Posted on May 10, 2006 at 11:57 pm
Seth Godin’s social-blogging/advertising venture, Squidoo, has been acting deader than its namesake that are thrown on the ice of the Joe Louis Arena (oops, those are octopii!). Squidoo helps normal people build web pages called lenses. Lenses are another way to describe a niche site - one person’s view on a particular topic. Many have since tried their hands at being a lensmaster, but being a niche webmaster would have been more profitable thus far.
Squidoo has recently started payouts to its lensmasters. The top lens is currently earning around $30 per month. Which begs the question on what Squidoo has been doing wrong. Here are a few observations: (more…)
Posted on May 3, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Put it this way, Markus Frind from Plentyoffish.com, is an inspiration to anybody who ever wanted to make money from web projects. Single-handedly, he has beaten down corporations with many more employees, and earning $10,000 a day in the process!
And let’s put it this way, listening to 2WebCrew’s podcast interview with Markus inspired me to change my paradigm about what one man can do. More amazingly he did it with little to none marketing efforts, besides word of mouth!
Finally, let’s put it this way and say that you need to head on over and listen to the podcast yourself. I’m sure you will pick something up from his success story!
Posted on April 24, 2006 at 11:23 pm
More and more sites about Niche Marketing are popping up on a daily basis. And why not? It is getting to be a popular topic. Those who think this is a get-rich-quick opportunity should take caution. You might get lucky, but what you really need is consistency. For people starting out in Niche Marketing, Joan Chua has a blog that can teach you the fundamentals.
Niche Maketing 101 is a blog maintained by Joan. But here’s the problem, none of the articles are written by Joan. The articles are all reposted materials with attributions to the corresponding authors. Weird, right? Let’s not debate whether this is ethical and end up overlooking a gift-horse in the mouth. Head on over for some great education about picking keywords, researching niches, executing your game plan and (more…)
Posted on April 20, 2006 at 11:49 pm
Jeffrey Strain of Personal Finance Advice has become an inspiration to many new niche webmasters. Along with his partner Nate Sanden, they have been operating a very successful personal finance forum - Saving Advice. They are even giving out free blogs via the website. Now that’s a great way to build a community!
Most notably in the niche community are his recent posts about his satellite sites (what he calls niche websites). His first post started in November and consistently (more…)
Posted on April 19, 2006 at 1:48 pm
The Internet Cashflow Guy had been posting about his process of coming up with an idea for a niche website. The execution was shrouded in secrecy but today finally lifted the covers of his first niche website Orchid Care Info.
The site was beautifully designed and color-matched to the petals, leaves and stems of an orchid. Asthetically, it was a very pleasing tour. The subject matter was really, REALLY focused. I wondered what was the rationale behind the choice. Search engine promotion would be (more…)
Posted at 7:18 am
Max, at HowToBePoor.com, is a budding niche website marketer who had been blogging about his progress. He blogged about his ups and downs, and recently experienced problems with Adsense that negated some of his hardwork. But you can’t keep a good man down. Max has solid ideas and knows how to generate useful content, organize and present it to attract and keep visitors. You can see examples of his works at BasementFlooded.com or MyCarWontStart.net.
Max shared why Adsense decided to ban his account, and was looking for alternative solutions. At least the sites were not be blacklisted on the search engines yet. If you have an idea for Max, do share with him on his blog.
