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Fat Stacks Blog - a Podcast About Blogging and Email Newsletters — 153 episodes
6 RISKS I Took that Somehow PAID Off
Added $25K+ per MO with this Simple ChatGPT Prompt
$100K/MO. from a Single Online Platform?
How to surgically get offers in front of your ideal reader anywhere on your site
B2C Email Newsletter Update - Blunders and All
Are B2C niches a waste of time in 2024 and beyond?
Leapfrog Rank n' Rent Discussion - Joe & Mike Brusca and Jon Dykstra
How to test email newsletter niches quickly and inexpensively
Can you answer this about your website?
How to get a new blog to 50K monthly visitors ASAP (the 50K sprint)
6 blogging levers (don't trade time for money)
The #1 Mistake Aspiring Bloggers Make (and How to Prevent It)
This is the hardest part of niche sites (not even close)
Write more engaging content with this one word
Crossover Niche Websites for the Win - An Audience-First Approach
How to rank your niche sites in 2023 & beyond
Outcome vs. Doing
Selling Premium Placements on Your Blog for Big Bucks to Advertisers
Website content in an AI world
How to lower risk with a one-site portfolio
The Case for Bigger Sites / Mediavine Migration
My new favorite way for hiring writers (unbelievable)
Is it okay to be an opinionated jerk on your niche site?
How to come up with email content that helps SEO traffic
"The Microscope KW Research Method" (no software needed)
Shoulder Niches, Pivot Cornerstones and Future of Content Sites
6 Simple SEO Tips I Follow for Millions of Website Visitors (per month)
How I Create Affiliate Landing Pages for 56% Increase in Affiliate Revenue
Adding $1 rev./day puts $1,200 into your pocket? How?
What type of SEO are you? (Poking Fun of SEO Community - 12 Types)
My 21 Point "Good Content" Checklist
My 21 most effective productivity techniques to get more content published faster
Watch out for this article cluster ordering problem (includes simple fixes)
What are the 8 Purposes of Content (website's whole is far greater than the sum of its parts)
How Long Should Your Content Be to Rank
There is no RIGHT way to go about blogging and publishing niche sites
How I update/improve older content (2 methods)
Boring is the goal... here's why
How to Grow Your Niche Site with Shoulder Niches
In-House Writers vs. Writing Agency vs. Writing Services... What's Best?
Should You Turn Your Website into an Investment Opportunity?
SEO Avalanche Theory
Thank you for being a friend... Traveled down a road and back again
Watch Out for this BAD Duplicate Content Problem (Solutions Listed)
Is Regurgitating Info in Content Okay?
Schedules are Bad BUT Watch Out for Bright Shiny Object Syndrome
WOW! Longer content increased ad revenue (great UX and SEO)
How I use video ads to increase total ad revenue by 20% overnight
You need this ad type on your site to make money after this Google search change
Finding Your Size! My Publishing Workflow Broken Down Task-by-Task
Write the Story First
Big Enough?
The Divorce Dilemma Applied to Blogs
The Dessert Tray Approach to Writing Blog Posts
Sometimes you gotta say NO to avoid NONSENSE work
How to pivot your blog when under distress (or when you just want more traffic)
The Minimum Viable Product Approach to Blogging and Niche Sites
The big breakup: The saga of the breaking up of a multi-niche site
Good vs. Great Writing
Income Report for Sept 2020 (plus key developments)
How I deal with temporary top search rankings.
Why I don't like buying existing websites (PITFALLS)
Important image copyright discussion (for site publishers and site buyers)
My #1 strategy for growing traffic to a newish niche site
Go with your gut for this important decision
Some articles keep getting more and more traffic - why?
What I look for when hiring in-house writers (and on thing I avoid)
Don't hand over the keys to the kingdom too early
How to overcome horrible new website disadvantages
The Purist Blogger
This is one way to scale your blogging business
Do You Want to Write 1 Million Words?
Do you even like your own site?
You’ll Never Figure It All Out (blogging that is)
Should You Publish the Same (or Similar) Articles On Multiple Websites You Own?
Is Pinterest Good for SEO? How?
How I Make $50K/mo. with Fun Blogs and Niche Sites
12 "Blog-Growth" Tasks You Can Do When You Don't Want to Write
14 Key Blogging Milestones
How to Avoid Cluster Keyword Cannibalization
RESULTS in 2 Years: 11,000 DAILY Visitors and $7,830/mo.
The 6 Things I Do Differently with My Blogs
Drip Feed vs. Publish All Content NOW?
It's good to leave money on the table
If You Think, You’re Dead
Income Report April 2020 ($37,103 from 7 Niche Sites)
Case Study: 39 articles, 1.5 years, DA 16, No Link Building...
How to Choose a Niche: My 4-Step Approach
My 13 Must-Use WP Plugins for More Traffic, Revenue and/or Save Time
AdSense (Display Ads) vs. Affiliate Marketing - What's Best for Monetization?
I Bought a site. Spent $30,000. Here's What Happened...
Income Reports: Feb & Mar 2020 (7 Niche Sites)
How Much Should You Pay Per 1,000 Words of Content?
How to Be Creative with Affiliate Links so that You Get the Click
My Take on the Best Affiliate Programs for Beginners (and the Worst)
How Much Can a Website Make with 1 Million Published Words?
How I’m Dealing with Plummeting Ad Revenue (Down 40%)
How much do my TOP articles earn from display ads PER MONTH?
Income Report for January 2020 (7 Niche Sites)
How to Publish MORE & BETTER Articles by Writing LESS (Or NOT Writing at All)
Your Blog/Niche Site is Worth More than You Think with ONE Simple Tweak
"Crank n' Bank" Content Strategy for Bloggers (What, How and Why)
At its heart SEO is really just giving people what they want
Why blogging momentum is important (and how to get it)
Should You Promote Products that Don't Have an Affiliate Program?
SEO: Does more content drive more traffic? How long should your content be for best results (Data-driven discussion)?
7 Benefits of Updating and Improving Older Content
If I had to start an online business from scratch, this is what I would do
What do you do when your niche site is "done"? Is it possible?
If I could only work 1 hour per day, this is what I would do (and still grow an online publishing business)
2019 Annual Income Report – A Year in Review
The Simplest Way to Tap Unlimited Topics for Your Niche Site and Blog
Should niche sites have a "Google My Business" Page (for SEO benefits)?
How to reduce the risk of losing it all as a blogger
January is a terrible month for display ad rates so don't worry
I'm LOUSY at SEO yet get 1 million plus monthly visitors - here's how
Income Report for December 2019 (7 Niche Sites = $37,665)
9 Tips for Avoiding "Shiny Object Syndrome" as a Blogger
Do you have an “Online Business Death Document”?
My 11-Point Blogging Game Plan for 2020
Here's what happened that prompted me to start, invest in and grow multiple niche sites (tough decision)
How to Tackle Creative Hobby Niches for a Blog (and what I like about them)
Watch out for this type of misleading information online (cost me $100,000s)
21 things you need to know about image SEO (after uploading 80,000 images)
Content Outsourcing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them (so you don't end up with garbage articles)
11 Ways to Earn Incremental Revenue on Your Blog
The Absolute Best Online Business to Start (for most people IMO)
How taking a small risk earned me an extra $287K blogging
How to use simple statistics to publish fascinating linkbait articles (build inbound links naturally)
Outreach promotion doesn’t make sense for many blog posts and articles... here’s why
How I decide how much time and money to put into each niche site each month
3 Tips for Faster Blog Growth By Doing More of What Already Works
Copyright Troll Demands I Pay $44,000… Here’s What Happened
How to Avoid Blogger Burnout and Make More Money at the Same Time
9 of My Spectacular Blogging Failures Explained (OUCH!)
11 Types of Blogs that Make Money (Which Type Do You Want?)
The Case for Big, Competitive Niches for Blogging
My 7 Niche Sites Explained (Traffic, Timeline, Strategy and Update)
Income Report for Nov. 2019 = $46,590 (Interesting Developments)
How I grew my blogging business from $0 to 7 figures in 10 years (year-by-year timeline of events)
How to Make Gobs of Money Blogging in 2020 (3 Strategies)
Boring Makes Money: My 6-Step Daily Routine for Creating a $1 Million+ Website
Does Longer Content Earn More from Ads than Shorter Content? (CASE STUDY)
Income Report for October 2019 = $38,158 Net USD
Case Study: FAQ Rich Snippets on 59 Articles - What Happened Traffic-Wise?
Tagging in WordPress - 3 Unforeseen Benefits (Plus TIPS)
One of my favorite article concepts for blog topics (any niche)
Sept. 2019 Blogging Income Report ($37,063 Net USD)
Ezoic Review & Case Study (2019 Results: XX Increase?)
What I would do if starting over as a niche site publisher and blogger
Sad Truth About Email Marketing and Niche Websites
The Many Ways to Monetize a Website (so many ways, so little space)
Great WP Themes for AdSense Websites (5 figure/mo. earner)