Do this to build a $200,000 side hustle (The Online Directory Blueprint)

[@GregIsenberg]

JOHN RUSH IS BACK AND GOT HIM TO SPILL THE BEANS ABOUT HOW TO IDEATE, BUILD, SCALE DIRECTORY STARTUPS WITH AI AND SEO // LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE BECAUSE THIS IS FREE

[@successway6789]

This channel is criminally underrated. Greg deserves more fame.

[@shibleyb]

This is gold. I have been tinkering with SEO to drive traffic to my SaaS app. Directories seems like the way, and he's right as a coder the immediate temptation is to build programmatic SEO sites from scratch, but that isn't the quickest way to market for sure.

[@sarangbhirad]

5 minutes into the video and i already got a great directory idea. Time to build now🔥💪🏻

[@johnrushx]

🔥

[@Flo-Bench]

Hey same here I was planning on creating a benchmark of some sort as well, to help aspiring business owners test out their business ideas. Hence the reason I named the channel FloBench- What this the same idea you had?

[@AlmostHuman_]

Bought a domain for a directory the other day - perfect timing!

[@jzwqa]

Love your episodes, Greg! Small feedback: I have noticed that when guests are talking, you seem very distracted … seems like you might be multitasking, looking at multiple screens, phone, etc. To me, as a viewer it takes away from the enjoyment of focusing on guests (the voice in my head goes: “If the host doesn’t care enough, why should I?”). Maybe turn off your vid when guests are talking? Regardless, great content and thank you for all your work!

[@Nina_2288]

This is so cool. Thank you very much to both of you. I will use this.😃😃👍👍☀️☀️

[@johnrushx]

welcome

[@GeoffreyMonical]

Excellent stuff! I've had a hyperlocal directory for over 12 years now - not in a great location, but where I live, and it brings in something every month. But I've got so many ideas of hyper local, hyper niched directories swimming in my head, I don't know where to start. Ahhh, but I do know where to start, and I'm off to do that!

[@spacegirlkes]

What's an example of a hyper-local directory? Like places to eat? Best hiking trails?

[@jonoisedev]

This guy is a beast! I'm gonna start a directory tonight when I get home!.

[@anzilcutzz3148]

Everyone who watching this video should have atleast one Online Directory each :)

[@noe_122]

nice episode but what’s a directory ? i’m into like 5 minutes into the video and still don’t know 😅

[@johnrushx]

website with a list of curated or user generated items. e.g. craigslist is a directory of homes for rent

[@akberkhan6329]

This is awesome, I actually bought John's directory making guide and planning to launch a bunch of them using his unicorn platform; but cool to see him discuss each step basically from his guide. Nice work guys!

[@johnrushx]

thx

[@alphahat1]

How do you plan to launch multiple? The highest plan seems to only allows 3 published websites. Thanks!

[@johnrushx]

@@alphahat1 there are more plans you’ll see when u sign up

[@eugeniocg3079]

Let the directory games begin

[@0xexg]

John, this is awesome! Question: what is the best way to find the current directories that are out there to know if one already exists for the niche you're building in?

[@johnrushx]

by googling. e.g. i built a directory for LLM models. So I googled "LLM models" and didn't see any. It meant I have a chance

[@keithm.512]

I really need this advice, I have been trying to create an online directory that makes money for years. I need you help John. I need to learn the validation process.

[@WyndoMitraBuwana]

Greg keeps on killing it!

[@juls2334]

Awesome content! Thanks for sharing this step-by-step directory tutorial! 💎💎💎

[@johnrushx]

welcome

[@martinbergen2963]

Wow, im actually working on something similiar as some side project and im struggling because i never did such a thing. This is handy, thanks for the Video

[@subijoyacharya3189]

Thank you, Greg. love your videos. Please do a video on SEO for SaaS projects. Love from India 🇮🇳.

[@Alexeia100]

so good, thank you!!!!

[@mattalma]

Brilliant episode! It's definitely sipping time, baby!!!

[@GregIsenberg]

you know it

[@MaybeSteveJobs]

Let’s go Greg 💪 another piece of poetry from you!!

[@GregIsenberg]

i live to serve

[@Lowdin86]

Just for some info, directories are quite simple to build in WordPress with a plugin, and you get the entire WP ecosystem in addition (marketing, SEO, newsletters, blog, etc.).

[@GregIsenberg]

any recs on plugins for people?

[@Lowdin86]

​@@GregIsenberg Two established WordPress plugins come to mind, Toolset and Advanced Custom Fields. Toolset is probably easier to get running with and has a guide on starting a directory type of site. These types of plugins allow the creation of custom post types in WordPress (a single custom post could represent anything like a specific product or a restaurant location), and then additional functionality can be layered on top such as search/filter widgets to show the custom post types.

[@nameundisclosed5419]

Ok So I create a directory, say it is “criminal lawyers near me”. Just a dumb example. How do I then populate the directory with businesses on this directory topic on Day 0? Easy to create the pages and the website but unclear how to actually populate each of the businesses in the directory etc. We want people to come to our directory but they need something to search that matches their intent. This video is informative however it misses a step, how to populate the directory with the relevant directory data! I am not going to write articles until we know is what people are searching for as you say in this video. Please help us understand this. What am I missing??

[@sealednostalgia]

You have to manually do that….

[@nickmitchell6589]

Use a scraper like Octoparse for businesses and info about them 🎉

[@choochoo2047]

To get to Google keyword planner you need to have a business and website now? Google ads makes you go through inputting that information first. Is there another way of getting the keyword planner?

[@johnrushx]

enter any dummy info to get in. itworks

[@emmanuelgoldstein3682]

I'm ready IDEATE, BUILD, and ACCELERATE

[@GregIsenberg]

IBA

[@jebinho10]

I don't want to sound like a hater, because I can easily admit I'm wrong if the data shows it. But I always raise an eyebrow to the good Samaritans on presenting the easy ways to make money. If the powder is fresh, tell your friends, but not the public! John has admittedly been doing this for a while. Coming up with new ideas daily; testing ideas daily; searching for new content on proven ideas...daily. All leading up to many months, if not years, of effort for this business. English has a lot of words, but I still question how many viable directory phrases remain that can bring in the income. Don't get me wrong, I tip my hat to him for the awesome success he has seen from this. But on the flip side, maybe we're too late to this ballgame? For instance, would you risk going into drop-shipping when there are a million influencers already trying to sell their courses on it? So other than the most motivated of folks, you might need a good dose of luck to pursue this successfully. But I'm probably wrong, do your own research, this is not financial advice, yada yada.

[@johnrushx]

when I started making directories, people said: "there are no directories left to make". But I made 30. The reason I share the secrets is that I know I will dominate my own field with directories. And there are 1000 other fields to be dominated by others and I'll be happy to see that makers did it following my advice

[@nanditakell6621]

@@johnrushx after this vid I think I'd like to give it a go. But like product sourcing for physical products how to find a niche or topic to build on?

[@johnrushx]

@@nanditakell6621 based on keyword research. If u got no ideas, ask chatgpt to generate 100 ideas and then go check the traffic for them in google kw planner

[@johnrushx]

@@nanditakell6621 ask chatgpt to generate 100 ideas and go test them for traffic on google keyword planner

[@jebinho10]

@@johnrushx Again, there is a time element to this. When did you start? What do you define as your own "field"? If you told me "business ideas" was your field, and you created directories from that phrase (and all permutations of that phrase), I would be surprised if it took you more than a week, even as a beginner, to come up with an exhaustive list. Thus, you probably moved on to other fields; maybe tool reviews, maybe vacation spots, whatever. Multiply that by how many folks (your competitors) were creating directories. Regardless, you found there was an efficiency to be made. Namely, developing your toolset to help in the creation of directories. And no one can blame you for generating revenue off of the access to your toolset. It may be an even more lucrative hustle than the directory creation itself. And here's where I make the connection back to the example in my previous comment...drop-shipping. I'm not claiming it's there, yet. It's simply a perspective to consider. glhf

[@paul.ignacio]

Oh man, and I said I was gonna take a break today. Time to go to school.

[@GregIsenberg]

sippin time baby

[@hashemselim9346]

Great pod. Been working on a directory as a side project for a month - he finished one in 50 mins 😮 gotta change my process

[@giftowercom]

I checked some of his directories - I don't get it, I can just google this shit :D But hey if he's making buck good for him. Not sure why he needs to sell the lessons on directories though, seems thats his main product.

[@johnrushx]

my main products are saas tools. bulding directories is my hobby the point of directories is to be shown in google when you search for things.

[@mybocks3]

Where do I go to buy/sell directories?

[@buzz1308]

So a directory is a list of stuff. It’s just a list? Is that right? What is a directory other than a list?

[@johnrushx]

yes, it's a list people need it because there are too many things to choose from. so if you make a great list with good sorting and fitlers and content, people are willing to share it with each other and others are willing to pay to be there

[@nickmitchell6589]

@@johnrushxhey John. I wish Greg would have asked you how you got the original listings and datapoints for your “launchpad for ____” listings. How did you get competition, time to create, profit potential, etc?

[@eugeniocg3079]

The urge to build the new Wirecutter all about 'CLEAN' living

[@GregIsenberg]

Hahahaha

[@SylvestreMusic]

Great content, thank You so much Greg❤

[@GregIsenberg]

❤️❤️

[@Web3Agents]

Hey i love your videos. Stumbled upon them a couple of days ago. How do you do the template with the website and the two speakers that it looks like Facetime?

[@kevinconnelly5901]

what are some of the best examples of directories today?

[@Sagi56668]

The validation process is that easy as here? Only google keywords planner? 🤔

[@johnrushx]

directories are easy to build. No need to over-validate it. mild validation is enough

[@Sagi56668]

@@johnrushx thanks 😊

[@BacYawd]

you just earned a sub

[@martinkling3266]

where to find the seobot tool?

[@wacalu]

Dope Video! What are the links to the tools he is using?

[@sahdathossainsabuj]

AI AGENT BUSINESS IDEAS PLEASE

[@skyhappy]

ALL HAIL THE KING

[@GregIsenberg]

king john

[@nafetswirth]

This is sauce

[@johnrushx]

hey friend :)

[@PrinceAbiS]

John is a savage!

[@GregIsenberg]

he's awesome

[@ftdesigner91]

Ugh, i dunno bro, I watch a lot of your podcast but I'm still on an 8-5 job and broke even though I'm a programmer. But tbh I it's hard to do anything coz my 8-5 is actually 8-8 and sometimes 10. But I'm baiting the company into a web app that I'm going to build 😂 prayers please 🙏

[@MaybeSteveJobs]

@@ftdesigner91 take the leap my friend, you will never get rich working for someone else. And if you do, the stress is not worth it. You already have a skill set that 99.99% of people don’t (and wish they did)! Best of luck on your web app and future endeavours. 🙏

[@kasforai]

So these new tools has replaced Bubble?

[@johnrushx]

yep

[@kasforai]

@@johnrushx But would it also host the app?

[@CaseysCoolPrints]

I don't get this. Why would anyone just give away gold? This is all bogus.

[@indonesiannews2024]

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID...

[@joshfiorito9505]

How do you monetize these directories ?

[@johnrushx]

sponsored listings, affilaite links, paid paid listings, banners, boosts...

[@asiddiqi123]

​@@johnrushx Time taking?

[@Jonesrful]

L O V E

[@asiddiqi123]

Make America directory again

[@GregIsenberg]

MADA

[@bgmspot7242]

Already there are plenty of AI directories why again new? I don't think this idea can scale at this time.already late. I'm not against anyone. correct me if I'm wrong

[@johnrushx]

dont make another AI directory. THere are plenty directories the world still needs besides AI directory

[@jonzcrypto]

This video feels very much like a sales pitch to use this guy's tool. As someone who has started multiple directories himself, some of the info presented here is not only outdated, but is just genuinely bad advice. Your website runs the risk of being delisted and completely rekt by using AI generated content. Furthermore, he never even really goes deep into the details of the steps and just brushes past most of the SEO work. This was pretty mediocre filler content imho for folks who have no idea where to start. This doesn't give them a clear path forward, but rather soft sells them on a product that's being pushed. You can do better Greg!

[@pythonate2906]

I like the idea of directories. However, his method is neither clear enough, nor can make you rich overnight. The idea of boosting DR is quite bad. Don't do it if you want to have a chance to rank organically. Directories without DR, though, are not appealing to potential buyers/subscribers. Been watching John a couple of times, and I leave with the same feeling: something's missing, incomplete. In my opinion, his marketing is great. You can feel he's a great marketing person. And if he makes money out of this nonsense, good for him. I don't see the value here.

[@johnrushx]

have you made a successful directory?

[@pythonate2906]

@@johnrushx nope, I did not, cause it won't be profitable for me. I don't see it happening. The only one able to capitalize from this is probably you, by selling the course, and not by monetizing directories. I will engagr in this conversation and help the KZbinr, but not for your method, which I find far from a successful one. I don't see it. Pretty unclear. And if I'd make it, I'd just generate one with Python as a static site or even with WP. Not going to pay for shit to make a directory. I seen your tweets and they triggered my attention, because I think directories are a good option, but the method you sell is not it. I get it, you built some and that's fine, but I just don't see it as a method. To get traffic from the word of mouth and social media will require me to spend countless hours promoting one. To scale it's just unlikely. And what ROI are we talking about here? For beginners with some serious time to waste and some budget, maybe. I'd put 10k immediately into this if it worked. But there's no sign of a real business, at least not for me.

[@harrorreactionchannel7550]

Please help me 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢

[@SjarMenace]

I cant stand his accents

[@chulito3309]

Not so impressive. 🙂

[@sooma-ai]

John Rush explains how to create, build, and grow online directories using AI and SEO. He covers idea generation, website creation, content development, promotion strategies, and monetization methods, emphasizing the potential for directories as low-risk, profitable side projects.

[@harrorreactionchannel7550]

I need your help please 🙏🏿 talk to you personally I can work with you personally So many problems in my life 😢 just one help change my life please 🙏 Please help me till I earn 30 thousand dollars

[@nastied]

What do you offer ?

[@Flo-Bench]

I plan on building a similar directory that allows people to see the volatility of a business idea, and we monetize by offering detailed step by step guides on how to get started. My strong suit comes in business ideation and validation, would any you be interested in taking part in the venture? It is called Flo-Bench hence the channel name!

[@Divyv520]

Hey Greg , I really enjoyed your latest video! Your content has a lot of potential, and I specialize in helping creators grow their KZbin channels through proven strategies that have worked for my clients. If you're ever interested in taking your channel to the next level, I'd love to discuss how I can assist you with everything from planning to execution. Let me know if you'd like to connect!

[@mydailyresume]

This channel is criminally underrated. Greg deserves more fame.

[@GregIsenberg]

i live to serve

[@_sayandas]

​@@GregIsenbergThen why do you seem like you just woke up and not willing to speak in every video 😂. Have some energy

[@GregIsenberg]

im here to make this the most valuable piece of content that you spend your precious time consuming. thats my goal!

[@Elite_Employee]

@@GregIsenbergI’m proud of you Greg!! Way to go son! Love Dad

[@konstantinosvavouliotis8831]

​@@GregIsenbergyou have no idea how much I appreciate you and this video! There's not many out there like you. Keep up the great work