Comments on: Elizabeth from English-Grammar-Revolution.com

By: Tracey

Tracey — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:47:34 +0000

Congrats Elizabeth. I started my site a month or so after you, and I don’t have that kind of traffic. I think you have a lot more content, so congrats on your success. Also great idea about the interviews, I’ve been toying with that idea myself. Great way to link build. Congrats again!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:34:41 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, David.

Bill, yes, it would be pointless if I didn’t make any money. But, right now with just my one $7 ebook, I make up my yearly SBI fee in one month… just wait until I add more products!

By: bill M

bill M — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:27:34 +0000

seems a bit of a pointless site if you don’t make money …especially if you have to pay 300 dollars a year

By: David

David — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:46:58 +0000

Elizabeth,

Wonderful site. Who would have thought you could make a great site with a topic like English grammar? You actually inject excitement into a topic that is usually considered very boring. Great example of how you can make something work if you put enough thought into it.

You done real good

By: Tomaz

Tomaz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:34:29 +0000

Hi Brandon,

I answer everything on my tennis site because I know the stuff. I probably don’t answer 90% of questions on my other sites because I don’t know the stuff.

In total, I probably get around 5 to 8 questions per day with all my sites combined.

If you know your topic, then it’s best to start a separate blog and post there the Q&A and you’ll have very relevant content from which you can link back to your main site.

By: Brandon M.

Brandon M. — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:06:13 +0000

Hi Tomaz,

While we’re on the subject of time management and web sites–how much time do you spend per week answering questions that come via the Contact form on your vacuum, sewing machine, and water filter sites?

I wonder, when one has a high-traffic site, if answering visitor-submitted questions creates a significant amount of extra work.

By: miki

miki — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:03:06 +0000

Hi!
Just curios. Has anyone in done a conspiracy-theory and the upcoming year 2012 site in SBI ?
A lot of this info can be found on the net, and come to think of it, the world is trully a strange place to live at the moment.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:29:55 +0000

I would guess that I’ve been working on it for an average of 18 hours a week over the last 8 months.

By: Aurther

Aurther — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:34:51 +0000

Thanks Tomaz for sharing this success story. Your blog is a gem to me.

Elizabeth congratulations and all the best. If you are at liberty to share how much work (hours) per day you put in your site from day one?

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:38:19 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

You are correct, Jerrick, that the grammar niche is not high paying in Adsense– that is something that I did not plan for very well, but I’m working on it!

I have found that the best way for me to monetize is by selling my own products- which is quite a bit of work, but so far the work that I have put into that has been paying off.

I only sell a $7 ebook right now which is just information that is already on the site but in a downloadable form.

After surveying the people on my list, I’ve found that people are interested in a video grammar course, so that is what I’m working on right now. I will be able to sell that at a much higher price.

I enjoy teaching grammar, so while it does take a lot of time and thought to create my own products, I like it.

I guess I’m taking a tortoise approach to monetization, but slow and steady wins the race!