Virtual Real Estate Is a Valuable Asset

December 10, 2010 By 1 Comment

One of the things we often over look in Niche Marketing is the importance of our virtual real estate or simply having that domain name.

When we buy a domain from a place like Angry Chihuahua Domains or anywhere else we haven’t just bought a domain name – we’ve bought a piece of the Internet and we own that.

The reason I am bringing this up is because I’ve had several Niche Blitzkrieg students in the past (and even myself) who’ve built a site that wasn’t pulling in the income we wanted.  So instead simply keep that site that domain that we’ve invested time building back links too we simply dump the site off by allowing the domain to expire.

I suggest hanging onto them even if we are not actively building.  Because each piece of the Internet we own is another piece in our portfolio and that has real value.

I learned my lesson the hard way.  A few years ago i started a website that didn’t turn out like i wanted.  I built a few thousand back links to the website, spent time optimizing the back links and over all invested time in this site.

The site never made the money that i was planning on it.  So not really thinking about it I let the domain expire last year.

Now I look back at how stupid that actual was and here’s why:  I had hundreds of articles, press releases, social sites, and it even had a good Google Page Rank. 

As soon as it expired some one else of course bought this domain up.  They ended up getting a domain with hundreds of back links with sites all over the Internet linking back. 

They simply put up the content they wanted for this site which was just a domain squatter page.  This is basically a page that have PPC ads on it and they get paid a small portion anytime someone clicks those ads.  You can set this up right inside your hosting account.  So for around $10/yr they got a website that has a nice PR, back links and they didn’t have to do any work.  This now sites in their portfolio and at least makes their money back on it while expanding their virtual real estate.

I should have saved the domain and simply put up a squatter page if I didn’t want to use the site for anything currently.  I could have also sold this and made some money with it from someone looking for a site that already had some age to it, back links even if they planned on scrapping my content.

So a lesson learned for me the hard way.

If you buy a domain and you’ve built any amount of back links to it – DO NOT let it expire.  Hang onto to this as it has more value than we sometimes see in front of our faces.

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Go Evergreen In Your Market and Profit

August 21, 2010 By 10 Comments

Last week I discussed using Click Bank to find a niche even if you’re not a Click Bank affiliate.  I also discussed 2 myths about Niche Research.  You can check that Niche Research Post here.  I also talked about how the free version of Market Samurai could help you discover profitable markets.

This week I want to discuss ever green niches.  Evergreen niche markets are basically markets that will never go away and most people need them.  Finance and health are 2 such markets and there is big money in them.

In fact, in those 2 markets alone there are billions of dollars just sitting there ready for the taking.  In fact, each and every day affiliates are making millions of dollars in these markets.  However, there is a slight problem.  The overall market itself is way to competitive to just plunge in and hope you make money in it.

That’s where the Niche Blitzkrieg method comes in.  We want to select smaller markets (niches) within the larger market and get involved in that.  Remember even a small slice a multi-billion dollar pie can bring you a really nice paycheck.  You basically, want to do your research inside these markets and uncover some profitable niches with lower competition.

Some notable niches inside these evergreen markets are as follows:

Finance:

Making Money Online
Refi and Loan Mod
Mortgage
Stock Market
Day Trading
Home Buying Guides
Saving Money
Betting and Gambling
Money Problems (spending issues)

There are of course hundreds more to consider.  This is just a small list of what type of Niches exist in this market.
Health:

Healthy Eating
Weight Loss
Dieting
How to make your (problem area of the body) look better – can be any area
Getting better abs
Living Longer
How to exercise
Avoiding Weight Gain
Fast Weight Loss
Weight Loss For New Mothers
Healthy Heart
Preventing Disease

Again, just a few but you get the idea. 

Now what is important to keep in mind is that you can even break it down from there.  Often, getting into the smaller niches can pay off for a couple of reasons.

#1.  Highly Targeted Market.  Imagine promoting a “Get Better Abs” product to someone who is looking for better abs.  A mistake many people make is trying to promote the right product to the wrong person.

If someone came to your website looking for exercise tips they might not be in the market for the Better Abs Guide.  Although you’d likely make sales it won’t be as many as you could.

#2.  Easier to build the site.  It’s always easier to build a good site when you keep your spectrum down.  Creating a site about weight loss can be a painful process that would need hundreds of pages.  Building a site about how to get rock hard biceps wouldn’t take nearly as much work and could be more profitable in the short term.  Again, it would even be much more targeted and therefore more likely to convert a visit into a sale.

Now, I’m not saying that you can’t make money in non-evergreen markets.  In fact, I make great money in markets that are outside that realm.  There are still long lasting profits in sites based on toys, luxuries, pop culture, current events, entertainment and similar.  I am merely suggesting for you to consider an evergreen niche, especially if you’re new to the business.

The biggest mistake made in niche site creation and niche affiliate marketing is going too broad.  While learning it can also prolong the process.  This is just something to keep in mind while you are planning your sites out.

So in your niche research consider getting into an evergreen niche.  You’ll find larger audiences, larger payouts and that the market will not dry out or lose popularity because we all need these things.

Again the recap:  Evergreen niche markets can provide lifelong profits and stability.

#1.  Get into a niche within an evergreen market.
#2.  Make your site targeted for that niche. (The more targeted the better).
#3.  Enjoy longer lasting profits.
#4.  A small slice of a Giant pie is still a lot of money.
#5.  Everyone loves pie :)

Thoughts?  Are you already in these type of markets?

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Adding Profitable Pages to Your Niche Sites – The Easy Way

April 19, 2010 By 6 Comments

Once you have a site built it can sometimes seem hard to find additional places to gain traffic and sales from.  This can happen because we’ve already done the work and want to move on and simply forget about traffic or in this case additional traffic building.

I am going to show you an easy way to get more traffic to your site even beyond the original traffic you were trying to pick up.  Members of my Niche Blitzkrieg course learn these kind of methods and we’ve had many successful students replicate these techniques.

For this technique to work you’ll want to have Google Webmaster Tools account – it’s free.  If you don’t know how Google webmaster tools works either become a Niche Blitzkrieg members as I take you through via video the whole way.  Or read Google’s tutorials here.

OK. Back to business here.

What you’ll want to do is go into your webmaster tools account and select one of your sites.

After you’ve selected what site you want, click it and it will open up another menu.

 

Select a time frame.  I suggest selecting as far back as possible so you can get an accurate read of how many clickthroughs you’re getting.

The above pic is a bit blurry… sorry not much I can do on this one.  But the links say… Michael s. Brown 140 impressions and 22 click-throughs and the second link says michael s brown (no period)  91 impressions and 22 click-throughs.

Now you’ll see a lot more than just 2 lines…  For instance my site has over 200 queries , not a lot but not bad for a site I only use to communicate with my list.  Yours might have a lot more queries than that on it.

Let’s look a bit deeper here.  By clicking the little plus sign beside the keywords you’ll be able to see an opened menu that will give you more detail.    Where it shows "Positions in the search engine" you can see where the keywords have ranked and how many impressions and click-throughs you’ve had at those locations.

 

You can see the impressions here and in the next column over you can see the click-throughs.  I cut the click-throughs off this shot so I could keep the image readable.

 

Just below the stats for the keywords you can also see what page is showing for those keywords, how many impressions to that page and also clickthroughs.

So what can you do with this data?  Well this will show you keywords and pages that are ranking but could rank and do better.

Let’s say you were ranking #9 for your keywords and only getting 10 click-throughs per week/month or whichever time frame you choose. 

Now imagine getting that term to rank #1?  If you’re getting 10 at 9 you can guess that getting ranked #1 or 2 would substantially increase your clickthroughs and ultimately sales.

Easy enough?

If you went through every keyword you’re displaying in your webmaster tools account and then started link building those pages you could substantially increase your web rankings and again make more money…..

About 60 days ago i made a post about an easy way to do fast link building if you missed that you can see it right here (easy link building technique).  This technique uses the popular 1way links program and is pretty simple.

Of course you can always use traditional methods such as article writing, social sites, press releases and so on.

Anyway, put this tip to good use, use it and you will be able to drastically increase sales, web rank and get more mileage out of each site you build.  Google helps us make making money easier…

 

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Fast Way to Rank Your Web Site and Make More Money.

February 15, 2010 By 37 Comments

Watch the video below and then follow the links right below the video for the things you need to make this work and for the free manual that I put together that will help you even more.  This is an easy technique you can use to get a brand new web site ranked fast and in the process make a  lot more money.  While the technique isn’t new at all it’s something I’ve been writing about for the last 2 years – because it works!  The new part is being able to plug a website easily into a network that helps basically get you auto ranked.

These are the tools you need.

#1. Get Your 1 Way Links Program.

#2.  If you need a domain get a domain from Angry Chihuahua Domains.

#3.  Download the additional PDF that will help walk you through exactly how to use 1 way links.  (FREE).  This will show you exactly how to enter your articles and how your links should be constructed.

If you need additional keyword research help check out some of my older posts.  This will help teach you how to do keyword research and some tips that will save you a TON of research time.  Watch my Keyword Research Video Here.  Also I have an additional video here on keyword research.

A small note about the video.  In the video I do not mention that you should add additional pages to your website.  You should add as many as you want to help rank yourself for additional keywords related to your niche.  5-10 extra pages will do it.  I am also using specifically, blogs for this technique.  If you’re already in the Niche Blitzkrieg Training Program you already understand keyword research and all the basics you need to build a blog.

Hope you enjoyed the video!  Looking forward to your feedback and results from using this!

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