SEM Tycoon

**imported_khalid** · 08-25-2006, 10:46 AM

i run a photoshop tutorial website and i'm eager to add more unique tutorials in a bid to keep my uniques high (currently average 150 per day for the first month).

the balance between investment and ROI is not how it should be. I pay around $8 - $10 per tutorial and need some sort of return but I'm not getting it.

I have adsense and a popunder on the site.

Do you have experience in this field? If so, how did you manage to become profitable?

**handsome rob** · 08-25-2006, 11:39 AM

Well for starters, where are you getting the tutorials from? GAF?

**Sygon** · 08-25-2006, 07:55 PM

I've ran one tutorial site and the earnings were quite low

So im not really sure.

**Josh P** · 08-25-2006, 09:12 PM

made $700 in January for a tut site... sold it for 2.5k. I wrote all the tutorials myself.

**Sygon** · 08-25-2006, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh P

made $700 in January for a tut site... sold it for 2.5k. I wrote all the tutorials myself.

What type of ads and traffic?

**portopottey69** · 08-25-2006, 10:25 PM

Because when people think of Photoshop tutorials they automatically go to good tutorials or pixel 2 life, or a forum they are registered on.

Plus if your not advertising how will they know about your site.

**Hobbit** · 08-26-2006, 03:41 AM

I suggest you simply become good at photoshop and stop paying for tutorials yourself. Build a community and members will make tutorials for free, offer them something in return, use your imagination on that one.

**Josh P** · 08-26-2006, 10:38 AM

I used adsense and traffic was from GT, P2L, Digg...

**dadofgage** · 08-26-2006, 03:38 PM

What sites do you submit your tutorials to?

What kind of tutorials are you having written for the site?

People tend to look for the same types of things.

Take a look at Good-Tutorials and see what gets the most clicks and then have tutorials written about that subject.

**Lerchmo** · 08-26-2006, 08:18 PM

Good Tutorials Used to send a ton of traffic when I ran a tutorial site. The best thing to do is create unique tutorials with outcomes people really want to do and get them to the front page of digg.. do a search on digg for photoshop tutorials and see what makes it.
a sin city poster tutorial made it as well as some realism things.

**Juicify** · 08-27-2006, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khalid

i run a photoshop tutorial website and i'm eager to add more unique tutorials in a bid to keep my uniques high (currently average 150 per day for the first month).

the balance between investment and ROI is not how it should be. I pay around $8 - $10 per tutorial and need some sort of return but I'm not getting it.

I have adsense and a popunder on the site.

Do you have experience in this field? If so, how did you manage to become profitable?

I run the site xonium.net myself so I know at least a bit in the photoshop tutorials niche, (I don't update that site alot though). But when I do submit a tutorial at good-tutorials.com, I do get enough visitors so make a decent revenue. Last tutorial I submitted I got about 3-4k visitors for that one, which made me $20 the first day, and then $10 the next day. When I dont get those loads of traffic my daily income is like $0,5. So just submit your tutorials to good-tutorials.com, and get a decent ctr, about 2-3% is enough if your ppc could be something like mine, $0.13 / click. And you should see revenue similar to mine. Sometimes a tutorials at good-tutorials get's 10k views. This could easily bring in $100.

**imported_khalid** · 08-27-2006, 01:31 PM

thanks for the info, I may be selling the site lol!

**Shpigford** · 08-27-2006, 08:31 PM

Well if you're looking for a place to submit, I run Tutorial Outpost.

I get around 6-8k visitors per day so most tutorials get a decent amount of traffic...especially over time.

**imported_khalid** · 08-27-2006, 08:34 PM

This is my first tutorial site so I only ever submitted to good-tutorials and pixel2life

I think there is money to be made, I just need to add more content and submit more tutorials to major sites.

Thanks for all your help + links!

**dadofgage** · 08-27-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Shpigford

Well if you're looking for a place to submit, I run Tutorial Outpost.

I submit my tutorials to about 15 different sites (this being one of them :thumbup: ).

There are way more than that, but I chose the 15 ones that I think bring me the most traffic.

**imported_khalid** · 08-27-2006, 09:25 PM

care to share your list?

**dadofgage** · 08-27-2006, 09:29 PM

There was a site out there that listed the level of traffic of a bunch of tutorial directory type sites but I can't find the URL of it.

Here is some of where I submit to:

Good Tutorials
Tutorial Outpost
Tutorial Kit
Pixel2Life
DaTutorials
Photoshop Guides
WD Tutorials
PimpMyCom
FSTutorials
King Tutorials
Hot Tutorials
Tutorialized
Total Tutorials
Photoshop 101
Tutorial Submit
EzGraphicStudio

Enjoy!

**imported_khalid** · 08-27-2006, 09:30 PM

thanks dude, can i ask how many uniques per day you get after submitting a tutorial to these sites (i know you won't get published on them all)?

**Sygon** · 08-27-2006, 09:37 PM

I made one i could get the traffics and not the clicks i just dont know why, i sold it though.

**dadofgage** · 08-27-2006, 09:39 PM

Not sure exactly how many, but here is how I view it.

I get the big jumps from the bigger sites like Good Tutorials, Tutorial Outpost, Pixel2Life. But they typically take a few days to get listed.

The other sites keep up that daily traffic in between those days that I get listed on the larger sites.