How to blog and make money online case study with Moe Bedard



OK, please put your penises away.

Thanks for the interest and well wishers. It is nice to see many people I respect here comment and wish me well. I just want all of you to succeed and really think about building content websites that last. More brands, then just offers.

OK, I am not going to update this daily, but most likely weekly. So 52 updates is what i am going to commit to. Each update will be with stats, screen shots, ideas, progress and news relating to these websites.

I am going to build websites the Matt Cutts way. Clean and happy SEO so everyone and especially Google loves my content. It is really easy, it is just a matter of doing it.

I was reading Bob Briscos blog (CEO of Internet Brands) and he offers some good tid bits on building a successful website, so I'll post his words here since I couldn't have said it any better. If you take Matt Cutts SEO and Google tips in the video link above and then combine it with the Briscos advice, you then have my blueprint for building these sites.

Here is Bricos blog post:

Only 1 in about 5,000 attempts at building websites results in a successful business (more on these stats in following posts). At our PubCon keynote I outlined the five primary factors that determine the winners:

1. Focus
2. Uniqueness
3. Monetizability
4. Content
5. Community

And the transcendent ingredient:
6. Passion

I'll begin to break these down:

Focus

Target one niche or application (at least to start). The more precise the better. Examples: not travel, but cruises. Not hobbies, but scrapbooking. Not students, but colleges (think of Facebok's start). Focus forces you to understand the target better and to build better solutions. Win a single type of audience, only then expand.

Uniqueness

At the onset, the business should either be unique or do something much better than everyone else. Over time, competition tries to replicate the success of others, but the best businesses preserve aspects of their uniqueness by continuing to innovate (like Amazon).

Monetizability

Follow the money trails, the commercial trails. Audience alone is sometimes not enough. Not all audiences monetize very well.
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I will be working hard every day and update you all here weekly on this thread. At then end of the week, I'll give out all my websites URL's and a progress report.

Peace! (Time to get a beer and pretzels for the Unarmed Vs. Jon Pimp Thread)
 
Moe- it's great to see how you've built up LoanSafe.org. I remember when you joined WF over 2 years ago and just ran your mouth nonstop, but to see it backed up with the growth of your 2 main sites is great. Really shows what dedication and passion can accomplish.

Looking forward to your updates.
 
Good thread, and good idea. I will be very impressed if you stick with it and turn this into a successful endeavor.
 
@ Moe

This is an incredibly useful thread. You are doing a wonderful job and its all well explained. so people who dont understand why they cant make money online, now can understand better.
 
OK, I said I would update this weekly, I lied. I mean, I opened my mouth too soon. What I will do is post info here when I think it relates to this case study. For example Today I wrote a post titled Build a niche website that goes over niches and my thoughts on the long tail etc.

I think it is important to understand niches and the long tail for beginners. This my be mundane for experienced webmasters, but this is meant to be a 101 on blogging. I recall in 2007 and Andrew Wee did one that never really delivered. I mean Mr. Wee is a cool dude, but it was rather weak of a case study and I think it was never finished.

OK, here is some meat from today's post. If you want to read more, then check it out on my blog here;

It’s all about the long tail.

If your looking for to build a niche website, you’re going to find it in the long tail. Your not going to start a niche blog about slippers, you’re gonna start a blog on furry fluffy slippers. Your not going to start a forum on cars, you’re going to start one on Honda Civics or Ford Trucks. You have to it narrow down to a two, three or more word long tail target.

Chris Anderson, Editor of Wired Magazine wrote a great book on the long tail called, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More and has a blog that really explores this subject in depth. He goes beyond just the web and into buying habits and search habits of consumers. I really suggest you buy it.

Below I am going to go over some examples of niches and long tails that I know can make money online right now. Please steal them and make them your own. I don’t have time to pursue them.

Maybe you can think of some of your own ideas. The goal here is to get your creative juices flowing so you can zero in on some possible endeavors that are viable to pursue. There is no need to make this rocket science.
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Later this week I'll go in to more of my niches chosen for this case study and why.
 
This thread is in need of some WAGENHEIM...

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The purpose of this thread isn't to teach the know it all affiliates how to blog. For the most part, you all just know how to build landing pages and squeeze pages to pimp your latest scams, I mean offers. Most of you do not make money blogging or off forums. This is fact and if you can debate me on this show me your websites or what you do that makes you so qualified to even Comment on this thread. Please just stay off of it and let me do this case study for those that want to learn something.

This is a thread by someone who is making consistent money off of a content site and knows what he is talking about. I am putting my work where my mouth is by doing this. I am sure known of you have contributed value to this forum or proved your abilities to the Wicked Fire crew and if you havee, show us? Otherwise, go peddle Jon's 360 Grants or something more productive and STFU.

I would challenge any of you know it alls to a website dual. Who can rank first? Who can make more money? Huh, you want some of this. Huh, huh------ yeah, thought so.
 
Making Money said:
I didnt read your post, but your from So Cal so + rep always.
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-rep for missing the point by not reading the post, and then blatantly stating that you did, in fact, miss the point entirely.

sadly, my rep doesn't count yet.
 
Blastyourass said:
OK, I said I would update this weekly, I lied. I mean, I opened my mouth too soon. What I will do is post info here when I think it relates to this case study. For example Today I wrote a post titled Build a niche website that goes over niches and my thoughts on the long tail etc.

I think it is important to understand niches and the long tail for beginners. This my be mundane for experienced webmasters, but this is meant to be a 101 on blogging. I recall in 2007 and Andrew Wee did one that never really delivered. I mean Mr. Wee is a cool dude, but it was rather weak of a case study and I think it was never finished.

OK, here is some meat from today's post. If you want to read more, then check it out on my blog here;

It’s all about the long tail.



Later this week I'll go in to more of my niches chosen for this case study and why.
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I appreciate the need to cover "blocking and tackling". But, I really hope you deliver on the thread premise. Suspiciously observing before calling for banishment to noobville.
 
The Irony of Moe. He came here running his mouth to start for a while. Pissed most people off on the forum.

Then figured out not spending all your time on WF is how you make money. Then he went and focused on building some shit and low and behold. Sounds like a little hard work and focus lined his pockets nicely.

Prop's Moe I always liked yah but help educate peeps on how to rock it.
 
@moe

you are definitely doing a great job doing these case studies. it will help lots of people. your blogs are indeed very interesting.
 
great thread as i am new to AF, kinda helped getting the creative juices flowing. Props to you Moe. Time to bookmark this!
 
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