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Really it's just infrastructure and advertising that needs investment at this stage.
Definitely search advertising like AdWords + Yahoo + Bing. Capture the people looking what you are offering. Therefore, they will probably search and be willing to pay. Think about search terms. Worth every cent if done right! And don't believe the "automated" bid stuff in AdWords. Fine tune your own bids and review regularly. Squeeze as much as you can out of your spend and understand your market. Use LOTS of differ…
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What kind of of CTR were you getting?
(from memory so these figures aren't precise but right order of magnitude) Between 0.01 - 0.1 depending on the target. Highest CTR was with Perl developers.
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What kind of of CTR were you getting?
(from memory so these figures aren't precise but right order of magnitude) Between 0.01 - 0.1 depending on the target. Highest CTR was with Perl developers.
My recommendations:
KISSmetrics, Google Analytics & Crazy Egg
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(from memory so these figures aren't precise but right order of magnitude) Between 0.01 - 0.1 depending on the target. Highest CTR was with Perl developers.
I was getting around .019% - .03%. Which I thought was awful. Around a dollar a click and targeting all the major programming languages.
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I was getting around .019% - .03%. Which I thought was awful. Around a dollar a click and targeting all the major programming languages.
Average for FB is around 0.04%. I was paying around 5-10 cents a click. Were you paying CPC ? - if you optimize for CTR I find buying CPM more effective.
Buying a MBP and hiring a virtual assistant, combined with asking this question, tells me you do not have a business plan with your required expenses planned out.
I think you should hold onto the money until you find something that does leverage growth, then pour the money into that. Don't spend the money figuring out what that is.
Your first mistake is assuming you need to spend this money. Buying a MBP and hiring a virtual assistant, combined with asking this question, tells me you do not have a business plan with your required expenses planned out. I think you should hold onto the money until you find something that does leverage growth, then pour the money into that. Don't spend the money figuring out what that is.