A useful comversation between an SEO specialist and a client. There is some real gold here so take your time to run through it you might pick up something new.
well 300 uniques in the right niche could have made u $50 a day!
lol yeah its all in knowing waht to do where to look
picking the right niche is sooooo important
research research research
your first lesson: Dont spend any money on any ebooks and get rich scemes
they are full of bull or use mthods that dont work
the good few dont give u enough info to properly get started
now the best long term method to make money is building niche websites and selling advetising and affiliate programs. With advertising alone you can $10 a day per site after uve spend a couple of weeks on developing that site. The good news is you will keep making money after that without lifting a finger and even while u sleep which feels great!
then you can duplicate that witha number of sites
some sites will do better then others and the great thing is their potential is unlimited so if one site really takes off the earnings can be considerable
though its not easy work
you need to build i,e.write a lot of content (articles)
and spend time getting backlinks
You outsource alot of work if need be
yeah having a good plan is important
I personally recommend trying to do the writing yourself and once the money starts to come in, reinvest it into your sites
i.e buying articles and links
now one thing i need to tell you is you might not see earnings for 2 or 3 weeks at first!
this puts most newcomers off
they put in alot of effort, see not results and go do something else
had they waited another week or 2 they would have seen the money come in!
so dont get discouraged
at first
secondly getting traffic is only half the battle, you need to get that traffic to convert into sales
but ill teach you all that at a later date
people really do buy based on the landing pages?
not these crappy "make money" pages you see
the trick to landing pages is to not make them look like landing pages
now websites are all about getting traffic. Traffic = sales though as you have found out, you need good quality traffic, and a site that converts that traffic into sales
now notice im using the word sales but thats jsut not affilaite programs its adsense ads as well. If you can get 10% of your visitors clicking on an adsense ad ur going to be making some serious money
now many people om DP have loads of traffic, but crap traffic and get click through ratios (the number of visitors that click on an ad) of 0.something %
most of my niche sites average over 10%
I also make sure that my sites are on topics that pay well per click....
for instance the other day i had a $3 click
there is a trick to finding high paying niches
thats using a tool in google adwords
which shows u how often a keyword is searched and the amount the average cost per click is
of course u can choose a niche that has great earnings per click and laods of searches per day but if the competition is 2 high u will never make it into a good position in the search engines
the trick is to find a good balance between the level of competition,a nd the earnings potential of a niche
this is where a lot of people stumble
they go for the high paying niches and they stand no chance of ranking well for them due to the competition!
no wonder they dont go antywhere and give up
what is a good balance between competetion and earning potential ?
that depends on every niche, its jsut not about the number of searches. you need to research the competitors individually
so see their page rank as a quick indicator
then look into their backlinks
are they good quality links?
can you do better?
this is where SEO can help
cos it will give u an advantage over the competition
so as u can see planning a researhcing your site is critical!
its just like starting a business, is there a gap in the market? can u be better than the competition?
waht can u offer that they dont
so what will make me and my few sites so special ...there are thousands of people online doing this
your ability to research and exploit gaps in the market, your knowledge of SEO to get an upper hand on the competition, the quality of your sites resulting in converting into sales, your marketing abilites....etc
alright, lets say i want to start marketing a product or service, who would you recommend ? Which affilate website, like CJ.com and so on
there are so many! I would recommend finding a product first. One that pays well and isnt saturated. THis is again where research comes in. Now u can become an affiliate for Dell but they only pay 2% commission! is it worth tyour time? not really Now somehting like sex toys pay 20% commission!
amazon pay 5% commission which if you are seeling $3000 tvs
is considerable
id stay away from clickbank and information products
CJ isnt bad
go for real products or services
virtually every big comapny that sells online has an affilaite program
its jsut a matter of finding it
choosing your product is just like choosing your niche for your site you need to research it and find gaps you use to get exposure of ur product to potnetial custoemrs
its really all down to planning its 90% of the battle
as sun tzu said: "a battle is won or lost before it is ever fought"
all down to planning
right waht i recommend you start with is jsut generating some ideas as to waht niches you might want to look at. Now a good first site is to pick something you know a little bit about or are interested in.
not only will ur sites earn you money but their resale value will increase with their earnings
so a site making $10 a day is worth anywhere between $3500 and $7000
infact some people flip sites, tehy buy a site earning. keep it for a year, earn back what they paid for it and sell it on to recover their initial investment
its good money if u can afford to buy sites
ok well i hope this ahs been usefull and will get you thinking about possible niches
well 300 uniques in the right niche could have made u $50 a day!
lol yeah its all in knowing waht to do where to look
picking the right niche is sooooo important
research research research
your first lesson: Dont spend any money on any ebooks and get rich scemes
they are full of bull or use mthods that dont work
the good few dont give u enough info to properly get started
now the best long term method to make money is building niche websites and selling advetising and affiliate programs. With advertising alone you can $10 a day per site after uve spend a couple of weeks on developing that site. The good news is you will keep making money after that without lifting a finger and even while u sleep which feels great!
then you can duplicate that witha number of sites
some sites will do better then others and the great thing is their potential is unlimited so if one site really takes off the earnings can be considerable
though its not easy work
you need to build i,e.write a lot of content (articles)
and spend time getting backlinks
You outsource alot of work if need be
yeah having a good plan is important
I personally recommend trying to do the writing yourself and once the money starts to come in, reinvest it into your sites
i.e buying articles and links
now one thing i need to tell you is you might not see earnings for 2 or 3 weeks at first!
this puts most newcomers off
they put in alot of effort, see not results and go do something else
had they waited another week or 2 they would have seen the money come in!
so dont get discouraged
at first
secondly getting traffic is only half the battle, you need to get that traffic to convert into sales
but ill teach you all that at a later date
people really do buy based on the landing pages?
not these crappy "make money" pages you see
the trick to landing pages is to not make them look like landing pages
now websites are all about getting traffic. Traffic = sales though as you have found out, you need good quality traffic, and a site that converts that traffic into sales
now notice im using the word sales but thats jsut not affilaite programs its adsense ads as well. If you can get 10% of your visitors clicking on an adsense ad ur going to be making some serious money
now many people om DP have loads of traffic, but crap traffic and get click through ratios (the number of visitors that click on an ad) of 0.something %
most of my niche sites average over 10%
I also make sure that my sites are on topics that pay well per click....
for instance the other day i had a $3 click
there is a trick to finding high paying niches
thats using a tool in google adwords
which shows u how often a keyword is searched and the amount the average cost per click is
of course u can choose a niche that has great earnings per click and laods of searches per day but if the competition is 2 high u will never make it into a good position in the search engines
the trick is to find a good balance between the level of competition,a nd the earnings potential of a niche
this is where a lot of people stumble
they go for the high paying niches and they stand no chance of ranking well for them due to the competition!
no wonder they dont go antywhere and give up
what is a good balance between competetion and earning potential ?
that depends on every niche, its jsut not about the number of searches. you need to research the competitors individually
so see their page rank as a quick indicator
then look into their backlinks
are they good quality links?
can you do better?
this is where SEO can help
cos it will give u an advantage over the competition
so as u can see planning a researhcing your site is critical!
its just like starting a business, is there a gap in the market? can u be better than the competition?
waht can u offer that they dont
so what will make me and my few sites so special ...there are thousands of people online doing this
your ability to research and exploit gaps in the market, your knowledge of SEO to get an upper hand on the competition, the quality of your sites resulting in converting into sales, your marketing abilites....etc
alright, lets say i want to start marketing a product or service, who would you recommend ? Which affilate website, like CJ.com and so on
there are so many! I would recommend finding a product first. One that pays well and isnt saturated. THis is again where research comes in. Now u can become an affiliate for Dell but they only pay 2% commission! is it worth tyour time? not really Now somehting like sex toys pay 20% commission!
amazon pay 5% commission which if you are seeling $3000 tvs
is considerable
id stay away from clickbank and information products
CJ isnt bad
go for real products or services
virtually every big comapny that sells online has an affilaite program
its jsut a matter of finding it
choosing your product is just like choosing your niche for your site you need to research it and find gaps you use to get exposure of ur product to potnetial custoemrs
its really all down to planning its 90% of the battle
as sun tzu said: "a battle is won or lost before it is ever fought"
all down to planning
right waht i recommend you start with is jsut generating some ideas as to waht niches you might want to look at. Now a good first site is to pick something you know a little bit about or are interested in.
not only will ur sites earn you money but their resale value will increase with their earnings
so a site making $10 a day is worth anywhere between $3500 and $7000
infact some people flip sites, tehy buy a site earning. keep it for a year, earn back what they paid for it and sell it on to recover their initial investment
its good money if u can afford to buy sites
ok well i hope this ahs been usefull and will get you thinking about possible niches
