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Originally Posted by chatmasta
Wow, this thread is actually pretty surprising (and very informative). I was under the impression that most people on WickedFire were doing short term affiliate marketing stuff with PPC, or at the very most, building tons of mini sites for the purpose of gaining niche SE traffic.
I'm not taking anything away from that, but there is no doubt that large content sites, especially ones with an active community, are more secure than say a bunch of spam sites.
But here's a question. In terms of building a secure long term income, do you guys (or girls in this thread) recommend focusing on 1-3 large, solid, content sites as opposed to a bunch of niche mini sites?
I guess it all goes back to the "don't put all your eggs in one basket rule." I just wish I had more time, because I want to try everything - arbitrage, PPC AM, niche sites, and large content sites. But I can't do it all. I need to balance my schedule, and while going to school, that is pretty difficult to do.
What advice can you offer on prioritizing your projects? Right now I've got some off the wall ideas I'm going to try, I'm working on a content site, and really want to try PPC affiliate marketing. But I would like to make some niche mini sites too!
How should I prioritize something like that?
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I only have one content site, it's almost more than I can handle sometimes. It depends on what you put into it. All of my content is original and I'm anal about design. I'm in a very competitive market so if I try to serve up second rate content I won't hold on to users.
It has it's rewards and it's drawbacks. The great thing is that my niche (women's interests) allows me to niche out within the site itself. I put a page up less than a week ago and it's on the first page of google for it's keyword already. The bad thing is, that keeps me putting all my eggs in one basket.
Half the battle of indexing and linking is already done, and to start over again seems incredibly daunting. I am trying to go with a couple of niche mini sites for cash flow but I may be able to accomplish that somewhat within my content site. There are only so many hours in a day though, and content sites require regular updating.
I don't think there is really one great way of doing this. Probaby more than half the people here doing affiliate sites are making more than I am. While long term secure income is great so is paying the bills. I think that's where diversifying comes in and what I'm heading towards.