[jamestl2]

Thanks for the superb advice, Steve

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

I've seen this pattern countless times, going all the way back to my shareware days. Here's the formula:

Great product + no marketing = no income

Good equation to remember. I’ve done some marketing, but my marketing strategy was probably just completely wrong. (Post Content and get a few links. I’ll admit that posting good content was at the core of my marketing plans.)

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Your site has an Alexa.com ranking of 1.67 million. So you have virtually no traffic. That's why the site isn't making money. No traffic = no income. It doesn't matter if you add more content if your traffic isn't growing, since no one will be there to see it.

I originally thought that if I posted great content, people would come to see it and I would just naturally receive links. Probably not thinking much about where the links would come from, or how much value each may give my site.

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

1) Curtail your new blog postings to about 3 posts per week: Mon, Weds, and Fri. Set each post to go live between 3-5am.

Is there any specific reason to do it between 3 and 5 AM?

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

6) Read (or re-read) How to Make Money From Your Blog.

I did read the article a couple of times, but I suppose I didn’t know just how much emphasis to put on the marketing strategies you suggested, or how long to apply them for. While I do have a very basic understanding of SEO, link building, etc., I wanted to be cautious and not try to “cheat the system” using black hat techniques.

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Don't give up. Just adapt to what the numbers are telling you, and continue on with a more appropriate strategy.

I’ll try your methods out about blog commenting, leaving links, time frame, etc. (Although *technically* my site isn’t a blog, I’m just using blog software) and see how it goes.