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

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.

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 I originally learned from this post on Backlinko a few years ago. In the call, I share which ones work best for me, and how I put them into action.

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 tend to be somewhere in the middle.

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 over $400k per month in Amazon sales and did over $500k in December 2015! In addition, Greg has taken those skills for finding great products to sell and leverage that into an AWESOME product finding tool called Jungle Scout. I personally use Jungle Scout all the time to analyze listings and find those hidden gems on Amazon. Greg is offering a 10% discount on Jungle Scout to the Niche Pursuits audience right here. So, in today's podcast, I'm excited to share the discussion that Greg and I have for how he built his Amazon business, as well as his software business.

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 from having just a so-so website to having a great website that helps you stand out as an authority. So, not only do we discuss things like types of content and on-page SEO, but we also go into more in-depth strategies like clickable titles and more. Overall, I really hope you can apply some of these strategies into your own business!

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 say, finding a great keyword is only half the battle. The next thing you have to do is create content that deserves to rank for that keyword.

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 with her assignment, she was struggling a bit and wanted some clarification.

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 them as they dive into Long Tail Platinum, Ubersuggest, and SEMRush to learn more about the kinds of things this audience is looking for.

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 through keyword sampling and competitor research. This step is so critical in the entire process. Before you run off and start building a website, you need to know if the niche you’ve chosen has potential for newer sites (like yours) to rank well in Google.

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 the project in general and the process for the official coaching calls. In general, we review the students that we will be coaching and some of our brief plans for the calls.

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 are picking the winning applicant. If you would like to hear Perrin and I discuss the project a bit more and perhaps pick up a few insights we haven't shared previously on the process, feel free to tune in!

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 Projects.

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 3 years ago on the podcast and now he's back for an update!At the time of our previous interview, Jon was running a landscape company, but using online resources to help get customers and grow his business. Well, things have changed quite a bit for Jon since that time...but for the better.Jon recently was able to just quit his full-time job (as a Nurse) and pursue his online business ventures full time.

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 are part of a 5 part series that I'm doing on how to bootstrap a software business. You can read part one of the series right here. Because I've actually been involved in a couple of different software projects, and I highly successful one (Long Tail Pro), I think sharing some of the Long Tail Pro story along the way makes sense as I teach these principles.

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 tactics other guests have shared in the past. However, where she is different is how she is capitalizing on trending items that are selling really well. Rather than selling the actual trending item itself, she thinks of unique items that are complimentary to the trending items. As a result she is able to sell unique products, but still capitalizes on the big trends that are taking place.