Ready or Not
I started a blog shortly after I started with affiliate marketing. The purpose was to document my experiences and progress in this field. I targeted the keyword “internet marketing journal” as the main keyword for the blog. I just checked, and I’m ranking at the top of page 5 on Google for the broad match version of that phrase. I guess that’s not too awfully pathetic considering I haven’t posted to that blog in over two years.
I’ve debated for a while now whether it’s worth the time and effort to build another blog around my online marketing experiences. The last thing I really want to do is start another blog and then let it drift away into oblivion. And the last thing the online community needs is yet another blog about how its creator makes money online.
In the majority of the cases, these blogs provide very little in the way of substantive information on the “how to” and really exist to promote IM products through the author’s affiliate links. I’m certainly not above doing that and plan to do the same here. So how will this blog be any different? Well, it’s quite possible that it won’t be, but my intended goal is to set forth a system that is currently working for me and then fill in the details around how to best implement that system. The system in question is what I’ve termed “The Niche Blaster Method”. It certainly won’t appeal to everyone and it does require wearing two pretty different hats: one for PPC and another for SEO.
A major part of successfully implementing any system is finding ways to automate it. Creating the system is difficult enough, but it’s really just the beginning steps towards establishing a successful business. Hopefully, for those in resonance with The Nice Blaster Method can get a leg up and focus on the nitty gritty of putting the method into action. It’s a system that I’m still in the process of developing and so, like a PPC campaign, will require testing, tracking, and optimization.
In addition to information about how I use this method, I’ll also be sharing several tools that I use for implementing it here. Hopefully, enough people will begin kicking the tires and providing me with useful feedback for making them better.
I really can’t say that this time around with blogging will be different with any degree of confidence, but I will say that for as long as it lasts, this blog will be my home base of operations for everything I do in my business going forward using this particular business model. Business and online business in particular, require their adherents to constantly adapt to a changing landscape. The past several years have seen that landscape to appear scorched and cratered due to the changes in the online marketing world. The casualties are legion. I know it’s time for me to stop screwing around and begin the backbreaking work of building a business that can withstand the onslaught. Having a few traveling partners along for the ride will it a smoother and more enjoyable adventure.
