Well, pretty much anything that’s

1) SEO friendly and

2) Easily editable/customizable for maximum conversion

Will work just fine.

Blogs typically (in their NORMAL layout) don’t convert as well as basic HTML pages, but they can be modified to include above-the-fold promotions, opt-in boxes, etc.

Thanks for your comment, btw

Cheers,

-Chris

Quick question – the mini-sites – do you recommend a certain CMS to create with???

I was thinking of creating the mini-site using wordpress as the cms on one of my domains – do you have any other suggestions on that…

thanks, M

It’s a whopping $29.95, at http://www.thelazymarketer.com (the home page)

Set up time ranges from a day (in regards to making a mini-site) to 2 weeks depending on your experience or outsourcing budget.

Software creation and submissions have the same time-frame range.

It’s not for beginners, in that you need to have a grasp of marketing basics and HTML before “Confessions” will be actionable.

Please don’t purchase it if this prerequisite isn’t met, unless you’re picking it up for future use.

Sincerely,

Chris Rempel

How much do i need to spend to follow your guide in the book and how long to set-up the system. Lastly is it for beginners. Thanks

Eliseo

What’s your opinion of selling a .exe packaged script on ebay? Not to infringe on the script writers, but if it is part of a more attractive .exe application for $1.99 or so, Initially, it could be a great traffic/popularity gauge.

Also, I’ve noticed skewed results with imbedded counters in the .exe applications. Not only do they count the initial downloads, but also every time the same downloader runs it – especially the fun ones that say “play again”?. Obviously there’s the requisite affiliate plug along with the program. Only way to interpret those is uniques vs repeat visits.

It does cover the transition, in a sense.

Generally, “authority” is merely defined as content (or a function) that can stand on its own merit – where users would actually go out of their way to mention it on forums, etc.

This includes sites that organize information, offer valuable tutorials, tools, etc.

“Authority” can also be established by being attractive in some other way – attracting visitors naturally via word of mouth due to controversy, humor or other related attributes.

But other than that, use the same keyword targeting techniques as the mini-sites.

Cheers!

-Chris

I see now that you have answered my question in another post.

Does your book teach how to make the transition from mini-sites to authority site.

Thanks,

Jeremy

Amazing thread. I just learned about you from CBU, I’m considering joining.

My background has been to create sites like this:
http://www.powerfulportablegenerators.com
and
http://www.best-telescope-guide.com and make money from adsense and affiliate links.

It has been a long road and not too profitable, so I’m looking for a better strategy.

Authority sites have long term ranking power,
try telescope reviews, I’m in the top 5. But the site does not convert well only in Dec.

What about combining authority sites and mini-sites in this way.

From what I understand each mini-site promotes a specific affiliate program, what about making each specific affiliate program a category on the authority, basically creating many mini-sites but they reside on the authority site with all the related pages of the mini site linking together and not to another mini-site section of the authority site.

You build the site one mini-site section at a time on the authority site.

Does this have any merit.

Thanks,

Jeremy

That’s a great metaphor

Yeah, something like that.

Another one is:

Your mini-sites are the street kiosks and your authority site is the mall.

Cheers,

-Chris