from $5 to $15 a day with just 1 new page

A follow up and a question

[akhater]

Around the end of November I have posted here [webmasterworld.com...] that it was the first month I broke the $5/day barrier getting more than $150/month for the first time in 1.5 years.

Since and till today I am averaging $15/day that's 3x more than what I used to get with only one new content page.

I am adding more pages everyday but I know from my stats that the reason for this raise is that single page which has some Christmas freebies etc... google alone is sending me 600+ unique a day on it.

Anyway I know this hype will die as Christmas finishes my question is how can I make maximum use of the few days I still have left to keep my readers and keep this amount after the holiday season.

Thank you for your insights

[naitsirhc26]

Nice work!

You are talking about retaining the same traffic everyday after Christmas. Correct? This is a good question. I might think about this for a while...

As for retaining visitors, what has worked EXTREMELY well for me are my forums, newsletter, free services, etc...By doing this about 37% of my visitors are all return visitors.

Is there some way you could offer these same free services for EVERY holiday? And maybe start a message forum, or newsletter or something?

These could all be ways to retain users and your traffic throughout the year. Just throwing some thoughts out there.

[akhater]

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question

1) I already have a mailing list with about 400 subscribers and 400+ rss readers

2) I will surely try to come up with something for every holiday

3) is 37% returning visitors good? I have about 27% returning and I thought that was WAY too low!

thanks again

[Aircut]

....and 400+ rss readers

how do you know?

[akhater]

how do I know?
feedburner!

[farmboy]

I am adding more pages everyday...

Stop from time to time and take an objective look at your situation. You'll want to be sure you're getting a sufficient ROI from that increased investment of your time and effort.

FarmBoy

[naitsirhc26]

Yeah, Feedburner works pretty well at giving you reader stats, etc...I use it as well.

I need to research that percentage of return visitors, but I was thinking around 40% return visitors was a pretty good number. (anyone else have an answer to this question?) What's the average return rate?