| The competition is fierce when it comes to selling | | | | keywords to incorporate into your site in order to |
| your website. Selling a startup on sites such as Flippa | | | | gain more search engine traffic. Once the site is built, |
| is tough, and flippers aren't seeing a profitable return | | | | optimize it for the keywords by creating unique |
| like before. Buyers have become savvy, and they | | | | content that is interesting and appealing. The next |
| realize that they need something that makes the site | | | | step is to get the site indexed. |
| stand on its own. This means you need to make the | | | | Have It Indexed Quickly |
| site very attractive before you put it up on the | | | | To get the site indexed quickly, skip the wait with |
| auction block. You need to create revenue. | | | | Google, and check out and add your URL. By |
| To maximize the sale for a startup site, you must | | | | checking on your site, you'll get it indexed quickly. |
| take the time to get traffic to the site and convert | | | | Your website should be somewhere on page 1, if |
| that traffic into profit. A buyer is more likely to place | | | | you've done your keyword homework right, but if |
| a bid on your website, if you can show them that | | | | not, it is time to build some backlinks. You can do this |
| the concept is solid and making money. | | | | by writing articles for GoArticles, Squidoo, HubPages, |
| Making money from a website isn't hard, but it does | | | | and/or EzineArticles. You can also write articles for a |
| take planning, and yes, some luck. No matter what | | | | Web 2.0 site. Additionally, ping your website and then |
| anyone says, luck is involved when it comes to | | | | submit it to social bookmarks. Once you add some |
| getting ranked on page 1 of a big search engine like | | | | backlinks, your site will probably get enough "oomph" |
| Google. | | | | to move to page 1, and start earning you some |
| Find the Right Keywords | | | | revenue. |
| Making profit from one of your websites starts with | | | | AdSense for Revenue |
| traffic. More specifically, you need to show the buyer | | | | Although, you probably won't make a bunch of |
| search engine traffic. As a website flipper, you have | | | | money with AdSense, it is a simple way to get some |
| heard this a hundred times over, but you must find | | | | revenue with a startup. If you can show the buyer, |
| the right keywords that produce a lot of searches | | | | that your site made at least $15.00 per month, then |
| with little competition. It is a short ingredient list for a | | | | you should profit between $200 and $300 during an |
| recipe that produces revenue. | | | | auction. If it is full of quality content, and it looks |
| When choosing a keyword, find 2 to 3 word | | | | good, you probably could make more. |
| keywords as the main keyword for the site you are | | | | There are many guides to setting up AdSense, but |
| building. After you do that, the next step is to find an | | | | here are some simple tips to get it going. |
| exact match domain name. For example, if your | | | | 1. Remember less is more. Have one AdSense block |
| keyword is "buy new furniture", then you want the | | | | with no links to external sites. You want the traffic |
| domain name to be: | | | | to click on a link to an internal page which also has |
| Buynewfurniture.net | | | | the AdSense block or an ad. That's it. |
| Buynewfurniture.org | | | | 2. Use a light text color to contrast a dark AdSense |
| Buynewfurniture.info | | | | block, so it entices the traffic to click on the ads. |
| The last one may scare you a bit, but an.info domain | | | | 3. Be creative. There aren't specific rules, and what |
| will generate a great profit if you can prove that it | | | | works on one site might not work on another. You |
| produces revenue. | | | | will only find success through trial and error. |
| As you know there are plenty of sites that can | | | | And by the way, AdSense is one of the most |
| explain how to do keyword research, so it won't be | | | | watched tags on Flippa. This means that your site will |
| covered here. But basically, you want a keyword that | | | | get viewed. |
| gets at least 5,000 searches a month. Also it should | | | | Hopefully, you have found some insightful tips on |
| have less than 50,000 competing sites, and have at | | | | how to make your next flip a profitable one, but |
| least 2 page rank 0 sites on Google. | | | | most importantly, think "revenue" for a successful |
| You can also come up with around 5 similar | | | | sale. |