Niche Designer

1. Good Keywords. Before you even begin creating your site or writing articles, take time to research kewords. If you spend a little time researching in the beginning, you can save yourself time and frustration in the end. It is much easier to get traffic for a topic with little competition. Also remember that subtle differences in keywords can make a huge difference (like plural or singular). You can use this GoogleDuel tool to help you pick between 2 keywords.
2. Search Engine Optimization. Write keyword dense content, write optimized title tags, use headers, alt text, etc. This topic is huge so I won’t go into the details at this time.
3. Article Submission. Take your best article from your site, change it a little, or cut it so that it’s slightly different, and submit it to EzineArticles, GoArticles, and SearchWarp. I have found these 3 to be the best article submission directories. You could spend your time submitting to hundreds of articles site, but I think it would be a waste of time. These articles site probably won’t give you much traffic while your article count is low, but they will give you quality links into your site, which an important aspect in increasing your search engine traffic.
4. Links. Backlinks to your site play a big role in where your site falls on the search engine results page. Although quantity of links isn’t as important for google, it does seem to make a big difference for MSN. Spend a short time getting links from other sites that are related to your site. You can use the Backlink Builder tool to find links. I wouldn’t waste my time on spammy directory links though, they could actually harm you.
5. Anchor Text. When asking another website to link to you, take some time to consider your anchor text, the text that appears underlined as a link. Use your #1 keyword term, which you have already thouroughly researched, as the anchor text to your homepage. Also get a few links into your backpages using their own specific keyword terms. I have found anchor text to be especially important for MSN search rankings. You can check your anchor text using this Anchor Text Backlink Checker.
6. Forums. Search the internet for forums in your niche topic. Once you have found the best forums, read some of the posts to get an idea for your target audience wants. Is there any information they are especially hungry for? What topics to they discuss the most? This type of research can give you ideas for new content and how to present the content you already have. However, forums aren’t just good for research, they are also a great place to get links. Set up your signature so that it puts your website link (which good anchor text) in your signature. Then search the forum until you find a topic you discuss on your website. Try to offer advice and information. But don’t sell your site, you don’t want to be kicked out of the forum. If your posts are informative, you will get some traffic from the forum, but most importantly you’ll get another backlink to your site.

I was excited when YPN was released because competition is always beneficial for any market. I also thought it would give niche marketers an alternative to Adsense. However, I am feeling utterly disappointed and frustrated with YPN. I started putting YPN on a few sites about a month ago. At first I got RON (”Run of Network”) ads, which was expected for the first 48 hours. A week later a few of my pages were serving quasi-semi-relavent ads… half of the time. Though the majority of my pages were still serving RON ads. I was annoyed, but kept YPN for a while longer just in hope. (more…)

I love statistics. There is nothing more helpful then data telling you what works and what doesn’t. So I love trying out new statistics programs. Crazy Egg is like no statistics program I have seen. It allows you to track where on your design users click. I think this is going to be great for niche site developers because now we can see where people click and improve our site design to generate even more revenue. It works kind of like eyetracker research, except that it tracks mouse clicks and represents them either on a heatmap or in graphical format:

I don’t think they are allowing any more beta testers at this time, but the official launch is set for mid-April. I’ll be sure to post with an update when their service is available.

Typically the fist and easiest way to monitize AIS or Niche Sites is with Google Adsense. However, It is important to not stop there. There will be days when Adsense goes crazy and there will be keywords that just don’t convert well Adsense-wise. That’s why I believe affiliate links are an integral part in creating niche sites that make money. Here’s how you can optimize affiliate links to generate a big pay-off:
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With Amazon Web Services you can create an amazon store on your own website. This way you can sell amazon products and make money with Amazon Associates. I have found Amazon to be a great way to make make money.
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