Comments on: The Power of Referring http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/ The journal of a young web entrepreneur on his journey to wealth. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:29:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TylerCruz.com: An Internet Entrepreneur’s Journey » PublisherSpot Updates http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/comment-page-1/#comment-1965 TylerCruz.com: An Internet Entrepreneur’s Journey » PublisherSpot Updates Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:26:54 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/#comment-1965 [...] 10 days after my $0.17 post with only 1 referrer, I’m now at $9.10 and 16 [...] [...] 10 days after my $0.17 post with only 1 referrer, I’m now at $9.10 and 16 [...]

]]> By: fry http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 fry Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:44:13 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/#comment-1527 So what? I earn twice as much and don't spend my time dreaming about "what if" So what? I earn twice as much and don’t spend my time dreaming about “what if”

]]> By: Dan http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 Dan Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:54:14 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/#comment-1513 fry, he's earning enough to live comfortably so I don't think he needs to dream. Pessimism is exactly what kills so many good ideas. An idea that took me around 3 hours to program and no work gets more visitor than a site thats been up for years. fry, he’s earning enough to live comfortably so I don’t think he needs to dream. Pessimism is exactly what kills so many good ideas. An idea that took me around 3 hours to program and no work gets more visitor than a site thats been up for years.

]]> By: Brian Flanagan http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Brian Flanagan Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:18:51 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/#comment-1504 Yeah, I think this is something to celebrate when you've made $1000. Celebrating after $0.17 seems a bit premature. Yeah, I think this is something to celebrate when you’ve made $1000. Celebrating after $0.17 seems a bit premature.

]]> By: fry http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 fry Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:02:31 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/#comment-1490 Instead of dreaming about what would happen if you sign up 87 people that earn $1950 every 2 and a half days you should get back to work, no wonder you only manage to work for 2 hours each day! Instead of dreaming about what would happen if you sign up 87 people that earn $1950 every 2 and a half days you should get back to work, no wonder you only manage to work for 2 hours each day!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 Michelle Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:44:33 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/#comment-1476 ToddW - we pretty much had that happen. Over 1000 visitors a day to one of our old sites, and just a few sign ups through our main ads - for a targeted 'pay per subscriber' affiliate program. Unfortunately none of them were big, or repeat spenders. Of the 26 signups, we made just over $6 total! Ah well, they *could* have been big spenders... ToddW – we pretty much had that happen. Over 1000 visitors a day to one of our old sites, and just a few sign ups through our main ads – for a targeted ‘pay per subscriber’ affiliate program.

Unfortunately none of them were big, or repeat spenders. Of the 26 signups, we made just over $6 total! Ah well, they *could* have been big spenders…

]]> By: Dave Starr --- ROI Guy http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 Dave Starr --- ROI Guy Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:55:44 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/#comment-1465 he design looks good enough to me ... but then I tend to be a minimalist ... some of the absolutely most profitable sites on the 'net are often called "ugly". The webmasters just roll with the comments and, as Liberace used to say, "Cry all the way to the bank". I would suggest, though, that there is too little contrast in the color scheme ... looking at it with a low-end Tosh laptop it's not very easy to read .... old eyes, I know. @ ToddW, your comments ring true except that it almost sounds as if you are mired in the pessimism that tends to paralize many og us (yes, I include me). Tyler _may_ not sign up as many larger earners as he thinks, the various companies _may_ reduce payouts, etc., etc. ... but for that matter any of us _may_ get run over by a bus tomorrow. The site has a great business model ... I can't think of a single one that competes with it now, it's diversified, no one ad network can 'crash' the business model and most of all it provides a really useful service ... something many sites do not do ... my 2 cents, anyway. he design looks good enough to me … but then I tend to be a minimalist … some of the absolutely most profitable sites on the ‘net are often called “ugly”. The webmasters just roll with the comments and, as Liberace used to say, “Cry all the way to the bank”.

I would suggest, though, that there is too little contrast in the color scheme … looking at it with a low-end Tosh laptop it’s not very easy to read …. old eyes, I know.

@ ToddW, your comments ring true except that it almost sounds as if you are mired in the pessimism that tends to paralize many og us (yes, I include me).

Tyler _may_ not sign up as many larger earners as he thinks, the various companies _may_ reduce payouts, etc., etc. … but for that matter any of us _may_ get run over by a bus tomorrow.
The site has a great business model … I can’t think of a single one that competes with it now, it’s diversified, no one ad network can ‘crash’ the business model and most of all it provides a really useful service … something many sites do not do … my 2 cents, anyway.

]]> By: ToddW http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 ToddW Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:58:11 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/the-power-of-referring/#comment-1455 I'm sure you know it sounds good on paper but refering even 1 $1000 a day earner is near impossible let alone 10. I'm going to guess the majority of your referrals will be $10 a day or less. So even if you refer 100 of those you still don't make to much money. Also look what happened to Fastclick/Valueclick Media after how ever many years they up and decide to not offer the % for lifetime. It would really SUCK to go from $10k a month in passive $ from a referral to $0 :( I'm not saying not to do the site I'm just saying I wouldn't expect to get 100's of signups ;) As far as the design, I thought it looked fine? LOL. I’m sure you know it sounds good on paper but refering even 1 $1000 a day earner is near impossible let alone 10. I’m going to guess the majority of your referrals will be $10 a day or less. So even if you refer 100 of those you still don’t make to much money.

Also look what happened to Fastclick/Valueclick Media after how ever many years they up and decide to not offer the % for lifetime. It would really SUCK to go from $10k a month in passive $ from a referral to $0 :(

I’m not saying not to do the site I’m just saying I wouldn’t expect to get 100’s of signups ;)

As far as the design, I thought it looked fine? LOL.

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