Has anyone used Amy Bass' Nitche Blogger

Thanks Commander

Sure Sandy, here's the link.
http://www.thenicheblogger.com

I was a member for 8 months and earned a whopping $20. I asked Amy for proof of her income, or anyone else making any money and my posts got deleted and I never got an answer.
The course is good for a brand new newbie who wants to learn step by step how to set up a blog. But I wouldn't recommend a lifetime membership as there is not much info on how to choose a niche and her system for finding one and keywords is not in depth at all.
With over 700 members you would expect a high turn out of people making money and posting about it, or Amy putting out testimonials from people on their actual income and there is none.
I am not attacking Amy, as she seems to help when she can, I just don't believe the system is that great, especially after reading what I read here. I know no income is guaranteed and not everyone posts on forums, but I would think that anyone with income claims for their members, would have some proof.
I followed the course to the T and got nowhere. I know personally of 10 people that made it to month 5 that were also not making money. There are 700 members+ but you don't get access to the next months information until you have been there 30 days or you are a lifetime member. I was in the bunch that started her program within the first week it was available.
I just feel that her teachings are missing something. Being brand new to IM, I did learn some basic techniques, but there was a huge hole in her teachings. True I was booted with an email from her saying "you don't seem to be happy with my course" and a partial refund. If I had copies of all my posts I would show everyone of you, as they were never attacking. Just a concerned member who sunk her money into a system that was not working. I even offered up ideas on what the problem could be and I never ever got a solid answer. I was willing to do whatever she told me to fix what went wrong.
Not every system works for everyone. I know that. I did learn some lessons of value from her course as a newbie with no knowledge of computers. As to the actual niche blogging system, I feel that it was not helpful and everything she taught could be learned for free.

Erin

Hi,

I've never posted in Amys forum (I think I will now though) but it seems that some people are holding that against Amy.

I've seen the posts from people asking others how much they're making and to be honest, I don't usually share that type of information. This forum is the only one where I sometimes let things out because I've been here so long and made so much from what I've learned here and the people I met and become friends or business partners with, that I feel obliged to sometimes just so that newcomers realise that there are people making good money.

(Since her program is only in its 5th month - I'm confused about how people can post '8 months' worth of experience with it.)

Obviously everyone's version of 'good' is different, but when it comes to blogging and doing the things Amy teaches - I've made over $1000 a day using those techniques.

I don't think Amy is making this much, but then again she's not claiming to. I do know that she walks her talk and makes more money using what she talks about than selling her information.

To be perfectly honest, she's just about the perfect person for a lot of people to learn blogging from because she's a genuine nice person who has focused right in on blogging, made money doing it and spends a LOT of time (far more than I ever would) detailing everything she knows about it so that others can get the huge buzz that she now gets from being able to take care of her family with her online business.

I'm sure she has her sights set on more and more success both in her own income and in the success of the people she's helping.

In my experience, my spending and lifestyle have increased at roughly the same (or higher) rate as my income, so while she's making more than most people with her online business, she's a very private person and probably even still feels like she's not "really successful - like the 'gurus'" and doesn't think flashing her income numbers will help others, since they can be faked and most people who are sceptical and not making money yet won't believe it anyway.

Unfortunately she doesn't control whether other people post about their success or not. But you certainly can't make the assumption that because we don't - it must mean that no-one is making money.

Now, maybe Amys way of doing things is too much like hard work for some people or maybe her teaching style is not perfect for everyone (Way too much detail for me since I'm funamentally lazy and try to avoid 'work' ) but it's good information that works if followed and she's a genuine person selling what's working (read that word again) for her.

No-one is saying she's a guru and there's no-one better, but she does make money doing what she teaches and there's no reason other people can't (some of us do).

I can understand that some people probably gave it a go and failed, but then again a LOT of people do that with PPC and end up saying it doesn't work - which obviously is not true. Sometimes certain models of business are not right for some people and they just can't get motivated to effectively get stuck in and stick with it until they see decent results - hey that's IM all over.

If you've tried something and not made it work, please don't feel that you need to come to this forum and tell everyone else it won't work for them. If you used a tool and it just plain never worked or it crashed, that's one thing, but a 'system' that you need to work in just the right way to see any results, and need to get 'right' in your own way to get great results - it's not the same, and many other people may well change their life using what didn't work for you.

I do love that this forum has such passionate members that really do have other members interests at heart and go out of their way to share their experiences, but sometimes it's not doing anyone any good when all you share is what didn't work and in a way that you're really saying you don't think it will work for others either.

Sorry to post such a long post focused on a negative issue, but there's clearly some posting going on lately by people who haven't given much consideration for the downside their posts can have on others.

Regards,
Andy

Just to chime in regarding the comment of Amy being a private person. I think that the fact that she openly posts her debt-reduction journey including facts, figures, amounts, etc. - that this isn't a valid argument. It will be interesting to see if other negative opinions surface.

I am frankly interested in hearing everyone's opinions - positive and negative (and am not making a judgement for or against the program).

I'd like to add one thing:

It is possible to make money by creating small mini-sites that are monetized with adsense. It took my 5 months to get my first $100 from Google, and now I'm averaging between 1-2 bucks a day with 2 mini-sites. I've also got a few other methods and overall these 2 sites make me about 50-100 a month. It isn't great, but all I did was slap them together and throw up 10 articles on each. Now that I know they will work, I'm actually going to spend the time improving them.

I like to work on a lot of projects at once to see what fits me best and what works the best. It may be a flaw, but I generally have 5-10 projects going on at once. I like niche blogging and I know that you can make money doing it. You have to put in a lot of effort though.

Even though I no longer subscribe to Amy's program, I still feel strongly enough about it to promote it as an affiliate. I rarely do that because my reputation is important to me. If you read about Amy's story, she worked her tail off for a year and a half to pay off that debt, but she actually did it. I have no doubts at all that she knows what she is doing.

I have been a member for 4 months now going on 5 and it has been a good learning experience for me. It is for beginners and I am that, not to mention horribly techie challenged so Amy helped me to learn WP which I didn't think I would ever do.

I was with Wealthy Affiliate for 8 weeks at $40 a month and never made a cent and didn't learn how to set up a site of any kind. Then I did the 30 Day Challenge and it was better I could grasp it, it was set up for newbies and was a fun experience, Ed Dale is quite good at IM and teaching it.

So far the only place I actually made any money though was with the Niche Blogger because it is step by step and I can understand what to do. With no IM or computer skills it's been a big learning curve.

Some people expect to make a lot of money fast and that's not realistic unless you are an experienced marketer or get lucky. I'm neither, so I see it as it's up to me to make money not Amy she just gives me instruction. I believe you can make the money she says if you just keep at it.

It will take some people like me longer I'm a slow learner and other people will take off and do great right away. I've seen it both ways it's totally up to the individual how well they do. I take full responsibility for my failures if I have them I don't blame Amy or anyone else.
Sonni

I too have been on the fence considering Amy's program. Thanks for the good information here. To the original poster, do you have an update you can share with us?

I actually joined Amys program to have a look
around, this would probably be good for a complete
newbie, but it's a little slow for me and not quite
what I was looking for so I will be canceling my
subscription, I have found another one that I
think is more suited to me, more expensive but in
my opinion worth it, for a bit more professionalism.

Just my 2 cents worth...good luck to everyone

Warm Regards
Michele

I've been with Amy about 5 weeks now, maybe six. The course is good and I would definitely recommend it. I think it's important, though, to study, study, study. There's a LOT to learn and you need to learn it from whoever has the information. I'm not a greenie to computers or writing, so blogging is pretty much up my alley. But, I have not been able to reach a good conversion rate yet. That's not a reflection on Amy. My site and my abilities are just NEW. I started out on the month to month and decided it was moving too slow for me and bought the lifetime.

I am really disappointed with Adsense. They don't offer me anything unique to my visitors. I only keep it for the analytics. If you go in my niche, the same ads are appearing everywhere. I have picked up some affiliate advertising. I CANNOT BELIEVE Ghiradelli turned me down, though. Some things just don't make sense. But, Amy's course has helped tremendously.

decided not to join because with a little homework you can get free info here in this forum

you just have find or do a search on what topic your looking for