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Over the past few months, Samara, Ryan, and Colleen have been busy building out their niche sites, and as you will see below, things are definitely moving in the right direction.
For the most part, the regular coaching calls are over. We've covered tons of material and honestly all of the basics (and much of the advanced) that anyone would need to build a niche site from scratch right here.
Now, we are going to try and provide monthly updates for the next several months for how their niche sites are doing; including, traffic, earnings, and other lessons learned. Today is the first of the official monthly reports.
So, as you can see below all 3 students have provided an update for May on how their niche sites are coming along. Enjoy!
Hey everybody!
Well, it's been about a month since we revealed my site, Tiny Fry, so we thought we'd give you a little update on what I've been up to in May.
As you'll recall, the strategy going forward is to write content, do outreach, work on social media and try to get some backlinks. Lather, rinse, repeat. So that's essentially what I've been working on.
I published seven articles in May, which I think is okay, but to be perfectly honest, it's about half the number of articles I would have liked to publish. I am hoping to beat that number in June. I wrote a mix of affiliate and non-affiliate content, and for some reason the former just takes me a long time to complete. I have 36 posts at the moment.
I have been doing outreach, and a few bloggers have offered to share my article with their followers on social media, although the majority generally respond to say "thanks". I have started a few conversations with some people in the space, and it feels nice to connect with others and start building those relationships.
I have been a total failure on social media. I wanted to publish something every day and, sadly, that hasn't gone as planned. It turns out that managing several social media accounts is actually more time consuming than I thought! That being said, I really do want to get active as I think there are lots of opportunities there.
As for backlinks, I snagged a few this past month. I did a guest post on a friend's blog, which has absolutely nothing to do with kids and babies, but I was able to find an angle that made my article relevant to both my friend's site and my own. I was interviewed for participating in Niche Site Project 3 on a great site on entrepreneurship, so I nabbed a link there.
I had an idea for a new section for my website, which I'm pretty excited about. I'll be publishing interviews, which I think will really provide some great value for readers, and as an added bonus I may be able to get a few backlinks in the process. I've reached out to 15 people so far and already have 5 articles lined up, so I'm very pleased with how that's going. I hope to launch the new section this month.
I got a handful of subscribers through the opt-in on my homepage, and I sent out my first newsletter, which will be monthly for the moment. It was my first time putting together a newsletter, so that took a bit of time and planning.
Traffic to the website peaked, unsurprisingly, when we revealed the site, and since then it's been on a steady decline, although at the moment I'm still getting half as many visitors as I did following the big unveiling.
Traffic in May
Earnings for May
My earnings in May from Amazon amounted to $21.51. It's still a long way from $500, and it's certainly not enough to pay off my mortgage, but it's a start! I can see people have bought all kinds of things through my links, including many products that I have recommended, which is pretty cool to see.
So that's where I am, in a nutshell. I feel that I'm off to a decent start. There are so many things I want to do with the site, but there are only so many hours in the day, and I never seem to make it through my entire to-do list. Like, ever. But this isn't a race, and I'm confident that working consistently on Tiny Fry and growing it gradually will yield great results over time.
Well folks, this is what failure looks like. I wish I had better stats to offer up, better insights gleaned, better news to report. But I don't. This is what failure looks like.
Or more accurately, this is what failure on a personal level looks like, because it's not the failure of the tactics and strategies that Jake has taught me along the way. No, this is about me not getting my work done.
Sometime around Mid-April I just hit a wall on the website and I allowed things to stand in my way. Life things. Confidence things. Depressing things.
Sure, some of these events and circumstances were out of my control, and May has been a very trying month for reasons that I won't get into because I don't want to seem like I'm making excuses. We've all got stuff in our lives that stand in the way of us achieving our goals/dreams/happiness. The successful among us power through them, learn from them, and grow stronger.
That's all I can do at this point.
I'm not sure where the other students are at, but I'm going to assume leaps and bounds ahead of me. It's hard not to beat myself up when thinking about it. I feel like I'm wasting a great opportunity.
Okay, the positives:
1. Your crazy if you think I'm giving up. I'm only going to get stronger from this point forward.
2. I think from the standpoint of the Niche Pursuits community, maybe some of you can relate to this. I think it's good to see one of the students struggling to succeed. The idea that I could fail at this is very real. And if you don't put the work in, you'll fail to. I just need to refocus. Maybe some of you out there do too.
3. The content that I do have on my site is ranking, so something I'm doing is working. Right now most of it is on the third page of Google, which I can only assume is just because of good SEO. I just have to scale up my output and outreach. This is very doable.
4. Some of the big life events and circumstances that were standing in my way have been solved. These were taking up way too much mental space in my brain (and hours of my day) and I'm finally ready to move through them.
So there you go. I apologize if this wasn't a helpful write up for you guys in terms of strategies that are working vs. not working etc, but I felt like I just needed to be real here and let you know where I'm at.
I promise you that the next time I do a write up, there will be plenty of positive things to talk about. I can still do this, and you can too.
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Why? Well, here's the cliff notes version.
When Long Tail Pro was first released, Moz was pretty much the only game in town. However, in 2016, while Moz is still good… Majestic is great.
Now, for those of you that care about the details:
Long Tail Pro (LTP) has relied on Moz backlink data and metrics, and when LTP was first released, Moz was definitely the best option. There was no question — Moz was the big man on campus. Since then though, Majestic has caught up, and in our view, has surpassed Moz, both in terms of the metrics and the size and scope of the backlink data that they provide.
To understand why we think Majestic has overtaken Moz as the leading provider of backlink data, first you have to understand what the two tools do.
While Moz provides a suite of SEO tools, the core offering they have always provided has been the Open Site Explorer. To simplify, Moz has a bunch of crawlers bouncing around from page to page on the internet, finding out which websites and which pages link to each other. These crawlers then organize all this information into a comprehensible set of data for the user. When you type a domain or a web page into Open Site Explorer, you can see which sites link to it because Moz's crawlers have seen that link and stored that data for you to see.
Majestic's Site Explorer mostly does the same thing. They also have a bunch of crawlers that jump from page to page, following links and storing the link information for your viewing pleasure. This stored information about backlinks is what we call a Backlink Index.
Essentially, both companies are trying to replicate what Google does. Google arguably has the largest and most sophisticated web crawlers. One of the ways Google determines whether one site should rank over another site is by knowing how many links each domain and each page have (along with all the other rankings factors that they take into account).
Both Moz and Majestic attempt to simulate this. But rather than using this information to actually rank sites and pages, they try to determine how Google sees your site based on the quantity and quality of the links that you have.
This information is obviously crucial to people in the online marketing world. For example, if you're running a link-building campaign for your site, you want to be able to see how effective your campaign has been. That's the point of both Majestic and Moz – to allow you to see how you're doing in terms of links, and by extension, how well you're doing with your efforts to rank on Google (as well as other search engines).
So, why do we think Majestic is doing a better job at this than Moz?
It comes down to a few simple reasons:
To begin with, at the time of writing, Moz and Majestic show the following on their respective websites:
Mozscape Index: 162 Billion URLs
Majestic Historic Index: 875 Billion URLs
Majestic's Historical Index is substantially larger than the Mozscape Index. (Both indexes are updated about once a month.)
But Majestic also has something called the Fresh Index which is updated roughly once a day. This index shows the newest links to a domain or a page.
Even updated this frequently, it's almost as large as Moz's entire index – and this only includes stuff crawled in any given three-month period. The Fresh Index lets you see any quality new links that point to your site. This feature is extremely useful for serious online marketers.
While Moz's index is only updated every month, Majestic has a much larger historical index that is updated monthly, as well as a second index that is updated daily, and has almost as much data as Moz's entire set of data.
A number of SEO experts have looked into this in detail and published their results. If you're interested in learning more about the difference between the two companies (and why we think Majestic is the better option at this point), check out some of these articles below.
So… Majestic has more data and more updated data.
But does Majestic outdo Moz at organizing and presenting its data?
A large part of Moz's success has been due to the easy-to-understand metrics they provide – Domain Authority and Page Authority. These metrics try to measure the quantity and quality of the links of a given domain or webpage.
Again, Majestic has a larger index than Moz – so if the goal were to only count the quantity of links a particular page or domain has, in the vast majority of cases, Majestic will be superior, simply because they've found more of them.
But what about the quality of links?
The way that DA and PA are calculated is somewhat opaque, but what we do know is that it's supposed to measure the ranking strength of a specific domain or page. In general, higher DA domains (adjusted for KW research efforts) should be ranking for more KWs.
The general idea is that if two domains are targeting the same KW with equivalent levels of content, the higher DA domain will rank better than the lower DA domain.
If DA leads to better rankings, and better rankings lead to more organic traffic, then DA should correlate positively with organic traffic. We couldn't find studies that back this up, but anecdotally we believe that this is broadly true.
But guess what? Trust Flow (TF) is also correlated to organic traffic – and there is a study on this. Here it is.
There's also a study by the same guys over at 90 digital that show that TF and DA mostly measure the same thing – the main difference being the way that TF/DA are distributed.
The main takeaway is that there are more high DA domains (DA 50+) than there are high TF domains. Still, the two metrics broadly measure the same thing – how competitive a domain will be in Google.
If we think about the distribution of TF versus DA, the distribution of TF actually makes a little more sense. It makes sense that there are many uncompetitive sites, some moderately competitive sites, and relatively few strong sites (sites like Wikipedia, Youtube, etc).
One other difference between Majestic's metrics and Moz's metrics is that because Majestic's index is so much more comprehensive than Moz's index, it's likely that Majestic will see some links that Moz doesn't see. By this measure, TF will provide a more accurate gauge of domain or page strength than DA/PA.
Given that Majestic has a larger index, a more up-to-date index, and that their metrics are comparable and possibly better than Moz's, we feel comfortable saying that with this change, Long Tail Pro will be an even more effective KW research tool than it has been previously.
Because the base metrics that we're using are changing (and we also tweaked the KC algorithm to improve results), existing users may see some changes in KC scores. Don't worry though – right now, we believe our proprietary Keyword Competitiveness score is more accurate than ever before! Also, if you want to keep your old KC data based on Moz scores, all existing projects in your version of LTP will continue to have the previous Moz data until you choose to migrate it to Majestic (we recommend you export any data that you want to keep).
If you have any questions about LTP and the decision to switch from Moz metrics to Majestic metrics, leave a comment below and the LTP team will get back to you!
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Hayden Miyamoto is back on the Niche Pursuits podcast as a guest! If you are not familiar with Hayden's previous interviews, you can check them out here.
I've had Hayden on the podcast several times now, and he always brings great tips and tricks for ranking in Google and building links in particular. Believe it or not, Hayden basically launched the popularity of private blog networks during one of his first podcast interviews on the Niche Pursuits podcast.
However, that was way back in 2012, and SEO has changed quite a bit since then.
In fact, we have both stopped using PBNs (Private blog networks) for about 2 years now. You can see when and why I stopped using PBNs in one of my most popular blog posts ever right here.
So, you will be happy to know that Hayden has a few more link building strategies that are working REALLY well in 2016. And the best part is that these are very white hat links (not going to get penalized like PBNs can).
2 Link Building Strategies
We dive into 2 link building strategies that are working well right now including: using creative common images and foreign news hacking. You'll have to listen to the interview to get all the details on these 2 strategies.
In the last month (May 2016), just one of these link building strategies has gotten Hayden roughly 150 high quality links to a brand new site. And these links are from authoritative websites like: Vice.com, Wired.com, CopyBlogger.com, Mashable.com, and many others.
These are the kinds of links that Google loves!
How to Find New Opportunities and Scale
However, what is perhaps even more fascinating to me than these 2 specific strategies that Hayden shares is how he goes about constantly finding these new ways of building links. How does one person have the ability to constantly discover new ways of building links that other people aren't talking about or doing?
During the interview we cover this subject in depth. What it comes down to is a lot of testing using either yourself, employees, or other systems. Then when you find an opportunity that appears to be working, Hayden shares how he goes about automating and scaling these link building strategies.
The key is constant research and development into finding what actually works and what can scale. Hayden shares more of his process during the interview.
New Training Course for Site Building and Link Building
Near the end of the podcast interview, Hayden and I reveal that we've decided to create a training course that will teach you how to go about building authoritative websites and build high quality links to that website.
However, this will be so much more than just a video training course. You see Hayden and I have teamed up recently in the past to do a couple of internships and we've learned a lot about what motivates people to actually go out and take action while getting trained.
So, our new 8 week training program is not only geared towards teaching you everything you will need to know to build and scale a large web property, but it will also get you motivated and actually building your website during those 8 weeks.
This isn't some classroom setting where you sit around and listen to the lecture (although there are training modules), this training will get you out into the "real world" and you will learn by doing.
In addition, we will have coaches, private Skype groups, and you will be assigned to a small network of other trainees to keep you motivated and to answer questions that you might have along the way.
If you want to learn more about the new training course, go to AuthorityMachine.com
Hayden and I will be sharing much more about Authority Machine in the very near future. We are currently working on putting the final touches in place before we believe it's ready for the public to see.
Your Thoughts
Overall, I hope that you enjoy the podcast interview and take away a couple of link building strategies as well as ideas for how you can scale or automate those opportunities.
As always, I'm always interested in hearing your comments or thoughts that you might have. Feel free to leave a comment or two below.
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If you are familiar with Jon and his site over AuthorityWebsiteIncome.com, you will know that he has been publishing monthly income reports for a few years now, with a goal of reaching $15,000 per month in net income from his business. His plan all along has been to quit his job once he hits this income goal and has a specific amount of money in the bank.
Well, he revealed on a the Niche Pursuits Podcast for the very first time that he is quitting his job! He has finally given notice to his employer and will be a full-time entrepreneur very soon. Join me in giving a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Jon!
Also, during the interview he shared a brand new software business that he just launched. The new software product is for Amazon sellers to help prevent hijackers from taking over their listings. The new software is called Listing Eagle.
Jon is offering a 50% Discount on Listing Eagle Right Now to Niche Pursuits Reader's Here
Overall, Jon has done an amazing job building his businesses, and I'm excited to see what the future holds for him.
To listen to the entire interview, please hit play on the audio recording. Below are some of the questions/topics that we covered:
If you are someone that is building Amazon affiliate sites OR is involved in selling physical products through the Amazon FBA program, I really think you will like this interview with Jon.
If you would like to follow along with Jon and his journey, head over to AuthorityWebsiteIncome.com.
And finally, Jon's new product is Listing Eagle. I've been using this product for over a month now to monitor my Amazon FBA listing, and I really do like it. Jon has been kind enough to offer a special discount to the Niche Pursuits audience.
So, if you sell physical products on Amazon, I highly recommend you check out Listing Eagle Here.
Overall, I hope you enjoy the interview! And if you have any questions, Jon and I will do our best to answer them.
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Here's the deal, just over 3 months ago Hayden Miyamoto, Scott Davis, and I went in on a website purchase together. We developed a plan to massively scale and grow the earnings of the website in a short period of time. Because Hayden, Scott, and I already have lots of other projects, we decided to bring in Ken and Jake to help us implement our strategy.
Part of that strategy was bringing in interns (you may recall seeing me ask for internship applications a couple months ago). These interns saw the inside story of the website and got to learn all our advanced strategies…and in return they helped with some of the labor behind writing and publishing articles.
Overall, I'm SUPER excited to see the great results this website has had. In fact, we are going to take this exact model and apply it to new sites in the very near future.
So, with that quick intro, I'm turning it over to Ken Roberts for more details on this in-depth case study.
Three months ago I was trudging through the snow to my office job in Pawtucket, a sleepy city in the United States. If you had told me that I would quit my job and move to sunny Mexico to build a website one week later with an aerospace engineer from Texas that I had never met, I would have said you were off your rocker. This is a story about how two people who had never really made money online before, added 160k in value to a newly acquired website in 3 months.
The Team
My name is Ken Roberts – I'm the guy in the red shirt, and you already know a bit about me from the introduction.
Jake (far left, codename: Rocket) was in a similar situation to me. He quit his job as an aerospace engineer in February to trade in the office life for la vida loca. I didn't know him before this project. We were invited to live in a little community of entrepreneurs in Valle De Bravo Mexico led by Hayden Miyamoto & Scott Davis. We built the site together with interns and outsourced writers.
Why Mexico?
I'm insanely more productive in Mexico. Imagine if you could work without interruption during the day. No more "can-you-join-this-meeting-and-pull-a-report". Cooking, driving, cleaning, laundry, and other first world time wasters are easily and inexpensively outsourced leaving more time to focus on your business and well-being.
Between all this I've gained a major time advantage over my U.S. counterparts – over 3 hours a day. Time that I use not only to work but also to do things I never could back home (I've lost 13lbs playing sports since moving here). Renting a place with a beautiful lakefront view, the cost of living is less than half of what it is in the U.S. which gives me enough runway to work on the business full-time without worrying about making rent.
Buy an aged website that ranks new content quickly, and add a ton of content to see how quickly it ranks.
Could simply adding MORE content to a website with existing authority increase the earnings? We decided to not do any link building – a major factor in Google's ranking algorithm. This test was purely about adding more content. The content would all be moderately competitive with a KC below 40, it would be moderately popular with LMS above 1000 searches per month, and it would mostly be monetized through Amazon's affiliate program.
For a proper test, we planned to add 500 articles. The articles would be organized into groups of 10 around a topic or niche, forming a "silo" of content. This would show Google that we have more than one relevant piece of content around a niche, and provide opportunities for long tail rankings. The site would be built through the help of interns and with the advice of experienced money site builders including Spencer, Scott, and Hayden.
Hayden & Scott hypothesized that within 3 months, each silo would receive 500 new visitors/mo from search, and that on average our visitor values would be around 20 cents. Therefore, each silo would be worth $100/mo. Over 500 silos that would be $5000/mo, and at a 32x flip multiple it would be worth an additional $160k.
They hypothesized this based on long tail and fluke short tail rankings alone. Based on their experience, they believe that within a year, if we hire a full-time site manager that works equally on link building and monetizing silos, we will be able to average $250-$1,000 per month per silo in revenue, and flip the site for 500k-2mm.
The Website
The website was a generic domain that was founded in 2006 with a strong backlink profile, and a decent social following (20k twitter, 5k+ facebook). Most importantly, when checking the most recent articles and their KC, the site ranked content very quickly. The website was purchased for $68k in February.
Organic Traffic
Jake and I arrived in Mexico in February and since then, organic search traffic has grown since then by 66%. Every day this week has topped the last, and yesterday was our highest search traffic day ever.
We had over 19,000 sessions in the last two weeks compared to 11,000 in the previous period 3 months ago. We're averaging 143 sessions per silo/mo, which is well on our way to the 500 session prediction. And, the content was only added to the site one month ago. We expect this to increase even further as the content ages and continues to climb the rankings.
Keyword Rankings
Content popped into pages 2-5 of the SERPs within a few days of publication, and it took exactly one month for our newly published content to finally make to the first page of Google. At the 1 month period, around 20% of the main keywords are already on the first page and about 60% are on pages 2-3 with rankings increasing every day.
We are tracking over 200 keywords with an LMS over 1000 and also ranking for lower volume long tails that are not being tracked. If they all made the top 3 results, with say a 30% click through rate, this would be 600,000+ visits a month.
About 20% of the content either didn't rank or ranked and then dropped.
In the future I plan to tweak the keyword density, titles, and descriptions for these pages. I imagine Google was testing them and decided to drop those with low click through rates.
Slowly but surely, we're continuing to climb the search results. Here's a sample of our keyword rankings over the last two weeks for main page keywords over 500 LMS:
When Spencer, Hayden, and Scott purchased the website it was making $2k in monthly earnings from a combination of advertising and guest posts. We saw this as an opportunity to add Amazon affiliate monetization to the mix, and build a more predictable source of revenue.
After adding the content, monthly recurring revenue is up to $4k this month and I expect it to reach $5k by the end of the month when we hit the next Amazon Affiliate tier. We're tracking earnings from each silo with a unique code. Here's a snapshot of our Amazon earnings from just 5 silos. This is 5 codes of a total 60 tracking codes.
We purchased the website for $68k. It is now worth well over $128k, based on a valuation of 32x of our currently monthly earnings of $4k. Minus the content costs this represents a 79% return on investment. I expect earnings to continue to increase up to $16-17k per month as we climb the rankings and the Amazon affiliate tiers. If we get stuck on page 2 of the search results, I may do some link building in the future as well.
Keyword Research
We used Long Tail Pro along with Spencer and Hayden's keyword research process. The process takes a scientific approach to keyword research, focusing on the calculation of potential earnings for each keyword. You start by finding a "seed" keyword, that has over 1,000 searches and a low KC score.
Keyword Competitiveness Score (KC) – a proprietary metric from Long Tail Pro – helps to determine how difficult it is to rank in the search results for a particular keyword. We targeted KCs under 40 for this website, because this is what our test articles could rank for. Most importantly, the combination of all of the keywords targeted on the main page of a silo of content needed to have an estimated page earnings of over $500 per month.
With our main page needing to make at least $500 per month the other 9 articles in the silo just need to bring the total silo earnings up to $1000 per month for us go after a particular set of keywords. This data is based on historical click through rates, search volume, and visitor values. By focusing on earnings instead of search volume, we were able to write content that would actually make money.
Finally, the search results were checked for "Definite Wins" – opportunities where we could definitely beat the competition in the search results. We needed to see 7 "Definite Wins" in order to pursue the keyword. Finding the "Definite Wins" was accomplished by weeding out the "Unknowns" such as high authority websites, ecommerce sites, exact match domains, and local results.
From this seed keyword we found a list of supporting keywords in Long Tail Pro. These were again checked for KC, Definite Wins, and Earnings Potential. The requirements for earnings on supporting keywords were lower as naturally they have less search volume. As mentioned above, in total, we needed to see a minimum potential projected earnings of $1,000 per silo in order to pursue it.
I quickly realized the importance of creating fool-proof systems in order to scale a website. We created spreadsheets to track every step of the process, with video explanations and notes in each column of the spreadsheet. By creating these bite-sized golden nuggets of information, you can easily hand off a section of the spreadsheet to a VA and come out with the desired result on the other side.
Without SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and spreadsheets, you can't scale content and a flaw in your process is magnified tremendously. In this case it would have been by 500x! Luckily, by mapping these processes out beforehand we avoided mistakes, increased efficiency, and made it easier for the business to continue to grow automatically into the future.
How Much Do 500+ Articles Cost?
The cost of the content was 1.2 cents per word. With each silo containing approximately 9,000 words, the cost per silo was $112 and we ended up with a total of 56 silos. Note that more than half of this content was generated from the internship, but we did purchase the rest at the above rates. Had we purchased 100% of the content, the total cost would be $6,272 (one-time). I wouldn't recommend trying to write this amount of content yourself to save money. It doesn't scale well and has a higher failure rate.
Where to Hire Writers
You can find high quality and inexpensive writers on freelancing websites like Upwork.com. The secret here is to look for writers with zero feedback.
It sounds counter-intuitive, but you wouldn't believe how many high-quality writers are overlooked because they are filtered out by feedback score or number of hours worked in the search settings. Often you can find a university student or freelancer that is new to upwork for just 5 bucks because they are trying to get good rating!
Hire two writers and have them each write a test article for you. Pick the best one and give them more articles. Continue testing until you've established a relationship with a writer and negotiate a higher price to keep them around. Setup systems so that you can simply share a keyword spreadsheet with them and have a completed, optimized article returned the next day.
Due Diligence & Where To Buy Sites
Starting a website from scratch is hard. By purchasing an existing website, we were able to skip the Google sandbox and start ranking for content right away. It also saved us the time and money of designing a new site. We looked for a website with a domain authority (DA) of 50+. Domain authority is a strong indicator of a website's ability to rank content and gain backlinks.
There are three major places where you can buy existing websites: FE International, Empire Flippers, and Flippa. FE is the most expensive of the three, often with very well established businesses and in-depth prospectuses.
Empire Flippers is a middle-of-the-road marketplace with sites generally above the $5k mark.
Finally, Flippa is the bottom of the barrel. There is no due diligence here so be wary if a deal seems to good to be true. Regardless of the marketplace, you should perform your own due diligence.
I looked to see if the website had strong whitehat links as part of our due diligence process. We used tools like Majestic to check backlink profiles – excessive comment links (no-follow) or links from spammy, thinly built blogs are also red flags.
Next, ask the seller for read-only Google Analytics access. In here you can verify the seller's traffic claims and see if anything is abnormal. For example, if the website has huge amount of traffic coming from paid search or social media, the owner could be paying for ads to boost traffic before the sale. Time on page, bounce rate, and what the site is currently ranking for are key factors to check for in Google Analytics as well.
While the site you purchase doesn't necessarily need to be making money, you should definitely hop on a video call with the seller to walk through their accounts and ask questions. Have them sign into their advertising and affiliate accounts so that you can verify the earnings.
Before buying a site, ensure that it ranks. To determine the KC that we could rank for, we ran a test. We published several articles with KCs ranging from 20-50 and then checked back later to see where they were ranking. This was an important part of the due diligence process.
If you aren't able to do this, you can simply look at some of their recent content that hasn't received any links, and check the KC of the terms they are targeting. If you see KC 30+ terms ranking in the first 3 pages, you know you've got a winner.
This clearly worked for us, so we're doing it again with another site that we bought for $850 that's just aged (1 year, in order to skip the sandbox) and has little to no link profile.
If you're interested in hearing on how the $850 sites goes, as well as to continue to get updates on the 500 page experiment, sign up here:
Spencer here again…Ken and Jake managed the last internship and the site in question was a partnership between myself and Hayden & Scott. Coming up soon we're going to teach people how to do this in another internship – we'll be providing the systems, spreadsheets and processes…so stay tuned.
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Kevin Petersen is someone that I met about a year and a half ago at a conference called Rhodium Weekend. That conference was geared towards people buying and selling websites, and that is exactly what Kevin is an expert at doing.
However, it didn't always start out that way for Kevin. Even though he has always been interested in entrepreneurship, he has a strong marketing and corporate background. The world of buying and selling web properties was completely foreign to him until about 3 or 4 years ago.
When Kevin discovers something he goes all in. He jumped head first into buying websites (making his first purchase of a Tattoo related website). Eventually he went on to buy TONS of websites and learned the ropes as he went.
He has a VERY strong analytical and marketing background, and so he was quickly able to learn from some of the early mistakes that he made investing in websites and began to see some nice success.
He realized that he brought an interesting skill set that others didn't have and decided to try raising funds from others so he could scale his web portfolio. This was the birth of his current business WebfolioManagement.com.
During the interview we discuss what he looks for when investing in websites and then exactly what he does to improve the earnings of those investments.
In particular, we dive into an example of his most recent investment: PicReel.com. We discuss why he found this asset to be interesting, and what his plans are to increase the earnings.
I have a small ownership interest in PicReel.com as an investor in Kevin's fund. So, I've personally invested some money in the business, because I can see the upside potential, but Kevin is actively managing the business, while I remain as a passive investor.
If you want to see Pic Reel in action, just go to exit this post or any page on NichePursuits.com. You will see an exit pop that asks for your email in exchange for an offer. This is just one of the functions of PicReel.com.
Pic Reel is a cloud based tool. So, you don't have to download anything. It honestly took me about 10 minutes to go from no exit offer on my site to creating it, integrating it with my email auto-responder, and copying and pasting the needed code on my website, to having a live exit offer on my site.
I have been using PicReel.com on Niche Pursuits for about 2 weeks or so. Here's the results:
I've seen a 70.4% increase in the number of email opt-ins that NichePursuits.com is getting since using Pic Reel! And honestly, I'm only using the exit offer right now, there are a TON more options with Pic Reel that I plan on trying out in the near future.
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Here's some of the questions we cover during the podcast:
If you want to follow along with Kevin, you can go to WebfolioManagement.com. Or if you want to reach him directly on Skype, he was kind enough to share his Skype username: kevin.petersen90
Overall, I hope you enjoy the interview!
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I'd like to briefly walk you through the journey that Samara and I have been on before I reveal the site. Samara has been working REALLY hard on this site, and these 11 coaching calls are only a glimpse of the amount of effort that has been put into the project.
Here's a quick timeline/review of what we have covered in this project so far:
I wasn't quite sure when would be appropriate to reveal the site. I wanted to do 2 things: First, I wanted to prove that Samara could build a niche site and start showing early signs of success without ANY involvement from the Niche Pursuits community. Second, I want the Niche Pursuits community to still have a great learning experience; and that often comes with being able to visit the niche site we are talking about.
A few weeks ago, I held a small poll on the Niche Site Project 3 Facebook group. Here's what the poll revealed:
Most people wanted to see the site once 20 article had been published. Well, I'm happy to share that Samara's site now has just over 20 articles published and has made it's first sale!
I felt like if we waited a few months until the site was making $500/mth before revealing it that people would lose interest in the project. So, I think we've struck a nice balance here, the site has over 20 articles, has made a few sales, and is getting natural search engine traffic from Google everyday.
So, with that introduction, it's time to reveal the niche site!
The URL of Samara's site that she has been working on the past couple of months is: TinyFry.com!
Feel free to go to the site and check out what has been done so far.
Earnings so far…
Besides revealing the site, the big news is that it's ranking in Google and earning money!
Here's a quick screenshot of the earnings. The site has earned $15.24…woohoo!
What's up everybody?
Today's the big day! We are revealing my website and I'm a big 'ole bundle of nerves, but I'm also excited to show you guys what I've been working on these past few months.
Welcome to Tiny Fry! As you can probably see, the website revolves around babies and kids, a niche I chose to go into mainly because I recently had a baby and this is what's most interesting to me at the moment. I also chose it because it's a huge market, I found weak doppelgangers, and there are lots of opportunities and areas I can branch into going forward.
As I mentioned on the call, I started off focusing on toys and am now getting into crafts, gear, and games and activities. I'm trying to publish a few articles a week if I can, and I'm also constantly working on backlinks and outreach. A few people I have reached out to have shared my posts on their social media, and I'm trying to develop relationships with people in the niche, which is nice because otherwise the process is a bit lonely. And as Spencer says on the call, building a website should be a social experience.
I have spent about $280, which is slightly more than half of my $500 budget. My expenses to date have been as follows:
We took a look at Google Analytics, which shows that I'm getting just a few visitors to the website, and we looked at Google Search Console, and we saw that I'm starting to rank for my keywords… sometimes in 60th position, yes, but I'm ranking nonetheless. You gotta start somewhere. All in all it's pretty exciting.
We also saw how I'm ranking for keywords I'm not even targeting, which just reinforces the idea that focusing on as many long tail keywords as you can is the way to go. I'm also excited to report that I have about 10 backlinks at the moment, which isn't a bad start (or so I'm told).
As you all know, this is a work in progress and I sense I will be an eternal student of WordPress (and Spencer). Some things on my site may not work right, some of the formatting may vary between blog posts, some of the links might be wrong, but I'm working on it! The learning curve is tremendous, but after slaving away at my desk and after many a late night in front of my computer, it's definitely starting to come together.
I have definitely learned a few valuable lessons along the way, some of which I'd like to share with the hope that they might help you guys as well.
The "big" news we shared on the call is that I earned my first dollar. Someone—who I don't know (I'd like to emphasize that)—actually went to my site, clicked on a link and bought something. At the time we recorded the video, 2 items had been purchased, for which I earned $1.11, but now I'm thrilled to report that my earnings have skyrocketed to $15.24, since 2 more items were purchased through my affiliate links. It's an amazing feeling and it has motivated me even more to continue to try to produce useful content. It also validates the process.
I hope you're all making progress with your own sites. For now, my long-term strategy is, as Spencer says, "more of the same": content, social media, backlinks and outreach. Hopefully I'll have more exciting news to report down the line, so be sure to watch this space!
You can watch the full video of the call below. If you would rather just listen to the audio only, you can download it here.
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Adweek's Power List 2016: The Top 100 Leaders in Marketing, Media and Tech
Mark Zuckerberg leaps into lead spot
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Whoopi-Oprah flub was so bad, some claimed trolling
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You get a stock hike!
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Oprah Winfrey celebrates her network's newest documentary with Arianna Huffington, and Tommy Hilfiger goes to Macy's to celebrate his brand. Here's a snapshot of the week's events:
The 100 Most Influential Leaders in Marketing, Media and Tech
Google's Larry Page tops Adweek's first Power List
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Presenting Adweek's inaugural Power List, our ranking of the 100 most influential, innovative and effective leaders controlling media, marketing and technology. To assemble this list, we considered the profiles and results…
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Volvo won't be a Super Bowl advertiser this weekend, but several of its competitors will be—a fact the Swedish automaker plans to use for its own benefit. With a promo called…
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Team GB face rift over Olympic flagbearer Beckham
David Beckham, whose selection as one of the three overage players allowed in the Team GB football squad appears inevitable, would further divide opinion were he to carry the flag at the opening ceremony.
The choice of flagbearer will be down to the 550 athletes in the British team and Beckham's status has seen his name already being mentioned by competitors as a contender for the honour, which dates back to the 1908 London Games.
Olympic traditionalists will certainly want a Games veteran or a multi-gold medallist like cycling's Sir Chris Hoy or sailor Ben Ainslie to lead out the British team at Stratford. Swimmer Mark Foster, judo's Kate Howey and rowing's Sir Matthew Pinsent and Sir Steve Redgrave have done so at previous summer Olympiads.
Pride of Britain: David Beckham
But today's celebrity culture is sure to lead to Beckham receiving plenty of votes.
The British Olympic Association, who discussed the format for picking the flagbearer at a board meeting this week, are bringing forward the announcement from the eve of the opening ceremony to the weekend before to make the most of the huge extra interest in the choice.
The voting model is likely to be a representative from each sport nominating a candidate after canvassing their team, with the delegates making their pick at the selection meeting.
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Meanwhile, the South Koreans have booked The Royal Thames Yacht Club as their London base for the Olympics on the recommendation of sailing tycoon Sir Keith Mills, deputy chairman of London 2012. The prime Knightsbridge venue will go down well with the Korean WAGs, being just across the road from Harvey Nichols.
The book launch for David Miller's monumental updated Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC (Mainstream, £40) took place at the RTYC yesterday, with Lord Coe joking that the immense 683-page hardback was difficult to pick up let alone put down.
Stand by your man
The FA's interminable process of appointing the next England manager suffered another potential delay on Thursday when a Spurs board meeting, at which their reaction to the long-expected approach for Harry Redknapp was due to be discussed, was postponed because some directors were not available.
Another Beeb loss
BBC sports presenter John Inverdale is switching channels to host ITV's coverage of the French Open tennis. Jim Courier will be one of the studio pundits, with commentary by Nick Mullins, better known for his rugby work, and Mark Petchey.
The Beeb try to stop presenters, who are mostly on freelance contracts, working for a terrestrial rival only if there is a conflict with their corporation role. But Inverdale's Wimbledon duties, which have included him anchoring a highlights show, have not prevented him taking up the ITV offer.
Lording it
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Bold plans: Lords was set for a multi-million pound facelift
This will be followed by a writ if Lord's don't pay. But MCC insist no money is owed and say there is no written evidence that payment was authorised for the Almacantar designs.
Goodwill off the menu
The Polish FA hardly encouraged much English media bonhomie ahead of co-hosting the European Championship when they put the kibosh on a planned Football Writers' Association function at the Polish Embassy in London.
Embassy officials, as well as the Polish and Ukrainian ambassadors, had given their enthus-iastic backing to a Euro 2012 preview dinner involving Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker and a panel of top football writers.
But the Polish FA blocked the event, giving no other reasons than they couldn't spare staff to attend. As a result the FWA venture has moved to London's Imagination Gallery on May 16.
Hospital dash for legend Beaumont
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An RFU spokesman said that, despite the scare, the 60-year-old Grand Slam captain would attend today's council summit.
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An Introduction to Garcinia Cambogia
In most Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Burma this kind of fruit would be available usually in soups. When put into soup or stew it adds a bit of sourness to it and makes the soup or stew into a heavy meal.
Sometimes called gambooge, assam fruit, Malabar tamarind, pot tamarind or in the western side of the world Garcinia Cambogia.
It has been used in cooking for hundreds of years in the Southeast Asia, commonly to activate digestion.
This supplement is made from a natural fruit, it has minimal risk due to less artificial ingredients.
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You can buy it online in any formulation you want without having the need of a prescription.
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Beautiful pearl bracelet. I truly love the sterling silver design around the pearls. Also the pearls are a real nice size. I appreciate the talent of the Indian artisians. One of my favorite bracelets.
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I bought this in June and kept one for myself, gave one to my sister and other to my niece. I reordered because I want all three. This time I will give the extra bracelet that I kept for myself to my sister.
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Rally Fusion: Race of Champions Xbox
- Publisher: Activision
- Release Date: Nov 29, 2002
- Also On: PlayStation 2
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A few blemishes aside, there are just too many fun race modes to participate in.
Game InformerIt's the same excellent-looking title that we saw on PS2 last month, featuring even better texturing and fewer jaggies on the Xbox. [Jan 2003, p.114]
The floaty feel of your car, along with the wacky physics keep the game from being any deeper than a petri dish, but it can enjoyed in brief spurts.
Its actually one of the more enjoyable arcade racers available on Xbox. It looks good, plays well and is stacked with options.
Cheat Code CentralIt's certainly an interesting take and one that hasn't been featured in very many video games.
The thing that really grabs the gamers attention is the look of the tracks in Rally Fusion. They are simply a joy to look at and I found myself racing around and around just to see what pops up next.
Official Xbox MagazineIt's tasty and filling, but hardly haute cuisine. [Feb 2003, p.75]
The game has scope. And so another question pops into your mind: What exactly has been sacrificed to accommodate this? The answer: A young girl, a goat and, unfortunately for Xbox owners, some technical proficiency.
Play MagazineA deep, gorgeous, somewhat alternative view of the Rally genre, Climax Motorsports' Rally Fusion has a lot going for it. [Jan 2003, p.78]
Its wide selection of options is often plagued by repetition, and is confusing to navigate because of a poor interface.
RFs biggest speed bump on its way past Mediocrity Street is the hard-to-figure-out license and Race of Champions mode.
Xbox Nation MagazineAs an arcade racer set in the rally universe, this ain't half bad. [Feb/Mar 2003, p.87]
I had a hard time pulling myself away from the RoC mode, even though my instincts were telling me I was tired of playing it. It has that kind of affect on you, even though it's only a slightly above average race engine.
It just got boring after a while. This game has some strong points, but its missing some essential depth in certain areas.
While being well-coded, it just doesn't offer the excitement which should come with the Race of Champions.
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#1 Nov 17, 2013
I am looking for an old friend of mine that I have been friends with since 1998 and have lost contact with him after a bunch of years. He last worked at Degussa I believe was the name of the place. The email to that does not work any longer. With the storms that went through today, there, I am very curious if he and his family are ok. Has a wife and 2 kids - a boy and a girl - If you know him or how I can reach him please let me know as soon as possible. I would appreciate it very much. I will check back here for replies. I pray for all those in the affected areas and my heart is with you all.
#2 Dec 6, 2013
Dan lives in N.C. as far as I know, his family was not affected by the storms,
#3 Apr 26, 2014
Mark or anyone that knows Dan Kern - does anyone have a phone number or preferably an E-Mail address where I could contact him. I lost contact with him I guess around the time he went to NC. I saw that his mother passed away and would really like to contact him and reconnect. Thank You
#4 Apr 28, 2014
I think I know that guy. My dad jailed him for leaving a disagreeable comment on a Youtube video. You're not allowed to do that in Illinois anymore. I'm pretty sure he's being forced into a cornfield off I-74 west of the city this summer. It's for his educamation. Simply drive by while they're detasseling and look for the adult in the sea of teenagers.
It plays in Peoria only if the government says it plays in Peoria!
#5 Apr 28, 2014
The comment above mine is from a poseur. I don't even have a bro named Tyler.
All the facts are wrong. Father has no problem with Youtube comments ever! The mayor ordered him to arrest the man. Also, much like Jacob Elliott, he wasn't charged with thought crimes, but after doing a full body cavity search for a couple of hours, Father came upon the realization that the offender has an illegal sized gage on his Prince Albert piercing. Thus, the search and seizure and jailing of this man is all legal. Your argument is invalid!
The other mistake is the guy is detasseling corn to the east of the city, not the west. Get the facts right before pretending to be someone you're not!
#6 Thursday Jun 9
I know where Dan is...who are u??
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Sunday Selections: June 12, 2016
What would the Dixie Chicks' first US tour in a decade be without at least a little bit of controversy?
What would the Dixie Chicks' first US tour in a decade be without at least a little bit of controversy?
Break out the eye-drops, gang, this one's a longread!
We're really, really, really tired of having taglines about music legends who have died.
Rhiannon Giddens goes Broadway, Kris Kristofferson gets boxed, and Beyoncé survives being Dixie Chicked, all in this week's Sunday Selections!
It's going down this week, and Keith Urban is the one yelling, "Timber," with Pitbull.
Merle Haggard passed away on April 6th, and it has taken just about 20 days for people to try to politicize his death.
Another week, another music legend gone.
After what seems like months of ever-louder hype, Sturgill Simpson's latest album finally arrived.
The death of Merle Haggard, a legend among legends, casts a pall over this week.
Mr. Misunderstood has finally broken his silence.
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Nearly 1,500 Sailors and Marines arrived in New York City Nov. 5 aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) to celebrate Veteran's Day events. Upon completion of this week's port visit, Bataan will continue at-sea training to prepare for their upcoming 2009 deployment.
Bataan is the fifth ship of the Navy's Wasp-class ships. She was commissioned Sept. 20, 1997 and is the second U.S. Navy warship to bear the name. CVL-29 was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that was commissioned in November 1943. After serving in both World War II and the Korean conflict, CVL-29 was decommissioned in 1954.
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It's been a long time since the Seattle Mariners boasted a pair of productive, big league middle infielders at the same time, but look at the top of the batting order these days and Brad Miller and Nick Franklin are performing well enough to at least entice fantasy owners. Hey, it beats Dustin Ackley and Brendan Ryan, no? Miller doubled in a run in five at-bats in Thursday's 8-2 rout of the Minnesota Twins, while Franklin bashed his eighth home run and knocked in three runs. Franklin has been up in the majors roughly twice as long as Miller, thus boasts the better statistics, but Miller's walk rate is interesting and figures to make him a bit safer to own. Over the past 30 days, he ranks a bit higher on the Player Rater, though neither is a must-own at this point. In time, that should change.
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The ROI of Website Redesigns per Forrester
Forrester Research makes a collection of its past webcasts on various online marketing topics freely available (registration required). Like any presentation from one of the big analyst firms, the research focuses on very large companies, and is vertically unfocused (in this webcast, they divided websites into three groups: e-commerce, manufacturing [including B2B] and financial services), but still provides some nuggets of value for smaller organizations. Among the biggest sins—79% fail at basic legibility (adequate font size and contrast with background).
How Trade Publications Can Capitalize on Content Marketing and Social Media
Research. As independent third-parties, trade publishers are in a unique position to conduct industry research. Last week I asked the question: will content marketing kill trade publications ? Gordon Plutsky seems to answer in the affirmative, contending that marketers need to set up their own content distribution channels , bypassing the trade media. Conversation Aggregation.
Diving into Social Media Marketing? How a Social Media Consultant Can Help
More specifically, these are some of the services a social media consultant can offer: Research—determine which venues are most important for a specific industry and company, and map out the key influencers in that space. I've also seen dramatically increased interest in hiring social media consultants. After all, isn't social media primarily about conversations? Social Tagging
How to Create a Social Media Marketing Strategy
Here's some research on how to do that. Among the findings in MarketingSherpa's research: 76% of marketing and PR professionals "agree" or "strongly agree" that social media marketing is changing the way their organizations communicate. Social Tagging Research and Reports In It Came from Facebook! There's little difference in the responses between large and small companies.
Content Methodology: A Best Practices Report
Product and research divisions can provide dynamic. Testing and Optimization 33 Content Methodology: A Best Practices Report This report is based on research and a methodology by. case studies, research from Altimeter Group, and external. sources such as company websites, industry publications, and secondary research. Content. Methodology: A Best. All rights reserved.
It Came from Facebook! The Social Media Marketing Challenge that Can't be Ignored
According to Global Faces and Networked Places , an eye-opening research report just released by Nielsen BuzzMetrics, "Two-thirds of the world's Internet population visit a social network or blogging site and the sector now accounts for almost 10% of all internet time. Social Tagging Research and Reports It's growing at an astounding rate. So how big is the opportunity?
Best of 2008 (So Far) - Web Marketing Research, Part 2
The best research tells you not only what's happening, but why. Check out these posts, more of the best so far in 2008, on web marketing and Internet research to sate your curiosity, make better marketing decisions, and arm yourself with online trivia knowledge. Which blogs do reporters read? What are the top uses of the Internet after email and search? Highly bookmarkable.
Best of 2007: Marketing Research
Get the answers to these questions and more from this collection of some of the best articles and blog posts from 2007 on marketing research. Most Searchers Have Two Words for Google by Search Engine Watch In this brief article, Enid Burns quotes research showing that two-word searches are most common across the major search engines, accounting for nearly a third of all searches.
Search Engine Marketing Benchmarks: Latest Research from Marketing Sherpa
There's more, so check out the executive summary PDF for additional information on the continuing evolution of search marketing from MarketingSherpa. ** technorati tags: MarketingSherpa search marketing benchmark report PPC Forbes Insights Gartner Research b2b SEO social media PPC keyword costs Facebook Google content network media buying interactive PR del.icio.us content network. Maybe."
Can Social Media Save Detroit?
Beyond creating a dialog with consumers, the automakers need to understand how to use social media for competitive research, and most importantly, for labor relations. Roxanne Darling at Bare Feet Studios recently wrote an outstanding piece on the use of social media at Ford. For example, at one gathering he insisted on seating Hummer executives at the same table with green bloggers.
Blogger Outreach for PR - Worst Practices
This actually happened: a PR person sent a blogger a press release about a report that was coming out based on some economic research. Despite the fact that several smart PR bloggers, including Cece Lee , Laura Moncur and Elge Premeau have written about what works in blogger outreach for PR, there are still a lot of agencies and PR people who just don't get it. Just send a press release.
Evangelizing a Content Marketing Program
numbers, as Altimeter explains in their excellent "Cul- ture of Content" research report: "Companies that evangelize, reinforce, and institution- alize the importance of content throughout and beyond. Those numbers aligns with our own research from. ULTIMATE CONTENT STRATEGIST PLAYBOOK CONTENTLY1 The Ultimate Content Strategist. All rights reserved. Introduction 4 II. The hotel giant.
Best of 2007: SEO Keyword Research Tools
Here are some of the best tools for conducting keyword research and building a search phrase list. Blog Posts About Keyword Tools Tools and Resources for Keyword Research by Daily Blog Tips This blog posts recommends three keyword research tools: the SEO Book Keyword Suggestion Tool (which uses Overture), Google Trends , and Wordtracker (which offers free and fee-based options).
How to Get Bloggers to Write About You
It's also helpful to provide bloggers with useful assets such as images, video, audio and research findings (with original source links if it's not your own material) that they can incorporate into posts. Getting blog coverage for your product or service is now just as (if not more) important than getting written about in traditional media. But how do you get beyond the basics?
Best of 2008 (So Far) - Web Marketing Research, Part 1
Learn these answers and more from this collection of blog posts and articles, some of the best reporting on online research topics so far this year. First Page Listings On Google Even More Important by AccuraCast If you had any doubt about the importance of SEO, these research results should eliminate them. Which types of online advertising provide the highest ROI? Are Web 2.0
Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on SEM
Astonishingly, 61 percent believe that the agency did no research at all," author Dave Pasternack produces a devastating but eye-opening critique of (many) marketing agencies. Keyword Research for PPC by Internet Search Engine Database In this article, Scott Van Achte lays out a process and toolset for crafting and fine-tuning a keyword list for SEM. What do you mean I have a budget?
Content Marketing Playbook: Strategy and Roadmap
STEP TWO: As you spend time researching each publisher's ap- proach to content, make a list of: • Audience types those publishers are targeting. ULTIMATE CONTENT STRATEGIST PLAYBOOK CONTENTLY1 The Ultimate Content Strategist. Playbook No. 2: Strategy and Roadmap Copyright © 2015 Contently. All rights reserved. contently.com By Joe Lazauskas ULTIMATE CONTENT STRATEGIST PLAYBOOK CONTENTLY2 I.
SEO for Product Pages
Use a keyword research tool to help identify which terms to use. 2) Tell a story. tags: search engine optimization SEO article marketing sites product pages keyword research tool product descriptions icerocket tags: search engine optimization SEO article marketing sites product pages keyword research tool product descriptions Contact Tom Pick: tomATwebmarketcentralDOTcom.
Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 3
How are b2b buyers actually using social media in their research and buying decisions? While most marketers have now embraced social media for monitoring and participating in brand conversations, questions still abound. Sure, online video is hot, but how you optimize video assets? What's the best method for approaching social media marketing? Which sites are most important to participate in?
Best of 2009 (So Far): Cool Web Tools, Part 2
Use social media more effectively for research? 100 Tips and Tools to Research the Social Web by Select Courses An outstanding list of tips and tools for using social media to conduct both primary and secondary research, monitor trends, create alerts, analyze information and organize your data. Looking for a more powerful way to share presentations online? with Bing.
Four Reasons to Keep Branding During a Recession
The trends are clear: as the economic malaise deepens, GDP growth heads into negative territory and unemployment rises, marketers are slamming the brakes on any program that is offline / branding and shifting whatever dollars they have left in their shrinking budgets to online / direct response. Then yesterday, they released this chart, providing detail on the shift in tactics.
Staffing and Launching Your Content Marketing Program
CREATE EN G A G E. O P T IM I Z E ULTIMATE CONTENT STRATEGIST PLAYBOOK CONTENTLY18 QUICK HITTER 250–500 words to introduce breaking news, research, or. ULTIMATE CONTENT STRATEGIST PLAYBOOK CONTENTLY1 The Ultimate Content Strategist. Playbook No. 3: Staffing and Launching Your Content Marketing Program Copyright © 2015 Contently. All rights reserved. Introduction 3 II. 200,000 readers. night.
Best of 2009 (So Far): Search Engine Marketing
Researchers: paid search ads don't get as many clicks as believed by Econsultancy Patricio Robles reports on a study which showed that contrary to other research indicating that paid search results get 25-30% of all search query clicks, the actual number is closer to 15%. What's the real the optimal cost per lead for your SEM program? How can you improve conversion rates?
Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 1
the meta keywords tag, duplicate links, and graphics—except for the alt tag assigned to them). 6 SEO steps for a website redesign by eVision Online Marketing Blog George Aspland offers an excellent primer on incorporating SEO considerations from the start when doing a website redesign, from the initial site audit and keyword research through navigation, linking and URL structure changes.
5 Painfully Common SEO Mistakes to Avoid
Company" Words vs. "Customer" Words: This is particularly an issue in technology companies, but can happen in any situation where proper keyword research is skipped. Every company wants their website to show up well in search engines, and their marketing teams understand the importance of search engine optimization. To their credit, many have integrated this basic knowledge. pageid=126.
Two Helpful Marketing Research Sites
Got marketing research to do? If you're looking for information on a specific company or industry and are overwhelmed by the worthless crap turned up by standard search engines, BPubs.com can help by narrowing your search to only business publication sources. ** Terms: marketing research tools, Individual.com, BPubs.com, business research The online marketing and e-commerce portal: WebMarketCentral.com Contact Tom Pick: tomATwebmarketcentral.com RSS feedWant to stay current on a topic, industry or company? Here are a couple of sites that can help.
B2B Marketing Trends for 2016
through their own research, without talking to sales—until late in the journey. Reference content can include research, surveys and guides. B2B Marketing. processes are fundamentally changing. The first generation of digital natives expects to be able to complete most of their selection process. They expect content to be relevant, easy to find, and mobile- friendly. know which half."
Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 2
What's the best tool for social media research and learning? Social media, and discussions of its value for PR and marketing, have become ubiquitous. But which social media tool do marketers find most valuable? How can you maximize the business value of tools like LinkedIn and Twitter? How can you explain the value of social media to skeptics? tools (delicious, Feedburner, LinkedIn et al.),
Best of 2009 (So Far): Blogging for Business, Part 1
She notes, however, that more recent research indicates that both readership of and trust in blogs is increasing. How can you attract more traffic to your blog? Generate more comments? Increase the effectiveness of guest-posting opportunities? Find free and legal images to add to your blog posts? Crank out posts more quickly? Make money from your blog? The most promising?
Looking Back at 400: Top 10 Posts
Not sure exactly why this one remain so popular, but here it is at #10. #9: How to Create a Social Media Marketing Strategy , March 4, 2009 A summary of research from MarketingSherpa , Eloqua's Steve Woods , and green marketer Lorna Li on how marketers should approach social media strategically. Much has changed since then, and social media is now an integral part of SEO efforts.
Best of 2009 (So Far): AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 1
PPC Web Spy For Competitive Keywords Analysis by WordPress Howto Spotter Alex Sysoef reviews and recommends PPC Web Spy , a free keyword research tool for AdWords and organic search optimization. What common mistakes made by AdWords marketers should you avoid in order to optimize your results? What are some AdWords myths you shouldn't believe? Find Out! How can you use this information?
B2B Marketing Trends for 2016
through their own research, without talking to sales—until late in the journey. Reference content can include research, surveys and guides. B2B Marketing. processes are fundamentally changing. The first generation of digital natives expects to be able to complete most of their selection process. They expect content to be relevant, easy to find, and mobile- friendly. know which half."
A Better Way to Launch New Products - Rolling Thunder
According to research by Schneider Associates , only 38% of b2b product launches are rated "successful" by the companies introducing the new products. After decades of new product launch experience, why such a dismal rate? Why does the following still sound familiar? Traditional launches act as big corporate Lighting Bolts, the big Ta Da. Then comes the big 'Ta Da'. Then reality strikes.
How (and Why) to Do Lead Nurturing Right
The guide itself is well-researched, clearly written and highly practical. Research from other sources shows companies that excel at lead nurturing generate more qualified leads at a lower cost per lead, reduce the percentage of marketing-generated leads that are ignored by sales, increase win rates, and have a higher percentage of sales reps who make quota.
Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 5
by Search Engine Watch The insightful Carrie Hill writes that "In doing a wide variety research into what is and isn't working for a small business Web site, I find the most frequent issues fall within the following six categories." These include duplicate content, lack of keyword research, ignoring link building, and.read her post ! Which social media sites are most helpful for SEO?
Book Review: Blogger -- Beyond the Basics
The story begins with Georgia researching competitive and related blogs, planning her strategy, and then customizing a Blogger template to create just the look she's after by replacing the header image, modifying fonts and colors, changing the layout and customizing the sidebar. Procedures are illustrated using examples from Georgia planning, developing and promoting her Fruit for All blog.
B2B Marketing Trends for 2016
through their own research, without talking to sales—until late in the journey. Reference content can include research, surveys and guides. B2B Marketing. processes are fundamentally changing. The first generation of digital natives expects to be able to complete most of their selection process. They expect content to be relevant, easy to find, and mobile- friendly. know which half."
Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 4
What are some of the best tools and techniques for competitive SEO research? Where can you find the best SEO tools and resources (I mean, other than here)? Looking for a concise explanation of the different types of redirects? Which commonly-held beliefs about Google's algorithm are true, and which are myths? Bookmark this page and keep it near the top of your list.
B2C Versus B2B – Is There Really Any Difference?
Contact: Red(at)b2bcommunications.com Next: Cut B2B branding guesswork with a methodical 5 step system ** technorati tags: B2B branding strategy website design Rebekah Donaldson Cris Rominger B2B Communications Enquiro Research del.icio.us Note: This is the first in a four-part series of guest posts on B2B branding strategy and website design from Rebekah E. It's a question we hear a lot.
Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 1
Or perhaps something more serious, like spying on your competitors or conducting global economic research? Looking for some helpful tools to enhance your online reputation management? How about slick tools to creating a social media email signature or conducting a video chat session? LookupPage This is an essential site for personal online reputation management.
Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2
How can the Google AdWords search-based keyword tool be used for competitive research? Even better, each box in the chart links through to more detailed guidance on the specific topic from top search marketing blogs like Marketing Pilgrim on branding and exposure, SEO Book on competitive research tools, and Rimm-Kaufman on measurement.
SEO and PPC - 7 Reasons Companies Need Both
Put another way, searchers with an intent to buy are far more likely to click on an ad than those just conducting research for term papers or whatever—and those are precisely the searchers whose clicks are worth paying for. 2. Can't I get most of the clicks for "free" using SEO rather than paying for clicks on search ads? Well, in a word, "no." Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 1
For example, custom search engines can be built that provide different information to patients searching for diagnosis and treatment information about a particular illness than for doctors seeking out the latest clinical and scientific research on the same malady. Looking for the best career search websites? Specialty search engines? The story behind LOLcats? Find music online? Help wanted.