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

Today is a the very first coaching call between Samara and I for niche site project 3. During this call we discuss the big picture goals and strategies for the project. In addition, we discuss how to brainstorm for niche ideas.

In the podcast today, Jake, Perrin, and I reveal who the 3 students for niche site project 3 will be. If you read the blog post published last week, you already know who the 3 students are: Samara, Ryan, and Colleen. However, in this podcast we share just a few more of our thoughts on the project in general and the process for the official coaching calls. In general, we review the students that we will be coaching and some of our brief plans for the calls.

In today's episode, Jake, Perrin, and I chat about the Niche Site Project 3 video finalists. Voting is now open at: http://www.nichepursuits.com/niche-site-project-3-0-video-finalists-vote-now/

Perrin and I sat down recently and discussed the application process for Niche Site Project 3! We are excited to be kicking off this project and can hardly wait to find out who the winning applicants will be for the project. During this podcast, we discuss why we are doing this project and how we are picking the winning applicant. If you would like to hear Perrin and I discuss the project a bit more and perhaps pick up a few insights we haven't shared previously on the process, feel free to tune in!

The time has come to finally write the final chapter of Niche Site Project 1 and 2. As you may know, both of these projects were public projects where I built a website from scratch and shared the results and everything here on NichePursuits.com. So, keep listening to discover the conclusion of both Niche Site Projects.

Today, I'm excited to bring you an interview with someone with amazing genes. My cousin, Jon Haws, is on the podcast today with what I think is an awesome story. That's right, there is another Haws out there that also has the entrepreneurial blood flowing through his veins.If you don't recall, I interviewed Jon about 3 years ago on the podcast and now he's back for an update!At the time of our previous interview, Jon was running a landscape company, but using online resources to help get customers and grow his business. Well, things have changed quite a bit for Jon since that time...but for the better.Jon recently was able to just quit his full-time job (as a Nurse) and pursue his online business ventures full time.

Welcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast! In today's episode, Perrin and I discuss my last blog post about hiring a great software developer for your bootstrapped business in depth. If you haven't had a chance to read that blog post yet, I highly recommend that you do so here. These blog posts are part of a 5 part series that I'm doing on how to bootstrap a software business. You can read part one of the series right here. Because I've actually been involved in a couple of different software projects, and I highly successful one (Long Tail Pro), I think sharing some of the Long Tail Pro story along the way makes sense as I teach these principles.

I'm happy to bring you another podcast interview I did recently with an Amazon seller. The guest on the podcast today is Pilar Newman. She has been selling on Amazon for about 8 years, and has really honed her skills for finding and selling products through the Amazon platform. Pilar applies a lot of the tactics other guests have shared in the past. However, where she is different is how she is capitalizing on trending items that are selling really well. Rather than selling the actual trending item itself, she thinks of unique items that are complimentary to the trending items. As a result she is able to sell unique products, but still capitalizes on the big trends that are taking place.

As you may know, I recently published a blog post sharing my recent success on Amazon. Today, Perrin and I sit down and have a more in-depth discussion on the subject. The overall content is very similar to my last blog post where I share the fact that my new Amazon FBA business just clocked in at $40,639 in sales.

I'm excited to bring to you another podcast interview with Matt Paulson! If you recall, I had Matt on the podcast about a year ago and he delivered tons of value. As a result, I thought it would be great to catch up with Matt and have an update on his business at MarketBeat.com. Not only does he give an update on the astounding revenue and income numbers of his business, but he also shares some great advice for email marketing. You can follow along with Matt on his blog at MattPaulson.com. In addition, I HIGHLY recommend that you check out his new book that was just released, Email Marketing Demystified: Build a Massive Mailing List, Write Copy that Converts and Generate More Sales.