I have voiced my opinion before on scraped content and article spinners and I still have the same view, stay away from them. But I am now looking at the next generation of content creation. It is unique content. It does read well and make sense, but is it effective? Let’s find out

You may or may not heard of ContentFX. It was formerly known as iContentRobot but the team split up and went their seperate ways. ContentFX is an article membership service that enables you to get unique articles by hitting a button.  How does this differ from all the other spinners out there? Let me explain…

Generally and article spinner will change your article by finding different meanings for the words within it.  This sounds great in principle but when you try it yourself you will see it turns your article into utter rubbish.

Example

Content is king but creating enough unique content without blowing your budget can be a real pain

Run this sentence through an article spinner and you are likely to get something like this.

happy is king but creating enough individual happy without blowing your finance can be a real ache

So yes it’s a completely unique sentence but is complete garbage and provides no quality to the reader whatsoever. The only way to make spinners work is to spend hours with them and if you going to do this you may as well write a new article.

So what’s different this time. ContentFX uses variables. So if we take the above sentence again and write it using variables it would be something like this.

Content is {king/paramount/everything/the most important online asset} but {finding/creating} enough {unique content/content that ius fresh and unique} without {blowing your budget/spending all your money/having to pay out a fortune} can be a {real pain/total nightmare}.

So everything in { } becomes a variable and is seperated by the /. Each time the article is generated the software will randomly use one of these variables meaning that each time you generate a new article you end up with unique content that reads well and makes sense.

This is not the first softwrae of it’s kind. Jetspinner have had a similar program for a while but the problem is that you have to rite an article in the above fashion yourself which takes a loooong time, (i’ve tried). What ContentFX have done is built up a stock of articles covering hundreds of niches so you are always likely to find an article about your niche. They have also adde other features such as blog creation service that automatically updates with this new found content, and each member gets an article directory which is kept up-to-date because all the other members articles get submitted to your directory.

I would call this a grey hat strategy. It’s not really offering value to the search engines but it does give the visitor unique content that has reader value. Would I recommend it? NOT YET.

I have only recommend 3-4 services on my blog and have ALWAYS used them myself to make sure they really are worth investing in. This is why I will be doing some testing with the software first before I make a decision on whether or not you should invest. As always I will be totally open with my results and show you how I have used the program and if it is worth the time and money.

So to finish, ContentFX sounds great but I would be happier if you held on to your credit card for a while and let me test it for you.

Anyway, Affiliate income. I have chosen my topic and in all honesty it wasn’t in the usual way. What you should do is have a look on somewhere like Clickbank and see what products are available for your chosen niche. Check out the payout (don’t go with anything less than $10 per sale) and see how well they convert, look at the gravity. Another sneaky thing you can do here do a search in Google for the product and look at the adverts appearing for that product. Note which ones are affiliate links and monitor them over a couple of weeks. If they are still there after that time then the odds are they are making money. No-one in their right mind will leave an Adsense campaign up and pay per click if it’s not turning a profit.

 So my chosen niche is Parrot Training, why? I have a parrot called Jester. He is a Blue-Fronted Amazon and a pain in the a**. He bites everyone except me (even me sometimes), he screams, he poops on me, he chews anything that isn’t metal. I’ve had him for years and I love him but I decided to get something done. I did a quick search on Google and found birdtricks.com. The site is a classic pitch from a clever Internet Marketer but the fact is I handed over my credit card even though I knew how the sales pitch works in the IM world. What did this tell me?

Either that I was stupid for falling for it (we’ll see) or that birdtricks was offering a solution to a common problem. Parrot behaviour is an issue for thousands of owners and not everyone is able to hire a specialist to visit their home every week. This site offers a DVD training set and audio course for a reasonable price and as an owner I know that anyone in my shoes would jump at the chance to own this information. Anyway, long story short, I found there was an affiliate program that offers 50% commission on each sale.

 So my intention here is to build a site about parrot behaviour initially. Although SEO will feature into this I am going to approach it slightly differently and also incorperate some PPC advertising to bring some quick traffic to my site. As well as keeping the site updated with my parrots progress I will add video’s of my parrot doing all the things he shouldn’t to sites such as Youtube and Squidoo. Some of these are funny (ever known a parrot to have his own plate at dinner time and whose favourite dinner is Spaghetti Bolognaise?) and should generate a little interest.

This will take some time as I have to fit it in with my other projects but this is the basic outline of my plan. Just one word of warning, be VERY careful before using PPC (Pay Per Click) to drive traffic to your site. It can prove VERY expensive if you don’t know what you are doing.

 Over and Out.

I have already proved to you that with the system I use (which just became a whole lot easier but that’s for another day) - I can take a set of niche keywords and generate an income with them. I even gave you screenshots of the stats.

What I want to do now is take that ability to the next level. I want you to look at this blog like a course. Subscribe to the RSS feed so you know when there is new information available. Here’s what where going to do….

1) - Build a brand new website and generate traffic.

2) - Aim at getting repeat visitors in a number of ways.

3) - Start a forum and interact with the members

3) - Leverage the above to create a “paid” membership site, offering something within that niche that will appeal to all.

4) - Create an opt-in email list of your customers and generate extra income.

 After this we could carry on still. It could lead to Ebook sales, affiliate commissions, and even our own product creation. People are far more willing to buy from you if you have already proven yourself to be trustworthy and an authority on the topic.

This isn’t something i’ve pre-prepared. I’m going to be doing this along with you, If you want to join me and compare or discuss results then please feel free. In the next post we’ll look at what makes a good niche, not just good keywords.

I have opened my blog up for comments now (something I was relcutant to do for SPAM reasons) . I welcome ALL relevant comments and questions but if you’re purely posting rubbish then give up and gho somewhere else as all comments are moderated.

Secondly if you are not a first time visitor you will have noticed that I haven’t posted to this blog 2-3 times a week as I had planned to. To be completely honest I have been working on other things and this has been put on the backburner. This is something I aim to change now so please visit regularly and I promise you something worthwhile at least once a week. I will also be adding freebies to the freeby section at least once a fortnight (as long as I believe it will really be useful).

 I just want to re-iterate here that this blogs sole purpose is to help those who are just starting in Internet/Niche/Adsense Marketing or looking at earning a legitimate income from the Internet. NEVER think your question is too dumb. I started my blog because so many friends took an interest in how I was creating a passive income that I wanted them to see that anyone with self-motivation can do it themselves. You don’t need to to be a techy (i’m not), and you don’t need thousands of $$$ but you do need a willingness to learn.

O.k All that said… You will see throughout this website that I have personally recommended Super Apprentice. What will my recommendation mean to you? nothing at all, I could be anyone after a quick buck on commissions. Which is why I have been giving you real live personal results to offer proof of how and why SA (Super Apprentice) works, (to be updated at the end of May). The reason i’m mentioning it again now is because there has been a MAJOR UPDATE. I’m talking about something that has enabled me to create from 5-6 websites per month to over 20 per month, without compromising on quality. You will not find any underhand techniques here. Only good quality sites. I’m not going to say too much right now as i’d really like you take a look at my SA review site so you can see for yourself what it’s all about. But you may have heard me mention Nichebot in previous posts. Well Nichebot is a great tool for keyword research but it is time consuming. This time factor is now a thing of the past.

Juicy info’ coming soon…

The site went live on the 08 Febreary 2008. I submitted one article to Ezine Articles and a few other good directories. I also added 30 blog posts to a queue using SA which were added over time to the blog network automatically. That’s it. Aside from that I did no other promotion. My results are as follows:

And March…

And April so far…

I can also tell you (feel free to look yourself) I am also 6th position in MSN for one of my main keyphrases “Free printable baby shower invitations” and this trend is beginning to repeat with my other phrases also. O.k I know it’s a long tail keyword but it’s bringing almost 200 visitors a month on it’s own! Of course it’s still very early days  and the site is still young but it’s earning me around $1 per day in Adsense and i’m not doing anything to get that money apart from sitting on my backside. I also know that this figure will increase. In a few days time I will be adding another round of blog posts (about 20) just to keep the linking going. I believe this is important. Fresh links coming in show that your site is still valuable.

 The next stage (I think about another month) is to pick the keywords producing the best results (i’ll show you how to do this) and create a new site using those keywords along with a few extras.

 Remember peeps that most of this work is completely automated. The only thing I spend any time on is choosing my keywords. I am now free to concentrate on duplicating this as many times as I want.

Seriously - I hate sounding like a salesman but check out Dave’s Super Apprentice. If you’re not happy, simply request a refund. He’s a genuine guy and will be happy to oblige.

Over and Out for now….

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First of all - My ULTIMATE SUPER APPRENTICE REVIEW is finally complete. This is more comprehensive than any other, and will show you exactly why I rave on about SA (Super Apprentice). Anyway, enough plugs for now.

As I originally promised I have your first freebies. What’s more they, come with resell rights so if you want to you can sell them on yourself. These are 3 great ebooks for newbies.

1) - How to register and host your first domain

2) - How to build and upload your first website

3) - How to get and promote your first affiliate products.

They are completely free and I will be uploading them within the next couple of days but I should mention just one thing.  If you are joining Super Apprentice then don’t download them. You will not need them and could end up getting confused trying to follow 2 systems. Otherwise they will be a great help to all newbies out there.

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 When I started this blog I vowed to find you all the tools and guides I could that would help you on the road to earning money online. I have finally found the best starting place in the form of video guides. I have a collection of 47 Newbie Marketing Videos. They are a great place to start and will cover all the basics from choosing the right domain names, to setting up your website. 

These Video’s are short and to the point. They are not my creation but I feel it important to include them here. Now for the bad news. Due to licence restrictions I can’t give them away so i’m gonna do the next best thing. You can have them all for $1.00. Yep, a dollar. What’s more, i’ll throw in resale right so you can sell them yourself should you wish to. Keep hold of them because very soon I will be giving you access to some great software that will help you do this.

 I want to be very clear here though. I truly believe that Super Apprentice (full review almost finished) is the best place to start and don’t want you to try too many things at once. But these videos will give you a good overview of the Internet Marketing world. Give me just a couple of days to get things finalised and I will upload them for you here.

T-Th-Th-That’s all folks - For Now!