The Niche Site Journal Podcast documents the experience of three guys taking brand new niche sites from idea to profitable businesses. Join Jason, Lior, and Dennis as they share their unique processes and insights into the incredible opportunity of building niche websites.

If you have any questions about the things we mention in this episode, feel free to post it in the comment section below. We read them all and will answer your question in the comment section or on the next podcast episode.

Those in the Master Mind Group:

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Things Mentioned in the Show:

• Businessmanagementdegreehq.com – Jason’s most recent Niche Site experiment.
• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki – Anyone stuck in the rat-race of living paycheck to paycheck, enslaved by the house mortgage and bills, will appreciate this breath of fresh air. Learn about the methods that have created more than a few millionaires.
• Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin – There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people figure out what to do when there’s no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art.
• Pocket Google App – When you find something on the web that you want to view later, put it in Pocket. It automatically syncs to your phone, tablet or computer so you can view it at any time, even without an internet connection.
• Dunkin Donut’s Coffee – Dennis’ coffee of choice.
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg – Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
• Interview with Jason Van Orden – Our chat with Jason from Internet Business Mastery.
• Brian Brushwood – An American magician, podcaster, author and comedian. The host of Scam School.
• Fizzle.co: Podcast and blog on Online Business.
• The Art of Non-conformity: Based on Chris Guillebeau’s popular online manifesto “A Brief Guide to World Domination,” The Art of Non-Conformity defies common assumptions about life and work while arming you with the tools to live differently.
• John Saddington – educator, writer, entrepreneur, engineer, and more.
• 1,000 true fans article –  Art discussing how creators, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author – in other words, anyone producing works of art – needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living.
• Video Production on the Cheap – Dennis’ free ebook on how to produce great video when you are on a budget.
• bluesharmonica.com – David Barrett’s blues harmonica tutorial site.

Resource Recommendation

pixlr.com – Website where you edit photos online.

Dennis video mentioned in the podcast:

The Niche Site Journal Podcast documents the experience of three guys taking brand new niche sites from idea to profitable businesses. Join Jason, Lior, and Dennis as they share their unique processes and insights into the incredible opportunity of building niche websites.

In this episode we talk about User Experience

If you have any questions about the things we mention in this episode, feel free to post it in the comment section below. We read them all and will answer your question in the comment section or on the next podcast episode.

Those in the Master Mind Group:

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Need SEO?

If you are looking to improve your SEO guaranteed, contact Lior at [email protected]

Things Mentioned in the Show:

• Textbroker.com: A place to hire short term ghost writers.
• Buffer: Allows you to schedule Social Media posts in a super easy way.
• Waukesha 4-H: Where Jason is working temporarily
  Like the facebook page and make Jason look good for his bosses.
• helpareporter.com: Connect with Journalist and get sweet backlinks to your site.
• Fiverr: The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5.
•  Entrepreneurs-journey.com with Yaro interviewing Pat Flynn
• Pat Flynn’s Auto Responder Strategy Post

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The Niche Site Journal Podcast documents the experience of three guys taking brand new niche sites from idea to profitable businesses. Join Jason, Lior, and Dennis as they share their unique processes and insights into the incredible opportunity of building niche websites.

In this episode we have special guest Jason Van Orden of Internet Business Mastery joining in the discussion.

In this episode we cover scheduling content, branding, productivity, business models for online businesses, and more.

Those in this Week’s Master Mind:

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason Love at jasonloveslife.com
(JJ the Love Plane)

Jason Van Orden at internetbusinessmastery.com
(Guest Member)

Things Mentioned in the Show:

Seth Godin
Author, entrepreneur, marketer, and public speaker.

Quora
A question and answer website.

Tim Ferris
Author, entrepreneur, and public speaker.

Internet Business Mastery Academy
Courses by Jason and Jeremy of Internet Business Mastery.

Entrepreneur on fire
A daily podcast, hosted by John Lee Dumas, interviewing entrepreneurs.

Quick Sprout
A  website on SEO, content marketing, copywriting, etc.

Interview with Ryan Oakley
Ryan Oakley just hit a record five-figure income in one month. He doesn’t have a product. He’s only published around 20 posts to his blog.

Oakley’s site
How to Create a Gorgeous Photography Website with SmugMug in 90 Minutes – A Complete Step-By-Step Tutorial

Strengths Finders 2.0
A test you take to find your strenghts and your personality type.

The kolbe Assesment
Similar to Strengths Finder, this is a test you take to determine your strongest skills.

Tim Ferris Ketchup:

Would you buy 4 Hour Ketchup?

The Niche Site Journal Podcast documents the experience of three guys taking brand new niche sites from idea to profitable businesses. Join Jason, Lior, and Dennis as they share their unique processes and insights into the incredible opportunity of building niche websites.

In this episode we talk about Lior’s story of having a website get hacked, how to protect yourself from hackers, and ways to use twitter.

If you have any questions about the things we mention in this episode, feel free to post it in the comment section below. We read them all and will answer your question in the comment section or on the next podcast episode.

Those in the Master Mind Group:

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Dennis’ Video:

MBC Submission from Dennis Duty on Vimeo.

Things Mentioned in the Show:

Thinktraffic.net
A blog on building more traffic to your website.

Think Traffic’s Traffic Report
Data that Think Traffic would publish on their visitor numbers.

Twisted U Facebook Page
Jason’s Facebook page where he shares cool balloon sculptures and how-to videos on balloon twisting.

Niche Site Journal Facebook Page
The place to stay up-to-date on cool information related to Niche Sites and Business.

Pat Flynn’s Niche Site Duel 2.0
Join Pat and follow along as he builds a business from scratch. Create your own niche site and learn from Pat’s wins and failures along the way.

Tweetadder (affiliate link)
An automation software program for twitter.

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
A book by Seth Godin promoting the idea of being an important member of a “tribe”. In other words, leading your fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers.

Purple cow
A book by Seth Godin talking about the importance of building something unique that can stand out from your competitors. According to Godin, if the product is a true purple cow, the marketing will be built right in. No one can forget or not notice a purple cow.

Free Prize Inside: The Next Big Marketing Idea
Another great book by Seth Godin. It is the sequel to purple cow and answers a lot of questions that come up from the first book.

Jason’s Kickstarter Campaign
Jason’s Crowd Funding Campaign to raise money to publish his comic book entitled “Madman of Magic”.

Balloon Dress

Check out more balloon fashion at
http://www.secondose.com/twisted-balloons-fashion/

Animated Elements Doodles
Dennis’ awesome animated elements for video. Get a $40 Discount with coupon code: NSJ40

Dr Conversion Mind Control Handbook
10 Evil Video Tricks Anybody Can Do

Theme Forest
A place to get wordpress themes.

Elance
Where Lior found someone to fix his website that had been hacked.

Hostmonster (affiliate Link)
This is the host I use for all my sites.

jvzoo.com
A product sales solution that includes both getting affiliate and allowing you to be an affiliate for others.

Pat Flynn’s interview with Clay Collins (Lead Pages)

Wordfence Security
Lior’s recommendation for free security plugin to use.

Podcast Answer Man
A great resource for those that want to learn podcasting.

Buffer
Offers a social media post scheduling service.

Hootsuite
Another social media post scheduling service. Also allows you to manage your streams within the interface.

Tweetdeck
A posting scheduling service for twitter which also an easy way to manage several twitter accounts in one place.

Feedback:

We would love to hear what you think about the show and if there are any topics you would like us to bring up.

Thanks for listening!

The Niche Site Journal Podcast documents the experience of three guys taking brand new niche sites from idea to profitable businesses. Join Jason, Lior, and Dennis as they share their unique processes and insights into the incredible opportunity of building niche websites.

In this episode we talk about product creation, affiliate income, exit strategies, and backlinking.

Lior also mentions that his site got hacked, which we will cover in detail in episode 10.

If you have any questions about the things we mention in this episode, feel free to post it in the comment section below. We read them all and respond to most.

Those in the Master Mind Group

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Fun Photo:

I make Balloon Twisting look good.

Show Notes:

Elance
A place to hire freelancers from around the world.

Niche Site Duel 1.0 January Check In
Jason’s numbers for his first niche site in January. At the bottom of that article are links to other week journal entries for that site.

Mixergy
Courses on Online Business.

Derek Halpern
Online entrepreneur and the founder of Social Triggers.

SEnuke
Automated software for creating backlinks.

Miley Cyrus Naked and crying, I get it
Jason Love’s article on Miley Cyrus’ new brand.

HARO
Help A Reporter Out. A website connecting reporters with experts in fields/industries they are writing on. It is a great way for bloggers to promote their brand and reporters to get information they need.

Niche Site Duel
Pat Flynn’s friendly competition to create, rank, and monetize a niche site.

Pat Flynn’s Monthly Income Reports
Where Pat Flynn documents and shares his monthly income from his online businesses.

Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, & After Effects
Software for photo editing, digital art, animation, film making, video special effects, and more.

Pinterest Inforgraph Board

The Foundation Graphical Story
It shows an easy way to use images to tell a story or provide information. It can be done with crayons.

Click to Tweet this to Miley Cyrus

Think Traffic
Blog on building an audience and getting people to your site.

Think Traffic’s Traffic Report
This links to Think Traffic’s October 2012 Traffic Report. Where they share the number of visitors they had to their site.

Animated Elements Doodles
Dennis’ awesome animated elements for video. Get a $40 Discount with coupon code: NSJ40

Dr Conversion Mind Control Handbook
10 Evil Video Tricks Anybody Can Do

Commission Junction
A network of affiliates.

Image of Refridger-vator

Fiverr.com
A great place to hire people to do a large variety of things for only $5.

Smart Passive Income
Pat Flynn’s blog on making money online.

Pat Flynn’s Backlinking Strategy (Niche Site Duel 1.0)
This is how Pat got his Niche Site Duel 1.0 site to number one in the Google search engine for his keyword.

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The Niche Site Journal Podcast documents the experience of three guys taking brand new niche sites from idea to profitable businesses. Join Jason, Lior, and Dennis as they share their unique processes and insights into the incredible opportunity of building niche websites.

In this episode we talk about SEO images, being sketchy, and YouTube Channels. Dennis also discusses his new way of  making money online. The idea is to rank a video relating to a specific service in a specific city in order to rent out the phone number to local businesses.

We would love to hear your thoughts on this business model.

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Those in the Master Mind Group

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Show Notes:

Here is the video Dennis mentions as an example of creating videos in order to rank them in Google.

An example where my ghost writer’s English is in question.

Employees at managerial level are more responsible than their actual responsibilities.”

Image description, caption, and alt tags mentioned in the episode.

This is the Caption.

If you click the image above you can see where the “description” for the image shows up.

Things Mentioned in the podcast:

• securityguardtraininghq.com
  Pat Flynn’s niche site from Niche Site Duel 1.0.
• istockphoto.com
  Where Jason get’s a lot of his images.
• compfight.com
  Easy way to find images with Creative Commons License.
• Video Blocks
  Members get access to insane number of video clips, sound effects, and music. Anything you download you can use for free for life.
• Social Triggers
  A marketing / psychology blog by Derek Halpern.
• Entrepreneur on Fire
  John Lee Dumas podcast where he interviews entrepreneurs.
• Dennis’ Animated Doodles Product
  Help your marketing videos stand out from the crowd.
• The Backlinking Strategy that Works
  Pat Flynn’s post talking about the backlinking strategy he used in Niche Site Duel 1.0
• microworkers
  A place to hire people to do small tasks for a small amount of money.
• Niche Site Journal’s Facebook Page
  Stay connected through our Facebook Page.
• Dennis’ YouTube channel for Video SEO
  Free resources on Video SEO.
• SEO for WordPress by Yoast
  A plugin to help you improve your WordPress SEO.

Check out Dennis’ Animated Doodle’s for your Videos.

GET A $40 Discount with coupon code: NSJ40

Here we are again with another episode of the Niche Site Journal.

In this episode we talk about Time Management and Productivity

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Those in this Master Mind Meeting

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Things Mentioned in the podcast:

• Pat Flynn’s security guard training:
  Pat Flynn’s Niche Site from Niche Site Duel 1.0
• Pat Flynn’s Podcast episode on his Folder System for Time Management
  This is the episode he first mentions the folder system and he gives an example at Here
• 4-Hour Work Week
  Tim Ferriss’ book on life style design which covers productivity, time management, and life hacks.
• Internet Business Mastery
  Educational program for those interested in blogging.
• Smart Passive Income 043: How to Have Laser-Like Focus and Stress-Free Productivity – Summer Marketing Mashup 2012:
  This podcast episode was mentioned relating to breaking up time into different categories.

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Welcome to another master mind podcast of the Niche Site Journal.

This episode covers mailing lists, opt-in gifts, and Jason’s love for numbers.

We are still on i-tunes “New and Noteworthy” thanks to you.

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Those in the Master Mind Group

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Things Mentioned in the podcast:

• Magic Box Plug-in
  Magic Action Box let’s you display professional looking opt-in forms and feature boxes in your WordPress site.
• OptinSkin
  A premium opt-in form creator with cool features such as fade-in. It is the one that Pat Flynn at SmartPassiveIncome.com uses.
• AppSumo.com
  A store for digitally distributed products or services that offers discounts for everything on the site.
• Social Triggers
  A Blog on Online Marketing
• Thesis Theme
  A Wordpress theme.
• Lead Pages
  Templates for Landing Pages, Launch Pages, Sales Pages, and Other “Conversion Pages”.
• Security Guard Training HQ
  Pat Flynn‘s site from Niche Site Duel 1.0
• Smart Passive Income
  Pat Flynn’s website on Internet Business.
• AdWords
  Google’s service for putting ads on websites and on Google searches.
• JasonLoveHosting (Affiliate Link)
  This is Jason’s Hosting Affiliate Link
• Tim Ferris
  Author of the 4-Hour Work Week and several other books.
• Hootsuite
  A social Media Management Service
• Tweetdeck
  Tweeter Management Service

Thanks for listening to the show. If you want to get a peek at some of the numbers we use for choosing our keywords, our analytic’s traffic numbers, and other important data related to us making money with our Niche Site, you can get all that as a member of our newsletter.

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Welcome to another master mind podcast of the Niche Site Journal.

This episode is a few days later than I wanted it to be, but that fits perfectly in the theme of this episode.

PROCRASTINATION!!!!

We also cover Dennis’ new business of ranking videos and selling the phone number to local services, why we hate freelance work, and

Keep the reviews coming!

We are still on i-tunes “New and Noteworthy” thanks to you.

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Those in the Master Mind Group

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Things Mentioned in the podcast:

• Finding Inner Zen, While Ignoring Your Inner Toddler
  Dennis’ blog post on productivity.
• Pat Flynn on Productivity
• Getting Things Done (the book)
  A time management book by David Allen
• Charlie Day Interview on the Nedist Podcast
  A great interview of the actor Charlie Day and writer.
• Internet Business Master
  A community of Internet entrepreneurs dedicated to helping people escape the 9-to-5.
• “I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.” – Richard Branson
  Quote we talk about in the interview
• 4 Hour Work Week
  A book on Lifestyle design. It covers life hacks and ways to be more productive.
• The Fast Lane Forum
  The Fastlane Forum is based upon the book The Millionaire Fastlane. It covers information on entrepreneurship, internet marketing, social media, and millionaire success stories.
• Lifestyle Business Podcast
  Lifestyle Business Podcast
  
• Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
  Ted Talk by Jane McGonigal on how games can make us live longer, be healthier, and be happier.
• SEnuke
  Software that automates the creation backlinks.
• Dennis’s good excuses for why you didn’t make this weeks goals:
  • A bus full of nuns and orphans crashed in the middle of the road and you had to save them.
  • You ran into a burning building to rescue a box of kittens and had to spend the rest of the week nursing them back to health.
  • You were setting up a wrestling show to benefit the troops.

Thanks for listening to the show. If you want to get a peek at some of the numbers we use for choosing our keywords, our analytic’s traffic numbers, and other important data related to us making money with our Niche Site, you can get all that as a member of our newsletter.

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Welcome to another master mind podcast of the Niche Site Journal.

We have a very exciting show for you.

In this episode we talk about Dennis’ “no follow links” backlinking strategy, discuss legal issues with using other people’s images, and word press plug-ins we love.

Thanks for all the reviews!

We made it to “New and Noteworthy” on i-tunes thanks to you.

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Those in the Master Mind Group

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Things Mentioned in the podcast:

• SENuke
  Software that automates the creation backlinks.
• Smartpassiveincome.com
  Pat Flynn’s site on making money in a variety of ways online.
• TheOatmeal
  Funny Comics
• How many 5 yearolds can you take in a fight
  A funny test to used for creating backlinks.
• Moz
  A company that specialize in internet marketing software.
• Spencer Haws’ Survival Knife Case Study
  Spencer’s case study for creating a Niche Site.
• Jason’s Niche Site Duel 1.0
  The first experiment Niche Site that was on Maternity Belts.
• On Maternity Belts
  Jason’s first Niche Site experiment.
• Andrew Warner’s Mixergy Course
  Courses on eCommerce and online business.
• Squirrly SEO Plugin
  A SEO plugin for wordpress.
• flickr
  A great place to get images that are copy righted as creative commons. Check out their site for more information.
• compfight.com
  A website that makes getting images for your website with no cost to yourself. You have to give credit, but they explain all that on the website.
• Thesis Theme
  A framework for wordpress that allows you to have more control over your site’s design.
• Akismet Plugin
  A plugin that filters out spam comments on your WordPress Blog.
• Jet Pack Plugin
  A plugin that has a lot of options to your website. Check out jetpack.me for a full list.

Thanks for listening to the show. If you want to get a peek at some of the numbers we use for choosing our keywords, our analytics traffic numbers, and other important data related to us making money with our Niche Site, you can get all that as a member of our newsletter.

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Welcome to episode 3!

First, welcome back to the Niche Site Journal Podcast where we follow the journey of three entrepreneurs on their quest to make money with a brand new niche site. This podcast is executed like a mastermind meeting, so we cover a wide range of topics in every show.

This episode is the second part of our last discussion so if you haven’t already listened to episode 2, might want to do that first.

In this episode we talk about monetizing niche sites, Backlinking strategies, and our goals for the next meeting.

Those in the Master Mind Group

Lior at musevsmuse.com

Dennis at castleforgemedia.com

Jason at jasonloveslife.com

Things Mentioned in the podcast:

• Video SEO Course
  Dennis’ Comprehensive (and free) Video SEO Course.
• OnMaternity Belts
  Jason’s Niche Site from Niche Site Duel 1.0
• Niche Site Duel
  Pat Flynn‘s post on his challenge of building a Niche Site and monetizing it with a group of other online entrepreneurs.
• SecurityGuardTrainingHQ.com
  Pat Flynn’s niche site from Niche Site Duel 1.0.
• Adsense
  Google’s ad service system. It allows you to put ads on your site, videos, etc.
• Yet Another Related Post Plug-in
  A wordpress plug-in that displays a list of related entries on your site and feeds based on a unique algorithm.

Thanks for listening to the show. If you want to get a peek at some of the numbers we use for choosing our niche, our analytics traffic numbers, and other important data related to us making money with our Niche Site, you can get all that as a member of our newsletter.

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