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The 4 Firsts

1. First published blog post
2. First organic visitor
3. First revenue earned
4. First #1 ranking in Google

10,000 page views per month
$1,000 revenue per month
100,000 page views per month
$3,000 per month revenue
Going full time online
$10,000 revenue per month
$20,000 revenue per month
$35,110 per month income
$100K revenue per month
$1...

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I've done the dumbest stuff imaginable in an effort to scoop up Google traffic.
Let me tell you about one example that if there were a Google penalty Darwin awards, I might just win.
The year was 2011.
I owned a couple niche sites making decent money. I even won a free treadmill for selling the most treadmills as an affiliate.
I've used it twice...

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Fat Stacks forum member reported the following:

In 2 years:

• Published 400 posts
• Hit 11,000 DAILY visitors (that’s 330,000/mo.)
• Earning $7,830 per month
• Gunning for $10K/mo. In May

Think about that.

Out of thin air a full time income with a niche site in 2 years.

• That’s one article every 1.5 days
• 4...

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DISCLAIMER
I’m not claiming that the 6 things I’ll discuss nobody else does.
My point is what I do is not discussed much in blogging circles.
Plus, when you combine all the 6 together, it creates a unique approach

1. Unique Pinterest Strategy

• I used to do what other bloggers suggested when it came to Pinterest.
• I got nowhere...

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Should you publish all content now or drip-feed content?

• Short answer: Publish it all NOW
• Long answer: It depends

When to drip feed?

• Drip feed when you have a readership; as in people who read your site regularly.
• Why?
• They like you but they don’t like you so much they want to read 50 articles all at once.
• You’ll get more bang for your buck drip-feeding it out...

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• Just because you can make money doing something doesn’t mean you should.
• And no, I’m not talking about robbing banks.
• I’m talking about being able to make it legitimately but choosing not to.
• I choose to leave money on the table every day.
• Most good businesses do.

Here are some examples of how I leave money on the table

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“You don’t have time to think up there. If you think, you’re dead.”
Maverick in Top Gun
Applies to online publishing
Hyperbole? Yes but still fits
It’s too easy to overthink and over-complicate everything in this business.
Miss the forest from the trees...

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White Label Product Numbers

• Gross sales: $2,542
• COGS: $3.82
• Amazon’s cut: 30% = $757.30
• Profit: $1,125
• My 50% take: $562
• Future plans: rolling out 3 more products within weeks...

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Friend and fellow publisher sent me this:
I found a topic in Google Search Console for one of my posts so I decided to produce an article on it.
AHREFS says the Keyword Difficulty is 0 and the Search Volume 30.
They report traffic on the site as 2.4 over the last 30 days.
Published on Feb...

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Detailed video showing you the 4-steps I go through when choosing a niche, picking a domain name and launching a niche content site.

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Concept: Go Broad, Dig Deep
Plan for expansion
Name your site and get domain that gives you WIGGLE room (and lots of it)
- Automobiles is broad (GOOD).  Domain autobuddy.com (GOOD)
- Minivans is narrow (BAD).  Domain: minivancentral...