September 2012 • The Dumb Passive Income Blog

Passive Income with Amazon Associates

October 6, 2016September 24, 2012 by Matthew Allen

As a consumer, I love Amazon.com for buying books and other purchases. As an online marketer, I love using their affiliate program – called Amazon Associates – for earning passive income through commissions when others purchase products. Amazon has been a trusted online retailer just about since the dawn of the internet. They went online in the mid 90’s, mostly selling books. They’ve now become a world-leading and innovative drop-shipping site – meaning Amazon doesn’t have a massive warehouse that stores all of these products. Rather, they allow buyers to browse and buy directly from their site and then products are shipped from manufacturers or other retailers.

If people were leery to allow companies to store their credit card information during the early days of the internet, that certainly isn’t the case anymore. I heard a statistic (although I can’t find proof) that Amazon has over 300 million credit card numbers on file!

My Content Strategy For Niche Sites

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012 by Matthew Allen

If you’ve been following along in this Niche Site (the Dumb Way) Follow-Along, you know that I am not using any paid tools, themes or plug-ins and that I am doing all of the work myself. This includes writing the content. This is by far the most time consuming part of building a niche site and one of the things I look forward to outsourcing in the future. For now though, until I get this business rolling and profitable, I will continue to keep doing things the “dumb” way. By doing this, the only thing I stand to lose is some of my time. I am risking very little money (hosting costs) to see if I can make this niche site thing work.

How To Find What To Write About

By this point, I already have my main keyword I am targeting – getting rid of fleas. How to get rid of fleas is a close second, but I am sticking with the former and using the latter as secondary in most of the content. Okay, so I am going to write about getting rid of fleas, but I need to be more specific. I could just guess and start pulling topics out of thin air and write about them. Or,

WordPress Setup for My Niche Sites

October 4, 2012September 14, 2012 by Matthew Allen

I use WordPress for my content management for this blog and all of my niche sites. In my former blogging ventures and experimentation I stuck with Blogger – but have now seen the light. WordPress is far superior with its endless options and easy plug-ins that are available. It takes a little bit of learning and getting used to if you’ve previously used another platform – but it is worth it. I highly suggest you familiarize yourself with WordPress if you wish to take the easiest route to success with niche sites (or a blog for that matter).

Loading WordPress Onto My Domain

In a previous post, I explained in detail my process for purchasing domains and hosting. As mentioned in that post, I use HostGator for my hosting because of it’s extreme ease of use, great customer service and ability to host unlimited domains on the same account for one low monthly price.

My New Niche and Keyword Research Explained

September 7, 2012September 7, 2012 by Matthew Allen

My everlasting quest to create some passive income online has now led me to my 4th attempt at a niche site. As promised, I will be revealing my niche, keyword(s) and domain as part of this Niche Site (the Dumb Way) Follow-Along. I have to admit right off the bat that I was a little apprehensive about sharing this particular niche. The reason being that it is the best of the ones available that I have already purchased domains for. I am a little bit worried that a more experienced and better niche site builder will read this post and “steal” my niche and build a better site that will easily outrank mine. But then again, I am not the only one who has had this idea, as I’ve found at least a few other niche sites built around the same keywords. I think I can build better sites and outrank them – but at the same time I worry that somebody else will build an even better site and outrank me. This is the risk I am taking though by making public and sharing exactly how and what I am doing to build a niche site in an attempt to create some online passive income.

Income Report – August 2012

September 1, 2012 by Matthew Allen

Welcome to my 2nd ever income report here on my Dumb Passive Income blog. First off, let me admit right up front that this one is not going to wow you or impress you. In fact, I don’t really even want to publish this one because it is kind of embarrassing. But, I’ve made the decision to be committed to publishing these things each and every month. As mentioned in my first ever income report (last month) I am publishing these for a couple of reasons. Partly to keep me motivated to earn some money online so I don’t have to publish embarrassing reports. But mostly to show others exactly how this internet marketing thing works for somebody like me who does this on a very part-time basis. My early income reports will serve as proof that overnight riches are the exception, not the rule, when it comes to making money online. Eventually, they will serve as proof that a good passive income stream can be created by implementing various internet marketing or investing strategies online.

Month: September 2012