So who would have thunk it? Corporate websites are an amazing source of research. They obviously can afford top draw talent to do their research for them. I am really enjoying leeching all these great keywords from them.
I am finding low competition keywords with £14 per click!! I don't understand what any of the keywords mean, but someone out there does. I am going to have to do some painstaking research now. I don't think I will be short of work to do any time soon.
Friday 28 August 2009
Big Value Leads?
OK, so I'm carrying on with my research and I stumble onto some keywords that some big players are after (namely IBM & BT).
The truth is, I have no idea what these keywords mean. It is some sort of big business corporate service. The search values are pretty low but I am wondering what sort of prices these leads are worth. If a corporate closes a million pound deal from one of my leads its gotta be a nice payout.
I don't know if this is a dead end or not but I am now setting about reverse engineering corporate websites to see what keywords they are targetting, to see if I can get in there and grab some of the action.
I hate dealing with corporates, but I have experience selling to them so I am pretty sure, with a little research, I could get a conversation with the right person.
The truth is, I have no idea what these keywords mean. It is some sort of big business corporate service. The search values are pretty low but I am wondering what sort of prices these leads are worth. If a corporate closes a million pound deal from one of my leads its gotta be a nice payout.
I don't know if this is a dead end or not but I am now setting about reverse engineering corporate websites to see what keywords they are targetting, to see if I can get in there and grab some of the action.
I hate dealing with corporates, but I have experience selling to them so I am pretty sure, with a little research, I could get a conversation with the right person.
Killer Niche!
Doing my usual keyword research and I stumble onto a MAJOR niche.
I find around 30 keywords that are all achievable within the same niche. Top keyword has 50,000 exact searches each month.
I am going to sacrifice quantity a little to go for quality within this niche. It is nice to come across something like this, especially as a quick call round turns out one of my friends has contacts in this niche. (And no, sorry, I am not going to share this discovery, but I will teach you how to find your own).
Been looking at website leasing recently. This is a great business model, I am going to test it out and see how it works for me. What I like about it so much is that if you lease a site with natural results and traffic, its a big hook to keep someone on the line. It also allows you to commit more resources than normal as you retain ownership and will make any shortfall up on the backend.
I've also decided to get a ghost writer to create me an info product for one of my sites. This is partly because the affiliate providers in this niche have rubbed me up the wrong way. If all goes well I will create a nice product, advertise it, then flip the site.
Someone managed to convince me to go work tomorrow to let them finish up some loose end, so I am giving up my saturday. Looking forward to having a few weeks coming up where I will dedicate 100% of my time to IM.
I find around 30 keywords that are all achievable within the same niche. Top keyword has 50,000 exact searches each month.
I am going to sacrifice quantity a little to go for quality within this niche. It is nice to come across something like this, especially as a quick call round turns out one of my friends has contacts in this niche. (And no, sorry, I am not going to share this discovery, but I will teach you how to find your own).
Been looking at website leasing recently. This is a great business model, I am going to test it out and see how it works for me. What I like about it so much is that if you lease a site with natural results and traffic, its a big hook to keep someone on the line. It also allows you to commit more resources than normal as you retain ownership and will make any shortfall up on the backend.
I've also decided to get a ghost writer to create me an info product for one of my sites. This is partly because the affiliate providers in this niche have rubbed me up the wrong way. If all goes well I will create a nice product, advertise it, then flip the site.
Someone managed to convince me to go work tomorrow to let them finish up some loose end, so I am giving up my saturday. Looking forward to having a few weeks coming up where I will dedicate 100% of my time to IM.
Last Day
Last official day of work in the office today. Feels very strange, I worked so hard to build this place up and now I'm leaving it behind.
Can't really get my head into work mode right now, need a break from all this.
Complications with working out a solid agreement with my current business partner are also pissing me off. He has gone all wishy washy and my patience is being tested.
I am impatient by nature, I want quick results, all this procrastination is driving me crazy. I just want to define a work agreement and move on.
Been reading the forum today. The amount of misconceptions regarding keyword research and SEO are amazing. In many "Gurus" attempts to dumb down systems to make them sound easy they completely ignore the fundemental concepts involved in keyword competition analysis.
I'll be honest, part of me wants to keep quiet and not mention my techniques. This would certainly keep down the competition, but I remember the people who helped me when I was getting started and to be honest very few people will like my method because it actually involves learning theory. Unless it involves clicking buttons without any thought process then many people lose interest.
I've started creating a keyword research course that I am going to release for free, no opt ins or affiliate products running off the back of it. Just some videos to help people make money.
Too many people who post in the forum have hidden agendas and multiple accounts, it can be tricky to pick out the real information versus the hype. I won't be shouting about the videos, I'll probably just make a single post and put them in there then leave it at that, so they are there if people look hard enough.
This will be secondary to making myself money of course so I cannot guarantee when it will be finsihed.
Found out today I am entitled to a small payout from government, around £1,500. Which isn't too bad. Also I will be paying liquidator out of overdraft, which will then be transferred into long term loan, and once liquidation is complete and assets cover liquidations costs I get that refunded to me. So it's kinda like getting a back door loan. I'll have a bit of fun with that cash on PPC.
Can't really get my head into work mode right now, need a break from all this.
Complications with working out a solid agreement with my current business partner are also pissing me off. He has gone all wishy washy and my patience is being tested.
I am impatient by nature, I want quick results, all this procrastination is driving me crazy. I just want to define a work agreement and move on.
Been reading the forum today. The amount of misconceptions regarding keyword research and SEO are amazing. In many "Gurus" attempts to dumb down systems to make them sound easy they completely ignore the fundemental concepts involved in keyword competition analysis.
I'll be honest, part of me wants to keep quiet and not mention my techniques. This would certainly keep down the competition, but I remember the people who helped me when I was getting started and to be honest very few people will like my method because it actually involves learning theory. Unless it involves clicking buttons without any thought process then many people lose interest.
I've started creating a keyword research course that I am going to release for free, no opt ins or affiliate products running off the back of it. Just some videos to help people make money.
Too many people who post in the forum have hidden agendas and multiple accounts, it can be tricky to pick out the real information versus the hype. I won't be shouting about the videos, I'll probably just make a single post and put them in there then leave it at that, so they are there if people look hard enough.
This will be secondary to making myself money of course so I cannot guarantee when it will be finsihed.
Found out today I am entitled to a small payout from government, around £1,500. Which isn't too bad. Also I will be paying liquidator out of overdraft, which will then be transferred into long term loan, and once liquidation is complete and assets cover liquidations costs I get that refunded to me. So it's kinda like getting a back door loan. I'll have a bit of fun with that cash on PPC.
Wednesday 26 August 2009
Hubpage Test 1st Page
My test hub is now on first page os USA results for its main keyword (18,000 exact searches for main keywork per month).
I didn't actually do any more work on it, it made its way up there itself.
I will need to do a little work on it to get it near the top of the page but im not too bothered about it, I was just doing a test of a theory. I will use this method to promote my articles so they get first page rankings.
I should really make a video of this for the forum. I have been trying to make some videos but I keep loosing my place in them and giving up. I might have another pop a little later.
Met with the liquidator today. A nice chap, he ran me through all the options. Should have things wrapped up here within the month (Not a moment too soon).
I didn't actually do any more work on it, it made its way up there itself.
I will need to do a little work on it to get it near the top of the page but im not too bothered about it, I was just doing a test of a theory. I will use this method to promote my articles so they get first page rankings.
I should really make a video of this for the forum. I have been trying to make some videos but I keep loosing my place in them and giving up. I might have another pop a little later.
Met with the liquidator today. A nice chap, he ran me through all the options. Should have things wrapped up here within the month (Not a moment too soon).
Friday 21 August 2009
Incansoft Software Dissapointing
Big Mike's software is really well priced and packaged but it isn't generating me as many backlinks as I expected.
I have been playing extremely slow email tennis with Diego trying to work out why I am getting such poor results.
I have seen people post in the forum that they get 30+ links from using socialbot. So far my record is 2 links from it.
I have gone out and bought some other software to play with while they get their act together. Right now we are spoilt for choice with the amount of software on offer.
One really cool thing that caught my eye was something called IMacro. It is a free plugin for Firefox that records your actions and repeats then. You can also pull out data from an external file.
"So what?", I hear you say.
Well... It means you can automate things like Angela's backlink packet, or signing up for social sites. It can even be used with a third party captcha breaking service to make things fully automated.
It is not for basic users, but for anyone who feels comfortable learning some basic scripting it can save you the annual $1500 for SENuke if you want automated social site posting.
I'm going to play around with it if I get the time. Right now I am busy trying to perfect my blog creation and promotion system. Running into lots of annoying technical glitches and wasting time researching which plugins to use. Hopefully in a couple of weeks time I will have worked out most of the kinks.
I have been playing extremely slow email tennis with Diego trying to work out why I am getting such poor results.
I have seen people post in the forum that they get 30+ links from using socialbot. So far my record is 2 links from it.
I have gone out and bought some other software to play with while they get their act together. Right now we are spoilt for choice with the amount of software on offer.
One really cool thing that caught my eye was something called IMacro. It is a free plugin for Firefox that records your actions and repeats then. You can also pull out data from an external file.
"So what?", I hear you say.
Well... It means you can automate things like Angela's backlink packet, or signing up for social sites. It can even be used with a third party captcha breaking service to make things fully automated.
It is not for basic users, but for anyone who feels comfortable learning some basic scripting it can save you the annual $1500 for SENuke if you want automated social site posting.
I'm going to play around with it if I get the time. Right now I am busy trying to perfect my blog creation and promotion system. Running into lots of annoying technical glitches and wasting time researching which plugins to use. Hopefully in a couple of weeks time I will have worked out most of the kinks.
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Things Progressing
I have got the majority of the first batch of articles back and they seem pretty good value. Just going through the process of creating and uploading the blogs. Right now I am taking a little time to experiment with different plugins and services as once I get into the swing of things I don't want any down time.
I have laid out a plan that involves creating 360 blogs in 3 months, with each blog having 500-1,000 one way links pointing at them, and also getting backlinks to the pages linking to my blogs.
It's a tall order and will cost a fair bit in outsourcing fees, but I feel this is a safe investment. On this scale of optimisation the 'per blog price' reduces greatly. I am estimating that each blog will cost $60 to do all of the following:
I know some people will be scratching their heads at the $60 and thinking it's very cheap (it is, I have spent a lot of time working out this process), but it does not include mine, or my (possible) business partners time working 10 hours a day for 3 months to make it happen.
I say "possible" as we are still working out some details, but I will know for sure in 2 weeks if we will be working together again (he is co-director of company I am closing down).
My hub test is top of page 2 in Google now for its targetted keyword. I like this position as I use my 'sling-shot' method to make it jump to page 1. All that basically is, is adding some more content and another boost of links straight after. Then next time google bot comes and finds new content and registers links it will hopefully put me on first page. I'll probably do that this weekend as I am busy with work right now.
I have also had a few ideas for new tests once this one is finished. One will be a 'Big Mike Test'. I will use all of incansofts software to build links (I bought all of it lol) to a site and see how many I can get just by using their programs.
And another test will be an article distribution test. I will write 6 articles for the same keyword and build links to each article using a different distribution service. I will then sit back and see which article ranks quickest and highest.
These tests won't be conclusive, as they would need to be repeated hundreds of times in all categories to be anywhere near scientific, but they should be fun to watch and I will hopefully gather some useful data.
I have laid out a plan that involves creating 360 blogs in 3 months, with each blog having 500-1,000 one way links pointing at them, and also getting backlinks to the pages linking to my blogs.
It's a tall order and will cost a fair bit in outsourcing fees, but I feel this is a safe investment. On this scale of optimisation the 'per blog price' reduces greatly. I am estimating that each blog will cost $60 to do all of the following:
- WordPress installed
- Domain name registered
- Unique content written and uploaded
- 500-1,000 one way links generated from a mix of authority, directory & blog sites
I know some people will be scratching their heads at the $60 and thinking it's very cheap (it is, I have spent a lot of time working out this process), but it does not include mine, or my (possible) business partners time working 10 hours a day for 3 months to make it happen.
I say "possible" as we are still working out some details, but I will know for sure in 2 weeks if we will be working together again (he is co-director of company I am closing down).
My hub test is top of page 2 in Google now for its targetted keyword. I like this position as I use my 'sling-shot' method to make it jump to page 1. All that basically is, is adding some more content and another boost of links straight after. Then next time google bot comes and finds new content and registers links it will hopefully put me on first page. I'll probably do that this weekend as I am busy with work right now.
I have also had a few ideas for new tests once this one is finished. One will be a 'Big Mike Test'. I will use all of incansofts software to build links (I bought all of it lol) to a site and see how many I can get just by using their programs.
And another test will be an article distribution test. I will write 6 articles for the same keyword and build links to each article using a different distribution service. I will then sit back and see which article ranks quickest and highest.
These tests won't be conclusive, as they would need to be repeated hundreds of times in all categories to be anywhere near scientific, but they should be fun to watch and I will hopefully gather some useful data.
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Emergency Plan
The cold hard reality of no cash is starting to dawn on me. If I am going to start up this venture I not only need to borrow money but also support myself at the same time.
On top of this I am trying to negotiate my outstanding debts into a long term loan, which whatever happens will be a large monthly premium.
The reality is unpleasant to look at but it's something I need to do. I need to rent out my property and probably move in with family until things pick up.
Ideally I don't want to do this. I have been thinking that it might be a better idea to go chill in a country with a lower cost of living and nice weather, but I am not sure where.
Philippines is cheap but I didn't like it over there. Too many kidnappings and terrorists.
I hear Thailand is nice but I don't know much about it. I was in Thailand once but never left the airport as it was just to catch a connecting flight.
I have never travelled before so I don't really know what the world is like. Can anyone suggest a nice country with a very low cost of living that I can escape to with my laptop for 6 months to get things off the ground?
On top of this I am trying to negotiate my outstanding debts into a long term loan, which whatever happens will be a large monthly premium.
The reality is unpleasant to look at but it's something I need to do. I need to rent out my property and probably move in with family until things pick up.
Ideally I don't want to do this. I have been thinking that it might be a better idea to go chill in a country with a lower cost of living and nice weather, but I am not sure where.
Philippines is cheap but I didn't like it over there. Too many kidnappings and terrorists.
I hear Thailand is nice but I don't know much about it. I was in Thailand once but never left the airport as it was just to catch a connecting flight.
I have never travelled before so I don't really know what the world is like. Can anyone suggest a nice country with a very low cost of living that I can escape to with my laptop for 6 months to get things off the ground?
Monday 10 August 2009
First Bit of Good News In a While
I feel quite happy right now. Something happened today that I can't talk about in detail but which has relieved some pressure.
The jist of it is that someone has been leaning on me for a long time for various reasons. They tried to do something underhanded which would have made my life pretty miserable, but due to my own honesty they completely messed themself up. I really can't talk about details for legal reasons, but the short of it is that someone got jist of what they were trying to do to me, and not only tipped me off, but jumped ship (or you could say defected) at the same time.
I know that makes absolutely no sense but it is a really good thing, I just can't tell you why yet. And I can't talk about it until January 2010 either.. LOL!
So why make the post? Well, it is the first bit of good news I have had in a while and I wanted to share my happy mood :D
It doesn't make any real changes to my plans, but it means I have some extra strings to my bow.
I'll explain this cryptic post when it is safe to do so.
The jist of it is that someone has been leaning on me for a long time for various reasons. They tried to do something underhanded which would have made my life pretty miserable, but due to my own honesty they completely messed themself up. I really can't talk about details for legal reasons, but the short of it is that someone got jist of what they were trying to do to me, and not only tipped me off, but jumped ship (or you could say defected) at the same time.
I know that makes absolutely no sense but it is a really good thing, I just can't tell you why yet. And I can't talk about it until January 2010 either.. LOL!
So why make the post? Well, it is the first bit of good news I have had in a while and I wanted to share my happy mood :D
It doesn't make any real changes to my plans, but it means I have some extra strings to my bow.
I'll explain this cryptic post when it is safe to do so.
Targets
Today is really tough. I have people chasing me for payments left right and centre and I don't have the cash to pay them.
I have stopped all my paid advertising, moved half the sales people onto comission only and I'm just trying to do leadgen from my existing database.
I'd love to walk away right now as this is like pulling teeth but I have responsibilities to try and finish this in the best way possible.
OK, so enough mellow drama. Onto positive matters.
I am treating this job like a sales job and setting targets for myself. Right now the most important thing I need is targetted traffic. The way I am measuring this is by using googles predicted searches as a value. Then for all first page rankings I achieve I add these numbers together.
So, for instance:
Blue widgets - 13,000 searches/mo
Red widgets - 7,000 searches/mo
If I ranked on first page for both of these terms I would give myself 20,000 towards my target.
My 3 months target is 300,000 search value ranked on first page.
This would hopefully mean:
300,000 searches = 6,000 clicks (2% CTR) = 300 conversions (5% conversion rate) = £6,000/mo profit (with avg. sale value at £20).
That all sounds rosey but there are many risks involved, which are:
300,000 searches = 1,500 clicks (0.5% CTR) = 30 conversions (2% conversion rate) = £600/mo profit (with avg. sale value at £20).
Now if that happens it won't even cover my setup costs as I am planning to spend around £2,000/mo on articles, domains, hosting & link building services. I may also need to hire a VA on top.
Over the 3 months I will try to optimise around 600 keywords, with an estimated total search value of over 1 million searches, so I am aiming for a 30% success rate within 3 months.
The thing that might save me is that I am sure to see a healthy amount of traffic from long tails that I am not specifically targeting. On my existing sites, that target competitive phrases, long tail keywords make up around 10% of my traffic.
By optimising so many keywords in such a short space of time, I am hoping that almost all of my sites will generate some longtail keyword traffic which will act as a bit of a safety barrier for my figures.
Truth be told I have never optimised keywords on anywhere near this scale in such a short space of time. If you had asked me a year ago I would have said it was impossible. It is only now my system is perfected and the new services available that I can make this happen.
I wrote down my whole optimisation process at the weekend and it is pretty fool proof as it uses a lot of automated systems for generating one way links.
I am taking a big risk with this. I do not have the money to do this so I am having to borrow it from my family. I know it may sound a little foolish to some but I have a good feeling about it and I believe that if I manage to hit my targets then the payoff will be worth it.
I have had enough of demanding customers/clients and high overheads. I want my monthly wage on autopilot so I can take some time out to travel around the world. I am 27 right now and I have been a workaholic since I was 19. It's time for me to reap some rewards from my experience.
Thnks for everyone who is being supportive. Shit hasn't really hit the fan yet so I am going to need it over the next few months.
I have stopped all my paid advertising, moved half the sales people onto comission only and I'm just trying to do leadgen from my existing database.
I'd love to walk away right now as this is like pulling teeth but I have responsibilities to try and finish this in the best way possible.
OK, so enough mellow drama. Onto positive matters.
I am treating this job like a sales job and setting targets for myself. Right now the most important thing I need is targetted traffic. The way I am measuring this is by using googles predicted searches as a value. Then for all first page rankings I achieve I add these numbers together.
So, for instance:
Blue widgets - 13,000 searches/mo
Red widgets - 7,000 searches/mo
If I ranked on first page for both of these terms I would give myself 20,000 towards my target.
My 3 months target is 300,000 search value ranked on first page.
This would hopefully mean:
300,000 searches = 6,000 clicks (2% CTR) = 300 conversions (5% conversion rate) = £6,000/mo profit (with avg. sale value at £20).
That all sounds rosey but there are many risks involved, which are:
- I might not get rankings in 3 months (I should be able to but you never know)
- I might not get 2% CTR. Google's traffic estimator works on a basis of 0.5% for top 1-3 paid advertisers. I know with good page titles I can beat this so I am hoping 2% is a good number.
- I might not get 5% conversion rate. 5% conversion rate is high for a clickbank affiliate product, and even some CPA offers, but it can be done. What I am hoping will save this figure is that I will be doing leadgen for offline companies where with a good landing page I know I can get 10%+ conversion rate and also sell the lead to more than one company.
300,000 searches = 1,500 clicks (0.5% CTR) = 30 conversions (2% conversion rate) = £600/mo profit (with avg. sale value at £20).
Now if that happens it won't even cover my setup costs as I am planning to spend around £2,000/mo on articles, domains, hosting & link building services. I may also need to hire a VA on top.
Over the 3 months I will try to optimise around 600 keywords, with an estimated total search value of over 1 million searches, so I am aiming for a 30% success rate within 3 months.
The thing that might save me is that I am sure to see a healthy amount of traffic from long tails that I am not specifically targeting. On my existing sites, that target competitive phrases, long tail keywords make up around 10% of my traffic.
By optimising so many keywords in such a short space of time, I am hoping that almost all of my sites will generate some longtail keyword traffic which will act as a bit of a safety barrier for my figures.
Truth be told I have never optimised keywords on anywhere near this scale in such a short space of time. If you had asked me a year ago I would have said it was impossible. It is only now my system is perfected and the new services available that I can make this happen.
I wrote down my whole optimisation process at the weekend and it is pretty fool proof as it uses a lot of automated systems for generating one way links.
I am taking a big risk with this. I do not have the money to do this so I am having to borrow it from my family. I know it may sound a little foolish to some but I have a good feeling about it and I believe that if I manage to hit my targets then the payoff will be worth it.
I have had enough of demanding customers/clients and high overheads. I want my monthly wage on autopilot so I can take some time out to travel around the world. I am 27 right now and I have been a workaholic since I was 19. It's time for me to reap some rewards from my experience.
Thnks for everyone who is being supportive. Shit hasn't really hit the fan yet so I am going to need it over the next few months.
Sunday 9 August 2009
Test Site Moves Up Rankings
My "Kelli Garner" hub is now on page 2 of Yahoo for the keyword "Kelli Garner".
Hopefully this experiement will be a success and I will get it to #1 on all search engines.
Hopefully this experiement will be a success and I will get it to #1 on all search engines.
Saturday 8 August 2009
Advanced Tactics!
I found out about a little trick that anyone doing mass seo like me will be interested in.
If you have built your own blog network on different IP's for backlinking juice to your main site then stop Yahoo from indexing them.
So, why do this?
Well, if Yahoo doesn't index them then your competition won't be able to see where your backlinks come from. They will all be sitting around scratching their heads wondering why a guy with 0 backlinks has taken #1 spot on a competitive keyword.
Not a necessary action, but a good way to keep your link juice producing blog farms hidden.
If you have built your own blog network on different IP's for backlinking juice to your main site then stop Yahoo from indexing them.
So, why do this?
Well, if Yahoo doesn't index them then your competition won't be able to see where your backlinks come from. They will all be sitting around scratching their heads wondering why a guy with 0 backlinks has taken #1 spot on a competitive keyword.
Not a necessary action, but a good way to keep your link juice producing blog farms hidden.
Hub On First Page of Yahoo & Bing
My test hub is now on page 1 on Yahoo & Bing for keywords "Kelli Garner Pics" & "Kelli Garner Videos".
The key word I really want to rank for though is "Kelli Garner" as it gets the most searches.
I will continue to play around with it but the test so far is encouraging.
The key word I really want to rank for though is "Kelli Garner" as it gets the most searches.
I will continue to play around with it but the test so far is encouraging.
Friday 7 August 2009
Some Results From Spam Test
The celebrity hub page I made now ranks in google page 4 for a long tail keyword and on yahoo page 8 for short tail keyword. 60 blog comment backlinks showing in yahoo.
I am considering whether to spam more links at the hub or to spam links at the backlinks. I think a safer method will be to spam links at the backlinks but I will just go for direct spam to hub page.
There will be a toolbar update probably in about a month, I want to see how easy it is to get it ranked up.
I will spam out some more links and try to push it to around 200+ confirmed links and then wait to see what movement occurs.
I am considering whether to spam more links at the hub or to spam links at the backlinks. I think a safer method will be to spam links at the backlinks but I will just go for direct spam to hub page.
There will be a toolbar update probably in about a month, I want to see how easy it is to get it ranked up.
I will spam out some more links and try to push it to around 200+ confirmed links and then wait to see what movement occurs.
Thursday 6 August 2009
1&1 are fools
After 4 calls they finally admit that the problem is at their end and they need to get a server tech to check it out!
Meanwhile I can't even delete the trojan files! Super crap hosting, I am moving it now!
Meanwhile I can't even delete the trojan files! Super crap hosting, I am moving it now!
Servers Hacked
My Shared hosting got hacked today. No big deal just another headache and extra work to sort it all out.
The hosting company (1&1) have been particularly incompetent. Al I asked them to do was to check the server at their end to make sure it wasn't compromised and they just tell me "NO!".
They say they won'd do anything until they get lots and lots of complaints. Damn fools!
I made a post about this on WF but it got deleted in less than 2 minutes. Forum Nazis out in force today.
The hosting company (1&1) have been particularly incompetent. Al I asked them to do was to check the server at their end to make sure it wasn't compromised and they just tell me "NO!".
They say they won'd do anything until they get lots and lots of complaints. Damn fools!
I made a post about this on WF but it got deleted in less than 2 minutes. Forum Nazis out in force today.
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Directory Submissions
Just having a look around in the link section of WF (can you believe I have never been there before?) and I see people selling 2000 directory submissions for $20.
They claim to be manual but I find that hard to believe.. still.. for $20 it seems ok.
I'm going to buy a few for new sites that dont have any BL and see if it helps them rank on easy keywords.
Business is dragging me down. Too much stress and loose ends to tie up to make sure I don't let anyone down. It is really killing my motivation. Think I may get away to country side this weekend for a few pints with my brother to de-stress.
Only thing that is picking me up is the dream of a business with no employees or overheads. Soon as I achieve a passive profit I am going to find some tropical beach somewhere to coordinate things from.
They claim to be manual but I find that hard to believe.. still.. for $20 it seems ok.
I'm going to buy a few for new sites that dont have any BL and see if it helps them rank on easy keywords.
Business is dragging me down. Too much stress and loose ends to tie up to make sure I don't let anyone down. It is really killing my motivation. Think I may get away to country side this weekend for a few pints with my brother to de-stress.
Only thing that is picking me up is the dream of a business with no employees or overheads. Soon as I achieve a passive profit I am going to find some tropical beach somewhere to coordinate things from.
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Blog Networks
OK, so here is the secret sauce I am going to use to rank my selected keywords.
Article Distribution Sites!
If you are not familiar with these sites, it is where you upload an article, and use their re-writer software so each time it distributes it, the copy is unique.
The blog farmers then come along and download your unique content for their autoblogs. These are mainly MFA sites but they have a few good advantages:
You could get similar results by submitting articles yourself and then building backlinks to your articles. Personally though I do not have the time for that.
So the work on this project looks like this:
However, monthly running costs for me are about $300-$400 and I will be spending about $1500 in content and spinready articles each month.
Once this is all setup, I will also setup my own blogfarm using other peoples content on different IP's. Then build links to these and run random sitewide links to my main sites.
I know it all sounds like spagetthi junction when I describe it. If I feel creative later I will draw a diagram of it. (I think I made one already in an old post, I will have to check).
In other news: I took a decision today to dedicate 100% of my time into making a passive income online. This means that I won't be doing any telesales or dealing with any clients. I ran the math and my overdraft should pay the mortgage for 3 months so this is how long I have got for all of this to start working. Strangely, making this decision has made me less stressed and I fully believe that it can be done.
PS. I used a bit of jargon in this post so feel free to ask me any questions you like on it.
Article Distribution Sites!
If you are not familiar with these sites, it is where you upload an article, and use their re-writer software so each time it distributes it, the copy is unique.
The blog farmers then come along and download your unique content for their autoblogs. These are mainly MFA sites but they have a few good advantages:
- Links are one way and will start on the index page of the site.
- Links use anchor text and they even let you rotate anchor text.
- Links do not get removed. Google's spam filter monitors for links that get added then removed as this indicates spam links that are getting removed by webmasters. For instance if you make 10,000 blog comments and then the next week only 1,000 of them are still there, google may take a closer look at you and possibly penalize you. This is why when first building links for a site its best to use links that will be permanent. You can boost it up aftrwards with a few spammy links if you want to.
- Links appear naturally in the article. With comment links it is very easy for google to identify that its a comment by the formatting and text around it. With this method it works much better.
- They have a drip feed option. This means that just a few articles get posted a day so it looks really natural.
- Autobloggers build links and interlink their blogs, so, a lot of the time you will be linked to from a page with good PR.
- Links come from a wide range of different IP's, which google really likes.
- When these links show up in SE, you can blast some backlinks at your articles to beef up the link juice they pass on.
You could get similar results by submitting articles yourself and then building backlinks to your articles. Personally though I do not have the time for that.
So the work on this project looks like this:
- Identify keywords - I do this
- Have article written for each keyword - I outsource
- Have spin ready articles written that cover all keywords (each template will cover 2 keywords) - Again I outsource this
- Install wordpress and upload articles - me again!
- Submit spinready articles to all distribution sites - Yours truly.
However, monthly running costs for me are about $300-$400 and I will be spending about $1500 in content and spinready articles each month.
Once this is all setup, I will also setup my own blogfarm using other peoples content on different IP's. Then build links to these and run random sitewide links to my main sites.
I know it all sounds like spagetthi junction when I describe it. If I feel creative later I will draw a diagram of it. (I think I made one already in an old post, I will have to check).
In other news: I took a decision today to dedicate 100% of my time into making a passive income online. This means that I won't be doing any telesales or dealing with any clients. I ran the math and my overdraft should pay the mortgage for 3 months so this is how long I have got for all of this to start working. Strangely, making this decision has made me less stressed and I fully believe that it can be done.
PS. I used a bit of jargon in this post so feel free to ask me any questions you like on it.
Saturday 1 August 2009
Plan Formulating
OK, so it's going to be tight, but, no guts no glory!
I have identified 100 low to medium competition keywords with 1,000+ monthly searches and a google estimated CPC of over £2. (some really great ones in there with 20,000+ searches and £5 per cick).
Putting an order in now to the article writer to get 100 articles on these keywords. This will make up the content on 9 wordpress blogs on seperate domains but all on the same IP.
These keywords are going to be optimised strictly white hat as my intetion is to create some valuable and visible web property that will generate leads that can be brokered and advertising revenue from offline sponsors (no adsense).
I'm hopig at worst case scenario to get 5-10 good money keywords ranked inside 3 months so I can cover my costs and if things are looking a little peaky do a quick flip for some instant cash.
I should be able to do a lot more really but nothing in life is certain. I have 3 niche sites that I will be playing around with today. Going to go send some emails out to see if I can aquire any cheap re-sale rights for one of my stes that is already getting traffic. The companies providing the product in this niche have rubbish affiliate pages that aren't converting my pre-sold traffic from my review page. I want to create a cheap impulse buy at $9.95 (currently promoting at $47 membership) that will hopefuly convert a lot of the traffic I'm getting.
Don't think I'll get aroud to making any autoblogs today as I have too much whitehat stuff to do, but you never know.
Still day 1 and $0 earned so far.
I have identified 100 low to medium competition keywords with 1,000+ monthly searches and a google estimated CPC of over £2. (some really great ones in there with 20,000+ searches and £5 per cick).
Putting an order in now to the article writer to get 100 articles on these keywords. This will make up the content on 9 wordpress blogs on seperate domains but all on the same IP.
These keywords are going to be optimised strictly white hat as my intetion is to create some valuable and visible web property that will generate leads that can be brokered and advertising revenue from offline sponsors (no adsense).
I'm hopig at worst case scenario to get 5-10 good money keywords ranked inside 3 months so I can cover my costs and if things are looking a little peaky do a quick flip for some instant cash.
I should be able to do a lot more really but nothing in life is certain. I have 3 niche sites that I will be playing around with today. Going to go send some emails out to see if I can aquire any cheap re-sale rights for one of my stes that is already getting traffic. The companies providing the product in this niche have rubbish affiliate pages that aren't converting my pre-sold traffic from my review page. I want to create a cheap impulse buy at $9.95 (currently promoting at $47 membership) that will hopefuly convert a lot of the traffic I'm getting.
Don't think I'll get aroud to making any autoblogs today as I have too much whitehat stuff to do, but you never know.
Still day 1 and $0 earned so far.
Censorship at Warrior Forum
I woke up this morning to find my thread had been deleted.
No idea why, no PM to tell me either. Was it because I offered to tell people how to market their business for free?
Perhaps they thought I was going to create a WSO from this experience. Well, they would be wrong. I will go into the IM field one day, but that will be the day that I have a few million stashed up in the bank and a brand new system to release that no one else is using.
I guess less people will see this blog now but I will continue to monitor my progress. This blog makes me accountable and it will show if I slide and stop working.
No idea why, no PM to tell me either. Was it because I offered to tell people how to market their business for free?
Perhaps they thought I was going to create a WSO from this experience. Well, they would be wrong. I will go into the IM field one day, but that will be the day that I have a few million stashed up in the bank and a brand new system to release that no one else is using.
I guess less people will see this blog now but I will continue to monitor my progress. This blog makes me accountable and it will show if I slide and stop working.
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