This Week in Niche Pursuits News: What Jobs Will AI Replace? Google Releases Bard! 3 Weird Niche Sites.
Niche Pursuits Podcast: Find Your Next "Niche" Business Idea! · Spencer Haws
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Show Notes
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.
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"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
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