Gael is joined by Kevin Espiritu, founder of epicgardening.com, who shares his fluff-free methodology for building a $7m online empire. They discuss expanding from a blog to hydroponics, growing a podcast through various platforms, entertaining the audience, selling products directly, challenges of paying talent, running a brand, and online business success stories.

Send us a textWe're back with another deep-dive niche analysis. This time we focus our attention on the sleep niche. Is this a dream niche or is there more to it than the eye can see? Tune in to find out!

Send us a textAs site owners have become fully aware they can make a full-time income JUST from selling links, the quality bar has never been lower. But with these link farms becoming more and more difficult to spot, how can you keep your link profile clean and avoid the risk of a Google penalty as a result?

Send us a textGoogle is at war with poorly written product reviews. So how do you protect yourself when "average" content is becoming more and more likely to fail to rank?In this episode we provide 11 useful hints and tips to creating excellent content that pleases you, your audience and most importantly, Google!

Send us a textSo you want to buy a site. It's a great way to get a head start and can be utilized in many different ways. Sounds great, right? But what if you make a mistake and screw things up?This episode discusses the Do's and Dont's of website purchasing!Full Shownotes:https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/mistakes-people-make-when-buying-site/

Send us a textIt's the latest tactic taking the marketing world by storm: parasite SEO. This method sees companies using the power and authority of large sites to push their own content and rank high with it. In theory, it might sound great. In reality, the complications go much farther...

Discover alternative business models to make seven figures per year without using affiliate marketing or ads. Learn from success stories of websites monetizing through native advertising, sponsorships, email marketing, Facebook ads, SEO, content strategy, and unique game concepts. Explore the impressive growth and monetization strategies of Nerd Fitness.

Send us a textThis week will be trying out something completely new with the podcast. We are going to be diving deep into a single niche, the VPN niche. Analyzing the top players, looking at what they do, how they do link building, and so on. We will also be drawing lessons and conclusions from what these sites are doing in this fairly competitive niche. So even if you are not in the VPN niche you can expect to gain a lot of value from this episode so be sure that you check it out!Full Show notes: www.authorityhacker.com/vpn-niche-analysis

Send us a textWhen it comes to tool recommendations in the online marketing world, most of the usual suspects come up again and again. One thing we've noticed people often overlook, however, is the power and functionality certain Chrome extensions can bring to the table. So in this weeks show, Mark and Gael will be going through their favorite extensions covering everything from keyword research right through to site design to unveil their top picks!

Send us a text3 words that can send a shiver down even the most veteran marketer's spine:Google Algorithm UpdateAnd once again Google has shaken up the SERPs, destroying sites in its wake.So what do you do if you're hit?Well, in this show, Mark and Gael attempt to make sense of it all and provide a path forward amid the dismay.Video and notes: authorityhacker.com/may-core-update