A Solid Authoriy Website - A journey to xx,xxx figures/month

Hi Oscar. I don't really have with authority sites, about a year ago I had a journal with micro niche sites and adsense, basically target low competition kw's, and seo them. It wasn't that hard to rank them however turning a couple of subniches into a bigger website and become an authority is much harder and more time consuming, and therefore I moved to other things (quick money) after also realizing how much time I lose with this instead of getting into something bigger or doing other methods which bring more cash. It's not a bad idea, actually I can guarantee most of the people here invest in some way or another into a big website. Think of it like your child, you do some quick money methods and eventually you have an idea which you want to grow big. You probably will want to invest everything into it and make it grow bigger and bigger.

All I can honestly say regarding SEO is that it's like a pain in the ass. I mean the majority of people who are targeting low comp EMD's and rank them and so on, probably are learning the ropes. Which is not a bad thing, but you lose A LOT OF TIME.
If you want to go this route with small websites and stuff, the best idea is to invest money and do it big. I mean 500 small niches and so on. But if you have the money to grow such a thing it's simply better to focus on just one site. Of course this is just my opinion. SEO can be really profitable if you know what you are doing + have the money for it (time/money effective) + outsource as much as you can.

.Oscar said:

Do you have experience with authority sites, what would be a ballpark figure for a low competition niche?

Thanks

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This site is full of good stuff.
I'm subscribed to this one too.

I have a lot to learn, so free advice is more than worth it.

Scripteen said:

How are you actually doing keyword research and determining ranking difficulty?

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Because I want to become an absolute authority in my niche (which is huge btw), the keyword possibilities are endless.

I know this niche well and I know what to write about and how to write it. Because of this, I want to cover some of the biggest problems and address solutions so when people come on my site, they can find almost anything they need.

I target 2-4 words keywords and I don't really care of the competition. I do it on long-term and I have to write about some topics which have high competition but I want to cover those aspects too.

The nice thing is that I have plenty of products to review and the competition is not that high.

Kw research is done with adwords because it's the fastest imho.

Competition research - Market samurai looking at the page pr and backlinks, again observing what the competition is doing.

+ a couple of sauce stuff which I'll keep them in my head for now until I test more

SEO isn't hard but you have to do it the smart way .

IntensE said:

With 3000$ for this project I would push it more "heavily" mate. What I mean is outsource articles, and get services with high PR, SEO and all that. It's much easier. Remember time is money. This is the most important thing, and millionaires know it. Money are just printed papers which are infinite, your time is not. Don't make this a very long journey, work smart and with the money you already have, you can invest and become authority in no time.

PS. I want to get a bmw (2nd car) hopefully by the end of this year, but I want an E30, I simply love it. E46 is nice as well, get facelift it's much more reliable (the ones with headlights upwards).

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The E30 is simply beautiful but I want to have something looking more of this century hehe.

Well, I can't really outsource the article creation simply because no one can write them like me (I'm serious).

This is "my baby" and I want to be sure I offer value to the reader before anything else.

Outsourcing the SEO part wise, I don't think that I'll be doing that because I have all the tools I need plus a strategy in my mind that should make the seo part easy.

I basically like to do stuff in my way.

Of course, after my journey will be successful, I can enter niches I'm not interested and invest in articles and seo without any problems but the thing is that in this niche, I care what I post and what I offer.

Plus the fact that I have a product already which is awesome! Can't wait to get the first sale.

NOTE TO PEOPLE:

Thanks everyone for commenting, this is what I wanted from a journal!

I needed discipline because I am lazy as F**K and I believe I can break the 50$/day barrier by the end of these 60 days only with 1 authority site!

Of course, I'll continue with the journey until the xx.xxx mark/month which equals at least ~350$/day.

Day 3/60 - Getting Used To Writing 05.07.2013


What I did today:


Keyword research - found 2 keywords


Wrote and published 2 posts


Stats:


UV: 246
Subscribers: 4
Clickbank hops: 8
Landing Page UV: 5


Summary:


Clickbank sales: same
Total: ~135

Day 4/60 - More writing 06.07.2013

What I did today:


Keyword research - found 2 keywords


Wrote and published 2 posts

Commented on forums for ~3 hours - quality posts


Stats:


UV: 212
Subscribers: 2
Clickbank hops: 4
Landing Page UV: 6


Summary:


Clickbank sales: same
Total: + ~135

Day 5/60 - Entering forum commenting 07.07.2013

What I did today:


Keyword research - found 2 keywords


Wrote and published 2 posts


Stats:


UV: 314
Subscribers: 3
Clickbank hops: 14
Landing Page UV: 1


Summary:


Clickbank sales: +1 YEY
Total: + ~166 $

Day 6/60 - Same day, same story 08.07.2013

Did 2 hours of forum commenting plus wrote 2 articles and published them

Bought Magic Submitter and will construct my SEO strategy by using senuke xcr, magic submitter and gsa.

Not so much today

Day 3/60 - Getting Used To Writing 05.07.2013


What I did today:


Keyword research - found 2 keywords


Wrote and published 2 posts


Stats:


UV: 246
Subscribers: 4
Clickbank hops: 8
Landing Page UV: 5


Summary:


Clickbank sales: same
Total: ~135

Day 4/60 - More writing 06.07.2013

What I did today:


Keyword research - found 2 keywords


Wrote and published 2 posts

Commented on forums for ~3 hours - quality posts


Stats:


UV: 212
Subscribers: 2
Clickbank hops: 4
Landing Page UV: 6


Summary:


Clickbank sales: same
Total: + ~135

Day 5/60 - Entering forum commenting 07.07.2013

What I did today:


Keyword research - found 2 keywords


Wrote and published 2 posts


Stats:


UV: 314
Subscribers: 3
Clickbank hops: 14
Landing Page UV: 1


Summary:


Clickbank sales: +1 YEY
Total: + ~166 $

Day 6/60 - Same day, same story 08.07.2013

Did 2 hours of forum commenting plus wrote 2 articles and published them

Bought Magic Submitter and will construct my SEO strategy by using senuke xcr, magic submitter and gsa.

Not so much today

looks like you have a great start! watching you man. good luck

Good luck in your journey.

Day 7+8/60 - Same day, same story 08.07.2013

Got separated from my girlfriend.. today and maybe tomorrow is a wasted day..sorry guys but I can't work.. I'm too stressed

Day 9/60 - Getting Back To Work

What I did today:

Wrote 3 articles
Commented on 4 big forums
Bought 20 articles for web 2.0's (I need over 1000 tho).

Stats:

UV: 249
Clickbank Sales: 2 = +~50$
Clickbank Hops: 12
Landing Page UV's: 4
Landing Page Sales: 0
Subscribers: +2

Good luck sir!

Any updates on this OP? Have you become a millionaire?

Day 10 - bought a lottery ticket
Day 11 - hit the jackpot
Day 12 - bought a small island in caribbean
Day 13 - Good luck to you guys