I own and run
http://www.BoobieMovies.com/index1.html
This site have been up and running for around 8 months now, and it it gaining in popularity, but very slowly. At the moment I do not have an affiliate program in place, which I know is a big deficit.
I have been concentrating on Search Engine Optimization techniques, trading banners and links, posting on assorted forums and message boards, adding the site to numerous toplists, and posting and linking to various Yahoo Groups.
I have a few other marketing gimmicks that I try to implement as well, and although traffic is increasing at all times, it is hardly growing by leaps and bounds.
Any newbie advice? Anyone have any other free traffic-building techniques I could involve, shy of an affiliate program?
A few of the reasons I do not have an affiliate program in place so far are...
? I have 2 separate billing companies, so setting an affiliate program up through just one of them will not tie the two together. It will leave a hole in the program.
? As I only have the one site up at the moment, I do not have massive amounts of free hosted galleries for marketing, so I don't think quality affiliates will be signing up. If they do they may be dissappointed. I would rather have a bigger program developed first, before I lure good guys in just to lose them soon thereafter.
? I accept sign-ups (including Visa) through Verotel, and all payments except Visa through CCBill. I am not ready to drop $750 on the application fee with CCBill just yet, nor am I in a position to drop big $$$ on the NATS software to cascade the two options.
There are other reasons as well, but those are few biggies.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!