Thanks Nicole, much appreciated!

I'm actually just going thought my toolbox section to bring it up to date. It has changed quite a bit since the last update!

Love your site! How has the LIP lifestyle treated you so far? Any BIG surprises / gotcha's you've come around lately?

Cheers!
- Juha

Don't worry about it. Talk about how late I was to answer the comments left in this post..!

As a apology note for every reader (if you happen to read this comment, that is): Sorry all, I've been working on my new blog AND I'm also been trying to enjoy my summer vacation at the same time. I feel a big sting in my heart that I've been not commenting back here for many weeks! I'll fix my manners and get back on track right now!

Thanks for those site mentions Claudia! I've used Tradedoubler with Finnish sites as well, but I haven't heard of the other ones you mention. I'll definitely have to check those out myself.

Cheers!

- Juha

Hey Sam,

I agree, patience is THE main ingredient in all successful online business activities. These things just don't happen overnight.

"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it." - Arnold H. Glasow

Thanks for dropping by Sam,
Cheers!

- Juha

- Juha

I agree. There are many MANY opportunities that are still waiting for to be found. I'm curious to see when the real "gold rush" starts here in Finnish niche markets (hopefully not too soon, so I have time to weed out the best myself first!) :-D

Thanks for dropping by, cheers!

- Juha

Hi Medical Assistant,

I haven't personally played enough with Google Adwords to really be able to tell how good or bad they work with non-english sites. AdSense on the other hand, still seem to work pretty well with Finnish niche markets.

- Juha

Hi Andy,

I really believe that the "true gold" in the non-English niche markets are yet to be found. A LOT of opportunities there to utilize if you just take your time and do your homework.

Which language market's are you personally targeting? Good luck!

- Juha

Hi French blogger!

In Finnish niche markets, AdSense has not been the issue, the lack of good affiliate products have. This was especially true when I tried to find information product based affiliate products (ebooks, etc.). Quite frankly, there just aren't any yet. In addition, there have been few more obstacles, that I haven't really had to think about when creating niche sites for English speaking markets:

1. Content creation (articles): for English niche site, I could hire someone from oDesk.com or similar service to do all the niche research and article writing and it wouldn't cost me very much. For a Finnish site, I couldn't do that. I'd have to hire someone from my country and pay a lot bigger amount of money for the same job.
2. Getting backlinks (for boosting search engine traffic): Once again, much harder with the regular "article marketing & spinning tactics", basically, because of the lack of finnish article submission sites like ezinearticles.com. (as a side note, then there would also be the Google's Panda Update..)

In addition to those, there have been some other "findings", but I think I'll leave that as a post subject later on.

Even with the issues mentioned above, AdSense and Physical affiliate products would still be a good way to monetize a Finnish (or any other "small language market") niche site. There are quite a few niche areas, where there's good amount of physical affiliate products one could promote. The content creation part would still be an issue, but if you can do it yourself (or find someone who actually could do it for a decent price + good quality), then I'd say definitely do it.

Good luck with all your niche sites! Let me know how you progress along the way and give me a shout if you stumble to anything you'd like to exchange ideas on!

Cheers!
- Juha

Don't you just love when you find new tools that make your life easier? Sharon has summed up her toolbox beautifully. Very valuable finds there!

Thanks again Sharon! :-)

Thanks James,
Really looking forward on the site launch myself. Should be exciting times ahead!

A really beautiful scenery indeed in the bridge picture. That's from California right?

Antti, your comment couldn't be more timely. In fact, we just got back from our winter "getaway" from Thailand and during that time I had a chance to even further think the future of Nomad Couch. I'm pretty sure you and other readers are going to like how the blog evolves next.

I'll be writing about the change this week and giving everyone a heads up on what to expect next.

On a side note, I really like the concept you got going on there at Avoin yritys. I'd be more than happy to interview you guys. Right now I have 2 interviews in line at nomad couch, but right after that (around June would be great) we could definitely talk. Looking forward to that.

Cheers!
Juha