How to Build Profitable Websites from Scratch
Tutorials
*Tutorials shown in blue can be accessed by anyone. All other tutorials can only be accessed by members of the Income Community. Become a member today.
Background
Set Up Your Website
- How to Pick a Niche
- How to Set Up a Domain Name, Hosting Plan, and WordPress
- Select Your WordPress Plugins
How to Get Traffic
- The Four Types of Traffic
- Introduction to SEO
- How to Perform Keyword Research with ahrefs
- How to Perform Keyword Research with Free Tools
- How to Create a Content Plan
- How to Write SEO-Optimized Articles: Part 1
- How to Write SEO-Optimized Articles: Part 2
- How to Supplement SEO Traffic with Social Media
Ranking Factors
- How Long Does it Take for an Article to Reach the Front Page of Google?
- What Factors Affect an Article’s Ranking Position?
- How Important are Backlinks?
How to Monitor Your Traffic
- How to Monitor Your Traffic with Google Analytics
- How to Monitor Your Traffic with Google Search Console
How to Monetize Your Traffic
- How to Monetize Your Site
- How to Earn Income with Ads
- How to Earn Income with Affiliate Links
- How to Earn Income with Digital Products
Case Studies
Case Studies is a series where I review different websites from around the web that are doing an incredible job of driving traffic to their sites and monetizing that traffic. The goal of this series is to show you how different sites are earning income and how you can apply their strategies to your own site.
- Case Study Basics – How to Perform Your Own Case Study on Any Site
- Case Study #1 – A Niche Gardening Site with 400k+ Visitors per Month
- Case Study #2 – A One-Man Computer Programming Site with 1 Million+ Visitors per Month
- Case Study #3 – A Coffee Site with 600k+ Visitors per Month
The Bonus Knowledge Library
The Bonus Knowledge Library contains articles that cover specific topics on either SEO or website monetization in detail.
- How to Automatically Place Affiliate Links on Every Page of Your Site
- Which Article Titles Get the Most Clicks in Google Search Results?
- How Much Money Can You Actually Earn with Ads?
- 5 Free Ways to Generate Keyword Ideas
- How I Created a Profitable Website from Scratch in 9 Months
- The Exact Template I Use to Rank Articles on Wander Cincinnati
- A Crash Course in WordPress
- The Number One Reason Most People Fail at SEO
- The Importance of Alt Text
- Ads. vs. Affiliate Links: Which is Best?
- A Simple System for Cranking Out New Articles Consistently
Zach is the author behind Four Pillar Freedom, a blog that teaches you how to build wealth and gain freedom in life.
He quit his day job as a data scientist in 2019 because he was able to earn enough income from profitable websites to replace his salary. He now teaches people how to start and grow their own profitable websites from scratch in the Income Community.
Zach's favorite free financial tool he's been using since 2015 to manage his net worth is Personal Capital. Each month he uses their free Investment Checkup tool and Retirement Planner to track his investments and ensure that he's on the fast track to financial freedom.
His favorite investment platform is M1 Finance, a site that allows him to build a custom portfolio of stocks for free, has no trading or maintenance fees, and even allows him to set up automated target-allocated investments.
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