Before I go over my chief takeaways, let me say that I found information that will help me with Websites, blogs, and more. The report focuses on starting blogs to make money, but many of the techniques will work for plenty of other purposes.
Here are my main takeaways:
>>> Research within your niche by looking at Facebook groups. What are people interested in? I've done this, and will add for business topics also look in LinkedIn. I found both useful, but LinkedIn somewhat more for professional topics.
>>> Use video. It's easy and cheap and people love it. I've done this, although not nearly enough, and it works. I'll be making some simple fishing videos soon to promote my fishing sites. It's really very very simple and it works. It gets you people coming to visit and see your stuff.
>>> Build an email list of your readers. This really works, and many many of you reading this are coming because you are on my email list. Email lists work to build relationships, provide value, and absolutely to make money!
>>> Forum research. To find areas where people are interested and exactly what they are interested in, check out related forums. You can just type in Google, "
For example I'm really into fishing for striped bass, and if you Google "striped bass forum" you find the top related forums. As I have a (money making) site on striped bass, you can bet I'll be looking these for ideas of new content areas to give readers what they want.
>>> Diversify. Not all blogs or Web sites take off and do well for whatever reason. Now if you are blogging on your one true passion or career, and it doesn't do super well, you can slightly position it, but if like me you have many passions in life you might consider starting or trying several blogs/sites and then sticking with the most promising one.
I'm doing this. I have four different site up on different aspects of a passion of mine, fishing. The oldest one is doing OK, the next is doing well so far, and we'll see how the two newest do. In the long term, I may abandon (or more likely combine) the least successful.
YouTube is the biggie, but there are also other significant video sharing sites, as well as easy ways to upload to all of them (I'm doing this!).
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