I had the opportunity to interview Nick Loper of SideHustleNation.com and ShoeSniper.com, a short time ago.

I was excited to interview Nick because he has a great story of how he was able to take a little side business he started and develop it into something full-time.  That business was ShoeSniper.com, an affiliate site selling shoes.  What's interesting about his strategy, is that almost all of the traffic is paid traffic...mostly from Google Adwords.

So, in this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, I let Nick tell his story of why he got involved in the shoe business, how much the site was earning at its peak, some of the challenges that he's come across along the way, and what he is working on lately.

Well, Hayden Miyamoto is at it again!  I decided to bring Hayden back onto my podcast for the 3rd time because he continues to build his business in unique ways that I think we can all learn from.

In my interview with Hayden today, we discuss how his niche site business has fared over the past year, and what he is doing differently now.  In particular, Hayden has been able to build a huge business using expired domains and his own private blog network.

You may recall my previous 2 podcast interviews with Hayden of NoHatSEO.com.  They were very in-depth and groundbreaking for many people.

• In my first interview, Hayden shared how he was making 30,000 dollars a month with niche sites, post penguin.
• In my second interview, Hayden shared how to find valuable expired domains for just $9.

I HIGHLY recommend that you listen to those podcasts if you haven't already.

Several months ago, I ran across a blog that I really enjoyed reading in the personal finance niche.  Before I was running my business full-time, I worked in the finance industry for several years, so I've always been interested in investments and personal finance.

As I researched this blog a bit more, I realized that it was doing quite well!  According to its "About" page, it was receiving over 200k unique visitors a month and I could see that there was a very active community. 

I've always been intrigued how people build their blogs into successful businesses, so I contacted the owner of FinancialSamurai.com and asked him if he'd be interested in doing a podcast interview with me.  He agreed.

So, on the podcast today, I'm excited to share the interview I had with Sam of FinancialSamurai.com.  Financial Samurai is a personal finance and investments related blog that covers all the topics surrounding saving, investing, retirement planning, and more.

In my interview, I dug a little bit into Sam's story of how he was able to engineer his own layoff so he could work full-time on FinancialSamurai.com at the age of 35.  In addition, we dive into how he was able to build a blog of such significant size in an extremely competitive niche. 

The personal finance niche has got to be one the most valuable and highly competitive niches that are out there.  However, Sam has been able to build a significant following and financially do well.  In the podcast, you will find out how he was able to do that.