Do you have an old website (or a few) that you once poured your heart and soul into, only to watch it now collecting dust at the 100th position in the SERPs?I still do! š As I mentioned in my previous newsletter, selling these sites is definitely possibleāeven in todayās market. But the real question is: Should you? š¬ Looking […]
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Thatās why some online entrepreneurs donāt get too attached to their assets (not like me haha). Instead, they flip websites as a core monetization strategy š° In the pre-HCU era, this was a reliable business model. But what about now? š¤ Is anyone still sellingāand more importantly, buyingāwebsites? š¤ Can you still flip sites in the post-HCU world? Let me share what Iāve learned š©āš My […]
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I just walked out of a closed-door Mediavine webinar where their leadership team shared insights about the future of display advertising. The shift that’s happening could fundamentally reshape how content creators monetize their work in the years ahead š¤ In an industry where everything can change overnight, staying informed about major shifts isn’t just helpfulāit’s vital for survival š The publishers […]
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Today, as promised, I’d like to tell you about my first Pinterest-oriented website that I created after the HCU. A Journey Through Art and AI It was November 2023, two months after the HCU crashed hundreds of online businesses, mine included š Burned out after a brutal 2023, I wanted to create something visual and fun that was different from my usual […]
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Where does everybody get website traffic these days? Social media. Facebook: A Love-Hate Relationship The first source is Facebook. I already mentioned in one of my previous newsletters that Facebook hates sending outbound traffic. However, it can be a reliable traffic source if your niche has a lot of news that people want to read (for example, travel) or complex instructions people […]
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In my previous newsletter, I talked about how just a few weeks ago, Mediavine booted websites with AI-generated content out of Journey, their lower-tier ad platform. They also reported the domains of these websites to DeepSee, the agency that works to classify and demonetize low-quality content across all ad networks. As I mentioned earlier, I wasn’t affected, but I’m eagerly learning everything I […]
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We used to be afraid of Google and its penaltiesā¦ and now, we should be afraid ofā¦ ad networks??? In my last email, I wrote about how on March 14-15, Mediavine decided to do some spring cleaning and banned more than 500 websites from their low-tier ad platform, Journey.The reason? These websites were allegedly abusing AI to generate misleading images […]
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Last time, I talked about how I got accepted into the Amazon Influencers program and failed two attempts to be qualified for video placements on product listings. These coveted placements are where the real money is, and without them, the program would be worthless for generating income. Just when I was ready to throw in the towel after two failed attempts, […]
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Spring is here in our part of Canada with temps hitting double digits (in Celsius) this week! It feels nice and fresh. I feel a surge of new energy ā” It felt the same way a year ago when, on March 19, 2024, a coveted email landed in my inbox: “Welcome to the Amazon Influencer […]
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In my last newsletter, I wrote about how I did not get into the Facebook Bonus program. Trying to get at least something out of the FB page, I decided to experiment with directing Facebook traffic to my website. But here’s the thingāFacebook typically hates sending viewers to external URLs. First, I tried the basic approach: posting the link in […]
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