How To Build And Monetize Niche Websites

If you are just starting out in Internet Marketing (IM) and you are not quite sure how to proceed or what plan to go with, there is a simple formula that many established internet marketers have found success using that is very simple and straight forward to use. One of the really nice things about this particular methodology is that it requires minimal investment which allows a webmaster to experiment with a variety of niches and layouts while not breaking the bank in the process. This plan revolves around the establishment and monetization of niche websites or mini-authority websites as some call them. So how does on go about creating a niche website so as to test the profitability of a certain market or niche? The following is an outline of what you will need and the tools that you will need to do it.

To begin, you will need a niche. Niche selection is very important because you want to find a niche with the highest unfulfilled need to competition ratio. In other words, you want to find a niche where there is a large need with a low count of other webmasters looking to fulfill and monetize that need. One of the easiest ways to do this is to use the Google Keyword Selector Tool and search for search terms related to your niche of interest. Find ones that have high levels of traffic (preferably greater than one thousand local searches per month) and low competing pages for that exact search term (preferably less than one million competing pages). Find several keywords that fit this profile, preferably around ten.

Next, go to GoDaddy and purchase an exact match domain name for the highest traffic keyword, if it is available. If it is not, move to the keyword with the second highest level of traffic. Keep doing this until you find one you can purchase. Purchase it and then move on to the next step.

Once you have your domain name, acquire Hostgator hosting for your niche domain name and forward you Domain Name Servers (DNS) to your new hosting services IP addresses. Launch your website by installing the WordPress Content Management System (CMS) under the root of your domain so that people see your WordPress installation whenever they type your domain name into a browser.

Now, begin writing ten articles that are optimized for your original ten keywords of interest. Place each article on your blog and ping all relevant services including the search engines Google and Bing. Once you have posted these articles to your blog, open up your browser and go to the Google Wonder Wheel and find out what keywords Google consider relevant to your original keyword. Write one unique article optimized around each keyword in the wonder wheel and submit these articles to all of the major article directories. Place a link in your resource box that points to your niche site. Follow this wonder wheel process for each of you original ten keywords.

Finally, get an account with GetResponse list mailing service. Use the Max Blog Press Subscribers Magnet to add your opt in form to your blog. Harvest the email addresses of interested prospects that begin visiting your site and follow up their visit with a highly targeted niche sales funnel.

After a few months, your website should have a decent level of targeted traffic and subscribers. You can now monetize your website in any way you please. You can use AdSense, Amazon links and promotions or any type of affiliate offer that you can think of.

This outline is just the basic outlay of niche internet marketing. This process can be rinsed and repeated for any niche imaginable. However, there is much more to this than you will find here. The real money is in the details of how all of these steps are done. To learn everything you need to know. Sign up for our free internet marketing course below.

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