Health site monetization
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Web MD made $600,000,000 last year, has $300,000,000 in cash and has buyers chasing them with $2 Billion + offers. I kind of like their business model.
Is there specific earnings on the financial statement for the website? I'll have to check later.
Web MD is a public company, they have to report their earnings. The numbers I used were from an article I read. I'm to lazy to verify or confirm those numbers, but knock yourself out Web MD is listed on the NASDAQ.
roamer
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Health Niches
OP, health is a great broad niche. There are lots of ways to monetize, and lot of permutations, so to speak, let's say:
SITES:
A) Great website, usually on it's own domain, informative and
original content (photos, infographics, apps, articles, etc). Usually has
any or all of the following: Main Site with articles, Blog, Forum, Online
Store.
B) Good website, informative, usually on it's own domain or a
sub-domain, with well spun or somewhat borrowed/PLR content. Usually
has any or all of the following: Main Site with articles, Blog.
C) Kinda crappy website, web 2.0 property, lots of spun or shamelessly copied content. Usually
a blog.
D) Downright Spammy.
Monetization:
1) Great Health Related Products (Amazon, products you resell,
affiliate accounts) incl. books, vitamin supplements, videos, even shoes
and other gear related to health and fitness. Convert OK for type A and
B sites
2) Not so Great/OK products (clickbank, cheap versions, generic
supplements, hyped supplements ie. moreniche's). Convert OK for type
A and B sites
3) Hyped (downright useless or doubtful/poor benefits products), usually
very expensive and with great comissions. Also prone to shady trial
offers. Convert GREAT for all sites, BUT will burn their reputation to
the ground
4a) Good Contextual Advertising (Adsense), works great with type A sites, good for B sites, avoid anywhere else.
4b) Contextual Advertising (ie. Chitika), works mainly for type A/B blogs
4c) Contextual Advertising, crappy edition (ie. AdBrite). Avoid, ruins everything it's put on.
5) Self hosted and managed advertising. Great for A sites, good for B sites, you won't make a sale for types C or D sites,
unless you offer it to DP noobs (and that's evil and will destroy both your and your site's reputation)
As you can see, the combinations are almost endless. I could spend hours writing about this, I know I'm leaving a lot of things out, but I hope this serves as a very general guide. As for promotion and SEO, just read around and experiment along the way.
Note: Depending on the niche, there's also a sixth type of monetization, examples can be found in body building sites. Not worth the risk. AVOID Every time.
OP, health is a great broad niche. There are lots of ways to monetize, and lot of permutations, so to speak, let's say:
SITES:
A) Great website, usually on it's own domain, informative and
original content (photos, infographics, apps, articles, etc). Usually has
any or all of the following: Main Site with articles, Blog, Forum, Online
Store.
B) Good website, informative, usually on it's own domain or a
sub-domain, with well spun or somewhat borrowed/PLR content. Usually
has any or all of the following: Main Site with articles, Blog.
C) Kinda crappy website, web 2.0 property, lots of spun or shamelessly copied content. Usually
a blog.
D) Downright Spammy.
Monetization:
1) Great Health Related Products (Amazon, products you resell,
affiliate accounts) incl. books, vitamin supplements, videos, even shoes
and other gear related to health and fitness. Convert OK for type A and
B sites
2) Not so Great/OK products (clickbank, cheap versions, generic
supplements, hyped supplements ie. moreniche's). Convert OK for type
A and B sites
3) Hyped (downright useless or doubtful/poor benefits products), usually
very expensive and with great comissions. Also prone to shady trial
offers. Convert GREAT for all sites, BUT will burn their reputation to
the ground
4a) Good Contextual Advertising (Adsense), works great with type A sites, good for B sites, avoid anywhere else.
4b) Contextual Advertising (ie. Chitika), works mainly for type A/B blogs
4c) Contextual Advertising, crappy edition (ie. AdBrite). Avoid, ruins everything it's put on.
5) Self hosted and managed advertising. Great for A sites, good for B sites, you won't make a sale for types C or D sites,
unless you offer it to DP noobs (and that's evil and will destroy both your and your site's reputation)
As you can see, the combinations are almost endless. I could spend hours writing about this, I know I'm leaving a lot of things out, but I hope this serves as a very general guide. As for promotion and SEO, just read around and experiment along the way.
Note: Depending on the niche, there's also a sixth type of monetization, examples can be found in body building sites. Not worth the risk. AVOID Every time.
GimmeMoney
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- Apr 19, 2009
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Check out markethealth.com and nativeremedies.com.
khanna_rohit
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trust me adsense would do just fine for starters
I know that, but it's a group of companies (Medscape, magazines, apps) not just one website. The actual Web MD website is probably responsible for 2-3% of these earnings.
Techxan
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- Dec 7, 2011
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My guess is that your SEO is too general, either your subject is so broad that there are no specific ads to fit the page, or the SEO does not properly reflect what is on your page, and the ads you are getting are too general or targeted wrong.
psychodelic2
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- Sep 29, 2011
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i have health related product for u which pays 110$ per sale and has good reviews, history.
i have a affiliate program ( i am the top level affiliate manager/webmaster) for a alternative health product called "Earth pulse device" that uses biomagnetic pulses to heal your body and give u performance enhance and anti-aging results.
Our new affiliate program we have just launched after 9 years of selling this product to 1000s of customers. u can have a look at our affiliate program and see if you can market this product and make 110$ per sale.
our aff prog can be found here - sleeponcommand(dott)com
loads of articles, research are available for making sites, if you can Search Engine Optimization it nicely and make a godo blog/site u can surely make a killing with this program. specially if u have mailing list of doctors , coz they will see that a technology which previously used to cost 30,000$ is now in market for just 599$ and 349$ and works better than the $30,000 machines.
i have a affiliate program ( i am the top level affiliate manager/webmaster) for a alternative health product called "Earth pulse device" that uses biomagnetic pulses to heal your body and give u performance enhance and anti-aging results.
Our new affiliate program we have just launched after 9 years of selling this product to 1000s of customers. u can have a look at our affiliate program and see if you can market this product and make 110$ per sale.
our aff prog can be found here - sleeponcommand(dott)com
loads of articles, research are available for making sites, if you can Search Engine Optimization it nicely and make a godo blog/site u can surely make a killing with this program. specially if u have mailing list of doctors , coz they will see that a technology which previously used to cost 30,000$ is now in market for just 599$ and 349$ and works better than the $30,000 machines.
Markethealth ? I heard so much complaints about them, aren't they stealing affiliate sales ?
Market Health ship has sailed if your not already making bank dont bother way too saturated with their base products. Also i have heard lots of complaints about them as well.
does your content lend itself to education of some kind? if not you should consider adding some. plenty of CPA leads offers out there ranking for edu KW's will be tough but if your already getting SE traffic no harm in trying to convert it check CJ i think i saw 1-2 offers there
does your content lend itself to education of some kind? if not you should consider adding some. plenty of CPA leads offers out there ranking for edu KW's will be tough but if your already getting SE traffic no harm in trying to convert it check CJ i think i saw 1-2 offers there
WallyHancock
Newbie
- Mar 14, 2012
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Hello hamster - we are ridiculously keen to work with you!
Our average commission is ?20 ($25 approx). With 5% ECR = ?1 comms per unique visitor. Similar to MoreNiche, which is also a great health network.
PM me - Health Affiliates Network (dot com)
Our average commission is ?20 ($25 approx). With 5% ECR = ?1 comms per unique visitor. Similar to MoreNiche, which is also a great health network.
PM me - Health Affiliates Network (dot com)
I do not think any of the commenters here are disabled but I am. If you want to Joint Venture I will share some real world experiences that will make money by the truck load.
I am going to do this with or without JV partners because it is to valuable to give away to WEB MD or Adsense.
We can share ideas and solutions but I am thinking using real world solutions from people with real medical conditions and we could content lock a solution for the price of a Doctors Office co-pay. and there is more
SKYPE a message to jz.zabo
P.S. I do not think I am qualified yet to PM
artizhay
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I'm not sure what your site focuses on besides supplements/diseases or what you really want to sell to your users, but I've had a lot of success with generic drug affiliate or reseller programs. You could link to specific product pages on existing pharma sites from an article on your site or any page related to the drug, or run your own pharmacy and link to it from your site and even perform separate SEO on the pharma site itself so it can stand as its own traffic-generating revenue stream.
You have no idea the opporutnities that exist unless you are disabled and been through the Doctor mill, Insurance mill and the Pharma screwups.
If you are not careful they could kill you.
Any experienced IM'ers interested in a JV? This is a money gone wild machine, I promise, or you can tell me to kiss your butt and I will be glad to do that and apologize for taking up your time if I am wrong, which I am not.
Who wants to make real ongoing money
Skype jz.zabo
If you are not careful they could kill you.
Any experienced IM'ers interested in a JV? This is a money gone wild machine, I promise, or you can tell me to kiss your butt and I will be glad to do that and apologize for taking up your time if I am wrong, which I am not.
Who wants to make real ongoing money
Skype jz.zabo