Jarod Bauman: How Tim Nets $250k Per Year With Directory Sites

In this episode Tim Stoddart is interviewed by Jarod Bauman from the Niche Pursuits Podcast. They discuss how Tim decided to transition Sober Nation to a directory model to generate revenue, listing treatment facilities and generating revenue through exposure. They also talk about the importance of having a core group of trusted employees and a systematic workflow. [00:01:16] Newsletter as a great business. [00:05:41] Getting sober and finding direction. [00:09:07] Monetizing through content and authority. [00:11:36] Two things caught fire. [00:14:45] Internet reading habits and attention. [00:19:30] Traffic vs serving the customer. [00:23:37] Measuring success for clients. [00:26:12] Revenue and ad placements. [00:31:09] Racing to the top. [00:34:19] Selling feature listings on a directory. [00:37:15] URL structure and SEO. [00:42:12] Working with contractors and local businesses. [00:45:23] Making phone calls for free. [00:49:23] Multiple income streams. [00:52:20] Building digitalcommerce.com [00:56:33] Monetizing through sponsorships. Show notes: Niche Pursuits Podcast - https://www.nichepursuits.com/categor... Jarod Bauman on Twitter (X) - https://x.com/jaredbauman?s=20 Tim Stoddart on Twitter (X) - https://x.com/TimStodz?s=20 Learn how to get more traffic, more leads, and more high paying clients. Listeners of this podcast get $50 off their yearly membership to Copyblogger Academy. Click the link and start seeing success in as little as 30 days: https://copybloggeracademy.com/yearly... Write like a pro, everywhere you write. I personally use this tool every week to write a curated newsletter. Quillbot is a paraphrasing tool that takes large pieces of information and summarizes them quickly to a few hundred words. I use it every day and it's helped me build a curated newsletter audience in half the time. Sign up here: https://quillbot.com/?gspk=dGltc3RvZG...