I learn blogging only after realizing that people can make money faster if they use blog as their platform. The problem was actually I didn’t like writing much so during my initial days with WordPress I purchased some domains in November 2008 and powered them with a plugin that feeds my blogs automatically with free content from other sources such as YahooAnswers and other that I can’t remember.
People normally use this plugin to feed blogs which are not designed to be crawled by search engines but mostly to send links to their real money sites. Some may use this tactic to fool the search engines by manipulating their ‘loopholes’ (if any …). This tactic was said to work with MSN only and some people could rank quite well on the first page of MSN for very competitive keywords, however I didn’t have that privilege so far, maybe because as a newbie I picked up the wrong keywords. Now that MSN has launched Bing as their latest search engine interface I’m not sure if this method will still work, only time will prove it.
I finally realized that I could not expect much from my so called crappy blogs and decided to purchase an e-book from a blogging guru. He also offered me to watch him building a blog from scratch (you know what they called this, right? The famous ‘back end product’ ….). I agreed and received my first month video packages, however the second month packages never arrived and instead he tried to sell another product to me which I didn’t need at all. He forgot that I bought his product to learn how to build a niche blog, not to receive another e-mail promotion that had nothing to do with his own product. Enough said I was really disappointed and shouted to Clickbank to cancel my subscription and tried to get my refund for the second month but failed. Now does this story remind you of some famous gurus out there that keep on bombarding promo e-mails to your mail inbox every single day, even after you purchased their own products? Such a pathetic marketing style but obviously works well because almost everybody do the same thing.
In March 2009 I landed on the Niche Blogger site by mistake after making some attempts to find a good niche blogging e-book. The owner, Amy Bass, never called herself a guru but I decided to give her a try anyway because she gave me a three-day trial to read and even to download the materials for the first month. I downloaded and copied everything and purchased a new domain. After three days I paid my first month subscription fee because her methods were simply easier to follow. I already have 2 blogs running and the blog you are reading now is my third blog, all of them were built based on Amy’s blogging methods.
BTW I never received any other promotion from Amy. She didn’t misuse her list to get her student distracted. Such a pity some internet gurus don’t have this mentality …..
OK folks, in the next post I will write about my first two niche blogs. See ya later!
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Hi Rudiawan,
David here, a fellow student on the Alex Jeffreys program!
This must be my third attempt to run a personal blog with a real purpose so I understand your struggle. However, you have done a great job so far and I am looking forward to more of your blog posts!
Keep in touch.
David
Hi Bro,
thanks for visiting my blog! You have a cool blog! It’s always good to learn something new from people like you.
Cheers,
Rudi