as many of you may already know our trafic has dropped to 1/5th of what it was a few months ago
this is due to recent changes in googles ranking algorithms wich has caused every single keyword to drop in rank drasticly
recently we had posted a contest with amazingly generouse prizes offered from dreadlockshampoo the purpose was to get lots of fresh and informative content created to hopefully stimulate an increase in trafic and ranking.
however this only got 1 single post created by7 jazzy..not the dozens a day i had hoped for
so the contest maybe cancled and a new approach considered (expecting a call from vicki soon)
so because the situation has become extremely desperate, and if this trend continues i may not be able to afford to keep the site up (dont worry ill figure something out) we are looking into multiple ways to regain our ranking affordably
i have consulted dozens of seo firms and found the absolute minumum we will need to repair our trafic rank is 500 a month fir 3 months mun
750 or more would be better but 500 is the min
to reach this goal i have multiple ideas
idea 1 since most members endorse and recomend dreadlockshampoo so highly we can adopt them as part of the community by adding a permenant link in the menu (on here it will go under the dread shops where dreadlockssite shops is now which will be removed on new site it will go under community under dread shops) the link will be permenant and will ask vicki if she can commit to 3 months at whatever she can afford to help cover costs (i will put in every cent i can afford myself but this months tight and next 2 months max i could possibly do is 1/2-1/2) (on phone with vicki now she will commit to something just unsure how much she can do i'll know tonight)
idea 2 more donations ideally this is the best situation but unfortunately many are unable to donate if your able you can donate here http://www.dreadlockssite.com/page/donations-1
idea 3 allow shops (and other busineses) to run an ad in a rotating new spot just below the dreadlockshampoo ad here and on new site and at the very top of the shop site for greater visibility the ads will rotate at 60 or 90- sec intervals (not sure wich yet) so multiple shops can be seen on each page load
(simular to how the dreadlockshampoo ad rotates each product)
i sent out this email last night with info on that
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for several years now dreadlockssite has offered free shops, as well as a site to list your off site shops like etsy
several members have had both etsy and dreadlockssite shops and have closed the etsy shop because the dreadlockssite shop was selling better.
well recently dreadlockssite has dropped in trafic and ranking due to the hummingbird google update and we need to raise a minimum of 600 a month for the next several months in order to regain our lost traffic.
one way we can try to raise those funds is to alow shops to advertise on dreadlockssite as well as the shop site
how this will work:
you create a 300px x 250 px medium rectangle ad as well as a 728 x 90 leaderboard ad
email the images and the link of the site they should point to to
soaringeagle@mail2.dreadlockssite.com
choose a payment option below
recomended:
$20 dollars a month 3 month commitment
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QJCEUNVVYQN78
$25 a month 2 month commitment
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Y8RYUUYACE7HJ
$15 a month 6 month commitment
1 month trial $30 no recurring payments or commitments
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JUNX6AWZMUFV4
the details
a new 300x200 ad placement will be created on the main dreadlockssite (as well as the new beta site) right below the dreadlockshampoo ad
on the shop site a new leaderboard 768x90 ad placement will be created
all ads will rotate randomly at 60 second intervals so all ads will get equal exposure
note: the 1st shop to take advantage of this offer will get 100% exposure, when a 2nd shop signs up it will be split 50/50
we need a minumum of 30 advertisers to reach our goal, but at 30 advertisers you should still receive at least 10,000 ad views per day
as your advertising helps cover the cost to increase site trafic, your ad views will increase as well
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im sorry to keep bugging you all about this but the situations getting desperate
we need to act now
i am hoping to get work started quickly
it will take about 3 months to see full results
if you choose to donate even 1 dollar helps
if you wish to commit to a set ammount a month for 3 months i can create a special button that will automaticly accept the ammount each month then stop after 3 months
just reply with the ammount youd like to commit to and i'll set that up
namaste and thanks for the support
i know all of you support and depend on the site
and would do anything in your means to help it
i want to make this easy on everyone
i will accept as much of the burdon on myself as i am able to..but i cant do it all on my own
after i hear from vicki tonight i'll update with how much is needed to fill in the gap keeping in mind this month will be a lil more then the next 2 only cause i dont have much left to spend at all this month
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updated by @soaring-eagle: 02/14/15 06:27:58AM