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Doug Cunnington, PMP
The Doug Show is where I’ll talk to other marketers, side hustlers, & experts, share success stories, talk about making the leap from corporate worker bee to entrepreneur. We'll go deep on affiliate marketing, side hustles, SEO, entrepreneurship, management, and working online.
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Dec 20, 2021 • 35min
URLs Not Indexed, Aged Domains, and Keyword Clusters - Mailbag - DS312
Doug opens up the mailbag to answer some listener questions.
Derek asks how long to get traffic?
Jason asks about growth for expired domains and aged domains
Jen asks about keyword clusters
Reference for “Discovered – Not Indexed”
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Dec 17, 2021 • 22min
Still not taking notes, Niche Site Project Updates, Case Study Update [bonus]- DS311a
Doug talks about not taking notes and building the Zettelkasten, updating Amazon Affiliate Examples Page, and the case study with Andra. Plus, listener Crystal shares her story about starting with niche sites in 2009.
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Dec 16, 2021 • 45min
Hitting $1M of Revenue With a Content Agency In Under 18 Months with Karl Hughes - DS311
Karl Hughes is the Founder of Draft.dev – where they create technical marketing content for companies. Karl has been super transparent about sharing his process on his blog, so within just 12-months, they have 30+ clients, over 120 contract employees, with 8 full-time employees and over $1M in 2021.
Karl Hughes
Technical Marketing Content for Software Startups
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Dec 13, 2021 • 55min
Record Earnings of $9,000+ (2x Accelerator Update with Christy) - DS310
Christy gives a November update! She and Doug discuss the 2x Accelerator and the work they have been doing together.
2x Income Accelerator Case Study (November 2021)
Get caught up on Christy’s journey:
$6,322 in October 2x Accelerator Update with Christy DS302
100K Lifetime Earnings 2x Accelerator with Christy DS293
17.8% Drop in Revenue, But Record Traffic 2x Accelerator With Christy DS275
Doubled Revenue in 6 Months | $300k Site from scratch | 2x Accelerator Update with Christy DS268
First $6k Months 2x Accelerator Update DS243
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Dec 9, 2021 • 37min
Twitch Streaming an Actual Marathon for Charity - Tipsi Gaming Update - DS309
Tipsi gives an update on her streaming marathon! How did it go? What worked, What didn’t?
WoW Workout ~ Exercise routine from the World of Warcraft
Tipsi Gaming – Twitch
Tipsi Gaming – YouTube
previous interview with Tipsi
Twitch Streaming as a Side Hustle with Tipsi Gaming DS295
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Dec 6, 2021 • 28min
Using “rel=sponsored” with Amazon Affiliate Links - Jesse Lakes - DS308
Doug talks to Jesse Lakes about Sponsored Link Attribution based on the Google Webmaster guidelines. But we talk about the Amazon Associates Operating Agreement.
Doug also gives a little update at the end.
GeniusLink
Using “rel=sponsored” with Amazon Affiliate Links
AmaLinks Pro
Previous interviews with Jesse:
Supply Chain and Out of Stock Issues DS300 Jesse Lakes
Authentic Reviews, New Amazon Associate Programs [Jesse Lakes, Geniuslink]
Running Experiments Jesse Lakes of Genius Link
Jesse Lakes on Amazon Commission Rate Change
Amazon Associate Disclosure FTC Rules Jesse Lakes, Geniuslink
Jesse Lakes Acquiring Companies and Growing
Amazon Best Practices with Jesse Lakes of Geniuslink
Jesse Lakes of Geniuslink
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Dec 5, 2021 • 15min
Smart Notes, Zettelkasten - DS307a [bonus]
I’m excited about taking notes, like a nerd. But hear me out!
I talk about zettelkasten, at least the way I understand it, and why I’m excited. I also give a shout out to Ben from Manchester!
This is my first cut at 3 episodes per week. It’s much shorter and tighter. I haven’t committed to doing this every week, but I can definitely see the value. Please let me know what you think!
Learn more about Zettelkasten and Smart Notes.
JD Roth of Get Rich Slowly on zettelkasten (on YouTube)
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Dec 2, 2021 • 1h 1min
$1,000+ per Month Success Story and Upcoming Case Study with Andra - DS307
Doug talks with Andra about getting started with niche sites and affiliate marketing and reaching $1,500 per month so far. Plus, they’ll be talking a lot more in the next year — this is the start of a case study.
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Nov 29, 2021 • 1h 5min
30 Days of Publishing on YouTube - Matt Giovanisci - DS306
Matt tells Doug about his experiment with publishing on YouTube and of course, they drink some local beer!
Find Matt & Money Lab at the below:
Money Lab site
Products
on YouTube
Previous interviews with Matt:
Site Speed and Core Web Vitals (with Matt Giovanisci) DS265
Lifestyle Business Manifesto with Matt Giovanisci DS205
Matt Giovanisci Q&A on Amazon Commission Rate Change pt 2 DS145
Matt Giovanisci on Amazon Commission Rate Change pt 1 DS144
$250k per Year Public Affiliate Site and Money Lab with Matt Giovanisci DS123
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Nov 25, 2021 • 36min
5 Examples of Sites Growth Timeline - DS305
Doug talks about how long it takes to get traffic to a site. He gives examples from his site as well as people he has interviewed about their case studies.
Shawna Newman:
Project Tartarus Case Study: Update #11
Kyle:
Klaver Digital
$2200 per month in 8 months with Digital Nomad Kyle DS240
Christy:
100K Lifetime Earnings 2x Accelerator with Christy DS293
Ron:
Info Only Site Worth $175K Ron Stefanski DS297
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