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Show Notes:

DISCLAIMER
I’m not claiming that the 6 things I’ll discuss nobody else does.
My point is what I do is not discussed much in blogging circles.
Plus, when you combine all the 6 together, it creates a unique approach

1. Unique Pinterest Strategy

• I used to do what other bloggers suggested when it came to Pinterest.
• I got nowhere.
• In 2020 I decided to take matters into my own hands and come up with my own strategy that works with the new Pinterest algo.
• It worked.  I went from 74K Pinterest visitors per month to 300,000 in a couple months.  It’s still growing.
• Never have I grown free traffic so fast.

2. Go for keywords other sites won’t touch

• Low search volume
• Low or no ROI (on the face of it)
• Avoid going toe-to-toe

How do I find low competition keywords?

• I use 11 methods.
• I show you every method in the Fat Stacks Long Tail Deep Dive course.
• Go to fatstacksblog.com/courses-training

3. Ditched Affiliate Marketing

• Okay, I still do it, but it’s gravy (not my focus)
• Most bloggers only talk about affiliate marketing because their only site is a site about “how to blog” which is ideal for affiliate marketing.  They don’t own other sites so they don’t know anything about display ads.
• That created an opportunity for niche sites AND Fat Stacks

4. Ditch the list

• Everyone says build an email list.
• I did for 2 niche sites.
• I say ditch the lists unless you can print money from them.
• Making money from lists in many niches is not easy and it sure ain’t plentiful.
• Is your time better spent doing other things?

5. No link building

• As more and more Google updates crash sites, the more I’m thrilled I don’t build links… including guest posts.
• Guest posts for the most part are lousy link building practices.
• Short term gain for long term pain.
• That’s my 2 cents’ worth. 
• I prefer publishing content that attracts links au natural.

6. Finance an op-ed

• I pay a writer very good rates to pen an op-ed column in a niche where op-ed columns don’t exist.
• It’s snarky, funny, informative. 
• Visitors like it.
• It elevates the site.
• Yes, it can be done in any niche.

What’s the one thing that makes the biggest difference?

• That’s easy.  Long tail, low competition keywords.  
• Why?
• That strategy drives over 1 million monthly visitors from Google search.
• That cannot be beat!!!
• Learn more at fatstacksblog.com/courses-training

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