LAST EDITED ON Jun-18-08 AT 04:46 AM (PST)
 
Hi Warner,

You remind me of myself about 5 years ago. Studying, analyzing, thinking, improving, perfecting, before I ever built a page. I had already been writing PHP, MySQL, Linux server admin, etc., for many years before that, so you can imagine how I felt compelled to use all that I knew to "improve" on what the Bombs were already doing. And of course, this was back before we had Tuelz thrown into the mix!

Kurt had/has a thread around here somewhere from those days, where he describes how the Bombers making the most money weren't the most technical, but the ones who just started building sites.

And that was correct - it's 100% guaranteed that if you don't have any pages up, you're not going to get any visitors. There's a phrase you may have heard "Ready, Fire, Aim", and with the Bombs/Tuelz approach that's definitely true. It's the "Fire" that must come first.

Like me back then, you are in essence trying to design, plan, and build the perfect mansion before you've learned to (and actually built) a lean-to. It doesn't work that way, and it's a sure path to frustration and eventual failure.

So, here is my suggestion:

Pick ONE of those niches you mentioned, and build your money site first. Unique content, good affiliate program to promote, etc. It shouldn't take more than a few days, even with 10-20 unique articles. Until that's done, forget Bombs, Tuelz, hubs, etc. Just build a single money site in one niche only. You can come back later on & tweak, improve conversions, add more quality content, etc.

Just an aside about niches: IMO, your stated niches are too "wide". For example, "weight loss" and "scuba". I'd narrow them down a bit, but don't go so narrow that there's very little traffic. For example, "weight loss for baby boomers", "weight loss for new moms", "scuba in Cozumel", and "scuba at the Great Barrier Reef" will all probably work. "Weight loss for vegans" and "Scuba on Golden Pond" probably won't...

After your money site is ready, then come back to Tuelz/Bombs & build a silver site. This will link to your first "money" or "gold" site. Build one silver site using Blogbomb for part of it, and maybe one other Tuel/Bomb (depending on what you do).

Then, set up a few Squidoo, Hubpages, Blogger, Wordpress.com, etc., maybe one page at each, and mix in your RSS feeds from your silver site with some other content (rewritten PLR using Tuelz, etc). These will link primarily back to your silver site, although through your RSS items they may also link to other tin sites that are related.

You now have a gold - silver - tin structure. The silver-tin combination can be thought of as a "leg" of the gold site. Now, repeat the silver-tin portion to add another leg to your gold site. This time, if you want, you can mix in another Bomb or Tuel.

After getting that first gold site up, with maybe 4-6 "legs" supporting it, that would be the time to look back over your notes from this process, figure out how you can improve it little by little if you want, how to make it more uniquely "yours", throw in some more resources, what works best for driving traffic, etc.

Jeff