Affiliate marketing divides opinions like few other topics in the online marketing industry. There are those who swear by its effectiveness and can’t stop talking about its future growth prospects. Others think it’s a scam, a waste of time, and a monetization strategy consumers don’t trust anymore. In reality, both opinions can be true. It just depends …
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You’ve seen the case studies. People like Suumit go on record about how they’ve generated $35k/month using expired domains as the starting point for their affiliate sites. People like Andrej starting a site from scratch to be worth $150k. You know the risks and are sold on the concept, but now comes the hard part …
We’re (again) growing! I’m very proud to announce the most recent strategic acquisition. Alpha Investors acquired Richard Patey’s FlippingWebsites.co. And not only that. Richard will join our team as Director of Acquisitions. This ‘move’ makes a lot of sense. Flipping Websites is an established online community with over 2,000 members, a podcast, and a lot …
“When you speak to everyone, you speak to no one” Not sure who said that but it’s 100% true when it comes to affiliate marketing. The internet is an overcrowded place full of failed marketers targeting “everyone” and promoting unrelated stuff like dog food, baby diapers, and bicycle accessories on the same site …
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Are you one of a growing number of entrepreneurs looking to purchase an existing online business? An even better question is: Do you know what to look for when buying a website? Buying an online business is really no different from purchasing a brick and mortar store, so it’s important to choose carefully. Investing in …
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Do you want more freedom and flexibility in your life and a way to diversify your income? If so, launching your online business may be the best thing you ever do. By 2020, it’s estimated that a staggering 27 million Americans will leave the traditional workplace in favor of full-time self-employment. A large percentage of …
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Backlinks are among the most important SEO ranking factors. The more backlinks your site has, the higher it’ll rank. It’s that simple. But the traditional link building methods like guest blogging have been used so frequently by marketers that their effectiveness has gone down to some extent. They still work but you need to diversify …
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Affiliate sites make money for you while you enjoy time with your loved ones, travel the world, and live life to the fullest. That’s what every internet marketing guru tells you, right? It’s not entirely false but there’s a LOT that you need to do before you actually reach that stage. For most affiliate marketers, …
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Our ‘family’ just got bigger! We’re thrilled to announce that Alpha Investors recently acquired RankXL, a blog in the online marketing industry founded by Chris Lee in 2015. RankXL focuses on helping aspiring online entrepreneurs build and rank (using SEO) content sites which makes it a perfect strategic acquisition for Alpha Investors. Chris has created …
One of the most common questions for beginners is: “How many articles should I be publishing on my blog every month? What’s the optimal number of blog posts for SEO?” The short answer is: Publishing frequency doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if you publish 20 articles in one day and none for the next month. …
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I started my first blog way back in 2009. And for the first few years, I failed constantly. I would continuously throw up new blogs hoping each time that “this was the one” – The one that would finally be successful and turn into a significant business for me. Time after time, I failed. I …
You’ve probably heard this advice before: Write a comment on a popular blog and your blog will grow. Sounds almost too easy, doesn’t it? Even in 2020, blog commenting still works if done properly. One blogger experimented by leaving 3 insightful comments every day on the leading blogs in his niche. The result? His comments …
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The secret has been out for the best part of a decade now. Driven by its value in terms of content marketing, blogging has become serious business. A recent RankXL post highlighted some of the world’s most successful blogs, with each of them making in excess of $1m a year. A select few even generate …
Niche marketing (or micro-marketing) is a form of strategy marketing that targets a specific group or subgroup of customers. Its goal is to target a smaller portion of a market by defining the needs, wants, and requirements that aren’t being addressed well by big brands. Ultimately, it’s what allows smaller brands to compete against giants …
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This is a guest post from Lucas Lee-Tyson, founder of GrowthCave. This is technically the very first guest post on RankXL, and I think it’s safe to say… Lucas set the bar very high 🙂 Enjoy! Facebook Ads are one of the fastest ways to start driving traffic to a new site or offer. Compared to …
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Today, we have an interview with RJ Weiss. He is the founder of The Ways To Wealth, a personal finance blog that gets 250,000 pageviews/month and makes $10K/month in profits. Personal finance is a really tough niche to start a blog. There is a ton of competition, and keywords are super difficult to rank for. …
If you’re an SEO, you know that it’s almost impossible to get backlinks on these types of high domain authority websites: They usually have massive DA and backlink profiles, and getting a single link can really affect your site’s search traffic. While there is a proven method of getting high quality links from authority websites …
Are you starting a new blog but not sure how to come up with the right domain name? Then this detailed article is just for you. As you know, I currently run a number of sites and have run many others in the past. Choosing the blog name and domain is always my favorite activity. …
Almost everyone who starts a new website for the first time asks this question: How long does it take before you start getting traffic to your site? I remember when I built my very first blog, I was checking my analytics everyday. Literally every single day I would log into my analytics to see if …
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Is it worth starting a blog in 2023? Recent studies suggest that there are more than 600 million active blogs across the web. Don’t worry, an Ahrefs study found that 90% of those blogs get no traffic at all because of poor content, weak SEO, and inconsistent publishing. If you can avoid those mistakes, you …
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Something I’ve been doing a lot lately across all my blogs is combining multiple blog posts together into one. And it’s been working out really well SEO traffic wise. Longer articles get more traffic, rank higher (usually), and rank for more keywords than shorter articles. But it’s not always the right move to merge articles …
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