Check out my automated niche blog business model (it really works)

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by lisa mesa

Great thread - thread of the year!

A quick question for the tech geniuses...

I have been unable to get WP-O-Matic to work, the setup menu does not work and I have been unable to find a fix. The setup screen loads but when you click to start the process nothing happens.

Anyone know a way to resolve this issue or an alternative plugin to automate posting?

Thanks

Thank YOU Lisa!

If you're using the new WordPress 2.7, that might be it. It can take plugins a little while to catch up to new versions, but that's just speculation. I haven't tested it with 2.7 yet, so I can't say for sure. It DOES work with 2.6.5 though. If you aren't on 2.7 yet, make sure you meet the requirements for the plugin (listed on the download page). This is, of course, in addition to Tim's suggestion of making sure the whole plugin is there.

When you say the "setup" screen, you're talking about the screen from "Settings > WP-O-Matic"? From there, you should click on "Add Campaign" to start. It's hard to tell what you're talking about specifically from your post. Try this stuff, and if no luck, try to clarify exactly where you're having trouble.

Once again, glad you liked my post!

[jrsencio]

This sounds like a sound strategy. It would be good to do an actual test and make a case study which has a timetable and a list of actions done... with a specific income goal to reach in a predetermined number of days.

[lisa mesa]

Tim and Keith - Thank you both for the replies.

I have installed WP-o-Matic 1.0RC4-6 to WordPress version 2.6.3.

1. After installing the plugin, at wp-admin/plugins.php page there is a message at the top right of the screen:

"Please click here to setup and configure WP-o-Matic."

2. I click to go to this page:

wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wpomatic.php&s=setup

At this page it directs me to perform the SimplePie test. No problem with this test.

3. Then I click Next to go to page 2 of 4 but nothing happens that button does not work. This why I cannot run through the setup process.

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by lisa mesa

Tim and Keith - Thank you both for the replies.

I have installed WP-o-Matic 1.0RC4-6 to WordPress version 2.6.3.

1. After installing the plugin, at wp-admin/plugins.php page there is a message at the top right of the screen:

"Please click here to setup and configure WP-o-Matic."

2. I click to go to this page:

wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wpomatic.php&s=setup

At this page it directs me to perform the SimplePie test. No problem with this test.

3. Then I click Next to go to page 2 of 4 but nothing happens that button does not work. This why I cannot run through the setup process.

Very detailed! Thank you!

However, that is a weird problem and I've never encountered that before. I'll try and do some testing and see if I can replicate it tomorrow. In the meantime, I would try deactivating and uninstalling. Then re-install and reactivate and try again. If it's still not working, I'd try and figure out what the URL was that it was trying to go to from the "Next" button and try going there directly. However, if it's a form button instead of a link (I don't recall, I don't have it in front of me) that may be a little trickier.

I'll let you know if I'm able to figure something out. In the meantime, there are several other plugins mentioned elsewhere in this thread that will do similar things to WP-O-Matic (pull and post content from RSS feeds). I prefer WP-O-Matic, but something could be worked with the other plugins if we just can't get it working. So don't fret!

[JustVisiting]

I've upgraded my WP sites.

WP-o-matic works with WP2.7

[lisa mesa]

Thanks again Keith.

I have un-installed and reinstalled a few times.

There are the links on the left of the initial setup page:

Dashboard
Campaigns
Add Campaigns
Options
Import
Export

Each of these links when clicked correctly changes the url in the browser address bar BUT the page still reads as page 1 of the setup process.

In the meantime I´ll look at the other auto posting plugins.

[Aaron Tan]

Yes...this autoblogging model works.

I know it because I have been building "a lot" of such automated blogs filling them with RSS feeds from many different sources online.

Last time I can literally build one such blog a day using wordpress and that includes designing a pleasant looking header and banner too.

One thing I love to do is to include 3 self written articles to target those long tail in the niche I am venturing into.

At least with this article, I can start sending visitors from forums, yahoo answers and such.

I have about 60 such blogs still running till today and making a nice 4 figures adsense monthly.

It is truly a rinse and repeat model...and a very profitable one if you know how to monetize it properly.

Thanks for sharing such good info to those in need!

[piarwarrior]

Hi I'am a newbie. These Great Tips are really great and usefull for me. How can I find the fast way to get traffic that can conversion to be sales. I really need all guys. Thank for kind helps before

[Alminc]

I know about a script for wordpress that can automaticaly accept and publish articles from Article Marketer. It's called Auto Submit Articles, but it is compatible only with up to wordpress v. 2.2 .

I tested it a while ago on wp.2.2 and it worked as expected, but
that installation was defaced by hackers. Anyway, as far as I know the script can't be used on wp above 2.2.

I wander if anybody knows about similar article marketer script for wordpress that is compatible with wp 2.6 and above ?

[Tim Dixon]

Originally Posted by lisa mesa

Thanks again Keith.

I have un-installed and reinstalled a few times.

There are the links on the left of the initial setup page:

Dashboard
Campaigns
Add Campaigns
Options
Import
Export

Each of these links when clicked correctly changes the url in the browser address bar BUT the page still reads as page 1 of the setup process.

In the meantime I´ll look at the other auto posting plugins.

Hi Lisa.

I just had a quick look through the bug report pages for WP-O-Matic and there are a couple of entries dating back to August with the same problem as you have (but no resolution).

There was also another similar resolution where the originator realised he had uploaded the WPOM files directly into the Plugins directory rather than under 'Plugins/wp-o-matic' .

Also, what browser are you using? I have problems using the WPOM interface in Internet Explorer.

Tim

[lisa mesa]

Hi Tim,

I saw that entry too. I did install it in plugins/wp-o-matic.

I´m using Firefox 2.0.0.18

Thanks for your input.

[Tim Dixon]

Originally Posted by lisa mesa

Hi Tim,

I saw that entry too. I did install it in plugins/wp-o-matic.

I´m using Firefox 2.0.0.18

Thanks for your input.

Ah well, back to the drawing board then!!

I'll keep an eye out to see if I come across the issue on any of my blogs when I install WPOM.

Tim

[Carl Pruitt]

Originally Posted by moodykitty

Just curious, why would you want a post
with the auction title as the subject? Once the auction is over
the post will be pretty much useless, right? or am I missing
something?

The auction title still gets searched for so you pick up a lot
of "accidental" long tail keywords that keyword research could
never turn up. I also go back and add a list of current auctions
within the same post with BayRSS.

I have gotten WP-O-Matic to pull the feed once, but then I have
to delete it and start over if I want to fetch it again. So I
have just been going ahead and fetching a 100 at a time. It has
really juiced up the traffic to the site.
Edit: Using Google Reader I've been able to create Atom feeds that work really well with WP-O-Matic and I can add the BayRSS code to the custom template so that each post has constantly updating up to date auctions.

[Carl Pruitt]

Originally Posted by Alminc

I know about a script for wordpress that
can automaticaly accept and publish articles from Article Marketer.
It's called Auto Submit Articles, but it is compatible only with
up to wordpress v. 2.2 .

I tested it a while ago on wp.2.2 and it worked as expected,
but
that installation was defaced by hackers. Anyway, as far as I
know the script can't be used on wp above 2.2.

I wander if anybody knows about similar article marketer script
for wordpress that is compatible with wp 2.6 and above ?

I don't know of one for Article Marketer, but there is a wordpress
plugin for Unique Article Wizard that you can use to get free
articles, but it is a little difficult to keep the articles on
topic and I haven't felt comfortable just letting them post automatically
without checking them. There are some junky articles that get
sent out through that service. Some good one's too though.

[Chris Lagarde]

I'm using WP 2.7. The wp-o-matic plugin works for feeds from RSS Mountain but not from feeds created with Google News. I haven't tried it with other feeds yet.

[Chris Lagarde]

If you are having trouble getting wp-o-matic to read your Google news rss feed, I think I've got a solution for you: Feedburner.

Copy the Google news RSS feed you create, go to Feedburner, and paste it there. Feedburner will generate a Feedburner rss feed which does work!

[Tim Dixon]

Good tip there kingcatdaddy, usually you can get most 'difficult' feeds to work by burning them through FeedBurner first.

You can also aggregate them through Google Reader as per the thread in my sig.

Google Reader feeds seem to work great in WPOM without any additional burning.

Tim

[Techie Turtle]

I don't know if I set something wrong on my WP-o-Matic but I wanted to give everyone a quick heads-up. I looked at my hosting root "/" directory (above /public_html) and there were almost 2000 cron.php.xxxxx files there. Worst, I wasn't the owner and couldn't delete them.

You might want to check your root directory...

[wealthmaker2008]

ok what about this issue. I have pulled all rss and have loaded my rewrites but im having issues with the regex feature. Some of the words that I rewrite to a site url show in the post and im not sure how to get rid of that.

[wealthmaker2008]

huh nevermind i figured it out.

[JL Melvin]

Very interesting thread - I've been using WP for a while now with some small successes...

Question!!

What themes are people using? Is there a common theme being used throughout this process?

Thanks,
Jeff

[Chris Lagarde]

Thanks Tim. I thought that might be the case but it was late and I was too tired to test it. I'm looking forward to trying your Google Reader method out, and/or combining with Keith's automated system.

It's funny...it's been a lot of work wrapping my mind around the keyword research, setting up a hostgator reseller account, figuring out the right name server stuff to enter, struggling with the layout of Wordpress 2.7 and lots of little things that have consumed for more than a few hours. But finally, finally, it's coming together. The 2nd website will be vastly easier to create.

Without the clear instructions that you, Keith, and many other contributors have taken the time to write, it would have been an impossible task. This IM newbie thanks you and all the other posters who take the time to write educational and money making posts!

[Kyle Howard]

I see, they just let anybody post in here, huh? Heh, just playing.

[moodykitty]

Originally Posted by Carl Pruitt

The auction title still gets searched for so you pick up a lot
of "accidental" long tail keywords that keyword research could
never turn up. I also go back and add a list of current auctions
within the same post with BayRSS.

I have gotten WP-O-Matic to pull the feed once, but then I have
to delete it and start over if I want to fetch it again. So I
have just been going ahead and fetching a 100 at a time. It has
really juiced up the traffic to the site.
Edit: Using Google Reader I've been able to create Atom feeds that work really well with WP-O-Matic and I can add the BayRSS code to the custom template so that each post has constantly updating up to date auctions.

100 at a time? So you're creating 100 posts or you're getting 100 auctions in 1 post?
Yes, google reader does work with ebay feeds, thanks


Now to get traffic.... hmmm.....

[wealthmaker2008]

im having an issue with my gocodes/wpomatic. ok so if I load my url into gocodes lets say /go/new/ so new is the keyword, now what do i put in the rewrite section of wpomatic to make it line up and show up as a hyperlink??

Thanks

[wealthmaker2008]

geez im ridiculous because everytime i ask a question my brain starts working again and i figure it out. should i use the same key word that i used for the gocode redirect or actually that really doesnt matter. If they are already posted then i can just use auto seo links cant i.

[wealthmaker2008]

huh so I went back in but its giving me a 404 message on the gocode links. Any suggestions
Thanks

[wealthmaker2008]

Im to do process of elimination here i went into my folder in legacy file manager and did this

# BEGIN Wordpress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END Wordpress

In the documentation for the go codes, it says do this:

Place the following code in your .htaccess file, above the line that says "# BEGIN WordPress":
`RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^go/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)/?$ /index.php?gocode=$1 [L,R]
This example assumes your blog is located at the root of your domain. If your blog is located at yourdomain.com/blog/, then you should change "/index.php" to "/blog/index.php".

If that works for you, great! It didn't work for me!! Instead, just copy and paste the Line beginning with RewriteRule here:

# BEGIN Wordpress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^go/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)/?$ /index.php?gocode=$1 [L,R]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END Wordpress

If it's in the same directory as the Wordpress install, don't mess with that "/blog/index.php" crap.

That should fix the problem, if not just ask me and I'll try to help.

Steve


Both spots i tried and it didnt work. I think im just way too tired.

[wealthmaker2008]

haha Im just gonna quit asking questions cuz I keep figuring them out and feeling like a jackass cuz I dont want anyone to spend time trying to help me. Now I can sleep yaaaay

[wealthmaker2008]

Is this normal? I have the rss coming in just fine and switched the index.php and single.php to excerpt only, when you click on the title it doesnt leave my page it takes them to the post but its still just a snipet, its not the whole post. Any suggestions?? What if i put excerpt on the single.php and content on the index.php. If that works would i get all that crap at the end about its location in my file manager.

Thanks

[moodykitty]

Originally Posted by wealthmaker2008

Is this normal? I have the rss coming in just fine and switched the index.php and single.php to excerpt only, when you click on the title it doesnt leave my page it takes them to the post but its still just a snipet, its not the whole post. Any suggestions?? What if i put excerpt on the single.php and content on the index.php. If that works would i get all that crap at the end about its location in my file manager.

Thanks

You're pulling a feed that's only offering one line of text so you won't get any more content. The only way to fix it is to choose a different source for your feed, one that offers a few more lines of content rather than just a summary.

[wealthmaker2008]

well no it offers full content but I have changed that. When you go into your template you can change the code in both the index.php and the single.php. you change it from content to excerpt. I want to do that so they have to click the title of the post to get the full content. My question is that once you click on the title you cant get the full content. But if I take and put 'content' in the place of 'excerpt' then i get full content but on the front page. I dont want that I want a snipit on the page then click the title to get full content.

Thanks sorry for not specifying

[sunnyman]

@ Keith Kogane: MAN! You could sell this information for like $87 at Clickbank! Imagine if someone just copies this thread info, edits it, and sells it....!
(I bet this gave someone an idea...)

Seriously: I will certainly take a good look at this method.

[Keith Kogane]

Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay in getting my report done - the holidays are really kicking my ass. Getting ready to travel, shopping, vicious headcold, etc. I'm still working on it, but no ETA. In the meantime, let me answer some questions!

Originally Posted by travor

I don't know if I set something wrong on my WP-o-Matic but I wanted to give everyone a quick heads-up. I looked at my hosting root "/" directory (above /public_html) and there were almost 2000 cron.php.xxxxx files there. Worst, I wasn't the owner and couldn't delete them.

You might want to check your root directory...

That's crazy - something's weird with that, and I think it's got to do wiht your server config rather than WordPress. Maybe those are log records that your server's cron program creates? I don't know of any mechanism in WP or WPOM that would be creating files like that. Sorry I can't be of more help!

Originally Posted by JL Melvin

Very interesting thread - I've been using WP for a while now with some small successes...

Question!!

What themes are people using? Is there a common theme being used throughout this process?

Thanks,
Jeff

There have been a few suggestions for themes earlier in the thread, but my advice is to decide what your niche is, and decide what *kind* of site you're making (I make news aggregator sites with this method). Then, pick a theme that is appropriate to both your content, and format. I like "news" or "magazine" themes for my method, but not any specific one. I just browse until I see something I like.

Originally Posted by wealthmaker2008

well no it offers full content but I have changed that. When you go into your template you can change the code in both the index.php and the single.php. you change it from content to excerpt. I want to do that so they have to click the title of the post to get the full content. My question is that once you click on the title you cant get the full content. But if I take and put 'content' in the place of 'excerpt' then i get full content but on the front page. I dont want that I want a snipit on the page then click the title to get full content.

Thanks sorry for not specifying

You want to change it back to showing the full content on your post page. If you switched "single.php" to show only the excerpt, that's why it's messing up for you. Single.php is the post display template. Leave index as the excerpt, and put single back to full content.

But judging from your past posts, you've probably figured that out on your own by now.

[Keith Kogane]

Originally Posted by sunnyman

@ Keith Kogane: MAN! You could sell this information for like $87 at Clickbank! Imagine if someone just copies this thread info, edits it, and sells it....!
(I bet this gave someone an idea...)

Seriously: I will certainly take a good look at this method.

Yes, it's true. I'm a terrible capitalist, and a lazy product producer.

[wealthmaker2008]

lol I have thanks alot for all the great content keith I really appreciate it. Has any ever used the new version of hittail. Im having trouble getting to the option screen in my admin panel.

Thanks

[Spencer Chun]

Thank you for the post and sharing your knowledge with us. I can't speak for everyone but I appreciate very much. I am starting to see the light.

[allbusiness888]

Did I miss something? What is the URL?

[Allegro]

Originally Posted by allbusiness888

Did I miss something? What is the URL?

The Url is Amazing seven-figure automated income without using a single braincell - make money while partying with blackjack and hookers

[Chris Lagarde]

Is anyone getting wp-o-matic working property with a Google news feed and WP 2.7? I can't get it work. Even if I try it via Tim Dixon's method, it still doesn't work.

Yet if I put in an RSS feed from rssmountain.com, the setup does work (at least for pulling the initial posts).

[toptones]

Thanks for sharing this Keith. Great stuff.
A.

[Tim Dixon]

Originally Posted by kingcatdaddy

Is anyone getting wp-o-matic working property with a Google news feed and WP 2.7? I can't get it work. Even if I try it via Tim Dixon's method, it still doesn't work.

Yet if I put in an RSS feed from rssmountain.com, the setup does work (at least for pulling the initial posts).

Hmm. I've just tried a Google News feed on one of my WP 2.6 blogs and that works fine.

Let me just try it on a 2.7 blog.

Tim

[Tim Dixon]

Well, I just set up a brand new WP2.7 blog.

Added the WPOM plugin.

Subscribed to a Google News feed in Google Reader.

Tagged one of the entries and put that tag feed into WPOM.

It created a new post no trouble at all.

EDIT* I also have just tried adding a 'raw' Google News feed and that did not work, but if I burned the same feed through FeedBurner and used that it worked fine.

Tim

[jhongren]

Hey Keith,

Thanks for sharing. I believe this outline is clear enough for anyone who wants to make money from niche blogging.

I think the hurdle for most will be how to select the keywords and based on what criteria should they filter the keywords.

Wrong keywords = wrong traffic = no sale (or even negative cashflow)

Anyway, this automatic system only works for those who want to get their hands dirty by starting off the manual way by investing their time, effort and money.

Automation can be done after the system is fully set up

Thanks alot Keith!

John

[Chris Lagarde]

1. Don't copy and paste from Word! This is why my feeds were not working with wp-o-matic. It didn't matter if it was wp 2.65 or 2.7. It's Word that caused wp-o-matic not to work properly. I forgot that Word puts in all kinds of hidden garbage. I could kick myself for forgetting this basic fact of working with HTML.

When I copied the same feed from notepad, whadda you know...it worked!

2. Feeds compiled directly from Google News don't work. I even tried Atom rss format to no avail. However, if you take that same feed and either run it through Feedburner, or Google Reader (per Tim Dixon's instructions), it will work.

Additional point
3. I'll see if new stories come through the scheduled rss retrieval (cron job) tomorrow.

Keith - be sure to include these points in your upcoming WSO!

[Chris Lagarde]

Part of the beauty of this auto-blog system is how wp-o-matic will take iterations of a word that you've designated, and make it an affiliate hyperlinked word---all automatically from fresh content flowing in from the rss feed.

Is it possible to do the same thing with articles imported (reworked PLR content) into my blog? I think this auto-affiliate-hyperlink is an idea worth expanding.

[Tim Dixon]

Originally Posted by kingcatdaddy

Part of the beauty of this auto-blog system is how wp-o-matic will take iterations of a word that you've designated, and make it an affiliate hyperlinked word---all automatically from fresh content flowing in from the rss feed.

Is it possible to do the same thing with articles imported (reworked PLR content) my blog? I think the auto-affiliate-hyperlink is an idea worth pursing further.

If you bring in the article in through WPOM then you can use the same re-writing techniques as you would any other feed generated post (and if you've read my Google Reader thread you will know a technique to do that).

If you want to just post the article manually there are other plugins that allow you to do a similar thing, but check first as some of them are dynamic in nature, so the link would not get passed out through your RSS feed.

Tim

[Chris Lagarde]

Most of us probably already know about how to search for a phrase using Google. Highly relevant phrase searches can be tuned even further with negative terms. Below is what I found from Google's website. I'm not up to 15 posts so I can't paste URLs yet . Only one emoticon allowed each day, right? :-)

Negative terms

If your search term has more than one meaning (bass, for example, could refer to fishing or music) you can focus your search by putting a minus sign ("-") in front of words related to the meaning you want to avoid.


For example, here's how you'd find pages about bass-heavy lakes, but not bass-heavy music:


bass -music

[Chris Lagarde]

...(and if you've read my Google Reader thread you will know a technique to do that)....

Thank you for pointing this out Tim. I have not rigorously read through your Google Reader Parts 1 & 2 yet but that will be corrected shortly.

[jrsencio]

Is anyone having problems with these plugins?

I installed them on a new 2.7 WP blog..

- could not get the wpomatic link feature to work
- could not find the gocodes management panel on wordpress

Did anyone encounter these same problems?