NicheSite with $150 a month Journey

[manhle]

Hi guys,
I was not totally a newbie in IM. 2 years ago, I was earning about $50/month with JVzoo by spammy backlink and auto-content. Until Google update and my site got banned. So I quit.
Now, I have a full-time job in my hometown with the monthly salary of $250 (Sadly, It's normal in Vietnam)
So, I come back to IM and start this journey. With my income, everything I can invest is $150 a month, no more. And my target is earned up to $150 a month in next 6 month, then I can use the profit to re-invest and scale the site to Authority.
Sounds crazy, huh?
I'll try to do most of the things by myself, only outsource content, keywords, and backlinks.
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I spend few days in expireddomains.net to find a good domain to start. I found one. DA=16, PA=30, TF=2, CF=12, clean history, clean backlinks. It was a real blog of a woman who has three kids. I took it and started.
Q: Why expired domain?
A: An expired domain has some backlink already. It also releases to my niche (Baby). If this site can make money, I'll scale it to an Authority Site.
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Domain and hosting
I choose Godaddy Wordpress Manager hosting ($12/year for both Domain and Hosting). People said that Godaddy hosting is suck, so I use WP-Rocket and CloudFlare to cache and speed up my site.
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Themes and Plugins
I used Divi Theme, Thrive Builder, WP Review Pro, WP Rocket. All of them are from Groupbuy. I don't want to use Thrive theme because I already have my knowledge in Divi. I created logo myself, too.
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Contents
I bought a pack of content from @bossofthebosses . 10 dollars for 5 articles. The seller gives me 1 review article and 8 articles. I used 2 of them on my money site, 1 for guest posting and still have 5 left. (Articles are good, but the content is not suitable for my site.)
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Backlinks
I make blog comment by myself on real mom/parent/baby care blog.
I used a review copy of @IamKing
I posted a guest post at PA 15/DA 36 site.
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So far:
Spend : $12 (Domain + Hosting) + $20 (Group buy Premium themes) + $10 (Contents) = $42
Earn: $0
Total: -$42
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My plan?
Continous blog comment and build Web 2.0 by myself.
Buy a keyword package from @namhq89 ($30).
Find a good writer to write 3*2000 words articles. (Can you recommend someone?)
Find a writer to re-write 15000 words MRR ebook about child safe.
Use @lightningblitz Cheap SEO Guide to rank some easy keywords.
God bless me

 

[IamKing]

All the best for your journey mate. If you need any link building suggestions you can ask me

 

[bluejunkies]

Hi I am on the sam journey working on two website one of them is news web and other one is niche website. Website are not doing good in current as I think designing part sucks. I have no money to invest in designing of website Which i think is the most important part to get website noticed by visitors. If your ads are not placed at right place no one is going to click them.

Lets get connected and share experience to make it $150 a month journey.

 

[likesservices]

I am also planing to start blogging, I am doing study @ BHW from last 10 days, I think BHW is #1 platform to learn SEO and all!!!

 

[Nichekid]

Good luck with your journey, add more content, optimize & build links. You'll win.

 

[IgniteFirst]

Good luck! content will be the real key for you here, focus on that and get high quality links as well.

 

[Jason Bradbury]

All the best mate

 

[osberht]

So, I have a question. How are you planning to monetize your website. Is it through Adsense?

 

[manhle]

Thanks everyone
I just bought a golden nichepack from @namhq89 . MainKW is 3 words Long tail keyword with kwfinder DS=27 (Easy) and a huge list of LSI.
Today spend : $30
Earning: $0
Total: -$72

 

[casperl]

Which service do you use for groupbuy themes?

 

[manhle]

Big thanks for @IamKing @Nichekid @James Welker and @Jason Bradbury

I am also planing to start blogging, I am doing study @ BHW from last 10 days, I think BHW is #1 platform to learn SEO and all!!!

God bless you, bro

So, I have a question. How are you planning to monetize your website. Is it through Adsense?

First, I will rank for Long tail information keywords to have traffic and earn some money through Adsense, but my long-term game is for Amazon and ClickBank.

Which service do you use for groupbuy themes?

It's a Vietnamese Facebook Group

 

[loads16017]

Good luck bro, keep continue, one day you will success

 

[manhle]

Update:
I've contacted some writer in BHW and Freelancer Networks to samples. Made some optimize to my site.
I'm worrying about Google Fred, so I stopped do blog comment and Web 2.0

 

[GoGudget]

good luck

 

[manhle]

Update: I've contacted dozen of writers, asked for samples and tested they writing skill. Thanks for @hasa1015 with a amazing thread here, and thank for a big help from @ThopHayt , I finally choose a Africa based writer from Upwork instead of BHW writers.
I paid him by month, $100 a month for 8000 words.
Today spend : $100
Earning: $0
Total: -$172

 

[manhle]

Update: Now, my money site have 10 posts. All informative articles, at least 700 words per post.
I bought 3 Authority backlinks from WN.com, Patch and Behance ($15 without the articles), two of them are indexed.
Some of informative keywords are in page 5. Got some traffic.
Today spend: $15
Earning: $0
Total: -$187

 

[manhle]

Update: The site have 14 Published Posts and 2 pending posts. The writer works well.
I did some outreach work, but no good news so far.
The serp rank so far for informative keywords is:

I paid another 100 bucks for writer. Few web 2.0 backlinks.
Today spend: $100
Earning: $0
Total: -$287

 

[whuman]

Good luck on your journey

 

[namsea]

All the best for your journey mate. Do you have skype id or facebook? pls

 

[thetoothfairy]

Have you decide which site to affiliate with? Jvzoo again?