Finally stopped buying cheap ad placements and went with a niche site instead

I used to throw $500 at those broad keyword network ads every month and barely saw any clicks. Then I tried a small outdoor gear blog's ad space for $200 in March and got way more engagement from people who actually bought stuff. Has anyone else seen better results from niche sites over big ad networks?

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aaron8841mo ago

Wait, you were spending $500 a month on those network ads with barely any clicks? That's a lot of money to throw at something that clearly wasn't working. I switched to a local hunting forum for my bait ads and saw real results almost immediately for half that price.

jamie_white1mo ago

Respectfully, I gotta disagree a bit here. Yeah, $500 a month on ads that barely clicked sounds rough, but sometimes you gotta test things to know what works. That hunting forum might be good for bait, but network ads can hit a different crowd if you tweak the targeting right. I've seen people give up on something too fast just because it didn't pop off right away. Sometimes the clicks start slow but build up over time if you stick with it. Not saying your way is wrong, just that there's more than one way to skin this cat.