Shawna Newman
Getting backlinks pointed at your site can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. You either go the DIY route, which can be tedious as hell, or you just pay for the links to save yourself some time. Or, just skip links all together like some people do…if that’s your thing. I don’t tend … Read more
Here we are, already making our way into the home stretch of the holiday shopping season. Are you ready? Cause I still feel so behind. So behind. I don’t really have anything witty to say before we get into the meat of this update as I’ve been working super hard in recent weeks and I’m … Read more
I’ve been in this industry for a long time. I started out in the personal finance niche doing Adsense-focused sites and then switched over to affiliate sites, which is where most of my time has been spent. I love SEO, writing, and the whole game of ranking a site. But more than once I’ve thought … Read more
I often get asked how I manage such a large portfolio of sites without an equally as large team. While being a bit of a control freak helps with that, I think the secret is just that I keep things simple. And a lot of keeping things simple means focusing on the 80/20 principle. As … Read more
For whatever reason that I don’t really know or understand, I have historically created sites that trend low in the fall. I try to create evergreen sites, but then I always end up choosing keywords and content that starts to trend low when the back to school season starts. Except for the years when I … Read more