How much budget do you recommend me to start with ?
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Visionary9
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- Apr 30, 2021
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Budget is depend on your skills, knowledge, and niche
if you have time and expertise in writing you can write yourself for website by this you can save the article price
If you know how to do SEO for website, and you can do yourself, then you can save approx 50-70% cost
If you can't write article you can hire decent writer from guru and upwork
And for SEO you can try BHW- MARKETPLACE
if you have time and expertise in writing you can write yourself for website by this you can save the article price
If you know how to do SEO for website, and you can do yourself, then you can save approx 50-70% cost
If you can't write article you can hire decent writer from guru and upwork
And for SEO you can try BHW- MARKETPLACE
Anson2008
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- Mar 4, 2021
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From a 3rd world? You should learn how to write because a dollar is quite expensive to pay a writer now, Master the art of writing and you don't need to pay a dime except for domain and hosting which I believe is ok best of luck to you and your new found love
- Oct 28, 2020
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it depends on many things....
1) do you want to target the English-speaking market in general and / or the USA + Canada market in particular? Because if you do, you would need a bigger budget than if you targeted a 3rd world country / your own 3rd world country;
2) if it's the English-speaking market you're after you then need to think about the niche. Niches like finances, medical, or web hosting will cost you a ton of money spent on quality content (think upwards of $40-50 per 1000 words article, and you need longer than 1000 words anyway, and a lot of content in general + a lot of strong backlinks which could cost you upwards of $500-1000 per month).
I don't know whether these numbers are accurate, but even as estimates they can still put things in perspective for you if the niche you've found for your blog is in one of these 3 super-competitive niches that only good SEOers and / or big-budgeted entities get into, and stay on top of the rankings.
3) regardless of which niche and country you're targeting you also need money for several crucial things, like...
- domain (usually around $10 per year);
- hosting (usually between $50 and $200 per year, depending on which hosting you choose)
- content (if you can't write the content yourself you will need to outsource, and even decent quality content which you might still need to fact-check and proofread could cost you $7-8 per 1000 words, whereas superior quality content could cost you anywhere from $12 to $25 or more per 1000 words. And, like all content-oriented websites such as blogs, you are going to need at least a few articles each week until your blog takes off, which probably means a few $100s per month spent on content alone)
- SEO tools in general, and keyword / niche research tools in particular and (optional) backlinking tools and services to build backlinks to your site and monitor them, as well as monitor your rankings. You will most likely spend at least $50-$100 per month in such tools and services, as well. And this only if you find some good deals and discounts for these tools / services.
So, as you can see your budget depends on many things, and at the very minimum you should have at least $200-300 per month set aside for your SEO / blogging journey, but probably more if your niche is tough to break into and maintain your rankings in, or if your goals are high and you target tough keywords.
1) do you want to target the English-speaking market in general and / or the USA + Canada market in particular? Because if you do, you would need a bigger budget than if you targeted a 3rd world country / your own 3rd world country;
2) if it's the English-speaking market you're after you then need to think about the niche. Niches like finances, medical, or web hosting will cost you a ton of money spent on quality content (think upwards of $40-50 per 1000 words article, and you need longer than 1000 words anyway, and a lot of content in general + a lot of strong backlinks which could cost you upwards of $500-1000 per month).
I don't know whether these numbers are accurate, but even as estimates they can still put things in perspective for you if the niche you've found for your blog is in one of these 3 super-competitive niches that only good SEOers and / or big-budgeted entities get into, and stay on top of the rankings.
3) regardless of which niche and country you're targeting you also need money for several crucial things, like...
- domain (usually around $10 per year);
- hosting (usually between $50 and $200 per year, depending on which hosting you choose)
- content (if you can't write the content yourself you will need to outsource, and even decent quality content which you might still need to fact-check and proofread could cost you $7-8 per 1000 words, whereas superior quality content could cost you anywhere from $12 to $25 or more per 1000 words. And, like all content-oriented websites such as blogs, you are going to need at least a few articles each week until your blog takes off, which probably means a few $100s per month spent on content alone)
- SEO tools in general, and keyword / niche research tools in particular and (optional) backlinking tools and services to build backlinks to your site and monitor them, as well as monitor your rankings. You will most likely spend at least $50-$100 per month in such tools and services, as well. And this only if you find some good deals and discounts for these tools / services.
So, as you can see your budget depends on many things, and at the very minimum you should have at least $200-300 per month set aside for your SEO / blogging journey, but probably more if your niche is tough to break into and maintain your rankings in, or if your goals are high and you target tough keywords.
blackbeans
Elite Member
- Nov 29, 2008
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I know people from developing countries that started out their blog with absolutely no money.
You have to understand that in the SEO game, time is money.
So, even if you don't have any dollars but you have a lot of time, you have more than enough money to get started.
The key is to start with a plan.
A lot of people just focus on money so they learn things the hard way.
It's all trial-and-error.
I'm not bashing this approach because that's how I started.
But in hindsight, I would have taken a deep breath, taken a few steps back, and taken my time
Because if you start out with a solid plan and you come up with a checklist that you stick to on a day-to-day basis, eventually you will be successful.
Where do you start?
I would suggest that you start by reverse-engineering your competition.
It doesn't take money to do this.
You just enter the topics that you're interested in into the Google Keyword Planner tool.
That's free.
You sign up for a free AdWords account and you will get access to the Google Keyword Planner tool.
You find related keywords and then you type in those keywords into Google, and you will see a lot of websites.
Go to those sites.
Click link after link, story after story, and you will quickly see which ones are your top competitors.
Once you have this information, you can then use the trial or free versions of paid SEO tools to find the keywords from these competitors that are already ranking but have lower competition.
In other words, these are keywords that get traffic but are easier to rank.
Create content based on these by focusing on what people using these keywords are searching for.
If you're able to do that, then you will be able to build a successful blog by just investing your time.
You have to understand that in the SEO game, time is money.
So, even if you don't have any dollars but you have a lot of time, you have more than enough money to get started.
The key is to start with a plan.
A lot of people just focus on money so they learn things the hard way.
It's all trial-and-error.
I'm not bashing this approach because that's how I started.
But in hindsight, I would have taken a deep breath, taken a few steps back, and taken my time
Because if you start out with a solid plan and you come up with a checklist that you stick to on a day-to-day basis, eventually you will be successful.
Where do you start?
I would suggest that you start by reverse-engineering your competition.
It doesn't take money to do this.
You just enter the topics that you're interested in into the Google Keyword Planner tool.
That's free.
You sign up for a free AdWords account and you will get access to the Google Keyword Planner tool.
You find related keywords and then you type in those keywords into Google, and you will see a lot of websites.
Go to those sites.
Click link after link, story after story, and you will quickly see which ones are your top competitors.
Once you have this information, you can then use the trial or free versions of paid SEO tools to find the keywords from these competitors that are already ranking but have lower competition.
In other words, these are keywords that get traffic but are easier to rank.
Create content based on these by focusing on what people using these keywords are searching for.
If you're able to do that, then you will be able to build a successful blog by just investing your time.
Sturee Ting
Registered Member
- Oct 3, 2021
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it's totally depands upon the niche ,if you have a niche like gambling or crypto etc you should required a high budget
as you know to start a business budget is the main thing, so if you want to boost your site a high budget is required....
as you know to start a business budget is the main thing, so if you want to boost your site a high budget is required....
Ruvez
Junior Member
- Apr 24, 2016
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If you can write articles on your own, as well as set up the website, it will cost you nothing but your time at first.
You can put your efforts on low-competitive keywords and try to rank without expensive backlinks.
If you have to order articles, it will cost you around 5-6$/100 words (for a decent article written by a native).
And surely it all highly depends on the niche you've chosen
You can put your efforts on low-competitive keywords and try to rank without expensive backlinks.
If you have to order articles, it will cost you around 5-6$/100 words (for a decent article written by a native).
And surely it all highly depends on the niche you've chosen
sachinsadevra
Junior Member
- Aug 20, 2020
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- 41
there are plenty of marketing service providers out there to get you work done, but, the charges may be high. You may first go for some local and small scale service providers. when you have get the money at a larger scale, you can hire a better SEO service providing company and voila!