I want to make big money like this guy made 2 million - is it possible blogging?

by DannyLikesCash Banned
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This story is very inspiring for me because I am just starting out trying to make money online. It's seems so hard to get a handle on it.

To the experience Warriors I have a question. In his post Suicidal Debt To Wealth he says he started blogging in the late 1990s. Is it possible to get rich blogging over time in 2017? Or is he just lucky to have started long ago.

I so badly want to make it big and work from home.

Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author TZ
    Yes it's possible but that guy writes in the finance niche and he writes well. You have to make sure your niche pays well and you need to write your ass off.

    But yes it can be done. Don't forget this took him 12 years to earn - that's 15K a month average.
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    • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
      Good 12 year point TZ. And that was to get 15 K a month.

      Another note; most of us have so many fears around money that this process of prospering takes years. But if you dive into REALLY deep fears on a daily basis, working despite your deepest terrors, you cut your money making learning curve quickly. Almost all human beings avoid their deepest fears regularly - including me, though I am improving in their area - but goodness, the few who don't grow like weeds.

      Look at a guy like Tim Ferriss. He does the most uncomfortable things habitually when most do those types of things once a month, or maybe, once yearly, or never. This is why he hacks stuff in weeks while most folks take months to develop skills.

      Not that we are in a hurry; just sharing the types of bold steps for the OP to take, to help leverage their presence.

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  • Profile picture of the author TZ
    And you should find a good blogger to learn from - these days I suggest Neil Patel - he is a master internet marketer and bloggoer
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    • Profile picture of the author brookeharper08
      Agree. I've read lots of his blog posts and his approach is always in-depth and he gets his point(s) across effectively.
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    • Profile picture of the author hardraysnight
      Originally Posted by TZ View Post

      And you should find a good blogger to learn from - these days I suggest Neil Patel - he is a master internet marketer and bloggoer
      can you tell neil patel to stop spamming me
      you could also explain the function of unsubscribe
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    • Yes Neil Patel is great guy!
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        Of course nobody is competing for that exact phrase!!! The point is the phrase is just a handful of words with no details like location, model numbers, etc. but it's in the top.

        It's in the 'top' because no one is competing for the phrase.....

        No one is competing for the phrase....

        Because no one is searching for the phrase.

        And the same is likely to be true a year from now.
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      • Profile picture of the author celente
        Originally Posted by Guus Van Bruwaene View Post

        Yes Neil Patel is great guy!
        met him in person, 7 years ago, and was sweating, and nervous as hell.

        But he told me, "Hey boy, slow down, and BREATTTHE!!!" like kunta kinte.....

        It was quite funny, however..... he was such an awesome cool guy. :-)

        Gave me lots of great nuggets I still use to this day.
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          Its your ability that makes it possible. Are you able to do that?
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Trent
    But can you answer my question on when he started? Do you think a newbie like me could make a full time living with Internet marketing or is the market just too crowded now??

    thks
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    • Profile picture of the author Splatterfox
      Originally Posted by Paul Trent View Post

      But can you answer my question on when he started? Do you think a newbie like me could make a full time living with Internet marketing or is the market just too crowded now??

      thks
      If you ask these kind of questions you really have a very, very long path ahead of you.

      Internet businesses (in terms of "solopreneurs") are a lot about thinking out of the box and 100% self-reliant work. Since you have direct competition all over the globe (since anyone can start an online business) it is actually HARDER than making money offline.

      The great thing about the internet though is that it is way EASIER to make a lot of money compared to the corporate world, because if you have a business that you are able to scale or that suddenly takes off, it has a tremendous multiplier and leverage. However, you should acquire some skills (sales, coding, designing, copywriting, whatever) first and outline what you want to do. "Internet business" is not a category by itself, so think about a possible business you see potential in and work on it continously.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by Paul Trent View Post

      But can you answer my question on when he started? Do you think a newbie like me could make a full time living with Internet marketing or is the market just too crowded now??

      thks
      After reading Kay's post, I skipped the link.

      Yes, it's still possible to make a full time living online. There are too many people doing it in too many strange markets for anybody to claim otherwise.

      Can you do it?

      No clue.

      But here's a word of advice. If someone tells you to pick a "niche" like health, finance or relationships, take the advice, and anything else they tell you, with a huge handful of salt.

      The best way for a newbie to succeed while learning the ropes is in one of the small, weird niches. How weird?

      > Frank Kern started in the "teach your parrot to talk" niche.
      > Dr. Glenn Livingston started in the "how to care for your guinea pig" niche.
      > Ryan Levesque started in the "making Scrabble tile jewelry" niche.

      I could go on, but you sound like you're smart enough to get the idea.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tsnyder
      Originally Posted by Paul Trent View Post

      But can you answer my question on when he started? Do you think a newbie like me could make a full time living with Internet marketing or is the market just too crowded now??

      thks
      When you start doesn't matter at all. It's no different than
      its ever been. If you're going to develop a large market share
      you have to deliver LOTS of quality content. It' damn hard
      and will likely take years to develop the skills if you don't already
      have them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    It's not a 'story' - it's a sales page. The site is 2 years old and is selling debt consolidation. There are NO names associated with the site that I could find - no expert with degrees or experience - but the site claims "Dave Ramsey is wrong about debt".

    Did you fill out the questionnaires and send your bank name, your income, your list of debts and who they are owed to ....to a total stranger online?

    Do you believe he didn't know his earnings for 12 years and was shocked??? Ever hear of the IRS? You know what your income is.

    How could anyone here guess whether you can make money online or not? You haven't listed any experience or training or skills or goals or niches - just a desire to earn big bucks.

    The internet is not too crowded - but you have to earn your money working online just as you do working offline.
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    • Profile picture of the author TZ
      Well of course he's selling debt consolidation. That's how he has made his money all these years. His affiliate link is right at the top of the FN page.

      I wouldn't be surprised he banked that either because the payouts in that niche are huge.

      I always find it hilarious when Internet marketers are disgusted with other Internet marketers blatant self promotion. Hypocrisy anyone.

      Kay - you are an experienced Internet marketer so you can sniff a sales post from a mile away - and so can any of us with experience.

      On second reading I noticed that the post is at least 2000 words and a lot of images. The type of post Google loves. He's probably been at this quite awhile.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by TZ View Post

        On second reading I noticed that the post is at least 2000 words and a lot of images. The type of post Google loves. He's probably been at this quite awhile.



        The page ranks #28 for one of it's main keywords (debt reversal in lansing michigan)... and that's a longtail keyword with no other site on the internet targeting that exact phrase (nobody).

        Ranks #15 for debt settlement relief in newark nj.

        Again, nobody is targeting these exact longtail keywords and the OP site/link still doesn't rank on Google SERPs.

        The site sucks. Typical desperate affiliate site.
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        • Profile picture of the author TZ
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          The page ranks #28 for one of it's main keywords (debt reversal in lansing michigan)... and that's a longtail keyword with no other site on the internet targeting that exact phrase (nobody).

          Ranks #15 for debt settlement relief in newark nj.

          Again, nobody is targeting these exact longtail keywords and the OP site/link still doesn't rank on Google SERPs.

          The site sucks. Typical desperate affiliate site.
          The post is only a few weeks old. Wait for it....

          Most content takes 6-8 months before G finally places it.
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          • Profile picture of the author yukon
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            Originally Posted by TZ View Post

            The post is only a few weeks old. Wait for it....

            Most content takes 6-8 months before G finally places it.

            The OP site/domain/link has been online since 2015.

            Maybe they need 3 years before they rank, lol.

            Wait for it...
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        • Profile picture of the author TZ
          Yukon's been glue sniffing again. The post in question doesn't target any keywords of importance. It's choice of title is terrible if it's actually targeting a long-tail. Just a sad attempt at linkbait.

          Try searching "warning the bitch will bankrupt you"

          Looks like some posts they're not even attempting to hit a longtail. Just linkbait.
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          • Profile picture of the author yukon
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            Originally Posted by TZ View Post

            Yukon's been glue sniffing again. The post in question doesn't target any keywords of importance. It's choice of title is terrible if it's actually targeting a long-tail. Just a sad attempt at linkbait.

            Try searching "warning the bitch will bankrupt you"

            Looks like some posts they're not even attempting to hit a longtail. Just linkbait.




            You're on both sides of the fence.

            First you brag about the site and Google, now excuses why it doesn't rank for anything.

            Google hates that site, lmao.
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            • Profile picture of the author TZ
              Originally Posted by yukon View Post

              You're on both sides of the fence.

              First you brag about the site and Google, now excuses why it doesn't rank for anything.

              Google hates that site, lmao.
              Ok Yuky,

              Let's go with your take on long tail targeting. if you want to judge how G feels about the site you need to search the title.

              So search this:

              suicidal debt to wealth reversal plan

              Now we see how the site is doing.
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              • Profile picture of the author yukon
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                Originally Posted by TZ View Post

                Ok Yuky,

                Let's go with your take on long tail targeting. if you want to judge how G feels about the site you need to search the title.

                So search this:

                suicidal debt to wealth reversal plan

                Now we see how the site is doing.




                Ha, ha, you're the first person on earth to ever search that phrase.

                If someone is suicidal WTF do they care about debt? Hilarious. Pinterest doesn't even care about the zero traffic keyword and they still outrank them.

                Nice try, no soup for you.






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                • Profile picture of the author TZ
                  Originally Posted by yukon View Post

                  Ha, ha, you're the first person on earth to ever search that phrase.

                  If someone is suicidal WTF do they care about debt? Hilarious. Pinterest doesn't even care about the zero traffic keyword and they still outrank them.

                  Nice try, no soup for you.






                  Doesn't matter who searches it. It's just a test.

                  It's in the top three twice with over 4 million competing pages, and in a few months Pinterest will be lower. The original domain of the post will rise later down the road. Don't forget the post is only a week or so old.

                  My point being....Google likes the site.

                  Not sure what you're putting in that soup Yuk.
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                  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
                    Originally Posted by TZ View Post

                    Doesn't matter who searches it. It's just a test.

                    It's in the top three twice with over 4 million competing pages, and in a few months Pinterest will be lower. The original domain of the post will rise later down the road. Don't forget the post is only a week or so old.

                    My point being....Google likes the site.

                    Not sure what you're putting in that soup Yuk.
                    There are not 4 million competing pages. There are zero other competing pages. Nobody is trying to rank for that term.

                    The number or results in the index has nothing to do with the level of competition.
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                    • Profile picture of the author TZ
                      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

                      There are not 4 million competing pages. There are zero other competing pages. Nobody is trying to rank for that term.

                      The number or results in the index has nothing to do with the level of competition.
                      Yes - good point. OK...there are over 4 million possible pages in the results and G put it there at the top.

                      Of course nobody is competing for that exact phrase!!! The point is the phrase is just a handful of words with no details like location, model numbers, etc. but it's in the top.

                      And this is why link begging is questionable when you can long tail your way into some decent traffic after a year so AFTER the content is published. Not the launch date of the domain.
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                      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
                        Originally Posted by TZ View Post

                        Yes - good point. OK...there are over 4 million possible pages in the results and G put it there at the top.

                        Of course nobody is competing for that exact phrase!!! The point is the phrase is just a handful of words with no details like location, model numbers, etc. but it's in the top.

                        And this is why link begging is questionable when you can long tail your way into some decent traffic after a year so AFTER the content is published. Not the launch date of the domain.

                        Ranking for something doesn't mean anyone is searching for it. That page could rank #1 for that term for the next decade and still get zero traffic from it because nobody searches for that term.

                        It's one thing to target long tail keywords, but you have to target long tail keywords that make sense.
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                      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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                        Originally Posted by TZ View Post

                        Yes - good point. OK...there are over 4 million possible pages in the results and G put it there at the top.

                        Of course nobody is competing for that exact phrase!!! The point is the phrase is just a handful of words with no details like location, model numbers, etc. but it's in the top.

                        And this is why link begging is questionable when you can long tail your way into some decent traffic after a year so AFTER the content is published. Not the launch date of the domain.







                        No, that's not how Google Search works.

                        There's not 4 million competing pages, there's not even one competing page. There's 210 pages indexed but none are competing for the exact keyword.

                        Anyone could outrank that keyword and not even care, exactly like Pinterest is doing right now.

                        Again, the keyword is retarded, no suicidal person is searching Google for debt relief. Nobody gives a shit about leaving this world with good credit.

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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Trent
    Thsk for comments everyone I couldn't tell this was a promotional type article. I didn't see any ads at all on there.

    So do think I should maybe try the finance niche if it pays out a lot?
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    • Profile picture of the author Tsnyder
      Originally Posted by Paul Trent View Post

      Thsk for comments everyone I couldn't tell this was a promotional type article. I didn't see any ads at all on there.

      So do think I should maybe try the finance niche if it pays out a lot?
      Are you an expert in the finance niche? Can you actually give me
      financial advice that I should follow?

      Do what you know to start out. If you don't know that niche well
      enough to compete with the bona fide experts who offer financial
      advice for free it will not be a high paying niche for you.
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    • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
      I'd not pick any niche based on believing the niche will make you money

      What do you love doing? Start there. Then, research the niche a bit, think of creative ways you could help folks, and slowly learn from the best folks in the niche.

      Neil Patel would be an awesome blogger to follow if you're vibing with building a blog. I'd strongly suggest following him and some other bloggers who have been doing the online bit for a while, successfully...like......

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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Yes Paul it is possible.

    But one problem exists that will make this story impossible for you to live: the bloggers who make millions almost always pick a driver different than money. They blog to make a difference. They blog to serve. Money is like 1/100th of why they blog. Seriously.

    Then, as they devote 99% of their energies to giving the money flows in. Millions, or whatever. But they are not desperate to make money. They are focused on helping people, learning their craft, serving, staying up until 2 AM to write the latest post or to guest post or to help folks on Warrior or to respond to email or to comment on blogs. They stay up late and wake early for months, when they happen to be making zero dollars online.

    Most folks use money as a driver then, when the zero figure stares at them over weeks, and months, they quit. Tough to make millions when you devote more than a few % of your energy to making money. But when you focus on serving, you make hundreds, then thousands, and you set the framework for building a profitable blog, which can set you up for something really special.

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  • Profile picture of the author Neal01
    Yes it is possible to make money but as already advised your motivation needs to be more than money, if your drive is money it will come across in your message and that will drive people away.

    You need to pick something you are passionate about and find what problems people are having within that niche and write about that, that will get people to read and as long as you have something valuable to give away as a lead magnet, you could get a high op-tin rate.

    Everything you do is all about providing value, people will not buy from you unless they are getting value so make this your main focus and the money will soon follow.

    My advice is look up a guy named Ray Higdon, he started his business blogging and he's one f the most successful bloggers out there.

    All the best but most important thing is provide value, don't be in a rush to make money, that will come as long as you serve the people in your market.
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  • Profile picture of the author amuro
    Originally Posted by DannyLikesCash View Post

    This story is very inspiring for me because I am just starting out trying to make money online. It's seems so hard to get a handle on it.

    To the experience Warriors I have a question. In his post Suicidal Debt To Wealth he says he started blogging in the late 1990s. Is it possible to get rich blogging over time in 2017? Or is he just lucky to have started long ago.

    I so badly want to make it big and work from home.

    Paul


    No, there is nothing with it.

    But you need a group of people who like you, listen to you, supported you and most importantly TRUSTED you so that they will buy whatever you recommend.

    If you look at all the successful gurus like Anthony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Eben Pagan and Mike Filsaime, they all have groups of people they can inspire and recommend their products and services -

    As well as people they listened and learn from.

    Secondly, your product or service needs to be of great value to most people whom you have in your group.

    It can be an internet marketing course, coaching or DFY or Done-For-You Services.

    Most people - including me when I got started - ONLY think of making $.

    Without realizing that in order to make that $, they need to learn how to give and deliver value to one another first.

    Before earning the right to whatever amount they can dream of.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jackjohn01
    Yes you can make money from blogging . But its possible only when you add unique content and according to the screening Nowdays.
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  • Profile picture of the author DIABL0
    I remember a while back, Perry Belcher from Digital Marketer asked an audience how much they though an average blogger made per day and gave them a choice of dollar values to choose. They were all wrong and he went on to say that the average blogger makes about $3 per day.

    If you want to make money online, learn how to cost effectively drive traffic / build email lists. Because it makes no difference what you are promoting, without traffic you are never going to make any money.

    I get the pick what you are passionate about as far as what your niche should be. However, you better make sure it is monetizable and you have a viable plan to do it. Also, there is nothing wrong with simply being passionate about marketing.

    My preference is to promote PPL(pay per lead...lead generation) offers.This is because there is no credit card / purchase required to complete an offer. All a user has to do is fill out a form, so conversion rates are typically much higher compared to offers that require a sale to be made.

    While that blog that you found was really just attempting to generate debt consolidation leads. It was a really poor example of how to do it and I can't imagine they are generating many leads.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brent Stangel
    But you need a group of people who like you, listen to you, supported you and most importantly TRUSTED you so that they will buy whatever you recommend.
    The majority of people who earn a living online do not have a "tribe" of sycophants hanging on their every utterance. Nor do they want one.

    The Internet is absolutely not too crowded for intelligent, creative, dedicated people to build profitable businesses fairly quickly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Neal01
    The problem for me is people focusing on striking it rich straight away, listen.

    The thing you do now will not be the thing that gets you to be a millionaire, it will merely be a stepping stone along the way.

    Learn each lesson as it comes and embrace this new direction and go at it with everything you have because getting started will e the hardest thing.

    Once you have done it consistently for a few weeks you will have momentum and can then perhaps reach out to people to do guest blogging to give you a bigger reach.

    Neil Patel is definitely someone to follow, I had the pleasure of meeting Neil a couple of years ago and he is an amazing guy and really knows his stuff.

    As mentioned before another good blogger to follow is Ray Higdon.

    Good luck but most importantly, get started and keep moving, stay consistent and never lose faith.

    You will get there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Samuel Martin
    What you need to do is strive hard and you can acheive it . Yeah people surely are earning millions through this
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    • Profile picture of the author Jonah Klimack
      I've always contended that making money blogging is probably one of the hardest avenues.
      Blog is a great compliment to an overall campaign, but to have it as it is, tip of the spear... I don't know... long process with questionable pay-off.

      If you do it on the side, and if it starts picking up, then yeah, great go for it.

      But to single-mindedly make it your mission to make money blogging.. I don't know.

      Let's say you write a bunch of content, and it's awesome and people love it. Well you put it on your blog, right?

      But what if you packaged that content another way? As an ebook/gift for a splash page to get the email?

      Then you take the content that drew in visitors and leads, and maybe upgrade it to video, or audio.

      Or what if you came up with a great facebook page centered around the meat of the content?

      What about viral videos?

      Pinterest? etc.

      Then maybe you find an expert in the field, and you create an interview style product with a few of them, and sell that to your list.

      Or how about creating a viral share page with it?

      Then what? you want blog subscriber or emails? More people read email than blogs.

      I suppose you could be blogging as your emailing your list.

      But blogging as the only thing you do, to build your list? I don't know.

      It's rare, is what I'm saying. Whereas the same effort placed in some basic direct marketing via email, or social media, going for the conversion, making sales, has a much higher success rate to anybody who actually does it.

      Take your blog content and make a product, that's my advice.

      Or be aware of doing both.
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    yes,
    there are so many free blogs sites are available in google.
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  • Profile picture of the author TZ
    I disagree with the consensus that you need to love what you are blogging about. When I started I focused on the high paying niches ONLY because I was out to make money. Didn't care about being a guru or helpful at all.

    I just wanted to work from home full time and would have blogged about tiddly winks if that is what paid the most. I blogged about motorcycle loans and insurance (still do). They both pay really well. Not because I like motorcycles, insurance, or finance. I couldn't care less about any of it.

    But I loved typing on a keyboard, and I loved creative writing. Took typing and classes in high school. It was great being the only guy in the typing class. Better ratio ;-) They the old clackity clack electric typewriters. Hated them.

    So I found ways to be creative when writing about BORING stuff that made the most money. One of our affiliate programs pays $20 anytime a visitor on our site fills in their email, name, and phone number. As a result we've had the biggest years of our Internet career. $220,000 last year, less this year. Always up and down.

    And the boring subjects stopped being boring when the money started rolling in and eventually I learned to love writing on almost any subject as long as it paid.

    And the master stroke for us was LONG TAIL. Without long tail we would have jack sh#t for income. So if you are going to blog make sure you do it on extremely lucrative niches and write long detailed posts on long tail targets. If you do that you don't need to beg for links or suck up to any gurus. Google will rank you - don't worry about it.

    As far as links go - screw it. Just write bigly content, images, videos, etc., and make your links by linking your content from post to post. Yep - those are dofollow perfect links in your own text. Google gives your long form detailed posts a high score so when you link to your own internal pages that juice starts to add up. THEN others eventually start linking.

    My motorcycle niche site has over 8000 links inbound now and I never begged for a single one of them. Lots of those links are crap but I never remove them. I just completely ignore linking.
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    • Originally Posted by TZ View Post

      I disagree with the consensus that you need to love what you are blogging about. When I started I focused on the high paying niches ONLY because I was out to make money. Didn't care about being a guru or helpful at all.

      I just wanted to work from home full time and would have blogged about tiddly winks if that is what paid the most. I blogged about motorcycle loans and insurance (still do). They both pay really well. Not because I like motorcycles, insurance, or finance. I couldn't care less about any of it.

      But I loved typing on a keyboard, and I loved creative writing. Took typing and classes in high school. It was great being the only guy in the typing class. Better ratio ;-) They the old clackity clack electric typewriters. Hated them.

      So I found ways to be creative when writing about BORING stuff that made the most money. One of our affiliate programs pays $20 anytime a visitor on our site fills in their email, name, and phone number. As a result we've had the biggest years of our Internet career. $220,000 last year, less this year. Always up and down.

      And the boring subjects stopped being boring when the money started rolling in and eventually I learned to love writing on almost any subject as long as it paid.

      And the master stroke for us was LONG TAIL. Without long tail we would have jack sh#t for income. So if you are going to blog make sure you do it on extremely lucrative niches and write long detailed posts on long tail targets. If you do that you don't need to beg for links or suck up to any gurus. Google will rank you - don't worry about it.

      As far as links go - screw it. Just write bigly content, images, videos, etc., and make your links by linking your content from post to post. Yep - those are dofollow perfect links in your own text. Google gives your long form detailed posts a high score so when you link to your own internal pages that juice starts to add up. THEN others eventually start linking.

      My motorcycle niche site has over 8000 links inbound now and I never begged for a single one of them. Lots of those links are crap but I never remove them. I just completely ignore linking.
      Interesting, nice post. Also, turn me on to the affiliate programs you are doing all that.
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    Wow that's unreal thanks Terry for that was realluy helpful!
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Lol at all the random stock photos on the OP link/blog.

    Real convincing.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Trent
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Lol at all the random stock photos on the OP link/blog.

      Real convincing.
      I noticed that too the guy is a walking cheese factory.

      Like this one. funny.
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    • Profile picture of the author TZ
      Don't think he wants to be convincing. He wants traffic from Google and if that traffic isn't "convinced" they click his affiliate link to a real service provider.

      Pretty sure there is no product or service there. All window dressing.
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        Originally Posted by TZ View Post

        Don't think he wants to be convincing. He wants traffic from Google and if that traffic isn't "convinced" they click his affiliate link to a real service provider.

        Pretty sure there is no product or service there. All window dressing.


        No offense but that's just something IMers say.

        Nobody clicks an affiliate link on a crappy page as an escape route. They close the browser/tab.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Originally Posted by Paul Trent View Post

    Thsk for comments everyone I couldn't tell this was a promotional type article. I didn't see any ads at all on there.

    So do think I should maybe try the finance niche if it pays out a lot?
    Unless you are, as Terry said, an expert in the financial topics your audience wants to learn, or you have the kind of zeal for creative approaches to boring topics that TZ has, you should probably avoid the "finance niche".

    Go back up and read my first post again. Even the marketer you linked in your first post isn't in the so-called "finance niche" - he's in a subset or sub-niche of that, debt consolidation. A little research would probably reveal that he actually targets a subset of that niche.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Trent
      Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

      Unless you are, as Terry said, an expert in the financial topics your audience wants to learn, or you have the kind of zeal for creative approaches to boring topics that TZ has, you should probably avoid the "finance niche".

      Go back up and read my first post again. Even the marketer you linked in your first post isn't in the so-called "finance niche" - he's in a subset or sub-niche of that, debt consolidation. A little research would probably reveal that he actually targets a subset of that niche.
      Thanks a lot John. I did what you suggested and this helped me understand how you can target and small niche like that. I'm impressed with how helpful you all are here on this forum. Most forums it's everyoine trying to sell me something.
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  • Anyone else notice where he says the site has only been around since Dec 2015?
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    • Profile picture of the author TZ
      Kay was the one that caught that not much gets by her ;-)

      It's a baby site. Probably launched and lurking to wait out the Google sandbox, or he just wasn't into the site till now.
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      Actually what's funny to me is the address for their "office" - it's listed as 13th Floor, 641 Lexington Avenue New York, NY, 10022 (Manhattan)

      alllllrighty then
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    if you want to do well, write blog posts each day SEO it, but Seo is waist of time there days. PAID TRAFFIC is where its at.

    If you do not have any funds, you can always do guest posts, drive traffic to your blog and at the end of your blog posts put in an optin form, so you are generically getting traffic and building a list at the same time.

    That would mean

    1) Your getitng sales from people hitting you from google.

    2) You are getting sales from building your list.


    And then when you are making money use 50% of that money and hire a team to leverage some of your work.

    This is what I did, I went from $0 broke ass whitey, to making over $500 USD per day.

    The clues are in what others who are successful do.

    1) Make money

    2) Use that money to make more money
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    3) go back and repeat steps 1 and 2 again.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    The OP logged out 6 minutes after starting the thread - and hasn't logged back in since. Seems to happen a lot lately....

    Maybe he'll be back later...or not.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Trent
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      The OP logged out 6 minutes after starting the thread - and hasn't logged back in since. Seems to happen a lot lately....

      Maybe he'll be back later...or not.
      Huh?? I've been posting a few times so why would you say I left after 6 minutes. You must be a moderator if you're watching login and logout times.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    This thread was started by a different forum name - you opened two accts the same day? Confusing - but I'm easily confused some days.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Trent
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      This thread was started by a different forum name - you opened two accts the same day? Confusing - but I'm easily confused some days.
      Oh I see what happened - I opened my account under DannyLikesCash but then signed in under my real name with Facebook. OMG it says my first account is banned! Wonder why/.

      Sorry. I'm a newbie. Thanks for your help.

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    Because you can only have one acct

    Mods fixed it for you - so it's all good.
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  • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
    Here is the real deal with blogging and other IM paths.

    You are paid in direct proportion to the value you provide the people on your list.

    Read that as many times as need be until it becomes part of you.

    Build a blog, build a list and provide that audience real value.

    When you do that, yes, it's possible.

    I didn't say it would be easy. I said possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author st0nec0ld
    It is possible. If you can blog and write content you will not just make money on blogging but you can also make money on writing content. It is a skill you now. If you love what you do then money will surely follow.
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  • Profile picture of the author amuro
    Originally Posted by DannyLikesCash View Post

    This story is very inspiring for me because I am just starting out trying to make money online. It's seems so hard to get a handle on it.

    To the experience Warriors I have a question. In his post Suicidal Debt To Wealth he says he started blogging in the late 1990s. Is it possible to get rich blogging over time in 2017? Or is he just lucky to have started long ago.

    I so badly want to make it big and work from home.

    Paul
    Paul, I do have one blunt advice for you.

    Don't just think of making money.

    Think about what you can share and help others as well.

    Because at the end of the day, you need to understand that people don't just buy from people.

    They buy from those they can reasonate with or see a great value in the products and services offered to them.

    I also blog.

    But I never blog just to make money.

    Or trying to model others I am not.

    It does not work that way.

    It never will.

    What you need is to find out what you are good at and how you can help people based on that.

    Try to get to know more people.

    Not just online through forums and FB groups.

    But offline as well through live events such as seminar previews and social networking in sites like Meetup.

    Because it is through knowing and networking with more people in your niche, you get a much better understanding of what challenges they faced and how or what you can do to help them.
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  • Profile picture of the author DIABL0
    I think people need to stop thinking that blogging (in itself) is an effective medium.

    Today, there is so much content that exists (just do a google search), that creating more has little effect.

    You need to be able to drive traffic and offer actionable info over generic content.

    Just my 2 cents.
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  • Profile picture of the author carlamae
    Learn the skill of blogging and set your goals a bit lower to begin with, then move up in increments. You don't have to earn millions to be a success, just try to earn a living.
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    money making is not about stratgies and techniches

    its about your MENTALITY, if you can see it in your mind, you can hold the money in your hand.

    95% of people cannot see it, and create it in your mind, so the rest never come. Plus taking action....no one does that these days. LOL....i mean....right??
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  • Profile picture of the author rozzski999
    Here is how to make money from a blog:

    Set up your blog
    Start creating useful content
    Get off your blog and start finding readers
    Build engagement with the readers that come
    Start making money from the readership you have through one or more of a variety of income streams

    Start a Blog

    Something you know about, passionate about, something you care about, and something that people want! Don't make it to nichey..keep it simple but intresting.

    Start Creating Useful Content

    Focus on content that changes people's lives in some way, or gives them advice/help, people will like and trust you - which is really important if you later want to make money from your blog.

    Find Readers

    If you want to make money from your blog you need to to start promoting it. There are many ways to experiment with growing your blog's audience but it is important to enter into all these strategies remembering that you should not just be looking for 'traffic' but 'readers'.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ingled1989
    Yes, you can make a lot of money with blogging but you need to write unique and fresh content very frequently which can attract users and so you will get more and more traffic and this way you will earn big money.
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  • Profile picture of the author customml
    Write about things you are passionate about. Then you will be naturally good, and you will become famous and rich. Passion delivers amazing results. If you are forcing things, they don't last or work out at all. What are you passionate about?
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