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Originally Posted by Yanks_Todd
But...they all want the option of interactivity. To say that the customer doesn't want a possible channel to the seller flies in the face of decades of research on and offline.
By non intrusive, yes, but give the customer the option.
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Sorry if I wasn't clear because I agree with you 100%. More choice is (usually) a good thing. What I meant was how much time does a company devote to the Members Area's 'interactivity'? It seems a tendency to become slavish to it, to become slaves to updating, forums, etc. I would be 100% convinced if I saw rebills at the 10-12 month levels via high interactivity, then I'd say the effort was worth it. But rebills being 3-4 months tops, and in most cases 2-3 months, it doesn't seem worth the effort. I am probably missing something here and I know some will say they have rebills of over a year etc. I'm saying most mid-sized webmasters are seeing stagnant rebills so in that event I wouldn't spend a lot of time on Member interactivity where it took MY time to focus on it.
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Originally Posted by kane
I have recently started a new network of blogs and I went into it with the idea of taking my time and making it something very surfer and customer friendly. I have ads and promote sites on them, but I am trying to make the sites user friendly so that people will have a good experience. I feel if they have a good time they might be a little more inclined to click a banner or ad if they see something that intrigues them than if I just try to filter them through to a sponsor as fast as possible.
One interesting things is that the sites are getting a lot of mobile traffic. About 65% of the visitors are on a phone or tablet. I have had a few people tell me to just redirect them, but instead I have worked to make the sites mobile friendly and it is starting to pay off.
The sites are laid back and have minimal ads and yet I am starting to see click though rates that are better than just about anything else I have. Also, Google is showing me some love. They may take that away, but it feels good at the moment.
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First, congratulations on your success! I know it must feel great to get any love or traction at all and to see your efforts paying off for you. That is AWESOME!! Enjoy it for now and for however long but never forget that feeling, it will help during the slow times.
In your case, a Blog network is much differant than paysites or tubes etc. Your success will depend largely on your writing skills, and people love to take their tablets/phones to the bathroom with them and peruse whilst pooping. LOL So I see only growth for you! When you control the writing you control the focus so doing things in a laid-back "I'm just showing you something cool, I don't need the money; in fact don't pay me, pay THEM" way works amazingly well with Blogs. Again, congrats and keep going!!
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Originally Posted by Yanks_Todd
He sold his sites close to top of market to one of the versy few buyers that was going to pay anywhere near what they were worth in an industry skewed by a false sense of risk.
No offense but unless you have been in his shoes and taken a different path your judgment is baseless. I treat my surfers and affiliates like gold, however I would have made that choice for my family.
What would you have REALLY done?
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Anyone with a brain would've taken the money and run like heck to the Bahamas mama. Shap is a Hero.