I thank you for sharing Chris,

Right now ads on my websites are not going to earn me much income, since my sites are all new with steady traffic but not nearly enough to be worth it I am feeling.

My main website is promoting WA, so I don't think I want to ever use ads on that website. My other website is another senior website with shopping and resources, it also promotes WA. and my third site is an educational resource for seniors caring for older dogs.

I do appreciate you sharing your own experience with ads on a website,

Jeff

You are most welcome my friend.. and 3 sites eh!! you have a lot of work to be getting on with :)

I understand what you are saying Rich,

Ads can earn us extra income, but at the same time maybe give people the wrong impression.

Very hard decision,
Jeff

Thank you George

What I am afraid of is ads hurt the value of our websites

Jeff

Hello JD

Ads on our website is a very difficult decision to make

Jeff

Check out Shawn's post from yesterday, Jeff.

He is doing Facebook and doing ads there. His post is enlightening.

JD

Thank you JD

I will check it out this weekend since I have not idea about FB ads. Even though I am not going to use FB right now, I would like to learn more about using it for maybe later on.

I think many members are trying to use too many social media platforms, I tend to prefer using two or three at the most depending on my niche.

For my senior niche, I am using Linkedin & Pinterest. They seem to be my best choices for my websites at this time

Jeff

I agree, Jeff.

I don't use Facebook normally. But it and Pinterest seem to be in my online future.

But what he says in his post might help you decide your "ads question".

JD

Thanks JD

Pinterest seems to be a good choice for any niche, so that is why I am making it one of my main traffic sources.

I always read training that might help me in the future,
Jeff

For me, Chatty is suggesting Pinterest, then Facebook.

JD

JD

I do feel Pinterest is a much better choice than FB unless you are wating to use FB ads. I am not using any paid ads at this time, maybe later on I will try them.

Jeff

That is smart thinking, Jeff.

But, When you start thinking about paid ads. You might get Facebook going and follow at least some of Shawn's insight. Get some content posted, get a consistent process going, etc.

Of course, all of this is in addition to whatever else you have going at the time. So, you have to judge what you can do.

JD

Hello JD

I will consisder FB ads when I am ready to go with paid advertising. Right now its just not in my budget to invest in them.

I plan to learn about paid ads before I ever venture in using them, this is something I have no knowledge on how to even begin

Are you using paid ads
Jeff

Again, More smart thinking, Jeff.

Keep at it. That is the right way to do it.

JD

When you are investing money it is the only way that makes sense to me, are you using paid ads yourself JD?

Jeff

You are correct and right on that , Jeff.

Not yet. My websites aren't even finished.

JD

When you are investing money it is the only way that makes sense to me, are you using paid ads yourself JD?

Jeff

You are correct and right on that , Jeff.

Not yet. My websites aren't even finished.

JD

Hey JD

I am sorry to hear none of your websites are complete yet, what seems to be holding you up from finishing them?

My websites are basically complete, I will more likely add to them as time permits. I am shopping for a new email marketing service or plugin for a newsletter, I waste a whole day trying to get things setup with MailerLite. I don't know if its just the free plan or the service just isn't very good, I have to keep setting my email campaigns up over and over before the system works.

Not sure where to go from here right now,

Jeff

Hi, Jeff.

It is mainly that all the frustration with Kadence Theme exhausted me and I am dragging my feet getting back to them.

For myself I only want 3 websites, no more. I think that will be enough for me.

JD

Hey JD

I am feeing content with three websites as well, this will be more than enough to keep me busy. You might want to consider changing themes if kadence is causing you so much frustration, I had to do that with my one website which i am happy that I did.

Generate Press is extremely simple and easy to setup, even though it isn't so impressing for a business website it will not cause you so much stress.

MailerLite is causing me the same experience as your website theme, so I finally decided to pitch it and start looking for a new service.

Jeff

Thanks, Jeff.

I did switch to GP, but it is hard to get back to it. I will though.

I haven't gotten to an email service yet.

JD

Hello JD

I am sure you will have less frustration using GeneratePress. It isn't nearly as complicated of a theme, it is very basic but gets the job done.

You might want to reconsider MailerLite, I would not recommend it to anyone who is not into tech stuff.

Like me,
Jeff

Thanks, Jeff.

JD

You have made some very good points for us to considser, Income Legion

Jeff

Thanks, it really is a matter of taste but finding ballance from paying the bills to really growing your affiliate marketing game is the real balancing act here.

I can relate to that Income Legion

I am talking about Google Ads on a website. Right now I don't feel I have enough traffic to be worth my time setting them up. I also wonder if it will give a spammy impression to my website visitors.

Jeff