Mar 10
The Intent - LSO (Part 2)
Last week I introduced you to the project of mine that is probably nearest and dearest to my heart, Learn Stuff Online.
Before I had this blog, before I kinda started with web design solutions, I had LSO. It was AND remains to be a pretty ambitious project - But I think the good ones often are right? (#):)
So before we go into all the problems that came up for LSO, I’ll get into the nitty gritty of what I originally envisioned for the site so you can get a glimpse into the mind of a madman.
Why I Made Learn Stuff Online
Now I’m not talking about why I created a website… Most of that reason was to create residual income for myself. But as I mentioned before, I love teaching people about things that I enjoy. And at some level we probably all like doing that. Lots of times when we talk to our friends we’re just sharing are various passions with them. That’s kind of where LSO came from I guess. It gave me the flexibility to talk about whatever I wanted to, and hopefully have a place where it would all kinda fit. For instance, I couldn’t really talk about song composition on here because for one, it doesn’t really fit with the theme of this site and for two, you guys probably wouldn’t want to hear about it.
Anything About Everything
And THAT would be the tagline of the site that even now I really like. Not only is it pretty catchy, but it’s pretty true to the point as to what I envison/ed for the site. My first section on Learn Stuff Online was home theater setup. You know that it’s definitely one of my passions so it made a great place to start from. After that, I continued with other subjects but didn’t cover really more than 3. The thinking there was I didn’t want to extend myself too far before I knew if it was going to work or not. Recently, I just started the first new section in a while, iPod Help and iPod Information. More on that later…
Money Making Goal
Admittedly, I naively came up with various formulas that would net me Y amount of money based on X traffic. And while I don’t think I ever had a concrete goal in mind (say like $500/mo), I expected the site to… work out. But you know the more I think about, the more I realize now how doomed I was during my first go around.
And if you wanna see what I’m talking about, stay tuned while I cover *drumroll*… “The Problems - LSO (Part 3).
March 10th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Hey Bush, I like the idea for your new site and really think it could do with a lot of SEO to get it found by people.
This is going to sound like an affiliate plug so I won’t put my Affiliate link here because I am being genuine!
I just purchased Micro Niche Finder and am testing it out right now. I am mainly using it to come up with post titles right now and it’s working pretty well and getting some of my stuff on page 1 of Google.
Anyway it’s about $80 with tax and will be raising in price next week as v3 is coming out (if you buy v2 you get free upgrades for life).
I learned about it from Garry Conn (you oughta check him out if you don’t know him already) and he is, as far as I can tell, a very trustworthy helpful man.
So…. if you want any more info or screen shots or a run down of my experience with it, or anything then give me a shout, you know my email.
March 10th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
@Forest - Funny you should mention that tool Mr. Forest. (#):) I actually bought it a while ago, and have been putting through its paces with iPod @ LSO. Of course, you can’t see the fruits of that labor yet though. My first step was getting it in Google’s index, and now it’s time to put the screws to the whole thing!
I really hope I can make my money back with it. (#):D So it’s been working pretty good for you so far?