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

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 his own agency in 2021. And with the smart and crafty business structure he's used from the start (which he touches on), he's enjoying big profits while living and working on his own terms. There are a ton of nuggets of wisdom here: He emphasizes the importance for niche site owners to build quality links to establish a brand that's better protected from Google updates. He suggests choosing the easiest keywords to build a cluster within a niche rather than just going after the lowest competition keywords. He reveals his strategy for creating assets and investments outside of his agency. He highlights the criteria he uses to choose which sites to buy. And a whole lot more... Emil provides valuable insights for those looking to start their own online businesses. And his advice can help you achieve long-term rankings in search and potentially fast-track you to success. So, if you want to learn the secrets of building profitable online businesses, don't miss it! [toc] Topics Emil Shour Covers His background in SEO Starting his own agency How his agency is set up Pros & cons of being an in-house marketer vs business owner Revenue numbers Building his sites on the side Acquiring a site Topic clustering Content growth strategy Tips for buying a site Digital PR campaign Niche sites vs brand sites Gambling in the parenting niche Balancing agency work while growing niche sites Plans for the future And much more... Links & Resources Catalyst Content - SEO-Focused Content Agency by Emil Shour Seeking Profit emilshour on Twitter Fat Stacks Blog Lasso This Episode is Sponsored by Search Intelligence & Nichesites.com

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 Pursuits News https://youtu.be/0dTNKm6LI2k "This Week in Niche Pursuits News" Google Bard opens up to beta users. Only US and UK Only in English Rarely cites sources "With Bard having Google's entire index at hand, it is interesting that it struggles to understand areas of content with multiple meanings." OpenAI release paper theorizing which jobs will be eliminated by AI: "An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models" "Now That's Impressive!" Koala AI tool Baremetrics sold a year ago. The new owners increased price 2.5x and saw a huge spike in revenue. However, the MRR is now in a sharp decline. Ian Nuttal sells a 2 site package for mid-6 figures using programmatic SEO. https://visualfractions.com/ and https://worksheetgenius.com/ . Press release from FEI. Shiny Object Shenanigans Spencer's "Faceless" Youtube channel now has over 580 subscribers. Jared continues to grow his Weekend Growth newsletter Jake is using Hubble AI tools to create a trip planner, hashtag generator, and more "One Weird Niche" SaveTabSoda.com/. Tab Soda was discontinued by Coca Cola in 2020. Passionate fans are trying to bring it back PrisonInsight.com. Making $3,500/month - 100k pageviews. Ads only. Dog-Checks.com If you want to get more of this type of content, be sure to join the Niche Pursuits Newsletter here where I share similar topics 3 times a week.

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 calling, "This Week in Niche Pursuits News!" So, what's some of the latest news that we covered on the show? GPT-4 is released by OpenAI. How does this impact bloggers? Should you use ChatGPT-Plus to write articles for you? Google starts rolling out the March 2023 Core Update. 2 Impressive Success Stories: Someone trying to turn $20k into $500k in just 1 year and they are 6 months into the project. Another business gets 242% lift in revenue by adding a single text message to their process. We share 3 "Weird" niche sites we've run across lately Oh, and we also share a couple of "shiny object" projects that we are working on.

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 other site building strategies.

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 months.

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 email deliverability.

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 ventures.

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 of the fence.

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 blogs.

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 drops information value bombs for those building niche websites.

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.