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

Today on the podcast, Perrin and I discuss 6 examples of successful websites using long tail keywords. In general, if you are interested in building websites that get traffic from long tail keywords (and often really long tail keywords), then this podcast will give you some ideas and get you motivated. Overall, if you are interested in learning more about how to apply these long tail keyword strategies in your own websites, please check out Long Tail University (our keyword research training course).

Today, I am sharing a discussion that I did with Travis Jamison from Supremacy SEO and AMZtracker.com. Travis is someone that has really figured out how to rank his products well for tons of long tail keywords in Amazon. During the interview, he dives into how he finds keywords, how he strategically uses keywords in his listings, and how he gets reviews. In addition, Travis is also the created of a software tool called AMZtracker.com.

Today, Perrin and I discuss SEO. Can you believe it already been a year since the big PBN update? This PBN update had a big impact on aPennyShaved.com (the Niche Site Project 2 website) and other niche site we were working on. As a result, we have drastically changed how we do SEO and link building. We haven't talked about these strategies too much, but we definitely are still actively doing keyword research, creating content, and building links for our sites. In fact, I've gotten emails and comments from people asking if we would ever talk about SEO again (rather than my recent Amazon FBA frenzy). So, I felt like it was finally time for an update on what our current strategies in 2015 are for search engine optimization, external and internal link building, content, and so much more.

Today's guest is not just selling a private label product. Zach Vohries from Zackees.com has created a truly original (and patented) product and brought it to the market. Zach had a unique idea and was able to go from idea to selling in about 2 years. I love the story that Zach shares because he has reached the point that all of us should be striving for (at least I know I am). He's created something unique and defensible; he truly is "the one" for his product category. So, what is the product that Zach created? The product is Zackees LED Turn Signal Cycling Gloves; and you can see his product on Amazon right here. In addition, they also sell the Zackees Rechargeable Coin Cell Charger here.

The time has finally come for me to reveal how well my new Amazon FBA business is going. I’ve shared a bit about how I got started selling physical products on Amazon; including the fact that I made about $4,400 in my first 40 days. I’ve also been busy interviewing others for the NIche Pursuits podcast and just generally digging into the Amazon FBA business because I saw so much potential. Today, I want to discuss the revenue of my Amazon business over the past 30 days. In addition, I want to touch on my “authority” site project and why shifting my focus away from it was clearly a good move.

We’re super excited to have an absolutely killer guest today: David Bryant from ChineseImporting.com. Some people, though, are just so far ahead of the game when it comes to important products from overseas. David is one of those people. Just how far ahead is he? You might want to sit down. Starting in 2008, David built a business that now sources over 300 products from China and generates over $1 million in annual revenue. The crazy part? He’s only 30 years old! That’s what you call a whiz kid. David’s here to school us in the importing arts. So check it out and listen up.

Perrin and I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Scott Voelker from TheAmazingSeller.com and discuss his FBA business. He has been able to build up his Amazon physical product business to revenues of $35,000 per month since starting in October 2014 (about 9 months). In the interview today, Scott shares what has worked in his business, and how other can go about finding great products to sell and hopefully replicate some of the success he is having.

We’ve got another (much more exciting) update about our Amazon FBA business. It’s been a week, our products are live, and we’ve finally got some hard numbers to report.

It’s been a while (about a month to be exact) since we’ve recorded a podcast on our Amazon FBA business. And believe me, we’ve wanted to talk to you guys about it. But we couldn’t because our business was at a total stand-still (more on this below). But today, we’re back at it, and we’re ready to fire up another podcast episode about our Amazon FBA business. And you’re going to love this one. We’ve got a lot to share, a lot to be excited about, and a lot of big dreams to chase. How’s it all come together? Check it out.

Welcome to Episode 64 of the Niche Pursuits podcast. Today we welcome Steve Chou. Steve and his wife own the ecommerce store, bumblebeelinens.com. Steve also has a blog and training classes on starting ecommerce stores on his other sites, mywifequitherjob.com and profitableonlinestore.com. Steve gives us the story of how he and his wife started their store which sells a large product line of personalized handkerchiefs and linens. Since its inception in 2007, the store now has earnings in the high six figures.