Comments on: Worried About the Competition Online?

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:53:52 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. When you write blogs or build websites you are usually doing it to provide useful information for the reader.

You also want to make money – who doesn’t?

Most people however, give up too early because they feel they’re never going to achieve what they are working on doing and therefore leaves room for you if you put in the effort required.

You may wonder how much effort IS required and only you can honestly answer that question.

Do whatever it takes and learn from your mistakes and never give up. After all, failure is one way to success in anything in life.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:51:15 +0000

It’s not the number of competitors, its the number of worthy competitors that know what they are doing.

By: emeka

emeka — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:21:08 +0000

Are you talking of Tifanny in your article.
We both SBiers and i have been trying to contact her,maybe she’s scared of taking to the competition cos she neva replies.
Well you right.There is enough space for everyone o make so much money.Long Tail principle

By: Tomaz

Tomaz — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:33:23 +0000

@Allen: Yes, I used the main SBI template from AJ and had it modified slightly. For editing I use a simple Notetab editor (Google for it). Lots of demand? The combined searches for your niche in Wordtracker should be over 6000.

By: Jeremy Hier

Jeremy Hier — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:55:45 +0000

Hi Allen,

I’ve been using frontpage 2003 for many years,
I just buy a template and outsource the header
or I make a simple one myself.

A free editor is nvu.com and free ftp
is smartftp.com

Templates from http://www.goldenpinecone.com/

Jeremy

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:39:35 +0000

Tomaz,

Template outsourced huh, nice idea. Did you use the “SBI Template Design” site you list in your blogroll?

Are you able to edit that template using the SBI “block style” site builder, or do you use a separate html writer?

If you use a separate html writer, which would you recommend for someone making the transition away from SBI “block style” building?

Also, in reference to your answer to Jaime . . . what would you consider to be “LOTS of demand” in a niche . . . 500 to 1000 visitors a day?

Thanks for the advice!

By: Tomaz

Tomaz — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:27:18 +0000

Hi Allen,

I use SBI too, but I had the template outsourced for $100. Good deal, ha?

Not sure if you can find a better software than SBI… What are your needs?

By: Tomaz

Tomaz — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:26:00 +0000

Hi Jaime,

There is a lot less demand for juicers than for vacuum cleaners AND my main competitors are both listed in DMOZ and are quite old sites so I cannot beat them in the short term.

The juicer site earns about $20 per day. I learned that if you want to build a successful site, you need to tap into a niche with LOTS of demand.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:09:55 +0000

Hi Tomaz, some great advice here. I realize you worked hard and consequently do well with your vacuum site. What about the juicer site, do you earn similar amounts to the vacuum site or have you found that some sites you come across are simply $5 per day sites for example?

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:16:33 +0000

Tomaz,

I also found the juicer site. Excellent job! What program/software do you use for your website creation? I’m a current SBI owner, but want to upgrade to a better type of software. Hopefully a free or relatively cheap one.

thanks!