Fat Stacks Blog - a Podcast About Blogging and Email Newsletters

This is the audio track from my video on this topic.  In this episode, I discuss whether and how Pinterest is good for SEO as in ranking your blog and niche sites? Learn more about being a content creator by joining my email newsletter here .

Learn more: Fat Stacks Training I own a portfolio of lifestyle, tech and beauty blogs and niche and sites that earn $50K+ per month from ads and affiliate offers.  It's all organic search and Pinterest traffic.  I do NOT do any link building. This detailed video steps you through the exact strategy that I deploy on every site.   It's a highly scalable strategy. This is not email marketin...

Show Notes: Keyword Research Keyword research is almost always time well spent. No matter how good your list, there are always better opportunities. My strategy: find low competition keywords/topics and publish in volume. Why? Fly under the radar and get traffic easily. Improve Existing Content Maybe you don’t feel like writing a new article but you have enough gas in you to update existing. Updat...

Learn more with Fat Stacks Courses Show notes: The 4 Firsts First published blog post First organic visitor First revenue earned First #1 ranking in Google 10,000 page views per month $1,000 revenue per month 100,000 page views per month $3,000 per month revenue Going full time online $10,000 revenue per month $20,000 revenue per month $35,110 per month income $100K revenue per month $1 million re...

Sponsored by Ezoic Show Notes: I've done the dumbest stuff imaginable in an effort to scoop up Google traffic. Let me tell you about one example that if there were a Google penalty Darwin awards, I might just win. The year was 2011. I owned a couple niche sites making decent money. I even won a free treadmill for selling the most treadmills as an affiliate. I've used it twice. I spent mo...

Sponsored by Ezoic . Fat Stacks forum member reported the following: In 2 years: Published 400 posts Hit 11,000 DAILY visitors (that’s 330,000/mo.) Earning $7,830 per month Gunning for $10K/mo. In May Think about that. Out of thin air a full time income with a niche site in 2 years. That’s one article every 1.5 days 4.5 articles per week 825 monthly visitors per article EPMV: $22.36 They wrote 95%...

Brought to you by Ezoic . Show Notes: DISCLAIMER I’m not claiming that the 6 things I’ll discuss nobody else does. My point is what I do is not discussed much in blogging circles. Plus, when you combine all the 6 together, it creates a unique approach 1. Unique Pinterest Strategy I used to do what other bloggers suggested when it came to Pinterest. I got nowhere. In 2020 I decided to take matters...

Sponsored by Ezoic . Should you publish all content now or drip-feed content? Short answer: Publish it all NOW Long answer: It depends When to drip feed? Drip feed when you have a readership; as in people who read your site regularly. Why? They like you but they don’t like you so much they want to read 50 articles all at once. You’ll get more bang for your buck drip-feeding it out. Otherwise… rele...

Sponsored by Ezoic . Show notes: Just because you can make money doing something doesn’t mean you should. And no, I’m not talking about robbing banks. I’m talking about being able to make it legitimately but choosing not to. I choose to leave money on the table every day. Most good businesses do. Here are some examples of how I leave money on the table 1. Sometimes I don’t drop in affiliate links...

Sponsored by Ezoic . “You don’t have time to think up there. If you think, you’re dead.” Maverick in Top Gun Applies to online publishing Hyperbole? Yes but still fits It’s too easy to overthink and over-complicate everything in this business. Miss the forest from the trees. Examples: Getting bogged down for hours or days with some finicky design tweak we want that nobody will notice and will make...

Sponsored by Ezoic White Label Product Numbers Gross sales: $2,542 COGS: $3.82 Amazon’s cut: 30% = $757.30 Profit: $1,125 My 50% take: $562 Future plans: rolling out 3 more products within weeks. Strong Pinterest Growth 75,000 monthly visitors to 270,000+ monthly visitors (as of May 13, 2020) Disclaimer All income report figures do NOT include any revenue or expenses for Fatstacksblog.com. It’s in...

Sponsored by Ezoic . Show Notes: Friend and fellow publisher sent me this: I found a topic in Google Search Console for one of my posts so I decided to produce an article on it. AHREFS says the Keyword Difficulty is 0 and the Search Volume 30. They report traffic on the site as 2.4 over the last 30 days. Published on Feb. 20, 2020 So far the organic in the last 30 days is 2,690 organic visitors Ov...

Sponsored by Ezoic . Show Notes: Detailed video showing you the 4-steps I go through when choosing a niche, picking a domain name and launching a niche content site. Show Notes: Concept: Go Broad, Dig Deep Plan for expansion Name your site and get domain that gives you WIGGLE room (and lots of it) - Automobiles is broad (GOOD).  Domain autobuddy.com (GOOD) - Minivans is narrow (BAD).  Domain: mini...

Sponsored by Ezoic Show Notes: 1. AdInserter Plugin What does it do? It manages display ad placement sitewide. Actually, you can insert anything sitewide with it including shortcodes. Cost: Free with premium version. 2. Elementor Pro What does it do? Creates nice-looking content. It’s a page builder. I only use it for custom archive pages (tag and category pages) and landing pages. You can bolt cu...

Sponsored by Ezoic . Show Notes: When I started niche sites online... I listened to the wrong advice Many bloggers (in the “how to blog” space) said “AdSense is NOT worth it. I failed to realize there’s a huge difference between “B2B” and “B2C” sites. Fortunately, I eventually saw the light. My Results from Niche Sites for March 2020 Ads $36,680 81% Affiliate Marketing $8,868 19% Note: Does not in...

Sponsored by Ezoic . Show Notes: Multi-Niche Case Study => Bought established movie review site in 2015 => 8 years old at the time - well established => 20,000 published posts => 250K to 500K monthly visitors => It was losing money (yeah, I know).  I paid $10K anyway (yeah, I know). => I thought I could increase ad revenue.  I was WRONG. I had a GREAT idea 💡 => Couldn’t decid...

Sponsored by Ezoic . This is the income reports for Feb. and March 2020.  Includes niche site revenue, expenses and content investment. Show Notes: New Developments Pinterest - doubled traffic from Pinterest in one month (from 4,000 to 10K). Feb & March 2020 Revenue Feb. 2020 Niche Site 1: $39,794 Niche Site 2: $5,355 Niche Site 3: $1,694 Niche Site 4: $954 Niche Site 5: $41 Niche Site 6: $42...

Sponsored by Ezoic Short Answer to “How Much You Should Pay per 1,000 words? $60 per 1,000 words Why that much? Because it’s what I pay. Correct answer: It depends. The Range Lowest rate for something workable:  $27 per 1,000 words ($.027 per word) Will likely require editing. Where? Textbroker Limited research BUT can build up a list of decent writers to improve quality for the same rate. What ab...

Sponsored by Ezoic Show Notes: 1. Link Images to Merchants with an Affiliate Link One of my favorite methods because visitors click images. Add a caption with text to the effect “Click image to learn more” or Click image for pricing” I use AMZImage plugin (there’s a free version in WordPress plugins) Amazon: must embed images via API. Most Amazon affiliate plugins will do this. 2. Poll Links Can w...

Sponsored by Ezoic . Show Notes: Types of Affiliate Networks Networks: ex. ShareASale In-House: Amazon Custom Arrangements: Set up custom landers or some other tracking Local Lead Gen:  Make a deal with any brick and mortar 3 Criteria Chance of approval Chance of success Ease-of-use 6 Best Affiliate Programs for Beginners 1. Shareasale Chance of approval:  High Chance of success: Reasonably good –...

Brought to you by Ezoic Not my idea Ashley Pearce of Future State Media posted this info in the Fat Stacks Forum. He said I could tell you about it.  So here it goes... Question: How much does my site make per 1 million words? Answer:  $40,000 to $70,000 Type of site: Amazon Affiliate Question: Is this good? Answer: Yes The breakdown So from 1,000,000 visitors: 200,000-400,000 clicks Resulting in...

Sponsored by Ezoic Show Notes: My Ad Revenue is DOWN March ad revenue wasn’t great, but it wasn’t terrible. April 1 came and it was a disaster.  Down 40%.  Probably going down more. Why?  April is the start of Q2. Many companies slashed ad budgets for Q2. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. What I’m currently doing to deal with lower rev. Cut content investment by 50% Writing content myself...

How much can a single article earn? Short answer:  LOTS My niche sites have 2 strikes against them when it comes to high revenue per article.  They are: Display ads:   The lion's share of my revenue is from display ads, which are at the bottom of the website monetization food chain.  The plus side is I can publish on any topic I want within my niche, target low competition keywords and rank f...

So, was January 2020 a disaster, success or meh?  I reveal all the details for 7 of my niche sites here in this January 2020 income report installment. Read full report here . Sponsored by Ezoic . Learn more about being a content creator by joining my email newsletter here .

Do you want to be a writer or a publisher?  It's an important distinction and very important business decision.  Can you do both?  Yes, you can.  BUT you don't have to write in order to publish a successful niche content site or a blog.  I step you through how I transitioned from writing all content on my site to now being a successful full-fledged publisher. Check out incredible bloggin...