• AI Advances! A Look at August Core Update Data
    Sep 20 2024

    Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast.

    This week Jared and guest host Brooks Conkle take on the latest SEO news and break it down for listeners. They also share the side hustles they've been working on and dissect a few weird niche sites.

    The big news this week, OpenAI’s launch of its most sophisticated AI model

    They share an open letter to Google and talk about the position of small publishers after the updates.

    Takeaways from a study on data from Google’s August core update

    Jared goes first with a tool called URL Opener

    Brooks shares the site The Useless Web

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    1 hr
  • How Mike Heroux's Membership Site Earns +$500k/Year
    Sep 16 2024

    While Mike Heroux worked professionally as a financial planner, he always had a financial blog side hustle.

    It took some time to finally make the decision to go all-in, but he eventually dove headfirst into blogging. In fact, he grew his portfolio to about a dozen sites.

    And then the Panda Update came along. Suffice to say, Mike’s multi-year journey into entrepreneurship has had its ups and downs.

    Today, he runs a membership website—Dividend Stocks Rock—with almost 4,000 members earning over $500k per year. And he grew it without using any SEO. He also built up a newsletter to nearly 25,000 subscribers.

    Mike has a ton of great insight to share in this interview, so get ready to take notes!

    Links & Resources

    • Dividend Stocks Rock
    • Mike’s free dividend stocks guide
    • Mike’s YouTube channel
    • His podcast

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    59 mins
  • Google Offers New Insights in Lengthy Interview?
    Sep 13 2024

    Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast.

    This week Jared and guest host Morgan Overholt take on the latest SEO news and break it down for listeners. They also share the side hustles they've been working on and dissect a few weird niche sites.

    The big news this week, an interview with Google Search Liaison Danny Sullivan

    They talk about an article in Moz claiming that the HCU was not what we thought it was.

    Takeaways from a recent podcast by Lily Ray

    The last news item they cover is Mediavine’s decision to ban publishers who overuse AI content.

    Jared goes first with a DR71 site called Nuclear Secrecy

    Morgan shares the site Lipsum

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • How Adam Rosen Makes 7-figures/Year From Cold Email Outreach
    Sep 10 2024

    When Adam Rosen founded his first tech startup, he learned a lot of important skills before he eventually sold it. One of those skills was using cold email as a sales technique.

    Fast forward to today, Adam has his own cold email outreach agency that sends more than a million emails and schedules over 300 meetings each month for his clients. He’s earning more than $100k a month.

    Adam's able to run his business from anywhere in the world, which has allowed him to live and work in places like Lake Como, Hawaii, Montenegro, and Switzerland.

    Links & Resources

    • EOC Works
    • adam@eocworks.com
    • GPT prompt
    • The Nomad Cloud
    • Domain Health Checker
    • Clay
    • Instantly
    • Apollo.io
    • Adam’s LinkedIn
    • His Instagram

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    44 mins
  • Google RECOVERY! August Core Update Results...
    Sep 6 2024

    This week Spencer and Jared are at it again, breaking down the latest news items in the SEO world, sharing their progress with their side hustles, and analyzing some weird niche sites.

    The big news this week is that the August Google Core Update has finally finished rolling out, after 19 days, and overall it was a pretty impactful update.

    they talk about a site that Google has shown considerable favor to in recent times: Reddit.

    The last news item is again about Google, and how the antitrust trial is targeting its digital ad business.

    In the end, he gave that page away as part of a contest to a new member of his exclusive Niche Pursuits Community, where growing a Facebook page is the main focus for members for the next 6 weeks.

    A recent guest on the Niche Pursuits Podcast.

    He also talks about his side hustle on Medium, also inspired by another podcast guest

    Spencer shares the interesting story of how he came to find Cool Works

    Jared then shares I Got Standards, Bro

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • How Thomas Smith Makes $5k/Month Writing on Medium
    Sep 4 2024

    When Thomas Smith started publishing articles on Medium back in 2019, it was just a side hustle.

    Over the years, however, he’s been able to develop a strategy to succeed on the platform, and today Medium is extremely valuable for him, providing a large part of his monthly income as well as countless business opportunities.

    Although he did peak at $17k in a single month, his recent earnings are in the $2k to $5k neighborhood and has had several 5-figure months.

    Links & Resources

    • Medium
    • His course, Thrive on Medium
    • His photography agency
    • No Frills Influencer
    • His Medium content
    • His other Medium content

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Yelp Sues Google. What This Means for Small Publishers
    Aug 30 2024

    This week Jared and guest host Thomas Smith take on all the latest news on this episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast.

    Yelp is suing Google - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/technology/google-yelp-lawsuit.html

    Yelp's gripe? https://www.searchenginejournal.com/yelp-sues-google-over-local-search-dominance/525687/

    A new Lawsuit - https://searchengineland.com/google-adtech-antitrust-judge-business-practices-446086

    HCU hit sites - https://x.com/glenngabe/status/1828798317960061090

    recipe sites - https://x.com/lilyraynyc/status/1828768199057522967

    Retro Dodo - https://shorturl.at/d4jJ3

    Niche Pursuits Podcast. - https://www.nichepursuits.com/my-local-email-newsletter-makes-over-200k-year-heres-how/

    Sportern - https://www.spotern.com/en

    Backyard Chickens - https://www.backyardchickens.com/

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • I Get Over 1 Million Page Views Per Month from Pinterest
    Aug 28 2024

    Tony Hill is a digital marketer with decades of experience, but when his sites’ traffic started to tank, he rolled up his sleeves and started looking for an alternative traffic source. And he found Pinterest.

    Tony has gone deep into the rabbit hole on Pinterest, studying how it works and poring over its data, to come up with strategies that work.

    Currently, he’s getting a million clicks a month on the platform, and he’s constantly experimenting with new sites and new tactics.

    Tony talks about how he believes Pinterest works, how Pinterest SEO is similar to Google SEO, and how he tailors his content to his Pinterest audience.

    Links & Resources

    • Tony’s previous podcast
    • Theia post slider
    • Tony’s newsletter
    • Tony’s free Pinterest masterclass
    • Tony’s tool, Pin Clicks
    • Pinterest trends

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    1 hr and 3 mins