My focus in 2011 has shifted from blogging for income (since I really don’t believe the average person can make enough money to justify the hours invested in a blog) to building niche sites and developing a passive income stream with affiliate marketing. To celebrate this shift in focus, since I’m very confident it is a good thing, I’d like to share with you some fantastic internet marketing / affiliate marketing websites that are valuable resources for learning how to build a niche site. If you are interested in breaking into the niche website market, and learning to build your own niche sites then these blogs are must visits. Not only do these blogs feature amazing content, they are also all run by awesome people! Do you want to learn to build a niche site? Then the resources below are for you.
alexwhalley.com
Alex Whalley the Australian mastermind behind Build Rank and Profit offers up niche site advice at his site alexwhalley.com. I have learned a great deal from Alex as he presents information in an informative and humorous way, his writing style is incredibly engaging, and he clearly knows what he is talking about. With over 21 money making niche sites under his belt, you can be assured Alex is speaking from an experienced and educated point of view. I recently interviewed Alex and you can read that interview, here. I have learned more about building a niche site from Alex than anyone else.
2createawebsite.com
Lisa Irby at 2 Create a Website dot com teaches us how to build a site and build success. Lisa is the author of The Perfect Site Guide, and is a successful niche site owner and internet marketer. Her 2 create a website blog offers articles related to creating, promoting and monetizing blogs and websites. Lisa’s blog offers a lot of advice for up and coming bloggers and marketers. From traffic generation to making money online you’ll find a lot of valuable information to help jump start your new website.
elisesreview.com
Elise’s is a flamboyant marketer from eastern Canada who teaches us “out of the box” ideas on smart eMarketing and trendy technology. Elise is a video blogger and her vlogs are both entertaining and educational. Visit her site at elisesreview.com. Elise offers up excellent marketing pieces including this one “Would you promote an affiliate product like this?”. Elise is a real person! 🙂 She openly admits to being weird and has this to say on her blog about marketing, “Screw the “guru” status in this over-hyped industry. Many of them lie and cheat their way to the top, charge ridiculous amounts of money for mediocre products, and never end up telling you the whole story. I’m not a guru, and I’m not afraid to admit when I’m wrong. Instead, I’ll show you truly “out of the box” stuff and give it a slap of my own colourfully opinionated and often “weird” personality and sense of humor.” I have found Elise’s blog to be a refreshing oasis in the world of online marketing.
internetmarketing.ricklapoint.com
Rick LaPoint teaches us the real world of selling and how it works at his blog Internet Marketing. Rick is an experienced marketer and is confident that he can help you achieve your goals in Business, Selling, and Internet marketing. Rick has been around for a while (and his blog archives demonstrate that, though the site also looks like it was designed in the 1980’s, hahaha, no offense Rick!). Rick’s blog focuses on some key topics when it comes to building a money making affiliate website, including how to increase Your Traffic, SEO, Selling methods, and niche marketing.
attractionmarketingonline.com
Attraction Marketing Online with Mavis Nong. The Attraction Marketing blog is all about sharing fundamental, effective and cutting-edge strategies and tips that you can implement right away to grow YOUR business! One of Mavis’s top posts is her Attraction Marketing Success Formula exposed, a must read.
smartpassiveincome.com
Pat teaches us how to make a passive income online from his own experiences (both successes and failures!), his blog is a transparent window into his world from being laid off, to growing his own online marketing empire where he now generates a full-time living online.
Where are you learning about internet marketing / affiliate marketing?
There are a whole lot of fantastic blogs that are teaching us how to be successful with affiliate marketing and how to build niche sites. Where are you learning? Share your resources with us here in the comments! If you own a niche website, be sure to leave the link for us in your comments. I have found that visiting other successful niche websites and modeling my sites after what I’m seeing is a great way to learn and step to success.
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[BLOCKED BY STBV] Blokube.com says:
Mar 17, 2011
Great affiliate marketing niche sites to learn from…
I’d like to share with you some fantastic internet marketing / affiliate marketing websites that are valuable resources for learning how to build a niche site. If you are interested in breaking into the niche website market, and learning to build your …
Justin Germino says:
Mar 17, 2011
Truthfully I am not spending much time reading other sites just perusing random articles here and there. I don’t have the time to start up niche affiliate marketing sites at the moment even though I think having 10-20 sites making $100 each is easier than having 1 site make $1000 – $2000 per month.
One comment about your blog, since you implemented the code to highlight links when you hover over them, I can no longer hold control and click to open links in new window, your links overwrite your existing window. I would suggest you make sure all links have target=”_blank” added so that they don’t clobber your existing page when somebody wants to click on a link.
Daniel Snyder says:
Mar 17, 2011
Hey Justin! Thanks for the comment. Uh, hmm… my links are all target=”_blank” so that’s strange, plus when I ctrl+click it opens in a new window. What browser are you using? I wonder what is happening there, that’s causing it not to work properly for you? I’m certainly finding various bugs with this theme that I’ve been using, but I’m not looking forward to changing it. :-$ oh well, we’ll see what decisions I need to make surrounding that in the future.
Dana says:
Mar 17, 2011
So far, I just knew alexwhalley.com. So thanks for other webiste.
Daniel Snyder says:
Mar 21, 2011
No problem Dana, thanks for the visit!
ben bernier says:
Sep 7, 2011
i hadn’t even heard of alexwhalley.com .. i browsed it quickly but it deserves a ful read. thanks for sharing. most of my moeny online comes from sites like varolo http://www.varolo.com/village/bernbe01
Patricia@lavenderuses says:
Mar 17, 2011
Hi Daniel
I follow and read all the above except one! Rick and Alex are my unofficial mentors so guess I am on the right track 😉
Wanted to learn from those who are actually making money doing what I want to learn to do….be a successful marketer growing a business 🙂
At the moment I am working on a project that uses the tools Lisa uses. Then my next project will be implementing Alex’s course.
Certainly gives me less time to network but still trying to connect….with the right people of course 😉
Patricia Perth Australia
Daniel Snyder says:
Mar 21, 2011
Are you talking about Site Build It? It’s intriguing to me, but not something I’ve considered using (yet), I want to focus on building everything without putting $ up front… that’s my first goal! 🙂
Anne @ lifestyler treadmill says:
Mar 19, 2011
Smartpassiveincome.com is also one of my favorite blogs. I like Pat Flynn for being an honest and a nice guy. He’s sharing his ideas for us to become a successful internet/affiliate marketer. I’m glad that we both are on the same path. Thanks.
Daniel Snyder says:
Mar 21, 2011
Yeah I’ve only recently discovered Pat Flynn but man this guy has great content, and holy is he making money online! I can only dream of pulling $30 grand in one month… maybe one day! 😉
Anne @ lifestyler treadmill says:
Mar 19, 2011
By the way, have you heard Brian G. Johnson also? He is also good mentor.
Daniel Snyder says:
Mar 21, 2011
Thanks, will check him out!
Kavita says:
Mar 20, 2011
Hi Daniel. I am back to regular blogging after some break. Your article caught my attention as I had just 2 days back written article on What is Affiliate Marketing? I have read Alex’s Build Rank and Profit and as you said it is a good information presented in a humorous way. I am glad you mentioned him first. Thanks for the information on rest of the sites some of which I have never visited before.
Daniel Snyder says:
Mar 21, 2011
Cool, Kavita glad I was able to offer some valuable resources.
Rick LaPoint @ Internet Marketing says:
Mar 22, 2011
Hi Daniel,
Thank you for including me in your list.
But, 1980’s? Really? And here I thought I was being Hip. That took a lot of custom coding, too.
But now I’m glad I didn’t go with my old Flower Power look…
Thanks again 🙂
Rick
Daniel Snyder says:
Mar 22, 2011
Hey Rick – I was waiting for this comment. 🙂 If it’s any consolation you should know the ’80’s is where it’s at right now. My wife wears outfits that look like they came off my grandma’s couch covers. hahaha 🙂 but it’s COOL now!
Melanie Norman says:
Apr 5, 2011
I have put in a long time exploring for legitimate approaches to earn money on the internet. 99 percent of the “certain to produce” products I have tried out were frauds. Yet, a select few do turn a profit. It is not out of the question to make extra cash, you just need to find out which one performs and what doesn’t perform.
I have probably invested thousands of dollars throughout the decades on numerous prospects. During, I made a checklist of the 1% of them that actually made me money. If you would like to see my list, take a look at my webpage (sales page removed by moderator) … Don’t stop trying!
Daniel Snyder says:
Apr 6, 2011
Hi Melanie, thanks for your advice. If you’re link in the comment was actual information rather than a sales landing page I would have allowed it. Generally comments like this are considered nothing but spam, but you did offer some relatively useful advice. Please don’t leave sales links like that in comments.
Casey Strouse says:
Jul 24, 2011
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Sep 26, 2011
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