Niche Pursuits Podcast: Find Your Next "Niche" Business Idea!

What do you do if you have a niche website that's already getting some traffic but you also want to get additional traffic from youtube? Or how do you start a YouTube channel from scratch and find a subject that you know is actually going to be able to rank on YouTube and make you some money? Today on the podcast I'm talking with Eric - he is a YouTube expert. In fact, he is now making over $40K per month from affiliate marketing on YouTube. He makes a bunch of videos in various niches, and he's learned a process for finding low competition keywords with high search volume. They also have good earnings per click rates and/or affiliate payouts. We're going to walk through the process of how he does keyword research for YouTube, starts and builds channels, and how to best monetize them. Eric's been very successful in his business and is very knowledgeable about YouTube. I think you're going to enjoy this discussion - it will either get you fired up about creating YouTube videos or answer your questions about whether or not you should get into it!

Last month, OwnTheYard.com made $5,818 and this month its on track to make more than that. Today, I'm going to show you exactly how its making its money and where it's getting its traffic. I show earnings, expenses, traffic, and internal link strategies with Link Whisper. I also discuss my future plans for the business.

How would you like to own a portfolio of content sites that you eventually plan to take public? Well, that's exactly what my guest Dom Wells from Onfolio.co plans to do. He has a portfolio of sites that he's managing for clients and a portfolio of sites that Onfolio own themselves. These are sites that they've acquired and now manage. They plan to eventually scale that business and go public. In fact, in the next year, they plan to have a direct listing in the public markets. In the podcast, we talk about Dom's history, how he started building content sites, how he started Human Proof Designs (a range of online business services) and eventually exited that business for a 7 figure sum, and what he's learned along the way about owning and managing a portfolio of websites. It's a really good story that I think you're going to enjoy. I ask him a lot of questions covering the gamut of online business.

On this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, we interview Laura Roeder. Laura is the founder of Meet Edgar, a social media success tool that has grown rapidly. She is also the founder of a new software tool called Paper Bell, a scheduling and payments software for coaches. What do you do when you have an extremely successful SaaS business that's doing multiple millions per year in annual recurring revenue (ARR), but then you have a new idea for a software tool? Do you then go and build that software tool? I really enjoyed this discussion with Laura, not only because she is a multiple product SaaS founder, but also because she gives some really actionable advice as she shares her story.

Andy Humphrey, aka 'the Sprinkler Nerd,' is our guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast this week. He owns and operates SprinklerSupplyStore.com, an e-commerce business doing over $1 million in sales on Amazon, and multiple times this through their own website. He has started many e-commerce stores, beginning with his Christmas lights store 'Super Twinkle' all the way back in 2004. Andy has almost 20 years of experience doing e-commerce, so he's a wealth of information and advice. He was even one of the entrepreneurs on the second season of Shark Tank while looking for funding for his eco mower project! This interview is great for anyone who is selling (or wants to sell) products online, and for everyone else with an interest in online business.

David Finberg was first introduced to computers by his dad at age 6 before the internet was really a thing. However, it wasn't long after this that he started building websites for friends and family and made his first dollar online. At age 9, he put together a website for his grandfather and made $20! He's come a long way since then and is now the founder and CEO of Peaks Digital Marketing, an agency focused on content marketing, web design, and SEO. Dave joins Jake Cain on the podcast to share his story.

Stacy Caprio has bought many online businesses off Flippa and increased their revenue quickly. After purchasing a few sites that flopped, she finds herself earning enough to move into her dream apartment in Chicago. Listen to her story & find out how she does it!

Kelan Kline and his wife Brittany started thesavvycouple.com. Early on the site was only making $50/month, but Kelan was so excited and ready to go all-in he quit his full-time job. It was a good thing he did. The site is now generating six figures a year. We talk about SEO, HARO Outreach, and how the SavvyCouple is leveraging sponsored posts to make a significant amount of income for their site.

Today I have a great interview with two people that are experts at link building. Eric Carroll and Sebastian Shaffer from the link building agency dofollow.io. They have been part of the niche and affiliate website community for many years now, and their agency specializes in building links to these types of sites. Both Eric and Sebastian own and run affiliate sites, so they know what site owners are looking for and how to run successful campaigns. They have owned and run the agency since 2017, have a ton of experience, and an interesting background. One that is related to Niche Pursuits – but you'll have to listen to find out what!

In today's episode, I interview Sean Markey and we discuss everything expired domains: how to find them, how to flip, and how to build successful sites using aged domains. He has been on quite the journey including selling a CBD affiliate site in the high 6-figures and much more.