My Honest Review of Niche Profit Classroom
I haven’t always made websites – let alone niche web sites. In fact if you asked me a year ago if I would be creating content based websites that sell 60-100 page ebooks for a profit (on top of affiliate sales and advertising revenue) I would have thought that was impossible. But here I am and yes, that is exactly what I do.
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About a year ago I finally saw who I was and where I was going in life with clear vision and it made me very very angry. What was I doing with my life?! Of course I have been angry like this before, but never before had I sought action. Usually I would drown my initial frustration in a) shopping b) ice cream c) alcohol and then try to put it all out of my mind.
This time was different – this time I chose action. I said to myself “You will be out of this job in one year” and at that point I radically changed my behavior and pursued my goal of running my own internet business with…nothing less than fanatical obsession.I set aside all other interests and spent all of my time and money trying to figure out how to make money online. I really felt that was what I wanted to do and if other people could do it, why not me?
In that time I learned -
What NOT to Do
Such as – buy some crap product cobbled together in a couple days and then sold to some fool (me) for $99.
In my experience, the vast majority of Internet Marketing products – be that newsletters, ebooks, or membership sites – give you much less than you would expect and ALWAYS leave you with unanswered questions and knowledge gaps. How is x,y, and z going to make you money anyways? Usually when you buy some kind of “Internet Marketing Secrets Revealed” type product from some so called internet guru you end up spending $99 for say five videos that look like they were put together in the span of an hour with an anemic pdf document to accompany (and yet, you bought it. How did that happen?)
The information is NOT effective. In fact, the person who “wrote” it probably never even made money online. Other times the information is credible but just so general you don’t really know where to get started. Oh but look, an action blueprint can be yours for only $199! If only you’d know before you laid out the $99 that you would need to spend an additional $199…
The system is too expensive, too time consuming, or both. If a system is going to work for you, it has to work within your budget – time and monetary. Anything else is just throwing money away. Lots of programs advertised possibly could work if you had thousands of dollars to put towards a Google pay-per-click campaign, but even then you have spent your hard earned money only to hope for success.
The process is so complicated or poorly explained or its only for the very experienced…who…probably don’t need the system or the money for that matter.
Lastly boring or dishonest. Do you really feel good endorsing products you haven’t used or you know don’t work? Is it REALLY interesting to write article after article about how to stop excessive sweating?
What DOES Work (for me and maybe you too)
Back in April I heard a podcast interview of Adam Short on Yaro Starak’s blog. This interview got me really excited as I was sure, finally, that this method would work. Everything he said made sense. But, I really didn’t want to spend any money (as I had been burned too many times before) and so instead I watched every single one of the free videos and took pages of notes.
This is the system-
You create an information rich website on a hobby topic of some kind being careful to pick a market with lots of interest but not too much competition (finding these markets is easier than you would think and can be done in under an hour by using a few popular web sites.)
You then create a product for visitors to buy (or pay to have someone create a product for you, or you could link to an affiliate product on the same topic – its up to you.) This is the point of your site. For example, if your site has lot of individual articles on marble collecting, then you also offer a downloadable book (or audio book) on marble collecting.
Instead of paying for traffic through Google’s pay per click search advertising program you use simple techniques (see the articles in the side bar) to bring visitors to your site for FREE.
Once visitors arrive at your site you get them to opt in to your email list where you offer a free mini course on your topic. This is key as most customers do not buy the first time and many will not remember to return otherwise. Your email mini course will then send the people on your list one email per day on a key tip related to your topic as well as gently encourage visitors to visit your sales page and buy your book.
That is pretty much it. Maybe it sounds crazy to you, but people really do buy ebooks – just go visit Clickbank’s Marketplace and look! Books on dog training, weight loss, and other topics sell like crazy!
I knew right away this was something I could do and do well.
Did I quit my job in a year? Well no, I still made mistakes along the way which have caused me to waste time, but I am making money.
Do the methods really work? Yes.
Is it really as cheap to maintain as claimed? Absolutely.
Let me breakdown my project expenses:
Cost of my monthly web hosting which allows unlimited domains? About $10 with HostGator.
Cost of my email autoresponder service – $20 per month with aWeber – allows unlimited email lists and unlimited messages to my list members. After your list grows to more than 500 people, your cost will go up by $10 and then remain the same until you exceed 2,500 members (at which point it might make more sense to flush your list…)
Cost of one domain name a little less than $10 with Name Cheap. Best deal out there.
Then in order to process payments you will need to open an account with either Clickbank or Paypal. Clickbank has the advantage of allowing you to set up affiliate marketing for your product, this can be well worth the one time cost of $50 to set up an account. Oherwise, you may prefer to get started with Paypal, is up to you.
Cost of graphics and website design – none! I use WordPress and a template from Niche Profit Classroom. This allows me to get sites up and ready to go in about an hour.
Cost of content – None. I write all content myself to keep costs low. In the future I will probably need to start outsourcing this as my project lists grow…
Side note: Hosting is included in the monthly fee (save you $10 per month) for Niche Profit Classroom but I prefer to keep ownership of this myself and so do not use this service.
And that’s it. $30 per month for reoccurring charges and $60 in one time charges for product creation. Not bad when you consider many profitable niche sites can make anywhere from $500 to $1500 per month when fully mature (a year or so, sometimes faster depending on the topic.) Don’t forget that you really only need to sell a few books per month to break even. This is the beauty of keeping costs so low! And you can always add more income by placing Google ads or promoting affiliate products!
Is Niche Profit Classroom a Good Product?
Ultimately I did end up joining Niche Profit Classroom as I wanted access to the proprietary software, free monthly niche packs (niche websites and email newsletters ready to post online and make you money), and online educational videos. I am still a member today because I continue to find the content helpful.
Niche Profit Classroom consistently exceeds expectations in many ways. The basic philosophy of making money without spending much money is one I can get behind. Adam and Alen show you how to find subjects that lots of people on the web are genuinely interested in but that there just aren’t a lot of competing sites. Using their guess free MoneyWord system allows you to position your new site (where you offer an eBook for sale) in Google’s top 10 without wasting money paying for traffic.
The quality of the 600 some video training modules is much higher than with other programs. The explanations and processes are dead simple and shown to you in real time using example or working websites. You never find yourself scrambling about what to do next. Oh, and they provide an action plan for free with each training module in case you still need it (I usually don’t.)
I find I really enjoy building my sales websites featuring a variety of hobbies I am interested in. My family makes fun of me but honestly, I really like writing about pets and tomatoes! The fact that I can actually make money doing something so simple and something that I enjoy – that’s the part I still can’t believe.
Take a Look for Yourself
When you first log in…
When you first log in to Niche Profit Classroom, you will get a splash screen – this is for the free Niche Profit Classroom Acceleration Program. The Acceleration Program is simply an additional educational “blueprint” that you can follow in order to get started making money and launching a site as quickly as possible. If you opt in to the 15-day email mini-course you will get a daily lesson with specific instructions to follow – all with the goal of getting your first site up in two weeks.
This type of program is great because its based around the idea of “If I could start over today, this is how I would do things.” I find this is so true. Over the months I have been working on niche marketing, I find my process has become much more streamlined and I have worked through many beginner “mistakes” on my own. I recommend opting in to this guided lesson first thing.
Here is a shot of the main landing page….
Across the top are ten menu options:
“NPC” – this always returns you to the main page
“Classroom” – This leads you to the area where all the online video modules are kept (keep reading to see more…)
“NPC Center” – This is a drop down menu that leads one to lots of useful resources like the monthly free niche website packs, the easy to use WordPress template for building niche websites, pre-recorded webinars, etc.
“Software” – This is where you go to access online (market analysis tool) and downloadable software like the MoneyWord Matrix software tool.
“Outsourcing” – Covers specific training on how to outsource the creation of niche websites while still maintaining quality and profit margins.
“Hosting” – Covers the free website hosting that comes with your membership.
“T-Capsule” – This is where you go to find past niche packs and other resources that were distributed to members during previous months or years.
“Community” – This leads to the forums.
“CP” - This is the Control Panel. If you save any data in the online software modules, you will find it here.
Look inside the Classroom module…
Across the top you will find 14 learning modules ranging from an “Introduction” through “Product Creation,” “Sales Letter,” “Website Building,” “Traffic” and “Profit Boosting” tactics. You can select any of these modules, then choose “Video Training” – this will launch a list of all videos available on the subject. In the left hand side of the window you will see playable video. Ideally you would watch videos in succession. Most modules have around ten videos or more. Usually the length is around 4 minutes each so it is easy to start and stop a video according to your schedule.
If nothing else, check out the free videos. Most of the information is presented so simply that you won’t even need the classroom membership.
In these videos you will learn the same techniques that I use to:
Create simple content websites that do not appear to be sales sites at all, yet regularly generate between $500 and $1500 per month while 100% on autopilot.
Get FREE targeted traffic that only grows over time by using the “MoneyWord Matrix.”
Funnel your site’s traffic into a silent sales machine that will get you a great conversion rate.
List building secrets that can generate cash on command…
Secrets to creating high quality information products for pennies on the dollar by using a little known two step process…
Set the whole system on autopilot that runs 24/7!
