My First Serious venture! Any inputs Highly Appriciated

Hi Bhatters,

This will be my first serious venture. I have played around a lot with autoblogs before. But the idea didn't appeal much. So left them to hell.

Now am starting a technology News blog. I have sot the basic setup, hired a writer. I want to make it a legit authority site if possible.

Now so, i am using only original content written by a writer. (I have freelanced as a writer but now do not want to spend time on writing) I want to use my time nurturing my site(its my baby for now)

Now let me tell you what I have done-
1- Set up a WP (of course I bought a domain and hosting prior to that)
2. Installed a few plugins
---- All in One SEO Pack
----Easy Privacy Policy
----Fast Secure Contact Form
----FeedBurner FeedSmith
----Get The Image
----Google Analytics for WordPress
----Google XML Sitemaps
----Quick Adsense
----Twitter Tools
----PC Robots.txt
----Wp-Super Cache
3. Posted 2 posts - 1 post and 1 video form you tube
4. set up adsense
5. Oh sorry! I installed a minimal professional looking premium theme as well

6. submitted to google(Already indexed- 5 pages when I search for my domain exact)


Any other must have plugins that I missed?


I plan to post 1 unique news article a day. My target is small (Or is it?)- I wish to make $4000 in the next 6 months. I will not ask you if this is possible. I know it is. Any ideas that take me closer are welcome.


Now here are the problems-
My budget is Low about $100 a month is too much for me(including article writing)
Keeping this in mind, can you suggest me some must have tools?



Now, Next question is backlinks - How many do I build? How to build?
I have bought a list recently.

Should I manually go on posting on all of them or buy SB and learn to blast?


I am planing to also post 1 article a week on the WEB2.0 properties and back link from them. (Any inputs on the best WEB2 sites to use?)


I know there are many plugins but can anyone suggest me best plugin to automate Social Bookmarking?


Okay now, Its too many questions already. I will post here my activity as I progress. So this is not just a "Looting" thread but also, I will let you know if I have made any experiments and their outcome.


Now to the Big Brains of BHW, please give me your inputs. If you think I miss anything or of some service that would really help me (you know my budget right - its $100 a month)


Oh I missed it! Can any one tell me the best plugin to use for stats? I was using statpress all the while (On my autoblogs).


Thanks Guys - I cant think of anything else now. Oh remember - I am not a total noob. A little though. I understand your language, I have been reading you guys for more than 3 years now (Shame on me , Ah! right I know)

Sounds like you are on the right track. One plugin you might wanna check out is something like wp cache to help everything load a bit quicker.

About backlinks I don't think you should only look for 1 specific type of backlink you need to diversify and get as many different types of links as you can.

SB is a great investment but if the site is brand new I would not blast to the money site. Instead blast the web 2.0s and they will transfer some link juice to your main site.

Keep up the good work.

llamallama said:

Sounds like you are on the right track. One plugin you might wanna check out is something like wp cache to help everything load a bit quicker.

About backlinks I don't think you should only look for 1 specific type of backlink you need to diversify and get as many different types of links as you can.

SB is a great investment but if the site is brand new I would not blast to the money site. Instead blast the web 2.0s and they will transfer some link juice to your main site.

Keep up the good work.

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Thanks for the input. I cant believe I missed Wp-cache. Thank you for reminding me.

And regarding blasting on Web 2.0, sounds like a good idea.
Can you suggest me a few "best" web 2 sites?
I have recently bought TBS. Can I use this to spin 1 article and post it to all web 2.0 sites? I cant get the TBS to work properly though. Any guide on how to use it? I din't have a chance to look at the TBS user manual(Or does it have one?)

social media is great for this type of sites, fb, g+, twitter. just syndicate your post to your social network accounts to make it automated.

What about subbing out the whole job to India then take over in six months

Tukru said:

What about subbing out the whole job to India then take over in six months

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Thats what I am doing as I live in India

Now am unable to decide if i should hire someone to make blog comments on the high PR links I have or buy SB and learn to blast