Personally i would invest in a new domain as in my opinion free blog domains can put users off – if you are seriously investing time in this cheap hosting and a domain name would be a good idea.

Also you have to think what people looking for life insurance want, the majority will want some info explaining what life insurance is and what the different types are – they will normally then want a cheap quote.

In my experience the best way to get a site such as this to make money is to host your own form – see http://www.lifeinsuring.co.uk as an example. I havent finished it yet but it has a form on each landing page to encourage users to get a quote, it will also have the latest life insurance news and guides to keep google interested.

I’m not expecting it to make a fortune but I think in the life insutrance market this kind of site will encourage more visitors to get quotes and make money than a standard blog style site.

Hope this helps

Russ

Best of luck with the rethink, let us know how you get on.

Many thanks for your detailed feedback on the strategy I was trying. The conclusion that I have reached is that the approach I was using on writing articles to drive traffic to a single landing page just will not cut the mustard. The overwhelming opinion from the doctors is to build a quality website with great content and obtain traffic from the search engines naturally.

Newbies everywhere please note this advice! Many places on the internet are recommending this “article marketing” idea but it seems to me that it will not work by itself. It has a place in helping with obtaining links for search engine optimisation but it is not enough by itself.

I really hope that people will benefit from the Affiliate Doctors’ feedback and that it helps them put their efforts into the right areas. There are no shortcuts, folks.

I am going to change my approach entirely. Thank you Affiliate Doctors for the feedback and excellent advice!

Kind regards,

John Higgins