Big Site #1: Comedy Box Sets
I’ve setup and started the first of my two big sites. It is called Comedy Box Sets and can be found at this address: http://comedyboxsets.co.uk/
I watch a lot of comedy TV serieses and after seeing a profitable affiliate site about a TV series I thought why not try and combine a hobby (is watching TV a hobby?) with an affiliate marketing venture.
I am not too worried about the design at the moment and am going to be focussing on adding content for the time being.
The plan is that as I watch a comedy show I will write a little bit about the series of the episode on the blog and put some links to merchants that sell that DVD. If there is any merchandise available for the show I will link to that also. Then there is tickets for standup comedy shows and films that the actors are in.
I know alot of people are downloading TV shows now but I hope there are still some people out there buying DVDs.
I am going to try and promote the site using as many means as possible and have setup a twitter account for it and will probably do a facebook group. Does anyone know how to get lots of twitter followers quickly? I think I will do a mailing list at some point too.
It is not going to be the most profitable of sites but I hope it will be fun to write and something that will hold my interst over the months and years.
My other big site will hopefully be more profitable as it will be selling a wider range of items at a wider range of prices but I am yet to start that one.
Hi again, one get Tweetdeck installed – much more powerful than web interface. Two, possibly have a chat with an old buddy of mine Murry Newlands – he has 30k plus followers. You can find him on murrynewlands.com
To get loads of twitter followers, use http://www.pyrogenicmedia.com/phoenix-twitter-desktop/ its a great app and free! Let me know how this goes, I’ve used it to get around 1500 followers, but I find that they dont convert very well. I’d be interested to hear how it works for you.
Ahoy Seamaster,
Are you really sure about DVDs – go read this blog and look at slide 19 – some sound advice there. You could be wasting a lot of effort(and a lot of your readers really want you to succeed at this!
Did you know that 24,000 TVs are sold in the uk every day. £15 ish commission per £500 telly. Go figure.
Forgot the link – http://www.azam.info/common-affiliate-marketing-mistakes-advice/
Thanks James& Andrea, I will have a look at those and see how I get on.
Thanks for that John, I did think DVDs might be too low priced but when I saw that other site was doing so well.
I will have a look at the think and then most likely switch to a TV site!
Cheers.
John has a point, but then again your site is about DVD *boxsets* (RRP £20-£100 | @ 4% comm = 80p-£4) rather than a standard £5 DVD (which might earn 20p comm)
By the way, this is easily the most enjoyable affiliate marketing blog to read out there… keep those posts coming. I’m rooting for you to reach your £50/day target!
Good point. I think I will try and get it up and running this weekend and see how it goes. I do like my comedy shows so it could be fun.
Thanks! Its good to know people are reading, shame I can’t make money from it!!