SEO Budget for new niche site?

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Hey all. Work has recently been started on a new niche site of mine and I wanted to know other people's thoughts on how much I will need to spend on SEO roughly in order to get some success?

The site will have around 25 posts initially. Will I need to buy/build links to every page or mainly just the homepage?

Any help would be good cheers
 
Depends on the competition honestly.

Niche sites tend to be in a less competitive niche since you do kw research before setting it all up. I'm guessing you have done that so my tip is to build 50-100 links to the homepage and you should be good to go. Although some links going to the posts with more competitive keywords is not a bad idea.

I can't really tell though as I have no idea how the comp is.
 
I follow the opposite process that means first I set a monthly budget and then decide what needs to be done with it.

When you have a number in mind to spend, it becomes easier to allocate it properly.
 
Start with a handful of links to your homepage & citations. There's no static budget for link-building.
You'll have to find it along the way.
What sort of kws do you intent to rank for?
 
I don't think anyone can give you a budget recommendation because what you'll need to invest depends on the niche you're in (competitive niches like finance, web hosting, etc. require more money than other niches), and the keywords you're targeting.

If your domain name is new you should start off slowly, with only several backlinks per month, all of them directed to your homepage. I would say go for 2-5 backlinks in the first month after the site goes live (and indexed in google, obviously) but it's equally important to continue posting content regularly during your first 6 months. A few articles per week should do the trick along with 2-5 backlinks per month, like I said, pointing to the homepage.

However - and this is very important - do NOT buy shitty backlinks for a new domain name. I have done the same with one of my domains and now I don't know how to improve its ranking without digging deep into the pocket. If your domain name is new it's very important that you only give it quality backlinks, in the form of guest posts on quality websites (sites with organic traffic and low OBLs), or in the form of PBN backlinks but from quality PBNs again (PBNs that are indexed in google, that have no penalties of any kind, and which also have a low number of OBLs).

Obviously that getting such backlinks will cost you more than your typical SEO package that costs $45 (just an example), and delivers "quality backlinks from high DA sites". You are probably looking at several 100s of USD for 5-6 such quality backlinks, but if you care about your site and you have the money go for it! It will be worth it!

Also, build 10-20 quality backlinks to the homepage and keep an eye on your site's articles (pages / posts) to see which one gets picked up by google. Many times, you will see pages pop up in top 100 rankings out of the blue, pages that you would have never thought about ranking anywhere because competition seemed fierce for that keyword (it's currently happening to one of my websites, where the only keyword ranking in top 100 (on position 41 more specifically) is one of the 3 keywords that my keyword research tool says it has "fierce competition", while all others are easy / very easy to rank for, but they're nowhere in google LOL).

So anyway, long story short, make sure you only get backlinks to your homepage until one of the inner pages starts showing up in the rankings, and when it does start (slowly again, this is very important) building backlinks to that particular page to boost its ranking. One, or two backlinks per month should do the trick for that particular inner page, maybe some social signals, too, but make sure they're all quality backlinks and social shares from aged accounts with active followership.

If your domain is aged (more than 1 year old) you should be safe with building more than a few backlinks per month, depending on its existing backlinking profile, but this will obviously cost you more (probably in the 1000s if you can't find a good deal here on BHW)
 
Depends on the competition honestly.

Niche sites tend to be in a less competitive niche since you do kw research before setting it all up. I'm guessing you have done that so my tip is to build 50-100 links to the homepage and you should be good to go. Although some links going to the posts with more competitive keywords is not a bad idea.

I can't really tell though as I have no idea how the comp is.

Cheers mate, the niche is in personal development/self help. Im trying to build something with authority so the niche is more of an umbrella term and I'm going to target many subjects within that area. I want this to work however so I'm willing to spend what I need to.

Cheers, H
 
I don't think anyone can give you a budget recommendation because what you'll need to invest depends on the niche you're in (competitive niches like finance, web hosting, etc. require more money than other niches), and the keywords you're targeting.

If your domain name is new you should start off slowly, with only several backlinks per month, all of them directed to your homepage. I would say go for 2-5 backlinks in the first month after the site goes live (and indexed in google, obviously) but it's equally important to continue posting content regularly during your first 6 months. A few articles per week should do the trick along with 2-5 backlinks per month, like I said, pointing to the homepage.

However - and this is very important - do NOT buy shitty backlinks for a new domain name. I have done the same with one of my domains and now I don't know how to improve its ranking without digging deep into the pocket. If your domain name is new it's very important that you only give it quality backlinks, in the form of guest posts on quality websites (sites with organic traffic and low OBLs), or in the form of PBN backlinks but from quality PBNs again (PBNs that are indexed in google, that have no penalties of any kind, and which also have a low number of OBLs).

Obviously that getting such backlinks will cost you more than your typical SEO package that costs $45 (just an example), and delivers "quality backlinks from high DA sites". You are probably looking at several 100s of USD for 5-6 such quality backlinks, but if you care about your site and you have the money go for it! It will be worth it!

Also, build 10-20 quality backlinks to the homepage and keep an eye on your site's articles (pages / posts) to see which one gets picked up by google. Many times, you will see pages pop up in top 100 rankings out of the blue, pages that you would have never thought about ranking anywhere because competition seemed fierce for that keyword (it's currently happening to one of my websites, where the only keyword ranking in top 100 (on position 41 more specifically) is one of the 3 keywords that my keyword research tool says it has "fierce competition", while all others are easy / very easy to rank for, but they're nowhere in google LOL).

So anyway, long story short, make sure you only get backlinks to your homepage until one of the inner pages starts showing up in the rankings, and when it does start (slowly again, this is very important) building backlinks to that particular page to boost its ranking. One, or two backlinks per month should do the trick for that particular inner page, maybe some social signals, too, but make sure they're all quality backlinks and social shares from aged accounts with active followership.

If your domain is aged (more than 1 year old) you should be safe with building more than a few backlinks per month, depending on its existing backlinking profile, but this will obviously cost you more (probably in the 1000s if you can't find a good deal here on BHW)

Thanks for your detailed post! OK I will try and focus on the homepage initially and I'll go slowly. Everything that I'm reading at the minute tells me that content is key in this so I'll focus on that and go from there.

I'm building up social profiles whilst my content is being created so I should have a good month or so worth of content scheduled.

Do you have any suggestions on link packages to purchase that are quality?

Cheers
 
Cheers mate, the niche is in personal development/self help. Im trying to build something with authority so the niche is more of an umbrella term and I'm going to target many subjects within that area. I want this to work however so I'm willing to spend what I need to.

Cheers, H
Self development in general is quite a tough niche... I don't know what terms you're targeting so of course I can't tell you how many links you'd need to rank. But as a general rule of thumb 20-30DR sites seem to be able to rank in the top 10 pretty much no matter the niche (with a good word count). So aiming for that would be your first goal imo
 
Everything that I'm reading at the minute tells me that content is key

It is. You don't need to stress about creating content like a madman and panic, but you need to be consistent. Just make 1-2 posts a week for 6 months and after 6 months you will instinctively know what you need to do next.

As for backlinking packages, I can't help you as I've not purchased any on this forum, so I can't recommend and vouch for any of them. But I know that there are quality guest posting / PBN posting packages available, as I've gone through the marketplace a few times and, unless the sellers are lying on their salespages, the backlinks should be pretty good.
 
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