Social Media Is So Much Easier When Tips

bydillon2408

129 followers

12 years ago

Not Being In The "Make Money" Niche

I've been working on my Bootcamp site for a while, and it's been a challenge, but rewarding experience. Recently however, I bought a new site that is about homebrewing. This is a topic that I'm interested in and would do on my own anyway. I saw a pre made site on sale at Flippa for $97, and thought, hey, that's not a bad price for saving me the time of buying the domain name, installing Wordpress and all that goes along with setting up a new site.

I've been working on the site in my free time (when not busy with Bootcamp or other sites) just as a way to wind down after some stressful work, or as a ways to keep up on my homebrewing skills while not actually brewing.

After each post, I share it in various social media circles and groups, as you should do.

I was pleasantly surprised when every group I shared with got REAL responses from REAL people and they were always positive.

I've been working in the "home based business" or "make money online" niche so long that I've gotten used to all the negative attention surrounding the niche.

Don't know what I'm talking about?

• Have you ever seen those annoying posts on YouTube that say, "My sister makes $5,000 a month working online. Click here to see how she does it".
• Or have you had someone leave a spam comment on your blog that says, "Hey, I noticed you're not ranking well for your keyword. I have an awesome system that I want to share with you."

Well, most people can't tell the difference between those kinds of posts, and legitimate training, so in a nutshell, anything to do with "make money online" is banned from public places. The places where it's not banned is so spammed with scams that it's not even worth (or recommended) that you try to get a word in and convince people that they're all looking in the wrong directions.

And even if you work your way into semi-legitimate places most folks are also marketers, and are more interested in promoting their own content than actually reading yours. They may tweet you or +1 your stuff, but it's all in their plan to gain followers and shares for themselves.

But the same is not true with my homebrew site.

I was at a Twitter party the other night and shared my post and got 3 people to read it and respond to my tweet with comments.

I posted it to a Google+ community and started a conversation with another homebrewer throughout the day.

I also joined a Facebook community of homebrewers in my local area that also post links to their own beer recipes, and I might actually meet up with them in real life next time they have a brew session.

What's the point?

The 'online opportunity' or make money niche can be super profitable if you have a good strategy, experience, and are smart about how and where you get traffic from. If you are just starting out, picking something you are interested in and other people are interested in as well will make your life a lot easier.

Instead of being a marketer, you're just an enthusiast with a blog. And being a knowledgeable enthusiast might also be called an expert. This is a sure way to profit from your blog.

For anyone in Bootcamp, don't take this post as a reason to quit! I only mean to say that I was so relieved to find out that my social media campaign with my homebrew site is going to be a lot easier. It's a work in progress, a bit of an experiment, and certainly not yet profitable, so it's my advice to NOT emulate too many of the things you see there :)