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How much of your earning do you put back into your site?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by Bluesfear, Mar 31, 2006.

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    Im trying to determine if Im spending too much or too little on my sites each month. Any money I make from my websites is extra income, I don't need it as I have a full time job. So should I put 100% of my earning back into my sites or is that wasteful? How much do you put back into your site and how much do you keep?
     
    Bluesfear, Mar 31, 2006 IP
  2. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    Depends alot on the site. After I do my initial spending for all my sites I never put anything back in. With the exception of maybe I will run a contest.

    But sites that are dependant on advertising/adwords/ect. most of the people probably put some back in.
     
    aaron_nimocks, Mar 31, 2006 IP
  3. mdvaldosta

    mdvaldosta Peon

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    I'm still dumping everything plus some, and probably will be doing it for a long time. Think about tomorrow, not today.
     
    mdvaldosta, Mar 31, 2006 IP
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    MattEvers Notable Member

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    With the PPC campaign I am running now, I put about 90% back in.

    I keep some just to see something from all the work.

    If you spend $10 to get $20, why not do that continuosly? $20 to $40 and so on and so forth. Eventually you will be spending $XX,XXX to get even higher $XX,XXX, then 10% is a substantial amount.
     
    MattEvers, Mar 31, 2006 IP
  5. empservices

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    I must say with all my online ventures I alwasy put back in for the first year or two at least. If you make in a month, obviously pay off all the site expenses and debts (if any), then put some money back into it for either expanding/improving, or if the site is already the way you want it, spend some money on advertising and promotion.
    And then use whatever is left to take the wife to a nice dinner :)
     
    empservices, Mar 31, 2006 IP
  6. WizMa

    WizMa Peon

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    In the beginning 100% ... then 90%... 80% ... you get the idea. SOmetimes it depends on the business model you run.
     
    WizMa, Mar 31, 2006 IP
  7. mystikmedia

    mystikmedia Jedi Master

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    Good advice. That's what I try to do too.
     
    mystikmedia, Mar 31, 2006 IP
  8. Seiya

    Seiya Peon

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    Same here, i suppose this is the way to go if you are still small compared to most people here. (don't know if you are md but i am)
     
    Seiya, Apr 1, 2006 IP
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    My theory is to make the most out of the ppc while they are still relatively cheap. If I find a good niche advertisment that is not being exploited by anyone else then I pour more resources in it. Heavy competion adverts I have a shorter string.
     
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    Umm, about 5,000%
     
    korzon, Apr 1, 2006 IP
  11. ArcticPro

    ArcticPro Banned

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    Adwords doesn't work for me... I made more when I stopped using them.
     
    ArcticPro, Apr 1, 2006 IP