 
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.