[JOURNEY] From 0 to something

joseph k

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Hello everyone, for quite some time I was thinking about starting a new website that will be monetized by the amazon affiliate program, and possibly ads. I had some experience with it in the past, but due to my stupidity, I sold the website after 3 months of work (and yes, it just started bringing traffic and earning some $). That's the big mistake I made in the past, but as people say, don't cry over spilled milk. What's done, is done, and now is a chance to make things right and earn some money.

Right now I have 0 websites, so my income is also $0. Unfortunately, my budget is also small. Everything will be spent right away, on the domain, hosting (I will go with Shock hosting and eventually switch to something better), and a keyword research e-book made by @RealDaddy. I read a lot of positive reviews in his thread, so I think it's worth the money, even if I'm on a tight budget atm. Give or take, around $50. Maybe it isn't easy as back then to build a website without big amounts invested, but I still think it's possible. Anyway, we'll see.

The idea behind this website is to gain more experience in SEO and also to build a valuable asset for the future. CPA is a faster way to make money, but I like to think long-term, and what I love so much about these kinds of websites is that they can be sold for 20-30 times of the monthly revenue. So even if it takes 8 or 10 or 12 months to build a website that produces $500/month, in my opinion, it's still worth it. Not to mention it's a lot more passive once you have enough funds to buy outsource things. In order to make as much money as possible, everything earned will be reinvested into another website so I can diversify my income. So if this succeeds, it will be a lot easier to make more money in the future with something to invest in. However, can't say I'm not afraid of G updates, but let's leave it for now.

The content will be written by myself, and I'm well aware that English isn't my primary language, but unfortunately, my budget doesn't allow anything else for now. Once I finish the keyword research part, all of my focus will be on making content. My idea is to write a minimum of 2000 words per day, and I don't think it will be that hard. Anyway, what do you guys think about my English, not the greatest, right? But with the help of Grammarly and Google, I hope it gets better over time.

It will take a couple of days to buy and prepare everything, especially that in my country everything's closed over the weekend due to Covid.

That's it for now.
 
Good luck on your journey. As a tip, I wouldn't waste part of my small budget on an ebook, seeing that this forum has all you need for keyword research. Study more, spend less, especially if you don't have a lot to start with:)
 
Good luck on your journey. As a tip, I wouldn't waste part of my small budget on an ebook, seeing that this forum has all you need for keyword research. Study more, spend less, especially if you don't have a lot to start with:)
With a budget like this, I don't think there's a better investment than buying this e-book that can help me to start this whole project. Niche selection and keyword research are fundamental so spending $40 on some links instead of this doesn't make any sense for me. Many articles cover the topic of finding proper keywords but this is a +1 to all of them. I'm taking this seriously, it was never in my mind to try only 1 tactic.
 
With a budget like this, I don't think there's a better investment than buying this e-book that can help me to start this whole project. Niche selection and keyword research are fundamental so spending $40 on some links instead of this doesn't make any sense for me. Many articles cover the topic of finding proper keywords but this is a +1 to all of them. I'm taking this seriously, it was never in my mind to try only 1 tactic.
I`m with you on this, you spend your money how you see fit. I wouldn`t spend $40 on links either:) I`d sit on them for when something new pops up and I`d need $40 to start and can`t get them from anywhere else:) I never sit on 0 balance and I have been in the online money making world for roughly 16 years:) But if you feel like this book will help you, I really hope it will and you make money out of it.
 
I`m with you on this, you spend your money how you see fit. I wouldn`t spend $40 on links either:) I`d sit on them for when something new pops up and I`d need $40 to start and can`t get them from anywhere else:) I never sit on 0 balance and I have been in the online money making world for roughly 16 years:) But if you feel like this book will help you, I really hope it will and you make money out of it.
I'll follow my instincts on this one.
 
This looks interesting !
Always nice to start with niche site apparently.
I'll be following your journey
 
As a tip, I wouldn't waste part of my small budget on an ebook, seeing that this forum has all you need for keyword research.
Even though it's my ebook that he is talking about buying ;) - I will NOT recommend @joseph k to buy my ebook.
@SunnyLeon is absolutely right in saying that.
There is no magic pill mate :)
There. Isn't.
 
Great initiative buddy. I'm a blogger myself and can totally understand the pain of selling a growing site.

Anyway, all the best for your current venture. And if you need help with the content, then you should try Frase. It will help you optimize your on-page content and even help you write new content by creating outlines for you that covers everything about the topic you're choosing.

I bought its lifetime deal this Black Friday from AppSumo. Totally worth it.
 
Even though it's my ebook that he is talking about buying ;) - I will NOT recommend @joseph k to buy my ebook.
@SunnyLeon is absolutely right in saying that.
There is no magic pill mate :)
There. Isn't.
Thank you for backing me up:) And I`m sure that the ebook would do a lot to help him, just that investing all of your money right from the start isn't such a great idea usually.. But you know what? If you wanna split 50-50 the damage, I would pay for half a book for him, just to give him a better start:)
 
This looks interesting !
Always nice to start with niche site apparently.
I'll be following your journey
Thank you.
Great initiative buddy. I'm a blogger myself and can totally understand the pain of selling a growing site.

Anyway, all the best for your current venture. And if you need help with the content, then you should try Frase. It will help you optimize your on-page content and even help you write new content by creating outlines for you that covers everything about the topic you're choosing.

I bought its lifetime deal this Black Friday from AppSumo. Totally worth it.
I will check it out, but right now I will rely on my knowledge and Grammarly.
Even though it's my ebook that he is talking about buying ;) - I will NOT recommend @joseph k to buy my ebook.
@SunnyLeon is absolutely right in saying that.
There is no magic pill mate :)
There. Isn't.
Thank you for backing me up:) And I`m sure that the ebook would do a lot to help him, just that investing all of your money right from the start isn't such a great idea usually.. But you know what? If you wanna split 50-50 the damage, I would pay for half a book for him, just to give him a better start:)
I'm aware it's not a magic pill. At the moment, I'm finding all the guides that can help me to do niche selection and kw research, and there are lots of them on this forum, Youtube, and other websites online. As I said earlier, from my experience, the beginning is the most crucial part, so I'll focus on it as much as I can. That's why I would rather pay for this e-book and get more information than save some money atm.

@SunnyLeon thanks for your generous offer, that would definitely help.
 
I like that title. No expectations, no disappointments. Good luck with your journey, bro.
 
Thank you for backing me up:) And I`m sure that the ebook would do a lot to help him, just that investing all of your money right from the start isn't such a great idea usually.. But you know what? If you wanna split 50-50 the damage, I would pay for half a book for him, just to give him a better start:)
I have sent it for FREE to him.
 
Update 1:

Nothing special happened over the weekend because almost everything (including banks) was closed.

However, I chose a niche to go with for this website, and the good news is that I already have some low comp. keywords for it.

Just bought Ahrefs 7 day trial but it's limited to 1/5 of the actual plan. I guess it won't take long until it's gone so I will need to re-buy it once or even twice.

There's a good thread about this: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-to-get-2-months-of-ahrefs-for-56-instead-of-358.1149313/.

I think there's no point in updating until I finish a kw research and register domain&hosting.

Expenses till now: $7
Profit: $0


Edit: For some reason, interlink doesn't work for me.
 
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