Repeat: Journey to another 10,000 a month

[raenic]

Good luck to your journey, i will subscribe it Will you use wordpress?

Yup, I use wordpress as a base. For some advanced things I tend to utilize bootstrap.

Good luck on your journey, I am subscribing.

What type of theme / layout do you use for your design?

I tend to use minimalist business themes from themeforest as a base and then customize them. For all the payment stuff I always have custom stuff made in php by my developer.

Would be amazing if your could replicate 10k a month. Can we please see the old thread you made?

In the past I never shared my story, however as a point of motivation I chose to share it this time around. And I found I enjoyed writing on my personal tech related blog.

10,000 a month is really a high targeted journey. Just reading your whole thread and can see your steps are enough for that. Good luck OP! Please keep update.

10k per month is just the initial target. In the past I've done over 30k, and hope to beat that eventually. At about 2k per month currently, seeing some good success through optimizing the CPC strategy..

 

[raenic]

Business has been going good, still about $125 in sales a day with $65 profit with some consistent results.

Got hit by a huge chargeback fraud for a few k unfortunately. Since my niche is digital based, PayPal doesn't do too much to help.

 

[JazzJazzy]

I don't get it, are you selling your own product?

 

[raenic]

I don't get it, are you selling your own product?

Yes, that's why the margins are so healthy.

 

[raenic]

Good day today, $300 in transactions with $200 profit. Testing various CPC advertising and will post results of which I find the most effective after I have split test them. I believe traditional SEO is becoming less valuable and that CPC is becoming a clear choice.

Bumped up the sales today by joining various niche related groups and doing an "introduction" post that name dropped the site and services.

 

[IndigoSind]

Gains. So fast! Loving your journey so far, my friend. Are you planning to sell this business, once it really kicks of, too?

 

[raenic]

Gains. So fast! Loving your journey so far, my friend. Are you planning to sell this business, once it really kicks of, too?

I'll consider it as six figure sales are always very tempting especially if I've demonstrated that I can do it again in a different niche.

Right now the focus is on building this up to a consistent revenue.

So far the best CPC is through Facebook however the bounce rate is higher and conversion rate is lower. Getting about 0.02 per click through FB and about .16 on Google.

 

[thekingwillwhip]

Can I ask what you're selling? Is it a product?

 

[ihatelucy]

Yes, that's why the margins are so healthy.

You sort of left this part out in your OP, I feel like its pretty important for those of us who want to start as well. Can you tell us the process you took to get your own product? Is it just white labeling or is there some complicated manufacturing process? How much did you invest into this product? Do you use Fulfillment By Amazon? Sorry for the barrage of questions, but at first I assumed you were dropshipping.

 

[ablaise]

Do you have any monetization methods in mind?

 

[webmasterbd]

good luck with your journey OP

 

[raenic]

Can I ask what you're selling? Is it a product?

This ties in the question below, will be answering it in detail.

You sort of left this part out in your OP, I feel like its pretty important for those of us who want to start as well. Can you tell us the process you took to get your own product? Is it just white labeling or is there some complicated manufacturing process? How much did you invest into this product? Do you use Fulfillment By Amazon? Sorry for the barrage of questions, but at first I assumed you were dropshipping.

We offer a few different things. I'm not able to go into too much detail about the niche itself, but happy to explain how I am monetizing it.
1) Ebook guide
2) I found a digital service that retails for a decent price, but can be fulfilled by freelancers for a fraction of the cost. We offer the services through our site and the freelancers fulfill them.
3) Some niche specific items that are AliExpress drop shipped with a 100% mark up.

All of the sales are directly from the site.

Do you have any monetization methods in mind?

It is already cash flow positive and monetizing fine. The monetization methods are mentioned above.

 

[KenTZ]

Best of luck on your journey! Can I get a PM linking to your blog?

The one where you document your success with the other site.

 

[raenic]

Best of luck on your journey! Can I get a PM linking to your blog?

The one where you document your success with the other site.

Sure PM'd you now.

 

[KenTZ]

Sure PM'd you now.

You've got good content on your site. Your life sounds exciting. Lol

 

[raenic]

You've got good content on your site. Your life sounds exciting. Lol

Thanks for the feedback, hopefully I can keep inspired to write enough content to promote in the future.

 

[traged]

Wow, sounds great so far, subscribing! So right now you are getting traffic from PPC only? No ranking yet? Could you PM me your site as well please for some inspiration?

Thanks a lot

 

[raenic]

Wow, sounds great so far, subscribing! So right now you are getting traffic from PPC only? No ranking yet? Could you PM me your site as well please for some inspiration?

Thanks a lot

Most of our keywords are in the top 50, nothing in the most lucrative top 10 yet. Organic search, and various referral sources are definitely providing a decent amount of traffic, but our conversion rate makes sense with the CPC so we are working on scaling that as well. I like to focus on everything, and improve each channel. Just because I don't think SEO is as powerful as it was in the past, doesn't mean we aren't looking to capitalize on it.

Also PM'd my personal site.

 

[traged]

Most of our keywords are in the top 50, nothing in the most lucrative top 10 yet. Organic search, and various referral sources are definitely providing a decent amount of traffic, but our conversion rate makes sense with the CPC so we are working on scaling that as well. I like to focus on everything, and improve each channel. Just because I don't think SEO is as powerful as it was in the past, doesn't mean we aren't looking to capitalize on it.

Also PM'd my personal site.

Thanks for this. What I really dont get - how did u managed to get "about 0.02 per click through FB"? Could u give us more info about this?

 

[Cimbomlu]

Very nice thread!

Can you PM me the link of your blog as well? Thanks!