Blitzing a niche

Just about to go on holiday for 2 weeks - just when I'm getting warmed up on my niche!
Been reading more tips on WA from ccmusicmaker - how he generated 900 articles on one niche. Don't think I'll go that far, feels like the content quality is likely to be too weak.
However the concept of "blitzing" a niche is sound.

I reckon once a niche is found, and research done so I've got a good understanding of ins and outs of the subject (its got to be something I already have personal experience of) then I can create maybe a hundred subheadings & from this list combine them together into a number of unique articles then add the titles & body.

I'll use the keyword finder tool, the article writer tool & the website creation tool provided by WA. Excellent to get me started.

GeorgiaRedneck and his golden forum thread

There's a guy on WA called GeorgiaRedneck (formerly 1234567).
Since April/May 09, he's gone for article marketing big time working full time churning out articles to ezine & several other sites.
His earnings are on a spectacular upward curve and has made $13k in the first 4 months. I've no reason to doubt his claims. He's got what it takes & is exceptional. His trend will keep going up even if he takes his foot off the gas. He's made a comfortable living already. Good on him, though I suspect he either doesn't have young kids or hasn't seen much of them for 4 months!

Now he's made it, he is unloading his tips & methods. Brilliant advice yet his approach is nothing special, he just does simple things very efficiently & effectively. However his forum thread is now 11 pages long and its a "must" read.
So I read it and copied great chunks into a notepad.

I've also read the WA tutorial on article marketing which gives a lot of useful information from Kyle & Carson, as well as cracking sticky forum posts giving tips from a few of the top affiliates, the main one to follow on article marketing being Travis.

Today it feels time to have a go at writing an article. But using the techniques I've learnt, I'll create the content for 1 then repurpose & generate maybe a dozen. I guess I'll then submit to ezine. I intend to focus on article marketing - for the same reason as GeorgiaRedneck - I understand this approach very clearly and have already generated a lot of articles for my own business and for Suite 101.

Pet Niche Report

I've finally managed to read the whole of the Pet Industry niche research. I received it free in the initial $1 7 day trial.
It's taken perhaps 3 hours to read - I finished it off whilst my kids were at their swimming lesson today. Talk about comprehensive! I'd imagine this kind of report would normally cost several hundred £ or $.
It gives me ideas for marketing - but as its been available several months I may have missed the boat. I'll investigate keywords for competition.

I'm now into full membership and the next 2 free reports are available so I've printed them off - "Beating Adwords" & "Vegas Confidential" - both about 100 pages. Roll on next weeks swimming lesson! Both look very readable.

Tomorrow I'm planning to go for my first lesson in the WA University. I'm happy to soak in all the information before launching into trying to make money. I am an accountant after all...

The Wealthy Affiliate Journey Starts Here?

First up, I'm a qualified Scottish Chartered Accountant. And I'm from Yorkshire. So not only tight with money but also blunt.
Last week a colleague mentioned a site to me - Wealthy Affiliate. I checked it out with a heavy dose of scepticism, but being of an optimistic & opportunistic nature, I never like to pass things by.
At the moment I've 2 days left of a 7 day trial which cost $1. I've already decided to extend, initially by 2 months.
They have a mass of resource to learn about as well as techniques for article marketing, affiliate marketing etc. There is an 8 week self teach course to follow.

I figured it may be useful to track my progress over these 8 weeks and keep a diary of what I've learned and any success I've had from it.
I'm not normally into diaries but for some reason this idea grabbed me.
If I stick with Wealthy Affiliate after 8 weeks then I'll keep the diary going if any one's reading by then. I think I'll be able to post a screenshot of my latest earnings each week.

OK, down to brass tacks. Do I get anything for promoting Wealthy Affiliate? Only if I refer someone. Two will cover my monthly WA subscription.
Coming from finance, I'm not at all good at sales or at recommending anything that's anything but genuine.
So if this turns out to be as good as it sounds, then I'll feel good about recommending it to others who want to earn a residual income.
And I'll point them to this blog which hopefully will be a comprehensive record of my journey from the start point.