Comments on: How Much Are 5,000 Visitors Worth? http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/internet-marketing/how-much-are-5000-visitors-worth/ Young Entrepreneur Forums - your online discussion forum to share and talk about Entrepreneurship. A place to learn and to help others with starting, managing and growing successful business ventures. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Kirk Allen http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/internet-marketing/how-much-are-5000-visitors-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-14320 Kirk Allen Sat, 22 May 2010 12:47:44 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=644#comment-14320 Well, that's just fine and dandy and obviously only worth something to a highly profitable single sale, should by chance the click acyually turn out a sale. I don't see how "honest" business practise can deternin the value of the click. I think facebook should drop putting it on every single cliebt site, but maybe ok on particular subjects. In my case, I would want to advetise my new Cd, but 10 clicks that "just look" means I had to buy my own Cd, that's at the 95 cents rate per click. It's rediculous. Now if they REALLY want to make some dough, the click price should be related to the sale of the products price, so people don't lose their you know what's just trying to do business with facebook. In my case I think 10 cents a click is more realistic, and they could just plave it on "Friend of Friends", so that would be cheaper for them. They could make a few hundred dolloars off of every new artist etc. because my people will definately "click". So I say, don't base it on your corporate google bug guy ads, like shampoos and soda pops. Give the little guy a chance to promote as well. Make the big money in big chunk and the little money in bunches that add up to chuncks. The present format does not reall seem to be the original end user friendly social networking plan, but more like the new corporate board after all the billions started coming in. Utterly shaneful, but I know, this is a waste of ink, Well, that’s just fine and dandy and obviously only worth something to a highly profitable single sale, should by chance the click acyually turn out a sale. I don’t see how “honest” business practise can deternin the value of the click. I think facebook should drop putting it on every single cliebt site, but maybe ok on particular subjects. In my case, I would want to advetise my new Cd, but 10 clicks that “just look” means I had to buy my own Cd, that’s at the 95 cents rate per click. It’s rediculous. Now if they REALLY want to make some dough, the click price should be related to the sale of the products price, so people don’t lose their you know what’s just trying to do business with facebook. In my case I think 10 cents a click is more realistic, and they could just plave it on “Friend of Friends”, so that would be cheaper for them. They could make a few hundred dolloars off of every new artist etc. because my people will definately “click”. So I say, don’t base it on your corporate google bug guy ads, like shampoos and soda pops. Give the little guy a chance to promote as well. Make the big money in big chunk and the little money in bunches that add up to chuncks. The present format does not reall seem to be the original end user friendly social networking plan, but more like the new corporate board after all the billions started coming in. Utterly shaneful, but I know, this is a waste of ink,

]]> By: Tauya http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/internet-marketing/how-much-are-5000-visitors-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-2974 Tauya Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:26:20 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=644#comment-2974 Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. I am working on building a user friendly functional site. like the 2nd poster said, if it works, traffic will build itself(viral). Thank you again Thank you very much for the detailed explanation.

I am working on building a user friendly functional site. like the 2nd poster said, if it works, traffic will build itself(viral).

Thank you again

]]> By: Daniel Clough http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/internet-marketing/how-much-are-5000-visitors-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-2973 Daniel Clough Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:46:18 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=644#comment-2973 Nice post. I think it’s important to look into the detail when you are buying or trying to sell adspace to work out if you actually get a ROI on that. It’s actually VERY hard to get a ROI in my experience and it really does depend on your demographic and product. Also, a bit of advice to Tauya. (if that’s ok!) Worry a little less about all of this detailed forecasting and marketing plans/strategies. (Unless you are trying to get funding) Just keep things simple and try and build a really, really good site and then work hard to drive people towards it and keep them there. Without that, you have nothing anyway… Don’t worry about ROI’s to start with, you need to build a critical mass first and then once you have a busy site it then becomes fun trying to work out how to monetize it. Of course, you need to have ideas for how to monetize it, but the detail can come around that later. It’s not really rocket science, advertising, charge for features, affiliate programs etc. An example is I started a fitness article site 7 years ago. I didn’t have any plans beyond just putting out content. It got really popular, so I thought cool… let’s add some forums. They got really popular, so I thought how can I monetize this, not only to make money but to pay for a dedicated server! I tried advertising but it was very hit and miss and in the end I decided to start a sports supplement company which now has 12 products and is soon going to support two people full time. Ok, so that’s probably an extreme example of making it up as you go along, but emphasizes the point about just purely focusing on building something good and getting people to it. The rest will take care of itself  Be great to see the site once you have it live Good luck! Nice post. I think it’s important to look into the detail when you are buying or trying to sell adspace to work out if you actually get a ROI on that. It’s actually VERY hard to get a ROI in my experience and it really does depend on your demographic and product.

Also, a bit of advice to Tauya. (if that’s ok!)

Worry a little less about all of this detailed forecasting and marketing plans/strategies. (Unless you are trying to get funding)

Just keep things simple and try and build a really, really good site and then work hard to drive people towards it and keep them there. Without that, you have nothing anyway… Don’t worry about ROI’s to start with, you need to build a critical mass first and then once you have a busy site it then becomes fun trying to work out how to monetize it. Of course, you need to have ideas for how to monetize it, but the detail can come around that later. It’s not really rocket science, advertising, charge for features, affiliate programs etc.

An example is I started a fitness article site 7 years ago. I didn’t have any plans beyond just putting out content. It got really popular, so I thought cool… let’s add some forums. They got really popular, so I thought how can I monetize this, not only to make money but to pay for a dedicated server! I tried advertising but it was very hit and miss and in the end I decided to start a sports supplement company which now has 12 products and is soon going to support two people full time. Ok, so that’s probably an extreme example of making it up as you go along, but emphasizes the point about just purely focusing on building something good and getting people to it. The rest will take care of itself 

Be great to see the site once you have it live Good luck!

]]> By: Mark http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/internet-marketing/how-much-are-5000-visitors-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 Mark Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:20:36 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=644#comment-2972 Great article. Thank you! Great article. Thank you!

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