Today’s guest on the Niche Pursuit Podcast is Spencer Haws — yes, the guy owns this very Podcast and the Niche Pursuits website.

Spencer’s aim with this podcast episode is to update the listeners on his plans for the website and to explain why he’s no longer the face of the Podcast and Youtube channel. He also wants to answer the questions that the Niche Pursuits audience would be interested in hearing about.

Today’s guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is Eric Hochberger, one of the co-founders of the ad-management company — Mediavine. 

The topic of conversation during the chat is the worrying future of the Ad Revenue industry for content creators and Ad sellers.

Today's guest on the podcast is Emilia Gardner.

Emilia is a former Lawyer turned website builder who quit her job to learn how to make money on the internet. In this podcast she offers advice about the tangible and intangible benefits of website creation. She talks about the importance of accountability and staying focused on a project until successful.

The managing director of Empire Flippers Capital, Mike Vranjkovic, joins us on the podcast this week.

Mike goes into the background of EF Capital and shares all the details of how it works. He also discusses what it's like to be an accredited investor vs what it's like to be an operator in this program.

This week we're joined on the podcast by Jason Lee from TheFBAFlipper.com.

The FBA Flipper helps buyers to purchase reputable China-based Amazon FBA Businesses and the discussion therefore largely revolves around Amazon FBA businesses.

Jason started out in the industry working at Empire Flippers, one of the top brokers for online businesses. They sell a wide range of online businesses from Amazon FBA to affiliate sites. During this time Jason was living in China and became an expert in the Amazon FBA market in that market specifically.

Jared Bauman is our host on the podcast, and he and Jason spend a lot of time talking about the FBA market today. He shares a lot of tips on how to start an FBS business in the current environment, focusing on the changes that have taken place since the start of the pandemic.

It's a really interesting interview about where Amazon FBA is today and where it's heading in the future.

Jesse Lakes from Genius Link joins us for his second appearance on the Niche Pursuits.

Genius Link is both an affiliate link tracking and management tool and a way to potentially increase earnings through link localization and by presenting multiple buying options to your audience.

Jared Bauman (our podcast host this week) and Jesse have an in-depth discussion on link localization. Jesse has a ton of great data showing that this approach can more than double affiliate earnings. He also talks about Genius Link's product 'Choice Pages' that make presenting multiple offers to an audience more streamlined and effective.

Sarah and Brad Stromsdofer join us on the podcast this week.

This couple started their blogging journey in 2016 and dabbled in many ways to make money online, but ultimately decided to focus on a blog in a niche they were experts in.

In the interview, we go through the journey that started in 2016 and follows it to today where the site is now making over $5000 per month.

In 2020 they started a new site. They decided to use Stan Ventures link building services, which, as Sarah shares, really accelerated the site's growth. Enjoys this latest episode as the couple really opens up and shares their successes. 

Mushfiq S joins the Niche Pursuits podcast once again. This time the discussion revolves around how to find the right websites to flip and what comes after that. He even shares the domain of one of his most recent purchases with us.

Mushfiq has a 5 step process when buying and flipping websites. Each of these 5 steps can be expanded upon greatly, and that's exactly what our host Jared Bauman and Mushfiq do. Mushfiq shares how he does what he does, and how you can best do it as well.

Anyone interested in online business is going to love this episode, so watch, read, or listen to it as soon as you get the chance.

Jared Bauman is the host of this week's podcast, and he is interviewing Mohit Tater, the CEO and founder of Blackbook Investments.

Blackbook Investments specialize in online business investing. This includes buying and selling content and affiliate sites, service and subscription sites, Ecommerce businesses, and SaaS companies.

They're working with both large and small investors and have a range of funds/group-buy options. They discuss the numbers for both operators and investors.

They also talk a lot about growing and selling websites. Mohit shares how he failed to start and grow a new site, and instead turned to Flippa to buy one. He was able to 5X and sell that site within a matter of months. This led to a portfolio of sites, and, ultimately, Blackbook Investments.

This is another very practical podcast full of tips and tricks for a niche site and other online business owners. There's no doubt Mohit Tater will encourage you in your ventures.

I've just had the opportunity to interview Ricky Kesler from IncomeSchool.com.

This is an interview that you're not going to want to miss because he has a huge announcement - Jim is leaving Income school!

While the news is about a week old now, we're going to hear a lot more on what's been happening behind the scenes.

Ricky is taking over full ownership of Income School and all that the business entails. That includes multiple successful niche sites, Project 24 (their niche site course), the Income School YouTube channel, and everything else associated with the business and brand.

Listen to the interview to find out what Jim is going to do now, why Ricky is taking over, and what it means for the future of Income School.

It's a great interview - you'll hear the story of Income School and the big changes that it's undergoing. Ricky shares how they've built it into a 6-figure+ per month business and what his plans and for the future. I know you'll enjoy it!

AJ Saunders started out as a musician, owned a jewelry store, produced kindle books, and now owns an affiliate site that is making over $6000 per month - and we get into all of that in the interview.

You'll not only hear about how he got into affiliate marketing but specifically how he's built up this affiliate site making over $6k per month. The site is about 3 years old and has over 1 million words of content - that's a whole lot!

So he has some good processes in place for hiring authors and writing his own content. He shares how he decides who writes what, how the site is monetized, and the entire process of how he's built the site. 

Chelsea Clarke from Her Paper Route and Blogs For Sale shares her online business journey with us on the Niche Pursuits podcast.

Chelsea has multiple different online businesses, but she got her start in (and loves) affiliate marketing. She has been able to build thriving communities with her sites and is big on email lists. She has some great practical tips on both how to be better at affiliate marketing, and how to be better at owning and running a business more generally. She has a ton of experience in online business and there is a lot we can all learn from her.

Not only has Chelsea started and built up affiliate marketing websites, but she's also done e-commerce, dropshipping, and even a bit of dropservicing (selling digital services but having them fulfilled by others)! She has a ton of experience in online business and there is a lot we can all learn from her.

Keval Shah is the founder of an SEO agency that is especially for e-commerce websites. It’s called Inbound Pursuit and Keval joins us to tell us all about it.

His SEO agency is helping many businesses drive traffic to their e-commerce stores and dramatically increase their sales. After a short period of time, the agency is now averaging $80K per month.

How has he done it?

Besides being an authentic and hardworking person who is willing to take risks and test things, Twitter has been the biggest driver of growth.

I'm really excited about our guest today on the podcast - Nick Loper from Side Hustle Nation!

Nick is not only a really well-known blogger and podcaster, but he's also one of the nicest guys that you could meet. While he runs multiple sites, Side Hustle Nation is his focus right now, which has grown massively since Nick was last on the podcast all the way back in 2013.

In the interview, we talk a lot about the Side Hustle Nation blog, covering:

• how it's making money through affiliate revenue
• his really well put together SEO strategy
• how he selects keywords
• how he writes the content out
• and updating old content

Nick has a lot of tips and strategies not only related to SEO and content creation but also having a business mindset in general as well. I know you'll enjoy listening to this successful entrepreneur. 

Where do you go if you want to invest money into a website but you don't actually want to operate that website? Or on the flip side, what if you are a skilled website operator but don't have a lot of money to invest right now?

Where can investors and operators find a match?

That's the problem Sam Bass is trying to solve with ChiefOperators.io. Chief Operators is a platform where website operators and website investors can get connected and decide if they want to do a deal together.

Sam summarizes the business as "a community that helps proven website operators that have experience in their niche joint venture with investors to buy websites." So that's the main feature, but there are a few other side benefits as well.

In this interview, he shares a bit about his background and story but focuses mostly on what Chief Operators can offer the online business community today.

Back in 2018, a business partner and I invested together in a niche website. 

I had not long sold my Amazon FBA business and wanted to invest some of that money into another online business. We decided to try and find an off-market deal rather than going through a broker.

My partner and I started by looking around in private Facebook groups dedicated to website owners. We would simply ask if there was anyone looking to sell. After a lot of back and forth with various potential sellers, we found the site we would ultimately buy - a mom blog!

Most of the content was on crafting, cooking, and parenting, and I thought there was a lot of room for growth. You can read more about the process and our initial plans here.

In this week's podcast, I want to update you on:

• how much we bought the mom blog for
• the ups and downs that we've had over the past 3 years
• and where the website is today

I'll also share with you the sources of income and what it was making when we bought it, and how much it was expected to make in June 2021.

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.

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.

Kelan Kline and his wife Brittany started thesavvycouple.com. Early on the site was only making $50/month, but Kelan was so excited and ready to go all-in he quit his full-time job. It was a good thing he did. The site is now generating six figures a year. 

We talk about SEO, HARO Outreach, and how the SavvyCouple is leveraging sponsored posts to make a significant amount of income for their site. 

We had Travis Jamison back on the podcast recently to talk about Investing.io.

We cover Travis's 13-year entrepreneurial background, which includes:

• Ecommerce companies
• An SEO agency
• A domain flipping service
• Angel investing
• and more

Travis obviously has a diverse background and experience in a range of online business and investing circles. 

On March 11th, 2011 I quit the corporate world and I’ve been a full-time entrepreneur ever since. Quitting my job was scary. 

I'm excited to have Larry Ludwig on the podcast!  

Larry has been building websites for decades.  He was doing web development and web hosting in the 90s.

However, he eventually started building his own blog, InvestorJunkie.com.  He grew this site from scratch to a 7 figure exit in 2018.  In fact, he sold the business for $6 million!

That's a life-changing amount of money!

So, during the interview, we dive into the weeds on how he built the site.

We discuss why he built the site, keyword research, content strategy, why user intent is so important, the type of team he built and so much more.

How would you like to buy a site making $70 a month and then 10 months later its making $6,000 a month?

Well, that's the exact story we are going to tell with Gharav Dhir.  Gharav has been building niche sites for a while, but he happened to buy a site from MotionInvest.com in April 2020.

Gharav also runs the content service called ContentForWeb.Site.

Listen in to hear how Azedine Djedid tested out multiple aged domain services and why he now only buys through ODYS Global.

Azendine was able to start a new site with an aged domain and grow it quickly to 13,000 visitors a day.  

Read his entire story here.

Michael Bereslavsky of Domain Magnate is bringing private equity to online niche businesses. Learn more at: https://www.domainmagnate.com Since 2004 Michael has been building online businesses. Over the years, he’s had plenty of hard lessons and unique experiences. He found the best complementary strengths and profitability in buying, managing, and selling websites. Today Michael is now the founder and CEO of Domain Magnate, a micro private equity firm specializing in buying and growing online businesses under $1m. In addition, Michael is now a partner at Deal Flow Brokerage. Listen to the interview to hear how Michael started, and a few of his most memorable deals.

Scott Voelker may be a new grandparent but has the energy of a teenager. This year marks his 19th year being self-employed, and although he is slowing down to focus more on family, his workload at Brand Creators is still more than most will tackle in a lifetime. 

Running the Rock Your Brand Podcast is his primary focus with nearly 900 episodes and 16 million podcast downloads, but that's just the start. 

Last year Scott checked a few things off his to-do list:

• Wrote the book Take Action Effect.
• Ran a high-level mastermind (10 people at $25,000 to join).
• Completed a $200k home renovation for an Airbnb rental.
• Managed his podcast 175k-350k monthly downloads.
• Created online courses for Brand Creators.
• Hosted a live event with over 250 people in attendance. (pre-Covid)
• Completed a handful of exciting case studies. 
• Sold a business which all together netted just at 7 figures. 

Listen in to hear what Scott has learned and where he will be focusing his time in the future.

Unlimited WordPress development? WPTangerine is a service I had never heard of until recently. I was a bit surprised when I heard they had been around since 2015 and came highly recommended by someone in my network. 

In my podcast, I interviewed Marcus, the co-founder of WP Tangerine. We dive in and talk about how he built his business and how WPTangerine has grown to nearly 600 paying clients with 60 full-time employees.

Mark Webster and Gael Breton are from AuthorityHacker.com and have been in the authority website space for a long time. 

Listen in as we discuss how they took a website from scratch to a mid 6 figure exit.  We dive into how they:

• Sold a niche site for over six figures they built in 18 months
• Negotiated affiliate deals three times higher than the public rates
• Develop their trademarked Shotgun Skyscraper strategy 
• Create successful frameworks to identify keywords
• and much more.

Full blog post at:  https://www.nichepursuits.com/shotgun-skyscraper-link-building/

Matt Paulson has grown MarketBeat.com to $10 million in revenue through SEO, email marketing, and much more.

Listen in to hear how he uses email sponsorships to monetize his audience and SEO strategies used to grow his traffic (now at over 15 million visitors a month).

How does someone with a full time job as a construction worker and a small child find the time to build an online business?

Adrian Diaz has enthusiasm that is infectious.  Listen in to hear how he stays motivated to build his affiliate business and youtube channel.

Brand Builders has come a long way.

Listen in to hear the Word Agents founder story.  Vincent D'Elleto has focused on providing customers high-quality SEO content at scale.  By focusing on this niche, he's been able to grow it to 7 figures and beyond with a goal of hitting 8 figures a year very soon.

Listen to Mukesh tell his story of how he got started in digital marketing and is now making $10,000 a month between his agency Monk Metrics and his portfolio of sites.  And it all really started with a typo domain name.

Learn how Niche Website Builders launched their digital agency to nearly $800k in year 1 revenue by using 2 small facebook groups that they had started.

In addition, you can get an exclusive deal for content and link building services by going to https://www.nichepursuits.com/nichewebsitebuilders

Jon Dykstra is back on the podcast to share more of his story and an update.  He's now making over $50k a month with his niche sites and avoids link building.

Listen in to hear what happened to OwnTheYard.com when I did an internal linking case study.  I built over 100 internal links to various pages and tracked the Google position over time.  

Walker Deibel is an entrepreneur that has made a number of acquisitions and he's the author of the book Buy Then Build. You can check it out at buythenbuild.com.

He definitely is an entrepreneur in the trenches: building, buying, and selling (large) businesses.

During this interview, we are going to dive into why he thinks acquisition entrepreneurship is the way to go and why it's so much better than starting a business from scratch. He shares some examples from his own experience.

In addition, we talk about how to use leverage in buying businesses, the things to look for when you're buying a business, how to leverage your strengths, and more. I think that you're going to enjoy the interview.

Today I'm talking with Ron Stefanski from OneHourProfessor.com.  Ron talks about a site that is making $18,000 a month and he shares the exact things that help the site take off.

We cover his keyword research strategies and link building strategies. Then we talk about his overall business structure, how he has a full-time virtual assistant, an editor, writers, how much content he has on his sites, and so much more.

Overall, this is an awesome story about a "normal" person who has had enormous success building niche websites. Hope you enjoy.

In today's episode, I talk about Niche Site Project 4 and actually reveal the domain!  If you have been reading my blog, you will know that I revealed the domain a couple of weeks ago right here.

In addition, I cover the full income report for June 2019.  I'm excited that the site continues to grow and made over $1,200 last month.

In today’s episode, I have an interview with Nate Hirsch from freeeup.com. How did Nate go from being in university, and then selling products through Amazon FBA, to creating his own freelancer website? Listen to the interview to find out. 

Listen in to hear the full income report for May 2019 for my Niche Site Project 4 site.  Another record earnings and traffic month!

Jon Dykstra from FatStacksBlog.com is the real deal.  He owns several niche sites, with the largest one making over $40,000 per month.

In the interview, he shares his content and SEO strategies.  He also shares how he rarely focuses on "money" keywords, but rather informational content.

Goran Duskic is an entrepreneur living in Croatia building web applications and niche sites.  

Goran has an interesting story to tell as he went from raising money for his startup to adding niche sites to his portfolio.  Learn how Goran is making over $6,000 a month with his online business while living in Croatia.

I'm excited to bring you an interview with Jake Cain!  Not only is he one of my full-time employees, he also has his own portfolio of sites that he's built on the side.

I think you'll enjoy hearing Jake's story as he shares his journey from working in banking as his first job to where he is today with his own business.  He's gone from not knowing anything about building sites a few short years ago to now owning one that is making over $20,000 a month!

Go ahead and listen to the episode to get all the details.

Jake is also one of the coaches inside of Organic Traffic Formula, which was just launched last night.

Today is a special one.  I had the chance to sit down with Jason Wilson, my full-time employee!  However, Jason's story goes way beyond just working for the Niche Pursuits team, he also happens to be a successful entrepreneur.

In fact, Jason's site's have no eclipsed $10,000 a month!  Listen in to learn exactly how he's built up his affiliate websites so quickly and how you can do the same.

I was able to sit down recently with Jake and Jason to record another episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast.

During this episode we dive a bit deeper into the overall strategy and timeline of Niche Site Project 4.  

In particular, we discuss:

• What types of keywords to target
• What type of content to write
• Monetization strategies
• How long before I expect the site to make money
• and much more

We also dive into what my budget for the project will be as I plan to outsource a significant amount of the content.  In addition, we answer a few other questions that have come up via blog comments or the Facebook group.

Today, I interview Will Blears from OneMansBrand.com and discussing how he built an Amazon Affiliate website from scratch to $40,000 a month.

He shares his content strategy, link building strategies, and more.  We also dive into how he sold this website and what the process was like.

In today's episode, I share an interview I did with Grant Baldwin from TheSpeakerLab.com.

Grant is someone that knows the speaking game inside and out.  He has been a professional speaker for years and now teachers others how to book their own speaking gigs.

So, during the interview we discuss these 2 aspects of his business: how to actually get booked as a speaker (and get paid for it) and second, how he has build the training side of his business and how that is going.

As a quick summary, Grant Baldwin shares that he makes over six figures speaking at events.  However, his business as a whole will be close to crossing the seven figure mark when you add in his training courses.  

I was fascinated with how Grant has building the training side of his business through Facebook ads and webinars.  So, if you have a training product (or are thinking about creating one), there is a great discussion about how you can grow that part of your business.

During the course of the episode, Grant shares a few resources:

• TheSpeakerLab.com - where you can learn more about Grant or join his training programs.
• MySpeakerFee.com - A speaker fee calculator that can show you how much you should expect to make when speaking.
• FreeSpeakerWorkshop.com - Grant's free webinar training that teaches you "How To Start Booking (And Getting Paid For) Speaking Engagements Without Having An Existing Platform Or Being Sales-y"

In today's interview I talk with Dave Chesson.  Dave is the founder of Kindlepreneur.com, his blog that will teach you how to write and sell Kindle ebooks.  In addition, he is the creator of KDP rocket, a software application for self publishers to help them find Kindle keywords.

Dave is actually a long time reader of Niche Pursuits and started out by creating a couple of niche websites and then moving into publishing Kindle ebooks.

One point that Dave really drives home is just how important it is to fully monetize your site when you have good traffic coming to certain articles.  Dave has a great way of explaining this concept by drawing an analogy with Monopololy, boardwalk, and building hotels.

Today, I’m excited to bring you a guest interview with Nick Hasche, a niche website builder.

Nick started building niche websites just a little bit over a year ago. He actually started right alongside Niche Site project 3.0, which is why I’m really excited about this interview because he learned how to build niche sites by following along with that project and implementing the things that I was teaching.

Nick has taken what we taught and implemented some of his own unique angles as well. His portfolio of sites has reach revenues of $10,000 a month.

If you’d like to hear how Nick has done that, go ahead and listen to the interview. We go through his entire process from keyword research, content creation, and of course, link building as well. He has some very unique strategies to consider. Overall, I hope you enjoy the interview.

In today's podcast episode, Jake, Jason (who was introduced as a new team member in my last post), and I chat about the lessons learned at Traffic and Conversion Summit and we also give some of our thoughts on Niche Site Project 3.

Last month, we all attended Traffic and Conversion Summit, which is always a great conference. We each share our biggest takeaway that we hope to apply directly into our business.

Next we discuss Niche Site Project 3.  Now that it has been a year, the sites are not performing as well as we had originally projected.  We discuss why that might be.  In particular, why some people are successful at building niche sites and some are not.

In today's podcast episode, I have RJ Bryan as a guest interview.  RJ is a long time reader of Niche Pursuits and build his first successful site around the time of Niche Site Project 2.

RJ has a few niche sites making in total about $6,000 to $7,000 a month.  The largest site is making about $4,000 a month.

RJ has a great story to tell, and also shares some great steps for his process of building a successful niche site.

RJ recently started a blog where he shares his website building strategies at RJBryan.com.

Today I have another guest interview to review their niche site.  I was able to record an interview with Dee Bryant and discuss her site, TheDogEffect.com.

Dee started her site near the beginning of Niche Site Project 3 and has been able to grow it to $300 per month in revenue!  She's done a great job with her site so far by following the steps I've laid out.  However, she wanted to hop on a call to discuss how she could take the site to the next level.

In particular, we discuss how to do more link building and outreach.  In addition, we review what her ongoing content strategy should be in terms of schedule and types of articles she should be focusing on.

Overall, I hope you enjoy the discussion!

You can try out Ninja Outreach with this special link, http://www.nichepursuits.com/ninja

Today, I have somebody joining me as a guest on a podcast, his name is Scott Williams.

Scott’s story is pretty interesting because like many of you, he has tried and failed to build a few niche websites and his luck changed when he decided you know what, instead of trying and building everything from scratch, I’m going to go out and I’m going to buy a website that’s already making money so that I can use that website and learn from what’ working on that website, why is it doing so well?

He invested some money, about $28,000, to buy a website making about $1,000 dollars back in October 2016, so just a few months ago, 4 or 5 months ago. That has turned out to be a great investment for him so far. The site as of January 2017 is making about $2200 per month. Scott has done very well, he’s doubled the revenue of that website.

During this interview, we’re going to dive into what’s working well for him, what he did to revamp the website and make it perform better, and then of course what he’s done now in terms of link building and outreach and a few other things in between so hopefully you enjoy the interview.

Today, I’ve got a great guest on the show. It’s Khalid Farhan from PassiveJournal.com, that’s his blog over there and he also offers SEO services.

What’s interesting about Khalid is his journey from being a student in Bangladesh and working for just $1 per article as a freelancer on Upwork and other freelance services, to going to owning his own business.

He’s built out a number of niche websites (as he shared on a guest post here), a couple of which he has sold in 2016, one for $12,000 and another for $26,000. We’ll also talk about the current income he makes from his niche websites that he still owns as well. He’s doing very well building out and ranking websites and then selling a lot of those and then he also does quite well with his SEO services that we’ll touch on just a little bit as well.

The majority of this interview will focus on how Khalid is building out his niche websites. We even reveal one of those niche websites that he sold recently so you can look at that as a template if you’d like to. Then we dive into some really cool link building strategies, a couple of very interesting ones that I have not tackled myself. These are new ideas to me that I actually do think could work pretty well. It’s a unique approach. Listen for that.

In today's episode, Jake and I discuss how our overall business is going.  We focus on what has changed since selling Long Tail Pro, Amazon FBA, Niche Sites, and some big goals that I have.

We cover quite a bit in this podcast, including some personal goals and more.

In this episode, Jake and Ryan record another coaching call for Niche Site Project 3.  During the call, they reveal Ryan's niche site.

You will be happy to know that Hayden has a few more link building strategies that are working REALLY well in 2016.  And the best part is that these are very white hat links (not going to get penalized like PBNs can).

2 Link Building Strategies

We dive into 2 link building strategies that are working well right now including: using creative common images and foreign news hacking.  You’ll have to listen to the interview to get all the details on these 2 strategies.

In the last month (May 2016), just one of these link building strategies has gotten Hayden roughly 150 high quality links to a brand new site.  And these links are from authoritative websites like: Vice.com, Wired.com, CopyBlogger.com, Mashable.com, and many others.

Jon Haver of AuthorityWebsiteIncome.com discusses how he builds and grows both his Amazon Associates websites and his Amazon FBA business.

In addition we will discuss a new software venture he has just started called Listing Eagle.  And finally, he shares what he will do now that he has shattered his $15,000 per month net income goal.

Kevin Petersen is the founder of WebfoliManagement.com, a private equity fund that invests in web properties.  In the interview today, he shares how he finds great deals and what he does to increase the earnings of these websites.

His most recent purchase was PicReel.com and we dive into what made it attractive, and what he is going to do to increase the value.

During this coaching call number 10 with Perrin, Colleen reveals the site that she has been working on for Niche Site Project 3.

In coaching call #7 with Jake and Ryan for Niche Site Project 3, they discuss strategies for marketing on YouTube.

During this call Spencer and Samara discuss advanced link building strategies for Niche Site Project 3.

Perrin and Colleen discuss linkable assets (building links) for Niche Site Project 3.

In Jake's words: Today I talk to Ryan about building backlinks for his site. In my own sites, I’ve had some pretty good luck with getting high quality backlinks – which to me is way more important than the quantity of links to my site.

As I mentioned, many of the ideas I share were things I originally learned from this post on Backlinko a few years ago. In the call, I share which ones work best for me, and how I put them into action.

Perrin and Colleen complete coaching call 8 for niche site project 3 and discuss the progress of her content and how to start link building and outreach.

Perrin and Colleen do another coaching call.

What do I mean by “outreach ecosystem?”

Basically, tools.

Here’s how I define “outreach environment”:

• A place where you can track emails
• A platform that allows you to use custom templates
• A way to organize your follow-up
• A way to keep track of relationships

In our call today, Samara and I discussed basic link building strategies for her niche site project 3 site.

On one hand, some people feel like link building is so critical to a sites success; on the other, you have people that never do any linkbuilding and do really well with niche sites.  I personally tend to be somewhere in the middle.

Perrin and Colleen have their 6th coaching calls to discuss link building strategies.

Almost exactly 5 years ago was the last day I worked for someone else.  I've been self-employed ever since and have been LOVING it!

I've learned some important business lessons along the way that I wanted to share with you in today's special podcast episode.

Hey there…welcome back to another Niche Site Project 3 coaching call!  Today we finally started talking about how to actually make some cha-ching from your website.  This call was all about monetization strategies for your niche website, both short term and long term.

Perrin and Colleen discuss writing content and outsourcing.

Hey everyone, welcome back to another coaching call for Niche Site Project 3!  Are you ready for coaching call 6?

In our last call, we discussed how to make your niche website stand out.  In today’s call, the subject is all about developing a long term content strategy.  These ideas are what can take you from having just a so-so website to having a great website that helps you stand out as an authority.

So, not only do we discuss things like types of content and on-page SEO, but we also go into more in-depth strategies like clickable titles and more.

Overall, I really hope you can apply some of these strategies into your own business!

Perrin and Colleen discuss launching their website and building out more content for Niche Site Project 3.

Welcome back to another coaching call for Niche Site Project 3.0!

Samara is making some great progress with her site and is about ready to start publishing content! Today’s coaching call is all about figuring out a vision for your website, how to make it unique, and a basic branding discussion.

It’s that time again – for Niche Site Project Call #4 with Jake and Ryan.

If you listened to our last call, you know that Ryan is just about to select a niche and has really be digging into in-depth keyword research following the methods we’ve covered in the last 2 weeks.

As I always say, finding a great keyword is only half the battle.

The next thing you have to do is create content that deserves to rank for that keyword.

In this call, Samara and I discuss how to find really low competition keywords that are easy to rank for in Google.

In this coaching call for niche site project 3, Jake and Ryan dive into the keyword research mindset for building a successful niche site.

Perrin and Colleen discuss branding and content strategies during this third coaching call for Niche Site Project 3.

Welcome back to another coaching call between Samara and I!  If you have been following along, you will know that during our last call, we discussed in depth how to go about picking a good niche for your website.

For our 3rd call, we decided to do a bit of review.  After Samara dove in with her assignment, she was struggling a bit and wanted some clarification.

I’m excited bring you the second coaching call for Niche Site Project #3, between Ryan and Jake!

Today, Ryan and Jake start digging into some light keyword research on the top 3 niches Ryan identified after the last call.

They discuss some of the possible sub-niches they could go into, and then let that guide them as they dive into Long Tail Platinum, Ubersuggest, and SEMRush to learn more about the kinds of things this audience is looking for.

In this episode, you will hear coaching call 2 between Perrin and Colleen.  In this they discuss additional market research and keyword research examples as they prepare to build a niche site.

This is the official podcast for Niche Site Project 3, coaching call 2 between Samara and I.

If you are trying to figure out what niche to build a website on, you really need to listen to this coaching call.  Samara and I take an in-depth look into how you can discover low competition niches through keyword sampling and competitor research.

This step is so critical in the entire process.  Before you run off and start building a website, you need to know if the niche you’ve chosen has potential for newer sites (like yours) to rank well in Google.

In this coaching call for niche site project 3, Perrin and Colleen discuss market research and some of the overall goals that they have for the project.

In this episode, Jake and Ryan do a call together and discuss their overall goals for the project.  In addition to laying out some of the groundwork they discuss how to get started finding a niche.

In the podcast today, Jake, Perrin, and I reveal who the 3 students for niche site project 3 will be.  If you read the blog post published last week, you already know who the 3 students are: Samara, Ryan, and Colleen.

However, in this podcast we share just a few more of our thoughts on the project in general and the process for the official coaching calls.

In general, we review the students that we will be coaching and some of our brief plans for the calls.

In today's episode, Jake, Perrin, and I chat about the Niche Site Project 3 video finalists.  Voting is now open at: http://www.nichepursuits.com/niche-site-project-3-0-video-finalists-vote-now/

Perrin and I sat down recently and discussed the application process for Niche Site Project 3!  We are excited to be kicking off this project and can hardly wait to find out who the winning applicants will be for the project.

During this podcast, we discuss why we are doing this project and how we are picking the winning applicant.  If you would like to hear Perrin and I discuss the project a bit more and perhaps pick up a few insights we haven't shared previously on the process, feel free to tune in!

The time has come to finally write the final chapter of Niche Site Project 1 and 2.  As you may know, both of these projects were public projects where I built a website from scratch and shared the results and everything here on NichePursuits.com.

So, keep listening to discover the conclusion of both Niche Site Projects.

Today, I'm excited to bring you an interview with someone with amazing genes.  My cousin, Jon Haws, is on the podcast today with what I think is an awesome story.  That's right, there is another Haws out there that also has the entrepreneurial blood flowing through his veins.

If you don't recall, I interviewed Jon about 3 years ago on the podcast and now he's back for an update!

At the time of our previous interview, Jon was running a landscape company, but using online resources to help get customers and grow his business.  Well, things have changed quite a bit for Jon since that time...but for the better.

Jon recently was able to just quit his full-time job (as a Nurse) and pursue his online business ventures full time.

Welcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast!  In today's episode, Perrin and I discuss my last blog post about hiring a great software developer for your bootstrapped business in depth.

If you haven't had a chance to read that blog post yet, I highly recommend that you do so here.

These blog posts are part of a 5 part series that I'm doing on how to bootstrap a software business.  You can read part one of the series right here.

Because I've actually been involved in a couple of different software projects, and I highly successful one (Long Tail Pro), I think sharing some of the Long Tail Pro story along the way makes sense as I teach these principles.

As you may know, I recently published a blog post sharing my recent success on Amazon. Today, Perrin and I sit down and have a more in-depth discussion on the subject.  The overall content is very similar to my last blog post where I share the fact that my new Amazon FBA business just clocked in at $40,639 in sales.