Making Money with Product Review Sites

Fast, Fun and Easy Money Making Sites...

Our approach to mini-sites and product review sites is very

different than most.

Site Evolution

Test the Niche for profitability

Expand monetization

Shift to Authority

model

Our Approach‣ We’ve created $20k+ a month affiliate

review sites off just 200 to 300 users a day following this model & numerous other $5k and $10k sites as well

‣ We’re gonna show you how we do it and why our approach is so much different than what others do

Selecting a Niche‣ Can it support a 100+ product reviews?‣ Is the niche evergreen?‣ Can you expand into info products for more profit?‣ Are backend high-priced products/services an option?‣ Can you diversify across multiple vendor networks?‣ Is a “leveraged offer” available?‣ Can you make at least $25 a sale? (We prefer $100)

‣ Is the traffic “return traffic”?

The Essentials‣ Must build a list‣ 1000+ word reviews that are not fluff & contain

negatives‣ Start with 30 reviews, move to 100+‣ Fresh curated blog content‣ Must be an outsourced model (for us)

‣ Build out social ring of trust

Us Versus Them‣ We use these sites for niche testing to build out bigger sites, not as an

income model in and of themselves‣ Our goal is to have a handful of authority review sites, not 100 throw

away sites‣ Our diversification is built upon the authority model & diversified traffic

sources, not in having a 100 sites‣ We create high quality blogs that provide value, not just a bunch of

mini-sites designed to trick Google‣ Maintain, expand, grow with fresh content - not just a set and forget it

until it dies approach‣ We build $5k+ a month sites, not $500 a month sites

Why $5k Sites?‣ We want to have sufficient profits to

outsource them 100% - that’s scalable!‣ We add a lot of content to them to build

out their authority & site footprint‣ We add SEO to them as well‣ We typically invest $1500+ a month into a

$5k a month site

Disarm Your ReadersOur approach is to be a

quality blog that happens to have reviews... not a pure

review site that happens to have a blog...

Build Subscribers‣ Don’t focus on making sales‣ Your first goal should be to build your

subscribers & loyal readers with quality & engaging content

‣ If you do, sales will come naturally

A Little Secret‣ Google doesn’t like review sites‣ So don’t be one!‣ Be an authority blog instead

that happens to have some reviews as well... :-)

An example of what NOT to

do!

Monetization Method‣ Amazon Products‣ Clickbank Products‣ Other Affiliate & CPA Programs‣ PayDotCom, Clicksure, Commission Junction, etc.

‣ Forget Adsense - not worth it

Niche Strategy‣ Same overall niche if you want to

focus on list building‣ Different niches if you want to

focus on testing out niches

Ramping Up Profits‣ Expand list building‣ Create other feeder sites ‣ Create your own info product to sell‣ Look at micro continuity options‣ Look into higher priced services

Profiting from Losers‣ Make money even when you don’t‣ Dress up your loser sites and sell them

off on flippa.com‣ Worth $350 or more depending on

how well you dress up the site and what income & traffic proof you have

Be Patient‣We’ve had many sites that don’t

start to do well until 12+ months‣ Sorry, but that’s being real‣ Sites - like a good wine - need to

age to build up trust and authority

Resources for YourProduct Review Sites

The tools to make your life easier...

Check out the Blog‣ Recent blog

post on the subject‣ ctcbiz.com/

review-sites

Podcast‣ 3 Episodes‣ Weekly‣ Coming to

iTunes soon...ctcbiz.com/podcast

Resources‣ Insider’s Club‣ ctcbiz.com/coaching

‣ AOT Product Reviews‣ ctcbiz.com/aot-reviews

‣ AOT Curated & Authority Content‣ ctcbiz.com/aot-cur & ctcbiz.com/aot-auth

Product Review SitesQ & A

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Making Money with Product Review Sites

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