In the first two parts of this series I showed you a site that I built late last year that produced some decent results fairly quickly and pulled in about $1600 dollars in December. I have been guilty in years past of simply celebrating the success and moving on to the next site but as I mature as a site builder, I am studying what I am leaving on the table with sites like this.
I shared with you some statistics around ranking #1 versus chasing the longtails and showed …

So if you’ve been following my latest series of posts then you know I’ve been spending a lot of time talking about ranking well and moving your site up in the SERPS.  The difference in traffic that can be generated from ranking #1 versus ranking even as high as #5 is significant and clearly shows that you should be striving for nothing less than ranking #1. Unfortunately, most niche site builders settle for getting on page 1 (at best) and typically end up just taking whatever long tail traffic …

Ok so in Part 1 of 100k Dollar Niche Site I started writing about one of my relatively new sites that I started building approximately 4 months ago. The site has enjoyed some decent success considering it’s age and the amount of link authority that it has built so far. Still a lot of potential here, in fact so much potential that I wanted to smack my head against the wall.
We analyzed some stats in the first posts and you will kind of see why after we’re …

As a supplement to our Niche Site Ranking series, I wanted to write a series explaining exactly WHY ranking well is so important for a niche site builder, this might seem obvious but you might be amazed how much you are leaving on the table by settling for long tail traffic. Way too many builders get caught up in building their empire, meaning the more sites they build then the more impressive it seems, at least on the surface. I constantly have to fight this train of thought …

Building niche sites successfully is a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde affair when you get down to it. The Jekyll part is the actual site construction, which most of us find rather enjoyable, at least I do. I love finding a niche, developing my targets, building out the site and getting it looking, feeling and smelling just right.
The “Hyde” part of being successful at this game is the link building and site optimization piece. It’s just no fun for a lot of …