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Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills

Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills

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Building A Network Of Profitable Niche Sites

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST

slider-1-2I got this email from a friend in the industry.  This guy has always amazed me cause he has like a 99.9999% profit margin.  He creates niche sites around a hot topic and ranks them in Google quickly.  He first showed me some of this in 2004ish.  He now makes high six figures per year and employees a staff of 10 in house people and 50 outsourced people that do nothing but create new content websites.   For 10 years now I have assumed any day his networks were going to be burned to the ground… either by haters outing him or Google thinking they were spam.  But he has evolved over the years and its great to see how he is doing now.

Shoe thanks for the tip about AmaSuite the other day.  I had been doing a lot of the grunt work by hand but Amasuite is really really good.  Its going to save us a TON of time.  One of the things I LOVE about your site is you share exactly what works and tell people exactly what to do step by step.  I wrote this guide on how anyone can make profitable niche sites.  I hope your readers enjoy.  See you at a show soon!

The first thing I like to do is hit up Google trends for a keyword people are actively searching for.  You can download the lists and then import them into AmaSuite.   Why in this order?  Because Google trends will show you 1-2 keywords per subject but not the long tail for them.  AmaSuite getting data from Amazon shows you the long tail, less competitive results.  This is HUGE.

Now I register a domain.  From my experience the keyword does not matter that much to be in the domain but if you want to go for it.

Sidenote:  ShoeMoney has a WordPress install service that gives you a free domain for life plus installs all the SEO plugins mentioned below.

  1. The first thing you want to do is change the permalink structure to domain.com/%postname%/.   This is better for SEO
  2. Step 2 is to install Yoast’s wordpress seo plugin. (also free with Jeremy’s install )
  3. Goto themes and add a new one.  They are easy to find just goto your theme dash and type in a keyword.  Then click install.  There are over 100,000 free themes you can add right within WordPress.

Now it’s time for some unique, quality content.  I recommend a site called text brokers.  Take your top 15-20 keywords and have them write a article for each. Its a very good service and you can get 15-20 700 word articles written for $20-$25.  These are written by people in the USA and they are not repurposed.  People actually get value from them and Google enjoys them as well.  When you post these articles don’t be surprised to see real people making real comments on your blogs.

As soon as I have a few articles up I create a twitter account and add a link to my site. Every time a publish a new article I will post that on twitter. So I make sure that the articles get indexed super fast.

Secondly I start adding my site to quality bookmarking services and start participating in topic relavant forums and add a link to my site wherever it fits. But only do this after you have written already a few posts.

Then I add articles on my linkbuilding blogs with a link to my new niche site. However, I only post the URL or non exact matching anchor text links. I would do that only a bit later. This works better for me lately.

Then I would look for guest posting opportunities and also get in touch with other webmasters in the same niche. Comment on their posts and simply make them aware of my site.

Spend 30 days per site.  By the end of the 30 days the site should  be making $100-$250 .  Now move on to the next.  As this scales up hire employees to duplicate the process.  Give them 10% of the profit each month as long as they are involved.

So here is the quick notes.  Start where you need.

  1. Get wordpress setup (or use shoemoney’s free service).
  2. Get a copy of Amasuite.
  3. Grab top 15-20 most searched for phrases from Amasuite
  4. Get some articles from text broker for each keyword phrase (they know how to do seo articles around a keyword).
  5. Setup social media accounts with back links to your site.
  6. Create some forum profiles and use your site in your signature and also in your profile.  Participate in discussions.
  7. Repeat.

That is the quick and easy guide to doing it ;).  I hope your readers enjoy it!  Have fun building your network!
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ProBlogger: 5 Ways to Find Out What People Really Want From Your Blog

ProBlogger: 5 Ways to Find Out What People Really Want From Your Blog

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5 Ways to Find Out What People Really Want From Your Blog

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:47 AM PST

This is a guest contribution from Sabina Stoiciu, blogger, photographer and traveller. 

While it can be quite redundant to pose this question, here it goes: Why blog? Let's have a look at a few key stats that'll convince you to set up a blog in the next two seconds, if you haven't already got one:

  • 77% of Internet users read blogs
  • nearly one quarter (23%) of the time spent on the Internet is directed towards blogs and social networks
  • small businesses that run blogs increase their leads number by 126%
  • offering valuable content is one of three reasons why people follow your brand on social networks
  • 81% of US customers give credit to recommendations coming from blogs they're fond of

(see the full stats on socialmediatoday)

One thing that happens to many fresh bloggers is not knowing what to write about or what would best benefit their audience, in order to convince them to subscribe to that blog and to make them desperately wait for another post to be published.

Supposing this little problem of not knowing exactly what to blog about might occur to anyone, not only to blogging rookies, it's a good idea to think about what people want from your blog.

By not knowing this, you make yourself a disservice because:

a) you can fail at attracting new readers if you're not aware of what they seek and

b) you might lose some of your current readers if you don't meet or keep up with their expectations.

When talking about blogs, it's important to know how readers see them. Some people read blogs to live other people's experiences. Others look for tips they can apply to themselves. Several people look for business information, while there are many others who seek entertainment material. As Darren wrote, a good question is also what your content is centred upon – information, inspiration or interaction.

Generally people find a blog, like it and become a reader because they value the content and the way in which it's written, but wouldn't it be great to actually know what your visitors want and to use this knowledge to attract them towards your blog for converting them into full-time readers?

Below you will find 5 ways that can help you in the quest of finding out what people really want from your blog.

1. Listen to them

You can do so by offering them a way to express their content related desires and by actually reading what they tell you.

Two places where readers can share what they would like to find are the comments section of every blog post and the "contact me" form you can embed into your blog. A form like this provides people a short and easy way to get in touch with you and to keep discussions private, in comparison to the comments section. 123ContactForm is an online form and survey builder that could help you in several ways. For example, it offers a free plugin for WordPress based blogs that can help you create a customisable contact form with almost no effort – you can access one here.

2. Ask them

You can also run a survey in which you kindly encourage them to tell you what they would most love to see on your blog.

The benefit of a survey is that it can help you in two ways: with your current readers and with potential readers. Why is that? Because you can publish it on your blog, where you're addressing it to your current readers, but you can also publish it on other websites, partner blogs or social media channels, where you can reach a whole bunch of other people that aren't necessarily your readers yet.

A free survey tool like the one from the already mentioned 123ContactForm can help you publish your survey on any of the above channels and personalise it as you wish, if you want people to recognise your brand.

While point 1 and 2 refer to the "ask the readers what they want" part, points 3 to 5 handle the more technical aspect of the user vs. content research, that is letting the data speak about what topics you should cover.

3. Keyword research

Get to know what is trending by doing some keyword research on Google, as well as on your blog. Both types of search can help you.

Here's how: if you find out what people are looking for right now, you can start covering those topics (supposing you haven't already) and drive organic traffic to your blog. On the other hand, knowing what people have been looking for on your blog can point you towards popular topics which you can afterwards choose to cover more in-depth.

As of the free tools that can help you do the research, you may want to try out Google Trends, the already popular Google Analytics and your blog's stats. Again, this tool works for current and future visitors.

screenshot_Google_Trends

4. Check post traffic

Another indicator of what drives your visitor's interest is the post traffic. Articles that readers find relevant and valuable will show an increased traffic volume compared to ones that are not so appealing.Thus, keeping an eye on your blog's traffic data from Google Analytics or the blog stats is always a good idea that might also define or at least improve your content strategy.

One thing to bare in mind when talking about post traffic is also how well you optimise your posts for search engines. By using relevant and targeted keywords, clearly expressing your ideas, using a friendly, yet catchy headline, setting helpful tags and image descriptions, you allow visitors to find more easily what they're looking for. And Google will love you for that.

You can also check out Darren's post on how to optimise a blog post that performed well in terms of traffic.

5. Analyse engagement

The last point on our list (but definitely not one that should be neglected) is to analyse the engagement around your blog posts and around their reverberance in social media.

To be more specific, take a look at the number of likes, shares and comments a post received directly on your blog, as well as on the social media channels where you shared it. Naturally, posts that sum up a lot of engagement have always proved themselves to be a hot topic for those engaging with them. Hence, why not consider exploring more of these topics that your readers were so keen on?

These are some ideas on how to find out what your blog visitors are looking for. Remember, you can always test to see what works out best and let the results point you towards the direction worth following.

Sabina Stoiciu enjoys blogging, photography, traveling and finding ways of gathering and sharing relevant business knowledge. You can follow her on Twitter. She also writes for 123ContactForm, the online form and survey builder – try it for free.

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
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