Time for the traffic and revenue report! During 2019 I published these reports on a quarterly basis. This year, I’m going to increase the frequency to once every month. It just feels like things are getting more interesting (finally!) and…
Hey, it’s 2020! With 2019 over, it’s time for one last quarterly revenue and traffic report for my sites. It’s going to be the last one because moving forward, I plan on publishing these every month. Consider it my New…
At least one reader noticed that I hadn’t published the Web Notes for November (thanks for letting me know that you were reading them, April!), so I decided to go ahead and actually write and publish a report for December.…
I outsource most of the content for my blogs. When creating the briefs, the first thing that I mention is the number of words I need from the post. This is usually a range, such as 1000-1200 words, or 2500-3000…
We’re a week into November and I’m only now publishing the web notes roundup for October. I actually had a Chrome window with various interesting blog posts that I had marked for reading, all sitting here waiting for this but…
One of the most frequent questions from people who begin their journey in web publishing is whether or not they’re going to make it. Will they ever be able to make a living from blogging? Sometimes they’ve been working on…
Woohoo! We are now officially in Q4 – typically the quarter with the highest CPM rates so an exciting time in the year for web publishers. This also means the third quarter of the year is over and it’s time…
Time to review some of my favorite blog posts for the past month. I started this series of posts in January as a “New Year’s Commitment” sort of project. Truth be told, I have been super busy during September, as…
Imagine doing some routine work on your blog and suddenly realizing there’s something which should not be there. A chunk of spammy text with outgoing links to spammy sites. Ouch, right? This is what happened to me today. Fortunately, I…
Time for this month’s round-up of interesting posts about web publishing. The included posts are the ones that are most relevant to me and my business strategy. These are actually my “notes” which I keep for my own learning needs. …
I currently work with almost 20 freelance writers, producing about 100 posts per months across my content sites. I’ve already shared my workflow here, including how I get the kind of content I need for my sites. In this post,…
Many web publishers seem to be shying away from the notorious YMYL niches. But should we? Or maybe the potential is still there – even more than before, now that more people stay away from those niches? Let’s talk about…
August is finally upon us, and along with checking the final stats across my sites, I also went over my RSS reader’s feed to see what’s been published lately. And I’m carrying on with my commitment to posting about it.…
Just over a year ago, I launched a content sites project with a portfolio of six blogs in various niches. In 2019, I am documenting my progress in quarterly reports published in this blog. The Q1 report, with some additional…
Even though I’m super busy these days, growing and managing my content sites, I want to make sure I stay up to date on industry trends. One of the best ways to do that is to follow my favorite web…
A few days ago, I was approached by someone who wants to get into the web publishing business. His idea was to invest money into content and instantly create two websites, each one with 30 posts. He was hoping that…
Yes, I know, I’m posting the report for the first quarter of the year almost six weeks behind schedule. But I do have a good excuse! I published my previous post from the airport, on my way to a relaxing…
I’m not really celebrating April’s Fool Day, I’m afraid. This is just a very plain round up of some of the more interesting posts I’ve read this month. Just quick “executive notes” along with my own take on these. I…
Thinking of launching a new niche site? Wondering if your topic of choice is too narrow, or perhaps you’re casting your net too wide? The way I see it, in order to choose the right size of niche you need…
Can’t believe it’s March already! Throughout February, I’ve been taking notes of interesting posts in industry blogs that I follow. Time to share seven of these posts here today – along with my notes. 1. Here’s What We Learned From…
Having decided to audit one of my sites for internal linking patterns, I decided to give two different tools a test – Screaming Frog‘s free software (downloadable and free) The Site Audit tool by Ahrefs (online and paid). What I…
One of my resolutions for 2019 is to try and read more blogs about web publishing. Yes, it’s time-consuming but it’s the only way to keep evolving and improving – by learning from the experience of others. I found myself…
April 2020 update: Over the past couple of years, I’ve been using Ezoic for several of my sites. The post has been updated to reflect my views so far in 2020. If you’re looking to monetize your traffic, you’re probably…
If you’re a blogger, you probably know how to write great blog posts in your niche. But how can you teach others to do that for you? How can you outsource posts and still get quality content for your blog?…
I currently own six sites, five of them are niche blogs. And as I mentioned in the post about my plans for 2019, a sixth niche site is in the works. 2018 was a year in which I scaled up…
2018 was a great year for my online publishing business. There’s so much that I’ve learned and applied, that I decided to come back to this blog and add a proper 2018 In Review post. This post has two parts.…
