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I am in a fix . One of my friends has been in the wildlife conservation field . He has made a site for himself and approached me for marketing plans for his website . The best I could tell him was to diversify content and get a referal program running beside standard SEO techniques.
He wants a break even in about a year . Please could anyone help with this problem of mine .
I dont think wildlife will have a great search count too :eek:
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1. Submit to directories. Get more incoming links and do on-page optimization. Now this is the SEO thing which I am not terribly good at.

2. How about some public relations? Media mentions help.

3. Do some viral marketing. Spread info about wildlife with branded eBooks, pics etc.

4. Generate some controversy. This is perhaps the best promotion tactic (and a risky one if done wrong).

5. Start blogging and let people spread your word.
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hmmm .. I can give you further information about the site . They indeed sell ebooks and research pics and they have high placed reference sites also .
The problem is the revenue generation . I am afraid that the subject being not so interesting may not draw appreciable traffic . What can i do to make the site earn .
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Target your advertising. Use Google AdWords or other pay per click models that are highly targeted.
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hmmm .. I can give you further information about the site . They indeed sell ebooks and research pics and they have high placed reference sites also .
The problem is the revenue generation . I am afraid that the subject being not so interesting may not draw appreciable traffic . What can i do to make the site earn .
Starting an Affiliate program might also be a choice for you.
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Please correct me, I think Adword is effective with big advertising budget.
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Please correct me, I think Adword is effective with big advertising budget.
Nope. It depends on what kinda keywords you bid on and how smartly you manage your budget.
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The key point I would suggest to track everything well and set a weekly budget and better to stick with it and make sure you know a keyword is working and most important to know why it is working before you invest more.
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The key point I would suggest to track everything well and set a weekly budget and better to stick with it and make sure you know a keyword is working and most important to know why it is working before you invest more.
Well , my friend is sort of allergic to PPC campaigns ,since he couldnt do a good PPC campaign for his previous site and it cost him a fortune .
He suggests that he sells custom made T shirts and other similar stuff through some other site ( by joining an affilaite program or something) .
what I cannot ditermine is to which site(s) should I make him join so that he earns well through the affiliate program ..besides ad clicks .
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Well , my friend is sort of allergic to PPC campaigns ,since he couldnt do a good PPC campaign for his previous site and it cost him a fortune .
If he's going to manage the PPC campaign himself, then he's smart to be allergic to it. However, if you're proposing to run it for him, then he's crazy to assume that his limitations apply to you too. You may be 100 times better at it than he was.

No affiliate program that I know of will hold a candle to a well-managed Google Adwords campaign. So he's proposing some weak alternatives.

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