At the start of 2012 I decided to test the profitability of niche sites.
I heard a lot of great things about this income model and wanted in on the action!
For four months I worked hard on these sites. And I’ve even made a little money.
But.
I don’t believe the “niche site” model is a viable long-term strategy for affiliate marketers.
In this post, I’ll tell you why. Plus I’ll give reasons why you should stop creating niche sites and focus on building a real, long-term business.
To start, let’s go over my… [click to continue…]
Welcome to the eight edition of the Traffic and Conversion series! This monthly post chronicles the specific actions I take to expand the reach of this site.
Today’s post will talk about eight different ways a simple blog layout (ie: “minimalist”) can quickly build an email list.
Before we get to that, let’s go over the numbers from last month:
April 2012 Statistics
First lets recap the stats from March:
- 46,413 Visits
- 77.45% Bounce Rate
- 0:57 Average Visitor Duration
So what happened in April?
Here is a screenshot from last month: [click to continue…]
This is a follow-up to the recent post: how often should you send email to an affiliate list.
Having a preset email sequence is a great way to provide automatic content to list subscribers. But sometimes you want to send a broadcast message to your list.
Unfortunately this can be hard to do – Especially when you run the risk of sending multiple messages on the same day.
As you know, sending too many messages is the quickest way to overwhelm and ultimately piss off your subscribers. You lost all credibility when that happens.
Fortunately there is a way to mix broadcast emails with a lengthy autoresponder sequence.
Here’s how to do it… [click to continue…]
Traffic generation is one of the most important things you’ll need to do as an affiliate marketer. Simply put, without traffic you don’t have an Internet business.
The problem most people have with traffic generation is they understand the techniques, but NOT the mindset behind many of them.
Fortunately Logan has a great guest post which details a number of “Inner Game” strategies that can take your web traffic to the next level…
You’ve read all the blog posts, you’ve spent DAYS on social media, you’ve written until your hand aches and your pen runs dry…
…but the people are elusive.
They won’t come.
No matter what you do, your site remains a barren wasteland of unseen dreams.
Empty.
Worthy of attention, but invisible to the masses. [click to continue…]
Every affiliate marketer has a STRONG opinion when it comes to how often to send email to a list.
In fact, the other day I asked this very question on the Warrior Forum.
The response I got back was varied:
- Some recommend broadcasting a message every two weeks
- Others do it on a weekly basis
- Many deliver email twice a week
- And a few say a daily email works best
So what’s the answer?
How often should you send email to a list?
I can only give you my opinion. But it’s an opinion that comes from over six years of email marketing experience. So I’d like to think it’s a good one… [click to continue…]
One question I’m often asked is:
“How do I know if I’ve found a profitable niche market?”
This is an important question – Especially if you’re about to build a large scale authority affiliate site.
There are a lot of tricks to determining if a niche is profitable. The best way to get started is to answer seven simple questions… [click to continue…]
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