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It's funny when I think back about some of the dumb stuff I did when starting online. I had a niche site with which I had no idea how to monetize.  I had little traffic and no clue how to get traffic. The site earned nothing. And yet, for…
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One of my biggest problems as a blogger and niche site publisher is I too often needlessly complicate things. I've repeatedly throughout this blog discussed keeping things simple; those are equally good reminders for me. With the launch of…
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I don't publish income earned from Fat Stacks because I don't think it's relevant to the reason behind reporting niche site income.  I report niche site income to demonstrate that niche sites, in niches other than "how to make money…
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I've been blogging and publishing niche sites full time since 2012.  I can't believe it's been 5 years. Since I started, I've blown through 4 laptops which puts me on track for ripping through a laptop about every 1.5 years or so. Laptops…
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Over the past six months I've spent $500 on business directory software, including plugins and a theme. Amazingly, not one plugin could do the job properly for me and while I didn't try all the directory themes, not one offered all the…
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After investing 12 hours monkeying around with question and answer plugins, I came to the realization that no plugin was going to do what I wanted it to do. In fact, if you're adding a Q&A section to your niche site (which can be a…
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I'm willing to bet you've had more ideas for online businesses than you could reasonably do in your lifetime. I know I have. It's a bit annoying, isn't?  All these great ideas, but not enough time and/or money. The allure of a new project…
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I'm not very good at making videos. Sure, I can do the video screen capture videos to demonstrate something.  That's pretty easy.  Nearly impossible to mess that up.  I just need to remember to put a little excitement in my voice and try…
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I cringe to think how many more subscribers I would have had if only I'd implemented this simple email marketing technique years ago. I'm going to preface this article with these results are not from Fat Stacks Blog.  It's from another…
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I can't help myself these days. I'm turning into a tinkerer; the eccentric guy in the lab coming up with hair-brained concept after hair-brained concept. If I were smart, I'd dig in and focus on stuff that's working.  Instead, I've turned…
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"Money for nothin' and chicks for free." Iconic lyrics from Dire Straights. I'll leave the chicks for free bit alone.  Let our "dating" niche colleagues cover it. I'd like to discuss money for nothin' from the internet as best as I…
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"Don't put all your traffic eggs in one basket" "Don't rely on Google for traffic" "Don't count on Facebook for traffic" "You gotta control your traffic source" The more I do this IM gig, the more I realize all of the above is nonsense.…
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