Growing Raw Greed

Posted on April 12, 2006 , filed under Stocks | Print This Post

I would like to spend more time on Raw Greed and developing my stock picking ability. I believe accomplishing this involves two goals. The first goal is to monetize the blog. I have placed sponsor advertising on the blog and have researched statistics for comparison. I planned earlier in the year to add a site income feature in an effort to increase Raw Greed’s financial transparency. Before doing that, I would like to increase Raw Greed’s statistics to a meaningful level. A key measure in advertising is CTR or Click Through Rate. I’ve researched that a good CTR seems to be in the range of 8-12%. Raw Greed’s CTR is currently less than 2%.

The second goal is to increase reach. I have been on the receiving end of much appreciated support from the likes of David Jackson of Seeking Alpha, David A. Gaffen of The Wall Street Journal Online, and many Raw Greed readers. Other than increasing the number of inbound links and continuing to write content, I’m dumbfounded how to go growing Raw Greed less organically and more rapidly. I would eventually like to approach the critical mass of many of the bigger blog’s. If any readers have suggestions, I’m all ears. Perhaps all this involves is a little guerilla marketing. Please let your friends or other blog owners know that you visit Raw Greed.

I’ve checked the Google Page rank for Raw Greed and I noticed that the blog has a rank of 5. Thanks to everyone who visits for that accomplishment.