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This is entry #2 in the What Are You Struggling With? series. If you’d like to submit one of your struggles for consideration please post a comment in this original post. If you want to view all the posts in this series visit the Struggling Series category.

FROM: Jonathan Bishop

Hi John,

Here’s my problem: Getting quality content for a very, very specific and tight niche, in which reputation means everything.

The niche I’m working in is martial arts, and specifically Chinese ‘internal’ martial arts. I decided to do this online because it’s my real, great passion in life, and with my parents (boomers) generation approaching failing health and expensive healthcare, I think that in addition to other great benefits, I can help people live more healthily and improve the quality of their own lives.

I’ve recently purchased a domain which I plan to use as the main anchor of my site, and I’m planning to develop it very similarly to the way you’re developing income.com. I’m watching you very carefully for specific things you’re doing actually.

So much so that while the site itself is not up, I’ve put up a blog at www.wudangquan.com/blog . . .

This is a relatively good domain, and is highly brandable for the niche.

So my eventual goal is laid out in that blog, andthe one above in my signature or whatever. I want to provide the highest quality content on this subject that’s ever been produced.

I’m so dedicated to this goal, that I’m moving from South Korea (where I’m an English teacher - I’ve been in Asia about 8 years) to China next month, to take a dramatic pay cut and get close to the source of this information, have access to original texts, and so on.

The site will be more or less a monthly/bi-monthly magazine in the front, and behind that will be a web 2.0 community type of site with lots of things for registered users to do.

Again, my problem is content. I figure that once I start doing some translations, video interviews, etc. other people will contribute, but like I said - reputation is very important, because like internet marketing, this niche is full of hacks and phonies.

So in a nutshell, my question is - How would you get experts in a very narrow niche/field to contribute their expertise, experiences, and so on to a third parties project, beyond the usual (I’ll give you a link back, exposure, etc.) stuff on a relatively tight budget?

Thanks for reading this!

Jonathan,

After reading your plans and checking out your blog, I can see that you are on the right track. What you need to do is to freely share valuable martial arts resources through your blog posts, pointing people to other blogs you’ve discovered, for example, that contain valuable tips and information.

By using your blog as a way to dissiminate valuable info about your market - whether the tips come from you or someone else’s blog - you are gaining the trust of your readers, while simultaneously figuring out who the real experts are in your niche.

As you send traffic to other experts’ blogs within your niche, these people will reciprocate by doing the same for you, and this could entail anything from sending traffic back to your blog, agreeing to conduct an interview with you, collaborating with you on product creation, and so on.

Obviously, as people see how serious you are about the niche, and as they see that you are recommending solid resources for people to check out, you will have people visiting your blog on a consistent basis, and the experts who recognize this fact will be more than happy - even eager - to help you out in any way they can.

One of the best things you can do for your business, if you haven’t done so already, is to download a valuable PDF that will help you really get exposure for your blog, allowing you to achieve the results I mentioned above. “Authority Black Book” was written by Jack Humphrey, and you can download it here: http://www.authorityblackbook.com/reese/

* This is not an affiliate link but a ‘backdoor’ to get the report without opt-ing in.

Just remember that if you work hard to give good value from the very beginning, freely recommend the blogs/resources of other experts within your niche, and so on, you can expect to not only have tons of prospects returning to your blog, you can gain the assistance of several experts within your niche who are willing to provide solid content for you.

~ John

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42 Responses to “Web Site Content From Others”

  1. Web Site Content From Others Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 7:31 am

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  2. Azzam Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 10:48 am

    Thank you for the link to the download book

  3. Elango Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 10:51 am

    I too saw your blog Jonathan, its very professional, and i am astonished of your dedication. Use the tips in authority black book. It works yes!!!. John is right as always. I used these tips to start a brand new blog on the subject Gynecomastia. It had some really good traffic, and its a wordpress hosted blog. I have already made three sales. I am IM newbie, (not in knowing the subject but couldn’t get started, i dont have a credit card yet, registered for it though). I now have some $81.36 in clickbank account, yes i can brag about that, coz these are the first dollars earned in my life,no investment still and i am a student. So jonathan, use those tips, its really Gold, and John Thank u for your content you have been giving all this time, ofcourse free content ;-) , will get your paid content too soon.

  4. Meg McNeal....Are you ready to be Interviewed? Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 10:51 am

    Great tips John
    I have the blackbook already, but I will go back and read it again. It is a great source.

  5. Roger Gonzales Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 1:17 pm

    You can get content here

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  6. Angela Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 11:56 pm

    This is great information John. I’ve recently turned my entire virtual assistance website into a blog and since doing so my website traffic has doubled. When doing posts I don’t so much think of linking out to others though I do so occassionally.

    I think I will take your advice and whenever possible also highlight others in my industry who are offering real value that my readers will also appreciate.

    Thanks again!
    Angela Wills
    http://www.StarVA.com

  7. Raja Sekharan Says:
    July 22nd, 2007 at 2:26 am

    John,

    Just wanted to let you know that the videos are not loading properly at all even on a 512kbps line. Probably because of my location (India)

    Raja sekharan

  8. Elango Says:
    July 22nd, 2007 at 6:32 am

    Hi raja sekharan;
    Me to from INDIA, i am from tamil nadu, from your name i think u r from tamil nadu too. Its not because of location, its because of your ISP, My recommendation would be to use, BSNL broadband. Though now-a-days it takes some one month after you register to get the connection (because of heavy demand), its really worth it. Speed is good. Just my 2 paise….

    Elango

  9. Mitchell Harper Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 12:35 am

    Hi John,

    Just wanted to let you know that I’ve taken your advice and have launched a blog to talk about the ongoing development of our eCommerce product, StoreSuite. The blog is at http://www.thestoresuiteblog.com/ and every few days I’m posting videos and ideas and asking for feedback and so far it’s working great. The blog is getting FLOODED with comments.

    Thanks for your great advice. It’s good to know I’m not the only ethical business owner/blogger left in the world :)

  10. Franck Silvestre Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 2:24 pm

    Good tip, I am in the martial arts niche as well. I am not in tai chi (soft style), but rather in silat and brazilian ju jutsu.

    I am a “retired” body guard.

  11. Mara B. Says:
    July 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 pm

    I’m wondering if having such a pin-pointed niche is counterproductive. I mean, it seems that finding content would be extremely difficult, unless you write it yourself. And, that will make it difficult to update your site very often, which isn’t good for web crawls. Could you broaden your subject some?

  12. David Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 7:40 am

    It might be useful to also find podcasts of Chinese “internal” martial arts and include it onto your webpage. People who download these podcasts onto their IPod will think of your website everytime they hear them. I recently added a bunch of podcasts on our website for a printing company and it has worked very well so far.

  13. Caleb Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 4:36 pm

    I like your site alot because I’m deeply into martial science…I would suggest visiting all top blogs on the subject and interact within their forums,posts,etc.

    Just remember to leave a link.

  14. crestosssa Says:
    August 3rd, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    Hey

    I was surfing the web and i saw this site, pretty cool.
    Currently im running and adult site:Reachton
    k, just want to say hi :)
    Can i link you from my site? im looking for quality content like yours. If no let me know if i can add u in exchange for a montly fee or something.

  15. Music-Band Says:
    August 5th, 2007 at 10:15 am

    Hey

    I was surfing the web and i saw this site, pretty cool.
    Currently im running and adult site:Reachton
    k, just want to say hi :)
    Can i link you from my site? im looking for quality content like yours. If no let me know if i can add u in exchange for a montly fee or something.

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    I have reread the Black Book, it’s amazing what you can overlook.
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    August 22nd, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    John

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  21. Ron S. Says:
    September 14th, 2007 at 1:19 am

    Hi John,

    I am a web copywriter and am looking forward to becoming an affiliate of income.com and all of your products.

    Can you please provide me with a link for becoming an affiliate of all your products?

    are you LinkedIn?

    do you require web copywriters’ frequently? can you refer me to any of your colleagues or anyone else?

    Have a great day John!

    Many Blessings,
    Ron S.

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    Hi john

    I feel like im in wrong business at the moment, Im writing my blog and giving good information, and all of its for free and when i do get my first product done its going to over deliver.

    however Ive once again paid money ($5 isnt much) for yet another what I thought would be a good product and it was full of info I’d give away for free.

    am i in the wrong thinking that all im doing is getting added into there customer list, and carrying on delivering top content on my blog for free

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