Today I’m going to share with you a new pair of projects I’ve been thinking about and have planted the seed for.  Six months ago when I started blogging I had no clue where this would go.  When I started DadisLearning.com I wanted to write about the things I am learning about and discovering in my adventures as a Dad.  As you know, I have wide and varied interests.  It has been interesting to see the search terms that bring people to my blog.  The top three terms that bring people to my site are: treadmill desk, goal setting and backyard chickens.

Some quick research showed that I was already well placed in Google for the term ‘treadmill desk.’  I was in the top 10 for ‘homemade treadmill desk’ and ‘DIY treadmill desk.’  Would you believe there are 14,000+ monthly Google searches for the term ‘treadmill desk.’  My posts on the cost of eggs and the live chicken cam have put me highly placed in Google for that search as well.  My little live chicken cam is performing surprisingly well.

Why did I bring all that up?  DadisLearning.com is starting a new chapter with two new sub-sites – LiveChickenCam.com and DIYTreadmillDesk.com.  Both sites are live right now but in the very early stages of development.  I’ve written before about how easy and cheap it is to setup a website.  It took about 15 minutes to register these domains and get all the technical stuff done so that I could start developing the page and content.  Since I had a free domain registration these two new sites cost me a whopping sum of $9.95 all together.  Anyone can start a basic website, and if you want more guidance than what I have provided, perhaps you’ll enjoy Michael Hyatt’s 20 minute walk-through on going live with a site.

LiveChickenCam.com and DIYTreadmillDesk.com won’t be getting as many updates as DadisLearning.com but I will be writing new posts about the specific content on both sites.  DadisLearning.com will continue to bring you my typical array of financial, spiritual, fun and family material.

Why start spin-off sites?  Websites with a specific focus (niche sites) place better in Google and other search engines and generate better traffic for specific search terms.  Those sites can also perform better with advertising revenue and affiliate income as traffic grows.  For me, this is a low-cost experiment in an area I have been learning about.  I believe I can place LiveChickenCam.com in the top three of Google pretty easily.  I also think that DIYTreadmillDesk.com will perform very well in Google.

I’m a big believer in taking ideas, putting them into motion, and seeing where things go.  I hope you get out there and have some fun too!