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

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 more about his background and how he got started making money online. Matthew has a huge amount of knowledge with anything SEO related. Today, we jump into how to do an SEO audit that can dramatically increase your search engine traffic. We also dive into some specific on-page SEO tips that you can implement as well. Overall, I hope you enjoy Matt's story and the business advice that he has to share.

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 Miles knows what he's talking about. After the success of Ask-Angels—it continues to be successful—Miles decided to start a YouTube channel to share his advice on keyword research, SEO, Facebook ads, and much more for free, so that others could become successful entrepreneurs. If you are looking to get some motivation in your business, I hope you'll stick around and listen to Miles. He has great advice to share and he's highly motivating as well. If you want to follow along with Miles, you can find him on YouTube or go to milesbeckler.com.

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. As you'll hear, Tommy started teaching an SEO course on his site and that has now become a fulltime business for him. He's had a ton of ups and downs along the way that he talks about, but he's been able to build a great business. I hope you listen in to Tommy's full story and some of the SEO tips that he has to share. If you want to checkout the full SEO course that Tommy has, you can go to nichepursuits.com/clickminded. Overall, I hope you'll enjoy the interview.

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, that we did another one in 2015. Mark got started selling a variety of products online, but really got into the swing of things when he started selling software. However, it was more than just launching 12 to 14 software products that made him successful. He and his partner, Matt Callen, both figured out the product launch formula extremely well to make sure their Digital Kickstart brand did well. Mark and Matt could continue to launch more software products, but they created PayKickStart and see the big potential that it has. As a result, they are focusing their energy and attention on this flag ship product and doing everything they can to grow it.

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 grow and made over $1,200 last month.

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 he's grown both SEObutler and his own portfolio of sites.

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 a niche, what type of product you should be selling, and how to market those products.

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 owner that has those exact numbers. Today, you'll hear from Jeff Proctor, co-founder of DollarSprout.com and breakingtheonepercent.com. What you're about to hear is the story of how Jeff and his partner Ben built Dollar Sprout into a six-figure-a-month business with most of its traffic coming from Google. Tons of valuable tips and lessons to be learned, so I hope you listen until the end. Enjoy!

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 Site Project 4 site and what the potential returns are on that investment.

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 over $100,000 a month in revenue! But secondly, his site was not an overnight success. In fact, it took him about 5 years to grow the site to over $1,000 a month. So, the first lesson here is that often the rewards come to those who stick with it. However, Deacon also has some great SEO tips to share. Most of the traffic to the site is coming from Google, and so I wanted to dive into the details of what is workings in terms of his SEO strategy. Enjoy the podcast!

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 have him on the podcast to discuss what has been working so well and how he was able to earn so much so quickly. Today's guest is Jae Jun from GorillaROI.com. Gorilla ROI is the site that he started as part of the project. Now in all fairness, Jae had been working on this software project before Niche Site Project 4 started. But he didn't launch the site until after, so it still "counts". If you listen to the full podcast episode, you'll hear how Jae was able to hustle his way to his first few sales using Reddit and Amazon Seller forums. But he also has plans on how he can consistently grow the business as well.

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 on Amazon. Bottom line is that Trent was able to take his business from 0 to $100k a month in revenue within 5 months. He expects that his Amazon wholesale business will do about $3 million in revenue this year.

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. In fact, Zach is currently full-time employed as a Yacht broker in San Diego. So, if you are in the market for a Yacht, go ahead and give Zach a call. Long story short is that Zach bought a site for $49k in January of this year. The site was making him a profit of about $3k to $4k a month while he owned it. So, he pocketed an additional $13k before he sold it for $75k in May of this year. That's a cool $40k extra in his pockets from this site flip...not bad! Zach has some really interesting ways that he was able to grow the site. If you want all the details, I highly recommend that you listen to the full episode!

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 he is today with his own business. He's gone from not knowing anything about building sites a few short years ago to now owning one that is making over $20,000 a month! Go ahead and listen to the episode to get all the details. Jake is also one of the coaches inside of Organic Traffic Formula, which was just launched last night.

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 he's built up his affiliate websites so quickly and how you can do the same.

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 Monetization strategies How long before I expect the site to make money and much more We also dive into what my budget for the project will be as I plan to outsource a significant amount of the content. In addition, we answer a few other questions that have come up via blog comments or the Facebook group.

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 business: how to actually get booked as a speaker (and get paid for it) and second, how he has build the training side of his business and how that is going. As a quick summary, Grant Baldwin shares that he makes over six figures speaking at events. However, his business as a whole will be close to crossing the seven figure mark when you add in his training courses. I was fascinated with how Grant has building the training side of his business through Facebook ads and webinars. So, if you have a training product (or are thinking about creating one), there is a great discussion about how you can grow that part of your business. During the course of the episode, Grant shares a few resources: TheSpeakerLab.com - where you can learn more about Grant or join his training programs. MySpeakerFee.com - A speaker fee calculator that can show you how much you should expect to make when speaking. FreeSpeakerWorkshop.com - Grant's free webinar training that teaches you "How To Start Booking (And Getting Paid For) Speaking Engagements Without Having An Existing Platform Or Being Sales-y"

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 and promoting it. We also dive into some of his productivity hacks and routines that have made him be able to accomplish so much so quickly.

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 of Niche Pursuits and started out by creating a couple of niche websites and then moving into publishing Kindle ebooks. One point that Dave really drives home is just how important it is to fully monetize your site when you have good traffic coming to certain articles. Dave has a great way of explaining this concept by drawing an analogy with Monopololy, boardwalk, and building hotels.

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 got grew significantly. In addition, she was able to charge higher prices. What I find fascinating about all of this is that she was able to use the Fiverr platform not to charge $5 of job but to charge hundreds of dollars per job depending on what was purchased.

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 by following along with that project and implementing the things that I was teaching. Nick has taken what we taught and implemented some of his own unique angles as well. His portfolio of sites has reach revenues of $10,000 a month. If you'd like to hear how Nick has done that, go ahead and listen to the interview. We go through his entire process from keyword research, content creation, and of course, link building as well. He has some very unique strategies to consider. Overall, I hope you enjoy the interview.

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 a great conference. We each share our biggest takeaway that we hope to apply directly into our business. Next we discuss Niche Site Project 3. Now that it has been a year, the sites are not performing as well as we had originally projected. We discuss why that might be. In particular, why some people are successful at building niche sites and some are not.

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 about $4,000 a month. RJ has a great story to tell, and also shares some great steps for his process of building a successful niche site. RJ recently started a blog where he shares his website building strategies at RJBryan.com.

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 job with her site so far by following the steps I've laid out. However, she wanted to hop on a call to discuss how she could take the site to the next level. In particular, we discuss how to do more link building and outreach. In addition, we review what her ongoing content strategy should be in terms of schedule and types of articles she should be focusing on. Overall, I hope you enjoy the discussion!

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 at the website, do a quick walk through, and share some of the tips that I feel will be able to take his website to the next level.

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 in revenue this month. It's a significant business there, and then even larger than that business is his Amazon FBA business that we dive into as well.

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 scratch, I'm going to go out and I'm going to buy a website that's already making money so that I can use that website and learn from what' working on that website, why is it doing so well? He invested some money, about $28,000, to buy a website making about $1,000 dollars back in October 2016, so just a few months ago, 4 or 5 months ago. That has turned out to be a great investment for him so far. The site as of January 2017 is making about $2200 per month. Scott has done very well, he's doubled the revenue of that website. During this interview, we're going to dive into what's working well for him, what he did to revamp the website and make it perform better, and then of course what he's done now in terms of link building and outreach and a few other things in between so hopefully you enjoy the interview.

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 very well. His sites are now bringing in about $5,000 a month! In the podcast today, we discuss Dave's background, how he got started online, and the strategies that are working best for him right now. We dive into one of his sites that is making about $3,000 a month and the keyword research and link building strategies that he employs. Dave shares how he uses scholarships to link build. He also shares things he learned about using Google Search Console to help improve his site.

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 going to owning his own business. He's built out a number of niche websites (as he shared on a guest post here), a couple of which he has sold in 2016, one for $12,000 and another for $26,000. We'll also talk about the current income he makes from his niche websites that he still owns as well. He's doing very well building out and ranking websites and then selling a lot of those and then he also does quite well with his SEO services that we'll touch on just a little bit as well. The majority of this interview will focus on how Khalid is building out his niche websites. We even reveal one of those niche websites that he sold recently so you can look at that as a template if you'd like to. Then we dive into some really cool link building strategies, a couple of very interesting ones that I have not tackled myself. These are new ideas to me that I actually do think could work pretty well. It's a unique approach. Listen for that.

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 working well right now including: using creative common images and foreign news hacking. You'll have to listen to the interview to get all the details on these 2 strategies. In the last month (May 2016), just one of these link building strategies has gotten Hayden roughly 150 high quality links to a brand new site. And these links are from authoritative websites like: Vice.com, Wired.com, CopyBlogger.com, Mashable.com, and many others.

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 goal.

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 is going to do to increase the value.

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.