For any websites hosted here, you need arrange alternative hosting for your website before your subscription ceases as you would be locked out the platform, site support back ups are only available for 60 days.

You can never revert back to being a starter.

I also suggest you backup your sites, you can use the AIO WP Migration or Updraft plugins. UpdraftPlus is a premium and highly recommended.

Do you run any form of ads Derek? I would like to know about your experience.

None at all. I am curious to run some FB ads though.

I should also be starting running the ads soon.

Currently in the laboratory mode. i.e. figuring out the cost, clicks ROIs on paper.

I have zeroed down three places to run the ads. FB, Google/bing and native ads.
The native ad research is still on.
Native ads can get a lot of traffic for cheap but conversion depends on how much God loves you.
Google FB turns out to be expensive and I will end up spending at least $1000 each in testing to figure out what works.

The problem with FB is that it will keep rejecting your ads if it suspects that there is a hint of make money online stuff. It is very difficult to get MMO ads approved on FB.

I will keep you posted with my initial tests.

The facebook deep dive live training by Jay from .....I think June/July 2016 (going by memory here) (6week part dives into FB ads). Have a look, might be worth your while.

I am an expert in FB ads (if not experts at least 8 on the scale of 10). I do run them for my health care clients successfully. But getting MMO ads approved is a challenge. I have taken another domain just to advertise non MMO offers as it simply rejects my ads if I run them from my main website. On my main website, I write a lot of MMO reviews.

That's why I am exploring the other avenues too.

Thanks, that is good to know. If I need help with FB ads I'll asking you.

Sure thing.

:-)

With due respect Florentino,
These articles are from 2015 & 2017(and 2017th one doesn't really offer anything).

Technically, I am aware of how to run paid ads. I am looking for the proven strategies from fellow friends that are working in 2020 :


Thank you for your help.

Hi Pravin. Alright, if you have around 100 clicks onwards on a keyword in order to know if your post convert. Quite honestly a 50-100 budget is not effective. Say you need to test10 keywords with a cost per click of $1, according to the present calculation, you would need 1000 to 2000 dollars budget. It is not useful when you are starting out. The best strategies are the following: create relevant content consistently 3x a week and search for free ads. You may want to register for Site comments to get a visit and comments for your sites free. I hope it helps a little bit. Cheers!

Florentino

This helps :) I don't mind putting $1000 for a proven strategy too.

I wish you the best Pravin. As a brother in this endeavor, always take due to diligence. That is still a lot of money.

Florentino

Thank you. I am creating about 3-4 articles per week and getting comments too, still, my website is in the sandbox for 4 months. It is indexed and a few articles are appearing on 5-6th page.

Considering that every TDH is launching a website these days, the competition is high. I believe it will take about 8-10 months for my site to come out of the sandbox.

I know how to run ads but I am not good at taking the calculating decisions on when to scale the ad when to stop, what to change in the ad etc.

Keep me in your prayers for figuring this stuff out.

Amen, Pravin!

Every bit helps :) Thank you Roy.
Yes, I am pretty decent with google ads (6 on the scale of 10). The problem with google ads recently is that I am not able to set ppc to my liking until I set the conversion properly. I have tried doing that with help of our support team but was not successful.

Facebook, I had a decent success with my clients, but never ran those ads for myself. Maybe it's time to try them out.

Good morning Prav,

The Google ads interface is certainly quite complex and there appears to be quite a learning curve. I haven't put any new ads up recently, so I guess when I do I will see some changes. Maybe you need to contact the support team again at Google ads?

I would definitely try out Facebook ads, especially if you have had success with your client's adverts. I see no reason why it shouldn't work for you Prav.

Wishing you every success.

Roy

Thank you Roy. The challenge with FB is that they don't approve MMO ads easily. It is a pain in the a$$ to get them approved. I couldn't get a simple page like campaign approved because on my site I write a lot about MMO product reviews. My page has 0 likes so far :(

It's amazing how things change Prav. When Facebook first started selling ads it was a great opportunity for people like us, as their ads were cheap! However, as time goes on they seem to be more and more picky about what they allow!

I have to say that I use Facebook less and less as they really do not seem to help businesses any more.

I heard a story of a successful Internet marketer who had about 750,000 likes on his Facebook page. 25% of his time was spent on his Facebook page responding to comments and answering questions. When he checked his analytics, he realised that only 1% of his traffic was coming from Facebook, he was shocked! He now only users Facebook to publish content, not to interact with people.

The 25% of extra time, now goes into its website! I have digressed slightly, however, and this is only a thought, maybe you need to be writing more articles on your website about your niche, possibly?

Roy

Very True Roy.

Organic FB traffic sucks big time and the paid ads are unreliable.

The problem with FB is that you never know when the account will get banned. My couple of ad accounts got banned and there is no appeal as well. Lost all pixel data too.

Since then I stopped playing with FB and recently I heard that the cost has gone up significantly (in last couple of months) for the leads.

It's amazing how things come in and out of fashion! At one point Facebook was brilliant for promoting your brand, however, that seems to have gone all out the window now! I guess because once Facebook was sold off they needed to make more revenue from advertising.

Have you thought about other ways to advertise like through YouTube or other platforms?

Enjoy your evening Prav.

Roy

Yes, youtube, native ad platforms, Google and FB are on my radar. That is the reason I was looking for best ways to split the budget.

I was looking for people to help me with the strategies that are working for them. They may or may not work for me but at least trying them would have been better than trying everything from scratch.

Good morning Prav,

I certainly look into YouTube advertising and creating videos, at the moment I believe YouTube is massive and a good way to get people to your site. This is something that I do.

Have a great day.

Roy

True Kyle.
Can you at least post the top referrals for the week/month from your side?

Thanks for the insight Mark. I am not saying that people should post only WA sales success stories. Even $1 commission earned on amazon is also fine.

There are a few members who are here for 10+ years. I am sure they must be making a good commission in their respective niches.

It keeps others motivated if they see it is working. If all I see is 70% posts in success stories are from two years ago then for sure people get a doubt that whether it still works in 2020.

At least for me, nothing motivates me more than money. If I see the money I get motivated :)

Fair enough Prav but it doesn't "motivate" everybody, in any case, motivation comes from within. You shouldn't need outside influences to motivate you to to do what's necessary to create success for yourself..
Have a great weekend.
Mark

Thank you Derek.
Let me follow these guys.

I am not saying there are none recently, just the volume is so less compared to the count of members here.

Also, I don't get the monthly updates reports. Do I get it on my registered email? I don't remember seeing it.

Cheers
Prav

You'll have to keep an eye on your WA newsfeed - these reports are their own WA blogposts.

Hi Marylyn,
I think we have been hearing some success stories but I believe that we need to hear more about wealth achievements or wealth building. I agree with you that I haven't seen much talk about what people are earning monthly, wekly or daily from their websites.

Yes, it is important to post our successes in building our sites but I think we need to hear form our peers if they are achieving their goals. How many of us are actually making money?