9 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
9 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

For the Article Syndication Experts - Is This a Good Idea?

by NicSennen
7 replies
Rather than writing for the content mills I want to get in to article syndication and have been doing some research.

The niche that I intended starting with is something that is moderately popular and that I know a lot about so could write content relatively easily. However there are no CB products that really stand out in this niche.

I have also, by accident, come across a ravenously hungry niche with a few potential products. There are 2 problems - First is that it is highly technical and I know nothing about it, although I could learn. The other is that there are some very big boys playing in this niche although they are mostly using more grabbit and run methods.
#article #experts #good #idea #syndication
  • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
    Why not work on both? I live 100% by the written word, but I know I could not survive if I were writing day in, day out about the same subject.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8715142].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author NicSennen
      Originally Posted by AnniePot View Post

      Why not work on both? I live 100% by the written word, but I know I could not survive if I were writing day in, day out about the same subject.
      The thing with that is there is so much I would need to learn for the hot niche that I don't have time to work on them both right away. I have to decide to start with one or the other.
      Signature

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8715277].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author brittlesnc
    Well until you can find some suitable products to promote in the niche that you know a lot about by default you might have to run with the "rough and risky" niche...

    What would be the point of pursuing the niche you know a lot about if you can't monetize it in some way?

    Maybe you should consider creating your own CB product for the niche you know a lot about?

    And this is just a thought...I have no personal experience with this idea BUT...

    If you were a product vendor it might be easier to get sites to say 'yes' to syndicating your content IF you allow them to make commission off of your CB product (and this way you could build a list of buyers as opposed to starting with a "freebie" list)...

    However, I know that being a CB vendor has it's own challenges...copywriting, improving sales conversion, product support, etc. so this may not be something you want to do...

    Don't know enough about the niche your knowledgeable in to say whether you should look for information products and/or physical products on Amazon, CJ, etc.

    Another option for monetizing the niche your knowledgeable in is if you're using article syndication to build a list/get subscribers for an online newsletter (which would be a really good idea) you could sell "ad space" in the newsletter...

    Again just an idea if you are struggling to find a way to monetize the niche your knowledgeable about...

    Although I doubt selling ad space in the newsletter will be as lucrative as you would like unless you have A LOT of responsive subscribers (and can prove it to advertisers well enough to charge them premium prices for ad space) or are in a high dollar niche where 1 sale makes a lot of money for an advertiser...

    Anyway, AnniePot's suggestion is ideal if you have the time and possibly the money and resources to do both...but you already mentioned that you would need a lot of time to learn about the other niche...

    So in your case you probably do need to spend time learning about the "rough and risky" niche if you decide to pursue it rather than trying to work in what sounds like 2 completely different niches at the same time...

    Focus on 1 niche get it up and running and then pursue the other niche once you feel that you don't need to focus as much of your time on the 1st niche...

    Also, you might consider outsourcing the content for the "rough and risky" niche but good quality writing that gets people to take action probably won't come cheap...

    There are advantages to trying to do both niches at the same time the main advantage being that if 1 fails the other might be a success as opposed to having just 1 failure...

    On the other hand, there is A LOT to be said about focusing in like a laser on 1 thing at a time...it really increases your odds of success as opposed to trying to do start, run and maintain 2 businesses at once...

    Apologies for my rambling on and on...I probably gave you even more things to think about as opposed to being helpful...


    Originally Posted by NicSennen View Post

    Rather than writing for the content mills I want to get in to article syndication and have been doing some research.

    The niche that I intended starting with is something that is moderately popular and that I know a lot about so could write content relatively easily. However there are no CB products that really stand out in this niche.

    I have also, by accident, come across a ravenously hungry niche with a few potential products. There are 2 problems - First is that it is highly technical and I know nothing about it, although I could learn. The other is that there are some very big boys playing in this niche although they are mostly using more grabbit and run methods.

    What do you think - play it safe or rough and risky?
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8715660].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author NicSennen
      Originally Posted by brittlesnc View Post

      Well until you can find some suitable products to promote in the niche that you know a lot about by default you might have to run with the "rough and risky" niche...

      What would be the point of pursuing the niche you know a lot about if you can't monetize it in some way?

      Maybe you should consider creating your own CB product for the niche you know a lot about?

      And this is just a thought...I have no personal experience with this idea BUT...

      If you were a product vendor it might be easier to get sites to say 'yes' to syndicating your content IF you allow them to make commission off of your CB product (and this way you could build a list of buyers as opposed to starting with a "freebie" list)...

      However, I know that being a CB vendor has it's own challenges...copywriting, improving sales conversion, product support, etc. so this may not be something you want to do...

      Don't know enough about the niche your knowledgeable in to say whether you should look for information products and/or physical products on Amazon, CJ, etc.

      Another option for monetizing the niche your knowledgeable in is if you're using article syndication to build a list/get subscribers for an online newsletter (which would be a really good idea) you could sell "ad space" in the newsletter...

      Again just an idea if you are struggling to find a way to monetize the niche your knowledgeable about...

      Although I doubt selling ad space in the newsletter will be as lucrative as you would like unless you have A LOT of responsive subscribers (and can prove it to advertisers well enough to charge them premium prices for ad space) or are in a high dollar niche where 1 sale makes a lot of money for an advertiser...

      Anyway, AnniePot's suggestion is ideal if you have the time and possibly the money and resources to do both...but you already mentioned that you would need a lot of time to learn about the other niche...

      So in your case you probably do need to spend time learning about the "rough and risky" niche if you decide to pursue it rather than trying to work in what sounds like 2 completely different niches at the same time...

      Focus on 1 niche get it up and running and then pursue the other niche once you feel that you don't need to focus as much of your time on the 1st niche...

      Also, you might consider outsourcing the content for the "rough and risky" niche but good quality writing that gets people to take action probably won't come cheap...

      There are advantages to trying to do both niches at the same time the main advantage being that if 1 fails the other might be a success as opposed to having just 1 failure...

      On the other hand, there is A LOT to be said about focusing in like a laser on 1 thing at a time...it really increases your odds of success as opposed to trying to do start, run and maintain 2 businesses at once...

      Apologies for my rambling on and on...I probably gave you even more things to think about as opposed to being helpful...
      This was VERY helpful brittlesnc thanks. Up until now I have been thinking only in terms of CB products - mainly because I have been following Alexa Smith's posts and this seems to be what she does. The niche I really want to go into doesn't lend itself to ebooks or courses, although a membership site might be a possibility. There are however thousands of physical products that I could promote.

      I don't see any reason why the article syndication method wouldn't work for physical products - unless anyone knows different? myob says he adds new niches all the time and these can't all feature CB products surely?

      I want to set this up properly with a view to it being a long-term project - my retirement fund if you like, while I continue writing for the content mills at ridiculously low rates to keep the wolf from the door.
      Signature

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8717773].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author GlenH
        In your first paragraph you talk about wanting to do 'article syndication' and then in second paragraph you talking about trying to find Clickbank products.

        Both are totally different.

        In its simplest terms 'article syndication' involves getting your content posted ideally onto high ranking sites in a similar niche /market to yours.

        Article syndication has nothing to do with finding Clickbank products in any way.
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8717878].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author Horny Devil
        Banned
        Originally Posted by NicSennen View Post

        The niche that I intended starting with is something that is moderately popular and that I know a lot about so could write content relatively easily. However there are no CB products that really stand out in this niche.
        You don't need CB products to monetise a niche, or to make it successful. It's far better to do it with your own products.

        Originally Posted by NicSennen View Post

        Up until now I have been thinking only in terms of CB products - mainly because I have been following Alexa Smith's posts and this seems to be what she does . . . myob says he adds new niches all the time
        You seem to hold a lot of credibility on what other people say. Has anyone actually assisted you in any way, or shown you exactly how they make their business successful? I think not. You seem intelligent, reasonably knowledgeable on IM, and appear to have writing capabilities, so the way forward is to develop your own products.

        Originally Posted by NicSennen View Post

        There are however thousands of physical products that I could promote.
        There are thousands of physical and electronic products you could create.

        Originally Posted by NicSennen View Post

        I want to set this up properly with a view to it being a long-term project - my retirement fund if you like, while I continue writing for the content mills at ridiculously low rates to keep the wolf from the door.
        Therein lies your problem. Why demean yourself submitting work for chicken-feed to the content mills? I'll tell you why. You're either a poor writer that's not up to anything better. Or you're a talented, but misguided writer that's somehow missed the right track. If you're the former, then it's best you stick with CB products. If you're the latter, you should be doing something about it.

        There are some superb ways to garner prolific traffic from high profile blogs. You should be doing THIS for the benefit of your own products, and not others.
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8717916].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author waynemoney
    One big rule of thumb is that if there are know products being sold in the niche it is normally not profitable..

    I would wonder how many searches are done for the niche and how many paid search results there are before I could say how profitable it could be..

    If there is a need and no one has filled it... You would be crazy not to build your own product to fit the niche and then market the hell out of it...

    I recomend if you have never built your own product and sold it that you partner up with someone that knows what they are doing there is a ton more than just creating the product if you want to be a success..

    The cool thing if you have found a niche before everyone else you can build the product and then let everyone know about the niche and they will sell the product for you. 10 affiliates selling your product to your niche will cover more ground much faster than you could ever hope to do yourself and you make money off everyones effort..

    Something to think about

    Good luck...
    Signature
    You Don't Have to Be Part of the 99% of Internet Marketers That Fail Miserably
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8715691].message }}

Trending Topics