The ‘Make Money’ Experiment is Rolling

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So, my little experiment into the best ways of earning money online is going along quite nicely.  I have to admit, it’s going a lot better than I thought it would. And to be perfectly honest, when you think about it, it makes perfect sense.

The first lesson learned is that there’s a whole lot more money to be made outside of the Internet Marketing niche, than there is to be made inside it. I don’t give a flying **** what the gurus tell you. Get out of the IM niche and you can earn more money, rank higher, build a bigger list, get more clicks, sell more products…. than you ever will trying to sell to other online marketers.

There’s just so much less competition out there. Admittedly, I’m well impressed with the latest ‘toy’ added to my arsenal which makes finding profitable niches a breeze. But finding the niche isn’t enough on it’s own.

And of the 3 niche sites launched so far, the one doing the best bears no resemblance to anything remotely connected to making money online.

Without revealing the niche let me tell you what I’ve done so far:

  • Bought the dotcom domain
  • Setup a simple Wordpress blog
  • Did some keyword research
  • Put up 6 posts (all unique)
  • Found some affiliate products to make the sidebar look pretty
  • Created a downloadable ‘free giveaway’ to build a list
  • Put up one adsense block in each post
  • Wrote and submitted two articles
  • Got about 3 backlinks to the site

And that’s pretty much about it. Not a great deal of work. And it’s the minimum you’d have to do for just about any site regardless of what niche you were going after anyway.

Yet this one little site, with hardly any content, and even less in the way of backlinks already earns more money than some of my IM sites that have been around for a year or more. And despite the fact I didn’t really think anyone in this niche would bother handing over their email address, I was amazed to see how quickly they were willing to sign up.

Not only that, they’re a damn site better at actually confirming their subscription and then going on to open, read and click the links from the emails sent out.

The site ranked on the first page of Google within a month, and after a couple of months is at number one for my main keyword, with a double listing to boot.

What I will say is that I didn’t use EZA for the article submission. Been testing out some new directories and new linking methods. Now that may have been good or bad. Perhaps the site would have ranked quicker had I stuck with EZA? To be honest, I have no idea. And to be honest, I don’t really care.

Number one within that short of a timescale, with practically no work? It’s a no brainer. As far as yours truly is concerned, the  internet marketing sites have a long way to go before they can compete with the teeny, tiny niche markets.

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Internet Marketing is About Making Money – Not Debt!

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So what’s with all the stories from the guru’s about turning their fortunes around from being in massive debt, barely able to buy food or pay rent, and then just weeks later living the life of the successful millionaire. They all have one. And it’s always the same.

Quite frankly, you have to wonder how the hell they allowed themselves to get into such massive amounts of debt in the first place. It’s not like they’re admitting the reason for their debt was anything necessary. They went out and stacked up everything on the ‘making money online’ dream. And for [...] Continue Reading…

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The Insider System for “How to Make Money Online”

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Now this may seem old hat to those of you who’ve been around the block a few times, but when I first started out, I had no idea that there was actually a system for how to make money online. I had no idea some markets were more profitable, and altogether easier to get into, than others. According to all the hype out there I had no reason to struggle with finding a niche market at all, let alone a profitable one. All I had to do was sign up and pay my money.

Of course, a few years and [...] Continue Reading…

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The Internet Marketing ‘How to Make Money’ Experiment

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So it’s been a while and I find myself yet again apologising to everyone for not keeping you up to date with the latest insider tips. But the truth is there just isn’t enough hours in the day (at least not in my day), to do everything that needs doing when you’re looking to make money online.

I sooooo long for the days when I thought it was as easy as signing up to a ‘make money’ scheme and then all I had to do was sit back and wait for the cash to come rolling in. Alas, you can’t [...] Continue Reading…

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The Ultimate Keyword Research Tool – Does it Exist?

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Since I put up the videos on Article Marketing, I’ve had a fair amount of questions around keyword research. And by far the most asked question is what is the best keyword research tool? Which I guess goes to show that at least the message about the importance of doing your keyword research is being noted.

As to whether or not there is one tool that is better than another, it really comes down to what you are wanting from your keyword research. Have you already decided your niche and are looking for keywords to help you rank better in [...] Continue Reading…

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