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Niche Site Challenge 007: Ranking in Google

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I've got some great news for you in this NSC edition. It's only been a little over a month since I went live with my Dominoes Info site and I'm already seeing some good results. I'm getting some good rankings in google for a few of the keyword terms I'm targeting. In fact for one of them I'm already on page 4 ;-) Here's a quick video showing you the results and the keywords my niche sites ranking for using my favorite tool, the Market Samurai rank checker tool.   As you can see by the results, I need to push harder on the one keyword term. It's obviously a money maker and I'm getting some Google love for it. So it only makes sense to push hard. I haven't really done anything special or extra. I've been following my … [Read more...]

Niche Site Challenge 006: Starting My Brand Niche Site

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Big moves happening in the Niche Site Challenge. So far we had a change of heart with the passion niche. After doing some extensive research, we found a better niche to target along with a better keyword rich domain. (you can check out the progress of the Dominoes niche site here) Once that was done I started my search for my Brand Niche site. As I mentioned in the first NSC post (Let the Games Begin), I wanted to create both a Passion Niche site and a Brand Niche site. I started with the passion niche first because it was easier, and 2nd, because I was not sure yet on which domain to choose for the brand niche. I was stuck on it, sort of like writers block. For the life of me I could not choose one. Also one of the domains I … [Read more...]

Niche Site Challenge 005: Backlink Strategy

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Ok so before I proceed with my backlink strategy, I wanna let you know about the big change I did. As I said in the last niche site challenge post, I chose dominotablesite.com as my targeted niche, (mainly because of the word "domino"). I wanted to make a site about domino tables and how to build them. Well as I went deeper in my research, I found that the word "dominoes" and "dominoe" got searched more often. It had more potential money to be made, and the competition wasn't all that bad. As you can see by the image below that I almost made a huge mistake. Although I still believe the original keyword would've done ok ...after some real thorough research, I found a better keyword to target and potentially more profitable. Like I … [Read more...]

Niche Site Challenge 004: How to Set Up a Niche Site with the Plugins Needed

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This is my favorite part of the Niche Site Challenge. Creating and setting up the niche site. I can easily outsource this part, but why pay for something when you can do it in less than 20 minutes. Now I know that there are tons of info and ways on how to do this part. However, as I said before, I'm going to show you how I do it. I'm also going to show you all the tools and resources I use. If you know or have any tools, tips, and resources, you're more than welcome to share them with us. We'll greatly appreciate it.   Domain I choose and why I choose it After doing some heavy searching, I've decided to go with the domain DominoTableSite.com. A few good reasons why and I'll share them with you here today. First, I really … [Read more...]

Having A Big List Sucks.

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I'm sure you've heard this a ton of times before, but I'm going to say it anyway. Having a big gigantic list doesn't necessarily mean you'll be filthy rich. It absolutely sucks! It's not worth it. It cost to damn much money to maintain a huge list. I called my rep the other day to see how many people was opening my emails, and you know what he said? About 20% of the people opened my emails the entire year. That's crazy! I'm paying $1,500 a month for a ghost list. Right now I'm getting a crazy high response rate from a small list than with my humongous list. The reason I believe it's higher is because it's a double optin list. These people actually took the time to confirm, which lets me know that they actually want my … [Read more...]

Niche Site Challenge 003: Keyword Research

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In the last post (Finding Profitable Niches), I showed you ways and techniques of how I go about finding and gathering niche ideas. I start by writing a list of 10 passion. Then I create a list of 10 potential problems to those passions. Then I create 10 tips, advice, and solutions to those problems. I then finish by taking the top 5 of all three lists and create a Research list. Now that I have a list of top 5 keywords terms, it's time to do some good ol' keyword research. Keyword Research There's a few things you want to keep in mind when doing your keyword research. First is to look for keywords that have a good amount of search volume and second, look for ones that have low competition. This will help in ranking in … [Read more...]

Niche Site Challenge 002: Finding Profitable Niches

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First let me start out by saying thank you for all the great comments, feedback, and tips I received in the first Niche Site Challenge post. I was totally blown away by it and to be honest, I didn't expect so many to be this excited about it. Ok, so this post is sort of a curveball for the both of us. But it's ok, it's actually a good thing. No matter how well or how much we plan things out, unexpected things can and will happen. As I said in the first niche site challenge post, I was going to go over market research and some of my keyword research techniques. We'll since announcing this challenge, the response has been crazy and some what overwhelming (in a good way though). I've received many comments and emails about it. Many are … [Read more...]

Niche Site Challenge 001: Let The Games Begin

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Many ask me if niche sites are truly profitable, if they are easy to do, does it take time, is it worth your time and effort. Well, to be honest, it all depends on what you're doing. Depending on what niche you go after determines how much or little profits it makes. As far as it being easy or if it takes time, I'd say it's 50/50. As I always say, it all depends on what you put into it.   The Niche Site Challenge. Ok, so here's the deal. I'm going to challenge myself to a Niche Site Challenge. What the hell am I talking about? Well, what I mean is that I'm going to put my money where my mouth and I'm actually going to build a niche site, not only that, but make that niche site profitable. I'm going to build it from the … [Read more...]

How to Stop Fake Email Optins

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  As I mentioned in the video. You do not need a humongous list to make tons of money. All you need is a good solid, highly responsive, and super qualified list. The way t get this is by practicing the double optin feature with your email autoresponder provider. Many don't practice this because of the fact that they've been told, and brain washed into believing that building a super huge list will make them rich beyond their imagination. They try to build the biggest list as fast as they can. When in reality all they're doing is building a list worth shit … A list that's not going to OPEN your emails. A list that's going to COST you money to maintain. A list that's NOT going to make you money! Practice … [Read more...]

How Three Sheets of Paper Can Change Your Income

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This is a guest post written by Fred Rewey from Fire Your Boss     Ok, I will be the first to admit, I get distra….ok, I am back (see what I mean?). Anyway, much like a lot of people who do Internet Marketing or try to make money online, sometimes I start getting distracted by the small stuff. For example, I love doing stuff in Photoshop. Banners, images, logos, whatever. The problem is much of that stuff will not really make me more money. I might see an “older” banner on one of my sites and think, “hey, I can improve that!” – An hour later I have a much better looking banner, but did it really get me more income? Have you ever worked your butt off for an entire day and not have anything, … [Read more...]