Years ago I went on a 3-month road trip. Good times. While motoring along I specifically recall dreaming up what my perfect business would be. I had worked enough jobs by that point that I was pretty certain I wanted to be self-employed. My list for the perfect business was: - Great earning potential (most businesses have this BTW... usually a matter of scaling),
- No or minimal clients or customer service,
- No huge up-front investment (I was broke), and
- No partners or anyone to answer to. â Speaking of the perfect business, [my course]( closes in 2 days. At the time I assumed finding a business that checked all those boxes was a pipe dream. I knew any business I started would likely be service-oriented just because I'm not really the "go into manufacturing" type and retail doesn't interest me much. After all, by that point, I was a former server in a restaurant and enjoyed the work. I was no stranger to service jobs. Fast forward a few years. I discovered niche sites. It took about 3 seconds for me to realize this biz model checked every single box I wanted in a business. I didn't hesitate. I bought hosting within a day and got to work. Fast forward another pile of years and I'm still at it with niche sites having achieved 50x my initial goal. My gut instinct was correct. This biz did check all the boxes for me and still does. I saw the opportunity immediately I didn't know the specifics when I started. I didn't know SEO. I didn't know social media. All I knew is that I was pretty certain I could create content and that if I could make it work it was a biz I'd enjoy running. I was right. I figured it out along the way Diving in was the right approach. There's no learning like doing. I made plenty of mistakes and learned from those. In time, I figured it out by doing, participating in various communities over the years, buying courses, watching videos, chatting with colleagues and reading blog posts. Threats never turned out serious A few early Google updates knocked me down pretty good but I recovered. Over the years bloggers would proclaim "SEO is dead" or "display ads are dead". That never happened. Ad blockers were a big fat nothing. SEO traffic has only grown over the years for me and many. I have to admit the ad blocker announcement was something I took seriously but quickly learned very few people used (relative to the numbe of people online). It was business as usual. Mobile traffic in the early days paid low on and ad RPM basis. That never bothered me. Back then, mobile traffic was a bonus. Now it's the lion's share of my traffic. Ecommerce advertises a'plenty on mobile. While mobile doesn't pay as well as desktop, it's pretty good. Mobile was never a threat I was concerned about. Mobile traffic was and is a boon. More people on the internet more often and longer. Nothing bad about that. My ROI has never been higher Thanks to low cost AI content, growing traffic and a very nice recent 42.5x site sale multiple, my ROI with blogging has never been higher. Content costs are as low as they've ever been. Traffic is as high as it's ever been. Ad revenue, while not as high as it's ever been, is decent. When I put that all together, current profits are at record levels while the number of hours I put in each week remains the same. Dream biz for me? Yes, it is, and I can safely say the same for many folks I know. People who get into this work love it. You can tell from the excitement/tone in their forum posts, chatting on skype or via email communications. It's quite something. Part business / part game I'm not the only person who likens this whole traffic-getting and monetizing websites biz as part game. It seems game-like, not because it's not a serious business but because it's so fun. We're constantly working toward the next level. Sure, we fall back down levels now and then but the long term is next level, next level, next level. There aren't many businesses out there that are viewed as game-like among its participants. So yeah, publishing content sites checks all the boxes for me. It did years ago when I started. Still does. If you believe it checks all the boxes and want to get to the next level, get my course. => [Enroll in my course here](â It closes Sunday (2 days). 30 day refund period. Private, active forum. All around great deal. Jon Fatstacksblog.com â â [Unsubscribe]( | [Update your profile]( | #317-2151 Front Street, North Vancouver, BC V7H 0B7