Please give your opinion of the validity of the free version of WordTracker if you have used it. I recently set up a niche blog about cars and was using that tool to find some keywords to promote and came across the normal ones ranging in the 100 to 600 searches per month range with typically low 5 and 8 competiton to some where in the 60 some. Then suddenly found one with 26,000 searches per month and only “5” competition! Could that be possible? I immediately started humping it and we will see, but something does not seem right about that to me.
Thanks for any ideas.
Rich Hill

that is why I am looking at changing my model to selling an ebook on lawn care because I can write about things that are not found online. Believe it or not, there are a lot of “secrets” that we use to make lawns green that no one has talked about much online. (at least not in a clearly organized fashion in plain English) Folks in my industry like to keep homeowners thinking that lawn care is difficult, when really, it just takes a simple, yet methodical/consistent approach.

so my focus during the winter is to get that set up and rolling so when the spring rush in 2009 hits, I am ready. Hence my other question to you about the $7 script.

In the meantime, I have started some better paying sites in medical niches that seem to be doing better. Just need to get the traffic.
AL

I am playing with FirePow to see if it is worth the money. It takes me a long time (hours) to set up a niche blog the way I like it. FirePow holds the promise of doing it faster. Also, it has a “blog network” that will get you backlinks.

I plan to report on my success with the system here. So, we will see.

To answer your question — most of the 30 blogs that I am doing this month are using my “semi-manual” methods. I will only do a couple in FirePow so I can understand the value and let my readers know.

Thanks,
Mark

Regards,
Mark

btw, are you using Andrew’s Firepow or only his concepts?

Firepow is too expensive for me currently but am quite interested in his concepts. Understand that it’s quite a vertically integrated marketing process from creation to racking in the bucks!

Yoshiko

Gardening is not great in general for CPC, but there are some higher paying niches within gardening.

According to SpyFu:

Gardening Cost/Click: $0.44 – $1.18

You can find some higher stuff:

Garden Gifts: $0.57 – $1.77

Overall, though — not great. Compare that to

Tax Help: $1.15 – $19.11

And you can see what I mean.

Have you experimented with products from Commission Junction and other affiliate offers?

Thanks,
Mark

and, well, uhmm, gardening hopefully pays decent in the long run considering most of my sites are cenetered around it! LOL

@Allyn — Yep. I have a lot of respect for Garry Conn. He helped me out when I was just starting. He is a really great guy and knows his stuff.

Well, the first thing to check is your keywords and your CTR. The major component of smart pricing occurs when you have a low CTR. It costs money for Google to show ads on your site. If they have to show an add 100 times on your site to get a click (1%CTR) then they will pay you less per click than if you get a click for every ad impressions (10% CTR). Make sense? So, if your CTR is low, experiment with ad placements and colors.

Also, your CPC will be based on your keywords. “DWI Attorney” keywords pay a lot more than “gardening”. Check SpyFu.com to see what your keywords are worth.

Hope that helps.

Couldn’t come in at a better time. Positioned just right after 30DC, and coincides with a lot of people looking to get into the niche adsense blogs market.

Can’t harldy wait.