Blogger Trying to Make My Way in the MMO World

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Hi everyone,

I am a three year veteran full time blogger, but I have always worked for others. I am now looking to try to get my own properties into a money making level that I can go part time or no time with other people's projects.

I've been reading this forum like mad, buying up a few services, and trying to really learn how you all do what you do, but I am still finding that most of you keep your tactics closely guarded.

I am currently blogging primarily on xfep.com where I talk about my career and the things I learn, as I learn them. The site is making me around $500/m right now, which, unless traffic continues to pick up is about as high as I think I can get it.

I am looking now to start some niche sites, or try to key in on some demographics that I can convert into affiliate offers, high paying CPC, or building brands that I can use to do direct ad sales.

Is there anyone on this forum that would like an apprentice, someone that will do some of the heavy lifting on some projects in return for learning some useful and profitable tactics?

The main issue, and why I am not just trying to test the waters randomly with some basic information in hand, is that I don't want to waste a ton of money in the school of hard knocks. I'd rather get detailed information right from a professional.

If you have any useful advice for me, or you've been looking for someone that has some skills in networking, community building, and blogging. Please let me know. I am very anxious to learn, and am, hopefully, not as n00bish as some around here.
 


it's funny because im also looking for that kind of opportunity but a piece of advise. it's better to work alone without minding what you're client's been thinking, you will grow more and earn more
 
I am new to the game myself and the best advice i could give you based on what I have learned is this

1. Open Word or something similar.
2. Goto Blue Hat SEO-Advanced SEO Tactics
3. Copy and paste every single article into the word document.
4. Read it front to back and back to front.
4.1 Come onto the forums and read all the stickies.
4.2 Read all the blogs you can on the subject.
4.3 Post any questions you have in the newb section.
4.4 Make sure you understand what you need to achieve before proceeding.
5. Choose a niche and research keywords (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal)
6. Buy 5-10 domains in your niche (.coms only)
7. Get a host and set up the sites.
8. Get Content (how is up to you), use flickr and youtube for media.
9. Interlink the sites and set up a backlinking campaign.
10. Add ads or AM material to the page.
11. Don't wait for profit.
12. Re Read everything from the word doc you have.
13. Realise what you didn't understand
14. Goto 5 and start new round of sites.

Also, it helps if you can program or afford a programmer because you need to scale and automate everything.

right now. I am at step 6, but along with my business partner over the past 2 weeks we built all our scrappers, parsers, generators and management systems etc required to effectively control our projects so we can scale very quickly. Basically the more sites you have the more earning potential available.
 
ikonic said:
I am new to the game myself and the best advice i could give you based on what I have learned is this

1. Open Word or something similar.
2. Goto Blue Hat SEO-Advanced SEO Tactics
3. Copy and paste every single article into the word document.
4. Read it front to back and back to front.
4.1 Come onto the forums and read all the stickies.
4.2 Read all the blogs you can on the subject.
4.3 Post any questions you have in the newb section.
4.4 Make sure you understand what you need to achieve before proceeding.
5. Choose a niche and research keywords (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal)
6. Buy 5-10 domains in your niche (.coms only)
7. Get a host and set up the sites.
8. Get Content (how is up to you), use flickr and youtube for media.
9. Interlink the sites and set up a backlinking campaign.
10. Add ads or AM material to the page.
11. Don't wait for profit.
12. Re Read everything from the word doc you have.
13. Realise what you didn't understand
14. Goto 5 and start new round of sites.

Also, it helps if you can program or afford a programmer because you need to scale and automate everything.

right now. I am at step 6, but along with my business partner over the past 2 weeks we built all our scrappers, parsers, generators and management systems etc required to effectively control our projects so we can scale very quickly. Basically the more sites you have the more earning potential available.
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You forgot to say post boobs ...
 
Seriously the school of hard knocks is how you learn. Trial and Error is how you learn. you can read all the blogs in the world. Get all the advice in the world but the true learning come from the struggle.

The journey is what is truly all about. If you're given the answer you're being cheated of lots of learning opportunities. I know this sounds lame especially when you're starting out but it's the gods honest truth.

Take for example something as simple as you want to learn how to do a redirect. Well if I just post the code here you lose an opportunity to do research and learn 4-5 other things while you're finding how to do the redirect. Maybe you'll learn a little about header tags and what they are as you find meta refresh information. Or possibly would learn a little about php while you're reading about the header() function.

My point is this don't cheat yourself. If you've truly put in the time to learn a specific thing then ask. But if you haven't put in the time. It only gets harder from here and the better you get and learning the better you'll become.

Set aside a certain amount of money and be prepared to throw that away and totally lose it but consider it your "education". Think of how much people pay to go to college for an education to only get out and make 40-50k/year in some job they could have gotten before they went to school. Invest a small fraction of what it would cost to go to school, invest the 4 years of hard work and focus you'd put in school and I'd bet you could make a million a year.

Just my 2 cents.

Success,
Smaxor
 
smaxor - You got me there. I have to admit, over the last year of running Xfep.com and getting it from $0/m to over $500/m, I've learned a hell of a lot... I appreciate the candor, and I hope that I can learn some of this stuff without using up too much money (wife would kill me).

The real question I guess for me is how to minimize waste and mistakes. I know PHP, I am a fairly decent writer, and I have a fair bit of experience in CPM and direct advertising sales.

Would I be able to get to the $100/day mark using the skills I have today with some guess and test? I am not yet sure. Reading WF, I am definitely inspired.

I appreciate all the responses and thanks again.
 
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