Niche Blogging Institute

What is The Niche Blogging Institute?

October 17th saw the beginning of prelaunch for a new site called The Niche Blogging Institute. Like most it made some big claims on teaching people how to make money using blogs and affiliate marketing so this is my review based on information I've been able to obtain from the product owner itself.

First a comment should be made on the strategy of "niche blogging" itself. From what I gather, the trainers at Niche Blogging Institute, Andrew Hansen and Colleen Slater are focusing on teaching how to use blogs to make money through affiliate offers (both CPA and the traditional pay per sale type programs) and Adsense.

Different to other affiliate marketing memberships, I've heard they'll strictly not be teaching anything to do with Pay Per Click but focusing solely on free traffic methods.

We know  that free traffic methods are great when they work, but can take time to implement and results need to be built and grown with time. So while they have claimed to be able to generate fast search rankings and quick profits, we should be aware that the people who make the most out of the NBI service will be those looking to create an online business that will grow and sustain an income over the long term.

As far as I can tell, the focus will be on the trainers trying to "do as many of the steps as possible FOR you".. so they will take care of things like niche research, keyword research and affiliate program research by offering a certain amount of "pre searched" niches, keywords, and affiliate programs per month for all members. This certainly has the potential to stop one of the major causes of failure of affiliate marketers, namely, promoting badly converting offers.

The other focus will be on video training. Since few people want to read an ebook anymore, the owners Andrew and Colleen have stated that they want to focus on providing training in a walk through video format, so you can watch every step live on screen, as the professionals themselves would do it, and proceed to copy. We hope this should provide an effective means of training that everyone can utilize effectively but we also know that the training part of NBI won't be limited to ONLY video content, with training guides of various kinds available too.

That's all I can gather up until now but I advise you, if you're into blogging or affiliate marketing, to check out the following link and watch the free video presentation :

http://nicheblogginginstitute.com

More On Getting Traffic To Your Blog

• Writing articles and submitting it to www.goarticles.com and www.ezinearticles.com.  Articles should be 300-600 words, submit to at least 10 directories, add backlink to your bio or resource section and submit 1-5 articles per week.
  
  
• Use web 2.0 sites like Squidoo, Digg and MySpace to spread the word.  Create 1-5 Squidoo lenses and Hub pages in your niche directing people to your blog.
  Digg and Stumble Upon all your posts and get friends to digg them too.
  Create MySpace and Facebook accounts and promote your blog on your profile.
  
  
• Placing Ads on Google using Google Adwords.
  Only if you have an advertising budget.
  Start your advertising anywhere from $50-$100 per day and build up over 30 days.
  Use very targeted keywords  sorrounding your blog topics.
  Track your progress.
  
  
• Create a video review and sumbit it to Youtube.com.
  Create 1-5 videos per week.
  Add them to Youtube and other video sites
  Promote these videos in your blog and your blog on Youtube.
  Build viewers to your videos for maximum exposure.
  
  
• Simply sending an email to your friends telling them about it.
  
  
• Commenting on other people blogs.
  Make a list of 20+ blogs  closely related to your blogs content.
  Post relevant comments to their posts and use the name and website to build keyword related backlinks to your blog.
  Build up 100's of comments over the next 30 days.
  
  
• Posting on forums that are related to your blog.
  Find 5-10 popular forums related to your blogs content.
  Create an account at each and begin posting.
  
  
  In your "profile" place a signature link back to your blog.
  
  
  
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Improving Your Traffic Through Social Networks

Another FREE way to increase your blog's traffic:  SOCIAL NETWORKS

Social networking  requires no extra complication as all  you need to do is to maximize your networking skills.

No need for additional special skills;  just plain old networking skills. Facebook, Twitter, blog forums, and message boards are several forms of social networks.

To be able to expose your blog to more readers, you need to have constant appearance online.  Let other people know what you are doing in a consistent manner. Visit other blogs.  Most bloggers install widgets on their blogs that inform them who their visitors are.  When they see you in their list, they will most probably click your photo or avatar which of course links back to your site.

You can also participate in blog forums and recommend your blog to those people who are seeking information which your blog provides.  Aside from forums, you can also chat with other bloggers online.

Good social networking is just another key to improve your blog’s traffic.