Make Money with a Niche Blog

Do you want to make money but you don’t have money to start with? Creating a niche blog is your answer! Creating a niche blog is simple, quick and costs very little (and can be free). First, find a topic.  Get ideas from online forums, magazines, etc.  If people are talking about it and writing about it, then it can make you money!   Start with something big – like “moms” - and then work down until you find a niche.  “Moms” is so broad of a category that you can’t... [Read more of this article]

You Can Be Making Money This Afternoon with Pepperjam Store Builder!

Making money with a niche website or blog just got a lot easier thanks to Pepperjam Store Builder. With access to millions of unique products from a variety of merchants (and the ability to streamline those products as you choose), Pepperjam Store Builder provides you with the tools you need to have a niche website or blog storefront up and running in under an hour - which means you can be making money this afternoon. Pepperjam Store Builder works well with any existing site or blog. (If you do... [Read more of this article]

Getting Targeted Web Traffic - Part 5

Co-Branding Online co-branding can be a little complicated.  If an Internet user clicks on a link on your website and is taken to a web page that has a different brand or company it can get a bit confusing.  They will wonder why they have been directed to an entirely different web page with unrelated content.  When it comes to co-branding you need to choose partnerships that have something in common with the product or service that you’re selling. Co-branding can be very cost effective, particularly... [Read more of this article]

Unique BANS Templates Help Generate Sales

A new group of templates for Niche stores offers an effortless way to stand out from the crowd, and help encourage customers to stay at your store and buy. Niche stores can be a great way to make money on the Internet. Thousands of small businesses have discovered that BANS (Build a Niche Store Script) is an inexpensive way to introduce their products to new customers and begin to generate a cash flow. The problem, as even inexperienced users know, is that the Build a Niche Store script gives you... [Read more of this article]

See What CrazyEgg does for you! - Video

It’s Sunday and I’ll keep this post short. I have a great video on Crazyegg.com showing you the power of this system. There is sooo much you could do with crazyegg. Watch the video and see for yourself! Enjoy! Come back for part 5 of the 10 part series on target traffic generation. If you haven’t done so already, make sure you sign up for the niche free newsletter!  Read More →

Getting Targeted Web Traffic- Part 4

Swapping Advertising A great way to get your product information out to people is by using links, banner ads, coupons, and swapping articles.  If you’re in the home renovation business you can trade articles with other businesses such as painters and electricians.  In fact, you can trade articles with anyone in your chosen industry that isn’t in direct competition with you.  Extra content on your website will give you more credibility while having your articles on other websites will lend... [Read more of this article]

Getting Targeted Web Traffic- Part 2

Doing something innovative and creative online, as well as using the latest technology, will always getattention.  For example, adding animation, flash, or a photo can create a buzz about the product or service that you’re selling.  Just as e-mail, which contains jokes and strange pictures, gets forwarded all around the planet so too can your marketing message make the rounds.  Come up with a marketing message and then forward it to family, friends, and anyone else you know. Any time that you... [Read more of this article]

September 2008 Affiliate Income

I know it’s almost half way through October but it’s never too late to post the affiliate income report for September 2008. It was a tough month, with commissions dropping due to the economy. My niche sites and PPC campaigns are more luxuries than necessities. Which, due to the economy, creates a drop in commissions. Well, I can’t really complain because it’s still extra money in my pocket. Here are the results. Ebay Partner Network My Ebay earnings dropped from $300 a month... [Read more of this article]

Getting Targeted Web Traffic - Part 1

General Marketing Methods One of the best ways to get leads on the Internet is by getting a product mention or a free link on another website.  Effective internet marketing is all about putting your product or service in front of potential customers at the exact time that they are looking for it.  This technique is known as “pinpoint marketing”. Pinpoint marketing is much different than advertising on radio or television, which are known as “interruptive marketing” techniques.  Interruptive... [Read more of this article]

Phpbay Pro vs. BANS (Build a Niche Store)

Do you want to make money on the internet, and as soon as possible? Setting up an internet store is a proven way to monetize web traffic. However, becoming a web merchant can be a long process and requires a large investment in money and space for resale goods. So how do web merchants bring in the big bucks without breaking the bank? They set up an eBay niche store. There are two major eBay niche store programs out there: Phpbay Pro and BANS, which stands for ‘Build a Niche Store’.... [Read more of this article]

Personalized Wine Bottles- The Perfect Niche

Personalized wine bottles are taking the web by storm. Vineyards across America are starting to use the web to profit from this niche. Signaturewines.com produces personalized wine, champagne, and water bottles for every occasion. So why am I telling you this? Because it’s the perfect niche to promote on the web. This niche market has a low competition rate with high traffic volume. It’s the perfect niche market to promote on a blog dedicated to personalized wine bottles. I’ve crunched... [Read more of this article]

August 2008 Affiliate Income Frome BANS

I know it’s been a while since my last affiliate income post. Here is a short post to show my earnings for my niche marketing efforts in august 2008. This income reflects only my three BANS stores that have little to no SEO optimization done to them. All traffic is organic from Google and Yahoo. I’m showing you this to let you know that it is possible to earn a little extra money every month with a BANS or phpbay store. August EPN Income Three hundred dollars may not seem like much but,... [Read more of this article]

Niche Marketing vs. Internet Marketing Niche

Comparing niche marketing and an Internet marketing niche is equivalent to comparing apples with oranges. Apples and oranges are both fruit. Niche marketing and an Internet Marketing niche are both forms of Internet marketing but as different as apples are from oranges. The term ‘niche marketing’ means selling a specific product to a specific type of buyer. There are far less competitive niches than an Internet marketing niche.  Most niche markets are more open to the latest marketing strategies,... [Read more of this article]

What Niche Marketing is Not

Niche marketing is not about trying to sell your product or service to the world at large. As a small businessperson, you couldn’t afford that kind of multi-million dollar advertising budget. It isn’t possible. You can, however, with only a computer, an Internet connection and a good idea sell to a smaller audience using niche marketing. Niche marketing is not about trying to compete. Competition is taken out of the equation when you do niche marketing. You aren’t out there in the world lined... [Read more of this article]

Niche Marketing Idea- USC Football Tickets

Hey everyone! I hope you are having a good weekend. I’ll keep this post short. I’m watching the USC football game which struck the idea of USC football tickets. USC is rocking Virginia 21-0 in the first quarter. There is still lots of game left to play. I did some research and found this niche market. KEYWORDS: “usc football tickets” 6,600 Searches last month 39,900 Competing websites Though there may seem to be a lot of competition for the phrase usc football tickets,... [Read more of this article]

PhpBay All The Way!

For those who read my blog on a regular basis, you know I’m a big fan of BANS (Build A Niche Store). But I think that is about to change. A lot of BANS users always ask “How do you implement BANS with Wordpress?” That is where PhpBay Pro comes in. I just got this plugin and I’m hooked! It’s super easy to implement your content with ebay products within wordpress. There are some examples on this page in previous posts. Many software products have been created that claim... [Read more of this article]

Micro Niche Finder Tool Switches to Google

Some of you may remember my post review about the Micro Niche Finder Tool. It was basically a post on how I didn’t like Micro Niche Finder because it relied on Wordtracker search results and mixed it with Google’s index. Well all that’s about to change. I just received a broadcast email from James Jones about the new updates for Micro Niche Finder. At the end of the email James gives some info about Micro Niche Finder switching to Googles search numbers. This is a BIG plus! The... [Read more of this article]

New Niche Marketing idea-Used Jet Ski

New niche marketing idea-Used Jet Ski. I just got back from an awesome weekend in San Diego, CA. My wife and I attended her annual family reunion which is held at Mission Bay. The weather was great, the water temperature was perfect, and the food was excellent. My wife’s uncle had brought his two jet ski’s for everyone to ride. So, after some grub I jumped on and took one out for a spin. I had a blast! I was jamming at around 60 mph on the water, doing doughnuts, and jumping other boaters... [Read more of this article]

Niche Store Builder-A BANS User’s Must See!

If you’re like me and have been using BANS (Build A Niche Store) for a while, then you know that finding resources is vital to your affiliate success.  Many of you BANS users may already know about The Niche Store Builder The The Niche Store Builder is run and owned by Mark Hansen. Mark Hansen has been around website development since 1994.  His skills revolve around web application development and search engine positioning strategies, specifically focused on e-commerce in ASP/VBscript. Mark... [Read more of this article]

NicheFree July 2008 Ebay Affiliate Income

July 2008 Income Report I just wanted to share my ebay affiliate income for July 2008. I run about 5 BANS sites which are NOT fully SEO optimized for the search engines. I do have one site that is okay but still needs a little more optimization for certain keywords. Now let me remind you that I used the same methods (longtail keywords) that I provide on this blog. I don’t do anything different. I just optimize each page according to my research, add content, and find backlinks. I also write... [Read more of this article]

The Basics of Niche Affiliate Marketing

If you are looking for a way to make money online that is actually fun and educational, then you need to know about niche affiliate marketing. Here’s how it works. When a new business is trying to increase its web traffic, reach new customers, and establish itself in general, it will create affiliate programs in order to achieve this. An affiliate program is basically when a person sells a product for them and gets a commission. On the internet, you would achieve this by setting up a website that... [Read more of this article]

How To Make A Squeeze Page-Part 2

Yesterday’s post was about designing the squeeze page. In today’s post we will be going over slicing your squeeze page layout. This video will show you step by step instructions on slicing your squeeze page layout. Slicing can be difficult if you don’t really know what you are doing. I have provided this video tutorial to help give a little more insight on slicing. Enjoy! :happy: Let me know what you think.  Read More →

How To Make A Squeeze Page-Part 1

How To Make A Squeeze Page-Part 1 Squeeze pages are a vital step when trying to build your opt-in list in any niche market. Making and designing a squeeze page is not hard to do, you just have to know what tools to use. Over the next four days, I will post various step by step videos showing you how to make and design a squeeze page. These videos will go over designing the landing page, slicing, and coding it. This step by step video series is great for both beginner and advanced designers. If you... [Read more of this article]

How To Get More Targeted Website Traffic

NicheFree Stats Getting Targeted Website Traffic I’m sure you know how hard it is to drive targeted traffic to your website or blog. Accumulating targeted website traffic can be difficult, especially if you are not some sort of SEO guru. Now I’m no SEO guru and I just started blogging in June 2008. So, why am I telling you this? Because I’m going to show you how I generated over 7000 visits and 15,000 page views to my blog within 30 days. I did this with no pay per click advertising,... [Read more of this article]

Affiliate+CPA Offers+Adwords= BIG $$$

Now, I know a lot of you might be thinking to your self “yeah right, adwords is dead.” But I’m here to share some tips on how to use some CPA offers and low CPC adwords to profit big. I just signed up with the popular publisher program Market Leverage. After ignoring all the buzz and ads on almost every blog, I decided to give in and join. I received a call yesterday from my affiliate manager and we set everything up. I didn’t realize the huge potential of money involved in... [Read more of this article]

New Niche Marketing Idea- RC Airplane Kits

Here is another new Niche market, RC airplane kits. There are plenty of kits available to promote on ebay if you decide to build a BANS site for this niche market. I don’t have much time but I wanted to get this post to you today, so, I’ll keep it short. You can find some rc airplane kits on eBay to promote. KEYWORDS: “rc airplane kits” 1,600 searches per month 6280 competing websites “rc plane kits” 1,000 searches per month 5,130 competing websites “rc... [Read more of this article]

How to Find the Best Niche Markets For Affiliate Programs

Intent gurus always make niche affiliate marketing sound easy; then when you try to cash in on it you fail. There are various reasons for this, but the subject of today is how to find the best niche markets. In order to know what is popular at the time, it is important that you know where to go in order to discover new niches. Two great sites that you can use to your advantage are eBay pulse and Google keyword tool. These are two excellent tools that you can use in order to find the next hottest... [Read more of this article]

The Secret To A 500 Word Article In 10 Minutes

Articles can be a big marketing boost for your website or blog. If your like me, writing them is a pain in the neck, especially if you are a slow typer. Well now you can pump out a 500 word article in about 10 minutes with the the help of Dragon Naturally Speaking. I use this software now, and it’s helped me to create articles for my niche markets in no time. Check out the video at the bottom of this post. With Dragon Naturally Speaking you put on a headset, open your word processor and talk.... [Read more of this article]

Measure Your Distance With A Rangefinder

New Niche Market Idea- Laser Range finder Laser range finders are gaining popularity. The hunting/outdoor industry has been booming by providing high tech gadgets at affordable prices. Gadgets like hand held GPS systems, laser range finders, and digital binoculars. These few items have helped numerous hunters navigate through the woods, range their targets, and even take digital pictures of birds or game. However, today we will focus on the Bushnell laser range finder. Laser range finders are a little... [Read more of this article]

PROOF My Niche Keywords & Methods Work!

Hey everyone. I wanted to base this post on proof. Even though everyone has their own methods to make money online, I usually stick to building BANS sites and do a little affiliate marketing on the side. I recently did a post about compound bows (http://www.nichefree.com/target-the-outdoor-niche-with-a-compound-bow/) and since the I’ve seen a few more (not too many) BANS sites pop up related to this niche. Which in my opinion is good, it means people see the potential in the niche market ideas... [Read more of this article]

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