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I'm not really familiar with the subject, but, I think you're going to want to start talking with the homeopathic sites and getting links from them. Going direc

by cd34 14y ago

I'm not really familiar with the subject, but, I think you're going to want to start talking with the homeopathic sites and getting links from them. Going direct to affiliate programs in addition to adsense is going to benefit you as well - connectcommerce, linkshare, cj.com, etc. It'll take time to find products that have affiliate links that you're mentioning. Make sure you read the adsense terms carefully. There are restrictions as to what you can run in conjunction. Are there books you can refer to? bn.com and amazon.com have decent affiliate programs - amazon is a bit easier as you have a lot more than just books that you can promote. If you review books and provide recommendations from your 'library', you might be able to make that work. However, none of these are short term fixes. And you're probably not in a position to do arbitrage. You might look at the terms that are related to CF and use those keywords to build your articles around. I don't think you could start today and have a good chance of bringing in much more than $20-$50 in the next 30 days, but, most payouts don't occur until you reach $100, 30 days after the period, etc. which suggests 90-120 days before you would be likely to see a first check. kickstarter, kiva, gofundme and a number of other sites might also be reasonable. Kickstarter - perhaps ask for funding to create an alternative/homeopathic CF site. Kiva is a crowdsourced loan site, gofundme is more of a 'donate to this person in need'. Alternatively, are there health sites that would hire you as an author, or, could you leverage one of those sites as a free contributor and push traffic back to your site?

Mz 14y ago
I actually have about $75.00 in adsense earnings owed me. And the jump in traffic to my sites the past couple of days from discussion on HN has earned nearly $10.00, which is part of why I am asking around. If the site only made a few hundred dollars per year I would consider it worth keeping. My experience is with email lists run for free. This has not worked as a means to promote the site. They are often openly hostile towards anyone doing anything commercial/for profit. But I don't know any other means to get traffic. How do I get other sites to link to it? Or where do I go to read up on how to do that? I will check the funding sites you suggest. Also, someone gifted me a Metafilter account today. I hope to ask around there for feedback as well, just as soon as I can figure out how. I doubt anyone would hire me as an author on a health site. My only credential is that I got myself and my kids well. You either believe me or you don't. It doesn't make for a good resume. Thank you for the feedback. I probably have missed something I meant to comment on. I am on a tablet and it hampers my replies in several ways.
- cd34 14y ago
  You have a story - you got yourself and your kids well using alternative methods. I'm sure there are sites for home treatment/remedies that would be interested in the story, methods, etc. Getting in contact means finding those sites that report on related subjects and then contacting the webmasters/editors involved through email, twitter, contact forms, and general networking. Email is difficult, even when people subscribe, once they get bored with it, rather than unsubscribe they just hit the Report Spam button which makes it difficult to run legitimate lists.
- NSAID 14y ago
  On MetaFilter, you'll have to be a member for a week (http://faq.metafilter.com/38/Can-I-post-to-the-front-page-immediately-after-registering http://faq.metafilter.com/38/Can-I-post-to-the-front-page-im...) before posting to AskMeFi. MetaFilter also has a few rules about linking to your own stuff in posts, so rather than including your URL in your question, you'll want to put it in your profile.
  - Mz 14y ago
    Thank you.
- noahc 14y ago
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by cd34 14y ago

Mz 14y ago

I actually have about $75.00 in adsense earnings owed me. And the jump in traffic to my sites the past couple of days from discussion on HN has earned nearly $10.00, which is part of why I am asking around. If the site only made a few hundred dollars per year I would consider it worth keeping. My experience is with email lists run for free. This has not worked as a means to promote the site. They are often openly hostile towards anyone doing anything commercial/for profit. But I don't know any other means to get traffic. How do I get other sites to link to it? Or where do I go to read up on how to do that? I will check the funding sites you suggest. Also, someone gifted me a Metafilter account today. I hope to ask around there for feedback as well, just as soon as I can figure out how. I doubt anyone would hire me as an author on a health site. My only credential is that I got myself and my kids well. You either believe me or you don't. It doesn't make for a good resume. Thank you for the feedback. I probably have missed something I meant to comment on. I am on a tablet and it hampers my replies in several ways.

cd34 14y ago
You have a story - you got yourself and your kids well using alternative methods. I'm sure there are sites for home treatment/remedies that would be interested in the story, methods, etc. Getting in contact means finding those sites that report on related subjects and then contacting the webmasters/editors involved through email, twitter, contact forms, and general networking. Email is difficult, even when people subscribe, once they get bored with it, rather than unsubscribe they just hit the Report Spam button which makes it difficult to run legitimate lists.
NSAID 14y ago
On MetaFilter, you'll have to be a member for a week (http://faq.metafilter.com/38/Can-I-post-to-the-front-page-immediately-after-registering http://faq.metafilter.com/38/Can-I-post-to-the-front-page-im...) before posting to AskMeFi. MetaFilter also has a few rules about linking to your own stuff in posts, so rather than including your URL in your question, you'll want to put it in your profile.
- Mz 14y ago
  Thank you.
noahc 14y ago
Specifically about hosting: http://asmallorange.com/hosting/shared/ http://asmallorange.com/hosting/shared/ $35 for a whole year of hosting. That's not bad at all and I've used them in the past and they are very good.