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The Final Piece of Your Pinterest Content Puzzle

Over the past few weeks, we’ve explored how to use Pinterest as an alternative traffic source to Google. Today, I’m wrapping up this fun series by: Let’s make sure your Pinterest efforts actually result in website visitors, not just pretty pins 😅 ⚠️ Pinterest Traffic Traps to Avoid After managing multiple Pinterest accounts and making plenty […]

Content Audit: Will Your Posts Succeed on Pinterest?

Last week, we talked about Pinterest search intent and how it differs fundamentally from Google. Today, let’s get practical and look at your actual content. As I already mentioned before, not all posts that succeed on Google will work on Pinterest. In fact, some of your highest-performing Google content might be your biggest Pinterest fails. Let’s figure […]

Why Most Pinterest Strategies Fail (Understanding Search Intent)

Last week, I showed you how I identified 650k monthly search potential on Pinterestfor one of my websites. Remember my Baby 🐘 Website that was hit with a legal action?I can totally use this strategy to revive it! (once I get more time ahaha 😅) But here’s the unpleasant truth: search volume alone won’t get you traffic. […]

Pinterest as Your Google Alternative: The Exact Process to Assess Your Website’s Fit

Many of you have been asking for more details about my Pinterest strategy since I mentioned it’s becoming my traffic lifeline post-HCU. You already know I’m getting solid traffic to my websites from Pinterest… But what you don’t know is how I determined which of my websites had Pinterest potential in the first place. And today, I’m showing you exactly how I assessed whether one […]

Regret, Opportunity, and the Value of History: My Struggle With Selling a Trusted Website

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! 😅 As I mentioned in my previous newsletter, selling these sites is definitely possible—even in today’s market. But the real question is: Should you? 😬 Looking […]

Flipping Websites After HCU: The Surprising Results of My Latest Sale

That’s why some online entrepreneurs don’t get too attached to their assets (not like me haha). Instead, they flip websites as a core monetization strategy 💰 In the pre-HCU era, this was a reliable business model. But what about now? 🤔 Is anyone still selling—and more importantly, buying—websites? 🤔 Can you still flip sites in the post-HCU world? Let me share what I’ve learned 👩‍🎓 My […]

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From Monopoly Verdicts to Listicle Purges: What Mediavine’s Leadership Says About the Future of Ad Monetization

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 🤓 In an industry where everything can change overnight, staying informed about major shifts isn’t just helpful—it’s vital for survival 👂 The publishers […]

Pinterest Success and RPM Reality: The Mistake That Cost Me Big

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 💔 Burned out after a brutal 2023, I wanted to create something visual and fun that was different from my usual […]

From Struggles to Success: How I Discovered the Best Social Media Platform for Driving Traffic

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 […]

Mediavine’s AI Purge: Where Do Banned Publishers Go Next?

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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