SEM Tycoon

**Srirangan** · 06-27-2007, 12:41 PM

A website I started in May has grown steadily and already got 55,000 unique visitors in June (and around 120,000 views) and I am fairly confident this traffic will stabilize around 60-75K unique visitors for the next 3-6 months. 40% of the traffic is from the United States and another 40% is from India; the rest is from U.K., Ozland and rest of the English speaking world.

I am, at this stage, having trouble significantly monetizing this traffic. I'm using Adsense and Burst banners at this stage. I might make somewhere around the range of $190-$200 (U.S. Dollars) by the end of June, which I'm not too sure is the best I can make from such kind of traffic.

Mind you, this is quality traffic from organic sources; not cheap purchased traffic. Any ideas? Should I try affiliate marketing?

- Sri

**Srirangan** · 06-27-2007, 12:44 PM

PS: Burst Media is giving me a 45% fill in rate, which I am guessing they have advertizers for my U.S./U.K. visitors.

**handsome rob** · 06-27-2007, 01:54 PM

Well if you don't want to post the site, you're at least going to have to give a better idea as to what topic/niche the site is about and what the nature of the traffic is...

**LeeD** · 06-27-2007, 02:54 PM

Yep, I would need a bit more information and would want to see a site before making recommendations on how to improve things.

**john546** · 06-30-2007, 09:26 PM

What about using some more CPM ad networks like burst so that you can chain them and have a higher fill rate then, meaning more earnings.

**Srirangan** · 07-01-2007, 12:55 AM

The traffic is good traffic, not purchased via cheap advertizing. It is good organic traffic. Male majority, but only just. I'd guess 60%+ are above 25. Topics vary from Entertainment, Sports and sometimes politics.

**Srirangan** · 07-01-2007, 01:03 AM

Please check some of the stats attached below.

**webmaster4hire** · 07-10-2007, 11:05 PM

Like HandsomeRob and Lee, I'm not too keen on dishing out advice about "a site that gets 60K uniques a month" without more information. I can understand that you don't want to spill the beans and risk your precious niche being discovered but without knowing at least a bit about the traffic/general niche, you won't get any worthwhile advice.

One thing that can be said about this though is : are you harvesting visitors' emails addys? No matter what the niche, it's always a good idea to keep a list ...

Oh, and by the way, it's not that hard to get a site to 50-60K uniques a month. Put up a FFA links page and see the counter spin off its axle!

Ciao,
Dylan

**caseyturner** · 07-12-2007, 12:15 AM

if the traffic is good instead of these traffic exchange traffic then you really should monetize with some great affiliate programs on a rotator or even google adsense to get some extra cash each day