I own a local news and information web site. The site contains a 15 page section for every residential zip code in the United States (33,507 of them). I am recruiting a person in every zip code to manage their zip codes section of the site, in exchange for 50% commission on all advertising sold.

I have a very long list of ways that I have been trying to get Zip Code Managers (ZCM's) signed up. I have about 80 to date.

The site is growing about 50% per month. This month it will have about 200,000 page views.

The existing ZCM's range from 19-70's, and are about 70% female. I am looking for people who are interested in serving the community.

Any suggestions?

(ConnectionsPlanet - Your Connection to the world

Clough

Hi again, cforsell!

If someone were to be looking for the type of thing that you're offering, what would be the possibilities of search terms that they would use in a search engine?

Thanks!

cforsell

Instead of promoting the overall site, I assume that a person using the site would be searching for a specific city or zip code.

As I see content added to a site, I submit that zip code with the city, state, zip code. Then I pull keywords from the content that they have added.
For example, Zip Code 99515 (Anchorage, AK) I use keywords: CONTENT="anchorage, alaska, 99515, Deborah, Lovel, Bryner, Journey To A Dream, Mary Lovel, connections planet, virtual community, comunity, zip code, news, business directory, business, directory, business news, census, churches, community events, community info, comunity information, community resources, government offices, health care, military, public safety, real estate, school, sports" I know that this is a long list, but I spoke with folks at "a major search engine" and they advised loading it down.

I hope that I have answered your question.

Carl

Clough

But, what are specific words that a person would type in order to find your site in the first place?

Please click HERE. What you'll see for a number of pages in the search is mostly about what I do.

Thanks!

cforsell

To find the site: connectionsplanet, connections planet, zcm , zip code manager, carl, carl forsell, 68701, teaparty .

According to my server log, those are the most commonly used search terms (in order).

Clough

Most often, people do searches for things not by the name of the company or name of the person that runs the site or company.

You could probably double or even triple the number of people who'll find your site if you word things the way that most people will search.

I'm just making an unsolicited suggestion to you.

Did you click on the link that I provided?

Thanks!

cforsell

I appreciate your suggestions and will evaluate how I can improve on what I am doing.

The primary problem does not seem to be getting people to the site. As of tonight (5/30/09) I have had 176,086 page views for the month. Page views have been growing at 50-70% per month.

Again, thank you for your input.

Carl

Clough

Hi again, Carl!

Have you done tests on search engines to see if people are able to find you, not because of your name or the name of the business, but because they might be looking for the particular service that you might provide for them?

Thanks!