What do you do if you have a niche website that's already getting some traffic but you also want to get additional traffic from youtube?

Or how do you start a YouTube channel from scratch and find a subject that you know is actually going to be able to rank on YouTube and make you some money?

Today on the podcast I'm talking with Eric - he is a YouTube expert. In fact, he is now making over $40K per month from affiliate marketing on YouTube.

He makes a bunch of videos in various niches, and he's learned a process for finding low competition keywords with high search volume. They also have good earnings per click rates and/or affiliate payouts.

We're going to walk through the process of how he does keyword research for YouTube, starts and builds channels, and how to best monetize them.

Eric's been very successful in his business and is very knowledgeable about YouTube. I think you're going to enjoy this discussion - it will either get you fired up about creating YouTube videos or answer your questions about whether or not you should get into it!

Last month, OwnTheYard.com made $5,818 and this month its on track to make more than that. Today, I’m going to show you exactly how its making its money and where it’s getting its traffic. I show earnings, expenses, traffic, and internal link strategies with Link Whisper. I also discuss my future plans for the business. 

How would you like to own a portfolio of content sites that you eventually plan to take public?

Well, that's exactly what my guest Dom Wells from Onfolio.co plans to do. He has a portfolio of sites that he's managing for clients and a portfolio of sites that Onfolio own themselves. These are sites that they've acquired and now manage. They plan to eventually scale that business and go public. In fact, in the next year, they plan to have a direct listing in the public markets.

In the podcast, we talk about Dom's history, how he started building content sites, how he started Human Proof Designs (a range of online business services) and eventually exited that business for a 7 figure sum, and what he's learned along the way about owning and managing a portfolio of websites. 

It's a really good story that I think you're going to enjoy. I ask him a lot of questions covering the gamut of online business.

On this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, we interview Laura Roeder. Laura is the founder of Meet Edgar, a social media success tool that has grown rapidly. She is also the founder of a new software tool called Paper Bell, a scheduling and payments software for coaches. 

What do you do when you have an extremely successful SaaS business that's doing multiple millions per year in annual recurring revenue (ARR), but then you have a new idea for a software tool? Do you then go and build that software tool?

I really enjoyed this discussion with Laura, not only because she is a multiple product SaaS founder, but also because she gives some really actionable advice as she shares her story.

Andy Humphrey, aka 'the Sprinkler Nerd,' is our guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast this week.

He owns and operates SprinklerSupplyStore.com, an e-commerce business doing over $1 million in sales on Amazon, and multiple times this through their own website. He has started many e-commerce stores, beginning with his Christmas lights store 'Super Twinkle' all the way back in 2004.

Andy has almost 20 years of experience doing e-commerce, so he's a wealth of information and advice. He was even one of the entrepreneurs on the second season of Shark Tank while looking for funding for his eco mower project!

This interview is great for anyone who is selling (or wants to sell) products online, and for everyone else with an interest in online business.