Caroline Middlebrook has written a great little ebook about building niche wordpress blogs. I get probably 5-10 emails per day about how to get started making money online and for the most part I really do not know what to tell people who have never made a website or have any interest in creating a service oriented site. I never really considered myself a “learn how to make money” blog/blogger but I get thrown into that a lot… but I digress…
Caroline’s e-book is completely free and perfect for someone who is not only looking to learn how to make money with niche blogs but also just getting started with blogging in general. It has easy step by step word press walkthroughs and nice pictures. It covers everything from FTP to SEO.
I think the book in itself is a good lesson to people on how to earn money. Caroline has created a great resource/service and has monetized it with a few affiliate links.
Good job Caroline!
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Jeremy Schoemaker – who has written 2415 posts on ShoeMoney.com.
Hi I am Jeremy Schoemaker and ShoeMoney.com is my blog. 99% of the post here are done by me but you will see others occasionally make guest posts. This blog is fun to write but for my day job I run several online companies.
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Another great example of the business model, “make money by giving away free things”.
Just read the ebook. It is pretty good!
wow, she has really stirred up some buzz about this ebook lately. I have seen this popping up on numerous websites…
Good job Caroline!
This is just the thing I need to teach my brother how to make money with affiliate marketing. It’s just easier than teaching
I can send this to him and take it from there. Thanks for the resource!
The book is a great read and really helped me figure out which way to go with some of the ideas I have, I saw it on her website but didn’t click through to read it until I saw you link about it.
She really has it broken down to the littlest detail for some trying to get into the niche sites or just starting a wordpress blog.
time to clear the schedule and try out some new niches
I’ve downloaded and read this eBook and I can say that it is well worth a read. Although it is an awesome resource for someone just getting started out with blogging, even the seasoned veterans might get an idea or two that sparks something that they can then take off and start a new project with. Highly recommended!
great book at a great price
“I never really considered myself a ‘learn how to make money’ blog/blogger but I get thrown into that a lot”
You? Thrown into that group! That’s crazy! Why would anyone get that idea? What kind of crazy drugs must people be on to think insane thoughts like that. You were attacked on this exact point at http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com/?p=170 but you refuse to respond. Why?
We need more books and sites that really go in-depth in terms of how to create a good niche site. I personally have Wordpress and am thrilled with it. I used to have a blogspot platform and I’m glad to have gotten rid of it.
Respond to what? Some dumbass looking for 5 minutes of fame? People come out of the woodwork like this all the time. They have no clue what I do for a living. I am sure that blog is the highlight of his life. I have 5 companies to run and was in san francisco at the crunchies when all this crap was going on.
I, too, had noticed many blogs promoting this eBook so I had to check it out. Very well written in my opinion and I even learned something new (about Fantastico).
I have downloaded a copy of this ebook for my reference. I”m sure it will come in handy in the future both for me, and for some of my readers who ask questions I dont know the answers too. Thanks for the recommendation!
You are correct I am a total dipshit. You see all I can do is talk. I do not actually do anything. I am a typical SEO. I also assume all kinds of stuff about you that is very incorrect.
Thanks for the edit if my comment. Whatever. I guess you too can assume things about me that are all incorrect.
sss dont worry you can prove yourself over time just stay at it and keep up the good work! I couldn’t help myself with the edit =(. I try not to take this blog that seriously. Besides you guys totally comment hijacked off topic!
Thanks for the nice plug Shoe
I say welcome to 2005. If you haven’t jumped on the wordpress/niche/affiliate/blogging thing by now, I won’t say it’s too late but good luck with the competition and getting your domain aged enough for real traffic.
I’m always interested in a free ebook that tells me how to make money. Thanks for the post.
Middlebrook produced an excellent book, accepted feedback, refined it and has published a free tool far more valuable than many ebooks which have a significant price.
I’m fairly new to wordpress.. so this looks like a promisng read for me. Thanks for the link!
Indeed, it’s great to see that people who are adding value to the Web through their free products receiving some well-deserved credit for their efforts.
haha ok. No harm done. Hard to read people online.
I didn’t ask Jack to comment or anything. I just responded to ya.
But I’ll play nice now if you do
Regards,
XMCP
I’m not enamoured by that free ebook.
The very idea of people creating a whole slew of “zero maintenance” sites just to pull in a few bucks here and there smacks of spam to me.
I don’t admire people who just slap up a site to make money and it never gets updated. I consider that spam.
I read the ebook. Most of it is taken up by telling people the raw basics. It’s teaching total know nothings a step-by-step plan on how to set up something worthless.
Big thumbs down to this ebook.
While it’s true this idea isn’t anything new ( and a lot of niches could be saturated), you’d be surprised how many niches are still untapped. I just started making a few hundred bucks a week extra from one blog that is pretty lame looking and I spent maybe a total of 15 minutes on. And of course that is only one blog- or probably about 0.08% of my online efforts..
I have many domains with no “age” at all that rank well in natural search. i have found ( at least for the very targeted niches I hit- I dominate very small niches rather than trying to rank for some huge industry) that it isnt a factor in what I do. I also have a blog ( that isnt about making money and doesnt make money, its just a few guys goofing around) where whenever I make a new post it is pretty much # 1 in google for whatever KWs are in the title. And that blog was started in Oct 07 with no domain, domain added in Nov.07..
There are a LOT of places out there to make money. It is not too late, and anyone who cant isnt looking hard enough or trying.
Caroline is a great writer and we’re thankful that she was introduced to us by Darren
-Mike
Thanks for the ebook review.
how many of them have you actually made money using
I am gonna to buying this ebook. I looked at it quickly and it attract me. Maybe I will learn more about it.
This is a good eBook for people who are new to Wordpress. It tells you exactly how to set up Wordpress, which themes and plugins to use, etc. This is really useful because it is all consolidated into a single place. It should probably be called “How To Setup Wordpress For Dummies” though, because it doesn’t seem to have much about niche sites.
Nice, i’m gonna read it.
It’s a good ebook and covers all the basic steps needed to setup a WP blog, good for newbies.
yeah i like this one … i just downloaded it … and reading through it. Even though i already knew most of it, i like to keep the e-books in my collection.
Making niche sites is one of the best ways to make money on the internet. Whether you are selling a product or building a niche site for adsense, it makes making money a lot easier.
It’s great that she is offering the ebook completely free and helping others. It’s always easier when someone shows you how to do something. As long as you follow their advice, you should be successful. Also, try to see what other successful sites are doing and try to get an idea from them.
Tell me what you think..
Here is my niche site:
http://www.rare-ebooks.info is a shop with a huge selection of cheap and quality eBooks, Scripts, Software and more.
Easily browse through our categories and find great and rare products.
Thanks, Shoemoney! You’re always my Hero!
one thing I’ve learned about ebooks is that they do help get people to subscribe. If you can offer something of value then people will buy into it.
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what happened to this woman? I noticed that all her sites are now gone
well, sometimes it is difficult to earn a good deal of money in a short amount of time;,’
You you could make changes to the blog title Making Money With Niche Wordpress Blogs to something more suited for your webpage you create. I loved the blog post withal.
you got to work hard to earn lots of money because it is not very easy to earn .”:
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