Siu's survival website spends $40k monthly to drive 20M visits
Eric Siu · SaaS SEO Shortcuts That Drive $10M+ ARR, Building A Media Moat, & More! · May 12, 2023 · at 3:01
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Eric Siu breaks down the operational costs and publishing cadence of a survival website he co-owns during a presentation on SEO strategies at SaaS Open.
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“This, in terms of our monthly expenses on this site that drives the twenty million visits a month, we're spending about 40,000 dollars a month, and the team looks like it's basically a, I think it's gonna, there's gonna be a breakdown in a second, but it's basically 11 articles a week that we do.”
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