Is The Internet Saturated With Make Money Blogs?

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I have 3 sites, 2 of which are about making money online(money blog ideas dot com, and make cash blogging dot com), and 1 about children stories (children bed stories dot com). The children site is getting a good number of visitors, while the other 2 barely get any visitors. I am promoting all 3 sites the same exact way. Could the reason why the money sites aren't drawing many visitors be the fact that the internet has way too many blogs and sites about that specific topic??? What do you think?
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  • Profile picture of the author rich8169
    I sure think making money niche is a saturated niche but as long as your site/blog has something valuable and/or unique for the visitors, I do still think that there will still be visitors
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    • Profile picture of the author fin
      Those domain names sound so 1999.

      I think you need to bring something new to the table if you want to make it big.

      Look around all the top sites and you'll see that they have something about them.
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      • Profile picture of the author eeeasyas12345
        Originally Posted by fin View Post

        Those domain names sound so 1999.

        I think you need to bring something new to the table if you want to make it big.

        Look around all the top sites and you'll see that they have something about them.
        Any ideas?, I am open for suggestion and I appreciate the feedback, thanks.
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        • Profile picture of the author jgant
          Originally Posted by eeeasyas12345 View Post

          Any ideas?, I am open for suggestion and I appreciate the feedback, thanks.
          If you have success with your children's stories website, write about what you do and how you do it. No doubt your non-MMO activities will evolve, which means your MMO blog will evolve.

          I don't think MMO blogs will saturate (nor are they saturated). I enjoy reading quality MMO blogs by people who succeed with internet marketing, especially in non-MMO niches. If a marketer earns all of their money from their MMO blog, I'm not really that interested.

          I just started an MMO blog because I want to integrate info with e-mail subscribers with blog posts ... which delivers traffic instantly (if you have a responsive list). I'll take the search engine traffic of course, but I'm not publishing it with search engines foremost in mind. It's largely for my e-mail readers.

          I earn my income doing some less-than-traditional affiliate marketing techniques in non-MMO industries and it works well so I started the list and now the blog. I publish info to serve my subscribers as a complement to the info products I provide. All the info is based on what I'm doing in non-MMO niches that make money.
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          • Profile picture of the author eeeasyas12345
            Originally Posted by jgant View Post

            If you have success with your children's stories website, write about what you do and how you do it. No doubt your non-MMO activities will evolve, which means your MMO blog will evolve.

            I don't think MMO blogs will saturate (nor are they saturated). I enjoy reading quality MMO blogs by people who succeed with internet marketing, especially in non-MMO niches. If a marketer earns all of their money from their MMO blog, I'm not really that interested.

            I just started an MMO blog because I want to integrate info with e-mail subscribers with blog posts ... which delivers traffic instantly (if you have a responsive list). I'll take the search engine traffic of course, but I'm not publishing it with search engines foremost in mind. It's largely for my e-mail readers.

            I earn my income doing some less-than-traditional affiliate marketing techniques in non-MMO industries and it works well so I started the list and now the blog. I publish info to serve my subscribers as a complement to the info products I provide. All the info is based on what I'm doing in non-MMO niches that make money.
            What is your blog, I like to visit as many blogs as I can to get ideas to improve my own, thanks.
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        • Profile picture of the author fin
          Originally Posted by eeeasyas12345 View Post

          Any ideas?, I am open for suggestion and I appreciate the feedback, thanks.
          Definitely.

          I just stole this from someone on a podcast episode, but have a look around all the top MMO blogs right now. Have a look at what's great about them and why they are working. Don't bother with all the garbage ones. It's only the top ones that matter.

          Now decide how you can squeeze yourself into the market by doing what they are doing, BUT, also adding your own unique thing to the equation.
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    • Profile picture of the author johnwarhem3
      Originally Posted by rich8169 View Post

      I sure think making money niche is a saturated niche but as long as your site/blog has something valuable and/or unique for the visitors, I do still think that there will still be visitors
      TOTALLY right. You need to give value, right? While there are so many out there, it is still profitable in the end.
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  • Profile picture of the author Charley Brown
    Well,

    The first thing you need to consider is how well are your sites ranking? If you aren't ranking for any key make money terms, then you probably aren't going to get much traffic.

    If you are ranking well for those terms, then you need to question the quality of your site.

    People are always looking for quick ways to make money, which is why there are so many sites about that very topic.

    I would think its fair to say that, due to competition, you aren't promoting your make money sites enough if you promoting them the same as the children's story website.
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas W
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  • Profile picture of the author ArielT
    There is not any saturation with niches, but there is high competition in some of them, as the case of make money niche
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert M Gouge
    You probably notice it a lot around Warrior Forum because a lot of the newer user base has likely been subjected to products that teach you how to teach others to teach others to make money online.

    Try counting the "make money online blog" signatures you see in a day on this forum. 99% of them are being operated by people trying to make their first buck online. Not saying there is anything wrong with that. It's just that, for some reason, it seems that newbies jump into the MMO niche as their first niche choice. Almost by default.
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    • Profile picture of the author David James
      Originally Posted by Robert M Gouge View Post

      It's just that, for some reason, it seems that newbies jump into the MMO niche as their first niche choice. Almost by default.
      Could never see the reasoning why so many choose MMO as their first niche or why it's often taught as the right thing to do.
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    • Profile picture of the author John Durham
      Originally Posted by Robert M Gouge View Post

      You probably notice it a lot around Warrior Forum because a lot of the newer user base has likely been subjected to products that teach you how to teach others to teach others to make money online.

      Try counting the "make money online blog" signatures you see in a day on this forum. 99% of them are being operated by people trying to make their first buck online. Not saying there is anything wrong with that. It's just that, for some reason, it seems that newbies jump into the MMO niche as their first niche choice. Almost by default.
      Naturally, because the first place they come when they are looking for money making ideas is the Warrior forum and thats what we talk about more than anything else.

      Here they dont see childrens books affiliate programs , they see opportunities to promote other peoples money making programs and the like...everything else thats here gets buried by posts re; the MMO niche, so they think thats where its at.

      Truly though if you look at amazon.com... How many other places do people sell 20 page books for $27.00?

      It DOES look more attractive than making a $3.00 commission on a childrens book affiliate program. They make more commission at 50% on a 20 page mmo report that sells for $27, per sale, than they would if they were the actual PRODUCT creator at a place like amazon and got 100%.

      People outside of MMO dont PAY $27 for a 20 page report.

      Again it seems natural that many would be attracted to that.
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      • Profile picture of the author bkat52
        Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

        Naturally, because the first place they come when they are looking for money making ideas is the Warrior forum and thats what we talk about more than anything else.

        Here they dont see childrens books affiliate programs , they see opportunities to promote other peoples money making programs and the like...everything else thats here gets buried by posts re; the MMO niche, so they think thats where its at.

        Truly though if you look at amazon.com... How many other places do people sell 20 page books for $27.00?

        It DOES look more attractive than making a $3.00 commission on a childrens book affiliate program. They make more commission at 50% on a 20 page mmo report that sells for $27, per sale, than they would if they were the actual PRODUCT creator at a place like amazon and got 100%.

        People outside of MMO dont PAY $27 for a 20 page report.

        Again it seems natural that many would be attracted to that.
        I agree with this. It seems like there are so many because that is what we are mostly exposed to (or at least I am) here at the warrior forum. I am willing to bet if I were coming to a forum about kitty cats it would seem the internet would be saturated with those as well.

        My advice is to not start a blog in the MMO niche if you are just starting out. But then that would make me a hypocrite, wouldn't it.
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        • Profile picture of the author eeeasyas12345
          Originally Posted by bkat52 View Post

          I agree with this. It seems like there are so many because that is what we are mostly exposed to (or at least I am) here at the warrior forum. I am willing to bet if I were coming to a forum about kitty cats it would seem the internet would be saturated with those as well.

          My advice is to not start a blog in the MMO niche if you are just starting out. But then that would make me a hypocrite, wouldn't it.
          How is traffic to your blog, it looks nice, but I didn't see any Adsense or any other ads anywhere except for the drop ship service. How are you making money? Is it just by building your list??
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          • Profile picture of the author bkat52
            Originally Posted by eeeasyas12345 View Post

            How is traffic to your blog, it looks nice, but I didn't see any Adsense or any other ads anywhere except for the drop ship service. How are you making money? Is it just by building your list??
            Honestly traffic blows right now. It's relatively new and not ranking for any relevant keywords yet. No adsense and I dont plan on putting any up. I'm honestly trying not to write for the search engines or monetization. Just trying to add good content and genuinely help people. I am trying to build a list. So when the time comes to monetize that will probably be my main source.
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    • Profile picture of the author sav
      Originally Posted by Robert M Gouge View Post

      You probably notice it a lot around Warrior Forum because a lot of the newer user base has likely been subjected to products that teach you how to teach others to teach others to make money online.

      Try counting the "make money online blog" signatures you see in a day on this forum. 99% of them are being operated by people trying to make their first buck online. Not saying there is anything wrong with that. It's just that, for some reason, it seems that newbies jump into the MMO niche as their first niche choice. Almost by default.
      I think you nailed that one. The first blog I ever did was a make money blog. I made no money. Good thing no one listened to me
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  • Profile picture of the author Jrivera680
    I don't think it's saturated. I think its more about which blogs out there can serve your needs.
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  • Profile picture of the author eugenedm
    The money making niche is very competitive but everyone wants to know how to make money so for as long as your blogs are on top of the search engines or are very visible and your content is great, people will be flocking to your money blogs.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
    Instead of saturation the answer is more likely that you don't know how to do internet marketing enough to get people to visit your how to make money online with blogs blogs.

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    Originally Posted by eeeasyas12345 View Post

    I have 3 sites, 2 of which are about making money online(money blog ideas dot com, and make cash blogging dot com), and 1 about children stories (children bed stories dot com). The children site is getting a good number of visitors, while the other 2 barely get any visitors. I am promoting all 3 sites the same exact way. Could the reason why the money sites aren't drawing many visitors be the fact that the internet has way too many blogs and sites about that specific topic??? What do you think?
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Rodrigues
    I personally think you can't saturate the money making niche. There are so many combinations and permutations of formulas to make money online and everyone wants to make money online. As long as your angle is right, you can do it.

    I do alright with a few make money campaigns on the web even though my major focus is IT technology.
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    • Profile picture of the author johnwarhem3
      Originally Posted by vueduejoe View Post

      I personally think you can't saturate the money making niche. There are so many combinations and permutations of formulas to make money online and everyone wants to make money online. As long as your angle is right, you can do it.

      I do alright with a few make money campaigns on the web even though my major focus is IT technology.
      It is definitely helpful in the end to make a make money online blog, but you need to give value.
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      • Profile picture of the author schttrj
        Almost every "money making niche" is saturated, if you know what I mean.

        In that case, the only way out is to stand out. And remember, we are not living in the 1990s anymore. There are billions and BILLIONS of blogs and websites out there.

        Competition doesn't count, when you know you stand ahead of others, whether it is in terms of capital backup, technology support or industry connections.

        All you need to do is, STAND OUT in your niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author MoneyRaker
    MMO niche extremely saturated. Plus all the information is either already available on other blogs, or eBooks - both free and paid. Also, a few people dominate the niche and milk it to the max - very little is left after that. However, there is scope if you can truly think out of the bos on a constant basis. MMO blogging is a waste of time. Spend the same time actually making money - and you'll be better off. Looking at other niches is a great idea! goodluck
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    • Profile picture of the author ArielT
      Originally Posted by MoneyRaker View Post

      MMO niche extremely saturated. Plus all the information is either already available on other blogs, or eBooks - both free and paid. Also, a few people dominate the niche and milk it to the max - very little is left after that. However, there is scope if you can truly think out of the bos on a constant basis. MMO blogging is a waste of time. Spend the same time actually making money - and you'll be better off. Looking at other niches is a great idea! goodluck
      Where there's a will there's a way. Now my doubt is if he/she really wants
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  • Profile picture of the author missmystery
    It is saturated with porn as well, but it seems to do pretty well.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ambassy
      You're asking quite a naive question OP; it all depends on the SERP's of the sites and the amount of searches. Nobody can answer this unless you provide some information.

      Also; saying the money making niche is saturated is just plainly wrong. Sure there's a lot of competition but there's also an enormous demand.
      That's like saying the weight loss or gambling niche is saturated.
      They're not.
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      • Profile picture of the author eeeasyas12345
        Originally Posted by Ambassy View Post

        You're asking quite a naive question OP; it all depends on the SERP's of the sites and the amount of searches. Nobody can answer this unless you provide some information.

        Also; saying the money making niche is saturated is just plainly wrong. Sure there's a lot of competition but there's also an enormous demand.
        That's like saying the weight loss or gambling niche is saturated.
        They're not.
        Wow I bet you are making tons of money online, since you think that my question is naive, and it seems that you have it all figured out, good for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author TryBPO
    I don't think the MMO niche is saturated...but it IS filled with crappy MMO blogs. You can definitely make a dent in the niche, but you'll have to find your unique value add and reader base and put out extremely good content for them. You have to give a shit about them to actually have a chance...authenticity is key.
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  • There´s a lot of competition and you have to be inventive. To become the "Talk of the Town". Like smartpassiveincome.com for instance. By publishing his profits (50K on average per month) people keep talking about the blog and linking to it. Since you don´t earn 50K a month you have to use use other link bait methods of course. Good content is not enough. You must know how to market it.
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  • Profile picture of the author KickAss Marketing
    Well, I think the saturation of the internet with money making stuff is one of the main reasons but not the only reason why your 2 sites are not doing as well as the other one.

    The saturation of money making blogs and the like only contributes because of the fact that people are now starting to doubt a lot of sites like this one, thus most will probably look away from your money making sites right at the first glance. This is just one of the reasons and other factors may very well be the reason.

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  • Profile picture of the author Mosa
    A lot of people have their guard up in the make money niche. Also you can't just sell to this niche... you need to really provide value. If you can make "value" your core focus, then you can build a community where everyone helps everyone out and in the long run you can start making money because people will want to buy from you, knowing that you're an honest person who knows what they're talking about.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    If you advertised, you could probably increase your visitors. And i dont think that too many "make money blogs" is the problem. I would check your marketing strategy, and add more methods to your "make money blogs" sites, and continue to test and track your results.
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  • Profile picture of the author YoungAndOpulent
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    Not just the internet, but the markets in general in saturated with "how to make money" products. 99% of which I'd estimate are written by people that have never made any money doing business, only by selling information on how to make money.
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  • Profile picture of the author slicka
    if your are starting out I would not use the money making niche, its pretty saturated and full of tough comp. Find something else
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  • Profile picture of the author topkat13
    even though the competition is tough, it sure is a good niche! many people are making money from it. problem is you need to use every single tool out there to make a go of it. stick to your business plan and you will make it.... Everything is hard until it's easy! But make it easier faster with education.
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  • The internet is saturated with worthless blogs and bad content. If you create something truly valuable and unique, people will flock to it and buy from you. It's not crowded at the top!
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  • Profile picture of the author easternodyssey
    I dont think the internet is saturated with blogs making money. However, at the same time we are in a time when internet monopoly is happening. Well has actually has happened a long time ago, so in other words its increasing. However, the key to success like normal is to create something unique rather than something generic that has been dont a thousand times before.
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  • Profile picture of the author mmntv
    Your sites are overoptimized (stuffing keywords into titles, etc). The MMO blogs don't have much content. Study sites like smartpassiveincome.com, how they are setup, the level of content they are producing, and the way they are going about their marketing. You need to adapt to that level and have a unique angle to stand out as was mentioned by schttrj above.

    You might be better off focusing on one thing, the children bed stories blog, really take it to the next level and hone your skills, and then circle back around and tackle the MMO blogs.

    The children bed stories blog has very few backlinks. What about social media? Do you have a Facebook page setup? Twitter account? How about starting a podcast or blogtalkradio show and interviewing children's book authors, and doing a post on the blog about each one? Engage your visitors? You also have stuff about babies and baby showers on there, maybe focus it just on the bedtime stories and children's books? It looks like an MFA site, I mean thats fine if thats what its intended for but then you gotta work on ranking it and have lower expectations because those are not high traffic or high cpc keywords. "children bed stories" barely registers. If you want to do MFA sites then you need better keywords, but you're better off building a "real" site IMHO.
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    • Profile picture of the author eeeasyas12345
      Originally Posted by mmntv View Post

      Your sites are overoptimized (stuffing keywords into titles, etc). The MMO blogs don't have much content. Study sites like smartpassiveincome.com, how they are setup, the level of content they are producing, and the way they are going about their marketing. You need to adapt to that level and have a unique angle to stand out as was mentioned by schttrj above.

      You might be better off focusing on one thing, the children bed stories blog, really take it to the next level and hone your skills, and then circle back around and tackle the MMO blogs.

      The children bed stories blog has very few backlinks. What about social media? Do you have a Facebook page setup? Twitter account? How about starting a podcast or blogtalkradio show and interviewing children's book authors, and doing a post on the blog about each one? Engage your visitors? You also have stuff about babies and baby showers on there, maybe focus it just on the bedtime stories and children's books? It looks like an MFA site, I mean thats fine if thats what its intended for but then you gotta work on ranking it and have lower expectations because those are not high traffic or high cpc keywords. "children bed stories" barely registers. If you want to do MFA sites then you need better keywords, but you're better off building a "real" site IMHO.
      Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking the time to check my blogs, and you advice is greatly appreciated too, thanks again.
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  • Profile picture of the author dbx3
    It's probably the most over-rated, over-saturated niche out there.
    But it sells!
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  • Profile picture of the author missnikki
    I think the children's bed time stories is a great niche that doesnt have a lot of competition online, so that is why it gets more views than the other blogging for money sites. There are soooo many of those!
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    The bedtime stories is interesting. The make money online is yada yada yada ... one in a million.
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  • Profile picture of the author guntisdread
    Is The Internet Saturated With Make Money Blogs?
    It is indeed, lots of marketing hype these days.
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  • Profile picture of the author wbgclient
    I guess it is beacuse there is a lot of competion in the making money niche. What I am wondering is if all the sites about making money: do they really make money or people just try to sell an illusion?
    And imagine that someone in the making money niche, makes money for true. Is it because he sells to other people who then will try in their turn to build a making money niche site and sell things to other people who want to make money? I believe yes...
    We sell products each other and that is why some of us make money!
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    • Profile picture of the author cwill184
      Originally Posted by wbgclient View Post

      I guess it is beacuse there is a lot of competion in the making money niche. What I am wondering is if all the sites about making money: do they really make money or people just try to sell an illusion?
      And imagine that someone in the making money niche, makes money for true. Is it because he sells to other people who then will try in their turn to build a making money niche site and sell things to other people who want to make money? I believe yes...
      We sell products each other and that is why some of us make money!
      There is no doubt some of it is an illusion. If it was all true everyone who has ever read or subscribed to a make money online blog would be a millionaire.
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    • Profile picture of the author eeeasyas12345
      Originally Posted by wbgclient View Post

      I guess it is beacuse there is a lot of competion in the making money niche. What I am wondering is if all the sites about making money: do they really make money or people just try to sell an illusion?
      And imagine that someone in the making money niche, makes money for true. Is it because he sells to other people who then will try in their turn to build a making money niche site and sell things to other people who want to make money? I believe yes...
      We sell products each other and that is why some of us make money!
      That makes a lot of sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author linkdestiny
    There is honestly TONS of niches out there that are saturated out there. It is the way YOU decide to promote your niche is what can make all the difference...also niches can be a variety of products so you can use products that maybe your competitor's are not using.
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonParker
    I don't believe in "saturation."

    I believe in positioning.

    But I don't pay attention to the make money blogosphere anymore.

    Why read their blogs when I can read a book that someone like Drayton Bird wrote?
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    • Profile picture of the author eeeasyas12345
      Originally Posted by JasonParker View Post

      I don't believe in "saturation."

      I believe in positioning.

      But I don't pay attention to the make money blogosphere anymore.

      Why read their blogs when I can read a book that someone like Drayton Bird wrote?
      In other words, MMBs are not the way to go any more, right?
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      • Profile picture of the author JasonParker
        Originally Posted by eeeasyas12345 View Post

        In other words, MMBs are not the way to go any more, right?
        They might, they might not be. I don't have a pulse on it.

        Most people may be going to make money blogs for advice for all I know, but successful people I know always try to learn from the best.

        I was just listening to an interview with Clayton Makepeace about how his 2 clients made 60 million that year.

        I can either listen to that or spend time reading endless blogs written by people who wont make that in a lifetime put together and multiplied by 10.

        Know what I mean?
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      • Profile picture of the author professorrosado
        Originally Posted by eeeasyas12345 View Post

        In other words, MMBs are not the way to go any more, right?
        Yes, now you need Niche-targeted MMBs : ) Be smarter, better and more targeted.
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    • Profile picture of the author Stephen Root
      Originally Posted by JasonParker View Post

      I don't believe in "saturation."

      I believe in positioning.

      But I don't pay attention to the make money blogosphere anymore.

      Why read their blogs when I can read a book that someone like Drayton Bird wrote?
      I also tend to look things from the positioning perspective rather than saturation. Of course there are examples where market offering is so simple and commodity that positioning "right" is way too expensive and the cost to enter the market creeps way too high.

      Have you read Ries & Trout's PositioningPositioning ?
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      • Profile picture of the author JasonParker
        Originally Posted by Stephen Root View Post

        I also tend to look things from the positioning perspective rather than saturation. Of course there are examples where market offering is so simple and commodity that positioning "right" is way too expensive and the cost to enter the market creeps way too high.

        Have you read Ries & Trout's Positioning?
        Haven't read it. Probably should. Thanks for the heads up!
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        • Profile picture of the author fin
          I've had a look at your blog. I'll tell you what I think:

          1 - Ditch cookie cutter design unless you want cookie cutter results.

          2 - Don't make a MMO blog. You'll get eaten alive.

          3 - Improve your writing. Grammar is fine; I don't think it's engaging enough to make someone read to the end.

          4 - What's your website about? I see categories for baby, shower, books, bla bla.

          Can't see much commercial value in writing stories as blog posts. I doubt moms would read stories to their kids from a computer.

          Choose something commercially viable that isn't one of the main niches and absolutely drill down on a specific area inside the niche. I don't think your content is enough, YET, to take on any bigger players.
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  • Profile picture of the author Trevor
    How are you getting traffic? Do you have Google Analytics, Statcounter or any such traffic-measuring software installed on your site?

    If the traffic is SEO traffic, what keywords bring you the most traffic?

    You first have to analyze your current traffic that you are getting with your blogs and then create a clear plan on how to proceed from now on - which keywords to target.

    There's not really much point in just creating content without optimizing it at all and just randomly putting it out there hoping it will attract some traffic. You have to plan everything in advance, otherwise it's a hit-or-miss situation.
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  • Profile picture of the author mohsinmallik
    There is nothing as "saturated" in internet. People will give value to informative websites. Even if there are billions of websites available, as long as your blog or website have something valuable for the users, you will get visitors through search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author michellex
    To put it bluntly, YES. The 'make money' niche is HUGE and it's hard to get a lot of visitors when you're competing with A LOT of other people. Narrowing down your niche and using keywords with less competition and high search is the way to go.
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