The Niche Site Tools Podcast

Today’s review suggestion came from a community member, Jake.

He wanted to know if anyone had a chance to check out the Niche Post Conversion Strategies guide from Jennifer, better know as PotPieGirl…

I was not familiar with the guide, but it sounded like something that could benefit the whole community, so I offered to purchase the product for $39 to review.

If you’re curious and in a hurry, my quick impression is yes, this program is well worth the price. Getting to see the actual live case study post is worth the cost alone.

You can grab the program, along with my bonus 3 page quick reference guide here.

Niche Post Conversion Strategies to Increase Sales

The author provides 13, make that 14, strategies to help increase conversions. There were two strategies that were given the same number, so you actually get a bonus strategy.

One of the great parts of the guide is that she shares the actual post that is ranking and bringing in over $600/month. That is worth the cost of the guide right there, because you can see exactly what she is doing and you can replicate those steps in your own niche.

Several steps focus on increasing sales as an Amazon affiliate, but most of the strategies are universal and can benefit anyone.

Here is a screenshot of the results Jennifer achieved following the exact strategies outlined in the guide…

She went from $146.29/mo to $604.47/mo! That is really impressive from one single post.

What Does The Guide Include?

The Niche Post Conversion Strategies guide is a 68 page PDF guide, complete with 14 strategies that you can pick and choose from, to increase sales on your niche websites and posts.

It is a quick read, that you can get through easily in a day or two.

If you purchase the guide through my link, you will also automatically receive my 3 page bonus. That is a quick reference guide that I put together, so that you have a very concise summary of each of the strategies to refer back to.

The cost is just $39, which I think is well worth it. If you follow just 1 or 2 of the strategies, I think you can easily make back that cost very quickly.

Pros and Cons

Pros

* Single One Time Fee of $39, no up-sells or additional purchases needed

* 14 great strategies that you can pick and choose from and implement right away

* Case study live access; You can see first hand the exact post that is currently ranking and bringing in over $600/month

Cons

* There are some edits that could be done to fix some grammar errors in the guide, but it isn’t enough to distract from the overall excellent content

Conclusion

Overall, the guide is excellent and of the 14 strategies, I’d say at least 12 of the strategies were things that I was not currently doing to optimize my sites/posts for conversions.

I’ve already started to modify several of my higher traffic posts on different sites and received one commission in less than 48 hours for $14.50, using just two of the strategies mentioned and it took less than 15 minutes to implement.

I’m looking forward to implementing several more strategies to see the results and I think you will be excited as well.

Grab your Niche Post Conversion guide +Bonus Quick Reference guide

Thanks to Jake for the suggestion and best wishes towards increasi...

Hey everyone, been a while since the last Podcast Episode/post!

I wanted to take some time in this Episode to explain what’s been going on and some of the reasons for the hiatus and let you know I’m thinking about you guys and am thankful you are out there!

I’d also be remiss if I didn’t at least mention all the existing deals I’m aware of, for tools that I utilize and recommend.

Thanks for being out there and hope you have a great upcoming holiday season!

Black Friday Online Specials

GeneratePress Theme – This is the new theme that I use on all of my sites.  It is so easy to use and customize and it is fully mobile responsive.  Grab this 25% off deal while it lasts.

Long Tail Pro – 50% off yearly plays, 30% off monthly plans and my favorite deal is still the $47 discounted one-time fee for up to 10,000 search results with no expiration and access to their Long Tail University training program as well.

GetResponse – My favorite email marketing platform. This is a great opportunity to get up to 40% off for life!  This deal ends as soon as they get 1,000 new customers.

NameCheap – Up to 97% off domain registrations and 27% off domain transfers.  I utilize them for all of my domain registrations and renewals and love the inexpensive costs, free domain privacy and consistent low renewal fees as well.

Amazon Boot Camp – 20-50% off Video training courses for selling on Amazon, through the Amazon FBA program, from Cliff and Jessica Larrew.  You can also try out their free Amazon FBA starter course here.

AppSumo – They always run some great deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.  One everyone looks forward to is the Deposit Photos special.  That is currently live now and for $49 you get 100 image downloads from their millions of high quality, high resolution images.  The image credits never expire.  Just 49 cents per image and you have full commercial use for whatever purpose you’d like.

Web Hosting Hub – The lowest price all year for the web host that I love and have been with since 2011!

Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, I would earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase. Thank you for your support in this way.

In today’s Podcast Episode, I detail the exact process that I’ve utilized for the last 4 years, to record and publish the Niche Site Tools Podcast.

The topic for today’s episode came from long time community member Nick.  Nick was interested in starting his own Podcast and wanted to know specifics like…

Can you host your Podcast episodes on your existing website?

What is the best equipment and software to record the Podcast?

What are the exact steps that I go through to record and publish the Podcast?

I answer all those questions and many more, so be sure to listen in for full details.

If you have any specific questions after listening, don’t hesitate to reach out anytime.

Items Mention on the Podcast

Here is a picture of my exact setup.  Very inexpensive and simple.

Recommended Microphone

Recommended Pop Filter

Audacity – The free software that I utilize to record the Podcast

Auphonic – Website that I utilize to automatically level out the podcast audio, add the intro/outro and publish the episode to Amazon S3. Site is free for up to 2 hours of audio per month.

Powerpress Podcasting Plugin for WordPress

Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase. Thank you for your support in this way.

In today’s Podcast Episode, I provide my best tips and suggestions for how to safely upgrade to a new WordPress theme.

You will also receive a very specific tip that may double your site speed, with just a single click.

Be sure to listen in for full details!

Items Mentioned on the Podcast

GeneratePress – The new theme now running here at NicheSiteTools.com and my primary theme recommendation going forward.

Upcoming WordPress 5.2 Update April 2019 – PHP Minimum Required Version

AmaLinks Pro – Make more money as an Amazon affiliate and create great looking, responsive product comparison tables.  See my full review post here.

Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase. Thank you for your support in this way.

In today’s Podcast Episode, I bring you a deal on an existing tool you guys know and love and also give you some additional details on a new tool to help you bring in more money as an Amazon affiliate.

I also tell you the full story of how after 4+ years, this Podcast was “rejected” by the Apple Podcasts/iTunes and how to avoid this as an existing or potential new Podcaster.

We also talk about the “Joy of Tidying Up” when it comes to your digital footprint and your existing workspace and websites.

Be on the lookout for some upcoming changes to the look and feel of things going forward on the site and please let me know if you notice any issues.

Also, be aware of a new feature in WordPress 5.1 called Site Health, that will prevent you from installing new plugins if your PHP version is older than the version required for the plugin.

Be sure to listen in to the Podcast for full details!

Links Mentioned on the Show

Long Tail Pro $47 – One time fee special plus FREE bonus 7 Day SEO Bootcamp video training course

AmaLinks Pro – Special introductory pricing on the best Amazon affiliate plugin available; Responsive comparison tables feature coming soon and when it does, the price will be increasing for good.  Grab this special deal while it lasts.  I switched over all my sites to AmaLinks Pro. You can check out my full review with live demos here.

In today’s Podcast episode, I reveal a new resource to enrich your mind and contribute to your success.

Be sure to listen in for full details!

Items Mentioned on The Podcast

Recommended Reading List – You can find this new resource here, at the tab on the top of the site labeled “Books” or by just typing the short link http://nichesitetools.com/books

The list is starting out with 4 must read options and I’ll be adding more as time goes on.  If you have any suggestions for possible future consideration, be sure drop me a comment or email and let me know.

New Amazon Affiliate Tool – I’m currently testing a cool new tool to help Amazon affiliates, similar to EazyAzon, but it is much easier to use with lots of great features not available anywhere else.

For example, here is one of my favorite feature so far, the Product Showcase box…

This super simple to use option pulls in all the relevant data from a product listing on Amazon automatically and you have full control over what is shown and how things appear.

You can display all the reviews for the product right there in the post, which is normally not possible due to Amazon terms of service, but because all of this data is pulled directly from Amazon via their API, everything is fully compliant.

Looking forward to bringing you more details on the product soon, but you can also check it out right away by clicking here.  I think you will really like this one!

In this last Podcast Episode of 2018, I breakdown what the WordPress 5.0 update and the new Gutenberg editor mean for you and answer the question, should you upgrade now?

Be sure to listen in for full details and I wanted to take this time to once again say a heartfelt THANK YOU for being a valued member of the Niche Site Tools community throughout this year and I wish you a very Happy, Healthy and Successful 2019!

Reference posts:

Should You Update to WordPress 5.0?

What is Gutenberg?

For this month’s Podcast episode, I wanted to give you some personal thoughts and words of wisdom for not only your online business, but life in general. Please be sure to listen in for full details and thank you for being a valued member of the community!

Check out my Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2018 Deals Post Here

In today’s Podcast Episode, I tell both why and how to get some additional free traffic from Bing and Yahoo.

Why Spend Time to Rank on Bing & Yahoo?

You may not know this, but Bing/Yahoo combined account for 35% of search engine traffic for desktop searches in the US.

That is a pretty big chunk of the overall desktop search volume.  Google is the biggest overall provider with 62%.

Remaining search engines make up the other 2% and that includes sites like Ask.com with 1% and DuckDuckGo with .67%.

What Does the Bing & Yahoo Audience Look Like?

This audience is not the same as the Google audience – they spend more money online and they tend to be a bit older.

According to a recent comScore audience study, Yahoo & Bing Network users skew toward:

College graduates and graduate school students

Mature age group of those 35+

Slightly more women than men

Households with children

Households with incomes more than $75,000

In addition, Bing/Yahoo traffic converts better than Google.

Traffic Conversion Rates

20.2% Yahoo

19.7% Bing

16.5% Google

How to Rank and Get Free Traffic from Bing & Yahoo

I talk in full detail about all of these steps below on the Podcast, but I’ll include a brief snippet of each step here for your reference…

* Check to see if your existing content is indexed – Go to Bing/Yahoo and typing in site:yourwebsite into the search box and hit enter. That will show you what is already indexed.

* Submit your site(s) via Bing Webmaster Tools – Create a free Bing Webmaster tools account, enter your website(s) and submit a sitemap.

* Focus on on-page SEO – Be sure to optimize your article titles, description, H1/H2 tags, meta description, tags and meta keywords (if available) to target relevant keywords in your content.

* Pay attention to bounce rate – Longer form content helps. Be sure to provide relevant results and embedding video and/or audio in your post can help keep people on site longer, decreasing bounce rate.

* Backlinks – For Bing/Yahoo, keyword rich anchor text and links from sites with .edu, .gov and .org have greater value than they do on Google.

* Social signals and social sharing – Sharing of content and links via social media do have a benefit when it comes to Bing/Yahoo.

* Page speed – Page speed is not a ranking factor for Bing/Yahoo.

Conclusion

So as you can see, Bing and Yahoo serve 1/3rd of US desktop search volume, the audience is older, well educated and tends to have good disposable income. Additionally, traffic converts better.

For those reasons, it definitely makes sense to spend at least a little time and effort to gets some free traffic from those sources.

On the plus side, since Yahoo has been powered primarily by Bing for the past several years, the steps mentioned on the Podcast and very briefly here above, will help you rank and bring in traffic from both locations.

Reference: Bing SEO Tips

Links mentioned on the Podcast:

P.S. Be sure to bookmark this page below to grab all your internet and affiliate marketing Black Friday and Cyber Monday special deals for 2018 as soon as they go live…

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Affiliate Marketing Deals 2018

In today’s Podcast episode, we talk about the importance of defining, or re-defining, the reason WHY you want to create a successful online business.

In addition, I give you actionable tips to do this week, that can have a profound effect on not only the success of your online business, but in all aspects of your life.

Be sure to listen in for full details!

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