Niche Rivalry

This category consists of my riveting Niche Rivalry updates. You will be able to watch as I take a niche site from $0 to $10/day ($300/month) with a fresh new domain and no outsourcing of on-site content.

Be sure to keep up with my fellow Niche Rivals:
Quinton @ Lost Cyclist
Wesley @ Chasing Pace

Niche Rivalry 004: A Sale And A Slap

February 17, 2012

I expected to do weekly updates for the Niche Rivalry, but I realized I didn’t have much to say on a weekly basis.  The updates would go something like “I wrote some content, and built some links.”  Very exciting.  But, over the month since my last update some interesting things have indeed happened. The First [...]

Niche Rivalry 003: Early Rankings & Weekly Goals

January 20, 2012

I didn’t really add any content to my site this week (except for the deep fryer product post that I forgot about – woops), opting instead to get a little initial link building out of the way.  For this I’ve been using Build My Rank (BMR) for article marketing, and I’ve only been targeting the [...]

Niche Rivalry 002: My Niche Website Content Strategy

January 14, 2012

I have to admit – I’m terrible at planning and my niche website content strategy is no exception.  I usually just push forward with something and adjust on the fly.  So when I started writing posts for my niche site, I didn’t really have any sort of structure in mind, but over the past week [...]

Niche Rivalry 001: Choosing a Domain Name For My Niche Site

January 9, 2012

Since I joined a bit late, and the niche had already been chosen, my first step in the Niche Rivalry was to choose a domain name.  One of the aspects of the challenge is to build an authority site, and when I think authority site, I think .com’s.  Whether a site is a .com, .net [...]

Niche Rivalry: A Dope Enters The Fray

January 8, 2012

You may have heard of the Niche Rivalry that was started by a couple of Keyword Academy members, Wes and Quin.  They not only came up with this idea, but they also invited others to participate. After getting back into things after the holiday festivities, I thought “What the hell, I’ll give it a go.” [...]