Spencer Haws: NichePursuits.com
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Spencer Haws from NichePursuits.com discusses business ideas that actually work. Learn how to build niche websites, market your website through search engine optimization, and much more. In addition, you'll get interviews with leading internet entrepreneurs that provide insight on: authority sites, flipping sites, using Google Adsense, outsourcing, automation tools, linkbuilding, building a real business, software development, creating iPhone Apps, lifestyle business, small business tips, and more. Overall, get your dose of motivation to move forward with your niche business ideas or take your small business to the next level!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed interviews turn entrepreneurial revenue claims into concrete lessons about sales, advertising, audience ownership and day-to-day operations.
Niche Pursuits follows the operating decisions behind small and creator-led businesses, usually through detailed interviews and occasional news analysis.
A vending machine's snack markup and AI search clicks both want space in your business plan.
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A practical look at vending as a business, with real numbers and operator detail.
Mike Hoffman turns vending machines into a plain business story: a bottle of water costs one thing wholesale and sells for more on route, and the rest of the conversation gets into pricing, sourcing, inventory, and what it takes to manage all of it from a phone.
A practical look at how creator businesses turn attention into revenue.
Jay Klaus and Creator Science take a practical look at creator businesses and the problem of attention that does not pay. The conversation is strongest when it treats community design as an operating choice, not a slogan, and when it asks which attention can actually be turned…
First-party data, framed as a publishing revenue problem rather than an ad-tech slogan.
Tyler Bishop treats the loss of third-party cookies as a concrete publishing problem: how can publishers keep reaching audiences without giving up control of the relationship?
A practical look at the numbers, brand fit, and sponsorship math behind turning a side project into income.
Chris Hutchins' move from a side project to full-time work is treated as a business decision, not a victory lap. The episode gets to the numbers fast, with 9,000 downloads by day two and 21,000 by day seven for the first episode, then spends most of its time on the harder…
A practical look at outbound sales and the mechanics behind the growth.
Ryan Atkinson's appearance on Niche Pursuits tracks Spacebar Visuals from the early days to the numbers behind its growth: about $14,000 in revenue in the first month, about $153,000 last year, and about $111,000 in the first five months of this year.
A launch that sold 125 copies in two weeks and turned into a much larger build.
Brad Wayland's account tracks the first rush of a Joel Salatin course and the harder work that followed. In the opening two weeks, the course sold 125 copies at $995, built from four hours of content, but that early momentum did not hold.
A practical, numbers-first look at digital PR that stays close to the work.
This episode follows Bart van der Meer as he walks through digital PR in plain terms, from the agency he started at 20 to the sites now pulling a combined 500K to 5 million monthly visits.
A practical case for building wealth from overlooked businesses.
Nick Huber makes a familiar founder interview feel grounded. He talks through the purchase of somewhere.com for $52 million, the shape of a business with 325 employees and about $30 million in revenue, and the case for paying attention to plain, ordinary businesses instead of…
Stephen Dubner tests bourbon economics, Alzheimer's research, and money advice against hard data.
Daily business news with Kai Ryssdal, tracking Fed policy, oil shocks, and private credit.
Galloway rotates Office Hours Q&A, Raging Moderates politics, and China Decode geopolitics weekly.
Joel and Matt answer listener money questions weekly in the show's Ask HTM segments.
Brené Brown's long-form conversations linking grief, caregiving, politics, and nonviolence to her vulnerability research.
Tyler Bishop starts with his publishing background, then uses it to make first-party data feel less like ad tech homework.
Forrest Baumhofer shares his journey of recovering a personal finance website after Google's helpful content update decimated its rankings, dropping from 14,000 to 16 keywords.
Nick Huber, founder of Sweaty Startup, discusses how he built a $30M portfolio by focusing on 'boring' businesses like self-storage and house painting.
Brad Wayland shares his journey of turning a farming course with Joel Salatin into a million-dollar business, detailing initial failures, marketing missteps, and the long-term strategies that led to success.
A very large company circling Chrome gives Jared Bauman the hook, but the episode does not stay in fantasy-deal mode for long.
Chris Hutchins shares how he turned his side project podcast, All the Hacks, into a full-time business, covering early growth signs, sponsorship strategies, and personal branding insights.
Bart van der Meer, Director of Search at Leeds.io, discusses advanced digital PR and SEO strategies, emphasizing the power of original data and non-traditional link sources like government and educational sites.
Jay Clouse shares how he built Creator Science, a data-driven creator business, focusing on community design, strategic rebranding, and lean operations.
Mike Hoffman shares how he built a six-figure monthly business with vending machines, starting from an airport 'aha moment'.
Ryan Atkinson shares how he built Spacebar Visuals into a six-figure video production agency in two years, detailing his outbound sales strategy, early struggles, and rapid growth.
LaShonda Brown discusses how she scaled Bootstrap Biz Advice from a $50/month subscription to a six-figure business through YouTube growth, brand partnerships, and a membership model.
Interview with Francois Momins, founder of three SEO SaaS products, discussing pricing, customer acquisition, and AI use.
Interview with Christopher Gimmer about building Snappa and GoodMetrics, discussing SaaS growth, analytics, and business lessons.
This episode discusses strategies for building niche websites and local service businesses, focusing on the interplay between paid ads and SEO.
The hosts discuss news including Meta's antitrust lawsuit and potential Instagram sale, then share niche site examples and side hustle ideas.
Spencer Haws interviews John Gill from originality.ai about content optimization and the pitfalls of over-optimization in SEO.
Interview with Joe Davies of FatJoe.com about building a successful SEO agency and scaling to $12 million revenue.
An interview with an entrepreneur discussing strategies for building niche websites, SEO, and growing an online business.
Interview with Todd Sarahan about recovering his San Diego travel website from Google's helpful content update.
This episode discusses strategies for building and monetizing niche websites, including SEO, expired domains, and content creation, with an interview featuring James Oliver.
Jared Bauman interviews Jake Kane about the Google Web Summit and the impact of Google updates on niche websites.