I’m Building Niche Websites Like Crazy!
That’s why I’ve written this blog post and share with you some of the things that I’ve been working on. Writing this blog post will definitely start my productivity and hopefully things will follow through. Obviously I’m not going to reveal the niches that I’ve been working on but I wanted to let you know how I think.
First niche website that I setup was to promote a business training course. I like promoting entrepreneurial stuff because it’s easier for me to write. Even though it’s not related to making money online, it’s still similar in the sense that you’re helping people setup their own profitable business. One thing that I’ve learned from Robert Kiyosaki is that a job gives you security but having a business gives you the real security and most importantly… FREEDOM!
I actually had a $10 mistake when I setup this campaign because I was impulsive in buying a domain name. hahaha. I first purchased www.myinsertmainkeywordhere.com but after I got some sleep I realized that I’m better off with a longer tailed keyword and still keeping the dot com version of it. So the lesson here is do not buy anything when you’re about to sleep especially if it’s 2am in the morning. Hahaha
One major factor that motivated me into promoting this product is the competition. I did the usual keyword research and noticed that there were many competitors selling a similar product. Back then I was afraid of competition but I learned from Wealthy Affiliate that it’s actually a good sign because it means that they’re making very good money from that niche.
Here’s a screenshot of the top 10 results in Google:
Like I’ve said, I’m not going to reveal the niche so I’ve blurred some parts out. But if you can guess it, I will send you $10 to your Paypal account! I’m serious but I’m only accepting one winner. hahaha. Now I’m worried! LOL!
Analysis of my Competition
I first learned how to do keyword competition analysis by putting the search term in quotes. This is a good basic method to learn but now I only look at the first 10 pages and check out their average page rank (learned this trick from Josh Spaulding). So far this technique has served me well because 90% of the time, I’ve been able to get top first page rankings for any keyword that I want.
Basically when the average page rank is below 3 then I have a winning keyword. But when the average PR is above 3 then I would stay away from that keyword. You also want to see lots of inside pages in the results because it’s going to be challenging if there are many homepages.
There are 4 homepages ranking for my keywords but as you can see they only have a few hundred backlinks so I’m feeling confident that I can outrank them because I have a more targeted keyword rich domain name.
You also don’t want to see some authority sites like Wikipedia, About, Entrepreneur, etc. In my niche’s case, I have Entrepreneur and eHow ranking in the first page but I’m still going for it.
This is how I analyze my competition and please don’t just blindly follow what I’ve laid out here. There are lots of other factors that I look out for but most of the time I’ve developed this system because I took action. You have to take action because you need to see some results and gauge your performance so you can adjust and refine your techniques accordingly.
I would like to discuss some of the other things that I’m working on and give some status updates with some of my campaigns. But I’m going to save that for later and hopefully free up some time to write about it.
I enjoyed writing this post and I really hope that you’ve learned something of value here. If you have any questions please feel free to use the comment form below and I’ll get back to you asap.
Thanks Ray! I have learned so much from you, and you have been so gracious in providing free information to those of us who are just getting started with Internet Marketing. i am sure that this good karma stream will benifit nicely all thos who have the good opportunity to bath in it. You will most definitely continue to be my mentor, and when I get going, will join your paid mentoring programs. I would remind all that this would be a business expense for tax purposes, and a most necessary business expense for purposses of narowing one’s learning curve and increasing one’s bottom line. Thanks again!
Thanks for your feedback Marc. I’m really glad that I’ve helped you in some way. I know how hard it is to get started with IM with all of those gurus shoving you those magic-push-button-wait-for-money-to-spit-out solution. The whole secret about being successful with IM is rolling your sleeves up, stop making excuses and just start taking action. Anyway, I’m getting carried away again. hehehe. Thanks for dropping by Marc and see you around.
Yep, I’ll take that guess on! The answer: (…) And hopefully that makes me the happy recipient of your $10.00 dollars which you can put in my paypal account with the email address I’ve listed. Otherwise, I’ll look for the published name of who else it turned out to be. Totally cool! I’m soaking up the info like a sponge I hope.
Hey! You’re correcto! But keep it only to yourself, okay? hahaha. Already sent $10 to your Paypal account.
Totally Awesome, Raymond!!! Thanks so much. Mums the word. Gotta love it when someone follows through on their word. I’m so gonna keep reading your stuff.