Some days ago I reported about a nice niche blog business model that I’m currently about to implement on one of my niche sites. Now, 6 days after that, I’m almost done with creating my first auto-blog, or let’s say “news” website. I took me quite some time to fiddle around with all the different plugins, themes and other stuff that’s necessary to create such a site. But now I think the most difficult part is done and I’m ready to add some monetization to my site.

Ok, now I will reveal my dirty little secret and tell you the name of my niche news site (that’s something I don’t do quite often). The site is called Water-Fuel-Guide.com and it deals about water powered cars, alternative energy, gas saving devices and such stuff. Hey, it’s a niche I researched with my keyword tools and found it to be profitable, that’s all what really counts

All in all it took me a total of around 10 hours to create that site. It could be done much faster (let’s say one hour), but since it was the first site I established based on this method, I had to put more time into it.

The blog is already filled with nearly 100 posts, with most of them coming from Google News feeds that get pulled in automatically several times each day. I’ve also added some articles from EZA and I’m planning to add even more.  It’s also worth to mention that I’ll always link back to the original posts and articles that get published on my blog (I will also pass full link juice to my sources). I’ll also only show excerpts from the RSS content, since I won’t behave like a spammer that blatantly steals other people’s content. Everything I do is syndicating the content from those feeds and provide my readers with a source of fresh information on the choosen niche.

Right now I’ve hired a designer who will create a header for my website. He charges only $7 per job and his portfolio looks promising. He should be ready with the header within the next 2 days. I’ll probably also use some submission service to get some valuable directory backlinks. There are people on the DP forum offering 100 submissions for $5, quite affordable too!

The next step is to add some more monetization streams. I already implemented SpeedyAds and 4 advertising spots where I link to some Clickbank products. But the main goal will be to sell text links with this blog, for these two main reasons. First, the blog will have a huge amount of posts where I’ll be able to place some ad spots. Second, due to the huge number of posts and the pinging that’s done each time a new post is (auto)published, the blog will receive PageRank and hopefully high Alexa ratings. A higher PageRank means more earnings from selling links!

The ultimate goal I have with this blog is selling it once I build up a visitor and revenue stream. Since website prices are usually based on 6 to 12 times the monthly revenue, even a monthly revenue of only $100 would give me the chance to sell this blog for at least 600 bucks! This wouldn’T be all too bad for around 10 hours work, or am I wrong?

Ok, back to work now. More reports on my progress will follow soon!

See you,
Querblogger

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