I know this is essentially the answer to life, the universe and everything as far as the good folk around here are concerned but I was hoping to get a few starter tips for my site.
I won't mention the name in case that's seen as advertising but it's a combination of the pixel advertising sites and Google Maps - think zoomable scrolling canvas meets the Million Dollar Homepage. The advantage is advertisers get 256x256 pixels instead of 10x10 - seemed like quite a good selling point.
In any event, I've put quite a bit of work into it and was so focused on the technical details that it didn't cross my mind that traffic might not arrive in the droves I expected. I've tried a couple of things - emailing large advertisers on existing pixel sites and offering them space for instance but I'm still looking for the magic bullet. I did buy a 10x10 pixel spot on the Million Dollar Homepage and have had quite a lot of traffic from it - maybe a couple of hundred visitors a day now I think but I need more to get the thing kick-started.
Anyway - to get to my point - what sort of things so people recommend in cases like this - should I purchase traffic or pay to get listed at various directories etc.
Sorry for the long rambling message - any thoughts or insight appreciated.
Cheers.
-S-
I won't mention the name in case that's seen as advertising but it's a combination of the pixel advertising sites and Google Maps - think zoomable scrolling canvas meets the Million Dollar Homepage. The advantage is advertisers get 256x256 pixels instead of 10x10 - seemed like quite a good selling point.
In any event, I've put quite a bit of work into it and was so focused on the technical details that it didn't cross my mind that traffic might not arrive in the droves I expected. I've tried a couple of things - emailing large advertisers on existing pixel sites and offering them space for instance but I'm still looking for the magic bullet. I did buy a 10x10 pixel spot on the Million Dollar Homepage and have had quite a lot of traffic from it - maybe a couple of hundred visitors a day now I think but I need more to get the thing kick-started.
Anyway - to get to my point - what sort of things so people recommend in cases like this - should I purchase traffic or pay to get listed at various directories etc.
Sorry for the long rambling message - any thoughts or insight appreciated.
Cheers.
-S-