Spencer Haws ($1200 earner)

Niche Site Project 4

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• nichepursuits.com

Niche Site Project 4 (https://www.owntheyard.com)

• Aug. 24, 2018 - bought domain
• Sep. 10, 2018 - first article published
• Sep 2018 - 20 total articles, earn $0
• Oct 2018 - 32 total articles, earn $0
• Nov 2018 - 39 total articles, earn $0
• Dec 2018 - 50 total articles, earn $26
• Jan 2019 - 82 total articles, earn $6
• Feb 2019 - 92 total articles, earn $15
• Mar 2019 - 107 total articles, earn $128
• Apr 2019 - 120 total articles, earn $562
• May 2019 - 138 total articles, earn $740
• Jun 2019 - 158 total articles, earn $1218

First 6 months is almost $0. It takes about 6 months for a new site to rank.

The site earns money from Amazon associates program and Ezoic ad program.

Images (Shutterstock stock photos)

Logo (done on Fiverr for 5 bucks)

Keywords Research

• target long tail/low competition keywords
• under 30 KC in Long Tail Pro
• look for other weak or affiliate sites ranking
• under 200 monthly searches - 34 articles
• under 500 monthly searches - 29 articles
• under 1000 monthly searches - 38 articles
• under 2000 monthly searches - 23 articles
• under 5000 monthly searches - 20 articles
• over 5000 monthly searches - 14 articles

Site Structure, Article Format

• focus on topical authority
• pillar articles (over 5000 words)
  
• eg. 106 Backyard Games for Kids, Toddlers, Teens, Adults, and Seniors (12000 words)
  
• buyer guide articles (3000-4000 words)
• image or roundups (1500-2000 words)
• best xyz Product article
  
• list 5 products 
• Wordpress plugins (AAWP plugin using Amazon Product API)

Wordpress plugins

• AAWP plugin using Amazon Product API
• LinkWhisper plugin to save time on internal linking
  

Google Analytics (Total)

• 64000 users
• 91000 pageviews
• 49000 organic users
  

Author SOPs

Keyword Rankings

Link Building

• outsource 100 blog comments (don't think it does much)
• 10 link swaps (own ABC, DEF; 3 way link; ABC to XYZ to DEF)
• 5 outreach guest post links
• 8 links from authority.builders
  
• 10 links from The Hoth
  

Pinterest

• 100% outsourced
• 2 new pins created for each post
• pinned live or scheduled with TailWind
• helps get natural links
• 1800 followers, 1194 following

Next steps

• 500 articles - keep adding until no more incremental effect
• 15 to 30 articles a month
• 2 to 3 link building
• focus on content, site speed, consistency
• Goal - $5000 per month