What is a niche site?

A niche site is a website, usually a blog that targets one particular niche.

Example?

This blog. Yes, this blog is a niche site that targets the internet marketing (make money online) niche.

How can I make money online by running a niche site?

Step 1)  Choose a profitable niche & write down the keywords that you’re going to focus on mostly. You can head over to http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ to find suitable keywords that are worth competing for.

Step 2) Buy a domain name and host it. It can be any domain name, but if you manage to find one with your keyword in it, then you will definitely find it easier to rank for that keyword on search engines.

Step 3) Download wordpress from here http://wordpress.org/download/ and install it on your server. As soon as you install it, you’ll quickly realize that the default theme sucks… So, make sure that you download another theme (free or paid) & apply it to your blog to attract more people.

Step 4) Add content, and lot’s of it. You can easily come up with new content by reading on other related blogs to get some ideas. Then all you have to do is write down a simple article that has some value. Don’t forget to write down your keywords in the article a couple of times so that you’ll have a keyword density of 2% or more. This will help you a lot with your search engine rankings.

Step 5) Add some affiliate, PPC ads to your blog and maybe an opt-in box to capture subscribers if you intend to build a list. You can do this yourself by toying around with the PHP code. You can hire someone. Or, you can simply download some plugins that will take care of the job. I’m talking about plug-ins such as “easy adsense”…

Step 6) All you have to do now is generate traffic. Start by bookmarking your niche site on technorati, digg, reddit, stumbleupon etc… Then submit your RSS feed to as many RSS directories as you can. In the meantime, keep on adding new posts on the blog & bookmark those post too. If you focus on quality content with good keyword density, and keep on bookmarking your blog to make it more popular, the search engines will start to favor you. And in time, organic traffic will start to follow.

That’s pretty much it.

Why do a lot of people that start a niche blog fail at making money online?

Because they give up to early… You will NOT start making money straight away with this method. This is more of a long term method & you will need to spend some time before you start earning good income.

If you stay focused, you’ll get there. Just look at all of those successful niche sites and follow their process!

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