If you are a beginner looking to make money online then pay attention or you will waste a lot of time and money getting nowhere. Beware of whose advice you take. If you are a regular reader then you may want to skip this - nothing new just a post full of keywords... oh and a little bit of a rant.
Do you know Why there are so many "Make Money Online" Blogs?
Because it is a niche that is easy to get social traffic.
Do you know why there are so many "Blogs about Blogging?"
Because it is a niche that is easy to get social traffic.
Do you know why there are so few blogs about "oil filters?".
Because it is a niche that is hard to get social traffic.
So why do people want social traffic? Because this is a good way to get backlinks. Sure they also want to become "known" and they are under the impression that you need to get a lot of RSS subscribers and eventually this will lead to making money. Underneath all of this though is the barely conscious understanding that you need Backlinks to make all of your dreams come true. This part is true. You do need backlinks.
The problem is that social traffic doesn't provide the right type of backlinks. What generally happens is this; a blogger decides he is going to make money online with a blog telling other people how to make money online. I'm sure you are all familiar with this thinking.
Here is the general plan that I like to call...
How not to Make Money Online
Get a URL with your name in the URL so that you can "Brand" yourself. Let's call it garryconn.com
Read all the other MMO blogs and write lots of posts giving out tips you read elsewhere. Check out Vic's Podcast "Fakers, Scammers and Garry Conn"
Get your name out there. Kiss the A list ass and be sure to add links to all the usual suspects who have social blogs that claim to show you how to make money online but don't. You know all the A listers who don't rank in the serp's.
Start a newsletter to increase your RSS numbers. (Aweber email lists are included in the Feedburner count - not just subscribers)
Develop a loyal following of a couple thousand readers.
Write a post telling people they will never make money online learning from a 13 year old which is so ironic - the 13 year old actually gets search engine traffic because he dominates the keyword "make money online". The 13 year old makes money online from a MMO blog - maybe Garry could learn something...
Flog all sorts of affiliate products to your readers whether you have used the product or not. Admit that you don't use a product that everybody who does make money online uses.
Write a post complaining about not making any money with your "make money online" blog even though you have been giving everyone the impression that you make money online.
Give your readers shit for not buying stuff with your affiliate link.
Complain about how all the time spent giving "free" advice on how to make money online keeps you from spending time on your other sites that really "do" make you money online. How exactly are all the tips dispensed on his MMO blog that don't make him money because they are tips about getting social traffic going to help anyone make money. If they don't work on social blogs how are they going to work on niche sites like Garry's Airplanes or Eyeglasses blogs?
Finally give up and tell everyone that you can't make money with a "make money online" blog.
Start posting 10 non-relevant posts a day because now you are going to make money with Adsense. (Good luck with that)
After all you "do" know how to make money online.
I don't have anything against Garry Conn except that he can't make money online with a blog about making money online. How much time have others wasted by following his advice? Why should anyone read him then. Wouldn't it make sense to learn how to make money online from someone who actually does make money online from a MMO blog?. If they can make money with a MMO blog then they can make money in any niche. Just a thought...
I don't know him. At one time I thought he knew a few things but it turns out he's just another blogger who bought into the whole social scene portrayed by the A list. A victim no worse than Caroline Middlebrook. Both bloggers have talent - they quickly learned all the tricks of the social game and made a name for themselves albeit limited. Both learned the hard way that they can't make money with a make money online blog - at least not with social traffic. Both have MMO blogs telling more hapless victims how to make money online even though they don't make money using the methods they talk about.
In case you think I'm being hard on Garry Conn - I'm not. I'm just helping him out as he has asked his readers to unsubscribe from his blog. I'm just providing the reasons why people should follow his wishes. In truth you could replace his blog in this post with most of the 45n5 top 100 blogs that don't make money online either.
So can you make money with a "make money online" blog?
Yup.
I do everyday.
Do you know what separates people who do make money online from those that don't?
A Plan
Here is my plan.
Dominate the search engines.
End of plan.
How to implement plan.
Pick a niche.
Let's say "Make Money Online"
Why?
1) Because it's a great niche for a flagship blog.
2) It has thousands of relevant keywords.
3) It can produce thousands of people who will spend money and click ads. Oh yes it does!
4) Almost none of the other 10 million make money online blogs get any of this traffic leaving it all to me and a small handful of others who "do" know how to make money online.
The screenshot below is for the past 20 minutes or so. It shows the traffic this blog has received from the search engines while I have been writing this post. It also tells me what "Keywords" were used in the search queries. I want to point out that Saturday morning is the slowest day and time of the week for this blog in terms of traffic.
Click image to enlarge.
The vast majority of my visitors will find my blog by visiting Google or Yahoo and typing in the following term;
"How to Make Money"
Just about as many people will use this term;
"How to Make Money Online"
In case you are wondering how many people do this on an average day the screenshot below gives you a rough idea - the stats are not for a full day though - this was taken mid-afternoon.
A note to Garry Conn who determined that there was no traffic in the MMO niche using the SEO Book keyword tool (wtf??) Keyword tools are horribly inaccurate and the one you used is worse than most - remember Keyword Elite that you don't use? KE is bad too but still the best of a crappy tool. (The best way to find out how many searches a keyword has is to rank on top of the serp's for it. lol)
See screenshot at the bottom of this post for an idea of what kind of traffic really exists in the MMO niche.
As you can see the term (in my results above) "Make Money Online" ranks a distant third as far as traffic goes. There are two reasons for this; I don't rank as well for the term and there are not as many real searches for the term as people think. It is a crappy term - let me explain.
Who would type "Make Money Online" in a search query?
Bloggers checking to see where they rank. The search numbers for that term are so inflated simply because it gets searched continuously by bloggers checking the rankings. Not by people wanting to know how to make money online - or very few and they click on my link in the serp's because my blog is "for Beginners."
Think about this. The people who are truly new to making money online don't type "make money online" in the query. They type "how to make money" or "how to make money online"
Something else you should know. A beginner is different from a noob. Noobs have already bought ebooks and have been scammed a number of times. Noobs know about social traffic. Noobs "Are" social traffic. Noobs type in "Make Money Online". Noobs are not the target market. They won't buy from you or click ads. They are tired of being ripped off and are on a mission to read everything they can for free in order to finally make some money online.
Beginners are much different. They have never heard of "Noobs". They haven't heard of anything at all except that "apparently" people can make money online.
So they sit down at the computer, open their favorite search engine that they use to find cheap airline tickets with and not much else and they say to themselves...
I wonder how I can make money online?
Then they type in the term.
And then they find me and a handful of others.
They don't find Problogger or Shoemoney. They don't find Caroline Middlebrook, Garry Conn or John Cow. They don't find 99% of the blogs that 45n5 claims are the "Top" blogs in the make money online niche. Beginners are noobs in training - they have yet to buy all the crappy ebooks. They will though. Someone wanting to make money selling ebooks and get rich programs should be targeting these people - just imagine if I was to start flogging crap in my posts. I get a lot of virgins to this site and they do buy the stuff in the sidebar - the stuff I have told my readers to ignore. It's there because beginners don't want to read about "how to make money online" - they just want to spend money on something that will make them rich fast. No skin off my nose - they could have read my blog instead.
I do use Adsense though and the beginners love clicking those ads.
You may think this is a MMO blog.
It really isn't.
It's a "How to Make Money Online for Beginners" blog.
And while everyone in the MMO niche has been building up their Pagerank and Alexa stats and RSS subscribers and getting themselves listed on the Top Make Money Online list of bloggers I have been...
Dominating the search engines.
You were all beginners at one time. What were you looking for when you first thought about making money online. Be honest.
You wanted to make money fast and without much work. You wanted to get rich quick.
Ok. Maybe not you but most do.
Beginners are the only people who buy crappy ebooks promising instant wealth. Noobs don't.
Beginners are the only people who cick on ads promising instant wealth. Noobs don't.
So if you are going to make money online with a make money online blog maybe you should target beginners and not noobs. Maybe you should target the terms that only beginners would use when searching for information.
This is called a plan. It is something you should have before you start a make money online blog claiming to know how to make money online.
And if you are reading a blogger who claims to make money blogging and they don't rank in the top of the serp's for their own keywords then you might ask yourself if they are really making money elsewhere as they claim. (Flagship blogs excepted) If they only know about social traffic then how are they making money with their "oil filter" blog. If they know about search engine traffic (it's the only way to make money with Oil Filters folks) then why aren't they after search engine traffic with their MMO blog? Moreover the few who do rank for keywords only rank for a couple and they are the wrong keywords. Problogger ranks really well for "make money blogging" but that's about it and it doesn't attract beginners - just noobs.
It doesn't matter what niche you pick - if you want to make money in that niche then check out the top ranked sites in that niche and do what they do. If the site ranks on top of the serp's in "A Competitive" niche then you have found someone who knows how to make money online because they know how to get backlinks. The type of backlink that gets you top serp ranking for your keywords. Not the type of backlink that gets you top ranking for your name.
Try and get backlinks for "Oil Filters" - it ain't easy and you won't be getting them from all your "social" oil filter friends.
Knowing how to get backlinks for Oil Filters is what separates the people who make money online from those who just claim to. If you can get those links you can rank for anything you want. This is how you get continuous traffic. This is how you get traffic that converts into money.
This is what SEO is all about and the reason I write 4 posts a month and make more money in a day with this blog than Garry Conn makes in a month with 80 posts. 80 posts - wow - hard to believe he has time to work on those "other" sites that "do" make money. I barely have time for 4 posts. Of course you don't need a lot of posts to make money. You need a lot of posts to keep social traffic coming to your site though...
The list below contains the keywords used to find this blog on Yahoo for last night. As I've said - this is what SEO is all about. Traffic.
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(sorry the list is huge and hard to read)
It is ironic that the bulk of the people who found my blog using the terms just listed will not be reading this sentence. Most will just click away. About 12% of them will click an ad up top. They will eventually find a blog like Garry Conn's and waste 6 months creating a social MMO blog before giving up. A shame really - they were so close...
Cheers,
Griz
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58 comments:
Great post, even if only for the insight into how ranking for lots of keywords can really bring in the traffic. I'm still fairly new to this and am link building away to try to get to some serious income, but your blog has been a great help.
BTW, I sent you an e-mail about the private forum mentioned on the sidebar, and didn't get a response. Should I resend?
I guess a beginner can't tell whether the content on a MMO blog is good or not because they are BEGINNERS. They don't have any knowledge to distinguish what is good and bad. It is only when they have trial and error. Then they understand what is working and what is not working. So I guess it really takes time for one to become a noob. Previous failure brings you a step closer to success, right? People will understand that your posts are really something that they should pounder and learn after they fail by following others advices.
The last paragraph pretty much sums it up nicely. I had to learn the hard way too when it came to real traffic. Now I am on the mission to grow and apply what I know and learn to increase results.
Another solid one Griz,
On one of Vic's posts I said something along the lines of: "I'd rather spend my time helping newbs than giving out big secrets" and someone misinterpreted newbs (ie. newbies) for noobs and compared me to John Chow .
In any niche with a learning curve, catering to newbies is essential. That's where the easy money is.
I'm really looking forward to that lead generation tutorial, I have a few blogs that could be pulling in a lot of money if I can figure out how to do leads right.
Great post Griz. Did Garry Conn do anything to bring this on, or was it just the easiest example to grab?
As a beginner myself, I've clicked more than a few ads although fortunately I've not been scammed yet. I'm also trying to stay out of the "make money online" niche and just giving away something I think people will like.
No offense to Vic or Court but I think with this post it is clear to me that you are by far the most talented of the group.
Everything you write has a plan and a purpose. The length that you carry on with your posts clearly conveying your thoughts all the while working the words is impressive.
I figure if someday I can know about 1/3 of what you know, I will be able to pull in a nice income online. The problem is that I may never get to that 1/3rd!
Hilarious! Exactly why I tend to stay away from the IM/MMO niche for making money and only read a few to see the latest news, but rarely does something new come along.
I don't mind people spinning their wheels and chasing the easy buck so much because it keeps the competition down and allows people that are willing to do what works day in and out to continue to make great money online :)
What you say makes a lot of sense. Follow the people who are successful at they do. Post was right on point.
BTW One of my blogs just got removed from google SERPs. I ranked number one for a non competitive niche, cartoons, across a bunch of terms. Blog Pays penny clicks but it was just a fun blog that ranked well. Any ideas how I get my spot back. I got busted by propeller as spam, about three weeks ago, after a year of using them for traffic.
The signature link goes to the site.
Hey Grizz,
Even at only about 4 posts a month, this blog is still definitely on my "must read" list ... when I see a new post show up in my feed reader, I'm here.
Thanks ... much appreciated.
Todd
Note to self, start an "oil filter blog"
It's amazing what getting 80% of your traffic from Google does for your earnings as opposed to getting 80% of your traffic from social referrals.
Tell me, why do so many people in the MMO niche spend so much time bitching about one another??? *sigh*
I subscribed to Garry Conn during his challenge with John Cow but recently unsubscribed (yes, about the time he told everyone to) because he'd posted so many times and I'd been on the verge of it anyway.
Hey you forgot also change your blog theme everyday and have a site that is really dificult to navigate. At least that's how Garry Conn seems to do it.
You are what I called the real master of making money online. I know well from your speech and words that you are honest in sharing your knowledge.
In all amongst the internet so called "guru" (shit) only you from your character of explaining things to us freely could be the true savior for the rest of us to making money online. You deserve our praise, and we know how to repay you.
Thank you for your beautiful and full of knowledge brain opening site.
hahahaha i love it.
i had to check out his blog and post some comments of my own...yeah if you read some mean comments on his page you know who it came from hahaha that guy sucks.
I'd never heard of Gary Conn, but your insights are terrific. One thing I've noticed is that this blog is highly focused on one concept, how to make money online. That concept obviously generates many keyword possibilities. But how would you go about a keyword plan for a blog that had a much wider focus?
As usual your on point. I originally found your blog by going to google and typing "how to make money online" Presto, you were one of three sites I looked at. Your appeal really stemmed from answering questions I had not addressed out loud. I had always wondered how you build a website and expect people to buy from you much less find you among the Kazillion other sites.
Also, thanks for making me read your looong posts twice (with sarcasm). I start reading and end up concentrating on your keyword targets and lose your message..lol
Terry,
lmao.. my exact thoughts. However, people gave up out ranking him with A.I. blog. I am positive I am not a threat. Yet..
(insert evil laugh)
A short philosophical lesson:
Back in history, kings sent their armies in search of the holy grail, killing everyone who got in their way.
Today we have the Internet and there are a lot of kings. Their armies are their social traffic and they are all in search of the make money online holy grail.
Many of these kings still have the mentality to stamp out anyone who gets in their way in their fruitless search for the make money online holy grail. They build bigger and bigger armies of social bloggers, but get no nearer to the holy grail.
A few enlightened kings, however, know certain truths that all the other kings do not. The make money online holy grail is as visible to them as a shiny new Ferrari in broad daylight.
It is said that the best place to hide something is in full view of everyone, because no one expects it to be there.
Some will see the Ferrari. Most will not.
End of philosophical lesson.
Terry
Terry,
It's nice to have more friends than enemies(wink). The benefit is they can help pick you "up" when your down. =;0p
David,
Ranking for keywords is really what making money is all about.
Re: The private forum - the truth is I haven't been there since BS was de-indexed (I was a bit steamed and needed a break) so I haven't added any new members - I'll have to pop in and see if any one is still standing before sending out more invites. I have your email and will get back to you.
Andy,
There is some truth there - it seems we all need to learn the hard way some times.
Josh,
Good luck with your task and thanks for spreading the word.
MJ,
I'm afraid my Lead Gen series is on hold until I figure out how not to use any more example sites. I'm working on it...
Aaron,
Did Conn do anything to me personally - no. Just the general discourse of his recent posts and belligerent treatment of his readers. (Call me an annoyed subscriber of his) He has pushed his own self-destruct button and I needed an example of what is wrong with chasing social traffic so it was a good fit. Anyone telling their readers to unsubscribe shouldn't mind a helping hand in their quest - should they?
Bruce, (WAHJ)
Thanks for the compliment Bruce but it is really a case of Apples, Oranges and Grapefuits. Vic and Court fully understand SEO and know their stuff as well as anyone online. We have different models but use the same basics. The biggest difference between us is that I'm way more lazy than they are.
Matt,
Telling people how to do things right is easy since very few people actually listen and even fewer act on the info. If they ever get serious I may find myself having to compete...
Cartoons,
I hate to tell you but the site is pretty spammy. Lose all the duplicate Titles and descriptions. And write some real posts - you have probably been auto flagged by blogger - clean up the site and ask for a review if that is the case. If not then G has flagged you as spam and you will have to ask for a re-inclusion. Either way you need to get rid of the stuffed keywords.
Good luck.
Todd,
Thank you and much appreciated right back at ya'
Frank,
Yup, search traffic equals money - social traffic eats bandwidth.
Leave the Oil filters - damn things are too easy to buy at Napa...
Lightening,
Cuz we all like a good "bitch" session now and then... lol.
Max,
He doesn't really seem to know what he is doing.
Anonymous,
Thanks and check out the folks in my sidebar - they share the same desire to help others as I do.
Antique Furniture,
The only mean comments I have read on his site come from him.
TWA,
Check out Frank's blog if you want to see how to approach a multi-niche site properly. However if you are using Adsense you must stay highly focused. In general my advice is to not create a blog with a wider focus until you have created an authoritative Flagship blog first (focused around a general term like Real Estate). Once this is accomplished you can easily take the Flagship in many directions.
Dennis,
A lot of times my message is just camouflage - sometimes you will learn more by watching what I'm doing rather than what I'm saying. :-)
Terry,
Great... now I'll get ranked for Kings and Ferrari's. I wonder if there is any money to be made there... lol.
I was lucky to have found Vic, then you and Court who are now the only people I listen to about how to make money online. Mostly you and Vic really. You guys are clearly the masters at dominating the SERPS, but you are also a master at writing the most informative and keyword rich posts ever. It is a talent that many of us struggle with (except Frank), but you seem to do it with ease. As for those beginners looking to make money online, they will get here eventually. Thanks for another great post.
Steve,
That's the nicest description of my ability to stuff keywords as I've read. Yes I can BS with the best of em' Lol.
Brilliant Griz, brilliant.
What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall when Garry Conn read this.
To all reading this post.
Link to this using the anchor "Garry Conn", "Gary Con", "Garry Con" or "Gary Conn"
The only search traffic that Garry Conn probably gets is from someone trying to find his blog using his name after having read about him on another make no money A lister blog.
cheers,
Dinesh
Dang-it Grizz! You found my how to make money online selling oil filters blog.
Well...
At least that explains the bear print in my server logs. That one had me stumped for a while. :)
Griz,
Yet another powerful example, live before our eyes that deals with the real "Make Money Online" niche. Wow...
I am amazed at how much I still am learning after almost a year of doing this. I can say, honestly, to anyone that reads this comment that is new or looking into how to make money online, you won't find more information, for free, than here on Griz's site.
Court and Vic are also great sources of information if you are looking for real, truthful help in how to make money online.
Don't believe me? That's fine, you don't know me, so theres a trust issue. I'm sure John Chow, Yaro or Gary Conn will have an ebook or three to sell you telling you how to make money online by selling other people looking to make money online worthless ebooks that talk about how to make money online by selling make money online ebooks.
Whew!!! I think I just confused myself!
I think the real problem so many new people have is that they can't believe that it really is as simple as you say Griz.
It boils down to this:
1. Find a keyword or niche.
2. Create a blog or site about it, free or hosted someplace and make keyword rich posts about this topic.
3. Get indexed, obtain backlinks.
4. Get paid by Adsense or affiliate offers.
It really is that simple!
You don't need a 500 page ebook to tell you all the inners and outers of this process.
Seriously, if you are new and are wanting to make money the right way, follow this blogs example.
Griz doesn't pay for hosting, its a free blog by Blogger. Adsense is free to sign up for. Almost all affiliate programs are free to sign up for. Ask and you will find them.
Create a sight about something you love or are passionate about. It will lead you into the money.
Take some time and read through the archives here and at Vics and Courts sites. Those are the real and free "ebooks" of knowledge that you need.
God bless Griz!!!
Elliott at blogexplosion.net
Hey Grizz,
Just curious as to why you gave conn so many links?
Will
Dinesh,
The thought of ranking well for his name had occurred to me....
We will wait and see. ;-)
Richard,
Lol.
and how are things in the oil filter biz... ha.
Elliot,
Way to go - you just boiled down 2 years of posting in one comment! What the heck am I going to write about now???
If I ever write a book you get to do the cover blurb! lol.
Will,
Those are all no-follow links.
Get yourself the Search Status plug in for Firefox. It will show you all the no-follow links when you are surfing a page.
http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/
From one of your "regular readers" you almost threw me off with that disclaimer at the start of the post...Glad I kept reading! Once again you've done it again pointing out the importance of search vs social traffic. Good advice, though I hope not too many start following it, less money for the rest of us...
aaronk,
Well I didn't want to take anyone away from their link building just to read this. Don't worry as SEO is in no danger of being commonplace - there will always be lots of money to be made by the few...
Thanks for stopping in!
Griz,
I'd gladly write it for you!
So, when are you going to take all of these post and put them into an ebook?
A real eye opener about the issue of the "unsubscribe" posts at garry conn's. I was baffled at why he was doing it, but I figured it could be linkbait, or something.
From him I learned a "golden" lesson about irate customer management: If someone asks for a refund or is not satisfied with a product, DO NOT say: "I'm sorry I can't refund you because you didnt read the fine print"...
INSTEAD, say: "Do you really want to take 67 dollars from my FAMILY?"
It works. lol.
Thanks Griz, you rock!
I used to really like Garry Conn back when he wrote about blogger (ages ago) but lately, maybe the start of this year, every second post was trying to flog some product and even more recently all he does is attack people!
Maybe his income is dropping and he is panicking about it, I don't know, but he certainly has dropped the ball with his blog.
"How To Encourage Hamsters To Mate" , someone used that search term and got your site :) !!!
Oh Griz, you always give me a good laugh, Keep it up!
What "niche marketing" said - simplified, it looks so easy.
The hardest part is obtaining backlinks. Even good content is no guarantee of getting backlinks for non social sites.
Buying links is either expensive or you get scammers that give you links that become invalid after a month when you can no longer make a paypal claim.
mambo
This is a very opportune post. I've considered the "How to Make Money Online" niche and as a regular reader of your blog I knew search engine traffic is what will make it successful. After reading your post I feel more comfortable about my plan. Thanks for a great write up.
Regards
Griz,
You never cease to amaze me. This post is chocked full of useful information. It is no wonder I cannot find my MMO blog anywhere in the search engines. :-( I still have miles to go to join you and all the other people here to get to the top of the serps for Make Money Online. I haven't even hit page 92 in Google yet for make money online.
Elliott, Nice post by the way!
Hi Griz
Maybe Garry Conn isn't himself at all!
Do you remember that so called niche site buidling contest between him and the John Cow blog.
Turns out that John Cow was no more than a group made up of Jason Potash and Jason Katzenback of Portal Feeder fame. They apparently bought the blog from it's original owner who had lost interest in the site.
Much the same as Garry appears to have done.
Alan
I will admit, I came over here to see what type of crap you were slinging but must say I liked some of what I read.
I don't agree with Garry not making money with his other sites, as I've seen for myself what he does, but as you say, maybe going after the wrong keywords for the mmo niche.
I also agree it's not low traffic and has a lot of potential if you know what you are doing.
I like how you explained the keywords/phrases you go after and why, specifically who is searching for them because this is key.
I didn't know what to expect when coming over here, and after getting through the Garyy Conn bashing you definitely have some good stuff to share, keep it up man I like it.
Even if you don't want to be a mmo blog, it doesn't stop you from making money in the niches, with or without your blog..that's what I've taken away from your post.
I look forward to seeing what else you have to say.
Thanks man...good stuff
another post easy to read and intelligently keyword stuffed without making us realize it.
I have to learn this. But how?
Chasing social traffic is like chasing your own tail (if you're a cat or a dog of course). You'll never get ahead unless you keep doing it and you'll only get the tip of it.
Getting search engine traffic is extremely easy for those who want to take the time to learn how. I stopped chasing my tail at the end of 2007. Now I get so much traffic, the spambots are tearing up my site.
Hey Griz!
Man...it's been a while. Hope you are doing well my friend.
Best,
Mike
Its was a very informative post Griz! I've been making some money online for the past 6 months now. The amount is not huge however it is fun and does pay you for something you like to do.
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Shane Oliver
http://www.changeyourfuturetoday.net
Griz,
Are you on the hook for neighbors windows when you hit one out of the park like this? You know that you could post on - oh,lets say 'oil filters', and we in the Griz militia would still all read to the last word.
"About 12% of them will click an ad up top. They will eventually find a blog like Garry Conn's and waste 6 months creating a social MMO blog before giving up. A shame really - they were so close..."
lol Ouch ... and so true.
With that sentence you made me feel like one of the lucky ones since, like most commenting here, I had the good fortune of making it to the end of one of your posts and have been the better off for it ever since.
BTW, the private forum isn't dead yet!
Stephen
grizz- you kill me. i don't like reading your blog because it makes my blog look like a piece of shit. pardon the french. i've been to garry's site a few times. i just assumed it was another MMO blogs. as u know. most are terrible. if it's all about getting links, and hitting the serps. not much needs to be said. i honestly don't know what to write about at times...cause it's all been covered in a few posts. but this last post, you were able to make it entertaining. keep up the great work.
Grizz,
As an exercise in keywords I read the list of keywords you posted and I have to tell this one just leaves me wondering how the hell you even ranked for this keyword.
It's "how to encourage your hamster to mate" I thought it was pretty funny.
I learned a lot of things from your article.thanks a lot.I am very pleased to find that this is not a worthless ebooks sale website
I wasted 6 months of this year on a MMO blog. Well, not wasted - learned a lot, but never made any serious income.
But, now my RSS reader is clean of shit and I'm off to try making money.. lol
It's true btw, when I was beginning I never could find shoemoney or problogger, and only found'em through a blogroll on some site. WTF?! I should've known better.
Thanks!
(You're still in my Bloglines)
- Alex
Hi Griz,
great post man.........u always come up with good logics............the plan u mentioned is really gr8..........it's like a million dollar stuff for beginners....
Grizz, ignored your advice and stayed to read the entire post, what else can an intelligent person do.
Thanks for one more solid post. Think I am in the right track now and progressing well making some money along.
Hi Griz - you know your stuff and I can see why Monika likes you. Do you want to know a secret - my blog isn't about making money online and I still got listed on 45n5.
I was keen to get listed on anything I could and they don't seem to check up.
I just write about business but I think I'm doing folk a favour by dragging them away from some of the scammy sites on there. I haven't read Gary Conn's site. I've heard of him but my ex was called Gary and he was a conning asshole, so I have negative associations with the name.
My husband just got back and I was showing him your pics. We are thinking about moving to Canada. But I don't think I could live as far in the sticks as you. I sank a business this year, so a helicopter would be way out of my reach.
Grizz,
I was gonna email you with this, but know you've got loads to get through.
Must have missed this post when you published it, but been reading through all of your content again and making some substantial notes - just as Vic's forum has been quiet of late.
Clicked through to Garryconn's site to see if he had changed his theme (once again) and if he was still intending on charging his readers (he isn't) LMAO! how could he dream up that?!
Anyway, I noticed a post he had where he linked through to a video he made about building a niche site - you seriously have got to watch it - he's such a dumb ass!
http://www.garryconn.com/exclusive-video-on-how-to-build-a-niche-blog.php
It's funny, I couldn't stop laughing, especially when he is talking about serps and ranking and why google are listing youtube on page one of results.
I've read a lot of Garry's posts and found many of them helpful. He doesn't push any products that he doesn't use, at least that I've come across.
You seem to have a good following. Besides, the bashing I enjoyed your post.
Of course, Garry has done his share of bashing as well.
Great post Griz,
Garry Conman rose to fame after he started besmirching other people online. He quickly built a group of cheerleaders and well, rest is history.
Just so you know, until about 11 months back, he did not know how to even gain traffic from Stumbleupon and digg. He then ran a digg experiment, but failed miserably and called digg a useless site for traffic.
To end it, he is the most selfish person I have ever come across who would, unfortunately, sell his mother to make money or gain fame.
I hope the last line won't be censored. Coz, I meant it. I knew him for many many months personally (online)
Great post. I've been hanging around on the "garry the Con" website for a few months. As time has passed, I've noticed that even though he rates himself highly as an *expert* blogger, he comes across as an annoying juvenile. His posts have little to no value.
It was also very amusing after he set up his paid membership site and then whined like a little baby a day later when only ONE person shelled out the 30 bucks a month that the leech was wanting!
Anonymous,
He certainly has an over-inflated sense of self-worth. I can't imagine his style works at endearing readers. To each his own...
Thanks for stopping by.
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