How to guarantee your blog will bring $1000/mo:

Answer these 5 questions: 1) Is your content mostly affiliate-based?

If yes:

Posting only affiliate content will hurt your blog.
→ Post more informational blogs

Readers want in-depth, quality content they can trust.

If your blog is filled with mediocre affiliate articles, they won't see value.

How to build a $1,000/mo niche site in 5 hours.

My simple 6-step system: Niche Selection: 10 Minutes

Niche is important. But don't overthink this.

• Write down 10 topics you're interested in
• Check Google Trends to find which topic is trending
• Pick the best option

10 mins is enough to find a niche with upward trends on Google.

How to consistently come up with content ideas.

Shotgun vs. Carpet Bomb Strategy. If you're finding it hard to keep up with content creation - you're not alone.

I've been there - struggling to maintain a steady stream of content.

But these strategies helped me stay consistent for 11+ years:

How to choose a profitable niche (without overthinking it).

The 3-step guide that got me to $50,000/month writing niche blogs: Choosing a niche can feel like picking a business partner:

Confusing, intimidating, and you're worried you might get it wrong.

But it doesn't have to be that complicated.

Here's a simplified 3-step guide that me and my students use to find winning niches.

How to write 1000+ words per hour without sacrificing quality.

My 6-step strategy: How do I manage 15 blogs without losing my mind?

Simple.

A strategic approach that lets me average over 1000 words per hour.

Curious?

Keep reading.

Blogging is NOT dead.

The game has just changed.

My 7-step blueprint to create a $10,000 per month niche blog: 1) The Niche Dilemma

Your first step is to choose a niche for your blog.

Your niche shouldn't be too broad or too narrow.

But it can have the potential to get broader in the future.

Ex:

• Too broad: "Pets"
• Too narrow: "Toys for German shepherds"

Find a middle ground.

Phew!

I'm finally coming up for air after an intense 4+ weeks of creating new content prototypes and workflows.

I just sent the final training videos and instructions to everyone to take the baton. Many people are involved.

Here's how I develop complex content workflows: 1. Article concept

The content production process depends on the type of article. Some are very easy to produce. Some have many moving parts.

This past month I rolled three complicated article types into my content mix.

Outsourcing master thread.

Here's a worthy challenge for all you niche site publishers looking to scale while working less.

Figure out how to delegate/outsource every part of your content publishing process.

This allows me to do more working fewer hours each week.

Tips... Break up each part of the content production process into steps.

Create training videos (Loom) for each step. Shorter videos are best because that makes it easier for people to go back and find any instructions they need to go over again.

The hardest part of growing a niche site business is patience and publishing your first hundred articles. It really is.

This business won't happen overnight. You need to publish a lot of content. And I mean a lot of content. More than you believe possible.

It will take many months for Google to rank that content.

You won't know if you're on the right track for many months. No instant gratification.

Outsourcing KW research is tricky. It's art and science. Nobody knows your sites like you do. I've been disappointed many times in the past.

This year I stumbled on an ironclad fix to this long-term problem.

2 fixes actually. Here they are.

👇 1. GSC to the rescue

I once again started updating older content this year. I wanted to leverage article authority and go for more keywords.

The simplest way is to look in GSC for terms I'm ranking for but aren't in the articles. Nothing new here. Many folks do this.

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I accidentally jumped two feet into a somewhat seasonal niche. I didn't realize it was seasonal until the off-season hit.

It's not horrible but definitely an oversight on my part.

Seasonality happens. Here's how I deal with it:

👇 1. Budget

I loathe budgeting but it's necessary with seasonal sites. Best case scenario is get by on lowest earning months. That way the big months are bonanzas.

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Niche sites are a numbers game. Striving for perfection will drive you crazy.

Here's a reality check:

👇 1. Not every article will rank #1. Heck, not every article will get traffic.

If 1/3 of your articles are a financial success, you have a decent niche site. If you hit a 50% success rate, you rock.

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Finding the right topics and keywords is definitely the foundation for my being able to grow niche site traffic into millions of monthly visitors.

This is my simple 4-pronged test on how I choose keywords:

👇 1. Is it relevant to my niche?

I tried a site with unrelated niches. Didn't work. So my first test is whether the topic is relevant to the site. I tend to go broad within a niche. As long as there's a connection, I'll publish it.

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My "newer" smaller niche sites together earn more than $16,000 per month and are growing fast.

Here are 16 tips for growing from one site into a lucrative portfolio of sites.

👇 1. Wait until you have one high-earning site to finance the new sites.

IMO, your first site should be earning enough to:

=> Pay your bills
=> Spit out enough revenue to finance growth of your first site.
=> PLUS: Generate enough revenue to finance your additional sites.

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If I were starting with niche sites from scratch today and didn’t have money to outsource, here’s what I would do.

8 steps...

👇 1. Choose a niche based on:

=> I know it.
=> I like writing about it.
=> I can take my own photos.
=> Content is easy.
=> There’s commercial interest (people buy stuff).
=> Thousands of low-competition keywords.
=> Ex: hobbies, sports, work experience, academic background.

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