You should interview some hotel and restaurant managers, give them a free plug. Ask them to do a tour of the hotel and rooms.

@OneHourProfessor

Ай бұрын

And ask them for a link :)

This all sounds great; I can't wait to see the follow-up videos.

You got shredded, the jawline is crazy, keep it up Alex. You're one of the SEO OGs.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Aww thanks man!

Sounds like a solid plan Alex.

Great video and good pivot..That is the same thing I did locally where I live and the site hasn't officially launched yet and I am getting between 100 to 500 pageviews per day.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

That’s good to hear. Good luck with it

Looks amazing Alex. Rooting for you.

Love the dedication to real, authentic content! Your new project sounds incredible. Keep up the amazing work!

I think its a great plan. Have thought about doing that in my area, might after watching you.

yes, sounds like a fantastic plan, best of luck.. buena suerte, we will follow along

Good luck mate, sounds like a masterplan!

Alex, I have drifted away from all my sites. Instead of web pages, KZread, etc., I have started to explore government contracting. I wish you well on your new adventure and I am sure that you will succeed. Hopefully, we can talk one day like we used to.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Hope so!

I love your plan

The best youtube channel to learn digital stuff❤❤❤

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Wow thanks 🙏

Exciting stuff! Good luck 👍! Will stay tuned!

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Sounds good, good luck sir. I like your videos, you seem genuine :)

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

Good plan! Good luck!

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 YES brilliant! Can’t wait to see how it grows for you. It’s a great plan! And exciting, well done. 🎉

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Enjoying these videos of you documenting the journey Alex! 👏

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

I'm glad you like them!

Excited for the launch! Website looking good!

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

God to see you, Alex.

Well....I think it's a cracking idea and a great pivot. The site looks fab too. The one thing I'd love for you to show us (well me!) Alex is how you created the "shop" category and did the store front in a separate drop down. I really want to experiment with it but it's baffling me! Gaz. 👍

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thanks Gaz. I'll do a video on it soon. Basically when you install Woocommerce you create a page called shop and set that as the shop page in the settings. You can then link to it from the nav. :)

@discovermetaldetecting

Ай бұрын

@@WPEagle .....magic!.....thanks Alex.

Great video mate, and the site is a solid concept. I tried to get my friend to do something very similar thing years ago. She's obsessed with travel and could have built a blogging empire by now. Good luck with the project. Consider adding premium listings to the directory for monetisation.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

That's a great idea! Thanks Richard

I love the transparency on this video and I’m excited to see how well this project does! I’m doing the same thing for my credit site so I’ll be following this closely 🙏

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Hope it works out for you

@eddyballe

Ай бұрын

@@WPEagle Failing forward. 😎

Estepona looks a beautiful place, and your plan looks great. You are fully immersed in it and so EEAT should come quickly. Looking forward to seeing the site, sounds like it could inspire many of us to do what's needed. Good luck with the monetisation too

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Can't wait!

Good luck! Hopefully Google will like the website this time, but the lesson I learnt is that the original content doesn't have priority in terms of ranking. I think regular updates, regular activity such as team work on site, daily marketing, backlinks, return visitors etc. are the most important signals

It’s a solid plan Alex. I am doing a similar type of site for Pattaya since Feb and frankly speaking I am not disappointed with the growth it has. In fact, I am pleasantly surprised. But given the nature of Pattaya, it has a bit of shackles when it comes to monetization, socials, and link building including local citations.. However, I have found some good onlyfans affiliate deals that are paying off quite well. My next step would be to launch an info product catering to mongers. Good luck Alex, I am pretty sure it’s going to work. However I would personally keep away from display ads networks.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I’m curiosos about what you mean about the shackles of Pattaya and how only fans fits into this 😳

@brandonjoseph3422

Ай бұрын

@@WPEagle well, by shackles I mean, link building is difficult. i personally visit coyote clubs, girly bars, to post reviews and interview their managers. In my conversations hints of “female company” prices are involved. So my link pool is too narrow. I no longer trust the backlinks sellers, and the collaboration offers that I get are too hardcore if you understand by what I mean. I don’t want to make my site too much raunchy. I cover restaurants, events, pool parties etc which are family friendly too. I have also advertised my site in local magazines, in public transport, and in popular night clubs, restaurants, bars, in the form of small banners and holdings. Regarding only fans, there are many Pattaya - based girls who are massively popular in onlyfans in the EU, US, and UK. I promote their profiles via an affiliate network.

It's good❤

Alex if I may, add a moving here section. I have a place based tourism site. My highest ranking posts are about moving or retiring to the area. I followed this writing style and original photos etc. never really been affected by the Google updates But I didn't push money side until last year. So I'm probably not as successful as some but it's my brand and it's how I like to create. Do need to turn up the social media you've inspired me.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips !

@manymoms920

Ай бұрын

I'm not likely ever to do ads, not banners I might ask for sponsorship agreements with specific suppliers for specific posts. The moving here sections especially. It's just not in keeping with my brand idea. I do not want to look like an affiliate. I want it to look like a tourism portal.

Solid plan Alex, a lot of work to keep on top of though!! Is this built within Popcorn? Any tutorial on the build out? Funny enough, i had an idea to do something similar tour blog for my location. So will think about this monetisations also. Only as far as Domain purchased! Would like to update you when its moving, youll likely have a ton of feedback im sure.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

It is a lot of work! The site is popcorn. I'll be doing a video taking everyone through how I created the site. Regular updates coming :)

Thnx for the Tip about Kittl! would love to see your "journey" with the t-shirt part. How did you make them and promoting them via Facebook(ads).

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Will share all!

I am building something very similar location website but with less conent at first. I will focus on usefull links, numbers, restaurant menus etc. And will start personalised articles later. It will be interesting how it will compare to what you are doing.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Keep me updated!

I’m interested to hear that you’re doing Print-On-Demand T-Shirts. I’ve decided to try that as a project and see how that goes.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Oh cool. I will do a video on it soon :)

Good video Alex. I always like to use street view to see how far it is to the shops, beach restaurant etc before I visit somewhere new. Its not always successful as the good cars don't wali down narrow roads. Maybe if you put videos on the site... when you are talking about a hotel you could do the walk to the beach to show this in real time. Its always useless when a brochure says 500 meters to the beach. Just an idea?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

You made the site using popcorn? It looks fantastic

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Yeah 🍿

Hey Alex, great plan and I‘m looking forward to the launch 🚀 May I ask which wp theme you used, or is it a directory plugin?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

It’s running Popcorn theme. The directory listings are custom posts either various widgets. Will do a video on it soon 👍

@RetoB1976

Ай бұрын

@@WPEagle Didn't know you can do this kind of website with the popcorn theme. I saw there are now templates and the travel one seems to be what I'm looking for.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

@@RetoB1976 Yes. I'm hopefully going to get a video up and how I put the site together today :)

@RetoB1976

Ай бұрын

@@WPEagle wow that would be brilliant. You won‘t believe it but I‘m looking for months now for a solution to create a kind of directory site, without a directory plugin or theme with all the bells and whistles I don‘t need 🙂

Hi Alex, what camera are you using for vlogging?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Just my iPhone.

Mate did you ever look into Rank and Rent? I can imagine that doing well on your site, then you can sell leads to local Estepona business owners too.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Yes it’s something I will consider

hi alex I have a question regarding using affiliate links in a post. Should I directly put the URL to the hyperlink (e.g., amazon ), or shall I mask it? eg : redirecting to recommends=> Then navigate to affiliate site behind the scene. which is best for SEO?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

I always mask them. Use something like Lasso (wpeagle.com/lasso) or Prettylinks (wpeagle.com/prettylinks) - You can then track them easily change them if you need to in the future. I don't think it has a negative effect on SEO.

@peterk1115

Ай бұрын

Masking is against amazon policy

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

@@peterk1115 Good point. I didn;t see the bit about amazon.

The moving here section would be great Alex. I'm a fellow Brit and would love to live in Spain but I thought we could only live there for 3 months at a time due to Brexit?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

I will get it done: and yeah without a load of paperwork you can only stay 3 months

I’ve been building a local website for two years. I don’t understand how you got your pages about each individual restaurant like that. Is it a plugin for place reviews?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Hey - It's a combination of different things - I use an hours plugin, an embed for the map and a google reviews plugin. I did a video on it recently: wpeagle.com/wordpress/how-to-add-google-reviews-to-wordpress/ :)

@thebikeracer

Ай бұрын

Two ways to do this. Either a blog posts or page for each restaurant.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

@@thebikeracer I'm using custom posts :)

What plugin are you using for the directory portion of the site?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

It's not a plugin. They're just custom posts.

@bbqinferno

Ай бұрын

Got it thank you!

Hi! What camera and microphone did you use for this video?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Just my iPhone 13 Pro and a Rode Lavalier Mic 😊

@MagnusKahler

Ай бұрын

Cool, thanks! Great sound. Is it a wireless lavalier mic or how do you connect it to the iPhone?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

@@MagnusKahler It's the wired one. I just use a little adapter for he iPhone.

I suspect that estapona was a quiet place until that bloke with the camera moved in. 😊

I don’t want to sound harsh but I’m really glad Google messed up all those poor standard niche AI-written websites that blogging gurus are blubbing about. Now you’re writing authentic content and engaging with real people on social media, you are doing what many have been doing for years, so you’re not ahead of the game and it might be tough. But I reckon you’ll get real pleasure out of this. If you’re genuinely passionate about what you’re doing and writing about, the quality will be so much better - and that’s what we all need. Good luck.

@thebikeracer

Ай бұрын

The difference is now we are having to build a network around the site to 1. Drive traffic. 2. Creat a real brand. 3. Legitimacy

@greengreengreenorg

Ай бұрын

@@thebikeracer That was always the case to produce a really good site. They should always be run as a business.

@thebikeracer

Ай бұрын

@@greengreengreenorg I agree. But I think a lot of us (me included) wanted the easy way out. I think too many people relied on Google and only played the Google Game. Only those in the know realize how much time it takes to really win at the online game. I was showing my GF this last night and my comment was I don't know how Eagle has found the time to create all that content (and it appears to be really good and well thought out content) I have a full time job and sneak it what I can when i can.

@thebikeracer

Ай бұрын

@@greengreengreenorg I agree. But I think a lot of us wanted the easy way out and relied on Google too much. The few that got it early - good for them. What I can't wrap my head around is finding the time to make a site like Eagle's new site. (I think it looks awesome and the content appears to be well thought out and well done). Only those of us in the 'know' have any idea how many hours it's taken Eagle to get this site up and running. I showed my GF this last night and my comment was how long it must have taken to create the content. I have a full time job and work on my sites when I can sneak it in. If I didn't have to worry about $$ and a job, I might be able to put something together like this. I know how long it takes and it's not 'minutes', but HOURS!

@peterk1115

Ай бұрын

@@thebikeracer haha keep dreaming... the spots are taken by news sites, reddit and other crap... it isnt just about brand.

Don’t mean to offend but I feel the layout just isn’t that nice. Looks overcrowded and a vomit of videos. I think you could benefit from a better layout, maybe even structure but I’m sure you’ve got that down due to your SEO experience. Good idea though, you could expand to work with hotels, restaurants and get commission for driving traffic and sales. Maybe even email their offers and sell a slot in your email to local businesses as you get X amount of visits

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

I appreciate your comment. Once the site is live i'd love feedback from you and the others in this community. It's not set in stone :)

@rudra7615

Ай бұрын

@@WPEagle of course, I’m always happy to share my feedback. I’m all about appealing to the right audience, aesthetics and how to improve conversion rate from visits. Got to keep engagement high, otherwise they can just subscribe and watch the channel on KZread.

@thebikeracer

Ай бұрын

I thought it looks really good. I guess the truth will be if people engage and stick on the site.

@rudra7615

Ай бұрын

@@thebikeracer absolutely

In my opinion, you would not get anywhere near five figures a month from it. Estepona is a very small and not that popular town. You limit yourself to a small area. I think you should concentrate on social media channels, as you are good at it. You are a people person; I can see this on KZread. Use it to your advantage. Don't build another content website with company directories, etc. (this might have been good 20 years ago). Sorry to be harsh.

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Social media is a big part of this project. Estepona has 250,000 visitors a year so I should be able to make some good money from it

@peterk1115

Ай бұрын

@@WPEagle 250K visitors is not that much... that's about 20K per month. Even if every single one of them visit your site you would still not make 5 figure a month. You need to be more realistic. I am not saying you won't make any money... just saying it won't be very profitable. The power of internet and social media is that it is not limited by area / location. Why would you do that?

@WPEagle

Ай бұрын

@@peterk1115I guess we’ll see 😉

@guanxinated

Ай бұрын

@@peterk1115 Yeah, even with an RPM of $30 and assuming every single person visits the website that's still only $7,500/year. Even doubling that figure, you'd still be much better off working for $10/hour at McDonald's... It pains me to say this, but blogging is no longer viable.

@cheekyboy-ho9ub

28 күн бұрын

You never know. Could be counterintuitive. Hyperlocal content with low competition is a way to avoid competing with huge authority sites. The only way to know is to take action and test. If it works partially, he can always do the same again, with a nearby, bigger town.