Comments on: Case Study: Building A Niche Mini Site http://amateurassetallocator.com/2009/06/09/niche-mini-site-case-study/ Amateur Asset Allocator Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: John http://amateurassetallocator.com/2009/06/09/niche-mini-site-case-study/comment-page-1/#comment-7183 John Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:25:49 +0000 http://amateurassetallocator.com/?p=1662#comment-7183 Kyle, I was linked to your site today from Lifehacker, and after taking a glance at your blog here, I am very curious to try my hand at earning some money from an online niche site. However, this is completely new to me, and everythnig from creating and hosting the site, to HOW it actually earns money, is all foreign to me, and I wouldn't know where to begin. Is there some sort of baseline reading that I should do? I tried searching online for a basic guide, but everything just linked me to buy-this, or buy-that... Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Kyle,

I was linked to your site today from Lifehacker, and after taking a glance at your blog here, I am very curious to try my hand at earning some money from an online niche site.

However, this is completely new to me, and everythnig from creating and hosting the site, to HOW it actually earns money, is all foreign to me, and I wouldn’t know where to begin.

Is there some sort of baseline reading that I should do? I tried searching online for a basic guide, but everything just linked me to buy-this, or buy-that… Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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]]> By: Kyle http://amateurassetallocator.com/2009/06/09/niche-mini-site-case-study/comment-page-1/#comment-4199 Kyle Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:56:09 +0000 http://amateurassetallocator.com/?p=1662#comment-4199 I currently have 5 sites other than this blog and the one mentioned above. I don't really think it would take much effort to maintain 50 mini sites because they are set-and-forget projects. I haven't so much as logged into most of those 5 sites in probably 6 months. If I had to guess, I'd say I've spent maybe 10 hours working on them total over the last year, which is barely any time at all. And most of that came from rearranging adsense, something I wouldn't have to regularly do. Assuming 50 sites would require 10 times as much work as 5 (which I'm not sure it would), that's only 100 hours of work per year, or less than 20 minutes per day. In terms of hourly wages, you should easily break $100 per hour and probably more. Certainly running more than 2 or 3 blogs at a time is undoable for most people, since blogs require regular updating. However, they also have much greater profit potential. To me, it makes sense to mix the two strategies. I have two blogs I focus on (well, really one...the Spanish blog is whenever I have free time) and 5 sites I never touch but that still earn an income, even if it's a small one. If I could have 20-30 sites generate $1,000 per month without much extra work on my part while I build up these blogs, that would be perfect. The work sucks while you're doing it, but 12 months after you're done you'll be glad you went to all the extra effort when the checks start rolling in. I currently have 5 sites other than this blog and the one mentioned above. I don’t really think it would take much effort to maintain 50 mini sites because they are set-and-forget projects. I haven’t so much as logged into most of those 5 sites in probably 6 months. If I had to guess, I’d say I’ve spent maybe 10 hours working on them total over the last year, which is barely any time at all. And most of that came from rearranging adsense, something I wouldn’t have to regularly do. Assuming 50 sites would require 10 times as much work as 5 (which I’m not sure it would), that’s only 100 hours of work per year, or less than 20 minutes per day. In terms of hourly wages, you should easily break $100 per hour and probably more.

Certainly running more than 2 or 3 blogs at a time is undoable for most people, since blogs require regular updating. However, they also have much greater profit potential. To me, it makes sense to mix the two strategies. I have two blogs I focus on (well, really one…the Spanish blog is whenever I have free time) and 5 sites I never touch but that still earn an income, even if it’s a small one. If I could have 20-30 sites generate $1,000 per month without much extra work on my part while I build up these blogs, that would be perfect. The work sucks while you’re doing it, but 12 months after you’re done you’ll be glad you went to all the extra effort when the checks start rolling in.

]]> By: Blogging Banks http://amateurassetallocator.com/2009/06/09/niche-mini-site-case-study/comment-page-1/#comment-4195 Blogging Banks Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:09:16 +0000 http://amateurassetallocator.com/?p=1662#comment-4195 Kyle, How many sites do you currently have asides from this one and the spanish one? Wouldn't it take too much time and effort to maintain 50 sites? Wouldn't it be easier to just focus on one or two sites and really build them up? I have 3 sites, but one of them generates about 80%-90-% of my revenues, while the rest pretty much suck, no matter how much time and effort i put into them.. Kyle,

How many sites do you currently have asides from this one and the spanish one?
Wouldn’t it take too much time and effort to maintain 50 sites? Wouldn’t it be easier to just focus on one or two sites and really build them up?
I have 3 sites, but one of them generates about 80%-90-% of my revenues, while the rest pretty much suck, no matter how much time and effort i put into them..

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