Codrut Turcanu's Niche Site Confessions
Here we go with review number 2.
It's only been 24 hours since the first review, but someone asked about this next product and it totally fits the theme of this review blog, so I bought it, read it and can now tell you about it.
It's another information product in .pdf format and it's called Niche Site Confessions Revealed
Rather than being written by one person like Neils product in the first review, this product is a compilation of the contributions from 3 different people:
Dan Ho
John Gibb
& Phil Whiley
Their contributions are collated by a guy named Codrut Turcanu, who I've worked with before.
Dan and John I'm not familiar with, but Phil Whiley is a friend of mine, so I know he knows what he's talking about. Phil is a really friendly and unassuming guy who you would never guess was so successful. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but in this day and age where many people are trying to be perceived as a guru - Phil is as relaxed and friendly as if he was relaxing at home, which considering the great success he has with minisites, is probably because whenever I meet up with him it's because he's exactly where he wants to be. That's the effect having enough money to go where you want, when you want can have.
So, right from the start, as soon as I saw Phil had contributed I knew this product was likely to have some great information.
Coupled with the fact that I actually contributed to one of Codruts previous info products, I know just how persistent he is to get as much out of the contributers as possible.
So, we're off to a good start and I haven't covered the content at all yet - that's a good sign :)
One thing I found interesting was that both Dan and John attribute their success in some part to having used the excellent Site Build It from Ken Evoy.
It's only been 24 hours since the first review, but someone asked about this next product and it totally fits the theme of this review blog, so I bought it, read it and can now tell you about it.
It's another information product in .pdf format and it's called Niche Site Confessions Revealed
Rather than being written by one person like Neils product in the first review, this product is a compilation of the contributions from 3 different people:
Dan Ho
John Gibb
& Phil Whiley
Their contributions are collated by a guy named Codrut Turcanu, who I've worked with before.
Dan and John I'm not familiar with, but Phil Whiley is a friend of mine, so I know he knows what he's talking about. Phil is a really friendly and unassuming guy who you would never guess was so successful. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but in this day and age where many people are trying to be perceived as a guru - Phil is as relaxed and friendly as if he was relaxing at home, which considering the great success he has with minisites, is probably because whenever I meet up with him it's because he's exactly where he wants to be. That's the effect having enough money to go where you want, when you want can have.
So, right from the start, as soon as I saw Phil had contributed I knew this product was likely to have some great information.
Coupled with the fact that I actually contributed to one of Codruts previous info products, I know just how persistent he is to get as much out of the contributers as possible.
So, we're off to a good start and I haven't covered the content at all yet - that's a good sign :)
One thing I found interesting was that both Dan and John attribute their success in some part to having used the excellent Site Build It from Ken Evoy.
If you're not familiar with SBI, it's a complete package that will train you in marketing, provide all the tools you need to create an optimised website, and get good results promoting it.
Dan Ho is just a normal guy who has decided that spending time with his family is a top priority.
The ensure he gets to do this, he made the brave step of setting up a website in the health niche.
As you're probably aware, the health niche is not something to take lightly, and most people wouldn't even consider the possibility unless they were really confident about their ability to get traffic.
Dan had spent 4 months learning about the potential suppliers and competition and using their products, so that when he launched his own website, he was well aware of the work he'd need to do.
The main thing that seems to have stood Dan in a strong position is the fact that he had already learned the importance of niche marketing and didn't make the usual mistake of being too general (we all know how that increases the amount of work required to get traffic and to sell to that traffic). Using Site Build It he also didn't suffer the common paralysis that many people have when they're inundated with information about which tools to use.
So, the combined effect of Dan spending around 18 months learning about marketing, and then his sensible and focused approach to concentrating on micro-niches has meant a 5 figure income from one site - a nice example of how a solid foundation and persistence can pay off.
Niche Site Confessions Revealed
John Gibb is a young guy who knew within a few years of starting work for someone else, that it wasn't the life for him - and he quit to make websites for himself, starting affiliate marketing in November 2003.
John is very open about the fact that his technique was not successful at first, but that he learned some important lessons about how to create sites that successfully make money. Once the lessons were applied - his results improved dramaticaly.
John is another happy Site Build It user, but realises that in the future he should have a little more control and be able to manipulate the html himself.
Avoiding things that distract you from working on your business, and having some sound places to get feedback and learn new things have been important for John, and Allan Gardynes exellent forum (http://www.associateprograms.com/discus) has helped him get where he is, and his move from expecting failure to having a winners mindset has made all the difference to his results.
** THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT - Don't brush off having a positive mindset as 'fluffy, fooling yourself thinking', the right mindset WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE **
John has included a nice guide to building a passive income within 2 months which I think a few people will enjoy.
I enjoyed Johns focus on quality of research, positive mindset, outsourcing and assessing possible revenue streams before starting on a new site - this is all sound practice and should be the basis of most peoples efforts.
Using Johns strategy, he's confident that most people should be able to reach $100 a day in affiliate revenue, that's a revenue most people would like to add to their current income.
Niche Site Confessions Revealed
Phil Whiley - Anything from Phil is likely to be good, so I was interested to see what Codrut had managed to squeeze out of him this time :)
Phil got interested in making money in the Internet in 1996, having worked in the newspaper section and in photography. Phils newspaper columns turned into a product and then using frontpage at first, Phil started using SEO Website Builder (an excellent product by Andy Williams - another switch-on guy).
Once he became hooked on affiliate marketing, his interesting ezine, his continually increasing network of minisites and his excellent 'Minisite Profits' ebook have made him a well known, and respected Internet Marketer - he also happens to be a nice guy too.
One particular section of Phils contribution details how he started making money, and he goes into his own technique which worked really well - this technique is still one that many people won't have considered, so I think it's going to help many readers of this product.
The early groups of sites Phil refers to were using techniques outlined in Michael Campbells 'Revenge Of The Mininet', and those techniques still work well today.
Phils tool arsenal also includes NicheMonster (currently closed) and Traffic Equalizer, and one site that did well was making him $1000 a day - not a bad little income from one minisite.
During Phils contribution he covers everything from research, getting links, and picking keywords, to why his early sites got penalised by Google and what he did about it.
Phil also gives his 5 step plan that others can follow.
All in all, the contributions in this ebook are well worth reading.
Each contributor adds value to the ebook, and Codruts probing questions ensure that the reader gets answers to the questions that they care about.
The level of detail covered by the contributors, and the explicit examples they give (they show you their successful URLs) means that just about anyone is going to pick up something useful from reading Niche Site Confessions Revealed
Nice Job Codrut, it seems that you really can offer great value just by getting 3 people to answer a few questions - if those questions are the right questions, and the people are the right people :)
Thumbs Up, and 8.5 out of ten from me for Niche Site Confessions Revealed
Andy
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