How To Be Successful With
Covert Social Press
Ideas For Building & Monetizing Sites
Welcome
to
the
second
part
of
the
Covert
Social
Press
tutorial.
The
purpose
of
this
short
PDF
is
to
give
you
some
ideas
on
what
kind
of
Covert
Social
Press
sites
to
build,
how
to
do
it
and
how
to
monetize
them.
If
you
are
looking
for
help
with
the
theme,
please
go
back
to
the
other
PDF
tutorial,
it
covers
all
the
technical
bits.
Then
come
back
to
this
one
when
you
are
ready.
Remember That You Have Full
Multi-Site License To The Theme!
The
multi-‐site
license
means
that
you
can
install
the
theme
on
as
many
of
your
own
blogs
as
you
like.
You
can
pursue
and
test
as
many
different
ideas
as
you
like
–
but
we
definitely
recommend
that
you
start
by…
Going Long-Tail & Sticking With A Niche First!
A
site
like
Digg
(and
other
big
social
bookmarking
sites)
have
multiple
niches,
in
fact
they
have
pretty
much
everything.
It
might
be
your
goal
to
build
a
Digg
style
social
bookmarking
site
–
and
it
is
possible
to
do
that
with
the
Covert
Social
Press
theme.
However,
if
you
think
about
it,
you
are
not
going
to
knock
Digg
off
their
throne
any
time
soon.
You
will
find
it
much
easier
to
achieve
success
if
you
limit
your
Social
Press
site
to
a
single
niche.
That
way
you
can
become
the
go-‐to
place
to
find
news
and
information
for
people
who
are
interested
in
that
particular
niche.
And
they
might
like
your
site
better
than
the
big
networks,
because
it’s
not
cluttered
with
stuff
they
are
not
interested
in.
A
side
benefit
is
that
you
will
find
it
much
easier
to
monetize
you
traffic
when
you
know
exactly
what
your
visitors
are
interested
in.
Here’s
an
example
for
a
particular
niche
–
but
you
could
apply
this
principle
to
any
niche
you
want.
You
could
build
a
Covert
Social
Press
sites
about
“Movie
Reviews”
(that
would
be
your
main
niche
and
keyword.
Then
you
could
use
your
categories
to
narrow
it
down
to
for
example;
Action,
Comedy,
Thriller,
Romance,
Animated
etc.
Then
you
start
curating
and
bookmarking
movie
reviews
from
different
sources
–
putting
them
in
the
right
category
and
tagging
them
with
the
right
keywords
(such
as
the
movie
title,
actor/director
names
etc.).
On
top
of
bookmarking
other
people’s
reviews,
you
can
write
some
of
your
own
too
and
post
them
on
your
site.
For
monetizing
this
niche
there
are
likely
a
lot
of
CPA
offers
with
cinema
tickets,
and
you
could
definitely
sell
DVDs
and
movie
related
stuff
from
Amazon
–
and
I
know
there
are
some
movie
streaming
offers
on
Clickbank
too…
And
there
is
of
course
always
Adsense
and
other
PPC
programs
you
can
use.
You
build
your
site
to
be
the
go
to
place
to
find
movie
reviews
–
and
when
you
have
a
following
they
will
start
bookmarking
their
own
(and
other
people’s)
movie
reviews
on
your
site.
Of
course
this
“movie
review
niche”
is
only
an
example…
But
I
hope
you
get
the
idea
that
it
will
be
much
easier
for
you
to
achieve
success
if
you
stick
to
niches,
rather
than
trying
to
compete
with
a
mega
site
like
Digg.
And
since
you
have
multi-‐site
license
you
can
build
sites
for
as
many
niches
you
like,
test
out
different
ones
and
go
with
the
ones
that
work.
At First You Want To Curate Content Yourself
The
Covert
Social
Press
theme
lets
other
people
join
your
site
as
a
member,
so
they
can
bookmark/curate
content
and
build
your
site
for
you.
While
this
is
awesome
and
could
be
very
powerful
down
the
road…
Lets
be
realistic
here
–
You
are
not
going
to
have
thousands
of
people
bookmarking
stuff
to
your
Covert
Social
Press
site
on
day
1.
This
is
something
that
will
happen
after
you
have
built
the
initial
foundation,
it
will
be
slow
at
first
and
then
the
snowball
effect
will
kick
in.
But
in
order
to
get
your
site
off
to
a
good
start
you
need
to
curate
and
bookmark
content
yourself
to
populate
your
site.
Thankfully
this
is
very
easy
to
do
and
doesn’t
take
much
time
at
all…
and
here
are
the
easy
steps
you
need
to
follow:
1. Log in to your Covert Social Press site as the admin
2. Click on “Submit a Link” in the your site’s header
3. Drag
the
“Submit
It”
bookmarking
applet
button
to
your
browsers
toolbar
4. Find
content
you
want
to
bookmark
5. When you are on a site/post you want to bookmark click the “Submit It”
button on your browsers toolbar
6. Fill in the information like “tags” select and image and save the post
That’s
all
there
is
to
it…
you
can
populate
a
Covert
Social
Press
site
with
tons
of
content
in
mere
hours
–
or
you
can
take
it
slow
and
bookmark
a
few
posts
every
day,
that
is
all
up
to
you.
How To Find Content For Your Site
There
are
several
great
ways
to
find
content
for
your
Covert
Social
Press
sites
and
here
are
a
few
of
my
favorite
ones…
Google Alerts
Lets
you
set
up
an
on
going
content
search
and
have
Google
deliver
the
results
straight
to
your
inbox.
Here’s
how
it
works…
1. Go to
www.google.com/alerts
2. Enter a keyword or search phrase (be specific so you don’t get irrelevant
content, here for example I’ve use quotes in “Movie Reviews”
3. Select if you want everything (or only blog posts for example)
4. Select
how
often
you
want
the
results
(I
recommend
once
a
day)
5. Select
how
many
results
you
want
(best
results
is
usually
ok,
unless
it’s
a
very obscure keyword)
6. Select where you want the results delivered to (I use my email)
After
I
have
set
that
up,
Google
will
now
email
me
once
a
day
with
their
best
new
results
for
“Movie
Review”.
I
can
simply
open
that
email
every
day
and
quickly
bookmark
all
the
links
in
it
to
my
Covert
Social
Press
site.
This
is
a
super
easy
way
to
get
relevant
content
and
it
will
only
take
you
10
min
a
day
to
do
this.
Google Blog Search
Is
a
part
of
Google’s
search
engine
that
only
delivers
results
from
blogs.
This
is
handy
because
bookmarking
posts
on
other
blogs
will
often
earn
you
backlink.
You simply go to
www.google.com/blogsearch
and enter in your keyword or
search phrase, just as you would do for a normal Google search.
You
now
have
a
list
of
relevant
blogs
and
blog
posts
about
your
keyword.
You
simply
click
on
the
links
and
go
bookmark
the
ones
you
want.
Google News
This
is
very
similar
to
the
blog
search
–
but
instead
of
searching
for
blogs
it
searches
news
articles
from
around
the
world.
This
is
handy
because
the
sites
ranked
in
Google
News
are
usually
reputable
newspapers
and
other
news
sources.
That
means
it’s
a
great
place
to
find
quality,
professionally
researched
and
written
content
–
in
other
words
content
that
is
just
begging
to
be
curated
and
put
on
your
Covert
Social
Press
site.
To
get
started
go
to
www.news.google.com
and type in your keyword and search
phrase – and you will get something like this:
And
you
can
now
click
on
the
news
stories
you
like
and
go
bookmark
them
on
your
Covert
Social
Press
site.
Other Content Sources
Those
are
my
3
favorite
ways
to
get
content
–
but
there
are
of
course
countless
others
out
there.
You
may
have
some
favorite
blogs
in
your
niche.
Yahoo
and
it’s
sub
categories
is
a
great
place
to
find
content
too.
You
could
even
trawl
Digg
and
other
social
bookmarking
sites
and
check
out
what
has
been
bookmarked
there.
And
finally
Facebook
is
one
of
my
favorites
too
–
my
wall
gets
filled
with
interesting
stuff
I
would
never
have
found
outside
of
Facebook.
And
with
their
new
Graph
Search
it
has
become
much
easier
to
use
Facebook
as
a
search
engine
to
find
good
content
to
curate.
Using Covert Social Press As Your Own Link Hub
If
you
have
other
blogs
and
sites
you
might
want
to
consider
setting
up
a
Covert
Social
Press
site
just
as
link
hub
for
all
your
other
stuff.
This
way
you
bookmark
all
your
posts
on
other
blogs
and
gain
at
least
one
backlink
for
everything
you
publish.
You
can
of
course
combine
this
with
other
strategies
if
your
own
blogs
fit
the
niches
you
are
building
Covert
Social
Press
sites
in.
Mixing In Your Content
Don’t
forget
that
Covert
Social
Press
is
more
than
just
a
social
bookmarking
theme.
You
can
write
you
own
posts
and
pages
on
your
Social
Press
sites
and
it
can
be
a
good
idea
to
do
that
and
there
is
several
ways
to
mix
and
match
your
content.
• You can have a Covert Social Press sites that are mostly curating other
people’s content -‐ but then pad it out with your own unique content to
earn extra brownie points with Google.
• You can have a Covert Social Press site that is primarily comprised of your
own
unique
content.
But
then
once
in
awhile
bookmark
other
stuff
to
make
sure
there
is
always
something
fresh
on
your
site
• And of course you can do any combination of content curation and unique
content.
How To Get People To Add Content To Your Site
As
we
discussed
above,
this
is
not
something
that
is
going
to
happen
over
night.
But
as
you
site
grows
–
gains
ranking,
traffic
and
followers
–
people
will
start
submitting
content
to
your
site.
But
there
are
of
course
some
shortcuts
to
make
the
process
even
faster…
Basically
when
people
bookmark
content
on
your
Covert
Social
Press
site
they
get
a
free
back
link.
Everyone
is
interested
in
free
back
links,
as
it
will
help
their
SEO
efforts
(and
free
is
always
good)
…
you
get
free
automated
content
in
return
and
you
visitors
get
fresh
relevant
content…
So
it’s
a
true
win-‐win-‐win
Anyway
here
are
a
few
ideas
you
can
use
to
make
this
happen:
• Promote your site on webmaster forums like the Warrior Forum or
Digital Point. If you are in a specific niche i.e. dating, there are likely also
webmaster
forums
that
focus
solely
on
your
niche…
You
can
post
an
offer
to
go
bookmark
on
your
site
for
free
backlinks.
Or
even
better
participate
on
the
forum
and
have
a
signature
link
that
says
something
like:
“Bookmark
Your
Sites
Here
For
Unlimited
Free
Backlinks!”
and
link
that
to
your
Covert
Social
Press
site.
• If you are in the internet marketing niche and have a list you can email
them and tell them they can go bookmark their stuff on your site. They
will
love
you
for
giving
them
free
backlinks
and
that
will
help
you
build
a
relationship
with
your
list
and
brand
you
as
the
expert…
and
you
get
free
automated content.
• You could even use this as a bonus for your own products or affiliate
products
(or
on
your
squeeze
pages).
If
they
buy
or
subscribe,
you
will
give
them
unlimited
free
backlinks.
The
just
give
them
the
link
to
your
Covert
Social
Press
site
and
tell
them
to
go
submit
their
links.
How To Monetize Your Covert Social Press Sites
There
are
several
ways
to
monetize
your
sites.
First
of
all
you
have
the
two
optional
sidebars,
one
for
the
front
page
and
one
for
single
posts.
You
can
add
any
kind
of
ads
you
want
to
your
sidebars
for
example
Adsense,
Amazon
ads,
Clickbank
products,
CPA
offers
or
perhaps
your
own
optin
form.
Covert
Social
Press
also
comes
with
a
widget
ready
footer
–
you
can
put
ads
in
there
as
well.
Under
theme
options
you
can
set
a
pop-‐under
ad
link.
When
people
click
on
anything
on
your
site
(max
once
a
day
though)
the
unobtrusive
pop-‐under
ad
will
open
in
the
background
waiting
for
them.
The
pop
under
ads
are
best
used
for
squeeze
pages
or
simple
CPA
offers
with
zip/email
submit.
You
can
use
other
plugins
like
for
example
www.CovertMessenger.com
and
www.CovertActionBar.com
and many others to help monetize your sites.
Don’t
forget
that
Covert
Social
Press
is
more
than
just
a
bookmarking
site
-‐
you
can
post
your
own
content
and
of
course
put
any
links
or
ads
in
that
content.
If
you
grow
your
site
and
it
really
takes
off,
you
could
even
consider
selling
access
to
bookmarking
content
on
your
site.
Flipping Sites For Profit
Don’t
forget
that
you
not
only
have
multi-‐site
license
–
you
also
have
a
full
license
to
flip
your
sites
for
profit.
That
means
you
can
build
as
many
sites
as
you
like
and
flip
them
for
profit.
Loads
of people are looking for “done for you” websites and
www.Flippa.com
is just
one of the many sites you can sell on.
You
could
even
build
some
Covert
Social
Press
sites
and
use
them
as
bonuses
for
people
who
buy
your
products
or
buy
products
through
your
affiliate
links.
Start Building
I
hope
you
found
these
ideas
helpful…
and
now
it’s
time
for
you
to
start
building
some
Covert
Social
Press
sites.
These
were
just
ideas
(but
good
ones
if
I’m
allowed
to
say
so
myself)…
but
you
of
course
have
free
hands
to
build
exactly
what
you
want,
you
may
have
ideas
that
are
even
better
than
mine.
And
with
the
multi-‐site
license
there
is
no
risk.
If
something
doesn’t
work
as
well
as
you
hoped,
you
can
always
build
something
else,
until
you
find
the
winning
combination.
The
real
key
to
success
is
of
course
to…
Take Massive Action!
Thanks again for ordering the Covert Social Press theme and good luck with your
sites.
Soren Jordansen, John Merrick & Cindy Battye
Soren Jordansen, John Merrick & Cindy Battye
IM Wealth Builders Ltd.