Great discussion guys, Losercore and Scrawnybob you have spelled out what (as a newer affiliate) I figured as the "chicken and egg" of this business.
1) Untargetted traffic is about as useful as a chocolate teapot
2) With only a page of bonus codes you are unlikely to rank well for any the targetted traffic you seek...
Personally came to the conclusion that (quality) strategy articles are in many ways a loss-leader... yet these are slowly building the 'authority' of my site (through natural links etc) that is then allowing me to add sections targetting the ' best site' or ' sign-up' visitors that are the really valuable ones.... of 250ish visitors a day maybe 25 are 'targeted' at the moment - in 3 months time I'm looking for a 300/100 ratio, 6 months a 500/300 etc etc
The reason for posting these thoughts - to ask the question whether the experienced folks think this is a viable strategy or the poker affiliate equivalent of banging ones head on a brick wall??
Cheers for the thoughts above guys.
Thanks, Mark
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