Bill McRea

Building and flipping blogs is a nice way to make some extra cash. There is an online marketplace purely dedicated to those who are selling and buying websites and blogs called flippa.com. If you are interested in learning how to flip a blog, you will definitely want to visit flippa.com and spend some time on the site. Look at the websites that have sold recently to give you an idea of what is selling and for what prices.

Here are seven tips that can help make your experience on Flippa more successful:

1.  Before you list your blog for sale take some time and do a little clean up. Make sure that there are no broken links that yield 404 errors, add a nice supply of fresh content, and get some new, topical inbound links.

2.  There is a difference between simply listing a site for sale and selling it. Use everything at your disposal to sell the website and make it stand out from the noisy crowd on this busy auction site. Take the time to come up with compelling headlines and draw attention to your site’s powerful selling points.

3.  Write a clear, concise description of the site that is thorough and covers all of the blog’s unique features. Give an honest explanation of why you are selling the site.

4.  If you offer a BIN (buy it now) price, throw in some incentives to get buyers to act now. Offer bonuses such as free hosting, free content, 30 days of support, or whatever you think your buyers might find valuable.

5.  Be available to answer any questions potential buyers might have promptly.

6.  Be transparent. Post a link to your Twitter or Facebook page so that buyers can see that you are a real person.

7.  Install Google analytics so that you can show the blog’s traffic statistics to interested buyers. This is key, because buyers want to know all about where your traffic is coming from and how much you are currently attracting and by what methods.

Whether you are building blogs yourself to flip, or buying blogs, ‘renovating’ them and re-selling them, flippa.com is your ideal marketplace. You can do a lot of research here to find out what the hot selling properties are, what kinds of features buyers are looking for, and what kinds of enhancements you can add to make your blogs sell that much more quickly.

The cool thing about websites and blogs is that it’s easy to look at a blog that sold for a certain amount of money and get ideas for how you can take a blog in a similar topic and almost duplicate it. It’s basically a matter of reverse-engineering a successful blog and closely duplicating that while adding in your own unique flair and distinguishing features that will make yours stand out among the other sites for sale in the same category.

Follow these tips when you are preparing to flip a blog on flippa.com and maybe you will generate even greater profits.

For even more tips and resources about blog flipping, visit, http://www.nicheprofitblogs.com, where you will discover how you can make some extra cash with niche blogging today.

Successful AdSense publishers know that keyword research is the foundation of building the most lucrative AdSense niche content sites. The right keywords will influence the volume of traffic that your site receives, as well as the value of the ads that Google serves up on your site. In this article, I want to share a few tips to help you make the most of your absence income by investing some time in keyword research.

1.  Use the right keyword research tools

There are many keyword research tools available online that can help you to select the best keywords for your AdSense website. I am only going to talk about keyword tools that I have actually used for my research.

The Google keyword research tool

This is a free tool that is absolutely indispensable. You can get lots of good profitable keywords from using just this tool combined with a bit of knowledge and skill. If you cannot afford to buy any of the premium keyword research tools, the Google keyword research tool will do just fine.

Micro Niche Finder

This is a premium or paid keyword research tool, and I use this tool almost every day for keyword research. It has some advanced features that are not available on the Google keyword research tool and I like the fact that it saves your searches.

2.  Create a list of primary and secondary keywords

After you have done your preliminary keyword research and you have come up with a nice list of keywords you want to then delve a bit deeper to figure out which will be the primary keywords that you will try to rank for and what will be the secondary keywords that will support the primary keywords. Using the above mentioned keyword research tools find the keywords that you will focus your content creation around.

To select your primary keywords do a search using a keyword tool to find three or four keywords that get at least 3000 searches per month. But do not have more than 25,000 competing pages in Google.

3.  Benefit from the research your competitors have already done

This tip might be a little ‘black hat’ or just a little sneaky, but it’s a great way to find out what keywords your competitors who are already at the top of the search results that you want to rank for are using. Take your primary keywords that you have chosen and type them into Google and pick the top two or three websites to investigate. Click on, ‘View,’ and then in the dropdown menu, click on ‘Source,’ and scan the site’s code until you see the keywords in the meta-tags.  Copy and paste the keyword list into a notepad document and analyze them.

These are just three tips that you can try to see if they help to refine your process for choosing the keywords that you will focus on for your ad sense content sites. Keyword research is not something that you do once and keep rolling. You must keep up with changes in your industry, and changes in customer behavior, seasons of the year, product life cycles and lots of other variables.

If you’d like to know more about how to boost your ad sense income, then you’ll want to visit http://www.mcreasite.com/blog, where you will learn all about how to make money online with ad sense and lots of other Internet Marketing tips and strategies.

Choosing the right WordPress theme for your AdSense blog can have a huge impact on CTR, (click through rate) and profitability. The first thing to keep in mind when you are choosing an AdSense ready WordPress theme is that they tend to be ugly. There’s no getting around the fact that in order to achieve a good CTR, the themes are pared down to just the essential elements. You don’t want beautiful, sexy graphics to pull the visitor’s eyes and interest away from the content and subsequently, the ads.

Keep in mind that no one is searching for your niche blog hoping to find some really cool AdSense ads to click on. Let’s be real. What your visitor is searching for and what your blog better supply to them is valuable content that offers them valuable information and content that will keep their eyeballs on your site. But this article is about choosing a WordPress theme for your niche AdSense blogs so let’s take a look as some of the features you want that will make setup fast and easy so that you can move on to the next one and make more money.

Separate Ad Blocks

A theme must make is simple to insert AdSense (or any other ad) code.

Compatible with the most current versions of WordPress

A theme will do you no good if it’s not compatible with the most current version of WordPress. 

Search Engine Optimized

Your theme should do the heavy lifting as far as SEO goes. Make sure that your theme is SEO friendly.

Other important features include: Widget friendly, compatible with several browsers, and fast loading.

Customizable

Another factor to consider when you are choosing an AdSense theme is its customizability. Can you tweak and adjust the theme to your liking? Can you change the color and swap out the header image to match the theme of your niche?

Support

Your theme is not something you give much thought to once its set up and working. But if you are having a problem, your blog is not functional until you can get them theme fixed. So, be sure to choose a theme that has dependable support available where you can ask questions and get a decent response from someone with the knowledge and skill to help you resolve your issue.

A quick search will yield lots of AdSense ready WordPress themes for you to choose from. Just make sure that it satisfies the basic criterion listed above and you should have no worries.

Creating a network of niche content blogs and monetizing them with AdSense is a quick, easy way to get started making money online. Your CTR will vary depending on your niche and the actual keywords that you are targeting with your blog, but starting with an AdSense focused WordPress theme along with some good content can help to achieve the best CTR possible.

There is so much to learn when it comes to making money with Adsense and WordPress blogs. To find out more, visit, http://www.mcreasite.com/blog, where you will discover how easy it is to get started niche profit blogging today.

adsense publishers know the importance of figuring out which of their ads are being clicked on the most often, and which locations on their blog seem to attract more clicks than others in order to optimize their earnings. Did you know that there is a way that you can easily track AdSense clicks for free using Google Analytics? Let’s take a look at how easy it is to set this up so that you can use the information that you gather to boost your AdSense earnings.

Before we delve into this topic I will tell you that this will be just a basic overview. For precise, step-by-step tutorials, visit the Google AdSense Support page and consult the ‘AdSense Help’ articles.

To implement this strategy you will need to have a Google Analytics account, a Google AdSense account, and the Google Analytics WordPress plugin installed on your blog.  The two accounts must already be set up using the same login and password because you will be linking the two accounts. You must also have administrator privileges on the Google Analytics account.

Log in to your AdSense account. In the new interface you will see the link to integrate your AdSense account with Google Analytics on the Home or Overview screen. Clicking on that link will bring you to the Google Analytics site and show you a demo video that will walk you through linking AdSense and Analytics.

Once you have linked up your AdSense and Analytics accounts, go to the configuration page for the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin and select ‘Track AdSense.’ Click ‘Update Google Analytics Settings’, and then log in to your Google Analytics account and create a new goal that will track your conversion rates. Select your blog’s profile and then click ‘Edit’

Click on ‘Goals’ in the left navigation panel, and then click “Add Goal.” Let’s call this new goal, “AdSense,”

Select “On” under “Active Goal”

Choose the Goal position

Under “Goal Type” select “URL Destination”

Choose the Match type

In the “Goal URL” field, type: “/outbound/adsense”

You can assign a goal value if you like. This is optional

Click, “Save Goal.”

And that is how you link up your AdSense and your Google Analytics accounts so that you can use this information to improve your AdSense results.

It can take about 24 hours or so before you start seeing data in you Google Analytics account if you just set it up today. Once it is active you will be able to see which keywords bring you the most clicks, which will reveal which keywords you should be focusing your attention on, and which pages and ad blocks on specific pages have the best response rates.

Testing and tracking is the best way to improve your AdSense revenue conversions. Taking the time to test and track means more money from the same amount of effort because your ads placements are generating a greater return. What’s not to like about that?

When you are ready to learn more about how to make money online with Google Adsense, you will want to check out, http://www.mcreasite.com/blog, where you will find lots of tips and strategies for building a profitable blog.

In part I of this series we covered finding your perfect niche, the importance of keyword research, and some tips for purchasing a domain name.

Now let’s launch right into the rest of the details about how you can get started with niche profit blogging today.

Choose a blogging platform

I will reveal my bias up front when I tell you that WordPress is, hands down, the best blogging platform for your niche profit blog. It is free, and there are tons of free resource available such as various plugins, and themes. There are also some premium themes and plugins available that will help make your life as a niche blogger much easier. There is also a ton of free support available on the WordPress forums.

Purchase web hosting for your blog

Your blog will need a home on the web, so choose a web hosting company to host your blog that allows you to host unlimited domains, has dependable support and is affordable for you. Check the forums for reviews and get recommendations from other online marketers you know for a good hosting company. Most of the time they will be invisible to you, but if you run into trouble you want to make sure that they have a responsive support staff in place to solve your challenges quickly.

Be sure to choose a web host that offers cPanel, because you will need to have access to a script installer called, Fantastico DeLuxe, which will allow you to install WordPress with just one click.

Setting up your niche profit blog

Once you have your hosting account set up, and you installed your wordpress blog, your next step will be to select a theme. For a niche profit blog, you want an understated theme that will not distract from your offers. You can do a quick search to find the most popular WordPress themes for niche blogging. Some will be free and some will be paid, but keep in mind that you are investing in the future profitability of your blog.

The final steps in getting your blog set up is to add the content, and the codes for the various monetization schemes available. There are lots of programs available that will teach you the ins and outs of using programs such as Google’s adsense to monetize your blog’s traffic. You will also be adding the banner codes for the affiliate programs that you will be promoting on your blog.

Now let’s do it all again!

The profit potential with niche blogging comes with scale. You will build out a network of tightly focused blogs that are each generating revenue on their own. Once you get your first blog set up you will be able to repeat the process over and over. As you become more skilled at the process you will begin to explore ways to streamline your efforts such as auto-blogging, and setting up link wheels to help improve your SEO and send targeted traffic to your blog.

When you are ready to take your niche profit blogging to the next level, visit, http://www.nicheprofitblogs.com, where you will discover all of the tips and strategies for becoming a well-paid pro blogger.