that month alone(per alexa search
engine.)

Please, do share your secrets with the rest of us.

As to how to earn money with your site? Develop relationships with
vendors such as Amazon.com (after all, you appear to be appealing to
college students, and college students need books). Amazon will pay
you if someone buys something after clicking the link on your site.
There are a number of others that do the same. Shoot, with those
kinds of clicks you should be able to rent/sell advertising space on
your site for the pizza places, etc that the colleges have on their
campus'.

Good luck to you, and again, please tell us how you achieved this.

Tina
Silken Strand Web Designs
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