(Note: This article was originally published to JamieMcSloy.co.uk on August 21st, 2019. I’m going through an old backup of the site, which has hundreds of posts that aren’t currently uploaded. As I’m working hard on updating the site – and releasing The Vault, letting these old posts be the daily posts for a while.) Today’s…
(Note: This article was originally published to JamieMcSloy.co.uk on March 11th, 2020. I’m going through an old backup of the site, which has hundreds of posts that aren’t currently uploaded. As I’m working hard on updating the site, letting these old posts be the daily posts for a while.) Dropship Scammers And The Reality of…
Capture The Flag I was thinking recently about quantity versus quality, and also, on a separate note, the Niche Site Challenge that I ran a few years back as a project for this site. I got to thinking about why that challenge succeeded in the context of why I’m struggling to get similar projects off…
A Universal Three Word Marketing Strategy I’ve probably written about this before, but I took an extended siesta from copywriting and online business. Instead, I focused on other opportunities in publishing, AI and intellectual property stuff. Now I’m back though, and looking at the various media platforms and so on that used to be the…
Blogging Isn’t High ROI Until It Is I went through a weird period between 2016-2018 where people referred to me as “a blogger.” Which was kind of weird, but I suppose it’s an interesting relic of the times; you could be a professional blogger in that time period, I had a semi-popular blog, and in…
Alright, call this a Dear Diary post. It’s Saturday which is usually my Niche Site Posts day. And I’ll talk a little about niche sites, but that’s not what this is all about. If You Don’t Like Rants, Skip This Section… See, I’ve had to migrate my sites to a new web host. My old…
Calling Out James Holt RE: Dropshipping & Niche Sites So the other day, James Holt sent out an email about whether you should combine niche sites and dropshipping. In this article, I will give you my thoughts on this topic. But before we get to that, let’s just address this: The email title, “Don’t try…
Creating A New Niche Site & Preparing For Further Development After a quiet couple of months on the niche site front, a weird few things came together this week. James Holt posted a niche site idea, and I decided to jump on it. A handful of reasons for that: It’s a good niche The niche…
Thoughts on Buying Websites Someone asked Robert from 30 Days to X about buying established websites and maintaining them as a strategy as opposed to starting them from scratch. I dropped in with this wallet-saving wisdom: Sorry to jump in. This depends on your experience. If you have experience and can work out whether a…
The other day, a reader made the mistake of saying, “I was going to build a site in this niche, but then I saw @JamieMcSloy and others were doing it so I held off.” Woah. My first thought was: If you’re not doing something because you’re scared of competing with me, it’s time to rethink….