Hello all,
My name is Eric and I could use some help/suggestions.
Let me give you a little background first:
I own a website called www.njcampinginfo.com which was originally setup back in '05 as a list of all the campgrounds in NJ with some general info about each and some reviews of said campsites. After awhile I started a blog on the site (originally at njcampinginfo.com/blog) to get some additional traffic. I added content and blogged for a year or so and then kind of just let it go.
I left the site up and never really did anything more with it until early in '09 when I happen to go looking at the stats and realized just how much traffic it gets, the site averages 200 unique visitors a day during the winter and upwards of 300 unique visitors per day during the warmer months.
I had somebody customize a wordpress theme and import all of the static pages of the site into wordpress so it will be easier to manage. I then had the blog moved to the root of the site so the main site opens to the blog instead of the blog being just an add-on.
I also added a RSS feed to the site so people could subscribe via RSS and read the posts and I added a social bookmarking plugin so people can link my posts right to their social sites.
Sorry for the length of the background info...just wanted to paint a decent picture.
So now I have a blog that gets a fair amount of traffic. What I need help with is how to increase the traffic and monetize the site better. Currently I only have adsense on the site and that is only bringing in $75 - $100 a month.
I have thought about buying the Super Affiliate Handbook and trying to monetize the site that way but I'm not sure.
I have been thinking about buying Probloggers 31Days to Build a Better Blog to increase traffic.
So I am asking for some help with:
1. How would you suggest I monetize the site?
2. How would you suggest I increase traffic?
3. What would you change about the site?
4. Would either/both of the books listed above help with my goals?
5. How do I include Twitter/Facebook/Social Media in my attempts to increase traffice/profit?
I know this post is really long and I am asking lots of questions...I will be very appreciative of any thoughts/suggestions/help you can give me. I am just confused and overwhelmed with all the different information out there and need some guidance.
Lastly, I am a very detail oriented person who can't function with out a task list so any help with creating a daily/weekly/monthly task list to accomplish my goals would be really helpful.
Thanks in advance...I truly, truly appreciate it.
Eric
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