Niche Pursuits Podcast: Find Your Next "Niche" Business Idea!

Jul 9/2023

Looking to grow your email list? Liz Wilcox is here to help. She's worn many hats: A former Survivor contestant (yep, the reality TV show) RV blogger Virtual assistant But above all - she's an email growth expert joining us with awesome tips and tricks to help you connect with your target audience and make[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week Spencer and Jared cover all the latest happenings in the SEO and content creation space and share their opinions and insight. Then they share some very interesting and inspiring side hustles they’re working on, and they wrap things up with some weird[...]
Today, we're being joined by Brian Winum, a long-time digital marketer who started affiliate marketing in the late '90s... He runs a marketing agency in New York and specializes in building websites as sustainable and valuable business assets - specifically focusing on securing Google News approval and executing effective monetization strategies. And he's got a[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! Are you ready to hear the latest news affecting Google, SEO, AI, and web publishers? As always, Spencer and Jared will break everything down into digestible pieces and share their thoughts, concerns, and predictions. They kick things off diving straight into a particularly spicy[...]
What better way to respond to a time of uncertainty and transition than to share a true success story of change. Joining the podcast is a truly hopeful example of growth and evolution. Ben started off as an IT and web development guy and now runs of the SEO plugin All-In-One-SEO (AIOSEO) since it was[...]
Welcome back to a new episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast! Jared and Spencer, as always, offer an insightful take on the latest happenings with SEO, publishers, Google, and AI, and give a peek behind the curtain at their latest projects. Stick around for a laugh when they reveal the weird niche sites they[...]
Stephen Regenold is a true digital media success story. Around 2010, when print media was starting to really feel the effects of the Internet, he decided to start his own outdoor blog. Early in his online journey, Steven made wise decisions in the site's revenue model for direct ad sales, affiliate commerce, and SEO strategies.[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! Come join Spencer and Jared as they take on the latest news in SEO, AI, Google, and beyond. This week’s episode kicks off with some big news from Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, who talks about the future of Search. The main pivot he focuses[...]
Michael Dinich has had tremendous success with Flipboard as a traffic source for his site Wealth of Geeks. Thanks to this focus, he gets about one-third of his traffic from the platform and avoids much of the pain and stress felt about Google updates. Flipboard is described as a less time-consuming Pinterest and offers a[...]
Welcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week's news podcast is brought to you by Jared Bauman and Thomas Smith, who’s filling in for Spencer. As always, they’re bringing you all of the latest news related to SEO, Google, and AI, along with their analyses. Stay until the end to hear[...]
Want to escape the 9 to 5 rat race but struggle to come up with good business ideas? This episode is for you. Peter Askew got into the internet business working for .com startups in the late 90s. Due to a series of bad experiences though, he was pretty much forced into entrepreneurship (his words).[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer and Jared break down the most recent news in SEO, AI, and content creation into smaller, digestible pieces. Let’s get started! Spencer first digs into Glen Allsopp’s recent report on almost 50 companies’ SEO performance, sharing some of his research for companies[...]
Originality.ai founder Jon Gillham joins the podcast to help online publishers better understand the dynamic world of AI and SEO! Learn more at: https://www.originality.ai Ready to join a niche publishing mastermind, and here from industry experts each week? Join the Niche Pursuits Community here: https://community.nichepursuits.com Be sure to get more content like this in the Niche[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared talk about the biggest news over the last week in Google, SEO, and AI. They also give an update on some of their side hustles and top it all off with some very weird and entertaining niche sites. They kick[...]
Want some help understanding what content and site features Google seems to reward in today's SEO landscape? Friend of the show, Kyle Roof is back on the Niche Pursuits podcast to help us all make sense of it all. The last time he was on, he talked all about EAT (Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) but now[...]
Welcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! Dig into the latest news in SEO, AI, and content creation with Jared and Spencer! They kick off this week’s episode talking about Google’s March Core Update. They talk specifically about scaled content abuse and how Google is going in and manually deindexing[...]
Wouldn't it be nice to use SEO to grow businesses to 6-7-figure exits within just a year or two? That's what our latest guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast does. His name is Dmitry Dragilev, and over the years, he's refined a repeatable process he's used to sell an app, SaaS, and affiliate site to[...]
Welcome back to the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, everyone! This is the podcast for SEOs, content creators, webmasters, and entrepreneurs looking to understand the latest events and get inspiration for their businesses. It’s been a crazy week in SEO news, so let’s get right into it! And, as Google suggested, you better buckle up as[...]
Sean Markey is back on the Niche Pursuits podcast after a few years, to discuss all things newsletters, aged domains, community, partnerships, and more! Sean's been working in SEO since 2011, initially focusing on affiliate sites before transitioning to agency work. And despite facing challenges due to Google updates impacting his traffic, he found success[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast! This week Spencer and Jared turn things up a notch and cover many, many news items in the SEO and content creation space. After that they share their latest side hustles, and finish everything off with a weird niche site analysis. You won’t want to[...]
James de Lacey is a great example of what you can accomplish in the online business space in just a short time. He's a rugby and strength and conditioning coach who, thanks to Covid, got into SEO and online business out of necessity. Now he has 2 successful fitness brands, multiple side projects, and is[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer and Jared break down recent events in the SEO, publishing, and niche site space. It’s been a very busy week and there’s a lot going on, so sit back, get comfortable, and get ready for a packed episode! They get things started[...]
Behdad Jamshidi is a former engineer turned marketing consultant. A few years back, he decided to adapt his problem-solving skills to vet over 700 marketing providers and joins us to share his findings. Why is this helpful? He helps businesses understand marketing and marketers understand the business side of things. In other words, his insights[...]
Welcome back to another episode of The Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer and Jared break down the latest and most relevant news for SEOs, content creators, and business owners. They kick things off by talking about the Helpful Content Update, which was rolled out in September 2023. There has been lots of chatter of late—in[...]
Appsumo founder Noah Kagan joins the podcast today to remind us that we all start small. Noah's own path to success began by experimenting with various small online niche ventures, a few of which eventually led to the creation of several multi-million dollar businesses. He shares his process of experimenting with different ideas to find[...]
Welcome back, everybody, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This is the place to hear the latest news in the SEO and content publishing industries and it’s where Spencer and Jared break it all down. This week, as always, they also share progress on their side hustles as well as two very,[...]
You can probably list loads of reasons why starting a community could be valuable. And Chris Yates, the founder of Rhodium, is on the podcast to share a BIG reason with his awesome success story. He talks about his journey of transitioning from owning a digital marketing agency to buying online businesses and eventually founding[...]
Welcome back everybody to the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. Join us as Spencer and Jared tackle the latest headlines about Google, SEO, AI, and content creation. Get inspired hearing about progress with their side hustles, and learn about some weird niche sites and the unique strategies they’re using. The first news item up for discussion[...]
Ready for a masterclass on how to survive and thrive with an AI site in today's Google? Casey Botticello joins us on the podcast to share how he took an AI site from zero to $21k+ monthly in under a year. To explain his approach, he dives into all sorts of interesting topics: AI content[...]
Welcome back to this week’s episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer and Jared report on all the latest news in SEO. It was a busy week, so tune in to hear what’s new at Google and how changes there effect content creators and webmasters. Stay for the latest updates on their side[...]
Want some timely tips on how to grow an audience and brand from the ground up? Jessica Holmes is on the podcast to share the surprisingly unique perspectives she's gained from growing a successful food blog. Just as a sample: She wants direct traffic more than SEO traffic She uses the principles of quality customer[...]
Welcome back! We’re here with another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared highlight what’s happening in SEO, content creation, website creation, and beyond. Listen in if you want to hear the latest about Google, SGE, unique side hustle strategies, and some weird niche sites. The first news item this week[...]
Amy Aitman, the COO of Venture Fourth Media, joins us on the Niche Pursuits podcast to share her journey from a freelance writer to leading a prominent media company. Venture 4th Media manages around 150 websites with a massive writing and editing team of subject matter experts. And Amy is an open book regarding the[...]
Hello, and welcome to the latest episode of The Niche Pursuits News podcast! Spencer and Jared are back this week to bring you all the latest happenings in the world of SEO and to break the news down. There’s a lot to talk about, so let’s get started! The first topic of discussion is the[...]
Will Hatton, founder of thebrokebackpacker.com, shares his remarkable journey and true entrepreneurial spirit with us on the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast. At 18, he embarked on a journey, spending two and a half years in India with almost no money. This was where his entrepreneurial journey began, selling items collected during his[...]
Welcome back everybody to the first Niche Pursuits News Podcast of 2024! Jared and Spencer kick off the year with another great episode, offering a close-up look at all the news in the SEO, AI, and website creation world. This week they start off discussing the Google update on New Year’s Eve, with people noting[...]
Want some expert help reaching your online marketing goals? Authority Hacker co-founder Gael Breton is back on the podcast to shed some light on the ever-changing SEO landscape. Google's Helpful Content Update (HCU) had a big impact on many niche sites, and so Gael dove into the data to decode what is and isn't working[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast! This week Spencer and Jared decided to do things a little bit differently. As the year is coming to a close, they decided to talk about the 3 top Niche Pursuits podcast episodes for 2023, as well as their personal favorites. Spencer explains how[...]
Kurt Schmidt is an extremely successful site owner who is back on the podcast to discuss all sorts of traffic and content-related topics. Kurt is the owner of a portfolio of Disney-focused sites generating HUGE amounts of traffic. He is a true expert in Google Discover and other alternative traffic sources. And with all the[...]
Welcome back, Niche Pursuits fans, to another episode of the podcast. As always, Spencer and Jared cover the latest news in SEO, AI, Google, and everything content creators and website owners need to know. This week they kick off the show talking about how Google has been discussing its plans to get rid of third-party[...]
Prolific site owner James Dooley joins the podcast to give a masterclass into the rank and rent business model. This is where you rank a website and rent it out to a local business seeking inbound inquiries. It's an approach that has helped him become a millionaire many times over. And with over 14 years[...]
Welcome back, Niche Pursuits News fans, to the latest episode of the podcast, where Spencer and Jared break down the most recent events in SEO, website development, and content creation into bite-size pieces. Get ready for their insightful analysis and actionable tips and, as always, a good dose of inspiration for your businesses. It’s another[...]
Brock Yates joins the Niche Pursuits podcast to share his journey of acquiring and growing the website AllTurtles.com. He acquired the site on Flippa in 2012 for $3,000. At purchase, the site was a forum with 80,000 pages with thin content about specific turtle species, generating $60 per month. This all presented a whole new[...]
Hey everybody, welcome back to the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast. Like they do every week, Spencer and Jared cover the latest happenings in the Google, SEO, and content creation space so you can feel informed and make the best decisions for your business. The first news item they discuss is a tweet[...]
Today on the podcast, founder of Blackjack Apprenticeship Colin Jones shares his journey from being a professional blackjack player to building a successful online brand. He's built both a popular website and YouTube channel for his business and combined, they help him bring in 7 figures per year. He joins us to share a ton[...]
Welcome back everyone! It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast. A lot happened this week so there’s a lot to talk about. Join Spencer and Jared as they discuss and analyze the latest happenings in the SEO, AI, and content creation space. The first news item they cover[...]
SEO, YouTuber, and AI expert Julian Goldie joins the podcast to give us a masterclass in AI jam-packed with actionable tips and free tools to help boost our productivity. He begins by discussing two ways to scale content using AI: one-click article generators and AI-assisted editing by virtual assistants. Julian recommends using ChatGPT and its[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast, where Spencer and Jared cover the latest news in SEO, AI, affiliate marketing, and content creation. As always, there’s a lot that happened since the previous episode, and they talk about the best Black Friday deals, so don’t miss this one! The first news story[...]
The importance of email marketing in today's digital landscape is front and center in this excellent podcast episode. Matt Molen is an expert in email marketing and shares his background and experience in helping content creators grow their email lists. And the conversation is particularly timely with the changes in Google's algorithms and the disappearance[...]
Welcome back to Niche Pursuits News, where Spencer and Jared share the most important and recent news in SEO, digital marketing, content creation, and website building. Grab something to drink and get comfortable—there’s lots to cover this week! The first topic they cover is Google's antitrust lawsuit. One of Google's witnesses made a mistake on[...]
Brad Wayland from Quiet Light joins the podcast to share his expertise and insights into whether it's best for you to grow a single brand or a portfolio of sites. With over 2 decades of experience in all aspects of the online business world, he offers a TON of value to all site owners. The[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared cover all the latest relating to SEO, digital marketing, affiliate marketing, and website creation and break it down into bite-size pieces for listeners. Spencer and Jared kick things off by talking about how the November Core Update was rolled out[...]
Want a masterclass in effective link building strategies? Aaron Anderson joins the Niche Pursuits podcast to share all the tricks of the trade he's learned over the years. Aaron's journey into marketing came as an offshoot of his time cold calling and doing door-to-door sales. He figured link building in particular matched his skillset and[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. This week’s episode is seriously packed with a ton of important and interesting headlines in the SEO, digital marketing, and content creation space. So grab some popcorn, get comfortable, and let’s get started! Spencer and Jared kick off the episode by talking about Google’s[...]
Today, we're joined by returning guest Mushfiq - a prolific site owner, operator, and flipper for an all-encompassing look at site operators! With his 15+ years of operations experience and someone who hires lots of site operators for his agency, Mushfiq is a wealth of knowledge from both sides of the equation. The first half[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast! You definitely don’t want to miss this one as it’s packed with interesting insights and thoughts about events over the last week in SEO. After Spencer talks briefly about his positive experience promoting Link Whisper at FinCon, he and Jared dive headfirst into the[...]
In this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, SEO expert Jesse Cunningham joins us to give us a masterclass in AI content creation (at scale). Jesse runs a successful SEO agency and shares helpful experiments regarding AI and SEO on his YouTube channel. In his interview, we're lucky to hear him summarize some of his[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast! This week, Jared plays hosts alongside his guest Tony Hill, a niche site expert with about 2 decades of experience. Come along as they dissect and digest the latest news on SEO, digital marketing, Google, niche sites, and beyond. They kick off the show talking[...]
Nathan Gotch, founder of Gotch SEO and true thought leader in the space joins the Niche Pursuits podcast to share valuable tips on keyword research and content creation. He takes us through his entire journey. Starting with learning SEO back in 2011 building his own sites, to how he got clients, diversifying his income, and[...]
It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Jared and Spencer break down the latest SEO news into bite-size pieces. Buckle up people, because they cover many, many topics on today’s episode! It’s been one week since Google announced its core update for October, plus the[...]
Brock McGoff joins us today on the Niche Pursuits to share his experience selling his menswear websites, The Modest Man and The Slender Wrist. Throughout the talk, he highlights key points that helped him grow to an average of $30k per month and offers valuable pointers for others looking to sell their sites such as:[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast. This week Josh Blackburn fills in for Spencer, and he and Jared sit down to discuss the most relevant news in SEO, digital marketing, website creation, and beyond. The first order of business is the 2 additional updates Google recently launched following the Helpful[...]
We have a special treat today on the Niche Pursuits podcast. CopyBlogger owner and Sober Nation founder, Tim Stoddart joins us to share some awesome tips and insights from his success in building multiple income streams online. You do not want to miss this one as Tim's story is sure to inspire. He learned about[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared analyze the latest news in SEO, digital marketing, and website building and offer their unique insight. You won’t want to miss this episode, especially if you were affected by Google’s Helpful Content Update. As the update has officially wrapped up,[...]
In this awesome episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, Jim Campbell shares with host Jared his strategies for growing a successful brand in the honeymoon industry. With a background in entrepreneurship and marketing, Jim saw an opportunity in the market and started honeymoongoals.com in 2019 right before Covid hit! And despite the impacts of Covid[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast, where your hosts Spencer Haws and Jared Bauman, from 201 Collective, bring you all the latest news and insight in SEO, digital marketing, website building, and entrepreneurship. This week the hosts focus entirely on one major event in the space: Google’s Helpful Content Update. As[...]
Want a masterclass in both online marketing and business? Mar Pages is a former Google employee and founder of Solo Female Travelers who has built a thriving brand in the travel space. And she joins the Niche Pursuits podcast today to share with host Jared Bauman all about it! It all started when Mar and[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer Haws and Jared Bauman, of 201 Creative, discuss the latest news and important recent events in digital marketing, SEO, and website creation. The first news item that Spencer and Jared address this week is the rollout Google core update, which concluded about[...]
Welcome to another great episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast! Sarah Bond joins host Jared to discuss her journey building the food blog Live Eat Learn. The site gets over 1 million monthly visitors, and so she has great insights on content strategy and growth tactics. Sarah started her blog in 2015 with the goal[...]
Spencer Haws and Jared Bauman, from 201 Creative, are back with the latest news in niche sites, SEO, and affiliate marketing. The first order of business this week is the news that the Google Core Update has finished rolling out. Jared talks about how, instead of looking at his Google Analytics to see how his[...]
Want to hear how a first-time niche site builder is succeeding in the finance niche... in less than 24 months? Sammie Ellard King sits down with Niche Pursuits podcast host Jared to share his journey of building a personal finance brand. Sammie's background is in hospitality marketing, but when Covid hit, he had to reconsider[...]
Get ready for another great episode of This Week in Niche Pursuits News to help start your weekend. Spencer and co-host Jared kick things off by discussing Google's August Core Update. They share whether it has affected their sites and discuss some of the devastating screenshots they've seen from other site owners. They also discuss[...]
Want a great story filled with practical insights from someone who successfully jumped into online business without any prior experience? Will I.O. joins the Niche Pursuits podcast this week to share with host Jared how he transitioned from teacher to full-time site owner. It all started with a teacher training program he started growing prior[...]
Spencer is back this week so everyone’s favorite duo is together again for the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast. As always, he and Jared Bauman, of 201 Creative, bring listeners up to speed on the latest in SEO and digital marketing news. Spencer begins by sharing that Google has announced a brand[...]
In this week's episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, host Jared is joined by Jason Wilson, Director of Search at Epic Gardening. Jason originally worked with Spencer in banking before diving into online business with his own sites and working on Niche Pursuits. Today he discusses a couple of his 6 to 7-figure site sales,[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast. This week’s show is hosted by Jared Bauman, from 201 Creative, and Jacky Chou, the digital asset investor entrepreneur behind Indexsy, Far & Away, and several other businesses. The episode kicks off with the latest about SGE, which can now be used when browsing[...]
Wanna hear tips on how to use your SEO prowess to grow a multi-million dollar eCommerce business? Michael Jackness joins the Niche Pursuits podcast today to tell host Jared everything he did to buy, grow, and sell an Amazon FBA and Shopify store in 3 years. They dive into a ton of awesome points that[...]
Welcome back to another episode of Niche Pursuits News, with Spencer Haws and Jared Bauman of 201 Creative. This week, like every week, the hosts serve up the latest SEO news as well as inspiration for listeners. They started by addressing the changes Google announced to the how-to and FAQ rich snippets. Specifically, Google will[...]
Want to hear some exclusive insights into the inner workings of the Amazon Associates program? Doug Cunnington joins the Niche Pursuits podcast to share with host Jared what he learned after interviewing an Amazon insider! This is never-before shared access into the biggest affiliate program around. Because despite being easy to join and get started,[...]
It’s Friday, so it’s time for another episode of Niche Pursuits News, with your hosts Spencer Haws and Jared Bauman. This week, as always, they bring us the latest in SEO and digital marketing news. They kick things off with a big news item: Google has announced that it’s testing live links in the Search[...]
We got a true dose of inspiration for you today. Founder of The Wayward Home, Kristin Hanes joins the Niche Pursuits podcast this week to share with host Jared her amazing story: How she started her blog with no prior knowledge of website building and living in a broken-down sailboat to now running a successful[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast! This week Spencer sits down with Josh Blackburn, a growth marketer at Link Whisper with an extensive background in SEO to talk about the latest news for affiliate marketers, website owners, SEOs, and content creators. They kick off the show by talking about how[...]
Ready for a HARO (Help a Reporter Out) masterclass? HARO is a platform that connects journalists with 'experts' to include their insights into articles. This is great for link building but can lead to a lot of questions on how to do it right. Thankfully, Chris Panteli joins the Niche Pursuits podcast this week to[...]
This week’s episode of Niche Pursuits News is hosted by Jared Bauman, of 201 Creative, and Shawn Hill, a previous podcast guest and the brains behind The Grilling Dad. The first topic they dive into is Ezoic’s announcement of the end of its affiliate program and its plan to lay off workers. They talk about[...]
Have you ever considered building a project in public? In this week's episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, Noah Bragg shares his journey of launching, growing, and eventually selling Potion. It's a website builder built on top of Notion that lets users create optimized sites in minutes. Noah started by using the "build in public"[...]
It’s been another busy week in SEO news, and Spencer Haws and Jared Bauman, of 201 Creative, explain it all here! Don’t miss the latest edition of the best news podcast for SEOs, people in the digital marketing and niche site development space, and everyone in between. First, they talk about how Google was recently[...]
Want to learn how to create a profitable media business via the Amazon Influencer program? Then don't miss the episode below! Thomas Smith joins the Niche Pursuits podcast today to share how he's making good money with the Amazon Influencer Program. He doesn't stop there, though, as he also profits by repurposing those videos for[...]
Are you ready to tune into another exciting episode of Niche Pursuits News with Spencer and Jared Bauman? This episode was actually recorded live on YouTube, so if you missed it, you can check out the replay below. In this episode, Spencer and Jared talk about a new bill in Canada, Twitter’s SEO fail, the[...]
Want the full rundown on the Amazon Influencer Program? Matt Donley joins the Niche Pursuits podcast this week to deep dive into this exciting opportunity. The Amazon Influencer Program is still relatively new and evolving, but as you'll soon learn, it provides great opportunities for content creators to make significant passive income. To apply for[...]
Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast with Spencer and co-host Jared Bauman, of 201 Creative. This week they talk about the latest problems for Google, their side hustles, and some very strange niche sites. You won’t want to miss this one! They kick off this episode by talking about how[...]
Interested in 10x'ing your niche site profits? Garrett Yamasaki joins the podcast today to share how he started a dog site in 2018 and grew it into a massive success thanks to his strategic use of Amazon FBA. In the first three months, he wrote close to 100 articles targeting low-competition keywords before and after[...]
Get ready for an exciting new episode of our podcast, where Spencer and co-host Jared Bauman of 201 Creative dive deep into the fascinating world of AI, SEO, and website building! First up on their agenda is Google's policy on AI-generated content and EEAT. At the moment, Google does not distinguish between AI and[...]
Want the step-by-step strategy a link-building expert uses to exponentially grow the traffic of sites? Alan Silvestri of Growth Gorilla joins the Niche Pursuits podcast to share some of his awesome growth tips. He got into SEO and affiliate marketing in 2013 after searching for ways to make money online. He started with affiliate websites[...]
Interested in setting up a YouTube channel? Spencer and co-host Jared Bauman of 201 Creative explore some exciting updates for content creators today on Niche Pursuits News. First up is a new announcement from YouTube that they're lowering the threshold for channel monetization! While content creators used to need 1000 subscribers and 4000 long-form watch[...]
How do you balance your focus between driving traffic and conversions? If you ever struggle to find a happy medium for your SEO and CRO efforts, you'll want to check out this great convo with Shaun Els. Shaun has been building online businesses and helping others with web design since he was 18. Over the[...]
Want to hear about the latest developments in AI and the potential impact on website owners? Don’t miss the latest episode of Niche Pursuits News! Once again, Jared and Spencer team up for an engaging and informative discussion that covers a range of exciting topics. They start by talking about how the WordPress Jetpack plugin[...]
Is Google at war with affiliate marketers? Head of SEO Branding at Wix and SEO Consultant for Semrush, Mordy Oberstein, joins the podcast today to share his high-level perspective and valuable insights to help you mitigate risk and save your rankings. In the last 12 months, there have been core updates, review updates, and spam[...]
Will Google's new Search Generative Experience (SGE) help or harm site owners? Spencer and Jared kick off the latest episode of Niche Pursuits News pondering this question with some interesting findings as they look at various examples of search queries. They also reflect on a recent Twitter poll by Lily Ray and contemplate whether or[...]
Ready to take a bunch of notes that could help give your site a competitive advantage in the SERPs? Tony Hill joins the Niche Pursuits podcast to share his experience recovering a website from a Google update. Tony's been building niche websites since 2005 and is very familiar with core updates. For instance, he had[...]
Welcome to another great episode of Niche Pursuits News. This week Jared is joined by his 201 Creative agency co-founder Kaitlin Cooper to unpack all of the latest developments from the week that may impact online publishers. And there was surprisingly a lot to go over. They start by discussing the integration of ChatGPT and[...]
Ever wonder how to improve your affiliate content and boost conversions? I'm sure we all do. That's why we asked Kevin Meng to join the Niche Pursuits podcast today to share his insights. Kevin's been a web content and copywriter for 7-8 years. During that time, he's honed his skills and reputation for writing content[...]
Want to learn about the new ChatGPT plugins and other new updates that could affect for site owners? Don't miss this week's episode of Niche Pursuits News! Spencer and Jared kick things off by discussing new ChatGPT plugins brainstorming the various ways they can help users automate everything from email to SEO. Plus, the new[...]
Want some unique insights on what's working for high-earning affiliate and lead gen sites today? Shane Dutka joins Niche Pursuits podcast to discuss his journey going from an accountant to a successful site owner making $50k+ per month. He discusses how he's sold sites for 7-figures, and what he does now to grow sites as[...]
They say once you've got the winning formula, the sky's the limit, and that's very true for Amanda O'Brien. In this interview, Amanda talks to me about how she created her travel site and grew it into a profitable business. When Covid hit, she pivoted and started a second site in a completely different niche:[...]
Curious how Google's upcoming AI search engine may affect site owners? Today's episode of Niche Pursuits News has you covered with an in-depth and wide-ranging discussion between hosts Spencer, Jared, and guest-host and MarketMuse founder Jeff Coyle about Google's recent unveiling of Magi. The guys consider how this new generative AI search feature will account[...]
Thomas Jepsen joins the Niche Pursuits podcast today to share insights and findings from 12 years of SEO experience, some of which may differ from what you typically hear on topics like: Topical authority E-A-T And structured data Overall, it's a thought-provoking discussion covering a wide range of topics regarding on page, off page, and[...]
Want some tips on how to succeed with affiliate marketing? Mark sat down with me to share tons of valuable insights into how he's grown Aquarium Store Depot. He discusses how it was originally supposed to be a drop shipping and eCommerce store when he started back in 2017 but had to pivot to an[...]
Want an in-depth look and summary of the key findings from Semrush’s State of Search 2023 report? Spencer and Jared sit down today to discuss it all, sharing key insights that are sure to help site owners and niche site enthusiasts in all sorts of ways concerning: Niche traffic trends The number of new sites[...]
The tables have turned! In this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, host Jared Bauman sits down with Spencer to share his latest niche site success story. Co-founder of marketing agency 201 Creative, Jared discusses how his company acquired a 20-year-old website making $2,500/month from a client and grew it to $9,000/month (and likely more[...]
Eager to stay up to date on the latest news in the world of niche sites? Join hosts Jared and Josh as they dive into various topics related to website creation and traffic generation. First up is their discussion of the recent Google update, the April 2023 Review Update, which now includes local, travel, film,[...]
Have you ever wondered what it takes to create truly engaging content that keeps your audience coming back for more? If so, you're in luck. Because the hugely successful and inspiring online entrepreneur and founder of Smart Passive Income (SPI), Pat Flynn, is back on the Niche Pursuits podcast to share his valuable insights. This[...]
More good news from Google. They've announced they'll be removing the Page Experience report and mobile-friendly test from Search Console in the coming months. So how will this affect you and what workarounds can you use instead? We've got you covered! In today's episode of Niche Pursuits News, Spencer and Jared dive into all sorts[...]
Do you want to know the optimal number of internal links you should build to new pages? Or how about which anchor texts will get you the best results? In this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, long-time SEO expert Cyrus Shepard shares some very interesting answers to these questions you won't want to miss.[...]
Get ready for an exciting episode of This Week in Niche Pursuits News, where we dive into a rollercoaster of digital marketing stories: From a $9 million employee theft scandal at Ezoic to weird niche websites and ad network comparisons. This episode is a treasure trove of interesting discussions to help close out another week![...]
Do you have e-Commerce or dropshipping experience and want to learn how to leverage your knowledge to grow profitable niche sites today? Or how about some tips and prompts to create great AI-powered content? If so, you're lucky because James Beatty is on the Niche Pursuits podcast with tons of golden nuggets to share. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Be[...]
Ready for another update, 'This Week In Niche Pursuits News'? Guest hosts Jared Bauman and Josh Blackburn join the podcast while I'm away this week to cover a wide range of topics related to AI, content creation, and dive into some fun niche site discoveries! You'll learn how to use Google Trends as a tool[...]
Looking for tried-and-true tips for how to grow your business? Look no further than Steve Chou, online entrepreneur extraordinaire and master of email marketing, YouTube, SMS texting, and marketing online businesses in general. You may already know of him from My Wife Quit Her Job. And in today's podcast episode, Steve shares key insights into:[...]
In today's episode of Niche Pursuits News, we cover several digital marketing topics. Be sure to get more content like this in the Niche Pursuits Newsletter Right Here: https://www.nichepursuits.com/newsletter Want a Faster and Easier Way to Build Internal Links? Get $15 off Link Whisper with Discount Code "Podcast" on the Checkout Screen: https://www.nichepursuits.com/linkwhisper Jared and[...]
Are you dreaming of launching your own profitable online business? If so, you need to listen to this week's episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast! Emil Shor joins us to share how he leverages his SEO and website-building expertise to grow a business that's largely outsourced. He left work as an in-house SEO and started[...]
Welcome to another episode of "This Week in Niche Pursuits News!" This is a show where we talk about the most recent industry news, share success stories, discuss our shiny objects, and reveal a few weird niche sites we've run across. In today's episode, I'm joined by co-hosts Jared Bauman and Jake Cain. Watch Niche[...]
Are you ready for an inspiring story of determination, experimentation, and growth? In our latest Niche Pursuits podcast episode, we're excited to have Grady share his incredible journey of building a profitable niche site with zero SEO experience while juggling a full-time job. Grady's journalism background brings unique insights into the website building and writing[...]
So much has been happening in the "niche" digital marketing world lately that I decided to try something new. I've decided to release a 2nd episode EACH WEEK of the Niche Pursuits Podcast to highlight the most recent online marketing news, stories, shiny objects, and interesting niches we've found. I'm excited to announce what I'm[...]
Mike Donovan returns to the Niche Pursuits podcast for an update on his site. He recently sold a 3-Year-Old Tech Blog for high 6 figures and joins us to discuss all the ups and downs he experienced along the way.
Today's guest on Nichepursuits Podcast is Shawn Hill. Shawn started a website in the BBQ niche and was able to grow it primarily through SEO to $25k/month in about 2 years! Oh, and he also reveals the site URL publicly for the first time. Listen in to learn Shawn's SEO, link building, keyword research, and[...]
Today's guest on Nichepursuits podcast is Kevin Espiritu. Kevin has grown an incredible brand and 8-figure-a-year business, dominating the gardening niche in many significant ways, and he shares how his gardening niche site grew a community of loyal brand followers and got into selling products.
Today's guest on Niche Pursuits podcast is Shane Sams. He shares how he became a millionaire by reversing the usual approach to bootstrapping an online business.
Today's guest on Nichepursuits podcast is Shelley Marmor. Shelley talks about how she grew her affiliate earnings from $8,490 in 2021 to $52,604 in just one month at the end of 2022 with Affiliate SEO.
On this week's episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, Keyword Chef founder Ben Adler highlights the proven tactics he's learned over the years to go after the right topics and grow several successful niche sites.
In today's podcast we have Forrest Webber who has a portfolio of 20 websites that now generates up to $40,000 in revenue per month. He shares his approach to growing online businesses is one that will surely interest a lot of listeners.
In today's episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, Nick Musica, the former SEO and Content Director of DMV.org joins us to discuss the incredible rise (and subsequent fall) of the site. The talk is wide-ranging and goes in-depth on several important technical aspects of managing small and large sites alike.
In the past 12 months, I've been able to grow NichePursuits.com by over 500%! The traffic growth has primarily come from Google. In this episode, I sit down with Jared and discuss the exact steps I took to see such huge results on my 10-year-old blog.
In Today's Episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast, ad expert Monica Louie gives us the rundown on how to use ads properly to drive highly targeted traffic to your offer or site. And her tips and tactics for Instagram and Facebook ads may even surprise seasoned vets.
Kyle is a long-time SEO expert. Besides running many successful businesses in the space, he's also known for running hundreds of tests on Google's algorithm over the years to see what actually works. Today he makes his third appearance on the Niche Pursuits podcast to discuss his latest findings on E-A-T!
Today's guest on Niche Pursuits podcast is Garth Adams. He purchased 15 sites, ranging from starter sites to aged domains and sites with existing income since 2020. Today his biggest site gets over 750,000 pageviews and makes over $30,000 per month! Gareth shares what he did to grow this site over 25x in only 18[...]
Today's guest on Nichepursuits podcast is Nina Clapperton. She started a travel blog as a hobby which reached 100,000 monthly pageviews, earning an average monthly income of $10,000 - mostly from affiliate income. Nina shares tons of actionable tips and tactics you can use to grow your sites.
Many of us aren't cut out to be developers, so its best to rely on technical wizards who can complement our strengths. One such person is Dustin Hyle and he joins the Niche Pursuits podcast today to share some of the ways site owners can better protect their sites, increase site speed, and even improve[...]
Can you imagine publishing a 500-word article and receiving 5.5 million pageviews within a week? That's what happened to Kurt Schmidt in May 2022. Kurt Schmidt joins Spencer on the podcast to bring us a masterclass on creating engaging content that Google rewards.
Today's guest on Nichepursuits podcast is Bjork Ostrom. Bjork and his wife Lindsay started Pinch of Yum back in 2010 as a food blog on Tumblr and today, their site gets between 4 to 5 million page views per month. Bjork shares some of the approaches they've taken to grow their blog and multiple business[...]
Today's guest on nichepursuits podcast is Jen Biswas. Are you side-hustling on your blog? Working on it whenever you can find time while balancing a job, family, or whatever other obligation you may have? If so, then today's Niche Pursuits podcast episode will give you an incredible boost of inspiration.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Jon Dykstra from FatStacksBlog.com The conversation details topics of building niche websites and some new issues and topics. Jon advises about updating content, the process he uses on his largest website, and how he is future-proofing his websites to protect his earnings.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Nate Ginsburg. Nate has a background in Amazon FBA and Business Acquisition. He joins Jared today to talk about purchasing Centurica, dropping lots of valuable knowledge bombs for anyone looking to acquire a business now or in the future.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is KK Ezekiel. He chats to Jared about the process he took from the start with the blog and details updating content and provides the exact process he took to make his content worthy of ranking high in the search engines.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is Jason Mills. Jason chats with Jared about aged domains and blog creation. In particular, the focus is on an aged domain case study website he started six months ago, which currently earns him a monthly income of over $3000 with only 41 articles live.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is Carlos Meza. Carlos is the CEO of Crowd Content. Carlos talks to Jared about all things content and what it takes to produce the people-first content that Google wants from blogs and websites.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Casey Markee. Casey is a keynote speaker, author, and SEO expert specializing in the food and lifestyle niche. Casey chats to Jared specifically about the Food niche and provides tips to get better organic traffic from search engines.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Jason Malone from the popular link-building agency 'We Outreach.' The interview contains expert tips, advice, and reliable information on all things link building.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Daniel Thompson from Saltwater Digital. He chats to Jared about what it takes to run an agency, including the pitfalls experienced along the way and some of the things he has done to make it a success.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Lily Ray. She chats with Jared about Google updates in general and, of course, the latest helpful content update. And, she provides tips and advice on keeping your website clear from the penalties that will negatively impact your organic performance.
Anne Moss is today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast. The interview starts with Anne briefly explaining how and when she started online. Then, she shares her thoughts on a wide range of topics related to website building, including how she selects a niche topic and the thought process she goes through.
Jamie I.F. is today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast. He shares in-depth advice on all aspects of building a successful affiliate website, ranging from how he verifies and decides on a niche market to his thoughts on retiring once he earns enough money — no stone is left unturned.
Jacky Chou is today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast. Jacky is the founder of Indexy — a successful SEO agency. Jacky talks about how he scales his business, buys starter websites, creates content, builds links, and how he manages to operate a portfolio of so many websites.
Mark Daoust is the latest guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast. Mark is the founder of Quiet Light Brokerage. He talks about developing websites correctly and offers some excellent advice for those looking to sell their business in the future. We're talking expert tips and advice from a guy who has been on both sides[...]
Carrie Forest is a successful food blogger and the latest guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast. She talks about the content decisions she had to make, her thoughts on Google Web Stories and how you can write stories to get substantial traffic spikes on your blog, plus a lot more.
Mike Dinich from Wealth of Geeks is the latest guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast. It’s the second time he’s been on the show, and today he's talking to Jared (Niche Pursuits host) about how to recover from a Google core update.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is long-time entrepreneur Steve Novotny. Steve talks about his Golf Website and lays out his specific approach, strategy, and tips for us all to learn from when building our websites and businesses.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is the CEO of Nav 43, Ben Dankiw. Ben is a trained search engine marketing specialist and has built up a successful PPC and SEO agency over the past six years. Ben talks about the differences between freelancing, working for an agency, and ultimately running your own agency.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Ewen Finser. Ewen is the C.E.O. and co-founder of Venture 4th media and Content Teams I.O. He shares his knowledge about launching websites at scale and offers pearls of wisdom and insights from his experience of building hundreds annually.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is Christopher Grant from 'OA challenge' and 'Clear The Shelf.' Christopher is here today to talk about arbitrage. It's a popular topic online and a great way to build a side hustle or fully-fledged business. As always, make notes, and enjoy the interview.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Matt Giovanisci from Swim University and Money Lab. Matt is no stranger to Niche Pursuits, having been a guest several times before, and today, he's back to chat with Jared about setting up an eCommerce section on his website and much more.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is Ken Savage. Ken is the owner of 'Launch Club,' a successful service aggregating various people to help business owners launch their products and grow their website traffic.
Hilary Ericksen is today’s guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast. Hilary has been blogging since 2005, starting with a mom blog that became a massive hit on Pinterest. Hilary highlights her journey from the start. She discusses what she did in the early days for content and where her focus is today for her two[...]
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Brandon Saltalamacchia. Brandon is a website owner and video creator who owns the brand Retro Dodo and explains his background and how he built a website on the back of a successful Facebook group, which he sold for six figures with an impressive 55x multiple.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Andrew Fiebert. Andrew explains to Jared (our host) how he almost accidentally got into affiliate marketing from working on the website and podcast. Learning from this experience, he now runs various website affiliate projects, which earns him some pretty serious money.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Monica Lent. Monica's story is a must-listen if you want tips, advice and strategies on blogging, and also if you ever wanted to know what it was like to be a travel website owner through the pandemic.
Today's Guest On the Niche Pursuits podcast is John Ainsworth. He's making $10,000 a month from 20,000 monthly visitors. And in today's interview he's gonna deep dive into how he did it! The income John talks about is staggering, and it's hard not to feel inspired and excited about the possibilities.
Today's guest on the niche pursuits podcast is Andrew Amann. Andrew is the CEO of Nine Two Three Venture Studio, a software development agency that invents, develops, and grows online business ventures. Andrew shares his thoughts on how to come up with new business ideas and how to grow them.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Michael Donovan. Michael's journey into online business began by listening to the Smart Passive Income and Niche Pursuits podcasts and watching videos from Income School on Youtube during his commute to work. Michael talks about the steps he took to create the blog without link building and[...]
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Aisha Preece. On today's podcast she walks us through the steps she took to grow the site. She shares her strategy for SEO, keyword research, backlinks, and specific tips that anyone can use today on their own websites.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Kevin Indig, the lead SEO director at Shopify. Kevin has a top-level view of SEO and affiliate marketing, and his knowledge will have you sitting up and paying attention from the start.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Cole Humphus. Cole's story is inspiring, exciting, and somewhat unique. He talks about his photography side hustle, which turned into a multi-million dollar business, and highlights his steps to scale the company to seven figures per year.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Ted French who is a is a website builder who has reached some significant success using aged domains. Ted walks us through his first big profit sale and shares the strategies and steps he took to build and sell the site for over $200,000 dollars.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is former Penny Hoarder executive and successful business owner Alexis Grant. Alexis shares her thoughts on how her journalism background has helped her content writing and she talks about what she did to get it to rank better in the search engines and how she increased traffic by[...]
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is John Murphy who has a successful eCommerce website that sells e-bikes. He shares how the site went from a few thousand dollars in revenue to over 3 million within a few years. John talks about his SEO strategy and explains how it's different for eCommerce sites compared[...]
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is Nick Jordan. The interview begins with Nick providing an insight into exactly how you can own your niche market's authority through quality content produced with velocity and without overcomplicating things with SEO.
Todays' guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is Chandler Bolt, the author of 7 best-selling books. The conversation and advice during the interview are relevant for website and business owners alike, and Chandler does a great job explaining the benefits and reasons we should all publish a book.
Today's guest on The Niche Pursuit podcast is Charlie from the Passive Priority YouTube channel. Charlie's story will probably give you the inspiration needed to get started if you're undecided about creating a website. If you've already started, his tips and strategies are sure to help you out too.
In today's podcast episode, Jared chats to the business manager at Content Refined — Narcis Bejtic. Narcis talks about the best time to branch out of the core niche and add different content if you have a website outside of the beginner stage. He offers advice on becoming unstuck and getting the traffic rolling again[...]
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuit podcast is Brandon Gaille. Brandon is the host of the popular podcast 'The Blogging Millionaire' Brandon goes deep and provides some great tips and solid advice for a range of topics that most website builders will find super interesting.
Today’s guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Greg Elfrink. Greg has a background in SEO, content marketing, website building and has been the head of marketing at Empire Flippers since 2016 — today, he shares lots of tips and tricks on buying and selling websites.
Today on the Niche Pursuits podcast, we have Emily Dyson. Emily has been building websites for a few years now, and this conversation has a primary focus on her most popular website which she started in 2018. We talk about keyword research, topical authority, and how AI plays a significant role in Emily's content approach.
Luke Jordan is today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast. He shares his website story, which could also be labelled a website drama! The podcast interview offers many pearls of wisdom for website builders, but the core message is about going all-in on a site when your website takes a hit and looks doomed for[...]
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Charles Floate, an SEO expert who has been in and around the SEO space for 14 years. Charles talks about the importance of treating your website as a real business and provides valuable insights into the strategies used to get a website back on track and thriving[...]
Today, I want to share why I sold my site OwnTheYard.com, how much I sold it for, and what's next. I was able to sit down with Jared Bauman and record an entire interview to recap the history of Niche Site Project 4, the exit, and all the details.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Joe Valley, the author of the newly released book 'The Exitpreneur's Playbook.' Joe talks about selling your business from the beginning rather than when you want to sell and offers advice for getting prepared and ready to make the process smoother.
Today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Mike Dinich. Mike touches on the strategies he used to hit nearly 700k monthly visitors and provides an interesting take on how he grew his website to hit some great income numbers — like the 30 thousand dollars he earned in revenue last month.
Today’s guest on the Niche Pursuit Podcast is Spencer Haws — yes, the guy owns this very Podcast and the Niche Pursuits website. Spencer’s aim with this podcast episode is to update the listeners on his plans for the website and to explain why he’s no longer the face of the Podcast and Youtube channel.[...]
SEO expert Steve Toth is the latest guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast. Steve has a long history in the SEO industry. He started in 2010 as a copywriter running a web development company blog, which led him on his journey into search engine optimization.
Today’s guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Eric Hochberger, one of the co-founders of the ad-management company — Mediavine. The topic of conversation during the chat is the worrying future of the Ad Revenue industry for content creators and Ad sellers.
In today's episode we interview Carl Broadbent. Carl shares his knowledge, strategies, and approach to many aspects of website building and affiliate marketing. We discuss how entering a competition at Income School changed his life and the pearls of wisdom he received from the experts who came to his home to coach him one-to-one.
Today's guest on the podcast is Emilia Gardner. Emilia is a former Lawyer turned website builder who quit her job to learn how to make money on the internet. In this podcast she offers advice about the tangible and intangible benefits of website creation. She talks about the importance of accountability and staying focused on a[...]
Today's guest on the podcast is Morten Storsgaard from PassiveIncomeGeek.com who shares his story and offers actionable insights into his unique approach to building successful niche websites. In the podcast, Morten talks about the no-nonsense strategy that has brought him success.
Kyle Kroeger is our guest on the podcast this week - he's been building niche sites for 10+ years as a side hustle, but has recently quit his job to go full time into online marketing. Jared and Kyle discuss his larger than average website portfolio, How he gets rapid growth in the first year[...]
How would you like to replace your full-time income from a regular job with the revenue you generate from affiliate and display ad websites? That's the story of Marty McLeod who joins us on the podcast this week. In this podcast we discuss various topics like How to identify competitors, How to pick a niche[...]
In this episode we have Kyle Roof with us who is responsible for the development and implementation of all SEO techniques used by the SEO agency High Voltage SEO and the SEO tool PageOptimizer Pro. We discuss various On-Page SEO strategies, building an SEO tool without a dev background and much more.
Online marketer Shawna Newman is our guest on the podcast this week. She is a veteran affiliate marketer, having been full-time in the industry since 2009. She also has a ton of experience in flipping websites, building sites on aged domains, and adapting her overall strategies based on data. Every topic associated with content sites[...]
In today's episode, I interview Stephen Hockman of SEO Chatter and we discuss everything about starting up new websites the right way, internal linking, SEO, site structure, and a whole lot more. He's grown many affiliate sites, been through Google penalties, recently sold a niche site, written a book, and is currently building an SEO[...]
The managing director of Empire Flippers Capital, Mike Vranjkovic, joins us on the podcast this week. Mike goes into the background of EF Capital and shares all the details of how it works. He also discusses what it's like to be an accredited investor vs what it's like to be an operator in this program.
This week we're joined on the podcast by Jason Lee from TheFBAFlipper.com. The FBA Flipper helps buyers to purchase reputable China-based Amazon FBA Businesses and the discussion therefore largely revolves around Amazon FBA businesses. Jason started out in the industry working at Empire Flippers, one of the top brokers for online businesses. They sell a[...]
Jesse Lakes from Genius Link joins us for his second appearance on the Niche Pursuits. Genius Link is both an affiliate link tracking and management tool and a way to potentially increase earnings through link localization and by presenting multiple buying options to your audience. Jared Bauman (our podcast host this week) and Jesse have[...]
Sarah and Brad Stromsdofer join us on the podcast this week. This couple started their blogging journey in 2016 and dabbled in many ways to make money online, but ultimately decided to focus on a blog in a niche they were experts in. In the interview, we go through the journey that started in 2016[...]
Mushfiq S joins the Niche Pursuits podcast once again. This time the discussion revolves around how to find the right websites to flip and what comes after that. He even shares the domain of one of his most recent purchases with us. Mushfiq has a 5 step process when buying and flipping websites. Each of[...]
Jared Bauman is the host of this week's podcast, and he is interviewing Mohit Tater, the CEO and founder of Blackbook Investments. Blackbook Investments specialize in online business investing. This includes buying and selling content and affiliate sites, service and subscription sites, Ecommerce businesses, and SaaS companies. They're working with both large and small investors[...]
I've just had the opportunity to interview Ricky Kesler from IncomeSchool.com. This is an interview that you're not going to want to miss because he has a huge announcement - Jim is leaving Income school! While the news is about a week old now, we're going to hear a lot more on what's been happening[...]
AJ Saunders started out as a musician, owned a jewelry store, produced kindle books, and now owns an affiliate site that is making over $6000 per month - and we get into all of that in the interview. You'll not only hear about how he got into affiliate marketing but specifically how he's built up[...]
Chelsea Clarke from Her Paper Route and Blogs For Sale shares her online business journey with us on the Niche Pursuits podcast. Chelsea has multiple different online businesses, but she got her start in (and loves) affiliate marketing. She has been able to build thriving communities with her sites and is big on email lists.[...]
Keval Shah is the founder of an SEO agency that is especially for e-commerce websites. It’s called Inbound Pursuit and Keval joins us to tell us all about it. His SEO agency is helping many businesses drive traffic to their e-commerce stores and dramatically increase their sales. After a short period of time, the agency[...]
I'm really excited about our guest today on the podcast - Nick Loper from Side Hustle Nation! Nick is not only a really well-known blogger and podcaster, but he's also one of the nicest guys that you could meet. While he runs multiple sites, Side Hustle Nation is his focus right now, which has grown[...]
Where do you go if you want to invest money into a website but you don't actually want to operate that website? Or on the flip side, what if you are a skilled website operator but don't have a lot of money to invest right now? Where can investors and operators find a match? That's[...]
Back in 2018, a business partner and I invested together in a niche website. I had not long sold my Amazon FBA business and wanted to invest some of that money into another online business. We decided to try and find an off-market deal rather than going through a broker. My partner and I started[...]
What do you do if you have a niche website that's already getting some traffic but you also want to get additional traffic from youtube? Or how do you start a YouTube channel from scratch and find a subject that you know is actually going to be able to rank on YouTube and make you[...]
Last month, OwnTheYard.com made $5,818 and this month its on track to make more than that. Today, I’m going to show you exactly how its making its money and where it’s getting its traffic. I show earnings, expenses, traffic, and internal link strategies with Link Whisper. I also discuss my future plans for the business.
How would you like to own a portfolio of content sites that you eventually plan to take public? Well, that's exactly what my guest Dom Wells from Onfolio.co plans to do. He has a portfolio of sites that he's managing for clients and a portfolio of sites that Onfolio own themselves. These are sites that[...]
On this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, we interview Laura Roeder. Laura is the founder of Meet Edgar, a social media success tool that has grown rapidly. She is also the founder of a new software tool called Paper Bell, a scheduling and payments software for coaches. What do you do when you have[...]
Andy Humphrey, aka 'the Sprinkler Nerd,' is our guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast this week. He owns and operates SprinklerSupplyStore.com, an e-commerce business doing over $1 million in sales on Amazon, and multiple times this through their own website. He has started many e-commerce stores, beginning with his Christmas lights store 'Super Twinkle' all[...]
This week on the podcast Jake Cain is interviewing Austin Tuwiner. Austin is a marketer who dropped out of college at 19 to pursue online business. He wanted to focus on his niche site in the crypto space. He had bought the domain, which had many great backlinks, in a private deal, and grew it[...]
David Finberg was first introduced to computers by his dad at age 6 before the internet was really a thing. However, it wasn't long after this that he started building websites for friends and family and made his first dollar online. At age 9, he put together a website for his grandfather and made $20![...]
Stacy Caprio has bought many online businesses off Flippa and increased their revenue quickly. After purchasing a few sites that flopped, she finds herself earning enough to move into her dream apartment in Chicago. Listen to her story & find out how she does it!
Kelan Kline and his wife Brittany started thesavvycouple.com. Early on the site was only making $50/month, but Kelan was so excited and ready to go all-in he quit his full-time job. It was a good thing he did. The site is now generating six figures a year. We talk about SEO, HARO Outreach, and how[...]
Today I have a great interview with two people that are experts at link building. Eric Carroll and Sebastian Shaffer from the link building agency dofollow.io. They have been part of the niche and affiliate website community for many years now, and their agency specializes in building links to these types of sites. Both Eric[...]
In today's episode, I interview Sean Markey and we discuss everything expired domains: how to find them, how to flip, and how to build successful sites using aged domains. He has been on quite the journey including selling a CBD affiliate site in the high 6-figures and much more.
We had Travis Jamison back on the podcast recently to talk about Investing.io. We cover Travis's 13-year entrepreneurial background, which includes: Ecommerce companies An SEO agency A domain flipping service Angel investing and more Travis obviously has a diverse background and experience in a range of online business and investing circles.
It's great to have Richmond Howard on the podcast this week. Rich has found a way to successfully grow his niche sites all while working full time as a pastor, studying for a master's degree, and being a husband and new dad! 3 or 4 years ago he was in a job that he hated[...]
On March 11th, 2011 I quit the corporate world and I’ve been a full-time entrepreneur ever since. Quitting my job was scary.
I'm excited to have Larry Ludwig on the podcast! Larry has been building websites for decades. He was doing web development and web hosting in the 90s. However, he eventually started building his own blog, InvestorJunkie.com. He grew this site from scratch to a 7 figure exit in 2018. In fact, he sold the business[...]
How would you like to buy a site making $70 a month and then 10 months later its making $6,000 a month? Well, that's the exact story we are going to tell with Gharav Dhir. Gharav has been building niche sites for a while, but he happened to buy a site from MotionInvest.com in April[...]
I'm excited to have Colin Ma on the podcast! I've known Colin for a couple of years and actually had the pleasure of meeting him in person a few years ago at a conference. Colin has been building niche sites for years and in 2020 he had not 1, but 2 six figure exits. One[...]
Yoyao Shea bought a site for just $2,000 in mid-2020. The site was making less than $100 a month. After about 7 months, the site was making $6,800 a month! He also bought a second website around the same time that cost even less than $2,000 and now it's making $5,000 a month. How did[...]
Today, I'm excited to share with you an interview I did with Steve Wiideman from Wiideman.com. Steve has been in the SEO industry since 1999...a dinosaur in internet years! His first job out of college was doing SEO and search engine marketing. So, Steve bring all of his SEO knowledge and experience to the podcast[...]
Jeff Oxford is the founder of Link Hunter and has been in the SEO industry since 2010. He shares 4 really unique link building strategies that get results. Listen in to hear Jeff's story and to get some high quality link building ideas that don't involve guest posting.
How can you know when you make a change to your website that it’s not hurting your rankings in Google? Well, you can set up SEO tests. Today, I’m excited to share my recent interview with Matt Diggity where he drops some serious knowledge bombs as it relates to SEO tests, affiliate marketing, ranking in[...]
Listen in to hear how Azedine Djedid tested out multiple aged domain services and why he now only buys through ODYS Global. Azendine was able to start a new site with an aged domain and grow it quickly to 13,000 visitors a day. Read his entire story here.
How do you constantly come up with good ideas? How can you know what direction you should go in your business when you have a busy schedule and very little time to just think? In my interview today with Saud Juman, we discount how to tap into the "creative well" and what exactly that is.[...]
One Little Web is a reseller-friendly SEO & content services owned by Sujan Sarker. Today, I'm sharing an interview that I recently did with Sujan. As you know, backlinks can be a big help to your site, if done properly. If you get excellent links and you see your traffic soar. Get a backlink penalty[...]
Why is updating website and content auditing popular right now? Well, 10 years ago, people didn't need to audit their websites. It wasn't a thing. Generally speaking, websites we're pretty new. Now that sites are getting to be 10, 15, or 20 years old. There's a lot of upkeep and maintenance. Some are referring to[...]
Anthony Presley and a partner recently purchased Templatic Themes in 2018. The business has over 120 premium WordPress themes and plugins. When they bought the business they had a vision to grow it, but there have been a few major bumps along the way. Listen in to hear how Anthony and his team have tackled[...]
Michael Bereslavsky of Domain Magnate is bringing private equity to online niche businesses. Learn more at: https://www.domainmagnate.com Since 2004 Michael has been building online businesses. Over the years, he’s had plenty of hard lessons and unique experiences. He found the best complementary strengths and profitability in buying, managing, and selling websites. Today Michael is now[...]
I'm excited to have Jon Gillham back on the show! Jon is the founder of the content writing service, Content Refined. During the interview, we not only talk about how he built the company but the entire process behind how they create content at scale. They do anywhere between 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 words a month[...]
Brock McGoff owns the website TheModestMan.com which now generates over 400,000 visitors and $30k in revenue per month. Over the years of building websites, Brock has learned a lot. Including getting hit by the first Google Panda update taking his traffic down to virtually zero. Since then, Brock has made every effort to make sure[...]
Mushifiq is the owner of a popular website flipping newsletter and EasyWins.io. To date, he has completed over 175 website flips, whether buying, selling, or brokering website deals. How did he manage to flip so many websites? He’s created systematic processes of “easy wins”. These easy wins are tasks, or site improvements often overlooked but[...]
Scott Voelker may be a new grandparent but has the energy of a teenager. This year marks his 19th year being self-employed, and although he is slowing down to focus more on family, his workload at Brand Creators is still more than most will tackle in a lifetime. Running the Rock Your Brand Podcast is[...]
Craig Hewitt is the founder of Castos, a popular podcasting platform. I met Craig 4 years ago at RhodiumWeekend.com when Craig ran the podcasting editing and service-based business, Podcast Motor, before he built Castos. Today, Podcast Motor and Castos have merged into a SaaS company for hosting and analytics for your podcast. They also still[...]
In this Niche Pursuits podcast episode, we discover the key themes that made ConvertKit a success. ConvertKit is an email marketing platform started by Nathan Barry, a former designer and author, in 2012. The software is now generating $2.1M monthly revenue, has been listed on the INC 5000 numerous times, and founder Nathan Barry recently[...]
Today, I'm excited to share an interview I conducted with Jared Bauman, a long time Niche Pursuits reader. Jared and I sat down to discuss a recent site he purchased and how he grew it 5x in just 7 months. He took the site from earning around $200 a month to now over $1,000 a[...]
In 2010, I launched Long Tail Pro, a keyword research software tool. Over the next 5 years, I grew the company from 0 to about $1 million in revenue per year. I sold that company in 2016. Today, I share the "untold" story of Long Tail Pro and what has happened since I sold the[...]
Today, I brought Mark Mark from Niche Website Builders onto the show to discuss my recent order of a Skyscraper link building campaign for one of my niche sites. We dive into how they started their agency (Niche Website Builders), what types of services they offer, and more. Then we spend time looking behind the[...]
Over the last little while, I've come to the realization that I need to make a major shift in how I blog. All thanks to Google.
Unlimited WordPress development? WPTangerine is a service I had never heard of until recently. I was a bit surprised when I heard they had been around since 2015 and came highly recommended by someone in my network. In my podcast, I interviewed Marcus, the co-founder of WP Tangerine. We dive in and talk about how[...]
I started a case study to try and revive a dead email list of about 20,000 subscribers. However, it turns out my domain reputation is bad for this particular domain (my other email sending domains are excellent). So, my emails have primarily been going to people's junk folders, leading to terrible open rates. As a[...]
MarketMuse uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze content, suggest topics to cover, and create better content. It works best for SEO writers who want to develop highly effective content marketing strategies not based on gut instinct. I've also recently been hearing all the news about GPT-3, robots writing articles, and wondering how all[...]
Learn why Bart MacDonald of BloomVP.com left the previous company that he founded and raised $10 million for. + Bart previously founded and help raise funding for the SaaS company, Sapling HR. However, he recently stepped down from the CEO role at Sapling to found Bloom VP, a venture firm focused on SaaS. Listen in[...]
Matt Diggity is someone that has been buying, building, and growing affiliate website for a long time. In fact, I had him on the podcast about a year ago to discuss some of his background. Since then, I've stayed in touch with Matt and he started sharing more and more about the recent success of[...]
Mark Webster and Gael Breton are from AuthorityHacker.com and have been in the authority website space for a long time. Listen in as we discuss how they took a website from scratch to a mid 6 figure exit. We dive into how they: Sold a niche site for over six figures they built in 18[...]
Dave Chesson has self-published nine books on Amazon that now have a combined revenue between $7-9k a month. How does he do this? He describes it as the “Long Tail Pro” of Amazon. Finding undervalued Amazon keywords that drive traffic to the book. He uses his niche sites to drive traffic to his books. We[...]
Substack is a platform where independent publishers can easily earn money from their writing with paying subscribers. Substack allows publishers to collect payments from subscribers and publish their content online and in email format. If you do some googling or twittering, you’ll see that Substack is pretty hot right now. They got some $15 million-ish from Adreessen[...]
Did you know that more large sites (over 1,000,000 pageviews a month) use Ezoic when compared to Mediavine or Adthrive? Tyler Bishop is the chief marketing officer for Ezoic and during this interview we discuss how Tyler got involved in Ezoic and what the company does. We also dive into some of the common misconceptions[...]
Matthew Allen is no stranger to online side hustles. He has been dabbling in online business for about a decade now. He even started a blog over at DumbPassiveIncome.com. Despite driving a delivery truck full-time for FedEx, he's still managed to find time to create AmaLinks Pro; an all inclusive Amazon Associates WordPress plugin. Amalinks[...]
I started a case study about a month and a half ago to try and revive a dead email list. This is an email list that has been collecting dust for a "Mom" blog that I own. The site makes several thousand dollars every month from Ezoic display ads and Amazon associates. However, I wanted[...]
Artificial Intelligence for article writing is getting much more advanced. Tools like GPT-3 and First Draft by MarketMuse.com are making quality content production much easier. Will this eliminate the need for human writers? How will this impact the Niche site space and blogging in general?
Matt Paulson has grown MarketBeat.com to $10 million in revenue through SEO, email marketing, and much more. Listen in to hear how he uses email sponsorships to monetize his audience and SEO strategies used to grow his traffic (now at over 15 million visitors a month).
Almost exactly a year ago, my partners and I launched Motion Invest as a new way to buy and sell content sites. We've delivered on being a fast and easy way to buy or sell content sites. Our original plan was to buy sites ourselves, so we would only buy sites that we felt strongly[...]
How does someone with a full time job as a construction worker and a small child find the time to build an online business? Adrian Diaz has enthusiasm that is infectious. Listen in to hear how he stays motivated to build his affiliate business and youtube channel.
Brand Builders has come a long way. If you were familiar with Brand Builders 1 or 2 years ago, what you see today is drastically different. Today, I hop on a call with Brady Cargle, the manager of Brand Builders and talk about the evolution that Brand Builders has taken over the past 2 years[...]
Listen in to learn how Clarence Cheang has built a successful Amazon FBA business, despite all the competition. Amazon is getting more and more competitive each year, but Clarence shows that new FBA sellers can still make it as his business is less than 2 years old.
In this second update on my recent case study update, I discuss what I've been up to so far and my plans to improve my domain reputation.
Danny Brooks is the founder of AMZtableassistant.com a chrome extension that allows you to quickly insert code snippets for AAWP, AMAlinksPro, and other Amazon associates tools. Danny shares his entrepreneurial journey and why he building his tool on existing platforms.
Listen in to hear the Word Agents founder story. Vincent D'Elleto has focused on providing customers high-quality SEO content at scale. By focusing on this niche, he's been able to grow it to 7 figures and beyond with a goal of hitting 8 figures a year very soon.
Listen to Mukesh tell his story of how he got started in digital marketing and is now making $10,000 a month between his agency Monk Metrics and his portfolio of sites. And it all really started with a typo domain name.
Today, I'm happy to share the success story of Systeme.io founded by Aurelien Amacker. Systeme.io is an all in one landing page, funnel builder, and email automation software platform. The best part? Aurelien was able to build up the business targeting the French market (where he is from). He has only recently started focusing more[...]
In this episode, I share my plans to try and monetize an email list that hasn't been emailed in over a year. I have 22,000 people on an email list that have been neglected. Let's talk about my strategies to revive this list - a 90 day case study has begun.
Kevin Jourdan saw a need for a brokerage in the French Market, so he built DotMarket.eu. He is now on track to sell over $1 million worth of sites on his new brokerage. He shares his background that includes building, buying, and selling niche websites and also how he's gone about growing a successful startup[...]
Learn how Niche Website Builders launched their digital agency to nearly $800k in year 1 revenue by using 2 small facebook groups that they had started. In addition, you can get an exclusive deal for content and link building services by going to https://www.nichepursuits.com/nichewebsitebuilders
I'm all FIRE'd up! FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is a movement that is all about making and saving enough money at an "early" age so that you can live off your investments for the rest of your life. I'll be honest that I've thought about this subject a lot. In fact, I quit my[...]
Affiliate marketing can be a lucrative business. In fact, it’s how I was able to quit my job over 9 years ago and I’ve been building sites, products, and running various online businesses ever since. However, when it comes to building a site like OwnTheYard.com (my Niche Site Project 4 site), it can be extremely risky. An affiliate site that is[...]
Would these behemoths of the internet make up their minds? Do they love my site...or not?! Google and Amazon appear to be all-powerful and that power has been on full display over the past couple of months. First, Amazon decreases their commission rates...during a pandemic...because...Bezos money? Next, Google rolls out a core update near the[...]
Jon Dykstra is back on the podcast to share more of his story and an update. He's now making over $50k a month with his niche sites and avoids link building.
Listen in to hear what happened to OwnTheYard.com when I did an internal linking case study. I built over 100 internal links to various pages and tracked the Google position over time.
Listen in to find out why I closed blog comments on Niche Pursuits and perhaps why you should consider doing the same.
Learn how to create content groups in Google Analytics so that you can better track the performance of certain segments of content on your site.
One of my sites recently cracked 10,000 visitors a day. How much did it make that day? I'll dive into where it's getting traffic, how much it earned, and overall discuss how much money you can expect to make with a site at these traffic levels.
I'm excited to have Doug Cunnington back on the podcast! Doug and I connected back during the first Niche Site Project (2013) and he enjoyed my project so much, he started his blog and stole the name for his domain from my project! : ) NicheSiteProject.com is where you can follow along with what Doug[...]
Harsh Argawal is a well-known blogger in the WordPress and digital marketing space. Shout Me Loud gets over a million pageviews a month, which is really high for a blog in just about any space, but especially the Wordpress and Blogging niche. Not only has Harsh built a significant business, but he's also found a[...]
I'm excited to welcome Richard Patey onto the Niche Pursuits podcast! Richard is well-known in the buying and selling websites space and has a lot of experience. You can check out what he's been up to lately over at RichardPatey.com. During today's episode we talk about Richard's background and how he got involved in building,[...]
Today, I'm excited to have Kyle Roof on the podcast! You can find some of Kyle's work at Internet Marketing Gold and Page Optimizer Pro. Kyle has been involved in SEO for a long time and is well known in the industry. In particular, he is well known for performing SEO tests to see what actually[...]
I had the opportunity to site down and interview Jaryd Kraus from BuyingOnlineBusinesses.com. Jaryd is a big believer in skipping the "failure" as he puts it and just jump to the success by buying a business that is already making money. During this podcast we discuss why Jaryd (and how) went from being a plumber[...]
Today, I'm happy to have Jesse Lakes of Geni.us Links on the podcast! We discuss his entrepreneur story of starting and growing Genius. In addition, we chat about his recent acquisition of Kit.com. Then we dive deep into Amazon Associates' compliance. If you want to make sure you are following all the rules that Amazon[...]
Ryan Kulp is the founder of MicroAcquisitions.com and ForkEquity.com. In today's interview, he shares how he's acquired 10 small SaaS companies in the last 3 to 4 years. Those companies include Fomo.com and others. Fomo alone has grown from $10k in MRR to $100k. Listen in to hear what types of companies he looks for,[...]
Listen in to this episode to hear from Matt Diggity, a well-known SEO expert. We discuss his business model of buying, growing, and then flipping affiliate websites. In addition, we dive into some very specific link building strategies. Overall, it's a great discussion on SEO and building successful online businesses!
Pat Flynn from smartpassiveincome.com is back on the Niche Pursuits Podcast! Pat and I have known each other for about 10 years now and he was a guest of my podcast over seven years ago. Listen in to hear what’s going on in his business right now and what decisions he has made that have[...]
Walker Deibel is an entrepreneur that has made a number of acquisitions and he's the author of the book Buy Then Build. You can check it out at buythenbuild.com. He definitely is an entrepreneur in the trenches: building, buying, and selling (large) businesses. During this interview, we are going to dive into why he thinks[...]
Today I'm talking with Ron Stefanski from OneHourProfessor.com. Ron talks about a site that is making $18,000 a month and he shares the exact things that help the site take off. We cover his keyword research strategies and link building strategies. Then we talk about his overall business structure, how he has a full-time virtual[...]
It’s official, Niche Site Project 4 is a year old. What started just as another idea for a case study has evolved into a full blown website making money each and every month, it’s a good thing. Obviously, I’ve been very happy with the fact that owntheyard.com has earned over $1,000 a month for the past few[...]
Welcome back to the Niche Pursuits Podcast. I’m your host, Spencer Haws from nichepursuits.com. Today, I've got a great interview for you. I've got Adam Steele from loganix.net. Adam is somebody that's been around the affiliate marketing and link building world for a long time. He actually started back in an affiliate network called Neverblue.[...]
Welcome back to the Niche Pursuits Podcast. I’m your host, Spencer Haws from nichepursuits.com. Today, I’ve got a returning guest. Matt Giovanisci from moneylab.co is back, and we talk about quite a few things. If you remember the last interview we did, which actually, as I look back, was an entire year ago, which is really hard[...]
My guest today is Adam Preiser from wpcrafter.com. Adam is best known for his YouTube channel WPCrafter where he shares all kinds of WordPress tips and tutorials. In fact, Adam currently has over 124,000 YouTube subscribers and is definitely crushing it there. However, Adam has also done something that very few businesses will ever achieve. He's launched[...]
I'm excited to give you an update on Niche Site Project 4. I'm actually going to give the monthly income report for July 2019. Sorry about the delay in this episode. I'm already about three weeks into August as I'm recording this, so if you've been waiting anxiously for this report, I apologize. I published the blogpost[...]
Today, I'm excited to have Matthew Woodward from matthewwoodward.co.uk on the podcast. Matthew and I have interacted quite a bit online over the years, but this is the first time that we've had a chance to hop on a call and chat. I hope that you'll find it as interesting as I did, to hear[...]
In today’s episode, I’m excited to introduce you to Miles Beckler from milesbeckler.com. Miles has been helping his wife operate and grow their site, ask-angels.com, for many years. Even though we don’t spend much time chatting about this specific site, it’s one that has gotten over 33 million visitors and is a very significant business, so[...]
Today, I'm excited to introduce you to Tommy Griffith from clickminded.com. Tommy is someone that has been involved with SEO for a long time in a couple of really large companies. He started as an SEO manager for PayPal and then moved over to Airbnb as an SEO manager there as well; pretty cool stuff. [...]
Today I'm excited to bring you a podcast interview with Mark Thompson from Pay Kick Start. Mark is someone that I have known online for a long time (in internet years). Going back to around early 2013, Mark helped with me a big affiliate promotion for Long Tail Pro. The first promotion went so well,[...]
In today's episode, I talk about Niche Site Project 4 and actually reveal the domain! If you have been reading my blog, you will know that I revealed the domain a couple of weeks ago right here. In addition, I cover the full income report for June 2019. I'm excited that the site continues to[...]
Listen to hear how Sam Williamson builds white hat links that help his sites rank better in Google. These 3 specific strategies are white hat and still very effective.
In today’s episode, I have an interview with Nate Hirsch from freeeup.com. How did Nate go from being in university, and then selling products through Amazon FBA, to creating his own freelancer website? Listen to the interview to find out.
In today's episode, I share an interview I did with John Kiekbusch from SEOButler.com. Listen to the entire episode to hear how John went from building an "offline" security business, to building PBNbutler and SEObutler, how he's built a portfolio of sites and more. Along the way he also shares some great tips for how[...]
Listen in to hear the full income report for May 2019 for my Niche Site Project 4 site. Another record earnings and traffic month!
Today, I've got an interview with Joe and Mike Brusca from buildassetsonline.com. I do have to warn you that through this interview, you may get really excited about starting a dropshipping business. Their ecommerce businesses are doing $30,000 a month in net profit. During this podcast episode, you're going to hear how you should go about picking[...]
1 to 1.2 million pageviews a month with 80% from search engines. $238,000 in top line revenue in a month, with a 50%-60% profit margin. Are those the kind of numbers you would like to see in your business? Well, I’m happy to say that you are about to hear an interview with a business[...]
During this episode, I share how much money my Niche Site Project 4 site made in April 2019. It was a record traffic and earning month!
Jon Dykstra from FatStacksBlog.com is the real deal. He owns several niche sites, with the largest one making over $40,000 per month. In the interview, he shares his content and SEO strategies. He also shares how he rarely focuses on "money" keywords, but rather informational content.
When Warren Buffet was a young investor he employed one particular strategy that worked really well; however, over time his investment strategies evolved as opportunities changed. My niche site strategies have evolved from very low investment per site to greater costs per site. Listen in to hear exactly how much I've spent building my Niche[...]
During this episode, I share my difficult experience running the Boston Marathon. In addition, I share the monthly report for March 2019 for Niche Site Project 4. The site has seen tremendous growth despite a slow start. I share some business lessons learned from running the Boston Marathon.
Today is an update on my site for niche site project 4! I share what I've been working on and the traffic and earnings results for October 2018.
Today, I'm excited to bring you another interview for the podcast! I had the opportunity to chat with Deacon Hayes from WellKeptWallet.com and discuss how he's grown such a large website. I love the story of Well Kept Wallet for a couple of reasons. First, Deacon has been able to grow the site to[...]
Today, I'm excited to bring you an interview with one of the Niche Site Project 4 participants! During the most recent monthly income report, most people reported no earnings. However, today's guest reported earnings of $889 after just one month! That's almost unheard of with a new niche site. As a result, I wanted to[...]
Today, I'm excited to share a recent interview I did with Trent Dysrmid of BrightIdeas.co. Trent and I have know each other for many years since the early days of NichePursuits.com. Trent has gone from building niche sites, to running a marketing agency, to selling private label selling products on Amazon, to now wholesaling products[...]
Listen in for the monthly report for Niche Site Project 4.
In today's podcast episode, I was able to sit down with Zach Zorn from MoneyNomad.com and discuss a recent buy and flip that he found on EmpireFlippers.com. What I love about Zach's story is that he's been a long time Niche Pursuits reader and had NO affiliate marking or online business experience previous to this. [...]
Jason and I sit down and discuss what has happened in the first month of Niche site project 4. In addition to giving an update on the niche site project 4 strategies, we also answer some questions that people have had about our plans in the future for the site.
Matt Giovanisci joins me on the podcast to discuss his journey from cleaning pools to owning one of the largest swimming pool affiliate websites in the world. In addition to his SEO tips, Matt also shares his dislike of link building, podcast hacks that might get you banned, and more. Enjoy the show!
Goran Duskic is an entrepreneur living in Croatia building web applications and niche sites. Goran has an interesting story to tell as he went from raising money for his startup to adding niche sites to his portfolio. Learn how Goran is making over $6,000 a month with his online business while living in Croatia.
I'm excited to bring you an interview with Jake Cain! Not only is he one of my full-time employees, he also has his own portfolio of sites that he's built on the side. I think you'll enjoy hearing Jake's story as he shares his journey from working in banking as his first job to where[...]
Today is a special one. I had the chance to sit down with Jason Wilson, my full-time employee! However, Jason's story goes way beyond just working for the Niche Pursuits team, he also happens to be a successful entrepreneur. In fact, Jason's site's have no eclipsed $10,000 a month! Listen in to learn exactly how[...]
I was able to sit down recently with Jake and Jason to record another episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast. During this episode we dive a bit deeper into the overall strategy and timeline of Niche Site Project 4. In particular, we discuss: What types of keywords to target What type of content to write[...]
Today, I interview Will Blears from OneMansBrand.com and discussing how he built an Amazon Affiliate website from scratch to $40,000 a month. He shares his content strategy, link building strategies, and more. We also dive into how he sold this website and what the process was like.
After a year hiatus, the Niche Pursuits podcast is back and better than ever. Along with my co-hosts, Jake and Jason, we discuss Niche Site Project 4 and why I'm building another site publicly.
In today's episode, I share an interview I did with Grant Baldwin from TheSpeakerLab.com. Grant is someone that knows the speaking game inside and out. He has been a professional speaker for years and now teachers others how to book their own speaking gigs. So, during the interview we discuss these 2 aspects of his[...]
Today, I’ve got an interview with Chandler Bolt from Self-Publishing School. I met Chandler at a conference about two years ago and was immediately impressed with his business and overall attitude. In addition to hearing his story about how he made Self-Publishing School a success, you’ll also hear about how he recommends writing a book[...]
In today's interview I talk with Dave Chesson. Dave is the founder of Kindlepreneur.com, his blog that will teach you how to write and sell Kindle ebooks. In addition, he is the creator of KDP rocket, a software application for self publishers to help them find Kindle keywords. Dave is actually a long time reader[...]
In my interview today, I talked with somebody that has built a six figure a year business on Fiverr, yup, on Fiverr. Kendell Rizzo started out as a freelancer doing just about any writing job she could find. However, when she finally narrowed her focus on the niche of crowdfunding, the number of clients she[...]
Today, I’m excited to bring you a guest interview with Nick Hasche, a niche website builder. Nick started building niche websites just a little bit over a year ago. He actually started right alongside Niche Site project 3.0, which is why I’m really excited about this interview because he learned how to build niche sites[...]
In today's podcast episode, Jake, Jason (who was introduced as a new team member in my last post), and I chat about the lessons learned at Traffic and Conversion Summit and we also give some of our thoughts on Niche Site Project 3. Last month, we all attended Traffic and Conversion Summit, which is always[...]
In today's podcast episode, I have RJ Bryan as a guest interview. RJ is a long time reader of Niche Pursuits and build his first successful site around the time of Niche Site Project 2. RJ has a few niche sites making in total about $6,000 to $7,000 a month. The largest site is making[...]
Today I have another guest interview to review their niche site. I was able to record an interview with Dee Bryant and discuss her site, TheDogEffect.com. Dee started her site near the beginning of Niche Site Project 3 and has been able to grow it to $300 per month in revenue! She's done a great[...]
Dave Scheider is the founder of Ninja Outreach, an outreach tool for people trying to build links, do content marketing, and connect with influencers. Dave’s got a great story of how he started and grew the business to $30,000 a month in revenue. You can try out Ninja Outreach with this special link, http://www.nichepursuits.com/ninja
Today, I’ve got another guest interview with Ben Doyle from the UK. It’s kind of a unique angle for this interview. Ben is not making a lot of money yet and has questions for me. I’m going to look at his website and provide some advice. During this interview, you’re going to hear me look[...]
Today, I’ve got a really great guest interview for you. Justin has several niche websites. He’s making great money from Google Adsense, that’s how he got started out. He’s also very involved in the app business. He’s on the Google Android Play Store and he did share that he’s been doing about $1,000 per day[...]
Today, I have somebody joining me as a guest on a podcast, his name is Scott Williams. Scott’s story is pretty interesting because like many of you, he has tried and failed to build a few niche websites and his luck changed when he decided you know what, instead of trying and building everything from[...]
In today's episode, I bring Dave Fox as a guest on the podcast to discuss his growing niche site business! Dave has been a long time follower of NichePursuits.com, and although he has the background of a musician, he decided to dive into the niche site business. Over the past couple of years he's done[...]
Today, I’ve got a great guest on the show. It’s Khalid Farhan from PassiveJournal.com, that’s his blog over there and he also offers SEO services. What’s interesting about Khalid is his journey from being a student in Bangladesh and working for just $1 per article as a freelancer on Upwork and other freelance services, to[...]
In today's episode, Jake and I discuss how our overall business is going. We focus on what has changed since selling Long Tail Pro, Amazon FBA, Niche Sites, and some big goals that I have. We cover quite a bit in this podcast, including some personal goals and more.
In this episode, Jake and Ryan record another coaching call for Niche Site Project 3. During the call, they reveal Ryan's niche site.
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[...]
Jon Haver of AuthorityWebsiteIncome.com discusses how he builds and grows both his Amazon Associates websites and his Amazon FBA business. In addition we will discuss a new software venture he has just started called Listing Eagle. And finally, he shares what he will do now that he has shattered his $15,000 per month net income[...]
Kevin Petersen is the founder of WebfoliManagement.com, a private equity fund that invests in web properties. In the interview today, he shares how he finds great deals and what he does to increase the earnings of these websites. His most recent purchase was PicReel.com and we dive into what made it attractive, and what he[...]
During this coaching call number 10 with Perrin, Colleen reveals the site that she has been working on for Niche Site Project 3.
In coaching call #7 with Jake and Ryan for Niche Site Project 3, they discuss strategies for marketing on YouTube.
During this call Spencer and Samara discuss advanced link building strategies for Niche Site Project 3.
Perrin and Colleen discuss linkable assets (building links) for Niche Site Project 3.
In Jake's words: Today I talk to Ryan about building backlinks for his site. In my own sites, I’ve had some pretty good luck with getting high quality backlinks – which to me is way more important than the quantity of links to my site. As I mentioned, many of the ideas I share were things[...]
Perrin and Colleen complete coaching call 8 for niche site project 3 and discuss the progress of her content and how to start link building and outreach.
Perrin and Colleen do another coaching call. What do I mean by “outreach ecosystem?” Basically, tools. Here’s how I define “outreach environment”: A place where you can track emails A platform that allows you to use custom templates A way to organize your follow-up A way to keep track of relationships
In our call today, Samara and I discussed basic link building strategies for her niche site project 3 site. On one hand, some people feel like link building is so critical to a sites success; on the other, you have people that never do any linkbuilding and do really well with niche sites. I personally[...]
Perrin and Colleen have their 6th coaching calls to discuss link building strategies.
Almost exactly 5 years ago was the last day I worked for someone else. I've been self-employed ever since and have been LOVING it! I've learned some important business lessons along the way that I wanted to share with you in today's special podcast episode.
Today, I'm excited to bring you and interview I did with Greg Mercer of JungleScout.com. I don't remember the first place that I ran across an interview with Greg, but as soon as I heard it, it was clear that Greg was a real expert in selling on Amazon. How expert? Well, he regularly does[...]
Hey there…welcome back to another Niche Site Project 3 coaching call! Today we finally started talking about how to actually make some cha-ching from your website. This call was all about monetization strategies for your niche website, both short term and long term.
Perrin and Colleen discuss writing content and outsourcing.
Hey everyone, welcome back to another coaching call for Niche Site Project 3! Are you ready for coaching call 6? In our last call, we discussed how to make your niche website stand out. In today’s call, the subject is all about developing a long term content strategy. These ideas are what can take you[...]
Perrin and Colleen discuss launching their website and building out more content for Niche Site Project 3.
Welcome back to another coaching call for Niche Site Project 3.0! Samara is making some great progress with her site and is about ready to start publishing content! Today’s coaching call is all about figuring out a vision for your website, how to make it unique, and a basic branding discussion.
It’s that time again – for Niche Site Project Call #4 with Jake and Ryan. If you listened to our last call, you know that Ryan is just about to select a niche and has really be digging into in-depth keyword research following the methods we’ve covered in the last 2 weeks. As I always[...]
In this call, Samara and I discuss how to find really low competition keywords that are easy to rank for in Google.
In this coaching call for niche site project 3, Jake and Ryan dive into the keyword research mindset for building a successful niche site.
Perrin and Colleen discuss branding and content strategies during this third coaching call for Niche Site Project 3.
Welcome back to another coaching call between Samara and I! If you have been following along, you will know that during our last call, we discussed in depth how to go about picking a good niche for your website. For our 3rd call, we decided to do a bit of review. After Samara dove in[...]
I’m excited bring you the second coaching call for Niche Site Project #3, between Ryan and Jake! Today, Ryan and Jake start digging into some light keyword research on the top 3 niches Ryan identified after the last call. They discuss some of the possible sub-niches they could go into, and then let that guide[...]
In this episode, you will hear coaching call 2 between Perrin and Colleen. In this they discuss additional market research and keyword research examples as they prepare to build a niche site.
This is the official podcast for Niche Site Project 3, coaching call 2 between Samara and I. If you are trying to figure out what niche to build a website on, you really need to listen to this coaching call. Samara and I take an in-depth look into how you can discover low competition niches[...]
In this coaching call for niche site project 3, Perrin and Colleen discuss market research and some of the overall goals that they have for the project.
In this episode, Jake and Ryan do a call together and discuss their overall goals for the project. In addition to laying out some of the groundwork they discuss how to get started finding a niche.
Today is a the very first coaching call between Samara and I for niche site project 3. During this call we discuss the big picture goals and strategies for the project. In addition, we discuss how to brainstorm for niche ideas.
In the podcast today, Jake, Perrin, and I reveal who the 3 students for niche site project 3 will be. If you read the blog post published last week, you already know who the 3 students are: Samara, Ryan, and Colleen. However, in this podcast we share just a few more of our thoughts on[...]
In today's episode, Jake, Perrin, and I chat about the Niche Site Project 3 video finalists. Voting is now open at: http://www.nichepursuits.com/niche-site-project-3-0-video-finalists-vote-now/
Perrin and I sat down recently and discussed the application process for Niche Site Project 3! We are excited to be kicking off this project and can hardly wait to find out who the winning applicants will be for the project. During this podcast, we discuss why we are doing this project and how we[...]
The time has come to finally write the final chapter of Niche Site Project 1 and 2. As you may know, both of these projects were public projects where I built a website from scratch and shared the results and everything here on NichePursuits.com. So, keep listening to discover the conclusion of both Niche Site[...]
Today, I'm excited to bring you an interview with someone with amazing genes. My cousin, Jon Haws, is on the podcast today with what I think is an awesome story. That's right, there is another Haws out there that also has the entrepreneurial blood flowing through his veins.If you don't recall, I interviewed Jon about[...]
Welcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast! In today's episode, Perrin and I discuss my last blog post about hiring a great software developer for your bootstrapped business in depth. If you haven't had a chance to read that blog post yet, I highly recommend that you do so here. These blog posts[...]
I'm happy to bring you another podcast interview I did recently with an Amazon seller. The guest on the podcast today is Pilar Newman. She has been selling on Amazon for about 8 years, and has really honed her skills for finding and selling products through the Amazon platform. Pilar applies a lot of the[...]
As you may know, I recently published a blog post sharing my recent success on Amazon. Today, Perrin and I sit down and have a more in-depth discussion on the subject. The overall content is very similar to my last blog post where I share the fact that my new Amazon FBA business just clocked[...]
I'm excited to bring to you another podcast interview with Matt Paulson! If you recall, I had Matt on the podcast about a year ago and he delivered tons of value. As a result, I thought it would be great to catch up with Matt and have an update on his business at MarketBeat.com. Not[...]
Today on the podcast, Perrin and I discuss 6 examples of successful websites using long tail keywords. In general, if you are interested in building websites that get traffic from long tail keywords (and often really long tail keywords), then this podcast will give you some ideas and get you motivated. Overall, if you are[...]
Today, I am sharing a discussion that I did with Travis Jamison from Supremacy SEO and AMZtracker.com. Travis is someone that has really figured out how to rank his products well for tons of long tail keywords in Amazon. During the interview, he dives into how he finds keywords, how he strategically uses keywords in[...]
Today, Perrin and I discuss SEO. Can you believe it already been a year since the big PBN update? This PBN update had a big impact on aPennyShaved.com (the Niche Site Project 2 website) and other niche site we were working on. As a result, we have drastically changed how we do SEO and link[...]
Today's guest is not just selling a private label product. Zach Vohries from Zackees.com has created a truly original (and patented) product and brought it to the market. Zach had a unique idea and was able to go from idea to selling in about 2 years. I love the story that Zach shares because he[...]
The time has finally come for me to reveal how well my new Amazon FBA business is going. I’ve shared a bit about how I got started selling physical products on Amazon; including the fact that I made about $4,400 in my first 40 days. I’ve also been busy interviewing others for the NIche Pursuits[...]
We’re super excited to have an absolutely killer guest today: David Bryant from ChineseImporting.com. Some people, though, are just so far ahead of the game when it comes to important products from overseas. David is one of those people. Just how far ahead is he? You might want to sit down. Starting in 2008, David[...]
Perrin and I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Scott Voelker from TheAmazingSeller.com and discuss his FBA business. He has been able to build up his Amazon physical product business to revenues of $35,000 per month since starting in October 2014 (about 9 months). In the interview today, Scott shares what has worked[...]
We’ve got another (much more exciting) update about our Amazon FBA business. It’s been a week, our products are live, and we’ve finally got some hard numbers to report.
It’s been a while (about a month to be exact) since we’ve recorded a podcast on our Amazon FBA business. And believe me, we’ve wanted to talk to you guys about it. But we couldn’t because our business was at a total stand-still (more on this below). But today, we’re back at it, and we’re[...]
Welcome to Episode 64 of the Niche Pursuits podcast. Today we welcome Steve Chou. Steve and his wife own the ecommerce store, bumblebeelinens.com. Steve also has a blog and training classes on starting ecommerce stores on his other sites, mywifequitherjob.com and profitableonlinestore.com. Steve gives us the story of how he and his wife started their[...]
We are excited about today’s episode which will be part 1 of a 5 part series on howto bootstrap a software business. Along the way, we will look at my software company, Long Tail Pro and how it became my most successful venture and we’ll also tell you, the listener, how to go out and[...]
Perrin and I are excited to bring you the income reports for the authority site and my amazon product. We also discuss a pivot I am making in my business based on these numbers. The details of these income reports can be found in this blog post from last week. Here's a quick rundown of[...]
Today’s episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast is a Q&A session with Perrin and I talking all about selling physical products on Amazon. A few of the questions covered are: What are your thoughts about going outside of Amazon? Another common question we get is Why Not Go Direct? A few people have been asking[...]
Today, Perrin and I get behind the microphone and discuss how to start and grow your own business through Amazon’s FBA program. By following several key steps, I was able to sell $4,399 in product in just 30 days. Perrin and I share the process and answer some questions taken from the blog. This is[...]
Today, I share a discussion between Perrin and I on the importance of being unique with your business. In particular, we have a more in-depth discussion about being the ONE, as I wrote about in my last blog post here. This is an interesting topic that may seem pretty obvious to some people, while others[...]
Perrin and I have launched a couple of books on Amazon Kindle and we have been surprised by their success. In this episode, we discuss the latest earnings and other successes from both our authority site and our kindle books.
In my podcast episode today I interviewed Claire Smith that is doing VERY well with her niche sites. She is making over $10,000 a month with her niche sites. However, what makes Claire's story interesting is that she has NEVER built a link to any of her sites. In her words, "I just never got[...]
Today, I would like to introduce you to Travis Ketchum of ContestDomination.com. In this episode, Travis shares a bit about his own story and why he created Contest Domination (software that helps you run and manage successful contests online). In addition, Travis shares some really amazing success stories of clients that have used Contest Domination[...]
During the podcast, Brian provided a ton of very actionable tips for anyone starting a new blog or looking to attract more traffic and links to their existing sites. Some of the most interesting takeaways that I had are related to how Brian was able to grow his blog so much in the past year. [...]
When it comes to link building experts, Jon Cooper of PointBlankSEO.com is right at the top of the list. For that reason, I wanted to bring Jon on the podcast for a second time to discuss link building tactics that are working right now. In particular, Perrin and I got a chance to ask about[...]
Chris Guthrie and I have known each other for a long time. Back in the day Chris was out building Amazon affiliate sites and I was building Adsense affiliate sites. I'm not sure where we first crossed paths, but we've been in touch now for probably close to 5 years. I had Chris on my[...]
About a month ago I was able to attend a conference called Rhodium weekend. While I was there, I got to meet lots of really interesting people, including Jock Purtle from DigitalExits.com. I asked Jock to come on the podcast and discuss some of the insights that he has on buying and selling websites. You[...]
Today, I’m excited to share with you the interview that Perrin and I did with Shane Melaugh of Thrive Themes. Shane is someone that has been involved in the internet marketing space for a number of years and has seen a lot of success. In fact, he’s been entrepreneurial his entire life and by his[...]
Podcast 50! I started my podcast a couple of years ago almost as an after thought, but today I'm hitting a major milestone with 50 episodes! For now I'm excited to share an interview I did with Justin and Joe from EmpireFlippers.com. These guys are well known for their website marketplace where all sites are[...]
Perrin and I were able to sit down and record a podcast based on our last blog post, How to Mange Writers Effectively. When it comes to starting and running an online business, having great content is so critical. If you are not writing the content yourself, hiring and managing writers becomes extremely important. Because[...]
In this podcast, we discuss 2 of Steve's sites: SteveScottSite.com and DevelopGoodHabits.com; and of course his Kindle publishing business. In fact, he was also kind enough to share a link to his author page on Amazon, so you can see a list of all his books! Check them out at HabitBooks.com. Steve's advice and story[...]
I'm excited to bring you another podcast today! Perrin and I were able to recently sit down with Gael Breton of AuthorityHacker.com to discuss all the important elements of building an authority website. Gael knows what he is talking about. You'll like this interview because he not only shares very actionable tips, but also gives[...]
Wow, apparently my article from earlier this week really rocked the boat! I made the firm stance that I will no longer be building private blog networks (PBNs), and it garnered A LOT of attention. In fact, my article was mentioned on SERoundtable.com, SearchEngineLand.com, tweeted by Rand Fishkin, and even Matt Cutts tweeted about the[...]
A few days ago I shared the monthly income report for a few sites that I purchased this year. The site buying case study is one that I've learned quite a bit from and has helped expand my business. In total, I've now bought 4 sites this year, and as you can see from the[...]
Perrin and I had the chance to interview Neil Patel of QuickSprout.com. Neil is very well known for the products he's built (Kissmetrics, CrazyEgg, and others) and for the traffic strategies he's implemented on large websites such as TechCrunch.com and Amazon.com. When it comes to content marketing and traffic experts, Neil is right there near[...]
Last week, I finally broke the silence about what happened to my survival knife site, from niche site project 1. As revealed in that post, the site appeared to have been hit with negative SEO. And then when Penguin 2.1 came out in October 2013, the site finally tanked in the rankings (the spammy links[...]
One of the hottest business ventures right now, is publishing books on the Amazon Kindle platform. I've personally been curious about the prospects of publishing Kindle eBooks, but have never taken the leap. As a result, Perrin and I jumped at the opportunity to have Jonny Andrews of AudienceHacker.com on the podcast. We recently interviewed[...]
Perrin and I were able to sit down recently and interview Rand Fishkin of Moz.com! If you have been in the SEO world for any period of time, you are likely well aware of Rand and the company he founded, Moz. He is one of the most well-known and well respected entrepreneurs in the SEO[...]
Recently Perrin and I were able to sit down and interview Dre Baldwin of DreAllDay.com. I'm excited to bring this interview to you today, because well, its different! Dre is not your typical niche site builder or affiliate marketer (like almost all of my previous guests). Dre is actually a professional basketball player! I'll let[...]
Our guest today is Dhanish Semar (those of you in the League of Legends community probably know him by his IGN: DiffTheEnder). Dhanish owns Cloth5.com, a site he built by making great connections, writing premium content, and putting it in front of his audience using the platform that was most important to them. The result?[...]
Recently, Perrin and I were able to sit down with Matt Paulson of MattPaulson.com for a podcast interview to discuss his amazing business. Matt is an unassuming guy and you would have no idea how extraordinarily well his business is doing unless you asked him. Well, we had the chance to ask about his business[...]
In the podcast, Perrin and I review the income report from last month, discuss the business potential of buying and selling websites, and then go into more depth in our new authority site project. While we do cover similar topics to my last blog post, we also have a chance to dive quite a bit[...]
I recently interviewed Andrew Youderian of eEcommerceFuel.com. Perrin and I were able to have a great chat with Andrew to talk about his business and the great success that he has had with a couple of his drop shipping/ecommerce sites; including selling one for $170k at the beginning of 2014.
I started the NichePursuits podcast just over 2 years ago. The most popular episode since the inception of my podcast has been episode 9 with Hayden Miyamoto recorded just over 2 years ago. At the time, he was making over $30k per month from his small niche sites. However, a lot has happened in[...]
Perrin and I discuss what passive income is all about and whether or not people actually stop working once they achieve their income dreams. In addition to sharing the early influence of our fathers, we also discuss some of the wealthiest people in the world and how they spend their work lives. Finally, I share[...]
Perrin and I had the chance to sit down and discuss in detail our new business Vylo.org for Episode 33. We dig into the story of the product, how Perrin generated initial buzz, and plans going forward. The story of how Perrin came up with the idea and how he got over 6,000 people to[...]
Perrin and I discuss the May income of 2 niche sites that I purchased in January 2014. We also discuss whether or not I should sell one of the websites; and share our thought process behind making this decision.
Perrin and I discuss when its time to stop creating new websites and when to just focus on your existing portfolio. I discuss my own website portfolio, specific traffic stats, and the decision I have made to stop building new sites for the foreseeable future.
When it comes to building a niche website that you hope to rank at the top of Google, you could potentially make hundreds of mistakes. As a result, there is no possible way that I could cover every possible mistake that someone might make when trying to build and optimize their site for SEO. However,[...]
Perrin and I just finished recording a new podcast, episode 29. During this episode, we discuss the April income report from my last blog post, and share some additional thoughts and nuances that I didn't have a chance to cover. Overall, I hope you enjoy the episode! If you find any value in the podcast[...]
I recently wrote a blog post titled, "Wh you Should NOT start a podcast". This was an opinion piece that I wrote based on some of the frustrations of my podcast. However, after taking a look at the data and hearing some feedback from others, my opinion has evolved a bit in regards to podcasting. [...]
One of the things I did to grow aPennyShaved was to reach out to a bunch of other bloggers in the shaving community, a process I outlined in one of my previous posts. It was a super fun process, the response was spectacular, and I ended up making a bunch of cool friends. One of[...]
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down and interviewing Doug Cunnington for the Niche Pursuits podcast. He's had some impressive results with one of his newer niche sites that I wanted to share. Does the name Doug Cunnington sound familiar? You may recall hearing about Doug because I shared his[...]
The January income report for aPennyShaved.com is here! This is one that I know a lot of you have been anticipating, because of how well the site did last month. After earning over $650 in December, the big question was whether December was so big mostly due to Holiday shopping. The clear answer is NO! [...]
I had the pleasure of interviewing Justin Cooke of EmpireFlippers.com just a few days ago. I'm sure you already know about Justin and Joe, as they are pretty popular guys! In fact, I had both of them on episode 3 of my podcast back in April 2012! So, its been almost 2 years ago since[...]
Jon Cooper is a sophomore at the University of Florida studying finance. Even though he's "younger", he happens to be a respected expert in the SEO arena; particularly when it comes to link building. I had the absolute privilege of interviewing Jon Cooper recently to discuss niche sites, link building, and more. Today I am[...]
I had the opportunity to interview Nick Loper of SideHustleNation.com and ShoeSniper.com, a short time ago. I was excited to interview Nick because he has a great story of how he was able to take a little side business he started and develop it into something full-time. That business was ShoeSniper.com, an affiliate site selling[...]
Well, Hayden Miyamoto is at it again! I decided to bring Hayden back onto my podcast for the 3rd time because he continues to build his business in unique ways that I think we can all learn from. In my interview with Hayden today, we discuss how his niche site business has fared over the[...]
Several months ago, I ran across a blog that I really enjoyed reading in the personal finance niche. Before I was running my business full-time, I worked in the finance industry for several years, so I've always been interested in investments and personal finance. As I researched this blog a bit more, I realized that[...]
In podcast 19 of the Niche Pursuits Podcast, I was able to sit down with Elaine Heney and discuss her business of building mobile phone applications. She has currently built over 200 iPhone or Android Apps and only started about a year ago! I was completely amazed at the success she is having, and knew[...]
A little while ago, I shared the success story of Jon Haver from AuthorityWebsiteIncome.com. If you haven't had a chance to read it yet, I highly recommend you check out what he is doing and how he is doing it. Jon has set a goal for himself to be making $15k per month by his[...]
I interviewed Jamie Wilson who is a stay at home mom, but also a successful entrepreneur. In fact, throughout the interview we dig into 2 successful sites that she owns: OrganicBambooClothing.com and JellyBeanQuilts.com. Jelly Bean Quilts is currently her biggest money maker, and quite honestly, I think is a pretty cool business (yep I have[...]
I felt like it was time that I sat behind the microphone and shared a few of my thoughts on the current state of SEO and my public niche site project. In fact, as I look back at when I published my last podcast, its been over 4 months! What I think you will find[...]
I am always amazed when I find people outside of the "internet marketing" niche that are finding big success with the principles that I teach on my blog all the time. I am constantly trying to harp on the fact that finding "long tail" keywords is something that EVERY business should be doing, not just[...]
Today, I'm sharing a podcast interview I did with Perry Rosenbloom. I think you will find his story interesting, because he was able to build a large website based on his passion for hiking and the outdoors. The site was so successful that he expanded his business into other related sites and was able to[...]
Marcus Sheridan is an entrepreneur that truly understands content marketing. He was able to take his pool business from the brink of the financial abyss to strong profitability primarily through the use of online content marketing. I absolutely love the story that Marcus has to share, and it was a pleasure to interview him for[...]
Don't tell Jon Haws that he doesn't own a tech company. Even though he currently spends his days pushing lawn mowers and leading a crew of landscapers, Jon has embraced the internet and so much more to market and run his business. In fact, if you ask him about his business, the fact that he[...]
After a break of about 4 months, I’ve finally done another podcast! The podcast recording is just me…no guest this time. I felt it was important to say a lot of things that are hard to say in a blog post. I can talk for a half hour and make my points much better than[...]
Last week, I released a podcast that I did with Hayden Miyamoto where he explained how he is pulling in $30,000 a month with small niche sites. As suspected, people loved the podcast! Hayden was able to share a lot of his "secrets" that he uses to build micro niche sites after Google Penguin in[...]
I always love to hear the success stories from readers of my blog. And this story is a big one. I am absolutely blown away by the success that Hayden Miyamoto is having with small niche sites. In particular, Hayden has refined his process post-Penguin and is doing better now than before! Now only 2[...]
Andreas not only have a very interesting story of how he got started with his business, but he also has some excellent advice for creating a successful launch of an iPhone app. Of course I took and followed some of this advice as I launch my own app, and there are several other points that[...]
Pat Flynn discusses how he has been able to build his brand. This interview covers how he generates up to $50,000 a month from his blog, niche sites, iphone apps, and more.
Benny Hsu shares how he was able to outsource the creation of his very first iPhone app: Photo365, and make nearly $3,000 in one day. This is a truly inspirational story and offers great insights for anyone wanting to create an iPhone app.
Fraser Cain is the owner of UniverseToday.com, a highly successful space related website. He also owns Keyword Strategy, a keyword management software. He offers powerful insights on getting search engine traffic and much more.
Tyrone Shum shares his background that led him to the outsourcing business as well as providing SEO services.
Justin and Joe from AdsenseFlippers.com share their business model of building hundreds of niche websites and then selling those sites for profit. They also dig a bit deeper into the future of niche sites, business automation, and much more.
Chris Guthrie of MakeMoneyontheInternet.com discusses some of his early entrepreneurial websites. He also mentions a site he sold for over six figures and now how he is buying sites and increasing their revenue.

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