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Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast.  This week Jared and guest host Brooks Conkle take on the latest SEO news and break it down for listeners. They also share the side hustles they've been working on and dissect a few weird niche sites. The big news this week, OpenAI's launch of its most sophisticated AI model They share an open letter to Google and talk about the p...

While Mike Heroux worked professionally as a financial planner, he always had a financial blog side hustle. It took some time to finally make the decision to go all-in, but he eventually dove headfirst into blogging. In fact, he grew his portfolio to about a dozen sites.  And then the Panda Update came along. Suffice to say, Mike's multi-year journey into entrepreneurship has had its ups and downs...

Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast.  This week Jared and guest host Morgan Overholt take on the latest SEO news and break it down for listeners. They also share the side hustles they've been working on and dissect a few weird niche sites. The big news this week, an interview with Google Search Liaison Danny Sullivan They talk about an article in Moz claiming that th...

When Adam Rosen founded his first tech startup, he learned a lot of important skills before he eventually sold it. One of those skills was using cold email as a sales technique. Fast forward to today, Adam has his own cold email outreach agency that sends more than a million emails and schedules over 300 meetings each month for his clients. He's earning more than $100k a month. Adam's able to run...

This week Spencer and Jared are at it again, breaking down the latest news items in the SEO world, sharing their progress with their side hustles, and analyzing some weird niche sites. The big news this week is that the August Google Core Update has finally finished rolling out, after 19 days, and overall it was a pretty impactful update.  they talk about a site that Google has shown considerable...

When Thomas Smith started publishing articles on Medium back in 2019, it was just a side hustle. Over the years, however, he's been able to develop a strategy to succeed on the platform, and today Medium is extremely valuable for him, providing a large part of his monthly income as well as countless business opportunities. Although he did peak at $17k in a single month, his recent earnings are in...

This week Jared and guest host Thomas Smith take on all the latest news on this episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast.  Yelp is suing Google - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/technology/google-yelp-lawsuit.html Yelp's gripe? https://www.searchenginejournal.com/yelp-sues-google-over-local-search-dominance/525687/ A new Lawsuit - https://searchengineland.com/google-adtech-antitrust-judge-bus...

Tony Hill is a digital marketer with decades of experience, but when his sites' traffic started to tank, he rolled up his sleeves and started looking for an alternative traffic source. And he found Pinterest. Tony has gone deep into the rabbit hole on Pinterest, studying how it works and poring over its data, to come up with strategies that work.  Currently, he's getting a million clicks a month o...

Welcome back to the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week Jared is joined by Brooks Conkle, a member of the Niche Pursuits Community as well as an entrepreneur with many, many income streams, lots of experience in the industry, and plenty of insights to share. There's some interesting news for publishers this week, so get comfortable! The first order of business is the recen...

Dylan Jahraus started working in corporate e-commerce, but eventually had to quit while trying to climb that ladder. She tried her hand at Etsy as a side hustle, and was pleased to see that she could apply her extensive e-comm experience to the platform.  She's been killing it on Etsy for years now, selling $1.5 million to date. In this interview, she shares some of her best strategies and tips, e...

Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast! It's been a very big week in the news, with Google taking center stage for several different reasons. This week, Jared and Morgan break it all down for us, and they also share the progress they're making on their side hustles, and some weird niche sites! Let's jump into it! The first order of business is Google's announcement abou...

If you didn't get into paid media before Google changed up the traffic game, you can still get into it now. That's what Alex Goldberg is showing us on this week's podcast. Alex started a site as a side hustle, but it eventually grew into a portfolio of sites. Organic traffic was abundant, but he decided to experiment with paid media arbitrage. In the end, he built up a portfolio of sites earning $...

Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared talk about the biggest news in the SEO and creator industry and what it means for you. They also share their inspiring side hustles and some weird niche sites they've discovered. Today they tackled the biggest news item we've seen in a while: Google's antitrust lawsuit. Google has been in the news for a whi...

This week on the podcast we have a familiar face!  Spencer Haws comes on to talk about a very interesting, and surprisingly lucrative, side hustle both he and Jared have been working on for the last year: the Amazon Influencer Program. In this episode, Spencer and Jared talk about their experience with the program, discuss the different strategies they used to grow this side business, and share so...

Welcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast. Jared hosts this week's episode, along with Morgan Overholt, who's standing in for Spencer. They kick off the news portion of the episode talking about Reddit and how it has blocked Bing Search . Microsoft has confirmed this news and is respecting Reddit's decision, but the plot thickens when Reddit's CEO speaks out . T...

Brian Nagele has had a lot of success building online businesses, but nothing could have prepared him for what he has been able to achieve on Facebook. You can join Brian's Social Growth Mastery to learn how his exact Facebook strategies here: https://www.nichepursuits.com/socialgrowthmastery After his niche sites were hit by Google's Helpful Content Update, he fully understood the importance of d...

Welcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared offer their thoughts on the latest news in SEO, Google and AI; talk about their side hustles; and share some funny and weird niche sites. They kick things off by talking about the SearchGPT announcement . Spencer talks about how the tool looks like it will work and whether it will include links to sources. They...

What do you do when you can't find a shirt that fits right? Well, if you're Tanya Zhang, you launch a business. Tanya and her partner Wesley identified a gap in the market: a lack of nice-fitting dress shirts for slim men. So, in 2018, they launched a very niche business called Nimble Made . In this interview, she talks about how she validated the idea and spread the word initially about the compa...

Welcome back everybody, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast!  This week Jared and guest host Colin Ma tackle the most recent news in the SEO world affecting creators and entrepreneurs, they inspire with their successful side hustles, and they highlight some unique ideas being used by some weird niche sites. The first item up for discussion is that Brandon Saltamacchia , the owner...

According to financial blogger Sammie Ellard-King, Instagram is one of the biggest opportunities right now because of the way the platform allows for exposure and brand awareness. In fact, he has developed several strategies that are allowing for the exponential growth of his brand, Up The Gains , on that platform. Last month, Sammie earned $40k from Instagram alone. In this interview, he offers a...

This week's Niche Pursuits News Podcast features Jared and guest host Morgan Overholt, who dive directly into the latest news stories, share their side hustles, and talk all about some weird niche sites. The first thing they dig into is news that AI Overviews is only appearing for 7% of queries . Jared shares a helpful summary of how this Google feature has evolved over time, and he and Morgan sha...

Mo Mullah is an entrepreneur with an impressive track record.  Back in the day, he was orchestrating 6-figure exits and bringing home up to $75k per month from email marketing campaigns.  In the middle of it all, he started his own agency, Niche Website Management . After the HCU, like many others, Mo decided he didn't want to be a slave to Google, so he started testing out strategies on alternati...

Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast! As always, Spencer and Jared break down the latest news about Google, SEO, AI, and beyond for listeners. They kick things off this week by diving into a zero-click search study by Rand Fishkin on SparkToro, talking about where clicks go and the difference in what happens after someone in America clicks vs. someone in Europe. After...

Seth Williams is an entrepreneur with a passion for land investing. After he got a few years of experience under his belt, he decided the time had come to share his expertise, so he created his website, REtipster . He went on to create some digital products, including a course, to diversify his income. He peaked at $60k in one month, but he normally brings home $20k-30k a month. In this interview,...

Welcome back to the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared share everything that's happened related to Google, SEO, and publishers in the last week. Spencer and Jared kick off the episode talking about the Google Spam Update, which has concluded after a week. They share the chatter on Twitter, where people are seeing positive results and upticks in traffic .  Wh...