Realizing that your niche site/blog is gaining momentum and has real potential is extremely exciting.  Getting to that point is not easy and usually takes a while, but once you get there, your brain will start spinning with ideas and…

One fun way to discover ways to make money as an affiliate is to observe your own search patterns, especially when researching and buying products online. If it's a decently sized purchase, you probably conduct a number of searches from…

I remember looking for filtered search solutions for niche sites many years ago.  The best I could come up with back then was hacking up a few real estate WordPress themes.  Obviously not idea. Fortunately, WordPress plugins have come a…

Whenever possible, I set out to optimize as many pages as possible for search engines.  I'm obviously not alone. About a week ago after deciding I needed to a coupon/discount section in one of my niche sites, I settled on WP Coupons Plugin …

During my recent push to dramatically increase affiliate commissions, I discovered by looking over quite a bit of commission reports that a "discount" page I set up on one niche site was generating some decent commissions consistently.  It…

When it comes to squeezing out a few extra dollars per 1,000 visitors, incremental revenue is where it's at, whether it's increasing affiliate revenue with existing traffic or incorporating some ad measures that notch up your ad revenue.…

There are two things I'm constantly doing with my niche sites in addition to publishing plenty of content.  They are: Working on increasing revenue per 1,000 visitors; and Increasing trafic. Success with either of those efforts will…

This Kinsta review might come off like I'm part owner of the company, but I'm not.  I'm effusive with praise and only praise. Let me put it this way. I'm so happy I found Kinsta. It's the best hosting service I've ever used (and I've used…

Recently an email reader interested in my coaching asked via email whether my niche site success was a stroke of luck or whether it was a result of careful planning that can be taught and replicated? This is a great question. Unfortunately…

This is one of the most important posts I've published on this website.  The reason it's so important is it sets out how to ramp up website content production from a solo writer to building a team without losing money. One of the most…

Over the years I've tried many ad optimization services and networks. Some are good, some terrible, some just okay. While not all want to get you signed to an exclusive contract, some will broach the subject.  Some may even urge you to…

My biggest niche site has 40,000 plus images.  Many posts have 30 plus images.  I spend a great deal of time managing photos. While the built-in WordPress gallery feature is easy-to-use and loads very quickly in a post, two problems it has…