Official Challenge 2: *Grow an EXISTING Site with AI Generated Content*

I hate to ask a really dumb, but more technical question, Spencer. While I’ve done some SEO stuff, I’m not up on all the technical terms and definitions here. So, for the sake of clarity, for this contest and the other, can you highlight what the word ORGANIC means in the context of both contests? I’ve seen varying definitions as to what would be acceptable and not, and just want to be sure I understand the rules for both contests.

I also want to be sure if this limits me from using tools like Link Whisper as I create my AI content. I want to be sure that I use an appropriate tech stack and don’t break any rules.

I appreciate your time in clarifying and apologize because I’m too new and non-technical enough on SEO to ask the question.

Hello, my name is Ray, and this is my Challenge video.

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We can’t hire people, right? Else people with big pockets would produce a lot more content and generate a whole lot of traffic.

Hi all, I’ve been doing SEO for awhile now. Looking forward to the challenge and competing against people that are also interested in AI. I’m camera shy, but here’s my vid.

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Hey Spencer,
I’m interested and will submit the form and video soon.
I’ve a question.
Will there any option to see who are the total participants and how much traffic other participants are gaining and where I stand in the list… means any system or way to see my growth as compared to other participants just for a healthy competition and to judge where I stand in this fierce competition…

Hello everyone! Excited to be part of this Challenge # 2: Here’s my Video

My name is Chibuzor, and in this video, I indicate my interest in taking up this challenge My challenege video

Hello I am Usha, this is my challenge video.

Hello! Nixan here, Here is my submission for the challenge. And thanks Spencer for the opportunity. Challenge Video

Hello, my name is Violeta and I’m a travel writer. I want to join this challenge with one of my oldest websites, which is currently stale and outdated. This is my challenge video.

I am Rajneesh and I am full-time freelancer and part-time blogger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCBNYgNiB5M

Hi All,

I am Abhay Talreja, a follower of Niche Pursuit for a long time. I am excited to participate in this challenge and hope to get community feedback. Here is a quick introduction.

FYI.. I had the idea and the domain name purchased but I will start today with a new WordPress site.

Hiya all,

My name is John and I’m a Web & SEO Specialist in Marshall, North Carolina. Looking forward to seeing how AI can grow my existing website! 🙂

Here is my entry video:

Thanks so much!

Hey dear
I am joining from Pakistan.
Here is my Video

While I read the instructions for signing up for the contests carefully, I basically failed in one part in that my video exceeded 2 minutes by 2 seconds. May the gods and God of heaven and earth, and Spencer, have mercy on my poor soul.

I apologize for my breathiness in the video, but as you’ll see, I’m suffering and learning from heart failure right now. You can watch the video by going to https://youtu.be/KGXZ_6rBVTA in your browser of choice, or read the transcript that I pasted here:

My name is Tom Seest, and I reside atop a mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee, along with my wife, three of my four sons, roughly 30 cats, and roughly 25 chickens. My journey into website creation began prior to 9-11, while I was contributing to the Lambert St. Louis Airport Expansion project. Growing up on the plains of Illinois, I delved into various programming projects, much like Abraham Lincoln, who pursued programming as a side hustle.

When the COVID pandemic shook the world a few years ago, I saw an opportunity to immerse myself in website blogs and expand my knowledge of related processes. Over the past period, I’ve crafted more than 400 WordPress websites, engaged in configuration, and maintained blogs for several of them.

Presently, I grapple with a heart condition, having dealt with heart failure on and off since 2017. While my heart’s condition is gradually improving, I find myself spending more time in bed due to persistently elevated heart rates. These limitations prompted me to reimagine my work approach, harnessing my automation skills and venturing into the realm of AI.

These contests provide an avenue to document my progress and metrics for projects of this nature, as well as to offer guidance for others facing similar challenges. It also brings structure to a subject I’m relatively new to: organic website traffic generation.

Participating in contests, despite maintaining a full-time developer role and health setbacks, is a personal challenge. I doubt if I will win the prizes, but my proficiency in automation and AI serves as a strength.

Ultimately, my definition of winning transcends contest victories. Waking up each day on the green side of the dirt and continuing to learn and grow is the ultimate triumph. Competing alongside all of you enriches my experiences, reminding me that every day can be a victory. As they say, “Winners win,” and I aim to win each day.

In any case, I look forward to following and learning from each of you. Let me know if I can help in any way.

Hi. If it’s the site with “the most organic traffic”… can’t someone with a large site (200k/mo visits) just enter and win automatically with no improvements?

They’ll have higher DA, rank within 12-24 hours of publishing etc.

Should it be largest increase in organic traffic… by percentage? Or numbers?

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What a way to get me to actually complete a site. I have bought a many domains over the years with the intent of putting content on them and then flipping them. I have several that could be worth doing this with.
My name is Tim; I am looking forward to learning with this project. So adding to a site that I have some stuff on already could be just the ticket.
I live in Cedar Park, Texas, just outside of Austin. I am trying to build some additional income so that I can scale back on my full-time gig, I am the web hosting nerd for a digital media agency that builds sites for businesses. I love what I do, and who I work with, but I don’t want to do it so much anymore. I work remotely so I am familiar with the coffee shop lifestyle, but I want to kick it up a notch and actually afford to go places and do things.
I think that I can win as long as I can put my superpower (procrastination) on the back burner. It’s going to take work, tenacity, and a real focus. Today is the day I will learn those habits.
Good luck everybody, enjoy the journey.

Hello everyone! My name is Carl, and I’m from Ontario, Canada. It’s a pleasure to be a part of this online AI contest. I’ve tried building sites in the past and it’s a huge learning curve for sure, at over 50 years old things sure have changed from the old commodore and atari days. Anyway, going to give this a try and see what happens.

My Contest Entry Video

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Building in Public or in Private?

I honor both. I plan on building in Public as I’m here to try to help if needed. I already won in life.

Ben Perry from Carlisle, MA. I’m using this as motivation to get more content on a site that I haven’t touched in quite a while. It’s been on my to-do list for a long time and this will force some action.

Intro video

Hey there! I’m Dennis, and I’m super pumped to be part of this Challenge. Here is my Challenge Video

Hi Everyone!

My name is Darrell and my wife and I are digital nomads and we are currently in Cuernavaca, MX. Here is my video intro: https://youtube.com/shorts/5KcUn9HH_aA?feature=share

Hi I’m David from the UK, I’ve run a small animation studio for 14 years, a few years ago, I started a growing youtube channel teaching various animation. Later I started a new blog, which I want to grow thanks

Here is my intro video

Hello,

Perhaps I am missing something… Have you previously made suggestions
about techniques, softwares for chatgpt commands, apps or some other methods
to help with ai content? That we should be using in this contest? Or is it
just basically let chatgpt write it and human correct it?

I am brand new to NP and this is my first time in the site. I have been
seeing your emails and have been content marketing for 20years but REALLY
need more organic traffic!

Martin

Hello Spencer, I would want to learn how to grow such an AI content site that gets 7000 clicks a day. Is there any link to your study?

I’ve started a website that helped me make money in my very time-consuming service business, but I have never created a website that can make money by itself. I’ve had a goal to figure this out for an embarrassingly long time.

Last year, I sold my time-consuming business so I could have more free time (and less stress). I’ve since done a lot of bouncing around with shiny object syndrome, but I’ve always come back to wanting to learn how to create a successful blog. Hopefully, this challenge will help me figure things out and make some inroads.

Here is my video–https://youtu.be/VrnxlprvtHI?si=btX7crfqnVwsHoTi

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Hi. My name’s Marty. I’ve been a reader of Niche Pursuits for quite some time and usually try to follow along with Spencer’s public challenges. This is the link for my video: https://youtube.com/shorts/nuGftl0ojKo?feature=share

Hello Spencer and the rest of the Niche Pursuit community! I am Julai, from Barcelona, Spain and I am excited to join the challenge to give me the push and motivation to consistently work on my mom blog. I have been a Niche Pursuit reader (and listening to some podcast episodes) for a while now and love all the tips I am learning. It’s time to apply them to my blog for this challenge! 🙂
Here’s a link to my video https://youtu.be/5g44TA0oZIU?si=IBxY2fVSzzbeoeMX

Sincerely,
Julai

Hi everyone, this is Redoy, from Bangladesh. I am really excited to participate in the challenge. Here is my video.

Hello everyone,

I’m Kazi Al-Imran from Bangladesh. I’m excited to join the Challenge to Grow an EXISTING Site with AI Content. Here is my intro.

Hello! Let’s do this! Here’s my introduction video.

Hi all.

I am really excited about this challenge and I wish everyone good luck.

This is my introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqwvv2UMU1c

Thank You

Hello, this is Ahmed, and here is my video.

Hello Everyone👋 I’m Rahat from Bangladesh. I’m very excited to join this challenge & Here is my Intro Video. Best Of Luck Everyone. Let’s Do Something Crazy With AI

Hi, Suzzie here. Excited to participate in the challenge. Thanks for the boost or motivation Spencer.

Here is my video: https://youtu.be/cFv8Gy_fK2Q?si=v7k3kMPlqmy4b680

Hi I’m Sarah and I’m in Los Angeles, CA. I’m excited to join the challenge and grow an existing site with AI content! For the record, I’m joining both challenges, so I’ll be working on 2 sites and planning to win! https://youtu.be/AXgapJH5vnw

Hey all, my name is Shafi Khan and I’m from Mumbai, India. Excited to join the second AI challenge as well and I hope that’s alright. I can’t see any rules regarding that.

Excited to follow along with everyone and learn new stuff and content creation tips from others. Good luck to all!

Hi, I am Kunika Patel from India. This is my introduction video: https://youtu.be/ptxA5T_BDy8?si=LcHh5TVUEdjmkfmn

I am super excited and so I have joined both the challenges. Hope to give my best and learn new things along the way. Good luck everyone!

Hi, I’m Alex from Michigan. Excited to hold myself accountable to take action with these sites! I manage a pressure washing company by day and work on niche sites on the side. Looking to grow and learn with AI content.

I am entering both of Spencer’s challenges:
Build an SEO Site with AI Generated Content
and
Grow an EXISTING Site with AI Content

Intro video below:

Hi all! 2nd attempt at the video upload!

Sorry about the dog btw!

https://youtu.be/deWJ3mjYomc

Hi everyone,

My name is Abel Babalola, from Nigeria, and this is my entry into the Grow an EXISTING Site with AI Generated Content challenge.

I am excited to join like-minded people to learn and grow.

Hello from Prague! Excited to join the challenge:

1. I have a brand/website I started in 2009, but have never really leverage SEO. I’m in the travel niche and have let the site go dormant since the pandemic. It’s a DA 25-27, but with very little traffic and not even built on WordPress. I have a whole lot of work to do. But excited to see how I can grow it without social media. 🙂

2. Will I win? I probably won’t win any cash prizes…but if I can do ANYTHING to progress the site in the next 3 months, it’s a win to me.

I used to be CEO of a similar company in my industry and grew it to 3 million page views per month so maybe I can do that again but for my own site. We shall see!

Let the games begin. 🙂

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Hello! I’m Brandi, an Oakland, CA blogger with a 13.5 year old site. I’ve been blogging consistently, but so much has changed. I have tons of old content to get rid of, and need to create new content that serves my audience where they are NOW. AI has been an incredible tool for me over the last few months, and I’m pumped to kick it up a notch.

Here’s my video: https://youtu.be/utOpkLvCnkg

Hi all, Holly from Queensland Australia. I have had 2 sites forever but recently have added a couple of extra to my portfolio and they haven’t gotten a lot of attention so this is a little motivation boost to get more content live. I won’t have a huge amount of time to dedicate but I figure accountability and forward momentum is always a positive!

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Hi, I’m Maria and here’s my video entry for the challenge. I have a new travel blog and am looking forward to taking part in this challenge!

Hello, I’m Chris from Texas. Can’t wait to participate in this challenge! Here is my entry video:

Chris from Atlanta, GA here! This is finally the extra incentive to get a niche site off the ground. Here’s my video.

Hey everyone! Good luck with the challenge. It will be interesting to see how much everyone’s sites can grow in an extremely short period of time. I’m excited to hear what’s working and what’s not. Hopefully, we’ll all have a better asset in 3 months’ time!

Hello, Michael here from Kansas City, USA. I’m looking forward to this challenge and can’t wait to get started.

Here’s my intro video

Hey team – I’m Darcy from Northern NSW Australia – keen to get into this challenge to mainly keep accountable to a good publishing and content creation schedule! Also- $2500 definitely would be welcome!

Here’s my entry vid

Hi, greetings from Zambia! 🇿🇲
I’m excited to join this challenge. Good luck everyone!

Cheers
Nico

My intro

Kia Ora everyone, Michelle from New Zealand. Looking forward to participating in this challenge and generally taking advantage of some more forward momentum for my blog! Here is my intro video.

(Whoops, try again!) Kia Ora everyone, I’m Michelle from New Zealand, and I’m excited to see where this challenge takes me and the other participants. Thanks so much Spencer! Here’s my intro video.

My name is Darrin, I am from Central Florida and I’ve decided to participate in both challenges. I already have a few content sites, and I’d be super interested to see how one of them would do if I add a little bit more content.

Hello all
I am joining from malaysia.
Here is my video

Hello! I am joining from Belgium in this challenge too!
Here’s my video:
https://youtu.be/Fu6Qa-O9LhI?si=XdShUOkeTzB_Tnem

Silvia

Hello, joining this challenge (as well as the new site with AI) – basically, why the hell not 🙂

My name is Becki, I’m coming from Spain. I have minimal experience with site building, no big team, and limited resources to pump into outsourcing tasks, I’m also a bit of a technophobe.

I’m under no illusion that I’m going to be kicking about in the lower percentile of site growth here – basically, I’m just in competition with myself to see how much I can learn and grow plus for the accountability/ community side of it.

Good luck everyone 🙂 here’s my video > https://youtu.be/uon0sfCPXvk

Hello Everyone,

My name is Queen Israel from Nigeria. I am interested in this challenge because it will offer me the opportunity to grow my blog. And I am super excited to be here and remain hopeful all the way.

My Video link: Queen Israel

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Hey
My name is Karan and I am from India. It will be a great opportunity for me to learn while competing with you guys. All the Best to Everyone!

Here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQL94-KcWlo

It’s Kerwin here and I’m up for the challenge

Here’s my video – https://youtu.be/dSWDZ9tIRG4

Kerwin
Houston

Hi,

I’m Bryan from Los Angeles and I’m interested in joining this challenge as well. Hopefully AI can grow my site where I haven’t been able to manually.

Hey guys, my name is Ian, and I’m from Illinois.

I’ve been a long-time reader of Niche Pursuits and have been building niche sites since 2016.

I started a site in 2021 to experiment with AI content, and so far it’s been going pretty well. That’s the site I’ll be growing for this challenge.

Here’s my entry video:

Hello everyone I’m Andrew Ellis (everyone just calls me Drew), I live in Devon in the UK and run a site called Like Minds (wearelikeminds.com) aimed at entrepreneurs and startups to help guide them to the best information from their peers.

We have over 200 videos up on our YouTube channel and we run an annual “Nudge Ideas Festival” in Devon in the UK helping local and international entrepreneurs grow and scale. It will be our 16th year in 2024!

Hi, I’m DeeDee. Here’s my Challenge video.

Hey everyone,

I’m Wasim from Canada. Looking forward to growing my site with AI content and seeing how it performs. I’ve grown one site to 5 figure traffic levels before.

Here is my video. https://youtube.com/shorts/JxbU5YqPOsQ

Hi Everyone! My name is Michelle and I am joining the challenge from Columbia, SC. I have a lifestyle blog that I started in 2009. My goal with this challenge is to be more intentional with posting content that is relevant to my audience and learning more about AI and how it can help me create content.

My intro video is here: https://youtu.be/8Iekmk8TTLk

Hey everyone, I’m Pankil Shah from Boston. I’m here to blend AI, my previous learnings, and a sprinkle of consistency to spice up organic traffic; win or lose, I’m the traffic jam you never saw coming! 😜

Hi, I am Rosman from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

I like blogging and I like AI. This is the right opportunity for me to learn and grow my blogging skills and and my sites

Here is my video: https://studio.youtube.com/video/D_dwCJ7AeeI/

Hi,
Attached is my video. This challenge is going to be fun! Good luck everyone!

here is the link to my youtube video for the challenge (2).

Hi All,

Hopefully it is not too late to participate. I’ve been building niche affiliate websites off and on for years, with some successes and a lot of failures. I’m looking forward to participate in this contest as I am sure I will be able to learn a lot from you all while also staying motivated to keep adding content and building. I am going to be using a site that I’ve pretty much left untouched for a long time, and my hope is that by consistently adding content it will see some solid growth. Good luck everyone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5OWfCRgcr8

Hi! I’m Chelsea, and I’m joining both challenges. I see this as a great way to grow my current site. Can’t wait to see where it’s at in 3 months! Here’s my video.

Hi everyone,

My name is Andrew and I have an existing blog about podcasting that I’ve decided to enter this challenge with. I have been thinking about playing with AI content for a while and have experimented a little on a different site. When I saw the email come through about this challenge I thought it would be a good time to jump in.

I’m looking forward to seeing the progress everyone makes.

Andrew

Excited to join this challenge! I’ve got some existing sites I could use the extra motivation for. Probably a little bit of a shift in my content strategy, but I think it could be a good area to explore.

Hi Everyone, My name is Richard from Toronto. Here is my intro video. Thank you Spencer for putting together this challenge, and I’m looking forward to learning and growing with everyone!

Is there any requirement for how much content needs to be AI generated vs. Human Written? I am thinking of a series of posts where the images are AI generated and the article explains how to make the item pictured. Things like introduction, conclusion, possibly FAQ sections could be AI generated but, due to the nature of the niche, the DIY instructions would need to be human written.

Hello everyone , my name is Frank, I am from Guadalajara, Mexico. I am superexcited and motivated for this contest because I am very much into AI tools and as luck would have it, I am envolved in a project currently of rebuilding a website, I already as always am using many AII tools for the job and being able to share this with a community of like minded people is going to be a growth experience, that just hits the spot, I can start. My friend Bob me and my AI team are ready for the challenge, good luck to all and “MAY THE PROMPT BE WITH YOU”

Hello Everyone. My name is April and I’m going to be working on my crafting site, CraftingInTheNight.com for this challenge. I’ve built my fair share of websites, including a few over 100k sessions per month. This new site is a passion project for me with lots of traffic potential. I had already planned on using AI to generate a lot of the written content, as much of the value for the site is human generated images. I’ll use my expertise in the niche to edit the AI text and add supporting photos where needed. I’ll be working on also growing the social channels for the site which include a YouTube channel, Facebook Page, and Facebook Group. While those aren’t necessarily for the contest, I do think they can help organic traffic.

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Hi. My name is Pamela and I’m from Northern Virginia. I am excited to join this challenge. Here is my video.

How often should we post content on our website for this challenge?

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Hi, I just started my new AI written content website last month, a few days before this challenge . I like to join but very shy to talk in front of the camera for video. Also, because of my limited English ability. However, I love to see how you guys do my your websites. So that I can compare to my progress.

Hi everybody!
I’m Lizzy from the Netherlands and am excited to join the challenge! I have several affiliate websites but picked a relatively new blog website to grow from 4k to 10k by the end of this challenge (year).

Watch here my introduction!

I will be using ChatGPT 4 and SurferSEO. In case you use the same and have tips, please share!

Hello, I’m Laarni from the Philippines. Looking forward to this challenge!

My video

Hello everyone, I’m Virg from the Philippines. I am interested in joining this challenge as well. Thanks.
Here’s my intro video:

I’m in. Video.

Do we have to submit the url/name of the website somewhere, or does Spencer only check that at the end?

Jacob Maslow here. very excited about this.
had some trouble with my original post, posting again
been playing with AI forever and really got my keyword research down. think the main thing is to niche down and focus on topical authority

So apparently, I did this while I was on a small vacation, so I decided to add some vibe to my video, for no particular reason at all. Let’s gooooo!

PS: I recorded this video purposely for my competition for the new sites. However, as I realized there is a certain old site I have not been looking into for the last 1 or 2 years (it basically gets less than 100 clicks per month), I can also use it to join this competition too (for growing an existing site). Let’s see how it turns out!