Also, I will give some examples and the tools that are needed.

You’d be surprised at how well these work. It takes a bit of work of course, but when they are up and running, you could potentially have a network of money-earners that run on autopilot.

Pick a type and go with it. They ALL work!

Typical 3-5 Product or Service Review Site; Still Works

1st you have the typical review site that you see all over the place. A marketer lists 3-5 similar products or services, gives a “review”, or better yet, gives facts, about each one. Each review has links to an affiliate offer where the customer can make a purchase.

As an example, I built one of these sites about a year ago (I sold it recently) that did very well. I was simply running ads in the content network on Google to get traffic. Anyway, the site reviewed 3 software packages from RegNow.com that allow someone to convert DVDs into Zune-playable files. Here’s the site: ZuneMovieConverters.com and here’s one of the landing pages: http://zunemovieconverters.com/dvd-to-zune-review. The site just uses WordPress and I used an HTML table in the post to format the text properly. Make sure there is other content on the site besides the review and it will do better. That’s why it’s nice to use WordPress, it makes it easier to add other content.

Another review site that is apparently doing quite well… between $2,000 and $3,000 per month according to the owner is this one: http://www.specialonlinebusinessreviewauthority.com/

I’m not sure what the site uses but it can easily be done in WordPress if you know how to edit themes. The owner is trying to sell the site right now for $27,000! All sales come from organic traffic too! He used strictly article marketing to accomplish that. Do not underestimate the power of article marketing. To potentially accomplish the same thing (it’ll cost you about $47 minimum per month), sign up with AMA, and submit an article or 2 per week for a year (1 article can translate into 100′s of backlinks slowly over time). In the first couple of articles use the anchor text of your main keyword. In the rest, use varying anchor text. Find related keywords using the Google External Keyword Tool to use as the anchor text. Then sell your site for 10x monthly profit and break me off a slice!

Customer Review Site

I love these customer review sites. I will be building more of these this year. You simply setup WordPress and write posts discussing facts or properties of several related products or services. You use a special plugin that will accept customer reviews in the form of comments. The customer can also rate the product based on any factor you wish. An overall rating will be shown next to the post. Here’s an example of a site that reviews different hosting companies: http://www.awardwinninghosts.com/. I asked the author of the plugin the best way to get the reviews going initially and he said he just visits forums at the product/company web sites and, if allowed, asks other people in the forum (i.e. customers) to come over to the site and tell him what they think.

Check out the plugin site and you can see other cool examples.

Micro-Niche Review/Guide Websites

These sites are also very cool. They offer great value to your potential customer. You provide lots and lots of valuable content that the search engines will gobble up. The content will be guides, like “how-to” or “top 10″ guides perhaps, and you will also add product reviews. The reviews will be for individual products that are available on eBay. You simple drop a few eBay auctions in the middle or end of your review of the product. Here’s an example: http://forgedgolfirons.com/

These sites have long term earning ability. Don’t expect any money too quickly. Wait a couple months and things should start picking up. And don’t expect the money to stop flowing once it comes! Certainly, if you follow the plan in this 9-step guide you will have a well designed site that is ready for search engine love. The guys who wrote the guide have tried and tested the method and swear by it. They hardly do any marketing. They focus on content and site building and that’s pretty much it. The tools used… phpBay and WordPress. You can get the exact details from this guide. I built about 5 of these sites since buying the guide last week. The way it’s done is quite unique (at least from anything I’ve ever done). It’s impressive. Also, try TextBroker.com for content. You don’t have to worry about being stiffed by a writer on that site, plus you don’t have to pay until you are satisfied. Had I known that last year I would’ve saved lots of money!

Have you used any of the above methods in the past? What do you think?

More info: 3 WordPress Review Site Types, With Examples