Niche Pursuits Podcast: Find Your Next "Niche" Business Idea!
472 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 129 ratingsSpencer Haws from NichePursuits.com discusses business ideas that actually work. Learn how to build niche websites, market your website through search engine optimization, and much more. In addition, you'll get interviews with leading internet entrepreneurs that provide insight on: authority sites, flipping sites, using Google Adsense, outsourcing, automation tools, linkbuilding, building a real business, software development, creating iPhone Apps, lifestyle business, small business tips, and more. Overall, get your dose of motivation to move forward with your niche business ideas or take your small business to the next level!
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Only 36% of Google Searches Go to Websites: New Zero Click Report
July 05, 2024 16:28 - 59 minutes - 68.4 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast! As always, Spencer and Jared break down the latest news about Google, SEO, AI, and beyond for listeners. They kick things off this week by diving into a zero-click search study by Rand Fishkin on SparkToro, talking about where clicks go and the difference in what happens after someone in America clicks vs. someone in Europe. After the spam update finished rolling out at the end of last week, someone reported seeing a slig...
I Make $20k/month with Real Estate Courses and Affiliate Marketing
July 03, 2024 14:40 - 58 minutes - 133 MBSeth Williams is an entrepreneur with a passion for land investing. After he got a few years of experience under his belt, he decided the time had come to share his expertise, so he created his website, REtipster. He went on to create some digital products, including a course, to diversify his income. He peaked at $60k in one month, but he normally brings home $20k-30k a month. In this interview, he talks about building his brand and creating his course and podcast, but perhaps most impo...
Google Spam Update COMPLETE with Positive Results?
June 28, 2024 15:49 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBWelcome back to the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared share everything that's happened related to Google, SEO, and publishers in the last week. Spencer and Jared kick off the episode talking about the Google Spam Update, which has concluded after a week. They share the chatter on Twitter, where people are seeing positive results and upticks in traffic. What do Spencer and Jared think is going on? Moving along, the conversation shifts to AI Overvi...
My Local Email Newsletter Makes Over $200k/Year...Here's How
June 26, 2024 18:24 - 1 hour - 138 MBThis week, Jared interviews local newsletter expert Ryan Sneddon, who shares a ton of great information. He shares the strategy he used to get his newsletter, Naptown Scoop, off the ground and he offers a ton of valuable tips for anyone thinking about starting a business like this. He talks about everything from validating his idea and growing his subscribers to connecting with advertisers. Ryan’s goal at the moment is to reach $400k in revenue (he’s already surpassed $300k) and to exte...
Google UNLEASHES June 2024 Spam Update
June 21, 2024 15:22 - 26 minutes - 30 MBWelcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week, Spencer’s flying solo so we’ve got a shorter episode for you. It may be shorter, but it’s still packed with the news, some side hustle shenanigans, and a weird niche site. He starts by talking about Google’s 2024 Spam Update, which was just released on June 20th, and unsurprisingly, Google doesn’t offer a lot of information about the update, except that the rollout will take just 1 week. What implications could th...
How Andy Skraga Made Over $500k from Facebook Traffic
June 19, 2024 13:45 - 1 hour - 141 MBAndy Skraga, also known as The Facebook Traffic Guy, has had massive success driving traffic to his websites. He currently manages 9 Facebook pages and 5 websites, driving millions in traffic to those sites. In this interview, he shares a ton of strategies, offers advice on how to get started, and explains his exact approach to getting page likes, creating content, going viral, and much more. His interest was originally inspired by a site called ViralNova. All in all, Andy offers an a...
Hope For Google Helpful Content Update Recovery?
June 14, 2024 16:10 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBWelcome back, everyone, to the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! As always, Spencer and Jared offer a quick overview of the most important news items affecting content creators, publishers, SEOs and entrepreneurs. On this week’s podcast, they decide to lead with positivity, kicking things off with potentially good news for sites pummelled by the HCU. Recent comments from Danny Sullivan and John Mueller suggest that sites may see a recovery with the next core update, whe...
How This Blogger Makes $10k/month Traveling in China
June 12, 2024 16:34 - 58 minutes - 134 MBWhat do you do when the job market looks bleak and you’re tired of waiting tables? You move to China! Well, that’s what Robert Schrader did. He set off on a giant adventure that would eventually lead him to create 4 successful websites earning more than $10k per month. After being in the business for 15 years, Robert has a wealth of experience to draw on and offers a unique perspective. In this interview, he shares his blogging strategies and philosophies, some clever monetization techniq...
Google DROPS AI Overviews to Just 15% of Searches
June 07, 2024 17:24 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week, like every week, Spencer and Jared dive deep into the latest news affecting SEOs, publishers, and entrepreneurs relating to Google, AI, and beyond. The call kicked off with AI Overviews and a letter from Google’s VP/Head of Search, Liz Reid, in response to pushback from the public about the crazy answers users have been finding. In the last few weeks, the amount of queries for which AI Overviews has appeared h...
How to Build High PR Links That Work (in 2024)
June 05, 2024 16:30 - 1 hour - 151 MBChris Panteli takes us into the fast-paced world of linkbuilding in this interview packed with tons of actionable tips. Chris, who runs the agency Linkifi, is on the front lines and shares a wealth of knowledge that nobody looking to build a brand should miss. In this interview, Chris brings us up to speed on everything new in the linkbuilding world and covers a range of topics, from new platforms and what journalists want to winning strategies for 2024 and beyond. Links & Resources Chri...
Google Lied! What the Google Search Leak REALLY Tells SEOs
May 31, 2024 15:20 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBWelcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared offer their interpretation of the most recent events in the SEO, content creation, and online marketing space. It’s been a big week with a massive leak coming out of Google, so get ready for a jam-packed episode where Spencer and Jared break it all down. They kick things off by giving a bit of the backstory behind the leak and the scope of the leak before diving into the details of the l...
I Indie Hacked a $1M/Yr. App Idea in a Weekend
May 29, 2024 16:51 - 44 minutes - 102 MBWhat does it take to build a million-dollar business? Just ask Dawson Botsford, the developer behind Earnifi. Dawson is a crypto entrepreneur who leveraged a unique opportunity in the space and turned it into a highly profitable company. He built it in a day, started out with no following, and used some counterintuitive strategies to grow his audience. In this fascinating interview, Dawson tells the story behind building his business, “an overnight success 10 years in the making.” Links...
Will AI Overviews Crush Small Publishers? Google CEO Responds...
May 24, 2024 16:28 - 56 minutes - 64.8 MBWelcome back, everybody, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared bring you the most important headlines in the SEO space. Spencer wastes no time this week and dives headfirst into an important video published on The Verge. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is interviewed by Nilay Patel, and he asks him some very direct, hard-hitting questions and comments, including ones about the future of niche sites. He also asks him directly about Google us...
The Most Consistent Way to Make Money on the Web
May 22, 2024 15:06 - 51 minutes - 119 MBBlair Williams is an experienced developer who has been in the membership site game for well over a decade, so he knows his way around the space. Back in the day, he looked at existing membership plugins and was unimpressed, so he decided to scratch his own itch and create his own. He called it MemberPress. As of today, his plugin has generated more than a billion dollars in revenue for his customers, of which there are thousands. Over the years, he has built it up to become one of the ...
Google Launches "AI Overviews" for All US Users
May 17, 2024 15:27 - 54 minutes - 62.1 MBWelcome, everyone, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared offer an overview of the week in news related to SEO, AI, and Google. As is usually the case, this was a news-heavy week, especially in terms of AI. They kicked the episode off by talking about Google’s O/I event, where the company revealed everything it has been working on, much of it revolving around AI. The biggest announcement was that SGE has now been renamed AI Overviews, which will b...
I Grew a SaaS Acquisition from $11k to $40k/mth in 14 Mths
May 15, 2024 14:50 - 55 minutes - 129 MBFrom working remotely while traveling around the world - to acquiring a business for 43% of its asking price and 4x'ing its revenue within a year, Mike Swigunski has a lot of cool insights on deal-making, delegation, pricing strategies, and more. In short, Mike is an inspirational example of a remote worker turned entrepreneur. Drawing from his time working at Empire Flippers, Mike gained valuable insights into the intricacies of the acquisition process for a software business. A key tak...
Google's Site Reputation Abuse Penalties Begin...
May 10, 2024 16:46 - 59 minutes - 67.8 MBWelcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. The first news item they cover is Google’s move to enforce site reputation abuse, also known as parasite SEO. He also shares a tweet from Glen Allsopp with early insights into these measures. In positive news, Spencer and Jared talk about a potential correction from the recent Google updates. Still talking about Google, it looks like the company’s market share has taken a dip, and Spencer shares some of th...
How Liz Wilcox from Survivor Makes $40k/Month With Email Marketing!
May 08, 2024 15:12 - 55 minutes - 128 MBLooking to grow your email list? Liz Wilcox is here to help. She's worn many hats: A former Survivor contestant (yep, the reality TV show) RV blogger Virtual assistant But above all - she's an email growth expert joining us with awesome tips and tricks to help you connect with your target audience and make good money doing it! And she's an absolutely great example to learn from - she was featured as a Niche Pursuits' success story in 2023 (link below), making $20k per month, and h...
Google March Core Update Complete: Here's the Winners and Losers
May 03, 2024 16:39 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week Spencer and Jared cover all the latest happenings in the SEO and content creation space and share their opinions and insight. Then they share some very interesting and inspiring side hustles they’re working on, and they wrap things up with some weird niche sites. They jump into things with the news that Google’s March Update is finally complete! It finished rolling out on April 19th, and Spencer and Jared disc...
I Survived the Google Updates Using Authority Stacking
May 01, 2024 15:58 - 54 minutes - 47.5 MBToday, we're being joined by Brian Winum, a long-time digital marketer who started affiliate marketing in the late '90s... He runs a marketing agency in New York and specializes in building websites as sustainable and valuable business assets - specifically focusing on securing Google News approval and executing effective monetization strategies. And he's got a lot of tips on the topic and others that may interest you, including: Authority stacking, Tips for using AI-generated content...
Meet the Man Killing Google Search...
April 26, 2024 17:04 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! Are you ready to hear the latest news affecting Google, SEO, AI, and web publishers? As always, Spencer and Jared will break everything down into digestible pieces and share their thoughts, concerns, and predictions. They kick things off diving straight into a particularly spicy topic: who’s killing Google Search. They maintain that it’s an inside job, and talk about the news that came out this week about an internal mee...
How Ben Rojas Grew an SEO WordPress Plugin to 3,000,000 Users
April 24, 2024 15:35 - 51 minutes - 46 MBWhat better way to respond to a time of uncertainty and transition than to share a true success story of change. Joining the podcast is a truly hopeful example of growth and evolution. Ben started off as an IT and web development guy and now runs of the SEO plugin All-In-One-SEO (AIOSEO) since it was acquired in 2020. Over these years, both he and the plugin have experienced massive change and transformation to be in the positions they are today. And we're gonna learn some of the key tak...
The Verge Trolls Google...Again!
April 19, 2024 15:57 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBWelcome back to a new episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast! Jared and Spencer, as always, offer an insightful take on the latest happenings with SEO, publishers, Google, and AI, and give a peek behind the curtain at their latest projects. Stick around for a laugh when they reveal the weird niche sites they found. The first order of business is to mention that the March Core Update has still not finished rolling out and Spencer and Jared decline to guess when that might be. Moving ...
How This "Gear Nerd" Grew an 8-Figure Media Brand
April 17, 2024 15:59 - 49 minutes - 56.5 MBStephen Regenold is a true digital media success story. Around 2010, when print media was starting to really feel the effects of the Internet, he decided to start his own outdoor blog. Early in his online journey, Steven made wise decisions in the site's revenue model for direct ad sales, affiliate commerce, and SEO strategies. These, combined with some viral luck when a term they helped coin was being considered for the Oxford Dictionary, helped the brand become a massive success. (He ...
Google CEO Predicts the Future of Search
April 12, 2024 16:09 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! Come join Spencer and Jared as they take on the latest news in SEO, AI, Google, and beyond. This week’s episode kicks off with some big news from Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, who talks about the future of Search. The main pivot he focuses on in the interview is the shift to AI, which he expects to serve the company well over the coming decade. He notes that AI has been working behind the scenes for a long time now and ...
Meet the Flipboard Master that Gets 1 Million Views a Month
April 10, 2024 15:45 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBMichael Dinich has had tremendous success with Flipboard as a traffic source for his site Wealth of Geeks. Thanks to this focus, he gets about one-third of his traffic from the platform and avoids much of the pain and stress felt about Google updates. Flipboard is described as a less time-consuming Pinterest and offers a broad approach suitable for diverse industries beyond strictly visual-centric ones. It's platform that caters to a diverse demographic, slightly leaning towards males, a...
Google Considers Charging for AI Search (Search Generative Experience)
April 05, 2024 15:25 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBWelcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week's news podcast is brought to you by Jared Bauman and Thomas Smith, who’s filling in for Spencer. As always, they’re bringing you all of the latest news related to SEO, Google, and AI, along with their analyses. Stay until the end to hear about their side hustles and weird niche sites! The first item up for discussion is the fact that Google is thinking about charging for its AI-powered features, such as the Search Ge...
“I Make Money Online Selling Dude Ranch Vacations”
April 03, 2024 14:58 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBWant to escape the 9 to 5 rat race but struggle to come up with good business ideas? This episode is for you. Peter Askew got into the internet business working for .com startups in the late 90s. Due to a series of bad experiences though, he was pretty much forced into entrepreneurship (his words). Thanks to this, over time, he developed an awesome ability to create opportunities by acquiring strategic aged domains. This is what he dives into today which you don't want to miss! Peter's ...
These Goliath SEO Sites are Seeing MASSIVE Growth
March 29, 2024 15:18 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer and Jared break down the most recent news in SEO, AI, and content creation into smaller, digestible pieces. Let’s get started! Spencer first digs into Glen Allsopp’s recent report on almost 50 companies’ SEO performance, sharing some of his research for companies like NextDoor and Chegg, which are publishing massive amounts of AI-generated content and answering questions with AI, respectively, with a lot of ...
“Google Will Find Your AI Content” Here’s What to Do Now…
March 27, 2024 15:05 - 53 minutes - 127 MBOriginality.ai founder Jon Gillham joins the podcast to help online publishers better understand the dynamic world of AI and SEO! Learn more at: https://www.originality.ai Ready to join a niche publishing mastermind, and here from industry experts each week? Join the Niche Pursuits Community here: https://community.nichepursuits.com Be sure to get more content like this in the Niche Pursuits Newsletter Right Here: https://www.nichepursuits.com/newsletter Want a Faster and Easier Way t...
The Google Spam Update Just Finished: Here's the Winners and Losers
March 22, 2024 16:11 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared talk about the biggest news over the last week in Google, SEO, and AI. They also give an update on some of their side hustles and top it all off with some very weird and entertaining niche sites. They kick off this week’s call by announcing big news: Google has just finished rolling out the spam update, although the core update will continue to be rolled out for another two weeks. The spam update...
Meet the SEO Who Tested and Solved Google (Kyle Roof EEAT Interview)
March 20, 2024 15:38 - 55 minutes - 63 MBWant some help understanding what content and site features Google seems to reward in today's SEO landscape? Friend of the show, Kyle Roof is back on the Niche Pursuits podcast to help us all make sense of it all. The last time he was on, he talked all about EAT (Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) but now there is also the added E for Experience factor to account for. And the obvious elephant in the room where recent Google updates have wiped out traffic to tons of sites over...
Why is Google MANUALLY Deindexing So Many Sites? (And Other News)
March 15, 2024 15:08 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBWelcome back, everyone, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! Dig into the latest news in SEO, AI, and content creation with Jared and Spencer! They kick off this week’s episode talking about Google’s March Core Update. They talk specifically about scaled content abuse and how Google is going in and manually deindexing sites, sharing a study that looked at 79,000 websites on certain ad networks, of which 1146 were deindexed. Could this be a scare tactic by Google? Is it ...
This SEO Specialist Sold 3 Businesses to Google and SEMrush
March 13, 2024 15:44 - 57 minutes - 66.2 MBWouldn't it be nice to use SEO to grow businesses to 6-7-figure exits within just a year or two? That's what our latest guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast does. His name is Dmitry Dragilev, and over the years, he's refined a repeatable process he's used to sell an app, SaaS, and affiliate site to companies like Google and Semrush. To accomplish this, Dmitry stresses the significance of employing a well-thought-out exit plan and a consistent approach to business growth - particularly thr...
Google Core and Spam Updates Unleashed...Here's What You Need to Know
March 08, 2024 16:22 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBWelcome back to the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, everyone! This is the podcast for SEOs, content creators, webmasters, and entrepreneurs looking to understand the latest events and get inspiration for their businesses. It’s been a crazy week in SEO news, so let’s get right into it! And, as Google suggested, you better buckle up as it’s going to be a wild ride! The first (and only) topic Spencer and Jared dig into is Google’s very big news. It’s rolling out the March 2024 Spam Update, w...
How This Newsletter and SEO Writing Specialist Grows Multiple 6-Figure Businesses
March 06, 2024 16:16 - 55 minutes - 63.8 MBSean Markey is back on the Niche Pursuits podcast after a few years, to discuss all things newsletters, aged domains, community, partnerships, and more! Sean's been working in SEO since 2011, initially focusing on affiliate sites before transitioning to agency work. And despite facing challenges due to Google updates impacting his traffic, he found success in the CBD and cannabis niches. Aside from the actual writing aspects, his expertise lies in using aged domains to scale affiliate sit...
The Gemini Debacle, Google Pays for AI Content, the Future of the HCU, and 2 Weird Sites
March 01, 2024 14:12 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits Podcast! This week Spencer and Jared turn things up a notch and cover many, many news items in the SEO and content creation space. After that they share their latest side hustles, and finish everything off with a weird niche site analysis. You won’t want to miss this one! They kick things off by talking about Google Gemini and issues with its image-generating capacities. It turns out that the platform is not very accurate, which has...
How James de Lacey Grew 2 Sites to $10k Per Month Using Memberships and Affiliate Sales (Sites Revealed!)
February 28, 2024 16:48 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBJames de Lacey is a great example of what you can accomplish in the online business space in just a short time. He's a rugby and strength and conditioning coach who, thanks to Covid, got into SEO and online business out of necessity. Now he has 2 successful fitness brands, multiple side projects, and is working his way towards 6 figures per month. He joins us on the podcast to share lots of important insights into brand building, monetization, and more! A key takeaway from James's insig...
Reddit's Spammy Results Dominate Google and 2 Weird Niche Sites
February 23, 2024 16:04 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer and Jared break down recent events in the SEO, publishing, and niche site space. It’s been a very busy week and there’s a lot going on, so sit back, get comfortable, and get ready for a packed episode! They get things started with a report from Glen Allsopp, which takes a closer look at who’s ranking for affiliate queries at the moment. He goes into great detail in his article on Detailed, for which he ha...
How I Vetted 744 Marketing Providers and Match Agencies and Clients
February 21, 2024 16:20 - 42 minutes - 49.1 MBBehdad Jamshidi is a former engineer turned marketing consultant. A few years back, he decided to adapt his problem-solving skills to vet over 700 marketing providers and joins us to share his findings. Why is this helpful? He helps businesses understand marketing and marketers understand the business side of things. In other words, his insights give those looking to hire - helpful tips to make better decisions. And on the flip side, he helps service providers gain a competitive advanta...
Is Recovery From the Google HCU Possible? AI Challenge Update + Weird Niche Sites
February 16, 2024 16:01 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBWelcome back to another episode of The Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer and Jared break down the latest and most relevant news for SEOs, content creators, and business owners. They kick things off by talking about the Helpful Content Update, which was rolled out in September 2023. There has been lots of chatter of late—in Twitter threads, in Facebook posts, and beyond— where people are looking for signs that recovery from the HCU is possible. Google Search Liaison Danny Sulliv...
How Noah Kagan Started an $80 Million/Year Business From a $12 Sale
February 14, 2024 15:59 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBAppsumo founder Noah Kagan joins the podcast today to remind us that we all start small. Noah's own path to success began by experimenting with various small online niche ventures, a few of which eventually led to the creation of several multi-million dollar businesses. He shares his process of experimenting with different ideas to find product-market fit, highlighting some failures along the way, and the valuable lessons they taught him. But as he mentions - business is the one game...
Google SEO Starter Guide Updated, Here's What Changed + 25k Pageviews from Facebook
February 09, 2024 16:08 - 59 minutes - 67.7 MBWelcome back, everybody, to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This is the place to hear the latest news in the SEO and content publishing industries and it’s where Spencer and Jared break it all down. This week, as always, they also share progress on their side hustles as well as two very, very weird niche sites. The first topic up for discussion is Google’s decision to rebrand Bard as Gemini. Google certainly is putting a lot of effort into building out AI tools, and th...
I Enjoyed a Multiple 7-Figure Exit After Starting This Community!
February 07, 2024 16:21 - 49 minutes - 57.1 MBYou can probably list loads of reasons why starting a community could be valuable. And Chris Yates, the founder of Rhodium, is on the podcast to share a BIG reason with his awesome success story. He talks about his journey of transitioning from owning a digital marketing agency to buying online businesses and eventually founding Rhodium to connect with others in the industry. He emphasizes the importance of building a community and the benefits it brings: Learning from others Making ...
Google CEO Reveals the Future of Search + Google Bard Now Creates AI Images
February 02, 2024 15:59 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBWelcome back everybody to the Niche Pursuits News Podcast. Join us as Spencer and Jared tackle the latest headlines about Google, SEO, AI, and content creation. Get inspired hearing about progress with their side hustles, and learn about some weird niche sites and the unique strategies they’re using. The first news item up for discussion is Google's own reporting on the future of SGE during its recent earnings call. Although Spencer and Jared have hypothesized in the past that SGE might ...
How I Grew My AI Site to $21k Per Month In Under 12 Months
January 31, 2024 16:37 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBReady for a masterclass on how to survive and thrive with an AI site in today's Google? Casey Botticello joins us on the podcast to share how he took an AI site from zero to $21k+ monthly in under a year. To explain his approach, he dives into all sorts of interesting topics: AI content production advice, Careful niche selection when using AI, Tips for avoiding the Google sandbox, The importance of adding value and new information in the chosen niche, His process of topical m...
Are Google AI Results (SGE) Going Away? Getting Traffic from Facebook + 2 Weird Niche Sites
January 26, 2024 15:48 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBWelcome back to this week’s episode of the Niche Pursuits News podcast, where Spencer and Jared report on all the latest news in SEO. It was a busy week, so tune in to hear what’s new at Google and how changes there effect content creators and webmasters. Stay for the latest updates on their side hustles, and don’t miss the weird niche site discussion at the end. The first news item is a big one. Based on a post on LinkedIn, there's speculation that Google's SGE might not be rolled out ...
"I Make $10k to $30k Per Month From My Sweet Food Blog"
January 24, 2024 15:46 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBWant some timely tips on how to grow an audience and brand from the ground up? Jessica Holmes is on the podcast to share the surprisingly unique perspectives she's gained from growing a successful food blog. Just as a sample: She wants direct traffic more than SEO traffic She uses the principles of quality customer service to help grow her audience She rarely looks at keyword tools to source topics And she doesn't shy away from showing the good, the bad, and the ugly when testin...
Is Google Really Getting Worse? + Weird Niche Sites About Arcade Sticks and Emojis
January 19, 2024 16:40 - 55 minutes - 63.9 MBWelcome back! We’re here with another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, where Spencer and Jared highlight what’s happening in SEO, content creation, website creation, and beyond. Listen in if you want to hear the latest about Google, SGE, unique side hustle strategies, and some weird niche sites. The first news item this week that Spencer and Jared discuss is a recent report that says that Google’s results are getting worse. It’s based on a year-long study of product review que...
Valuable Lessons Amy Aitman Learned From Managing 150+ Niche Websites
January 17, 2024 16:21 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBAmy Aitman, the COO of Venture Fourth Media, joins us on the Niche Pursuits podcast to share her journey from a freelance writer to leading a prominent media company. Venture 4th Media manages around 150 websites with a massive writing and editing team of subject matter experts. And Amy is an open book regarding the operational insights and challenges that have come along with this experience. For one, over the years, she has been involved with hiring 500+ writers and thus has seen it al...