I’ll check out http://squidoochristmascash.com/blueprint , continue reading your very informative blog and start from there.

Thank you very much!
Ed

so to answer your questions:

yes, squidoo still works quite well. I earn a good percentage of my monthly income from lenses I’ve created as well as payment from squidoo. If you want to learn how to make profitable lenses I suggest you grab this free report http://squidoochristmascash.com/blueprint and check out that site too for more squidoo information.

building a business online is about creating something that has the ability to have people trade you money for something. While adjectives are necessary and fun ~ there isn’t much of anything you can trade people for money in this niche. I’m sure adsense clicks are very low because of this exact reason. To find an affiliate program for a niche there has to be something to sell… can you think of anything to sell related to adjectives? If you can then I would put that thing + affiliate program in google and see what you come up with.

comments on blogs and forums can be a good way to get links as well as direct traffic. If you want to learn more about backlinking I offer some free tutorials you may find helpful.

If you want more one on one help getting started and getting profitable you might think about joining KISS Club ~ I can personally help you get started.

1. is Squidoo still a good avenue for income nowadays? I heard it a few years back but didn’t actually paid attention.

2. my first stint in Internet Marketing is this – http://listadjectives.com/ . I love grammar adjectives (not that I’m good with it) and thought to create a site about that topic. I checked Google Keywords and played around a bit with keywords, optimizing my page titles, etc. I’m thinking of putting adsense in that site…

a. a friend told me that while adjectives is a great keyword (i used variations of long-tail keywords), there’s very little to no Adword advertisers targeting that keyword. what are the other revenue-generating affiliates that you can recommend for this type of niche?

b. i haven’t started backlinking yet. a friend also told me that posting comments on blogs and forums has little effect to ranking lately. is this true?

Thanks and looking forward to your new articles!

You’re finding 50 keywords related to your topic that have over 1000 search volume each?

I don’t download huge numbers like that ~ I go in with a specific product/keyword I want to do research on.

I go to the kw research tool, and check for search volume. You can get a bit of an idea about the level of competition from the little advertisers competition graph.

When I find a kw that has search volume I check the competition ~ PR of the sites on the first page.

If you’re going niche enough it’s not too hard to find something that matches all the criteria.

Then I go and do that lens. When I’m ready to start another lens I start the process again from the beginning.

That works for me, but it may work for you to spend a whole day doing kw research and then have a list of “great keywords” so you can just keep building building building after that.

Either way works, you just have to figure out what’s going to work best for you.

As far as competition goes ~ once you’ve found a specific keyword that has plenty of search volume (I like more than 1000 a month) I use the page rank of the first 10 sites as a guide. If I add up the page rank of the first 10 sites and they equal less than 30 I call it good. (or I use the SOC number in micro niche finder ~ also under 30)

Check the first page of Google for your keywords ~ if you don’t see 2 lenses listed that are targeting your keyword (and provided you’ve done the rest of the keyword research for your word) you can probably do quite well with your lenses.

I’d say go for it.