The #1 Earning Page on the SPI Blog

Hi!

How are you? I hope all is well!

I just wanted to give you a quick tip today, which is something that I use on my own blog that is a win for you because it will help you make extra money, and a win for your readers because you'll be helping them out too.

What is it?

A resource or tools page.

It's totally underused in the online and blogging world (in my opinion), but it totally rocks.
 As you can see, a resource page is simply a page (not a post), on your blog or website that has links to things that are useful for you and your readers in your specific niche.

On my resource page, for example, I have links to hosting companies, shopping carts, keyword research tools, books, etc. - anything an upcoming online entrepreneur might find useful.

The trick is this: about 90% of these links are affiliate links, meaning I will get paid a commission each time someone purchases or uses a service that I recommend on that page.

Each month, I see $3000+ come directly from this page alone. It's non-aggressive, because I'm not forcing anyone to view it or pitching anything like a salesmen, and people find it helpful too because everything they need is conveniently located in one spot.

So, if you haven't done so already, you should really consider creating a resource page for your site. Here are some final tips that you can take with you:

Make sure you provide an easy way to access your resource page. A link in your navigation menu/bar does the trick for me.
On the resource page itself, categorize the kinds of links you place on the page. It will make it easier to scan through, so people can get exactly what they might be looking for.
Don't forget to include your favorite books from Amazon.com. The commissions are small from these books, but you also get a piece of any other products that person buys when they are sent to Amazon from your specific link.
Don't forget to use some kind of tracking method to keep track of how many pageviews you have, and how many clicks you get for each link. You can use a tool such as http://bit.ly or http://budurl.com in order to do this.
The best products and links to place on your resource page are ones that you've actually used before, which have helped you learn something valuable that others should learn too.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this week' tip! Here's to you and your online success.

Cheers!

-Pat

TEAM Up with other marketers...

Hi,

Welcome to the second issue of the "$10k Every Month" crash course!

If you like the idea of making a lot of money, but you do not like the idea of creating your own products, then -

You may want to consider affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing is when two marketers come together - one with a product and one with an audience - and they split the profits on any sales they make together. The affiliate sends traffic to the product creator's sales page, and the product creator closes the sale and gives a commission to the affiliate for every paid referral.

You can become an affiliate for nearly anything - from Dell computers to beer-making machines to books and products on sites like Amazon.

However, when you're an affiliate for physical products, you generally receive a small commission - perhaps only 5% or 10%. That means if you're selling a $100 product, you'll only get $5 or $10 for every paid referral you send to the merchant.

Important: Don't discard affiliate marketing just yet. You see, if you promote downloadable products like ebooks, you can get as much as 50%, 75% or even a full 100% commission for every product you sell!

Now imagine those sorts of commissions on a $100 product, and you can see how the money will pile up pretty quickly in your bank account!

Here's an overview of how to make your fortune with affiliate marketing:

1) Find a hungry market. Some people find a product and then go looking for a market. A better way to do it is to find a hungry market that's flush with cash first (because finding a product is the easy part).

2) Find out what this market is already buying. The easiest way to make money online is to sell what people are already buying.

3) Find suitable products. Go to Clickbank.com to browse for affiliate products that are similar to what the market is already buying. Be sure to read the products and research the merchant to make sure you're dealing with a good merchant.

4) Set up a lead-capture page. NEVER send your leads straight to the merchant's page. Instead, set up an autoresponder series and a related freebie (like a free ebook) to get all leads on your mailing list. THEN you can recommend that those on your mailing list purchase certain products.

5) Start sending traffic to your lead capture page, using pay per click marketing, search engine optimization, article marketing, blogging, social media marketing, forum marketing, viral marketing and similar strategies.

That's it! Just build a list of targeted buyers, find affiliate products that solve their problems, and recommend those products.

Just like that, you're on a path to $10,000 a month!

To Your Success,
Allen Payne

Conclusion: pick your cash cow!

Hi,

Congratulations - you now know five proven ways to earn $10,000 every month! Let's recap your "5T Formula". Five ways to make ten thousand dollars every month:

#1 - TYPE Your Way to $10,000 - Someone wants to pay for what YOU know!

#2 - TEAM Up With Other Marketers - and make a bundle with affiliate marketing.

#3 - TAP Into the Backend Automatically - Membership sites provide a passive income.

#4 - TAG and Ping Your Way to Riches - You could be the next $10,000+ per month blogger in your niche!

#5 - TWEAK and Flip Info Products - You can buy PLR products and sell them for a nice profit!

Now that you know these five profit strategies -

There's only one thing left for you to do: Choose one.

Don't agonize over this decision. The reason is because these are all proven ways to make at least $10,000 per month.

The "best" one is easy to spot - it's the one that looks the most attractive to you. The one that suits your lifestyle is the one that will bring you the most money!

So go ahead and choose your cash cow right now (yes, now)... and then get started working on your path to riches!

To Your Success,
Allen Payne

Making Money Online - what's the BIG "secret"?

Hi ,

I don't often use the word "secret" when sharing advice about online marketing. The truth is, that word is a bit scammy to me.

But with more and more people trying their hand at internet marketing -- and EVERYONE who has a website -- the question of what's the internet marketing "secret" comes up over and over again.

Why is it that some people are successful and some people can go on for years and never make it work?

Well, I believe there are many factor that go into how successful you'll be online.

First of all, do you have the drive and belief in yourself? Many successful internet marketers declare that this is really all it takes. Tenacity, dedication, and belief in yourself. When you think about it, they could be right.

Another "secret" is being able to leverage off of the experience and knowledge of those who are successful.

Of all the ways, this is the one I believe most in. I mean, What better way to break into internet marketing than to be under the tutelage of someone who is a proven success?

There are several ways you can do this. You can sign up for some of the free material that they offer, such as videos, e-books, webinars, courses, etc.

You can pay a little more for some of their "unpersonalized" methods. Or you can get one-on-one or close to it from these people themselves. This is a great way to see what is really working in today's internet marketing world. It changes so quickly that if you are new, you could be doing things that worked years ago, but are now outdated.

Finally, do your best to avoid jumping around from one course, e-book, or program to the next will just leave you spinning your wheels in confusion.

Hope my short advice today has been helpful.

Talk to you next time.

To Your Success,
Allen Payne

Money is in the list

Hey,

I'm back in touch again this Thursday with more online marketing tips.

I'll be brief today. Let's talk about Email Marketing.

Building a list of subscribers for email marketing is one of the MOST fundamental strategies online. It is also pretty boring, so many people tend to overlook it.

In fact, building an optin list that you can market and re-market to, is a core component of any business. Whether you use GetResponse, iContact, Constant Contact or Aweber, it's an essential.

The reason is it becomes your silent-ever-present salesperson, available 24/7 365 to stay in front of people.

Much like this message right now. :)

But make sure your email followup process provides the reader with solid takeaway and value.

There's no need focusing on Facebook and Twitter when you're lacking a simple core strategy such as building your opt-in lists. In my view, your subscriber lists trumps ANYTHING and everything social media related today.

Short and sweet and hope it helps.

Talk next time.

To Your Success,
Allen Payne

Here's Another Tip That's Kind of Like Mind-Reading...

Hey,

What's up! I hope everything is well with you lately.

If you've got a minute, I've got another great tip I'd like to share with you. It has to do with "mind-reading".

Here's what I mean:

When writing content online, whether it's for your blog, article websites, or whatever, the best thing you can do is talk about a subject that people are just dying to know about. Wouldn't it be cool if you knew exactly what people were complaining about, or needed help on, so you could be the one to give them the answers?

Of course!

Now, you're probably thinking that I'm going to say something like, "Ask your audience what they want to hear", which is definitely something you should do. But, what if you don't have an audience? Or, what if you do, but they're shy or just don't respond very much?

Then asking them won't do any good, will it? Here's my little strategy for finding out exactly what people in your niche want to know about, so when you finally publish your blog post, your articles or whatever, it will be like you're reading their minds. Here's what to do:

1. In whatever niche you're in, look for forums where people in your niche get together. The best way to do this is to go into Google and type:

forum:niche

So for example, for the fly fishing niche, you'd type in:

forum:fly fishing (make sure you type in "forum", and not "forums").

Google will give you a huge list of all the top forums in the niche, usually ordered by popularity.

2. Go into one of the forums, and look for a search tool, or a search field that will let you search for certain terms that people have written in the forum posts. Some forums allow visitors or guests to perform searches without registering, while others require you to register first.

You might as well register anyways, since it's only the place where more of your audience hangs out, right? Rocking it in a forum and becoming an authority there to feed your website is a whole different story. Anyways, I digress...

3. In the search field, type in some the following terms and see what you come up with:

"advice about"
"I hate it when"
"I need help with"
"can anyone help me"
"I'm looking for"
 "really bad"
"desperate for"
"can't find"
"have no clue"
"newbie"
"question about"
There's a number of other terms that you can search for that all fit the same kind of idea, but I think you understand what's going on here.

When you search for these terms (note: you may also have to fill out one of those spam captcha letter verification thingies too), more than likely you're going to get a series of forum threads that have someone in need of something.

...and there's your next blog post. Or, and there's your next eBook. The possibilities are endless of what you can find hidden in these forums, but if you really want to become an authority in your niche, you're going to have to give the masses exactly what they want to see, and this is one way to do it, even before you have a blog running.

When I search through the fly fishing forums, for example, here are some of the things I found:

Threads that were named:
A Newb With Some Questions
Spey / Switch Need Help
Need Advice About Sages (I don't know what sages are)
Rod Sensitivity vs. Long Casting
Questions on Building a Fly Rod
How awesome is that?

And this was just from one of the terms. Some terms may offer no results, while with others you may strike gold.

And here's a bonus tip: If the threads you find were relatively recent, you can write a blog post or article specifically addressing the need or the problem, and then go into the thread itself as a user and give a brief answer/solution, and then link to your article for more information.

That's instant (highly-targeted) traffic.

Sweet!

Well, I hope you've enjoyed this addition of "Another tip from Pat".

Wishing you all the best.

Thanks again, viet! Cheers!

-Pat

TYPE your way to $10k...

Hi ,

Welcome to the first issue of the "$10k Every Month" crash course!

Here's a direct path to $10,000 monthly:

Create and sell your own information products.

Many people who are just starting out don't even realize that they have knowledge that other people would be willing and even eager to pay for - and chances are, there's a book in you that could make you rich! Maybe:

You've lost a lot of weight and could teach others to do the same. You know how to stretch the family budget. You could teach others how to create and sell crafts. You know how to get into graduate school. You know how breed and raise poodles.

The above list includes just five ideas... but the sky is the limit!

Take time to brainstorm your interests and talents, and you'll quickly discover that you know a lot about a particular topic.

So once you've figured out what to write about, what do you do next?

Below is a step-by-step overview of the entire process. Remember that most of what you see on the list below can be outsourced to competent freelancers:

1) Research the market to ensure your idea is profitable. You're goal isn't to find a market and give them a product that requires them to first be educated about why they need this product. That's the long, hard and expensive way of making money. Instead, your goal is to choose a hungry niche... and then give them a product that they're ALREADY buying.

2) Research the competition so you can develop a better product. Now, you don't want to just give your market the exact same product as the competitors are delivering to the customers. You want to make your product unique - and you want to make it better. So your next step is to research the competitors' products to discover how you can improve upon the products the market is already buying.

3) Create the product. Next, it's time to take action. Shut the ringer off on your phones, lock the door, close your email... and start typing. Start with an outline and a goal to write XXXX of words per day. Then keep typing until you finish your ebook - don't worry about editing, because you can do that once the draft is finished.

Quick Tip: If you don't like to type, then try a voice-to-text product like Dragon Naturally Speaking.

If creating the product doesn't sound like something you want to do yourself, then outsource the task.

4) Set up your website, including a lead-capture system. Next, you need to write a sales letter that sells your ebook and upload it to a web page. You'll also want to set up a squeeze page with an autoresponder as a means to get your visitors to join your newsletter list. This is important, because most people won't buy your ebook the first time they visit your site - the money is in your list!

5) Set up your backend sales system. Most people don't get rich selling just one product. Instead, they find their wealth is hidden in the backend of their business - this is where existing customers buy more products and more expensive products from you.

As such, even as you create your first product, you need to also be developing your backend sales system. You should set up various ways to contact and pitch additional products to your existing customers, such as by email, postal mail, membership site forums, blogs or even through links in the products they've already purchased.

And there you have it - the five-step path to riches.

It's not a complicated process. Indeed, you can boil it down to a few words:

Find a hungry market and give them what they want.

Heeding the advice in the last line will put you on your path to $10,000 a month

To Your Success, 
Allen Payne

TAP into the Backend automatically..

Hi,

Welcome to the third issue of the "$10k Every Month" crash course!

As you've already discovered from the previous two paths to riches, the money isn't in your products... it's in your list.

And the easiest money you'll ever make is by selling more products and more expensive products to your existing customers (i.e., sell on the "backend" of your business).

Smart marketers spend considerable amounts of time building their sales funnels (backend sales systems).

They know the hard part is getting the prospect into the funnel - but once the prospect starts buying, they'll continue to buy provided you're solving their problems and giving them a good buying experience.

And so savvy marketers are constantly coming up with new ideas, creating new products, and figuring out ways to convert their existing customers into repeat buyers.

Now imagine if you could sell a product to your customer once... and then do so automatically every month after that, with no additional persuasion on your part. Would that make it easier for you to run your business? And would you be able to make a whole lot more money? Yes and yes!

Fortunately, there already exists a way for you to tap into the backend income automatically and effortlessly.

Namely, by creating a monthly membership site.

Here's the idea - instead of selling a new product to your customers every month, you set up a membership site with a monthly fee. Your customers are billed automatically. And all you have to do is update the site once a month. You can even outsource this task, meaning you're earning a residual income almost on autopilot!

Just imagine setting up a membership site with a $20 monthly fee and getting just 500 customers. Each and every month your payment processor rebills these customers, and you earn another fast $10,000!

Here are just a few ideas for membership sites you could set up:

A site that offers a service, like web hosting. Or you could offer something like sales letter critiques or college essay critiques.

A site that offers lessons on a topic. For example, you could have a six-month or twelve-month course on how to get an online business up and running. Or you could offer a course on something like how to do home repairs and maintenance.

A site that offers a new product each month. Think of Time Life books here or the "Wine of the Month" club. Every month the customer receives a new product, and it doesn't have to be a physical product. It could be a series of related ebooks - perhaps "how to" nonfiction books, or a "romance ebook of the month" club!

Those are just a few ideas. You've no doubt been a part of some of these sites, such as sites that deliver new software to its members every month, sites that offer large discounts on niche products, sites that offer private label rights (PLR) products to resell, and so on.

All you have to do to get started is:

1) Choose a hungry niche.

2)  Find out what they're already buying and what they want.

3) Set up a membership script and payment processor.

4) Set up a squeeze page and a sales page.

5) And then marketing OK

To Your Success,
Allen Payne

TAG and Ping your way to riches

Hi,

Can you turn mere words into $10,000 per month - without actually selling those words as an ebook or other information product? You bet you can!

Namely, by blogging your way to wealth!

Here's the idea:

You set up a niche blog that's of interest to a very specific audience. Then you monetize your blog in one or more of the following ways:

By promoting your own products to the people who visit your blog weekly or even daily.

By promoting affiliate products (i.e., other people's products).

By promoting CPA (cost per action) offers, where you get a commission every time your visitors perform a specific action such as filling out a form

By using Google Adsense , where you make money every time someone merely clicks on an ad on your site.

By asking for and accepting donations on your blog. (Don't discount this tactic - there are several well-known bloggers who make over $100,000 per year almost entirely through donations.)

So, how do you go about starting a blog that can bring you $10,000 per month? Here's an overview of the simple yet lucrative process:

1) First, choose a hungry niche. They should not only be hungry for information (so that they'll read your blog), but they should also be willing and eager to put money down to solve their problems or otherwise improve their lives. Figure out what they're already buying (which will help you decide how to monetize your blog).

2) Second, research the competition. Visit the busy, popular and profitable blogs in your niche to find out what makes them so popular and busy. Then figure out how to set your blog apart and make it better.

3) Next, buy a domain at NameCheap, GoDaddy or elsewhere that reflects the topic of your blog.

4) Fourth, go to WordPress.org and download the latest version of the blogging software. Install and customize it.

5) Next, start blogging! Populate your blog initially with about ten posts, just so your early visitors get the impression that you have a popular blog with good content. Then commit to updating your blog at least two or three times per week. If suitable, you may even want to update it daily.

Quick Tip: You don't have to sit by your blog every day and manually update it. You can pre-load content and "drip" it to your readers on a pre-set schedule. You can do this by either loading up the content and setting it for a future posting date, or by purchasing autoblogging software that does all the work for you.

Here's what else you need to know to start driving traffic and making money:

Optimize your posts for the search engines by creating articles around specific keywords. You may use WordTracker or any keyword tool to find out what niche keywords your market is already searching for.

"Tag" each of your posts using relevant keywords. WordPress allows you to add tags (keywords) automatically when you're posting your articles. You can also use your keywords as your category titles.

Ping the blog directories as necessary so that they crawl your site whenever you make a new post. If you're using WordPress, it pings the directories automatically. Otherwise, you can use a service like pingoat.com.

You need to create content that gets people coming back to your site again and again. You may create posts such as:

"Top ten" lists. Create several useful top ten lists, and your blog will become the "go to" place for niche-specific information. For example, a weight loss site might list the top ten diets, the top ten weight loss supplements, the top ten exercises, the top ten fat-burning foods and so on.

Product reviews in your niche. Be sure to list the product flaws as well as the good points, as absolute honesty fosters trust... and sales! Be sure to use your affiliate link.

Controversial articles that go viral. Don't be afraid to polarize your audience. You may repel some people, but you'll draw your target market closer to you.

Highly useful content (the type of content that others are selling).

Strong opinion articles (which can often create a buzz). Go ahead and get passionate while taking a strong stand.

Articles that join conversations already going on in your niche. If you take a different viewpoint or form a strong opinion, people will migrate to your blog just because you're offering something different.

Answers to frequently asked questions. (Just visit blogs in your niche to see what sorts of questions people are regularly asking.)

And anything that sets your blog posts apart and gets people talking and linking to your blog.

To Your Success,
Allen Payne

TWEAK and Flip information products

Hi,

Here's another way to profit from information products without having to deal with the product creation yourself.

Namely, by buying, tweaking and then reselling products that come with product label rights (PLR).

PLR products are those products where you purchase the right to modify the product and, generally, do with it as you please (as long as you follow the terms of your PLR license). That means you usually can modify the product, break it up, add it to another PLR product, change the format (e.g., create an audio product or a physical product), sell it, give it away, etc.

Now here's why this can be so extraordinarily profitable...

Even though 20, 200 or even 500 people might have the rights to this same product, very few of them will actually take any action. Of those that take action, most will simply use the PLR product as-is, without any modifications whatsoever.

However, all you have to do is invest an hour or so of your time to modify the product, thereby creating a new, unique product. Then you can change the title, create new ecover graphics and tweak the sales letter.

The best part? That one hour you invested eliminated all your direct competition, because you're selling a unique product!

Quick Tip: You don't even have to rework the product yourself. Visit elance.com or similar to find a competent freelancer willing to rewrite and tweak PLR content. Some will do it for just a few pennies per word.

Here's how to make this profit plan work for you:

1) Start by finding a hungry niche market. Once you do that, then find out what they're already buying. As usual, there's no reason to innovate when you can latch onto a profit from a "sure thing."

2) Find PLR content similar to what your niche is already buying. Search Google for your keywords alongside the word "PLR" or similar. So, for example, "weight loss PLR."

3) Tweak the content. Minimally, that means rewrite the introduction, rewrite the conclusion, rename the chapters and create a new title. Ideally, you should also add to or otherwise modify the content to make it your own.

Quick Tip: You may also "nichefy" the content, which means you tweak it to speak directly to a niche market. So a general weight loss book could become "safe weight loss for teenagers."

To get the most benefit from your PLR investment, you can keep modifying the product to spawn dozens of new products aimed at different niches. So your weight loss book might also be tweaked to target new moms, senior citizens, sedentary office workers, people in wheelchairs and so on!

4) Set up a lead capture system and sales funnel. You may pull in a tidy up front profit from your PLR content, but the real money lays hidden in the backend. That means you should always be selling more products to your existing customers. You can keep selling PLR content, of course. You can even set up a membership site to tap into the backend income effortlessly!

5) Create a sales letter - or tweak the sales letter includes in the package. And then...

6) Drive traffic to your site and start counting your money!

As you can see, this is an extremely fast and easy way to start making money.

Whereas it might take you weeks or even months to create your own product and start selling it, you can buy a PLR package in the morning and be making a profit in the afternoon.

To Your Success,
Allen Payne

Simple 5 steps to online success...

Hi,

Today we are going to discuss the 5 fundamental steps to online business success. If you can follow these steps and take action upon them, I have no doubt you will become a successful internet marketer.

I personally use this strategy in my online business and it is also used by many other successful marketers to literally make fortunes online.

Step 1. Set Your Initial Goal

The first step in making money online is setting goals. Whether you want to make $50/day or $500/day or more, the first step is to set an initial goal. Having a clear "Goal" lets you know exactly what you are shooting for. More importantly, your goals should be SMART goals:

Specific - Your goals should be clearly defined and very specific. Broad goals aren't allowed.

Measureable - Your goals should involve numbers or some kind of metric.

Attainable - Your goals need to be humanly reachable.

Realistic - Don't set your goal to make $5k per day by next week. This is not realistic.

Timely - Your goals should involve a time measure.

You should also set short term and long term goals. Why? Well, this will allow you to achieve small successes while still seeing the big picture as to where you want to go.

All those who become successful within the Internet Marketing field, or any other business, have set clear goals and never give up until they achieve their goals.

Step 2. Research and Select a Niche Product to Promote

That's why you need to a comprehensive research before you selecting a niche to promote to make sure that the niche you will choose will make you money and it will be worth focusing your internet marketing efforts on..

A niche is basically the segment of populations where you will concentrate your internet marketing efforts to make money and selecting the right one is critical to your success..Because of this, i recommend you pick a niche you have a lot of interest in. The more passionate you are about a niche, the easier it will be to write about, talk about, and make educated and REAL product recommendations.

Step 3. Find Profitable Keywords

You will need to research keywords and the average CPC over an industry before you begin promoting it.

Some industries have hundreds of thousands of keywords, while some are so specific they have a smaller number of search terms. A smaller industry can convert just as well as a large one, so don't be fooled by industries with keywords and low traffic AND definitely do not try to choose a niche simply because someone said it is popular or profitable.

Step 4. Find The Right Affiliate Programs
CJ.com (Commission Junction)
ClickBank.com
JVZoo.com
WarriorPlus.com
If you are using paid traffic techniques like Pay Per Click, you will need to make sure that the affiliate program will pay high enough to make it profitable. You typically want to stick to programs that pay over $10 commission.

If you are using traffic techniques like article marketing, on-site search engine optimization, you do not need to worry as much about the commission as these are free marketing techniques.

Step 5. Start an Advertising Campaign And Make Money

To do so, I recommend that you use only free traffic techniques at first, such as Article Marketing. The reason is this way you can literally get started with ZERO budget. You should also start building a list as this is the most valuable asset you can have in your business.

For more information on this, I recommend you check out the training area on our site.

Take the Leap

Once you have accomplishing the previous 5 steps, it is up to you to take the leap.

To Your Success,
Allen Payne

My Addiction: Do You Have it Too?

Hey !

you're probably wondering what my addiction is. It's a serious problem, but it's not anything like drugs, or gambling or anything like that.

What is it then?

It's checking my online statistics.

Ever since I started blogging and doing business online, I've checked my website stats several times a day. Sometimes up to 20 to 30 times a day, because they're so fun to look at! I love checking my web traffic, counting my Twitter followers and Facebook Fans, and number of sales too.

I recently realized, however, that checking stats that often does absolutely nothing, and really it slows down production because you're constantly interrupting what you're supposed to be doing.

Even though it takes just a minute or two, those minutes quickly add up - especially when you think about it over the period of a year, for example.

When talking to other bloggers and internet marketers about this problem, a lot of people feel the exact same way. I think it's pretty common because when we're first starting out, the traffic and all of the other statistics are what keep us going, and it's what we strive for. But, constantly checking won't change the numbers. Spending time on your content, your marketing strategies, your newsletter or website design - those things will help your numbers.

It's still important to check stats, don't get me wrong, but I've recently made an effort to only check my stats once a day, at 5pm - and that's it. Checking it any number of times before that is just a waste of time.

Like my Dad always says: "A watched pot never boils".

Do you have this issue, or is it just me?

Thanks viet!

Cheers!

Pat

Here's Why I Don't Create a Daily To-Do List

Hi !

Recently, I've been getting a lot of questions from people about how I stay productive, specifically asking for tips and tricks that I use to stay on track and get things done.

Here's a tip that I use (I'm not saying it's what you should do, it's just what I do that works for me). It may sound counter-intuitive, but I do not write down a detailed daily to-do list. I used to, but I don't anymore. Consequently, I've been getting more done, and feeling better about myself at the end of the day.

Let me explain:

With a daily to-do list, you spend the night before or the day of listing the things that you want to accomplish. We try to judge how long something will take to complete, so as not to overfill our day and leave us with unfinished jobs on the list.

Unfortunately, no matter how much of an expert you are at estimating the length of time it takes to complete a job, the daily to-do list never gets fully checked off. At least this was the case for me.

I wouldn't "overbook" myself. No. What normally happened was that there were unforeseen tasks or things that came up during the day that I had to do, which were sometimes more important and time-sensitive than what was on my list. Think of an urgent email that you have to respond to, or an emergency meeting or conference call that you must attend.

Those kinds of things are the ANTI-daily to-do list. What you had originally put on your list gets shoved to the back of the line, and often times you finish the day with an unfinished list and feel like you didn't accomplish as much as you wanted to, if anything at all.

That's not good for motivation, that's for sure.

The solution to my problem is a system I worked out which involves project to-do lists, not daily to-do lists.

Every project I'm involved in, whether it's a particular project for my blog, my LEED exam prep site, a particular iPhone application that I may be working on, etc. gets it's own to-do list.

The project to-do list is easy to create: just start at the bottom with your end goal (finish project X), and work your way backwards from there. You'll have a roadmap to completion all written out, and can easily check things off as you go along.

When I work, I simply allocate specific amounts of time "working on project X", or "working on project Y", depending on my mood, or what may seem to be more time sensitive. When "working on project X", I work on the next available task on its own project to-do list, without trying to reach a specific point by the end of the day. I just work on it as much as I can in the time given, and check off parts of the list as I go.

Of course, some tasks are required to be put on a schedule, such as writing blog posts (which should be done consistently), so there will be some things that require you to finish stuff within a certain amount of time, or on a specific date, but I try to keep that to a minimum.

Using this method, I find that I can get much more done. I don't know whether it's because I work better because I'm not stressed out about meeting "little deadlines" throughout the day, or because I'm super motivated whenever I check off a task on my project to-do lists, but it works, at least for me!

So, that's a little backstage pass as to how I get things done. If you're having trouble with productivity, or always feel like you're not getting things done, feel free to give this method a try.

Wishing you all of the best, and nothing less than success.

Cheers!

Best regards,
Pat

What to Write When You Just Can't Write

Hey !

I know it's been a couple of weeks since I last sent you a newsletter, but no worries - I will never give up on this newsletter! You can be sure of that!

I've got another pretty cool tip for you today.

It's all about filler posts.

What's a filler post?

Well, a filler post is a type of post that you can publish on your blog when you want to stick to a posting schedule, but you just don't have any real content ready, or you just don't have the energy to write.

I often find myself lacking energy to write, and when that's the case I can always substitute a filler post. I stick to my posting schedule, and my audience will never know there was any lack of energy.

So what exactly is a filler post?

It's nothing totally new, and most likely you've seen or even published a number of these yourself before - it's just nice to know exactly what kinds of posts they are in case you're feeling a bit behind or lethargic:

Guest Posts or Interviews - These are fantastic, because most of the content is created by other people! (Hopefully people who have excellent advice and things to say that would be helpful to your readers). Of course, you'll have to prepare these ahead of time, and it's always good to connect with other bloggers and experts in the field for networking purposes.

Ask The Readers - Don't have enough content for one post, but have a subject in mind? Why not ask your audience what they think? You'll get a slew of comments, build a sense of community, and the best part is that they'll all create the content for you! Then, you can do a followup post talking about what people said at a later time, and your audience will feel included and come back for more.

Case Studies - Case studies are great, because you're basically reporting on something. So, as far as the "hard-core thinking" goes, it's minimal, because your data becomes the content itself.

Monthly Reports - You know I'm a big fan of Monthly Reports. My monthly income reports have because the number one most viewed and most commented on post that I write, and honestly - it's one of the easiest posts that I write too. It's easy because again, a lot of it is just reporting and data, and secondly it's a lot of fun! Plus, since you're doing it monthly, it's something you KNOW you're going to write about, and something your readers have to look forward to as well.

Links to Other Blogs - You see this one a lot, and it's great because it's super easy, and super helpful for your audience. Get them connected to other people in your niche by linking to certain posts that you've read that you think would be great to pass on to your readers. In addition, the blogs you link to will mostly likely take notice, which may spark a profitable relationship in the future.

Links to Posts in Your Archive - Every day we get new people to visit our blog, so it's impossible for everyone to know everything you've ever written. That's why it's easy to get them to read killer posts that you've written in the past that might be buried in your archives, by simply listing a number of posts from the past that you'd like to share. Be sure to include a little snippet or summary, to get people excited about reading some of your older stuff.

Personal Stuff - Some of you may not be comfortable with sharing personal things on your blog, but if you don't mind, sharing personal things can be an easy filler post that actually does a lot of good. It helps show that you're a real person, and it gets your audience to connect with you on a more personal level. You're not just a blogger or a person who writes posts, you're viet.

So there you have it, a number of different types of Filler Posts you can use at your disposal if you're ever searching for fast content, or just don't have the energy to write a full blown blog post.

I hope you're enjoying the newsletter so far! Cheers viet!

Wishing you nothing less than success,

Pat

This is how Social Proof Made Me over $3000 in 3 days

Hey Viet,

I hope all is well with you!

I've got something really cool to share with you in this email. I wanted to write a blog post about it, but I decided to keep it exclusive to you and others who are subscribed to my newsletter.

In one of my income report a while back, something I did at the end of the report helped me earn over $3000 during the following 3 days.

The cool thing is that I didn't sell or tell people to purchase anything.

So how did I make $3000?

I'll tell you, but I first have to credit my buddy Mark Mason from http://www.masonworld.com for showing me the way. I had heard about this technique before, but it was on Mark's blog where I actually saw it take place. If you're not following Mark already, I definitely recommend that you do - he knows his stuff, and is one of the nicest guys I know.

Anyways, let me break it down for you in steps:
Find a product that you'd like to promote as an affiliate, preferably one that you've used before, are familiar with and are confident in your recommendation to others (that's my rule for anything I promote).
Contact the creator or owner of that product, and try to get at least 1 free copy that you can give away to your audience. If you can't make that happen, buy some additional copies of your own to give away.
On your site (blogs work best, you'll see why), hold a contest to win those free copies of the product. To enter the contest, people have to leave a public comment about how that product would help them, and what they would do with it.  Make sure those comments are where other people can see them - this is why blogs work best, since they already have a visual commenting structure.
The links to that product that you tell people to view before they leave a comment should be your affiliate link for that product.
Why This Works:

This works because:
People love to get free stuff, so you'll get more people in front of that product (through your affiliate link), because of your contest.
When people leave their comments (there were almost 300 comments on that post), everyone else sees what everyone is saying about that product. That's promotional material - not from you but from other people, which is much more powerful. That's social proof at it's finest right there.
You're not directly promoting anything, and you're not seen as someone just trying to earn a buck. Everybody is a winner!
If the product is good, and has a good landing page (like Instant Article Factory did for me), then it will practically sell itself.

If you can contact the owner like I did, have him or her setup a special price just for you for a certain number of days, then you can increase your affiliate sales even more.

I never once told people they should buy Instant Article Factory, they made that decision on their own based on everyone else's recommendation and praise about the product.

It works.

I hope you enjoyed that cool marketing tip! Here's to you and your success. Cheers!

-Pat

Can Blogs REALLY Earn Passive Income?

Hey!

 

I hope you're doing well!

 

A lot of people who learn about what I do understand that I have a bunch of businesses that earn a passive income each and every month (my LEED exam website, my iPhone app business, etc.) but then they see how much work I do for the Smart Passive Income Blog (and the podcast), and they tell me that a blog definitely is not passive because of all the work it takes to maintain.

 

At first, I usually agreed with the majority. A blog definitely isn't a means of passive income because a blog does take a lot of constant and consistent work. If you want to build a community of fans and build a ton of authority and trust, you definitely can't just write a few posts and let it run on auto-pilot like you can do with a niche site, for example.

 

That being said, a thought occurred to me the other day that I thought was sort of interesting. A blog can earn money passively, just not 100% hands-off like some other types of online businesses.

 

You see, when you write a blog post and maybe use it to sell a product or recommend a product that you are an affiliate for, after it's published it's up there forever - as long as your blog stays alive. 

 

The more you post, the more opportunities there are for people to land on one of your posts from Google, or search through your archives and possibly click through an affiliate link that you posted however long ago.

 

So in essence, each and every post you write is a passive income opportunity. Even if it doesn't include a link to a product, it could be a post that someone enjoys and uses to learn more about what you do and eventually land on a post that does include an affiliate link or a product that you sell.

 

Of course, you'd have to maintain the blog and keep your community thriving, which is why this isn't a 100% hands off passive income method, but you're not trading your hours for dollars and you do give yourself an opportunity to make money while you sleep. 

 

This is why when people ask me what would I do if I had to start all over again, I say I wouldn't change a thing - I'd start a blog and build a community around something I enjoy writing about.

 

Just some food for thought for you today. Keep writing, keep pushing along, keep providing great content and you're going to arrive at great things in your business and in life.

 

Cheers!

 

Best regards,

Pat

The Importance Of Keyword Research For Your Blog Posts

Keyword research is one of the most important

pieces of your online business, but it is also one

of the most overlooked.

The truth is you can have great content on your

blog that provides real value to your readers,

but if your keyword research is bad it won't

matter because no one is ever going to see it.

Keyword research is how you get your blog

posts ranked by the search engines so people

will actually see them.

Picking the right words can get you ranked,

picking the wrong words can put your post on

page 137.

The key to keyword research is finding words

that have a decent amount of traffic, but that

also don't have very much competition.

If you reach the number 1 spot for a keyword

that has no traffic, it doesn't help your blog at

all.

On the flip side, if you spend your time trying

to rank for a keyword that has too much

competition, it could take years before you see

any results.

The best option is usually to focus your blog

posts on "long tailed keywords".

What this means is that instead of writing a

blog post about "dog collars" (which will have a

huge amount of competition), you should write

about "red leather dog collars".  The large pet
stores likely have the highest rankings for dog

collars and you will never be able to compete.

You will have a much better chance of getting

ranked for long tailed keywords rather than the

short ones.

After you begin to achieve high rankings for

multiple keywords and your blog starts building

credibility with Google and the other search

engines, you can begin to target keywords that

are a little more competitive.

Of course, you also need to pick keywords that

are relevant to your blog.  If you're writing a

post about picking relevant keywords, it won't

help you at all to be ranked for "how to set up a

blog".

 

I hope this has helped you to understand the

importance of keyword research.

Coming Up With Content Ideas For Blog Posts

When you're getting started with blogging, sometimes

it can be difficult to come up with enough topics to

write about.

This can be a form of writer's block that prevents you

from even deciding on a topic to write about.

However, if you know the right places to look, you

will discover that the topics you can write about really

are unlimited.

The first thing you should do is start a list.

Anytime you come up with an idea for a future post,

write it down somewhere.

You should even keep a paper and pencil next to

your bed because sometimes the best ideas happen

late at night or when you first wake up.

You may think that you will be able to remember

your great idea, but it usually doesn't happen that way

- write it down.

You should also keep this list visible as a constant

reminder that you're looking for possible topics.

Once you get into a habit of keeping track of your

ideas, your list will eventually become large enough so

you have multiple topics to pick from.

Visiting several websites that are related to your topic

is another way to come up with ideas for your blog.

An easy way to do this is to subscribe to an RSS feed

or set your home page to show the latest headlines

from these websites.

Once a week, scan the headlines and look for ideas to

add to your list.

Sometimes it will be helpful to also keep track of the

url for the article you saw to use as a reference when

you start writing your blog post.

 

In my next email to you I will explain how to write

killer headlines to capture your visitor's interest.

 

Warm Regards,

 

Suzanne Howarth

MISTAKE #3: FAILING TO BUILD BRAND AWARENESS

I have seen so many people start a list using
a free autoresponder or a free website

It's important to build brand awareness and
develop a relationship with your subscribers

Part of that process is looking credible
So that users know you can be trusted.

When your subscribers trust you that will buy
from you when you make recommendations

 

You should also register your own domain name
and set up professional hosting accounts and
autoresponder accounts.

 

Here are the resources to do so:

 

http://www.getyourdomainnames.com

http://www.professionalhosting.com

http://www.autorespond.com

 

Use your name in the emails

Always start your emails with a brand that makes
them stand out in the subject line

For example putting anything in brackets makes
it stand out

example email subject lines;

[Lose 10 Pounds] How to Diet Right in 2013
[Free Video] How to Meet Rich Men Online in 2013

Till tomorrow!

Ewen chia

Writing Killer Headlines For Your Blog Posts

If you're just starting a blog, one of the biggest keys
to your success is getting people to read your blog.

The only way you can do that is to capture your

visitor's interest.

While you may have the world's best blog post, if

your headline doesn't capture their interest it won't

matter.

In fact, it would be more beneficial to have an

average blog post with a great headline than to have

a poor headline with an amazing blog post.

You need to get the potential reader engaged.

So how do you write a good headline?

Some of the best headlines you can write deal with
numbers and tips... 

Example -

 

5 Tips to Losing Belly Fat and Getting 6-Pack Abs

People love to read tips.  They know that most of

the tips they'll read will be short and concise and

what they want.

Also, writing about a specific number gives you an
idea of how you can outline your blog post.

Instead of running into a wall, you'll know that you

need at least 5 tips to make your blog post

complete.

Another great way to create an interesting headline
is to use a benefit...

If you're writing about weight loss, you want them
to see the benefit of losing weight, such as looking

great in a swimsuit.

However, one of the most powerful headlines you
can use is benefit+curiosity to create one that will be

guaranteed to get read...

Example -

3 Unwritten Rules to Losing Weight and Looking
Great in a Bikini.

This is a great example of a benefit+curiosity based

headline.

They'll want to find out what the "Unwritten Rules"
are and they'll be more likely to open your blog

post and read it.

To conclude, if your headline isn't interesting to them,

there is no way they're going to click on it.

 

Warm Regards,

 

Suzanne Howarth

Here's How to Get Noticed in Any Niche

 

After re-reading a lot of books lately (which I do all of the time), including my favorites like The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, and Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk, I honestly think that anyone can get noticed and become successful in almost any niche. The books are great and go into a lot of the "what you can achieve" type stuff, but they don't really get far into the "how you can achieve" type stuff, which is obviously super important and probably more of what you need right now. That's why I wanted to take some time to write this email for you below.

 

I'm basing the following information on my success as an online businessman and blogger who pretty much came out of nowhere, with almost no business experience whatsoever. I've been able to succeed both in a super small niche, as well as in a super over-crowded niche of "making money online." So, with whatever niche you're in or looking to get into, you should try to apply these 2 simple rules as much as possible, which I've always applied to my own projects.

 

Rule #1: Stay the Course

 

Rule #1 is simple, but nothing works if you keep changing your mind.

 

Stop changing your mind. Stop doubting yourself and your decisions, pick something, believe in it, and go for it. This rule alone will get you where you need to go and stop you from falling short of success.

 

Remember this when it comes to rule #2.

 

Rule #2: Be Different

 

The point here is to stand out, and the best way to do that is to be different. That's why we can still find Waldo (with his candy-cane striped shirt and red cap) amongst a sea of people on a page. He's unique.

 

This is exactly how I've found success online. I saw what everyone else was doing, and did something different. What everyone else is doing is what consumers and readers all eventually get used to. Choose to go the same path, and you'll just blend in with the rest.

 

Here are some personal examples to prove it to you:

 

With my exam prep website, I was the only one to ever offer an audio guide. I pitched it as a way to study for the exam while in your car to and from work, or while at the gym. Because I was the only one to do this, it became a huge hit and helped me to earn over $30,000 in one single month.

 

Also, all of the other exam prep websites had "support tickets" that people had to fill out in order to get their questions answered. All I had to do was show a personal looking email address (with my name in it, which is important), that people could use to contact me if they had any questions. I included this in all of the products I offered as well. Whenever I received an email, I responded right away. Word spread, and my site became known as the only place to get an immediate, direct response to a question. Of course, because I wanted to keep things as passive as possible, I included FAQs on the site that people could read before contacting me, which totally minimized the amount of emails I'd get. However, just seeing my email address there anyways helped to make people believe that I was always there to help.

 

With the Smart Passive Income Blog, I do even more to "be different". There are so many other "make money online" blogs out there all doing the same thing, that it actually became very easy for me to stand out.

 

For one, I don't hide anything. I tell it all from my own experience, even the failures or that parts that I sucked at.

 

Secondly, I tell people exactly where my money comes from, down to the penny. If you're a loyal reader of my blog, you know that my monthly income reports tend to be the most popular and most commented posts I that write.

 

Thirdly, I made sure I had a totally customized blog theme that no one else had.

 

Fourthly, I blog a lot about my personal life. A lot of you probably know that I have a dog named Gizmo and a son named Keoni. Maybe you've even seen the wedding video of my wife and I who turned a boring wedding dance into a killer hip-hop routine. I see so many other owners of make money online blogs who don't even use their real name, or show one picture of themselves. Sad.

 

Lastly, and probably most importantly, I don't hard sell or promote anything. This has probably been the key to my success, but with so many people going online today to try and make a buck, everyone is getting tired of seeing ads and promotions. That's why you'll very rarely see them here in this newsletter, and why my blog is virtually ad free. Now that's totally being different, right?

 

Even though this is the case, I am still able to earn a lot of money from the blog. This happens because I've gained people's trust, and when I do mention a product I've used and one that I trust in my own businesses, other people are happy to click on my affiliate links.

 

So, how can you be different?

 

I'm sure there are a thousand ways, both small and extreme that you can do to be different. Check out what all of your competitors are doing, and don't do that. Find something common between the websites that are in your same niche, and do the opposite.

 

This is how The-4 Hour Work Week became a success. There was no other book like it, and it was a mindset that totally went against the norm.

 

This is how Gary Vaynerchuk of Crush It! became a success too, by streaming live TV and talking wine to "regular" people.

 

What are you going to do differently?

 

-Pat

Monetizing Your Blog For Profit - Part 1 (Adsense)

 

One of the most amazing benefits of blogging is the ability

to earn money from writing about something you love, and

at the same time inspiring more people to find out about

your chosen topic.

A popular method of earning money from blogging is

enrolling in the Google Adsense program, which allows

you to earn money each time a visitor clicks on an advert

on your blog.

Implementing Adsense on a blog is very straight forward.
To start visit:

http://www.google.com/adsense/start/

Once you have been approved you will be given a code to

place on your websites.

To add the code to your blog, the easiest way is to add a
widget. Use a Text widget in the Widget area of your blog
and copy paste the code.

The biggest strength of Google's Adsense technology is its
ability to match ads to content, using a process called
contextual matching.

Contextual matching allows the readers of your blog to see

ads related to the article they are reading, for example a

link to a camera store on the latest digital camera review.

Some people prefer not have the standard adsense ads on

their blogs as visitors know they are paying you when they

click on a link. A way to advoid this, which not many

bloggers know about is to use Google Adsense For Search.

Google Adsense For Search is easy to implement. By using

a plugin called "Google Adsense Accelerator". This plugin

will add a custom Google search box to the header of your

blog, as well as a custom search box to the foot of every

post with a "call to action". Your visitors won't even know

it's Google Adsense.

 Google Adsense Accelerator will give you the potential to

increase your Adsense income.

Once you have had your ad code on the blog for a while

you will start to see your statistics displayed in the

Adsense control panel, such as the number of times your

ads have been shown, how many were clicked, and how

much you have earned.

Adsense is a very simple monetization option for bloggers,

so why not give it a try to see how much you could earn?

Warm Regards,

Suzanne Howarth

Pat's Super Secret Way to Find Content To Write About

So as I mentioned before, I have a lot of tips and tricks to share with you that will not be posted on the blog, and this is one of them.

 

If you're struggling with figuring out what to write about, whether it's for your next blog post, or that eBook you're working on, try this method out:

 

1. Go to Amazon.com and type in keywords that are related to your niche. For example, if your site or eBook was about flyfishing, you'd type in flyfishing in the search field.

 

2. Locate the top books in the search results, and click on one of them. This will open up the page that shows you what it's about, how much it costs, etc.

 

3. Look inside the cover. The cool thing that Amazon does is that it shows us the first few and the last few pages of most of their books. And what page is always shown when you "look inside"?

 

The Table Of Contents

 

The table of contents will show you exactly what kinds of things people are talking about within that niche. So, for ourflyfishing example, in one of the top books, I see the following:

 

Part 1: Flyfishing

1. Introduction

2. Understanding Fly Tackle

3. How to Fly Cast

4. Fly-Fishing Tactics

5. The Biology of Fish

 

...and so on and so forth.

 

Now, you don't want to just copy each of these parts of the table of contents verbatim and use them yourself. They are too general! They should, however, give you ideas on what you can write about. 

 

So for example, here are some blog post titles or chapters of eBooks that I've derived just from this part of the table of contents:

 

5 Types of Fly Fishing Tackle and the One That Works Best

What Exactly Triggers a Fish to Eat Your Artificial Lure

Why That Fish Won't Even Look at Your Fly

The Beginner's Guide to Casting a Fly Rod

How to Practice Fly Casting 

8 Fly-Fishing Tips to Give Yourself the Best Chance to Catch Fish

Advanced Fly Tackle - For Serious Fisherman Only

 

You get the idea. 

 

We're basically getting a boost of inspiration from looking inside the covers of these books. If you think about it, a lot of money went into helping the authors figure out how to organize and determine what they were going to write about, so now you can use that as your own starting point to make even better content for your eBook or blog.

 

So try it out. Go to Amazon, enter a keyword, look inside the covers, find the table of contents, and get inspired.

 

I hope you've enjoyed this tip. There are definitely more to come. Thanks, and best of luck to you! Cheers!

 

Monetizing Your Blog For Profit

When you know how to monetize your blog with

affiliate programs, you will quickly see that there

is limitless earning potential for your online

business.

 

Some of the better known programs you may have

heard of are Ebay and Amazon, and bloggers are

making substantial income with these sites.

 

But you can also become an affiliate for major

retail stores or even sell items such as ebooks,

through sites like Clickbank.

 

Amazon and Clickbank are perfect for those who

are new to blogging, because they don't require that

your blog must have a lot of traffic or posts to be

accepted into the program.

Some affiliate programs have lengthy applications

and often the site won't approve you until you have

an active blog that is showing promise.

 

Don't let this discourage you, however - start with

an affiliate program, like Amazon, so you can start

generating affiliate revenue early on, which will

motivate you during the slow, early stages of

blogging.

 

Visit websites and companies that would provide

perfect affiliate products for your blog in the future,

check if they have affiliate programs available.

 

As an example, if you had blogs that focused on pet

products, you can begin by featuring Amazon items

but in the long term, your goal might be to become

an affiliate for a big chain like Petco or Petsmart

once you meet their application criteria.

 

No matter which businesses you intend to apply to,

to become an affiliate, once your blog is really

generating traffic, be certain to diversify and not

put all of your eggs in one basket (program), in the

event that the company would cease offering

programs for affiliates.

 

Warm Regards,

 

Suzanne Howarth

Identifying A Profitable Niche Using The 3x3x3 Rule

Finding your blogging niche, especially one that is profitable, should be something you carefully consider before starting at blog.

Ideally you should select a blog subject about which you are passionate and knowledgeable.

One of the first things to consider are your own personal interests. This is important because a blogger who is passionate and knowledgeable about a particular subject will not only have an easy time coming up with ideas for new blog posts but is more likely be highly successful. The blog visitors  will be able to sense your passion for the subject matter and appreciate more what you write in your posts.

Blog subjects can be widely popular or only of interest to a small section of the population. However, there will likely be interested readers regardless of the subject of the blog. If your aim when blogging is to profit and make an income then you should select a topic which appeals to a larger audience.

I recommend you select a niche that is evergreen and avoid short term fads. Evergreen markets are where there’s always a ready and willing target audience to pursue and it will not change tomorrow. This is important to the long term income potential of your blog.

Identifying A Profitable Niche Using The 3x3x3 Rule

**There are 3 golden categories of profitable niches. These are:

1. Health
2. Wealth
3. Relationships

Write down a list of niches that interest you, from these 3 broader topics.

**Do some research to narrow it down. When researching a niche there are 3 important factors you need to look at:

1. Who is your target audience?

Your target audience are people who are interested in your topic. This can include age, gender, income etc. For example, are they cash poor college students or do they have discretionary income to spend on a hobby, such as golf.

2. Are there enough products?

Are there enough products within your niche that you can earn money from? Some niches are more for information gatherers rather than buyers and you would need to create your own products. Others naturally have tons of affiliate products that you can provide to your visitors and earn a commission when they buy.

3. Content Availability

A profitable niche is one where you can provide lots of content to your readers. There should be lots of angles and key phrases to write about over time. New content is key to bringing in traffic and search engine ranking.

**Human emotions also play an important role. There are 3 conflicting human emotions that make a profitable niche:

1. Pleasure / Pain
2. Hope / Fear
3. Social Acceptance / Rejection

By focusing on the 3x3x3 rule above, you will be well on your way to choosing a niche that will make your blog a profitable success.