Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just put everything in our daily lives aside for a few months to focus on building an online business? This would clearly provide the quickest and easiest path to success. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way. At least not for most of us. In my case, I have a wife, three kids, two large dogs, and a full-time job. Some of you likely have two jobs or something…

When it comes to selecting a niche for your new site, you have a lot to consider. Should you go into a product-based niche, or are you targeting informational keywords? Should you follow your passion, or should you follow the money? Questions like these are really important to answer before purchasing a domain name and starting your site. If you don’t know what your goals are early on, it’s easy to go down the wrong…

The idea of making money while you sleep draws a lot of people into the business of building niche sites, and while it can definitely be accomplished to an extent, you have to take a certain approach to make it work. When it comes to creating content for your website, there are several types of content to consider. Each type comes with its own pros and cons, which you need to weigh against your goals…

Starting a new website can quite easily be done on a budget. In fact, the only real upfront costs that are absolutely required are for a domain name and hosting. Buying a domain name and hosting for your site comes pretty early in the process, right after choosing a niche and coming up with a domain name. Once you’re through these initial steps, you’ll be ready to start building your site. If you’re unfamiliar with…

When it comes to building a niche site, there are plenty of different avenues you can take, and depending who you ask, you’ll likely get a different answer regarding which has the highest potential for success. One factor that many people get hung up on is quality vs. quantity. Is it better to make your articles as good as humanly possible, or it is better to just throw as many darts at the dartboard as…

When I first got into blogging, like most people, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I didn’t know how to pick a niche, how to find keywords, or how to structure a post. One tip I remember coming across early on was to write really long posts for the best chance of ranking in Google. There were different schools of thought regarding the necessary length, but the general consensus was that longer…

When I first got into blogging several years ago, the method I saw being promoted the most on YouTube and on blogs was to target affiliate products with your posts. I recall this clearly because I remember constantly reading how you really needed to be careful not to overdo it, since you didn’t want to upset Google and lose your rankings. The thought process at the time, and likely still today, was to balance your…

When I first got into building niche websites, like most people, I was hyper-focused on the end goal of making money. It didn’t really hit me at first that, like most businesses, you need to spend money to make money. Thankfully, when it comes to starting a blog, the upfront costs are minimal, at least if you want them to be. There are plenty of bells and whistles that you can pay for that will…

In the last post, I showed you how to identify subtopics within your niche. As I pointed out several times in that article, it’s a crucial step that needs to happen before you start the keyword research process. If you missed that post, I highly encourage you to go back and check it out. For various reasons, many people skip that step, and it’s one that can severely limit your success when building a list…

When it comes to building a niche site, it seems like everyone wants to jump straight to finding keywords. All you have to do is look at all the comments in my YouTube videos to see all the requests for videos about keyword research. What most people don’t realize is that there’s an important step that you really need to do before you start finding keywords, and that step is to find subtopics within your…