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		<title>By: Splork</title>
		<link>http://lostballinhighweeds.com/building-niche-sites-a-ramble-and-whine-about-time/comment-page-1/#comment-34519</link>
		<dc:creator>Splork</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re right Mark. Thanks. I just need to do it, along with writing 5-10 other articles a day it seems. ugh</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re right Mark. Thanks. I just need to do it, along with writing 5-10 other articles a day it seems. ugh</p>
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		<title>By: Mark Ling</title>
		<link>http://lostballinhighweeds.com/building-niche-sites-a-ramble-and-whine-about-time/comment-page-1/#comment-34464</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Ling</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Incase I wasn&#039;t clear enough.

When I say the newsletters can be automated and not live, I mean that when someone subscribes (even if it is 6 months from now) they&#039;ll receive the first newsletter, then automatically they&#039;ll receive the next one in the list a week later and so forth.

regards,
Mark</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Incase I wasn&#8217;t clear enough.</p>
<p>When I say the newsletters can be automated and not live, I mean that when someone subscribes (even if it is 6 months from now) they&#8217;ll receive the first newsletter, then automatically they&#8217;ll receive the next one in the list a week later and so forth.</p>
<p>regards,<br />
Mark</p>
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		<title>By: Mark Ling</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Ling</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Splork, just write 26 newsletters. Don&#039;t write an unlimited number, newsletters don&#039;t have to be live. They can be automated to go out every week or whatever. If you write 26 newsletters, that&#039;ll tide you over for at least 6 months. Even if you don&#039;t write another one for another year, at least these people who sign up to your newsletter will recognize you when you add more newsletters to your list.

You don&#039;t have to write a million of them or keep coming up with content, week in, week out. 

Just write 26, it isn&#039;t that hard. There are more than 26 topics to do with private label rights to write a newsletter about, and certainly more than 26 private label sites that you can review (that can be the content of your newsletters).

The fact is, if you don&#039;t have a newsletter, there is virtually no change that people will return to your plrights site to buy from you again and again, and if you do have a newsletter, there is a high chance that visitors to your site WILL buy from you more than one, and some visitors will buy from you even years from now.

Hey, at least write 5 newsletters, good ones, and make sure that you are at least capturing email addresses. At least get the ball rolling.

regards,
Mark</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Splork, just write 26 newsletters. Don&#8217;t write an unlimited number, newsletters don&#8217;t have to be live. They can be automated to go out every week or whatever. If you write 26 newsletters, that&#8217;ll tide you over for at least 6 months. Even if you don&#8217;t write another one for another year, at least these people who sign up to your newsletter will recognize you when you add more newsletters to your list.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to write a million of them or keep coming up with content, week in, week out. </p>
<p>Just write 26, it isn&#8217;t that hard. There are more than 26 topics to do with private label rights to write a newsletter about, and certainly more than 26 private label sites that you can review (that can be the content of your newsletters).</p>
<p>The fact is, if you don&#8217;t have a newsletter, there is virtually no change that people will return to your <a rel="nofollow" href='http://lostballinhighweeds.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php?id=33' onmouseover="top.window.status='PLR Advice'; return true" onmouseout="top.window.status=''; return true" target="_blank">PLR</a>ights site to buy from you again and again, and if you do have a newsletter, there is a high chance that visitors to your site WILL buy from you more than one, and some visitors will buy from you even years from now.</p>
<p>Hey, at least write 5 newsletters, good ones, and make sure that you are at least capturing email addresses. At least get the ball rolling.</p>
<p>regards,<br />
Mark</p>
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		<title>By: Shamir Poojara</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shamir Poojara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dude, you need your own product :-)  

(thats the short answer.)

Shamir</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dude, you need your own product <img src='http://lostballinhighweeds.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />   </p>
<p>(thats the short answer.)</p>
<p>Shamir</p>
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		<title>By: Splork</title>
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		<dc:creator>Splork</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Barry. Yea I actually subscribe to one of Agora&#039;s offerings, not to mention a few of the freebies as well. They are a powerhouse. The newsletter idea is an interesting thought though. Thanks for sharing that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Barry. Yea I actually subscribe to one of Agora&#8217;s offerings, not to mention a few of the freebies as well. They are a powerhouse. The newsletter idea is an interesting thought though. Thanks for sharing that.</p>
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		<title>By: Splork</title>
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		<dc:creator>Splork</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Teli, I know. I probably could, and should outsource. It&#039;s just another thing I&#039;d have to manage. The problem is I&#039;ve always thought that it&#039;s best I just do things myself because I know they&#039;ll get done right, or at least how I want it. If things continue with what I&#039;m doing I&#039;m going to have to get help though. There is no way around it unless I quit my job. And as much as I&#039;d like to get leave the corporate shitbox, it&#039;s just not going to be possible unless I&#039;m rolling way into the 6 figures.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Teli, I know. I probably could, and should outsource. It&#8217;s just another thing I&#8217;d have to manage. The problem is I&#8217;ve always thought that it&#8217;s best I just do things myself because I know they&#8217;ll get done right, or at least how I want it. If things continue with what I&#8217;m doing I&#8217;m going to have to get help though. There is no way around it unless I quit my job. And as much as I&#8217;d like to get leave the corporate shitbox, it&#8217;s just not going to be possible unless I&#8217;m rolling way into the 6 figures.</p>
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		<title>By: Barry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s another business model you should take a look at.   You mentioned it at the top of your post, but yo were going in a different direction in that you were viewing a newsletter as a way to sellAdSense clicks or affiliate products.

Consider selling the newsletter itself.

Agora Publishing in Baltimore is one of the biggest and most profitable financial newsletter publishers in the world.  They have a portfolio of writers on various subjects and topics.  Options, real estate, small-cap Canadian companies, energy, market trends, etc.

One thing you could do is stake out a specific market segment, say health and fitness.  Start with one or two subscription newsletters.  Write these yourself for a few months.  Keep an eye out for three things:

1.  Other writers whose work you like.  When you find these people, offer them a spot as one of your writers, with a split -- 80-20?  

2.  Look for other areas in the field that need writing about.  Start developing these, slowly, but developing nonetheless.

3.  Investigate article sources and find someone who can and will ghost write some articles for you on a continuing basis.  When they come aboard, work with them to develop them into people who can work with you under the arrangement in #1.

What does this accomplish?  It will eventually free you from the daily grind of coming up with something to say and move you into an information management position.   

As you progress, you can sell advertising space on your site and offer products for sale, but that&#039;s something for later.

Who knows, someday we may all look back and see this as the start of Splork Information Publishing.

Barry</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s another business model you should take a look at.   You mentioned it at the top of your post, but yo were going in a different direction in that you were viewing a newsletter as a way to sellAdSense clicks or affiliate products.</p>
<p>Consider selling the newsletter itself.</p>
<p>Agora Publishing in Baltimore is one of the biggest and most profitable financial newsletter publishers in the world.  They have a portfolio of writers on various subjects and topics.  Options, real estate, small-cap Canadian companies, energy, market trends, etc.</p>
<p>One thing you could do is stake out a specific market segment, say health and fitness.  Start with one or two subscription newsletters.  Write these yourself for a few months.  Keep an eye out for three things:</p>
<p>1.  Other writers whose work you like.  When you find these people, offer them a spot as one of your writers, with a split &#8212; 80-20?  </p>
<p>2.  Look for other areas in the field that need writing about.  Start developing these, slowly, but developing nonetheless.</p>
<p>3.  Investigate article sources and find someone who can and will ghost write some articles for you on a continuing basis.  When they come aboard, work with them to develop them into people who can work with you under the arrangement in #1.</p>
<p>What does this accomplish?  It will eventually free you from the daily grind of coming up with something to say and move you into an information management position.   </p>
<p>As you progress, you can sell advertising space on your site and offer products for sale, but that&#8217;s something for later.</p>
<p>Who knows, someday we may all look back and see this as the start of Splork Information Publishing.</p>
<p>Barry</p>
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		<title>By: Teli Adlam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Teli Adlam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, you touched on the answer somewhere in the middle: &lt;em&gt;outsource&lt;/em&gt;.

Instead of trying to do it all yourself, hire on a small group of outsourced help to help you build out. It may seem like a huge expense (and an unnecessary one) at first and it can be especially difficult if you&#039;re a control fiend, but it&#039;s quite necessary for any business to truly grow and flourish.

Rather than immediately spending the money coming in from your current projects, re-invest it in your business. As long as your full-time job is enough to cover your living expenses and your family&#039;s needs, then it shouldn&#039;t be difficult to start doing.

Step away from it all for a few moments, and start planning out which tasks can be outsourced and your expected return on the investment. 

If you could earn $100 a month all by yourself, it stands to reason that you can take $50 of that money, pay someone to help you double your productivity and you&#039;ll in turn make $200 a month ($150 profit). 

In case you didn&#039;t catch it, but that is just a random scenario pulled out of thin air to illustrate my point. You should actually carefully consider your personal needs and budget first. :)

~ Teli</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, you touched on the answer somewhere in the middle: <em>outsource</em>.</p>
<p>Instead of trying to do it all yourself, hire on a small group of outsourced help to help you build out. It may seem like a huge expense (and an unnecessary one) at first and it can be especially difficult if you&#8217;re a control fiend, but it&#8217;s quite necessary for any business to truly grow and flourish.</p>
<p>Rather than immediately spending the money coming in from your current projects, re-invest it in your business. As long as your full-time job is enough to cover your living expenses and your family&#8217;s needs, then it shouldn&#8217;t be difficult to start doing.</p>
<p>Step away from it all for a few moments, and start planning out which tasks can be outsourced and your expected return on the investment. </p>
<p>If you could earn $100 a month all by yourself, it stands to reason that you can take $50 of that money, pay someone to help you double your productivity and you&#8217;ll in turn make $200 a month ($150 profit). </p>
<p>In case you didn&#8217;t catch it, but that is just a random scenario pulled out of thin air to illustrate my point. You should actually carefully consider your personal needs and budget first. <img src='http://lostballinhighweeds.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>~ Teli</p>
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