Archive for September, 2009


Evaluating My New Niche, Audience, Competition & Earning Potential

I spent a bunch of time over the last couple of days getting to know the niche I’m about to enter. I actually know it pretty well to begin with, as this new site of mine revolves around something I’ve had an interest in for a while.
However, everything I already know about this niche comes [...]



Welcome to The Successful Site Experiment

Rather than come up with a cool code name for the site that is now at the top of my to-do list, I decided to instead name the ongoing series of posts that will come from it.
In this series of posts, I will take you guys through exactly what I’m thinking, exactly what I’m doing, [...]



The First Step of Internet Domination: A Code Name

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m about to start talking a lot about a new project I’m going to be working on over the next few weeks/months/however long it takes.
Basically, I have an idea for a site, and I’m going to create it, market it, and if all goes well… profit from it. And like I [...]



It’s Happening Again

Honestly, I don’t know what it is about me and this time of the year.
I think it could be the weather, because here in NY it’s almost beginning to switch from super hot to comfortably cool.
It may also be that my brain has been pre-programmed to switch to some other gear around this time due [...]



3 Reasons People Unsubscribe From My Email List

So a site of mine has an email list with about 35,000 subscribers.
That’s not super crazy huge, but it’s a pretty nice size. It’s actually a really nice size when you consider that I don’t really promote it at all beyond having a simple text box with something like “enter your email address to subscribe” [...]



10 Guest Posting DOs and DON’Ts for Maximum Success

(This is Part 4 of my series “The Guest Post: The Ultimate Guide To Guest Blogging.” To become a total guest posting badass, be sure to read the entire series.)
Welcome to the 4th and final part of this guest posting series. If you’ve been playing along at home, you’ve already learned just about everything you [...]