WP MIXER = Wordpress Video Autoblogger Plugin

by Drew Jones on July 1, 2009

If your like me, a wordpress junkie that is always looking for that perfect plugin to add content to you’re blog, then this might be for you.

With the internet growing upon the video age with more content than anyone knows what to do with, I’ve got to say I’m Very Impressed with this product.

Over the past month or so I’ve been searching for video content generation program that will grab videos from rss feeds that works with wordpress to create posts on the fly.

Last night, I found WP Mixer and I am thoroughly impressed.

All I did was watch the video and I was hooked.

After buying wpmixer, I did do a few test runs to see that it works and yes it works great.

If you have ever used wp-o-matic and you needed to add content after the content in the post, this has the very same thing, a post templatate editor where you can control how you want the content to look when its posted. I thought “RIGHT ON!”.

Take a look and check it out, I’m one happy camper.

WPMixer – Wordpress Content Mixer

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Seo – Is Joining A Blog Ring A Good Seo Tactic?

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

A blog ring works in exactly the same way as a web ring. You go to a blog ring site and then join the ring that is most closely matched with your topic. You place an object on your page that allows visitors to click on the link to the next blog in the ring. In turn other sites send their traffic to you.

To choose a good blog ring make sure that you check the statistics as to how many visitors that blog ring actually generates. The [click to continue…]

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SEO and Ranking Secrets

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

The magical e-book that have shown complete success in teaching thousands a successful SEO tactics that either brought their sites to first position in google or made them a career in SEO.

The Magical e-book with its website http://www.GoogleTopTenOptimization.com and its software Fast-Indexer was sold to Biz Tuner LLC.

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SEO as a Dirty Business

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

That the search engines can be manipulated is no secret, but most SEOs try a positive approach and define their strategies as ethical or “white-hat.”

In Aaron Wall’s dictionary, there is no such thing as ethical SEO because, no matter how you look at it, once you employ a technique (any) to manipulate the search engines, you “SPAM.” The only question is what kind of spam is acceptable from a Google perspective?

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Using SEO to Improve Website Ranking

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

The content placed on web pages and websites is unlike any other content in the world. Serving a dual purpose, online content is there for (1) the visitors to a website to find the information they were searching for in the first place and (2) to up the web page or website rankings within the search engine results. This dual purpose requires a special style of writing known as Search Engine Optimization or SEO.

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Business owners are contemplating ways in which they can ride out the recession, some grasping at straws. Slashing their marketing budgets is a knee jerk response of many companies and “while understandable, not wise,” according to Lorraine Abelow of Abelow PR, (www.abelowpr.com) an agency that specializes in representing companies big and small from Tetley Tea to Four Seasons Hotels t [click to continue…]

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When your web site is optimized, you will be receiving valuable business leads. Netwave Interactive Marketing has put in countless hours on different Search Engine Optimizing tactics to improve websites. Netwave has boiled down the many myths and ideas to focus on several different tactics that have the greatest ROI on SEO. The investment that takes place in SEO would be your valuable time.

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Driving traffic to your website can be difficult. You know that your products are the best available and your website is gorgeous, but having your customers find it is very important. The first thing to do is to think about where your potential customers go online. That is the best place for you to establish an internet presence. Let your potential customers see that you know what your product is and how to help them find it (your website!). B [click to continue…]

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Search Engine Optimization is vital for any business that decides to make its presence felt in the market through the Internet. However, when venturing out into the SEO world, it is important to choose the right SEO keywords and optimize them. Mining for the right SEO keywords may take a considerable amount of your time and effort, but the fruits of it will be rewarding.

First, it is important to understand the importance of keywor [click to continue…]

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The process of search engine optimization involves tweaking various aspects of your website and deals only with the organic search results. It has nothing to do with paid search also known as inorganic search or PPC. In order to improve your positioning in the organic search results, these guidelines will point out the tactics on how you can improve the visibility of your website.

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Unique Content is king. Search engines love new, unique and updated content. When you add new content with a rate of only a reasonable size page a day bound and in consultation with others in the entire site, I can almost guarantee you will receive good offers. Note, however, write for the visitors, but for the search engines. If your subject area fits into a niche in the market, the better for you, but you have unique content-everything you f [click to continue…]

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Make Your Website A Top Entity With SEO Tactics

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Today, just getting your website made is not enough. You need to make it popular in order to get business from the same. Imagine of your office address about which nobody knows. How will people get to know that you are there? In such a case you will simply be sitting at your office idle without any work or business. Such a nightmare isn’t it?

Search Engine Marketing is an online marketing strategy for your website and business. In [click to continue…]

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The keyword in bold or strong tag specifies that it has slightly more importance than other text on the web page. These bold keywords are given a second look and taken into account by the search engines. Therefore, with specific SEO algorithms, the search engines such as Google, MSN, and Yahoo will give emphasis to the keywords that are highlighted using bold or strong tag.

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Directory submission remains an important part of the wholesome search engine optimization (SEO) services from India. It implies that a search engine optimization expert submits your website’s URL to hundreds of search engine friendly directories on the World Wide Web along with appropriate description and titles. This helps your website to har [click to continue…]

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Internet Marketing With Seo Tactics

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Hearing the acronym SEO is not new for most Internet marketers. In fact, it is one of the unwritten protocols that must be learned and kept in mind by every aspiring Internet marketer. Thus, if you are unfamiliar with SEO, you will experience difficulty in terms of achieving your Internet marketing business objectives.

Before discussing SEO to Internet marketing beginners, let us first tackle search engines. If you are familiar with Ya [click to continue…]

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Want to Hire a Professional SEO Company?

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

In efforts to increase sales and profitability, more and more companies are turning to online marketing initiatives – specifically, search engine optimization. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the art and science of the mixture of technical and marketing into a finely tuned website that is both search engine, ranks well for certain keywords and phrases, and suits your audience a perspective buyer and seller.

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You can always continue revamping your websites in order for them to look as perfect as you want them to be. You can also continue on experimenting and creating the best product the whole of Web World has ever seen. Of course, these will surely draw rave reviews for your site. Have you ever heard of internet marketing SEO, though? Do you think you need to do more of this?

Even as you have the most gorgeous-looking website and the most u [click to continue…]

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SEO Tactics

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Search engine optimization determines the success of Internet marketing strategy. One wrong approach towards search optimization is good enough to spoil your whole internet marketing strategy. It has remained to be a quite unfortunate situation that search engine optimization has always been treated as stand alone service despite the prominent part of broad marketing strategy. Even the term ‘SEO’ was initially adopted by consultant [click to continue…]

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White Hat SEO | SEO Traffic Spider

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

In recent years the concept of SEO has gained a lot of importance. The terms White Hat SEO and Black Hat SEO have emerged universally as a marketing strategy to increase a website’s relevancy and ranking in the search engine results pages (SERPs). The SEO industry uses various techniques which can be ethical or unethical depending on the approach SEO professionals wish to adopt for optimizing pages.

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Black Hat SEO | SEO Traffic Spider

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Black Hat SEO attempts to employ techniques that are not recommended as part of a good SEO design. This is because it focuses on improving page rankings using deceptive tactics which are disapproved by search engines. One basic truth that one needs to know about Black Hat SEO is that it may produce a high web page ranking, however, these results may only last temporarily since sites using such techniques will eventually be banned or penalized [click to continue…]

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SEO Traffic Spider | What is SEO

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Search engine optimization is the activity of improving the volume and quality of real time traffic to web pages or whole sites from search engines through natural search results for targeted keywords. Most often a website that gets a higher position or ranking in the search results is the one which the searchers will visit more frequently. Therefore, it is important that a site is optimized to get real time traffic the right way to make it mo [click to continue…]

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Everyone is familiar with the idea that your website should be optimized for the search engines. But many people are not aware that this same SEO strategy should be applied to your articles as well. An article with proper SEO keyword usage will get a much more attention from the search engines than an article without keywords.

Proper SEO keyword usage should be in the area of 2% to 5% of the total number of words on a page. U [click to continue…]

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A Usability of SEO Tactics for Serp Ranking

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Seobbsr.com is a Search Engine Optimization – Web Design Company which is a most affordable and fastest growing SEO Company India. We focus on your search engine rankings through our Cheap SEO Services, Search Engine Marketing and Professional Link Building Firms. Search Engine Optimization and Marketing (SEO and SEM) Services plays vital role in getting higher search [click to continue…]

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No matter how hard some people try to mystify SEO, it is not as complicated as many would lead you to believe. Despite all the techno jargon that many in the field will throw at you: SERPs, SEM, PageRank, Keyword Density, Vertical Search, Algorithms… SEO is really simple to do if you understand some basic concepts and follow some easy steps.

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New SEO Tactics for a New Year

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Are your search engine rankings in a rut? Have you been using the same old tired SEO tactics for quite some time now? Maybe it is time to add some new SEO techniques to your bag of tricks and get some new and improved results for a brand new year. This is not to say that you should abandon the optimization techniques you are already using such as high-quality, fresh and relevant SEO content, optimized keywords and keyword phrases, that would b [click to continue…]

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SEO Tactics for Better Ranking

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

 

What is the basis of search engine optimization? The answer is – keyword density and selection. It is impossible to form SEO tactics without the appropriate keywords/phrases. SEO copywriting is not possible in the absence of keywords. The importance of accurate keywords/phrases cannot be ruled by even the top most search engine optimizers. You might think there should be some success formula to create the magic, but there is no such [click to continue…]

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SEO Tactics Revealed

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Though there are many different theories out there regarding what makes the best SEO technique, when it comes to some issues that will work against your SEO efforts, there are some issues where everyone agrees. Among these, the most prominent are:

· Not having a web page title

· Using too many graphics, images, or flash animation on a given web page

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With technology headed the direction it is, and Video absolutely taking over the internet, there are tons of people out there trying to figure out how to make money with online videos. The question is, how do you go about it?

Honestly, there are a lot of different ways to make money with online videos. What I want to focus on here is how Entrepreneurs can best take advantage of technology to make money with online videos.
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Social networking websites is an on-going trend in the Internet. These sites allow people to connect with their old friends and acquaintances and even make new ones.  They have great numbers of audiences and receive probably millions of hits every day.

Since social networking websites became a trend, it likewise became a new medium for marketing and make money bein [click to continue…]

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Going Onto Youtube to Make Money by Online

by Drew Jones on June 30, 2009

Are you looking into the possibility of expanding your marketing efforts in YouTube? No one can blame you, with its very large following, it is doubtful that you will not get any customers from the millions of internet users that log into the site everyday. YouTube is a great way to make money by online. Your YouTube marketing videos will be viewed by people all over the world and [click to continue…]

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Want a recession proof way to make money? If you are afraid that you might lose your job because of the poor stock market and financial crisis, you should find another source of income as a backup. Set up your own business or start to make money working online. Do something to improve your financial situation.

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Beginner traders often fantasize or wonder about how some people are able to achieve tremendous profits by trading stocks just a few hours on a daily or weekly basis.

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Grab Guaranteed Traffic via Social Bookmarking

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

Nowadays, Social Bookmarking services are the most popular source for webmasters to drive visitors and traffic to their websites. Social Bookmarking let’s the users to save and manage their favorite bookmarks online on internet. It has been made in such a way that users can tag them with keywords and share them with others and watch their bookmarks. Also, [click to continue…]

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Pay Per Click Marketing Strategies

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

Without the proper method of using Pay Per Click Advertising, you can spend a fortune and have nothing to show for it. Clickthroughs cost you, but you get nothing in return if your website visitors only click through and don’t buy anything.

How does it work? The major search engines offer bidding for the placement of your ad based on keywords. You bid on keywords that you want to place your ads on, related to your product. If you [click to continue…]

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A Guide to Successful Pay Per Click Marketing

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

Pay per click, as the term itself suggests, is a form of advertising that makes use of keywords for popularizing your business on the web. To make a success of your pay per click marketing you need to find the keywords that will best describe about your business. Pay per click marketing is used these days on a large scale, as this is the best way to reach out to online visitors. A study found out that more than seventy five percent of online v [click to continue…]

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Most Pay-Per-Click marketers spend weeks and even months on optimizing their campaigns while amazingly a sophisticated Pay [click to continue…]

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Do you also find Pay-Per-Click marketing as frustrating, time consuming, and too expensive? Well, Ppc Pay Per Click Marketing [click to continue…]

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After the first time you try it you quickly understand why Pay-Per-Click marketers consider this Pay Per Click Ma [click to continue…]

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Pay Per Click Marketing Secrets

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

Pay Per Click Marketing also known as PPC is a service provided by Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing and MSN. There are other lower tier search engines which also allow you to advertise in the same fashion, however, I would recommend staying with the 3 main search engines because the traffic is generally better.

If you’re looking to master Pay Per Click marketing, its important to understand that creating PPC campaigns is just 1 [click to continue…]

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Basics Of Pay Per Click Marketing

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

The Internet is constantly evolving and changing, especially for those of us that are involved in the marketing end of the net. For some people, they have seen the changes come and go and trends that burn like fire for a while and then simply die out. One method of marketing, however, that is sure to stick around for the long term is pay per click marketing. This is one of the best methods of getting targeted traffic to your website in a short [click to continue…]

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Pay Per Click Marketing Can be Cost Effective

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

 

People that have websites needing traffic normally find that pay per click can be one of the most cost effective techniques they employ to get that extra traffic. For many companies, this is the only method they employ because the results speak for themselves. If you are curious about pay per click search marketing and what it can do for you, there are a few things that you should keep in mind. If not done correctly, pay per click m [click to continue…]

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The Pros and Cons of Pay Per Click Marketing

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

Are you considering whether to run a pay per click marketing campaign for you company? Maybe though you are not quit sure what you might be getting into. Then it is in your best interests to know both the pros and cons that come with such a campaign.

With any type of business idea a person likes to look at the benefits first because they want to see the positive side. So that is the place to start. What exactly are the pros of run [click to continue…]

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Getting Your Head Around Pay Per Click Marketing

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

Pay Per Click programs are pretty straightforward systems. They allow you to grab a position in ads that you place on search engines by deciding how much you’re willing to pay per visitor. Pay per click marketing is by far the best direct marketing strategy invented. By really jumping into Pay Per Click marketing, your internet marketing dreams could be far closer than you would ever imagine.

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If you have a business and a website, one of the best marketing tools available to you is Article Marketing. Article Marketing is all about creating online articles that you publish in article directories. The goal is to get your article out to readers who will be interested to learn more about you and your business. As a marketing tool, it helps connect your website to your target market effectively and inexpensively.

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Article marketing is without a doubt the most effective traffic generation strategy that ordinary people can use to promote their websites and make money. By ‘ordinary people’ I am referring to those for whom internet marketing is more than a just hobby, but who could not go so far as to refer to themselves as being ‘internet gurus’.

The ‘gurus’ frequently need do little more to make money than to promote each other’s products, since the [click to continue…]

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Tips On Article Marketing

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

Introduction

Article marketing is the practice of providing well-written content for distribution to websites and epublishers in exchange for a blurb about the author’s business and contact information. Articles are a great way to establish credibility and let people know that you are operating a legitimate online home business. It is one of the most effective forms of online marketing out there. Article marketing is about uniquen [click to continue…]

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There has never been anything like the internet in terms of what it offers and the opportunities you can gain from it. Welcome to the expanding age of e-commerce. The market continues to expand and shows no signs of slowing down either. It is estimated that in excess of five billion dollars changes hands each year via the net. There are so many ways that you too can have a slice of the cake, but nothing is guaranteed so beware.You need a good [click to continue…]

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Article Marketing Plan: Steps To Create One?

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

First Page Google Rankings Are Easy

Article Marketing Key Steps:

Article Marketing is a excellent way to get free Search engine traffic . The key is having a solid article marketing plan. You need to set a goal of writing and submitting at least one article per week to have any impact on your website traffic. You must follow through and stick to [click to continue…]

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First Page Google Rankings Are Easy

Article marketing automation compared to manual article marketing Change is good! Article Marketing is not dead but maturing

I would like to talk about a leading edge unique new article marketing technique that can generate 1000’s of daily visitors to your website. Ok you are wondering what makes it uniq [click to continue…]

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First Page Google Rankings Are Easy

Key Steps To your website traffic future

If you are interested in getting free search engine website traffic than you need to take a look at article marketing. Article marketing can be a very rewarding website traffic generator but you need to have a article marketing plan in place to be successful. You need to [click to continue…]

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Look at it this way! It is as easy to make your article marketing campaign bring in maximum benefits to a website as it is to lose the whole effect on a hap-hazzard campaign. There is little or no extra effort involved. Just a case of following a few easy guidelines and anyone can benefit from the rewards which come with good article marketing optimization. You’re probably already doing most things correctly, but the finer details of article m [click to continue…]

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You are working hard trying to support your affiliate business. You have spent the important time in article writing and now want to engage in a little article promotion to get your name out there. You want to build that traffic back to your website so you can sell those affiliate products. However, you need to find a fine article marketing plans. A good article-marketing program will make sure that the articles you write are ready for cyber-t [click to continue…]

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You are working hard trying to support your affiliate business. You have spent the important time in article writing and now want to engage in a little article promotion to get your name out there. You want to build that traffic back to your website so you can sell those affiliate products. However, you need to find a fine article marketing plans. A good article-marketing program will make sure that the articles you write are ready for cyber-t [click to continue…]

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Does Private Niche Empire really provide turnkey, ready to go “high-quality and auto pilot” niche sites or just one of those useless templates that will get you zero traffic? Is it worth joining or is it just another scam?

In this article, you’ll find an in-depth review of Private Niche Empire – a membership site created by Ellery Coleman. At the end of this review, you’ll be able to make an informative decision whe [click to continue…]

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Dominate Any Niche in 7 Easy Steps

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

Working in online niche markets is one of the most profitable business concepts available today. With about 1.4 billion people online in 2008 just about any imaginable niche has a good chance of succeeding. Better still; the need has never been stronger since most Website owners are using a “shotgun” approach that leaves visitors overwhelmed and craving a good niche site. That said; use these tips to get a jump start on the competition and qui [click to continue…]

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Niche Marketing Equals Big Success

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

The word “niche” comes from a French word that means to nest. Niche marketing is targeting a product or service to a small portion of a market that is not being readily served by the mainstream product or service marketers. Nearly every business fast food chains, convenience stores, even Wal-Mart was begun to fill perceived voids in the market place. However, niche marketing usually refers to small or moderate size businesses or farms that pro [click to continue…]

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Niche Market – Assessing Its Importance

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

A niche based business is the one in which your business focuses on a niche market that is not addressed by the mainstream providers.

Niche Blueprint course is based on the concept of niche marketing only. Niche Blueprint course helps you understand the power of niche marketing.  Niche Blueprint course teaches [click to continue…]

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Niche Business – Choosing the Right Niche

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

In case you are unaware, the Niche Blueprint System is based upon the concept of setting up Niche eCommerce Stores. These Stores contain various products which can be virtually/physically sold (depending on the product), and after making some profit, you can sell the store outright and make some quick cash.

You want to start an online business and you need to decide a niche for your niche b [click to continue…]

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Niche Blueprint Modules

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

We have documented the Course offered by Niche Blueprint and also the Niche Blueprint Introduction in the – Niche Blueprint Overview Report. [click to continue…]

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Article promotion and marketing is now a front runner right behind guest posting for one of the key aspects of website promotion. Now there are some bad places which you may want to stay away from when marketing an article these are the same places that you do not want your URL when submitting to any forum of directory. Any website that does not review your articles and has no rules that monitor the number of backlinks are a clear sign that the directory is a link farm and the only reason for its creation is to help with SERPs position. So where then should people submit their articles?

This is a question that is not answered simply since thoughts on appropriate marketing range from prophecies that the black hatters have of artificially inflating your backlink count to strict white hatters saying only submit to the most respected websites. Let me give you how I tell if a directory is worth submitting to. First and foremost Page Rank; now I understand that page rank means absolutely nothing for SERPs position and really should only be considered in very few circumstances when deciding where you want to market your website, but I feel that if an article directory does not have PR this is due to one of two reasons. First the article directory could be brand new and I mean just opened its doors to articles. The second and much more likely way that an article directory could not even manage a Page Rank of one is they have been punished by Google for being a link farm. It is much safer to submit to article directories that have at least a Page Rank of 1.

Now from my research throughout marketing articles and thoughts on webmaster forums there is a lot of discussion on whether or not to submit the same article to hundreds of directories. When Google comes across an article which is unique it is labeled so and every other instance of that piece will be considered duplicate content. Will this affect your position in Google SERPs or stunt your Page Rank growth; it is very unlikely the worst thing I have seen happen from a website that had submitted the same article to hundreds of directories is the backlinks do not have the same amount of link juice as the links in a unique article. I have found it personally helpful to use the free traffic system to reach the first page in SERPs. If you would like to find it just do a search for “free traffic system” and it will be the first website listed. What is nice about this article submission program is they add a manual touch and make sure to follow all of the Google webmaster guidelines when placing the articles on the blogs that participate in the program. This is an excellent way to get the maximum exposure for your article and at the same time quickly becoming an authority in your niche.

So when it comes down to article marketing I would like to point out that article promotion should be one of the key aspects in your marketing campaign and I also believe that if you take the time to write a unique article for each submission you will be rewarded for your hard work, but if you choose to submit an article to many different sources it is a good idea to either find a system that will help you rewrite your article or manually take the time to rewrite the article before submitting it over and over. I hope this shed some light on article marketing and if you are interested in making money online free with your website and/or blog article marketing should be a part of your marketing campaign.

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Some Info About Cost Per Acquisition.

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

The answer, modify though it sounds incredible, is yes. There are numerous structure that cyberspace marketers are uncovering to utilise the control of the cyberspace to attain money without needs having to pay instance purchase field names, effort a hosting company, production discover plan templates, or composition material to intend reciprocation to the site. Instead, whatever creative cyberspace marketers have unconcealed the control of comptroller networks and/or ordinal band sites to attain money.

There is a enthusiastic goodness to exclusive having to control an business statement to attain money. It frees up control to understanding newborn structure to attain money. It saves instance in activities that don’t rattling add to the lowermost line. And, it can be a aggregation of fun!

What Third Party Sites Can You Use?

Practically whatever locate with a ton of reciprocation is feat to impact for comptroller advertising, as daylong as it doesn’t break the cost of the assist agreement. Some cyberspace marketers are exploring Youtube, by stipendiary to intend links, screenshots, or promotions on favourite videos. Any locate there is a blot to place a link, and there is null in the assist commendation that says you can’t place a content there, you can use.

Others essay discover field see engines and essay to assets their business control with comptroller networks. That way, they don’t intend reciprocation direct to their website, using a Google Adwords or Adsense campaign, instead they consume a PPC-to-CPA strategy, that’s “pay-per-click to cost-per-action.” Yes, it does verify whatever upfront money to move these types of campaigns, but it’s cushy to appraise the convey on the assets evenhandedly apace too. This makes it saint to modify and draw the campaigns, modify patch they’re ongoing!

Social Networking Sites Increasingly Being Explored
The newest members of the cyberspace community, ethnic networking sites, wage a rattling engrossing papers for targeted ads. Facebook sells Social Ads that can be targeted to exquisitely adjusted demographics. You can purchase ads and beam them to your comptroller substance too, if it doesn’t break the cost of service. Some grouping attain a aggregation of money with Social Ads and they don’t modify ready a strikingness in Facebook, they meet purchas ads! Of course, those ads are promoting offers that attain them money in the daylong run, but it can be a quite creative help that doesn’t modify requirement a website to action well.

MySpace is added choice that cyberspace marketers have researched and implemented. There are heaps of assorted ethnic networking sites, and it’s meet a concern of figuring newborn strategies to impact the care lode. With so whatever newborn possibilities, there’s extremity to be whatever unfound framework that leads to treasure, disregarding of whether you undergo a azygos distinction of HTML cipher or not. And, it’s every meet inactivity for you at the counsel of your fingers for the sharp cyberspace entrepreneur. And, every it takes is a lowercase superiority and whatever information of comptroller networks.
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It is possible to put a great impact on consumer of your business with business to business marketing and it is also considered as one of the easiest way of marketing.In this type of marketing, the products and services are marketed to other companies than to specific consumers.Certain booming industries use this type of marketing by supplying goods or services to other businesses or industries.Such business strategies are highly profitable and they have been proved lucrative when they are performed online.In case if you are looking forward to business that provides product or services then it is essential that you prefer to have a business to business company.

The video given below will give you an perfect idea as to how Affiloblueprinthelps you.

You can save upon a good amount of your money if you adopt online business to business operation and marketing as compared to that of traditional business.With this you can also effectively carry on other business activities and it can have positive impact on your company.Less expense means less time spent managing the money going out, and more money for important things like business to business marketing and promotion.Company’s success highly depends upon promotion and advertising activities.

Most big organizations have proved in the past that if they spend considerable money on promotion and marketing, many customers become aware of their business.This means that more customers are aware and which will eventually boil down to more profits.Like traditional method of business online business does not require a complete physical presence.It is hard to get success from a storefront traditional method as that of the company that applies business to business marketing in this business practices.Since traditional customers won’t be coming in and out browsing goods or asking about services, the need for a traditional shop area is eliminated.Ultimately it results in least expenses or overhead costs.

In case of internet marketing, the cost of light bills, heating and cooling bills and insurance bills for the shop will be eliminated.You can also reduce expenses of staff salary as there is least requirement of staff and you can also eliminate various other expenses related to employees.An online company that chiefly exists through business to business marketing may still have employees and some expense, but the lack of a storefront will greatly reduce the costs associated with managing employees.You will now be able to spend effectively on requirements like utilities and payrolls through business to business marketing and thus growing the traffic towards your business.The expense of promotion is also lessened with this business model because it’s so much easier to identify a target market.Like consumer marketing, you do not have to determine whom to market your offerings.

With business to business marketing, what it is that you’re offering to business automatically identifies your target markets for you.A wide marketing base is formed when you selling products like paper or office materials, and you will make maximum efforts to present your offerings to particular company.But if your marketing product is very specialized it is easier to find the targeted customer base.Since it is possible to market your product and service face to face, online business to business marketing is considered highly beneficial.While many of your customers will find you thanks to your business to business marketing and promotion, many more will because of social networking.

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The Internet brings to you an excellent opportunity to earn online & has revolutionized every aspect of human life including the way of earnings without requiring any investment. Advertising revenues from corporate bodies, which goes to media like TV, radio, newspaper etc. is now being directed to consumers for viewing advertisements on internet. This is new form of business going on all around the world and many are earnings in thousands. And you too can. To know more about this just go ahead.

WHAT IS ACTUAL CONCEPT ?

There are around 300 MNC’S Advertising Companies on Internet from which you can earn good income. First of all your have to register yourself with those companies. Registration is totally free in all 300 companies that we provide you. Once you fill a form for all those companies you would start getting some mails to your email address which includes viewing of their advertisements, clicking on some banners, visiting some websites etc. These are simple assignments and can be done by any person having basic internet knowledge. For doing all these assignments, the Multinational Advertising websites would pay you.

WHY I WILL BE PAID ?

You are helping the advertising websites and they are returning the favour. They are able to pay you because their advertisers pay them every time they send you a promotion or ad. Each advertising websites has a contract with MNC’s advertisers, that their product should be seen by large number of viewers all over the world. The Email your receive contains advertisement about a product or service or idea. The multinational companies want their advertisements to be viewed by large number of peoples all over the world. It creates many things like popularity, Brand Loyalty, Better image and so on.

DO I HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING TO GET PAID ?

No. The websites pay you to view the ads of their advertisers who are advertising on the internet due to its wider reach. Just like on TV you view ads but you hardly buy that product. But the more popular its product become and it aerates a market of its own.

HOW WOULD I GET MY PAYMENT FROM THEM & IN WHAT MODE?

You will be paid directly by the advertising websites by Cheque to your postal address. They can also pay through payment processors such as Paypal, Stormpay or E-gold. You can register with those payment processor websites for free.

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WHEN DO I GET PAID ?

You will be paid by the Multinational Companies once your account reaches the minimum balance fixed by those companies. The minimum require balance of each company varies from $1 to $350.You start accumulating Dollars in your a/c once you start doing work for those companies. You can check your earnings at any time by logging on into your a/c any time. Once your a/c reaches to the minimum required balance , they would release your payment as per their terms & conditions.

FROM WHERE CAN I WORK & FOR HOW MANY HOURS ?

You can work from your Home if you have computer & internet at home. If you don’t have at home then you can work from any cyber cafe or browsing center or from your office having internet connection. It is enough if u spend 1/2-2 hours twice or trice in a week. But initially you have to spend more time as you have to register with each and every company. Once you get registered, things would be very easy.

HOW MUCH CAN I EARN ?

It depends on the number of hours you work & the number of websites you registered with. But if you work as per our instruction you will be able to earn good handsome of money within very few months of your joining.

WHAT SHOULD BE MY QUALIFICATIONS ?

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DOES IT COST TO JOIN ?

We charge you Rs.150/-( one HUNDRED ONLY ) Hurry Limited Offer ! instead of Rs.450 as Consultancy Charges to give you the Paying websites & list that contains the link/information of around 300 paying website List. After this you don’t have to pay anything since all these Multinational Advertising Websites don’t charge anything from you for registration .Once we receive consultancy charges, we will email you a list of advertising websites and instructions on how to operate them. These websites are very simple & can be operated by any educated person.

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Effective SEO Links (SEO): will cause your website’s pages to increase in rankings and help you make and save money. If you don’t have the money, but do have the time and effort, implementing these basic SEO tips will make a world of difference within the initial launch of your online business.

The importance of SEO implementation in today’s online climate is growing faster than the evidence against Roger Clemens. Steroids aside, if you are attempting a start-up company, you will need to strap on your SEO boots. SEO provides any start-up with a low-cost opportunity to get their online site’s links in from of the target audience. Effective SEO will cause your website’s pages to increase in rankings and help you make and save money. The only cost to learn these tips is the time and effort required to implement them.

Find the most popular keyword terms relevant to your website or service using Google’s AdWords keyword tool. This tool will show you what keywords and phrases are being used by online ‘Googlers’ to find content in your category. It will also show you the number of searches on Google for the words and phrases you enter, or for phrases associated with the URL that you enter.

Once you have established your keywords and phrases, you need to use them in your HTML title tag. This is the most important place because that is where search engines look to classify and index your site. The content of the title tag also holds the most weight of any single element on your page, so your most appropriate keywords need to be included. If you use a content management system, like Drupal, usually the input field will be called the “headline”. The second place for emphasis on keywords should be in your URLs, whenever possible.

Once you have maximized your tags, you should start focusing on your written content. When you start publishing articles on your site, be sure to never publish the same article under two or more URLs on your site. It’s perfectly fine one piece of content with multiple tags and from multiple index pages, but they should all lead back to the same, single URL when referencing a story or blog post. If you have to change or retire a page URL, you need to provide a 301 redirect. This tells the search engines what the new URL is so that people who are trying to find the page don’t get wind up crash landing on an empty site.

If you don’t have the money, but do have the time and effort, implementing these basic SEO tips will make a world of difference within the initial launch of your online business. You shouldn’t get worked up over more difficult SEO techniques until you’ve mastered these basic principles to improve your website’s search engine performance. Volacci is the leading Drupal SEO company and very passionate about your online success. By the end of your contract you will have at least as much additional business from your web site as you spend on our services… or we’ll work for free until you do.

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make money: Google Adwords is the most popular way for advertising on the interent and make money. Many people think that it is the necessary step to make money. For people on tight budgets Adwords is not the only way to go. You can get a high page rank on the search engines by using the free click formula, using incoming links from other sites, Using the new trends on the internet. You don’t have to pay for web traffic. Search engine optimization or SEO technique has been given a bad name by some people whose main aim is to get website traffic at the cost of content. They have abused the system by producing keyword stuffed articles without the benefit of the content to the reader. People who are building a customer centric legitimate business should use a well thought out SEO strategy that complies with search engine guidelines.

Keyword structured websites with relevant content can get high page ranking in the search engines. SEO articles are not the only way to go for site content. You can also incorporate SEO strategy to blogs, reports, and white papers. You can tailor your strategy based on the audience you are trying to reach. Articles can be used for targeting young market with news of gaming industry or entertainment industry. For informational professional audience you can use white papers about a particular technical topic or issue. Blogs are the best way to get a constant flow of traffic as they are updated frequently. This could be a very good strategy for your business. Link baiting is a very popular technique that is being employed as a strategy for incoming links to your website. When you offer an event on your website like a webinar or other live events then other sites will link to your site is you have something unique to offer. A news hook can be employed for this purpose based on some popular news that people are looking for.

There are different kinds of hooks that can be employed as strategies to get links to your website, which will increase your page rank on the search engines. A contrary hook is used to gain attention by taking a contrary stance on a popular subject. This is similar to an attack hook which attacks a popular subject disagreeing with it, similar to a contrary hook. You can also employ a resource hook by providing information on a topic and providing useful resources. An humor hook will be the best to captivate your audiences interest. Reciprocating links are another way to gain traffic. Here you agree with other site owners to post each others links and contents. You can also write articles and post them on article websites which gives you an opportunity to link back to your site and enhance your page rank.

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List Building Is Helpful in CPA Promotion.

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

If you’ve already become a CPA affiliate, and have started earning money with this program, you probably need some ideas how to monetize this process. I’ve already mentioned about forum posting and posting in question-answer resources. Although these strategies are really effective, one should not rely on them only while doing his or her business in the Internet.

And now we can talk about the list building strategy in CPA. As a matter of fact thoughtfully built list or base can bring you high dividends. There exist a few rules that will help you to build an effective list or base.

The one thing to remember is that you should make your list from the people who will be interested in the products and offers sent by you. In other words, you have to be targeted only on a particular niche. The niche you’ve chosen has to be of a great demand, so to say popular niche. One more important thing is to check whether there are good CPA offers targeted on the niche you’ve chosen. Before making the final decision you will probably need to study the contemporary Internet market, in order to know its needs and demands. In case you are new in this business you can choose the niche to start from relying on your lifetime experience. And then, in the course of time, you’ll get the essence of CPA marketing and the process of choosing the niche to build the list will be much easier.

One more important thing is that you have to establish the opt in procedure in your sign in form. The opt in is the thing without which your business won’t be safe. And now I’ll tell you the reason. If your client has come through the opt in procedure, you’re on a safe side, cause you have followed all rules and stack to the law. So if it happened so that your client will have any claims or even will be saying that you’re spamming him you’ll be on the safe side, cause you are protected with the opt in rule.

To draw attention of the people from your list to the e-mails sent by you, the information you send should be interesting and useful. You can as well give free reports or advises on the topics popular in the particular niche. And don’t forget to place the URL of your landing page in the mail body. In case your users will find the info send by you handy they will probably follow your CPA link and subscribe for or buy the product you are promoting. So your task is to become reliable Internet marketer in the eyes of people from your e-mail list.

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At present we hear more often that adsense is used as an effective tool to display contextually relevant advertisements of a company or product on the website. If a visitor clicks on the advertisement to check it out the advertisement poster earns a percentage of revenue. Many webmasters are increasingly used the Google Adsense model as it is very effective and popular. Blogging is very good for Adsense profits. Let’s see in the next few paragraphs how blogging is used for increasing adsense profits.

You should use only niche blog sites that tend to generate more revenue through adsense. You may choose a niche site where sufficient number of advertisements is available to post. In case of items that don’t sell for a high price and so it is not viable to advertise on the sites as the advertisement costs are particularly high. You can use keyword tools like overture to find out the most common keywords and also how much is paid per keyword. The key here is to get your site ranked well on the search engines.

It should be very much remembered that if the advertisements are more related to the website’s content then your site has better chances of making it to the top of the search engines. You can also place the Adsense code in your website template to make maintenance of your websites easier. Along with blogging you can also choose use channels which will tell you which sites of yours are making more money in comparison to other sites. You should at least wait for a week after you post your advertisement on the website to see its effectiveness. You can configure web traffic from week to week to see which ad format works the best for you.

Another very effective thing to do is to integrate advertisements into the website. You can include the advertisement without any border so that the advertisement can be found by Google easily. You should post not more than 3 advertisements on each web page. You should be able to serve the most expensive ads at all times. You should also never make your advertisements scrollable. You will never see any scrollable advertisements on any website. The highest paid advertisements are normally posted on hotspots.

Along with blogging you can paste advertisements of the following sizes like 336 x 280 rectangle, the 300 x250 rectangle and the 160 x 600. Depending on the type of web browser and website the advertisements may appear in different sizes. You should experiment and track the results for each website.

Hence we see that blogging along with adsense works best for making your website more searchable by people and increase your revenues in the end. Blogging is used to post one way links to your website. You can use softwares like BlogSolution that can automatically post more than thousands of one way links to websites. You can also save your list of links to be used again in the future.

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Web Marketing For Normal Folks

by Drew Jones on June 24, 2009

You may think so, but marketing stuff with a weblog is not the same as marketing via an email list. They are two complete different ways to market something, whether it is a product, or a service. Lots of folks make money with blogs and stuff, but just because a marketer makes money marketing to lists, does not automatically mean he markets via a blog platform. Many of them do a little of this and a little of that, looking to find more survey jobs online that will continue growing their online revenue.

Blog marketing is when you use a blog to promote a service or a product. You can market the product or service so that it appeals to others, and is something that they might want or need. By using a blog you can get the word out about the product that you are using and let others know all about it. There are several ways to do this. It can be done as simple or as complicated as you want. For example, you can market your blog by exchanging links with other blogs that are relevant to yours. You can also leave comments on other blogs that will in return get you more visitors and readers to your own blog. Don?t forget to update your blog as often as possible as well. Search engines just love fresh content, no matter what, content is king!
Email marketing is when someone uses an email to get the word out about a product or s service. You simply would have your visitors to sign up for newsletters, and then send an email out to all of them that did so. However, you will also find that email marketing is great for many other things than just getting the word out. You can put affiliate links in your newsletters and hope that your readers will sign up under you and you will get a commission for those things.

Marketing in every way is pretty much the same. You have to know who your audience is and who wants what you are selling. Once you know this, the rest of it is cake. Whether you are email marketing, affiliate marketing, or email marketing. Even if you are into marketing offline, the same will apply. If you can target and draw in the right traffic or audience, then you will be able to sell affiliate products and services or drive leads and revenue.
Blog and email marketing are alike in many ways, but yet also very different. When you are using a blog for marketing, you are going to see that you have to post what you are selling on the blog. But for email marketing, you can use an email to those interested parties. When you use a website to have people opt in to your newsletter for email marketing, you know that you are not sending spam, but something that they requested from your site. This is something that they asked to be sent when they sign up for a newsletter. Where as if you are marketing a blog, you would do this much the same way as you would a website, and get visitors to come to you. You can get lots of traffic tips on our blog about fast cash jobs as well.

Whichever you prefer, whether it is blog marketing or email marketing you can still get the results that you want and that you are looking for. Just know that it takes time and persistence to achieve what you want, and get it from marketing online. Be patient and keep building, no matter what guys! It does take some time to draw the traffic and learn how it converts, but be patient and have confidence that your hard work will pay off! You can make cash on the internet!

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Generation born with HIV/AIDS defies odds

by Drew Jones on June 23, 2009

No one expected them to live long. Many of their peers succumbed to unusual infections by their first or second birthdays. They were living on borrowed time, it seemed. While their friends’ parents visited schools, these kids visited their parents’ graves. When their classmates planned for the future, they often thought about death. But those babies who were born with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s have defied initial expectations.

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Thesis Basics

by Drew Jones on June 23, 2009

One of the major strengths of the Thesis theme for Wordpress is the amount of customization that can be done.  The control panel for the theme allows you to control layout and font easily, but more advanced customization is done through CSS. To get an idea of what the control panel can do, check out the video on the Thesis site. This is because Thesis is not for the absolute beginner, but provides a framework that allows for some fairly sophisticated options with a lot less work. I think people miss the value in this theme since its power is not all accessible through the control panel.

I think it is a solid middle ground option for people who get CSS and PHP, but are not gurus. You can do a lot of work with just basic knowledge in both of these languages. To help you guys get started, I wanted to point you at some solid information on customizing Thesis.

Customizing Design

To customize the look of your site, you can edit any of the CSS being used by the theme. Since this custom CSS is loaded last, it will overwrite the default appearance of the theme. So you can change colors, styles, borders, background, rollovers, and widths (anything that CSS can tweak).

There are two files within the /thesis/custom folder: custom.css and custom_functions.php. The CSS file tweaks the appearance and the custom_functions file allows you to add, remove, and replace any of the “content” on the site. You can add Google ads, content after posts, banners, menus, footers, or anything you can think of; but in a much stronger way than with normal themes. Lastly, it is great that these customizations are independent of the theme files. When the Thesis theme is updated (which is free with your purchase) then you will not have to redo your tweaks.

A lot of people leave the Thesis theme with its standard design, including me for the time being. I plan to customize it more when I have time, but there are some bloggers who have done a bit more with the theme. Here is a list of bloggers using the theme who have done some tweaks via custom.css

None of them have done anything too crazy, but Thesis allows you to replace many of the things on the site or add to it. Then you can customize it with CSS.

If you want to get started with the basics, you can check out their guide on how to change your background on Thesis.

When you buy the theme, you get access to the private forum. Here you can get help or look at the questions others have asked. There are a lot of nice customization options covered in the forums.

Thesis Hooks

The theme uses the concept of hooks for customization, which is the purpose of the custom functions file.

You’ll need to learn a little PHP, but hooks are simple.

The basic concept is that you define a chunk of code that can be a mix of HTML/CSS/JS/PHP and then you instruct the theme where you want it. At the bottom of this post you can see my custom social site buttons. I wrote the HTML for these and defined them as a function in my custom functions file. I then instructed the theme to enter the code below the post. I didn’t have to hunt through the file to find the location in the code, I simply told it to insert after the post.

A blogger named Francis has a nice visual guide to the hook locations. These are the places where you can instruct Thesis to insert your code.

Visual guide to Thesis hooks

Source: http://www.francisraymond.com/

Adding content with hooks is super easy. Here is how I added my footer for example.

function add_custom_footer () {
?>
<p>Copyright 2009 - <a href="http://spurrmarketing.com">SEO Zombie - How to Make Money Online</a></p>
<p><a href="http://seozombie.com/sitemap/">Sitemap</a> | <a href="http://seozombie.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="http://seozombie.com/terms-and-conditions/">Terms</a></p>
<?php

This first part is just the HTML code needed and I defined it as a function called add_custom_footer. This code is put into the custom functions file.

To add the footer to the theme, you just have to add this line of code to the custom functions.

add_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'add_custom_footer');

This just tells Thesis to take what is in your function named “add_custom_footer” and add it to the hook location “thesis_hook_footer”. You can visually see these hook locations on the guide above.

This may seem challenging to the newbie coder, but I’ll post some more tutorials on how to tweak Thesis. It is simple enough that a basic coder can figure it out, but open enough that a good programmer can do some powerful stuff.

If you want your own copy, just hop over to the Thesis site to learn more.

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Thesis Basics

by Drew Jones on June 23, 2009

One of the major strengths of the Thesis theme for Wordpress is the amount of customization that can be done.  The control panel for the theme allows you to control layout and font easily, but more advanced customization is done through CSS. To get an idea of what the control panel can do, check out the video on the Thesis site. This is because Thesis is not for the absolute beginner, but provides a framework that allows for some fairly sophisticated options with a lot less work. I think people miss the value in this theme since its power is not all accessible through the control panel.

I think it is a solid middle ground option for people who get CSS and PHP, but are not gurus. You can do a lot of work with just basic knowledge in both of these languages. To help you guys get started, I wanted to point you at some solid information on customizing Thesis.

Customizing Design

To customize the look of your site, you can edit any of the CSS being used by the theme. Since this custom CSS is loaded last, it will overwrite the default appearance of the theme. So you can change colors, styles, borders, background, rollovers, and widths (anything that CSS can tweak).

There are two files within the /thesis/custom folder: custom.css and custom_functions.php. The CSS file tweaks the appearance and the custom_functions file allows you to add, remove, and replace any of the “content” on the site. You can add Google ads, content after posts, banners, menus, footers, or anything you can think of; but in a much stronger way than with normal themes. Lastly, it is great that these customizations are independent of the theme files. When the Thesis theme is updated (which is free with your purchase) then you will not have to redo your tweaks.

A lot of people leave the Thesis theme with its standard design, including me for the time being. I plan to customize it more when I have time, but there are some bloggers who have done a bit more with the theme. Here is a list of bloggers using the theme who have done some tweaks via custom.css

None of them have done anything too crazy, but Thesis allows you to replace many of the things on the site or add to it. Then you can customize it with CSS.

If you want to get started with the basics, you can check out their guide on how to change your background on Thesis.

When you buy the theme, you get access to the private forum. Here you can get help or look at the questions others have asked. There are a lot of nice customization options covered in the forums.

Thesis Hooks

The theme uses the concept of hooks for customization, which is the purpose of the custom functions file.

You’ll need to learn a little PHP, but hooks are simple.

The basic concept is that you define a chunk of code that can be a mix of HTML/CSS/JS/PHP and then you instruct the theme where you want it. At the bottom of this post you can see my custom social site buttons. I wrote the HTML for these and defined them as a function in my custom functions file. I then instructed the theme to enter the code below the post. I didn’t have to hunt through the file to find the location in the code, I simply told it to insert after the post.

A blogger named Francis has a nice visual guide to the hook locations. These are the places where you can instruct Thesis to insert your code.

Visual guide to Thesis hooks

Source: http://www.francisraymond.com/

Adding content with hooks is super easy. Here is how I added my footer for example.

function add_custom_footer () {
?>
<p>Copyright 2009 - <a href="http://spurrmarketing.com">SEO Zombie - How to Make Money Online</a></p>
<p><a href="http://seozombie.com/sitemap/">Sitemap</a> | <a href="http://seozombie.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="http://seozombie.com/terms-and-conditions/">Terms</a></p>
<?php

This first part is just the HTML code needed and I defined it as a function called add_custom_footer. This code is put into the custom functions file.

To add the footer to the theme, you just have to add this line of code to the custom functions.

add_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'add_custom_footer');

This just tells Thesis to take what is in your function named “add_custom_footer” and add it to the hook location “thesis_hook_footer”. You can visually see these hook locations on the guide above.

This may seem challenging to the newbie coder, but I’ll post some more tutorials on how to tweak Thesis. It is simple enough that a basic coder can figure it out, but open enough that a good programmer can do some powerful stuff.

If you want your own copy, just hop over to the Thesis site to learn more.

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Thesis Basics

by Drew Jones on June 23, 2009

One of the major strengths of the Thesis theme for Wordpress is the amount of customization that can be done.  The control panel for the theme allows you to control layout and font easily, but more advanced customization is done through CSS. To get an idea of what the control panel can do, check out the video on the Thesis site. This is because Thesis is not for the absolute beginner, but provides a framework that allows for some fairly sophisticated options with a lot less work. I think people miss the value in this theme since its power is not all accessible through the control panel.

I think it is a solid middle ground option for people who get CSS and PHP, but are not gurus. You can do a lot of work with just basic knowledge in both of these languages. To help you guys get started, I wanted to point you at some solid information on customizing Thesis.

Customizing Design

To customize the look of your site, you can edit any of the CSS being used by the theme. Since this custom CSS is loaded last, it will overwrite the default appearance of the theme. So you can change colors, styles, borders, background, rollovers, and widths (anything that CSS can tweak).

There are two files within the /thesis/custom folder: custom.css and custom_functions.php. The CSS file tweaks the appearance and the custom_functions file allows you to add, remove, and replace any of the “content” on the site. You can add Google ads, content after posts, banners, menus, footers, or anything you can think of; but in a much stronger way than with normal themes. Lastly, it is great that these customizations are independent of the theme files. When the Thesis theme is updated (which is free with your purchase) then you will not have to redo your tweaks.

A lot of people leave the Thesis theme with its standard design, including me for the time being. I plan to customize it more when I have time, but there are some bloggers who have done a bit more with the theme. Here is a list of bloggers using the theme who have done some tweaks via custom.css

None of them have done anything too crazy, but Thesis allows you to replace many of the things on the site or add to it. Then you can customize it with CSS.

If you want to get started with the basics, you can check out their guide on how to change your background on Thesis.

When you buy the theme, you get access to the private forum. Here you can get help or look at the questions others have asked. There are a lot of nice customization options covered in the forums.

Thesis Hooks

The theme uses the concept of hooks for customization, which is the purpose of the custom functions file.

You’ll need to learn a little PHP, but hooks are simple.

The basic concept is that you define a chunk of code that can be a mix of HTML/CSS/JS/PHP and then you instruct the theme where you want it. At the bottom of this post you can see my custom social site buttons. I wrote the HTML for these and defined them as a function in my custom functions file. I then instructed the theme to enter the code below the post. I didn’t have to hunt through the file to find the location in the code, I simply told it to insert after the post.

A blogger named Francis has a nice visual guide to the hook locations. These are the places where you can instruct Thesis to insert your code.

Visual guide to Thesis hooks

Source: http://www.francisraymond.com/

Adding content with hooks is super easy. Here is how I added my footer for example.

function add_custom_footer () {
?>
<p>Copyright 2009 - <a href="http://spurrmarketing.com">SEO Zombie - How to Make Money Online</a></p>
<p><a href="http://seozombie.com/sitemap/">Sitemap</a> | <a href="http://seozombie.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="http://seozombie.com/terms-and-conditions/">Terms</a></p>
<?php

This first part is just the HTML code needed and I defined it as a function called add_custom_footer. This code is put into the custom functions file.

To add the footer to the theme, you just have to add this line of code to the custom functions.

add_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'add_custom_footer');

This just tells Thesis to take what is in your function named “add_custom_footer” and add it to the hook location “thesis_hook_footer”. You can visually see these hook locations on the guide above.

This may seem challenging to the newbie coder, but I’ll post some more tutorials on how to tweak Thesis. It is simple enough that a basic coder can figure it out, but open enough that a good programmer can do some powerful stuff.

If you want your own copy, just hop over to the Thesis site to learn more.

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Thesis – An SEO Friendly Wordpress Theme

by Drew Jones on June 23, 2009

I’m sure you have all seen the new theme around here by now. I’ve had some questions about it, so I’d like to let you guys know about the Thesis theme, which is the one you currently see on this blog.

Thesis is an amazing premium theme put together by Chris Pearson (from pearsonified.com) and Brian Clark (from Copyblogger). It does come with a price tag, but is well worth it for anyone who runs a substantial blog and wants a ton of options.

I’ll tell you why I like it in a moment, but first let me tell you who is using it. You can find the Thesis theme in action over at Danny Sullivan’s blog (the SEO / search legend). You can see it again on Matt Cutt’s new blog (the Google spam team Matt). Both Rae Hoffman (Sugar Rae) and Michael Gray (Graywolf) use it on their blogs. If you don’t know them, Rae is a solid affiliate marketer and SEO and Graywolf is an old school SEO guru. After seeing this solid list of Thesis users, I decided to take the jump and grab the Thesis theme and I am very impressed.

What I Like About Thesis

  • It has a lot of options. You get two huge dashboards that give you detailed control over the theme. You can edit the layout on the fly and dictate with pixel perfect precision how large/wide the columns of your site should be. You can quickly change between 1, 2, and 3 column layouts. You can control any font quickly and easily as well. If you check out the Thesis site, you can watch the video of all the options.
  • It is super easy to customize. You can change almost anything on this theme by tweaking two files. You don’t have to edit template files, but simply add the needed code to the custom CSS or custom functions file and BAM, the site has changed. My site’s design was done with just a couple of simple tweaks. Also, the custom functions can do some powerful customization, which I’ll be using on this site soon.
  • It has the best SEO out of any theme I’ve used so far. Out of the box, this theme does a really solid job at SEO and even removes the need to use plugins like all-in-one SEO. (I still use it because I’m use to it, but may be switching to pure Thesis soon). They get the headings right and it just does an amazing job making your blog search friendly with a lot of detailed controls.

I really like this theme and Thesis is a product I feel comfortable standing behind, so I may end up being a bit of a fanboy. For you guys jumping in on Thesis, I’ll be providing some Thesis specific tutorials to help you guys get started using this theme.

Thesis does cost money, so it may not be for everyone. If you’re just toying with a few affiliate sites for now, then this may not be for you. If you’re making money on a site or want to invest in a theme for a new project, then this is the theme to get. The single license allows you to use it on one site for $87 and you get the whole thing (must keep footer link there). The developer license gives you a ton of freedom for $164.00, which allows you to use the theme on as many sites as you want and you can remove the attribution link. (I got the developer’s license, because I plan to use it on several of my sites).

So this is best for people who manage a large site or many sites and want a highly customizable theme with a lot of options  (and one that is very search engine friendly). The price tag is never fun, but the theme is well worth it. You get access to their community forums as well, which provides support for Thesis.

So if it sounds good to you, you should check out Thesis and pick up your own copy.

(This isn’t a paid review and I wasn’t given a copy. I actually spent the $167 myself to get the theme and I really like it)

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6 Great reasons to build your Internet profile

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

People need to know you, to trust you.

Successful Internet marketers share an almost uncanny capacity to differentiate themselves from the great mass of anonymous onlinemarketers. They do this by developing unique programs, eye-catching leadcapture pages, innovative products, creative marketing strategies orexcellent service and support.One of the key strategies that these “gurus” have in common is that they consciously build their Internet profile. They do this because it has a directbearing on their capacity to earn income online and indirectly supports and reinforces their other differentiating strategies.Here are six great reasons why you should build your own Internet profile as an Internet marketer:

1. Buyers will gradually develop a positive image of you

You can create some form of “virtual” rapport through the development ofyour Internet profile. This means that potential customers become positivelydisposed towards you because they have seen you associated withsomething they value and/or admire. Of course, the reverse is also true ifyou have been associated with “scams” or illegal programs or you fail todeliver as promised.

2. Potential customers will buy from people they trust

When you think about it, you are more likely to buy from someone you knowand trust than from someone you do not know. The presence of trust tendsto be even more important the larger the purchase involved. When youmake very small purchases you are not concerned about the identity of theseller. However, if you are committing to a large payment or ongoingmonthly payments, your perception of the integrity and credibility of theseller will affect your buying decision.

3. Buyers are interested in the quality of the service that goes with the product

Increasingly today, there is a blurring of the boundaries between productand service. Customers are concerned not only with the value for money ofthe product, but also with the quality of the service and support provided. If,for example, you have built up your reputation as a visible, energeticsponsor, you will attract more affiliates because you are seen to add value tothe product.

4. You can develop a relationship with your customers through theprofile you create

People come to trust you when you develop a relationship with them.Internet marketing is very much about building a relationship with yourInternet Marketing Success: Behind the veil potential buyers. If potential customers know about you and haveexperienced your generosity or consideration in action, they will feel theyalready have a relationship with you.

5. Your credibility grows as you develop your profile

As you develop your profile as a knowledgeable and helpful Internetmarketer, your credibility grows – which means you are seen as“believable”. Potential customers will value your advice andrecommendations and will be willing to purchase products and services fromyou.

6. You can demonstrate integrity – a real source of competitive advantage in Internet marketing

Much of the writing about effective leadership these days highlights visibilityand personal integrity as key success factors. The same is true with Internetmarketing and affiliate marketing. If people have never heard about you,they know nothing about your integrity – your capacity to be a positiveinfluence is diminished. If you can demonstrate your integrity through yourvisible actions on the Internet, you will create a positive profile that will leadto success. Dishonest dealing or “doing anything for a buck” can impact negatively on people’s perception of you and their willingness to purchase from you.

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Thesis – An SEO Friendly Wordpress Theme

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

I’m sure you have all seen the new theme around here by now. I’ve had some questions about it, so I’d like to let you guys know about the Thesis theme, which is the one you currently see on this blog.

Thesis is an amazing premium theme put together by Chris Pearson (from pearsonified.com) and Brian Clark (from Copyblogger). It does come with a price tag, but is well worth it for anyone who runs a substantial blog and wants a ton of options.

I’ll tell you why I like it in a moment, but first let me tell you who is using it. You can find the Thesis theme in action over at Danny Sullivan’s blog (the SEO / search legend). You can see it again on Matt Cutt’s new blog (the Google spam team Matt). Both Rae Hoffman (Sugar Rae) and Michael Gray (Graywolf) use it on their blogs. If you don’t know them, Rae is a solid affiliate marketer and SEO and Graywolf is an old school SEO guru. After seeing this solid list of Thesis users, I decided to take the jump and grab the Thesis theme and I am very impressed.

What I Like About Thesis

  • It has a lot of options. You get two huge dashboards that give you detailed control over the theme. You can edit the layout on the fly and dictate with pixel perfect precision how large/wide the columns of your site should be. You can quickly change between 1, 2, and 3 column layouts. You can control any font quickly and easily as well. If you check out the Thesis site, you can watch the video of all the options.
  • It is super easy to customize. You can change almost anything on this theme by tweaking two files. You don’t have to edit template files, but simply add the needed code to the custom CSS or custom functions file and BAM, the site has changed. My site’s design was done with just a couple of simple tweaks. Also, the custom functions can do some powerful customization, which I’ll be using on this site soon.
  • It has the best SEO out of any theme I’ve used so far. Out of the box, this theme does a really solid job at SEO and even removes the need to use plugins like all-in-one SEO. (I still use it because I’m use to it, but may be switching to pure Thesis soon). They get the headings right and it just does an amazing job making your blog search friendly with a lot of detailed controls.

I really like this theme and Thesis is a product I feel comfortable standing behind, so I may end up being a bit of a fanboy. For you guys jumping in on Thesis, I’ll be providing some Thesis specific tutorials to help you guys get started using this theme.

Thesis does cost money, so it may not be for everyone. If you’re just toying with a few affiliate sites for now, then this may not be for you. If you’re making money on a site or want to invest in a theme for a new project, then this is the theme to get. The single license allows you to use it on one site for $87 and you get the whole thing (must keep footer link there). The developer license gives you a ton of freedom for $164.00, which allows you to use the theme on as many sites as you want and you can remove the attribution link. (I got the developer’s license, because I plan to use it on several of my sites).

So this is best for people who manage a large site or many sites and want a highly customizable theme with a lot of options  (and one that is very search engine friendly). The price tag is never fun, but the theme is well worth it. You get access to their community forums as well, which provides support for Thesis.

So if it sounds good to you, you should check out Thesis and pick up your own copy.

(This isn’t a paid review and I wasn’t given a copy. I actually spent the $167 myself to get the theme and I really like it)

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You Might Be Addicted To Internet Marketing If…
1) Your significant other asks you to get off the computer and you tell them two more
minutes, but they know that means two more hours.
2) You are running out of computer space from all the marketing e-books and software
you have bought and downloaded.
3) You think a night out on the town is drinking a beer while hanging out in an Internet
marketing forum.
4) You take your laptop with you to play a round of golf.
5) You take your laptop to the bathroom instead of a newspaper or magazine.
6) You wake up in the middle of the night to write down a hot product idea that just came
to you because you are afraid you might forget it by morning.
7) You jump from one project to another one just before the first one is ready to launch
because you feel it’s going to be a hit, and because you simply can’t stop thinking about
it.
8) You arrive at a grocery store without noticing the 15-minute trip, because you were
too busy listening to “How to Become a Millionaire” tape.
9) You notice your spouse staring you in the face, waiting for your answer, while you
have no idea what the question was. So you say, “Of course, honey…”
10) You let your bills pile up on your kitchen table, even though you have money to pay
them, because you’re too busy writing a new book and plan to pay your bills when your
book is done (unless you start a new one!).
11) You go to your mailbox in your pajamas, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, because you
forgot to change when you woke up and went straight to your home office.
12) You rarely sit down to read a book or watch a movie unless you know you’ll learn
something new, get a great business idea, or come up with a new article title from it.
13) You play a Monopoly game with your 8-year old when you realize you’re thinking
about how nice it would be to have your own little shop on Boardwalk and to turn all the
play money into the real thing.
14) You sit through every TV commercial, while your spouse is getting a sandwich,
because you don’t want to miss an important brainstorming session or to laugh at other
people’s marketing efforts.
15) You feel a rush every time your competitor comes out with a new product or service
so you go home, lock yourself in your office, and frantically search for a new (better!)
product idea.
16) You eat in front of your computer so much you keep a salt and pepper shaker on
your desk.
17) You feel you need to lose a few pounds and you start exercising in front of your
computer…while sitting down.
18) You have considered buying, or already bought, a car with Internet access.
19) You consider search engine optimization and positioning a fun, competitive sport.
20) You are usually working when everyone else is asleep…and working when they are
awake.
21) You check your e-mail every five minutes hoping to see the message, “You have
another sale…”
22) You check your e-mail during TV commercials.
23) You clean your computer desk once a year, of course only if someone complains.
24) You click on traffic exchange links when you are unmotivated to work so you can at
least generate a little extra traffic to your web site.
25) Your ideal vacation is to go to Las Vegas or Hawaii for an Internet marketing seminar.
26) You always have a good excuse prepared for your significant other so you can stay
on the computer longer.
27) You have considered starting an offline business but you figured it would be too
much work. You only work 18 hours a day now.
28) You don’t have enough time to read all the business e-zines you subscribe to.
29) Your grocery bill is getting higher and higher from all the coffee you are drinking.
30) You think fast food drive-throughs aren’t fast enough because you will have to leave
the computer, so you call the local pizza delivery place instead.
31) You feel guilty when your significant other notices you are on a non-business related
web site when you told them you had to work. But you just say, “I was taking a 10-minute
break, like at a real job.”
32) You feel like you are leaving your kids at a stranger’s house when it’s finally time to
shut down the computer.
33) You are constantly worrying that you might lose unsaved information, so you back
up your computer 3 different ways every hour.
34) You consider Internet marketing an entertaining hobby instead of work.
35) You have ever wondered how Larry Dotson (me…lol) finds the time to write all those
free tip articles.
36) You have ever imagined retiring right after you’ve joined the next greatest income
opportunity.
37) You have ever joined a network marketing opportunity thinking you wouldn’t have to
do any work because there is “spill-over.”
38) You have ever tried to figure out if an e-mail was really personalized, or just
personalized bulk e-mail, so you might not have to respond to it.
39) Your idea of entertainment is catching up on reading all of the free Internet marketing
e-zines, e-books and e-courses you have saved.
40) Your significant other has ever asked you what’s on TV and you say, “I’ll look it up
online!” but really you just wanted a reason to get back on the computer.
41) You have witnessed two or more Internet marketers feuding via e-mail or an online
discussion forum.
42) You have exactly modeled a famous Internet marketer and still come up way short of
your income goals.
43) You have experienced a really bad sales month and you thought you might have to
get a real job.
44) You have a real job and check your Internet business e-mail on your lunch breaks.
45) You have been asked to be interviewed for a business-related e-book or article.
46) You have a to-do list somewhere near or on your computer.
47) You have asked for marketing books for Christmas.
48) You did most of your Christmas shopping on the computer.
49) You or your products have been cut down at least once in an online discussion
forum by someone that just didn’t understand.
50) You have a Clickbank™ account or ID.
51) You have considered publishing your web site or information product in a different
language to increase sales.
52) You have forgotten to take a shower because you got up and went straight to the
computer.
53) You have crumbs somewhere near or on your computer right now.
54) You pretend no one else can see the dust behind your computer.
55) You keep a small notebook and pen with you so you don’t forget any money-making
ideas that pop into your head.
56) You have had a new money-making idea right before you went to bed and couldn’t
fall asleep.
57) You had to get up the middle of the night to work on your new money-making idea
because you felt it couldn’t wait till morning.
58) Your idea of gambling is betting your business buddies on who will get the most
traffic each month.
59) Your significant other has yelled at you because you stopped at a business channel
when you were flipping to see what was on TV.
60) You watch TV while you are working on the computer.
61) You have to replace your computer chair at least once a year.
62) You get frustrated in waiting rooms because they don’t have any business- or
computer-related magazines to read.
63) You met your significant other on the computer while you were working on your
Internet business.
64) You have a list of financial goals somewhere near or on your computer.
65) You always find some way to lure your friends or company over to your computer
while they are visiting so you can show off.
66) You have permanent coffee cup rings on your computer desk.
67) You read all your e-mail and an hour later there are 50 more to check.
68) You like reading spam to get money-making ideas.
69) You have ever received a check for something you don’t remember promoting.
70) Your significant other sends you an e-mail instead of telling you dinner is done.
71) Your significant other tells you twenty times “dinner is ready” and you don’t hear
them till the twenty-first time, when you see a “UFO” shooting across your computer.
72) You have ever fed your newborn while you were working on your Internet business.
73) You delete most of the jokes that are forwarded to you because you have way too
many marketing e-mail newsletters to read.
74) Your competition or any business has released a new product and you said to
yourself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
75) You can remember 20 affiliate program and membership web site passwords but
can’t remember your family members’ birthdays.
76) Your friends and family give you dumbfounded looks when you tell them what you
do for a living.
77) You have confused a computer salesman when you start telling them what you will
be using the computer for.
78) You wake in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and sign on to your
computer to check your sales and traffic statistics.
79) You wake up in the morning and start checking your business and customer e-mails
before your coffee is even done.
80) Your best friends live in different states or countries.
81) You make sure you have access to the Internet, your computer files and e-mail
before you travel or go on vacation.
82) You have been late for an appointment or date because you got lost in all your e-mail
messages.
83) You have ever started feeling nauseous when you found out your computer wasn’t
working. Then you figure out it was just a loose wire and feel like you’ve won the lottery.
84) You have ever started worrying that you might have been falsely accused of
spamming because your web site is down.
85) You have not checked your e-mail for 10 minutes and it shows no new messages,
and you start to wonder if your ISP’s spam filter is blocking your important e-mail.
86) You have not checked your e-mail since last night and it only shows 300 messages,
and you start to wonder if your ISP’s spam filter is blocking your important e-mail.
87) You can run an Internet business but can’t program a VCR.
88) You wear flip flops, socks, slippers or go barefoot while you are working.
89) Your favorite snack is always sitting by your computer.
90) You have ever wondered how Joe Vitale finds the extra time to write all those product
testimonials.
91) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can
get them in your downline.
92) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can
chat and have a beer together on Friday nights.
93) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can
drink beer and play Internet poker on Saturday nights.
94) You have come out of a movie saying, “I could make money doing that.”
95) You have come out of a movie saying, “That would be a good product idea.”
96) You have printed out your home page and framed it.
97) You put your URL on your personal Christmas cards to increase sales.
98) You only listen to online radio stations.
99) You thought you were going to make tens of thousands of dollars when you bought
that first e-zine ad that went out to 20,000 people.
100) You thought you were going to be an instant millionaire when you first started your
online business.
101)You Might Be Addicted To Internet Marketing If…
1) Your significant other asks you to get off the computer and you tell them two more
minutes, but they know that means two more hours.
2) You are running out of computer space from all the marketing e-books and software
you have bought and downloaded.
3) You think a night out on the town is drinking a beer while hanging out in an Internet
marketing forum.
4) You take your laptop with you to play a round of golf.
5) You take your laptop to the bathroom instead of a newspaper or magazine.
6) You wake up in the middle of the night to write down a hot product idea that just came
to you because you are afraid you might forget it by morning.
7) You jump from one project to another one just before the first one is ready to launch
because you feel it’s going to be a hit, and because you simply can’t stop thinking about
it.
8) You arrive at a grocery store without noticing the 15-minute trip, because you were
too busy listening to “How to Become a Millionaire” tape.
9) You notice your spouse staring you in the face, waiting for your answer, while you
have no idea what the question was. So you say, “Of course, honey…”
10) You let your bills pile up on your kitchen table, even though you have money to pay
them, because you’re too busy writing a new book and plan to pay your bills when your
book is done (unless you start a new one!).
11) You go to your mailbox in your pajamas, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, because you
forgot to change when you woke up and went straight to your home office.
12) You rarely sit down to read a book or watch a movie unless you know you’ll learn
something new, get a great business idea, or come up with a new article title from it.
13) You play a Monopoly game with your 8-year old when you realize you’re thinking
about how nice it would be to have your own little shop on Boardwalk and to turn all the
play money into the real thing.
14) You sit through every TV commercial, while your spouse is getting a sandwich,
because you don’t want to miss an important brainstorming session or to laugh at other
people’s marketing efforts.
15) You feel a rush every time your competitor comes out with a new product or service
so you go home, lock yourself in your office, and frantically search for a new (better!)
product idea.
16) You eat in front of your computer so much you keep a salt and pepper shaker on
your desk.
17) You feel you need to lose a few pounds and you start exercising in front of your
computer…while sitting down.
18) You have considered buying, or already bought, a car with Internet access.
19) You consider search engine optimization and positioning a fun, competitive sport.
20) You are usually working when everyone else is asleep…and working when they are
awake.
21) You check your e-mail every five minutes hoping to see the message, “You have
another sale…”
22) You check your e-mail during TV commercials.
23) You clean your computer desk once a year, of course only if someone complains.
24) You click on traffic exchange links when you are unmotivated to work so you can at
least generate a little extra traffic to your web site.
25) Your ideal vacation is to go to Las Vegas or Hawaii for an Internet marketing seminar.
26) You always have a good excuse prepared for your significant other so you can stay
on the computer longer.
27) You have considered starting an offline business but you figured it would be too
much work. You only work 18 hours a day now.
28) You don’t have enough time to read all the business e-zines you subscribe to.
29) Your grocery bill is getting higher and higher from all the coffee you are drinking.
30) You think fast food drive-throughs aren’t fast enough because you will have to leave
the computer, so you call the local pizza delivery place instead.
31) You feel guilty when your significant other notices you are on a non-business related
web site when you told them you had to work. But you just say, “I was taking a 10-minute
break, like at a real job.”
32) You feel like you are leaving your kids at a stranger’s house when it’s finally time to
shut down the computer.
33) You are constantly worrying that you might lose unsaved information, so you back
up your computer 3 different ways every hour.
34) You consider Internet marketing an entertaining hobby instead of work.
35) You have ever wondered how Larry Dotson (me…lol) finds the time to write all those
free tip articles.
36) You have ever imagined retiring right after you’ve joined the next greatest income
opportunity.
37) You have ever joined a network marketing opportunity thinking you wouldn’t have to
do any work because there is “spill-over.”
38) You have ever tried to figure out if an e-mail was really personalized, or just
personalized bulk e-mail, so you might not have to respond to it.
39) Your idea of entertainment is catching up on reading all of the free Internet marketing
e-zines, e-books and e-courses you have saved.
40) Your significant other has ever asked you what’s on TV and you say, “I’ll look it up
online!” but really you just wanted a reason to get back on the computer.
41) You have witnessed two or more Internet marketers feuding via e-mail or an online
discussion forum.
42) You have exactly modeled a famous Internet marketer and still come up way short of
your income goals.
43) You have experienced a really bad sales month and you thought you might have to
get a real job.
44) You have a real job and check your Internet business e-mail on your lunch breaks.
45) You have been asked to be interviewed for a business-related e-book or article.
46) You have a to-do list somewhere near or on your computer.
47) You have asked for marketing books for Christmas.
48) You did most of your Christmas shopping on the computer.
49) You or your products have been cut down at least once in an online discussion
forum by someone that just didn’t understand.
50) You have a Clickbank™ account or ID.
51) You have considered publishing your web site or information product in a different
language to increase sales.
52) You have forgotten to take a shower because you got up and went straight to the
computer.
53) You have crumbs somewhere near or on your computer right now.
54) You pretend no one else can see the dust behind your computer.
55) You keep a small notebook and pen with you so you don’t forget any money-making
ideas that pop into your head.
56) You have had a new money-making idea right before you went to bed and couldn’t
fall asleep.
57) You had to get up the middle of the night to work on your new money-making idea
because you felt it couldn’t wait till morning.
58) Your idea of gambling is betting your business buddies on who will get the most
traffic each month.
59) Your significant other has yelled at you because you stopped at a business channel
when you were flipping to see what was on TV.
60) You watch TV while you are working on the computer.
61) You have to replace your computer chair at least once a year.
62) You get frustrated in waiting rooms because they don’t have any business- or
computer-related magazines to read.
63) You met your significant other on the computer while you were working on your
Internet business.
64) You have a list of financial goals somewhere near or on your computer.
65) You always find some way to lure your friends or company over to your computer
while they are visiting so you can show off.
66) You have permanent coffee cup rings on your computer desk.
67) You read all your e-mail and an hour later there are 50 more to check.
68) You like reading spam to get money-making ideas.
69) You have ever received a check for something you don’t remember promoting.
70) Your significant other sends you an e-mail instead of telling you dinner is done.
71) Your significant other tells you twenty times “dinner is ready” and you don’t hear
them till the twenty-first time, when you see a “UFO” shooting across your computer.
72) You have ever fed your newborn while you were working on your Internet business.
73) You delete most of the jokes that are forwarded to you because you have way too
many marketing e-mail newsletters to read.
74) Your competition or any business has released a new product and you said to
yourself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
75) You can remember 20 affiliate program and membership web site passwords but
can’t remember your family members’ birthdays.
76) Your friends and family give you dumbfounded looks when you tell them what you
do for a living.
77) You have confused a computer salesman when you start telling them what you will
be using the computer for.
78) You wake in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and sign on to your
computer to check your sales and traffic statistics.
79) You wake up in the morning and start checking your business and customer e-mails
before your coffee is even done.
80) Your best friends live in different states or countries.
81) You make sure you have access to the Internet, your computer files and e-mail
before you travel or go on vacation.
82) You have been late for an appointment or date because you got lost in all your e-mail
messages.
83) You have ever started feeling nauseous when you found out your computer wasn’t
working. Then you figure out it was just a loose wire and feel like you’ve won the lottery.
84) You have ever started worrying that you might have been falsely accused of
spamming because your web site is down.
85) You have not checked your e-mail for 10 minutes and it shows no new messages,
and you start to wonder if your ISP’s spam filter is blocking your important e-mail.
86) You have not checked your e-mail since last night and it only shows 300 messages,
and you start to wonder if your ISP’s spam filter is blocking your important e-mail.
87) You can run an Internet business but can’t program a VCR.
88) You wear flip flops, socks, slippers or go barefoot while you are working.
89) Your favorite snack is always sitting by your computer.
90) You have ever wondered how Joe Vitale finds the extra time to write all those product
testimonials.
91) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can
get them in your downline.
92) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can
chat and have a beer together on Friday nights.
93) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can
drink beer and play Internet poker on Saturday nights.
94) You have come out of a movie saying, “I could make money doing that.”
95) You have come out of a movie saying, “That would be a good product idea.”
96) You have printed out your home page and framed it.
97) You put your URL on your personal Christmas cards to increase sales.
98) You only listen to online radio stations.
99) You thought you were going to make tens of thousands of dollars when you bought
that first e-zine ad that went out to 20,000 people.
100) You thought you were going to be an instant millionaire when you first started your
online business.
101)

If your like me, You will TOTALLY relate…

1) Your significant other asks you to get off the computer and you tell them two more

minutes, but they know that means two more hours.

2) You are running out of computer space from all the marketing e-books and software

you have bought and downloaded.

3) You think a night out on the town is drinking a beer while hanging out in an Internet

marketing forum.

4) You take your laptop with you to play a round of golf.

5) You take your laptop to the bathroom instead of a newspaper or magazine.

6) You wake up in the middle of the night to write down a hot product idea that just came

to you because you are afraid you might forget it by morning.

7) You jump from one project to another one just before the first one is ready to launch

because you feel it’s going to be a hit, and because you simply can’t stop thinking about

it.

8 ) You arrive at a grocery store without noticing the 15-minute trip, because you were

too busy listening to “How to Become a Millionaire” tape.

9) You notice your spouse staring you in the face, waiting for your answer, while you

have no idea what the question was. So you say, “Of course, honey…”

10) You let your bills pile up on your kitchen table, even though you have money to pay

them, because you’re too busy writing a new book and plan to pay your bills when your

book is done (unless you start a new one!).

11) You go to your mailbox in your pajamas, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, because you

forgot to change when you woke up and went straight to your home office.

12) You rarely sit down to read a book or watch a movie unless you know you’ll learn

something new, get a great business idea, or come up with a new article title from it.

13) You play a Monopoly game with your 8-year old when you realize you’re thinking

about how nice it would be to have your own little shop on Boardwalk and to turn all the

play money into the real thing.

14) You sit through every TV commercial, while your spouse is getting a sandwich,

because you don’t want to miss an important brainstorming session or to laugh at other

people’s marketing efforts.

15) You feel a rush every time your competitor comes out with a new product or service

so you go home, lock yourself in your office, and frantically search for a new (better!)

product idea.

16) You eat in front of your computer so much you keep a salt and pepper shaker on

your desk.

17) You feel you need to lose a few pounds and you start exercising in front of your

computer…while sitting down.

18) You have considered buying, or already bought, a car with Internet access.

19) You consider search engine optimization and positioning a fun, competitive sport.

20) You are usually working when everyone else is asleep…and working when they are

awake.

21) You check your e-mail every five minutes hoping to see the message, “You have

another sale…”

22) You check your e-mail during TV commercials.

23) You clean your computer desk once a year, of course only if someone complains.

24) You click on traffic exchange links when you are unmotivated to work so you can at

least generate a little extra traffic to your web site.

25) Your ideal vacation is to go to Las Vegas or Hawaii for an Internet marketing seminar.

26) You always have a good excuse prepared for your significant other so you can stay

on the computer longer.

27) You have considered starting an offline business but you figured it would be too

much work. You only work 18 hours a day now.

28) You don’t have enough time to read all the business e-zines you subscribe to.

29) Your grocery bill is getting higher and higher from all the coffee you are drinking.

30) You think fast food drive-throughs aren’t fast enough because you will have to leave

the computer, so you call the local pizza delivery place instead.

31) You feel guilty when your significant other notices you are on a non-business related

web site when you told them you had to work. But you just say, “I was taking a 10-minute

break, like at a real job.”

32) You feel like you are leaving your kids at a stranger’s house when it’s finally time to

shut down the computer.

33) You are constantly worrying that you might lose unsaved information, so you back

up your computer 3 different ways every hour.

34) You consider Internet marketing an entertaining hobby instead of work.

35) You have ever wondered how Larry Dotson (me…lol) finds the time to write all those

free tip articles.

36) You have ever imagined retiring right after you’ve joined the next greatest income

opportunity.

37) You have ever joined a network marketing opportunity thinking you wouldn’t have to

do any work because there is “spill-over.”

38) You have ever tried to figure out if an e-mail was really personalized, or just

personalized bulk e-mail, so you might not have to respond to it.

39) Your idea of entertainment is catching up on reading all of the free Internet marketing

e-zines, e-books and e-courses you have saved.

40) Your significant other has ever asked you what’s on TV and you say, “I’ll look it up

online!” but really you just wanted a reason to get back on the computer.

41) You have witnessed two or more Internet marketers feuding via e-mail or an online

discussion forum.

42) You have exactly modeled a famous Internet marketer and still come up way short of

your income goals.

43) You have experienced a really bad sales month and you thought you might have to

get a real job.

44) You have a real job and check your Internet business e-mail on your lunch breaks.

45) You have been asked to be interviewed for a business-related e-book or article.

46) You have a to-do list somewhere near or on your computer.

47) You have asked for marketing books for Christmas.

48) You did most of your Christmas shopping on the computer.

49) You or your products have been cut down at least once in an online discussion

forum by someone that just didn’t understand.

50) You have a Clickbank™ account or ID.

51) You have considered publishing your web site or information product in a different

language to increase sales.

52) You have forgotten to take a shower because you got up and went straight to the

computer.

53) You have crumbs somewhere near or on your computer right now.

54) You pretend no one else can see the dust behind your computer.

55) You keep a small notebook and pen with you so you don’t forget any money-making

ideas that pop into your head.

56) You have had a new money-making idea right before you went to bed and couldn’t

fall asleep.

57) You had to get up the middle of the night to work on your new money-making idea

because you felt it couldn’t wait till morning.

58) Your idea of gambling is betting your business buddies on who will get the most

traffic each month.

59) Your significant other has yelled at you because you stopped at a business channel

when you were flipping to see what was on TV.

60) You watch TV while you are working on the computer.

61) You have to replace your computer chair at least once a year.

62) You get frustrated in waiting rooms because they don’t have any business- or

computer-related magazines to read.

63) You met your significant other on the computer while you were working on your

Internet business.

64) You have a list of financial goals somewhere near or on your computer.

65) You always find some way to lure your friends or company over to your computer

while they are visiting so you can show off.

66) You have permanent coffee cup rings on your computer desk.

67) You read all your e-mail and an hour later there are 50 more to check.

68) You like reading spam to get money-making ideas.

69) You have ever received a check for something you don’t remember promoting.

70) Your significant other sends you an e-mail instead of telling you dinner is done.

71) Your significant other tells you twenty times “dinner is ready” and you don’t hear

them till the twenty-first time, when you see a “UFO” shooting across your computer.

72) You have ever fed your newborn while you were working on your Internet business.

73) You delete most of the jokes that are forwarded to you because you have way too

many marketing e-mail newsletters to read.

74) Your competition or any business has released a new product and you said to

yourself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

75) You can remember 20 affiliate program and membership web site passwords but

can’t remember your family members’ birthdays.

76) Your friends and family give you dumbfounded looks when you tell them what you

do for a living.

77) You have confused a computer salesman when you start telling them what you will

be using the computer for.

78) You wake in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and sign on to your

computer to check your sales and traffic statistics.

79) You wake up in the morning and start checking your business and customer e-mails

before your coffee is even done.

80) Your best friends live in different states or countries.

81) You make sure you have access to the Internet, your computer files and e-mail

before you travel or go on vacation.

82) You have been late for an appointment or date because you got lost in all your e-mail

messages.

83) You have ever started feeling nauseous when you found out your computer wasn’t

working. Then you figure out it was just a loose wire and feel like you’ve won the lottery.

84) You have ever started worrying that you might have been falsely accused of

spamming because your web site is down.

85) You have not checked your e-mail for 10 minutes and it shows no new messages,

and you start to wonder if your ISP’s spam filter is blocking your important e-mail.

86) You have not checked your e-mail since last night and it only shows 300 messages,

and you start to wonder if your ISP’s spam filter is blocking your important e-mail.

87) You can run an Internet business but can’t program a VCR.

88) You wear flip flops, socks, slippers or go barefoot while you are working.

89) Your favorite snack is always sitting by your computer.

90) You have ever wondered how Joe Vitale finds the extra time to write all those product

testimonials.

91) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can

get them in your downline.

92) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can

chat and have a beer together on Friday nights.

93) You keep begging your friends to get a computer and/or Internet access so you can

drink beer and play Internet poker on Saturday nights.

94) You have come out of a movie saying, “I could make money doing that.”

95) You have come out of a movie saying, “That would be a good product idea.”

96) You have printed out your home page and framed it.

97) You put your URL on your personal Christmas cards to increase sales.

98) You only listen to online radio stations.

99) You thought you were going to make tens of thousands of dollars when you bought

that first e-zine ad that went out to 20,000 people.

100) You thought you were going to be an instant millionaire when you first started your

online business.

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Reality TV stars Jon and Kate are divorcing

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

After 10 years of marriage, eight kids and a popular reality show documenting the ups-and-downs of life with two sets of multiples, Jon and Kate Gosselin are officially separating.

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Thesis – An SEO Friendly Wordpress Theme

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

I’m sure you have all seen the new theme around here by now. I’ve had some questions about it, so I’d like to let you guys know about the Thesis theme, which is the one you currently see on this blog.

Thesis is an amazing premium theme put together by Chris Pearson (from pearsonified.com) and Brian Clark (from Copyblogger). It does come with a price tag, but is well worth it for anyone who runs a substantial blog and wants a ton of options.

I’ll tell you why I like it in a moment, but first let me tell you who is using it. You can find the Thesis theme in action over at Danny Sullivan’s blog (the SEO / search legend). You can see it again on Matt Cutt’s new blog (the Google spam team Matt). Both Rae Hoffman (Sugar Rae) and Michael Gray (Graywolf) use it on their blogs. If you don’t know them, Rae is a solid affiliate marketer and SEO and Graywolf is an old school SEO guru. After seeing this solid list of Thesis users, I decided to take the jump and grab the Thesis theme and I am very impressed.

What I Like About Thesis

  • It has a lot of options. You get two huge dashboards that give you detailed control over the theme. You can edit the layout on the fly and dictate with pixel perfect precision how large/wide the columns of your site should be. You can quickly change between 1, 2, and 3 column layouts. You can control any font quickly and easily as well. If you check out the Thesis site, you can watch the video of all the options.
  • It is super easy to customize. You can change almost anything on this theme by tweaking two files. You don’t have to edit template files, but simply add the needed code to the custom CSS or custom functions file and BAM, the site has changed. My site’s design was done with just a couple of simple tweaks. Also, the custom functions can do some powerful customization, which I’ll be using on this site soon.
  • It has the best SEO out of any theme I’ve used so far. Out of the box, this theme does a really solid job at SEO and even removes the need to use plugins like all-in-one SEO. (I still use it because I’m use to it, but may be switching to pure Thesis soon). They get the headings right and it just does an amazing job making your blog search friendly with a lot of detailed controls.

I really like this theme and Thesis is a product I feel comfortable standing behind, so I may end up being a bit of a fanboy. For you guys jumping in on Thesis, I’ll be providing some Thesis specific tutorials to help you guys get started using this theme.

Thesis does cost money, so it may not be for everyone. If you’re just toying with a few affiliate sites for now, then this may not be for you. If you’re making money on a site or want to invest in a theme for a new project, then this is the theme to get. The single license allows you to use it on one site for $87 and you get the whole thing (must keep footer link there). The developer license gives you a ton of freedom for $164.00, which allows you to use the theme on as many sites as you want and you can remove the attribution link. (I got the developer’s license, because I plan to use it on several of my sites).

So this is best for people who manage a large site or many sites and want a highly customizable theme with a lot of options  (and one that is very search engine friendly). The price tag is never fun, but the theme is well worth it. You get access to their community forums as well, which provides support for Thesis.

So if it sounds good to you, you should check out Thesis and pick up your own copy.

(This isn’t a paid review and I wasn’t given a copy. I actually spent the $167 myself to get the theme and I really like it)

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Should You Make Money with Hubpages?

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

The purpose of this post is for me to hear from you guys; instead of me teaching you guys something. I read a post on Court’s blog recently about setting up 100 hubpages to make money. I was going to leave a comment on his post, but the server gave me an error, so I had more time to think about it. I’m still left uncertain how I feel about it. Maybe I’m 100% wrong, but I’m hesitant about committing to 100 hubpages. Here is what I think, let me know what you think.

Hubpage Concerns

  1. Fear it will be spammed into the ground. I remember a time when Vic put out a call to action to create 100 .info BANS sites. I learned a lesson from that, which is to not invest into something 100’s of newbie marketers are pouring into. Court has the skills to push out 100 hubs in a profitable manner, but I worry about the army of people who will half-ass it. I’ve seen how many people optimize and it usually involves keyword density spam and bolds. I don’t want to invest and have the value of Hubpages pushed into the ground. I imagine 50 people building 100 hubs in the next 30 days. That’s 5,000 new hubs in the next 30 days. If 100 people do it, that’s 10,000 new hubs in the next month! If people are being lazy and spamming this process, it could be a very bad thing. (Maybe people will be lazy and the impact will be minimal)
  2. Someone else’s domain. Google is placing a lot of emphasis right now on branding, trust, authority, and age. It is becoming an increasingly important factor. If you follow the changes in the serps, you’ll know how valuable the link equity of a domain can become. I hate investing time into someone else’s domain. It is the same reason I only use free sites for spam / farms. I’d rather put up 100 pages of content on my own domain than someone else’s. Of course, Hubpages allows you to get easier rankings due to their authority, but you do not get the long term authority boost the entire domain gets.
  3. It could drop in value. Sites like Squidoo and Hubpages have seen great success and people flooded to them to benefit from their value. Blogger, Wordpress, Livejournal, Squidoo, and Hubpages are all becoming free content hosting powerhouses. Well I’ve been building sites for a LONG time. I wasn’t a marketer at first, but an AOL 3.0 newbie learning about HTML/FTP/SMTP. I made sites when the MARQUEE and BLINK tags were “cool”. I searched with Lycos and Hotbot. My first site was on Tripod, my second was on Angelfire, and my 3rd was on Geocities. These were THE free hosting powerhouses of the late 90’s. The internet grew and shifted away from these domains. In June of 1997, GeoCities was the 5th most popular site on the internet!! Yahoo! Is now closing down GeoCities this year and they will no longer provide free hosting. In the 10 to 12 year I’ve been on the net, I’ve seen sites come and go. Popularity + advertising does not = long term viability. Where will Hubpages be in 5 years or 10 years?

I have no doubt there is money to be made through Hubpages, but I’ve said before that my goal online is to build a long term viable business. If I were going to use throw away pages or domains, I’d be doing blackhat.

I think Court is on to something valuable, since he’s a great marketer, but I’m uncomfortable about investing my time into creating so many Hubpages due to the three reasons listed above.

So what do you guys think? Are you going to try to make money with sites like Hubpages?
(I’m not trying to put the experiment down, but I wanted to seen what you guys are up to)

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Should You Make Money with Hubpages?

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

The purpose of this post is for me to hear from you guys; instead of me teaching you guys something. I read a post on Court’s blog recently about setting up 100 hubpages to make money. I was going to leave a comment on his post, but the server gave me an error, so I had more time to think about it. I’m still left uncertain how I feel about it. Maybe I’m 100% wrong, but I’m hesitant about committing to 100 hubpages. Here is what I think, let me know what you think.

Hubpage Concerns

  1. Fear it will be spammed into the ground. I remember a time when Vic put out a call to action to create 100 .info BANS sites. I learned a lesson from that, which is to not invest into something 100’s of newbie marketers are pouring into. Court has the skills to push out 100 hubs in a profitable manner, but I worry about the army of people who will half-ass it. I’ve seen how many people optimize and it usually involves keyword density spam and bolds. I don’t want to invest and have the value of Hubpages pushed into the ground. I imagine 50 people building 100 hubs in the next 30 days. That’s 5,000 new hubs in the next 30 days. If 100 people do it, that’s 10,000 new hubs in the next month! If people are being lazy and spamming this process, it could be a very bad thing. (Maybe people will be lazy and the impact will be minimal)
  2. Someone else’s domain. Google is placing a lot of emphasis right now on branding, trust, authority, and age. It is becoming an increasingly important factor. If you follow the changes in the serps, you’ll know how valuable the link equity of a domain can become. I hate investing time into someone else’s domain. It is the same reason I only use free sites for spam / farms. I’d rather put up 100 pages of content on my own domain than someone else’s. Of course, Hubpages allows you to get easier rankings due to their authority, but you do not get the long term authority boost the entire domain gets.
  3. It could drop in value. Sites like Squidoo and Hubpages have seen great success and people flooded to them to benefit from their value. Blogger, Wordpress, Livejournal, Squidoo, and Hubpages are all becoming free content hosting powerhouses. Well I’ve been building sites for a LONG time. I wasn’t a marketer at first, but an AOL 3.0 newbie learning about HTML/FTP/SMTP. I made sites when the MARQUEE and BLINK tags were “cool”. I searched with Lycos and Hotbot. My first site was on Tripod, my second was on Angelfire, and my 3rd was on Geocities. These were THE free hosting powerhouses of the late 90’s. The internet grew and shifted away from these domains. In June of 1997, GeoCities was the 5th most popular site on the internet!! Yahoo! Is now closing down GeoCities this year and they will no longer provide free hosting. In the 10 to 12 year I’ve been on the net, I’ve seen sites come and go. Popularity + advertising does not = long term viability. Where will Hubpages be in 5 years or 10 years?

I have no doubt there is money to be made through Hubpages, but I’ve said before that my goal online is to build a long term viable business. If I were going to use throw away pages or domains, I’d be doing blackhat.

I think Court is on to something valuable, since he’s a great marketer, but I’m uncomfortable about investing my time into creating so many Hubpages due to the three reasons listed above.

So what do you guys think? Are you going to try to make money with sites like Hubpages?
(I’m not trying to put the experiment down, but I wanted to seen what you guys are up to)

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go2 Media Launches Dynamic Content Marketing – Earthtimes
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Merkle Unveils Integrated Customer Marketing White Paper – Consumer Electronics Net
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North Texan Looking For Work: Caleb Campbell – CBS 11 News
TXA 21 is helping North Texans Survive In '09 by featuring one unemployed person each week. So far nine people have found work after our profiles of them. This week's candidate is Caleb Cambell. He's a student at the University of Texas at Arlington

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Transformers’ director rips studio in memo – MSNBC
LOS ANGELES – Powerhouse Hollywood director Michael Bay, who returns to theaters worldwide on Wednesday with a "Transformers" sequel, has blasted the marketing efforts of the film's studio, Paramount Pictures. In a memo sent last month to top brass

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Brand Equity unveils the most comprehensive article of faith in the Indian brand world and the most unique listing of its kind, Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands 2009, in a glittering event held in Mumbai. The who’s who of the Indian marketing and

Marketing Manager 6 Month Contract – Retail Bulletin
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EDPRS: The Vision for Rwanda’s Tea Industry – Rwanda New Times
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Others linked to Stanford case; former Antigua official accused – USA Today
Federal authorities charged a former chief of Antigua's financial regulatory commission with aiding Texas billionaire Robert Allen Stanford in an alleged $7 billion fraud scheme based in Antigua that bilked an estimated 30,000 investors. Leroy King

Chockie frog has ad critics hopping mad – News.com.au
Outrage over new Freddo Frog campaign Say it exploits loopholes in regulations Small firms : Upbeat despite the crisis AN internet cartoon series starring Cadbury's Freddo Frog character has outraged anti-junk food advertising campaigners who say it

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Haverhill schools eye way to make $1 million – Eagle-Tribune
HAVERHILL — For the last several years, it seems, the School Committee's main task could be summed up as cut the budget, cut again and then cut some more. Local education officials, however, are actually contemplating expanding a program and

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Melissa Santos of Bloomfield bags a customer order at the Dozen Bake Shop in Lawrenceville. The shop has been using Twitter to let customers know what's new. When Dozen Bake Shop in Lawrence updated its Facebook page to announce the daily specials

Banga new COO of MasterCard – Economic Times
MUMBAI: Ajay Banga, chief executive officer (CEO) of Citi Asia Pacific, has quit to join MasterCard as president and chief operating officer – the number two position in the card company. As Asia Pacific CEO, Mr Banga has brought in almost a third of

People & Achievements – The State
Gail Carter of First Community Bank, has been promoted to assistant vice president/market executive. Carter has worked in the bank’s Camden market for 14 years and will continue to serve in Camden as well as the bank’s surrounding markets. Ernest

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'We're Related' on Facebook Celebrates Father's Day With Successful – Earthtimes
PROVO, Utah, June 19 UT-FamilyLink.com Leading social application for families looks to unlock the potential of cross pollinating commerce and social marketing PROVO, Utah , June 19 /PRNewswire/ — We're Related on Facebook, already the number four

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These initiatives were developed by the All My Sons Moving Consumer Resources Department, which is tasked with developing and disseminating the information necessary to help consumers understand the issues related with moving and support them in

Historical trust hires marketing coordinator – Holland Sentinel
The Board of the Holland Historical Trust, which governs the Holland Museum, announces the hiring of Gary Burmeister as its new part-time marketing and public relations coordinator. Burmeister will head up the Museum’s ongoing efforts to reach a

Cost Efficient Brochure Designs for Your Marketing Needs – Best Syndication
We all know that marketing any business takes a lot of time and energy. We do not even need to mention that many have to break their budget just so they can accommodate a marketing campaign. For them to afford an effective enough marketing campaign

Some religious groups find social networking a saving grace – Reading Eagle
MINNEAPOLIS – Eyes roll when Rabbi Hayim Herring tells his fellow clergy that they should spend an hour a day on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Listeners at his seminars exchange smirks when he says blogging should be considered mandatory. They look

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World Brand Congress appoints Ambika Sharma as a part of advisory – New Kerala
New Delhi, June 18 (Business Wire India): Asia Brand Congress is being held from past 17 years and this is the first time they are organizing World Brand Congress where other countries including Asian countries are invited. One of the Key features of

'Midwestern work ethic': Michigan's best marketing asset? – Ann Arbor News Blog
I've been told many times — usually by tech executives with experience in both regions — that the "Midwestern work ethic" makes Michigan workers particularly enticing. Michigan-based employees, the theory goes, are more likely to pour their soul

Bonita Springs chamber of commerce hires communications, marketing – News-Press
The Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce has announced two new team members, Tiffany Esposito and Ryan Uhler. Graduates of Florida Gulf Coast University in 2009 and 2006 respectively, Esposito will take on the role of communications manager and

House bans campus credit card marketing – Dayton Daily News
Sieg Heil! Zere hiss NO SMOKINK in OHIO. Zere can be NO STRIP KLUBBS in OHIO. Zere can be NO GAMBLINK in OHIO. Zere can be NO KREDIT KARDS ON KAMPUS in OHIO. Now, go enjoy YOUR FREEDOMS. Hans, get me zee red hot poker, SCHNELL! Vee haff ways of

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Ohio House OKs ban on campus credit card marketing – WKYC
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House has approved a bill that would ban the marketing of credit cards to undergraduates on college campuses. The House on Wednesday voted 69-25 for the bill, which now heads to the Senate. The bill also requires colleges and

Integrated Marketing Manager – Mediabistro.com
Job Requirements The Integrated Marketing Manager plays an integral role in developing and implementing the sales, marketing and promotional strategies for Regent Media and its properties in order to drive revenue and win new business. The position

Social Marketing's Likely End Game: Customer Service – ClickZ
The city of Mountain View, CA had a fairly typical community issue to deal with in May. A few census workers were starting to canvas door-to-door in this upscale, decidedly digital corner of Silicon Valley, sparking concerns about their legitimacy

Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association to come down under – e-Travel Blackboard
Sydney, Australia will welcome the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Asia Pacific for the first time on July 1 this year. HSMAI will be hosting a free cocktail event open to hospitality sales and marketing managers

Microsoft's Bing has a second good week – Zd Net Asia.com
It's still awfully early in the game, but Microsoft's Bing had a second good week, according to market share numbers released Wednesday by ComScore. The search engine is up about 3 percentage points from where Microsoft was at pre-Bing in terms of

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Indian consumers have a Gemini soul: Punita Lal, Executive Director – Economic Times
You don't appreciate me." "She doesn't value me." Don't we hear it about relationships; professional and personal, all the time? Why would we assume that the consumers' value relationship with a brand is only monetary or at best rational? Sure, it is

Sitecore unites web marketing tools – NetImperative
Software provider Sitecore has launched a new suite that unifies Web content management capabilities, web analytics and marketing automation for clients. The Sitecore Online Marketing Suite is a CMS system that delivers a range of web marketing

Giles Pearman appointed marketing chief at Global Radio – Brand Republic
LONDON – Global Radio has appointed group enterprises director Giles Pearman as its new group director of marketing, replacing Nicola Thomson, who is moving to New York for family reasons. Pearman's responsibilities will include the strategic

Moonlight Creative Group Receives 2009 Gold Aster Award – Carolina Newswire
CHARLOTTE – Moonlight Creative Group, which specializes in providing effective marketing communications solutions, won a 2009 Gold Aster Award in the direct mail series category for patient story inserts it created for the Community Blood Center of

Paramount runs major marketing campaign across digital platforms for – New Media Age
Paramount Pictures has launched a major digital marketing push to promote its summer blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen . The activity, which includes viral films, mobile, red-button TV, PlayStation Home and augmented reality advertising

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New Balance Plays Patriotism Card in New Marketing Push – Advertising Age
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The "Made in America" claim is one that's traditionally attracted little interest from American consumers accustomed to purchasing items produced in distant lands. But with unemployment on the rise and the bankruptcy of

TwittX Marketing Suite 1.0.6.4 – ZDNet Australia
Trial download 27.1M TwittX is the only software that will Automatically Add 1000 – 4000 followers to your account in no time. From our experience with Twitter we have come to realize it is very painstaking to keep your Ads on the top of your updates

Tobacco Regulation Is Expected to Face a Free-Speech Challenge – The Ledger
The marketing and advertising restrictions in the tobacco law that Congress passed last week are likely to be challenged in court on free-speech grounds. But supporters of the legislation say they drafted the law carefully to comply with the First

will be a long one – Media Life Magazine
TNS Media Intelligence released its first-quarter ad-spending numbers with a warning last week: Expect more of the same during second quarter. And that’s dismaying, because the first-quarter numbers stunk. Spending was off 14 percent in the first

FTC Ensures Truthfulness of Environmental Marketing Claims – Elites TV
“Best tasting.” “Preferred by doctors.” “Will change your life forever.” When it comes to advertising, brands are obviously not allowed to say anything they feel like. And yet when it comes to environmental claims, many still seem to

TUI restructures below-the-line marketing in UK – Brand Republic
LONDON – TUI Travel, parent company of Thomson and First Choice, has overhauled its UK below-the-line marketing functions. The changes are part of a wider restructure within its customer division, intended to help it respond more quickly to customer

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CT Consignment Stores Offer Big Brands In Bad Times – Hartford Courant
Now here's a cure for that teenage fashionista of yours who feels bitten by the recession. At Uptown Consignment in South Windsor — a renovated former CVS store which owner Barbara Capenera believes is the largest single consignment store in the

Santa Monica Pier Taps The Pollack PR Marketing Group for PR Support – Earthtimes
"The Santa Monica Pier has a rich history of events and stories and has played a key role in the Los Angeles County experience for the last 100 years," said Noemi Pollack , CEO of PPMG. "It is our sincere pleasure to be working with the Santa Monica

Organic Trade Association finds lift in social marketing – dmnews.com
Marketers are excited about consumers' engagement with social media and on blogs, but measuring social media buzz is still a challenge. For the Organic Trade Association (OTA), which ran a blog-based campaign, the goal was to create buzz about

Don't neglect these marketing basics – dmnews.com
Most of us know the keys to direct marketing success are multifaceted and includes many — if not all — of the following techniques.
 Define the goals of your program with a clear and concise call to action. Create and scrub your list. The

Many small businesses plan for the economic upturn – Las Vegas Sun
No one knows when the economic recovery will begin, but many small business owners are getting ready for it. They're marketing, reworking business models and looking at possible real estate deals. Some are even hiring on the expectation an upturn is

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5 friends, 5 businesses – HometownAnnapolis.com

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

5 friends, 5 businesses – HometownAnnapolis.com
Earlier this week, a group of longtime girlfriends met at Brio Tuscan Grille restaurant in Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole for a ladies' luncheon, complete with a couple of glasses of white wine, a lot of storytelling and hearty laughs. Michele

Museum says it lacks funds to keep ship afloat – Greenville News
The head of the Patriots Point maritime museum poised to receive a $9.2 million taxpayer-backed loan to fix a leaking World War II destroyer said the agency has no authority to issue debt of its own and can't cover the costly repairs with ticket

Business News – June 14 – Hudson Hub-Times
Lena Samuelson is back as a certified Jazzercise instructor, and is offering additional classes in Hudson. Samuelson previously taught Jazzercise classes from 1986 to 1994. She recently was re-certified after participating in a rigorous workshop in

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Five Twitter Time-Saving Tools I Use

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Stop making excuses on why you don’t use Twitter. The most common mistake that I hear is that there just isn’t enough time in the day to be on Twitter….

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The countdown is on. Ready…Set…Go! That’s right in less than one hour you will have the ability to register your vanity url on Facebook. You can do this…

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Sound too good to be true? I promise that if you spend just a few moments with me today I will show you a legit way to get listed in…

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Recently my book was released Consumer Behavior for Dummies by Wiley Publishing. I’m so excited about this book, not because it’s my first published book, but because consumer behavior is…

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Question: When I see someone tweet and use the symple “#” what does that mean?

This is a common question that comes from new users of Twitter. When you…

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We know that when it comes to the way men and women shop; it’s different. Men waltz into a store to gather what they came for while women will take…

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We know that a critical piece of running a business is marketing, but it seems to be the component that most business owners struggle with. Marketing is everything from…

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When people search for you do you show up? Have you tried Googling your name lately? How fast could I find you?

These are the questions that enter the…

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Marketers, Your Sales Team Needs You!

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Last week I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite sales trainers, Jeffrey Gitomer speak. His speech was informative as well as entertaining and drenched with energy. …

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Marketing You – The Key to Landing A Job

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Are you one of the millions looking for a job today? I feel for you; everyday I hear of someone that has been laid off or lost their job….

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Everybody is wrong

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Wrong wayWhat conventional wisdom that "everybody knows" can you challenge?

I've gotten tremendous pushback from thousands of people over the past decade on these ideas. But I’ve also had thousands of people reach out to me to say that these ideas have been incredibly helpful to them.

Some of the best ideas come from contrarians.

Here are some things I’ve challenged in the past ten years.

"Everybody knows that marketing is about promoting your product."

Everybody is wrong. When you adhere to the famous "four Ps of marketing" and talk up your product (the first P) you end up with egotistical nonsense. Nobody cares about your products. They care about themselves and solving their problems. Marketing is about understanding your buyer personas and creating information that they want to consume.

"Everybody knows that PR is about pitching the media."

Everybody is wrong. These days, journalists don't passively wait to see what brilliant PR pitches are sitting in their email in-box. In fact, they increasingly see email pitches as spam. However journalists are looking for story ideas all the time by searching Google, reading blogs, and following Twitter. Are they finding you?

"Everybody knows that the press release is dead."

Everybody is wrong. The press release is an effective media to reach buyers directly. When you craft a release from your buyers’ perspective and send it through one of the press release distribution services, your news hits people’s Google Alerts, is indexed by the news search engines, and is syndicated to hundreds of news portals, vertical market sites, and via RSS feeds.

"Everybody knows that newspapers are dying."

Everybody is wrong. When television came around, people predicted the death of radio. Radio didn’t go away, but the ways people consumed radio content changed because people didn’t sit around watching the radio in their living rooms anymore. The Web will not kill newspapers. But individual newspapers like my hometown paper The Boston Globe have to change and adapt to survive.

"Everybody knows that working for a big company means you have job security."

Everybody is wrong. Just ask people who worked for Bear Stearns or Enron or Worldcom or Lehman Brothers about job security. You make your own security by being excellent at what you do. I was fired three times. Now, by working for themselves, millions of people have the greatest job security there is.

Here's a new one I am hearing more and more.

"Everybody knows that social media changes everything."

Everybody is wrong. Yes, social media is changing the ways that companies are communicating on the web. But that doesn’t mean that offline marketing and communications is changing. You still need to meet with customers. Sometimes attending or exhibiting at a trade show is a good idea. TV and magazine advertising can still be effective. And getting your company into the Wall Street Journal or seen on Oprah (or your trade publication) has tremendous value.

What conventional wisdom that “everybody knows” can you challenge?

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5 Employee Motivation Myths Debunked

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Recognition–not money–is the real motivator in a down economy.

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Tons of Opportunity in Travel

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Now’s the time to get in on these growing specialy travel industries.

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Know Your Target Market

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Get a grasp on generational marketing with this guide to demographics.

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5 Audit Attractors to Watch Out For

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Be careful not to put a target on your tax return.

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The Quality-Control Myth

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Use motivated and committed management to maintain the value of your franchise system.

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Give Your Online Network a Real-World Foundation

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Networks that merge online and face-to-face meetings are the wave of the future.

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Market Your Way To the Top

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Never stop thinking about marketing–it’s the best way to grow your business.

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5 Lifelines for Your Startup

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

These organizations can help you find direction and funding.

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iPhone 3G S Gets the Job Done

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Apple’s newest smartphone might change the way entrepreneurs do business.

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Make Room at the Bar

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

America’s micro-distillers are causing drinkers–and the liquor establishment–to take notice.

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Review Sites: Friend or Foe?

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

One of the biggest differences between the first generation of Internet companies and the second generation (often referred to as Web 2.0) companies is the way that content was created, organized and retrieved.

In Web 2.0 companies:

  • The content is created by the users instead of by a paid author or editor.
  • The content is organized organically through tagging and association with a particular topic.
  • The content is retrieved through searching (as opposed to browsing) and ranked through ratings and community feedback.

As a result of some pretty cool work done by a lot of companies, and aided through the simple passage of time, community-created content has become quite good and highly accurate. I remember the beginning of Amazon.com’s customer ratings . . . they were generally ok, occassionally insightful and sometimes misleading. Now, with the passage of time and the application of some good technology, they are pretty much spot on. The reviews that are posted at the top are generally the best ones and are incredibly informative.

Its pretty much a foregone conclusion that the best place to get information about consumer products, autos, restaurants and travel destinations is at consumer review sites. Its changed the way that consumers shop and the way that major brands think about marketing their products and services online. Probably the biggest lesson that they’ve learned is that they can’t run and hide.

So, what about legal services? At first blush, most attorneys shudder at the idea that a less-than-knowledgeable consumer might review them negatively. As evidenced by this post, many immediately consider suing for defamation if the review is negative and/or less than completely true.

Legal issues aside, one thing is clear to me: the single most powerful aspect of the Internet has always been the ability for one to write about anything and publish that information so that everyone could see it. Its not going away . . . its only going to increase. Any economics professor will tell you that capitalism works best when “perfect” information exists – it allows everyone to make better decisions.

So, if your business is based on your reputation (and most are), the only logical response is to participate in the discussion. No consumer expects everything to be perfect. Everyone understands that auto companies can’t produce 100% flawless cars and hotels can’t be expected to have perfect service 100% of the time. So, the key is to participate in the discussion. The more you publish, the more control you have over your online reputation.

I can’t say when legal services will have ratings and reviews like autos or travel. I’m not even sure that the same ratings and review approach will work in legal. But, I am sure that those that are active in the online community and share information about their expertise and their practice will benefit.

So, start today. Start a blog, put more effort into your website, or join one of the Q&A sites. Or, check out the content syndication platform we’ve built at ExpertHub. Its a great way to share your expertise and build your online exposure in a way that you control.

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Home

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

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Keyword Research And Online Success

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Why is keyword research important in online marketing?

* You need to learn what your competitors are doing

* Find the exact keyword phrases you need

* Keyword research even helps you determine who exactly is your target audience

* Lets you optimize you PPC Campaigns by targeting the most important keywords in your niche

How Do You Determine Which Keywords You Need?

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Should You Make Money with Hubpages?

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

The purpose of this post is for me to hear from you guys; instead of me teaching you guys something. I read a post on Court’s blog recently about setting up 100 hubpages to make money. I was going to leave a comment on his post, but the server gave me an error, so I had more time to think about it. I’m still left uncertain how I feel about it. Maybe I’m 100% wrong, but I’m hesitant about committing to 100 hubpages. Here is what I think, let me know what you think.

Hubpage Concerns

  1. Fear it will be spammed into the ground. I remember a time when Vic put out a call to action to create 100 .info BANS sites. I learned a lesson from that, which is to not invest into something 100’s of newbie marketers are pouring into. Court has the skills to push out 100 hubs in a profitable manner, but I worry about the army of people who will half-ass it. I’ve seen how many people optimize and it usually involves keyword density spam and bolds. I don’t want to invest and have the value of Hubpages pushed into the ground. I imagine 50 people building 100 hubs in the next 30 days. That’s 5,000 new hubs in the next 30 days. If 100 people do it, that’s 10,000 new hubs in the next month! If people are being lazy and spamming this process, it could be a very bad thing. (Maybe people will be lazy and the impact will be minimal)
  2. Someone else’s domain. Google is placing a lot of emphasis right now on branding, trust, authority, and age. It is becoming an increasingly important factor. If you follow the changes in the serps, you’ll know how valuable the link equity of a domain can become. I hate investing time into someone else’s domain. It is the same reason I only use free sites for spam / farms. I’d rather put up 100 pages of content on my own domain than someone else’s. Of course, Hubpages allows you to get easier rankings due to their authority, but you do not get the long term authority boost the entire domain gets.
  3. It could drop in value. Sites like Squidoo and Hubpages have seen great success and people flooded to them to benefit from their value. Blogger, Wordpress, Livejournal, Squidoo, and Hubpages are all becoming free content hosting powerhouses. Well I’ve been building sites for a LONG time. I wasn’t a marketer at first, but an AOL 3.0 newbie learning about HTML/FTP/SMTP. I made sites when the MARQUEE and BLINK tags were “cool”. I searched with Lycos and Hotbot. My first site was on Tripod, my second was on Angelfire, and my 3rd was on Geocities. These were THE free hosting powerhouses of the late 90’s. The internet grew and shifted away from these domains. In June of 1997, GeoCities was the 5th most popular site on the internet!! Yahoo! Is now closing down GeoCities this year and they will no longer provide free hosting. In the 10 to 12 year I’ve been on the net, I’ve seen sites come and go. Popularity + advertising does not = long term viability. Where will Hubpages be in 5 years or 10 years?

I have no doubt there is money to be made through Hubpages, but I’ve said before that my goal online is to build a long term viable business. If I were going to use throw away pages or domains, I’d be doing blackhat.

I think Court is on to something valuable, since he’s a great marketer, but I’m uncomfortable about investing my time into creating so many Hubpages due to the three reasons listed above.

So what do you guys think? Are you going to try to make money with sites like Hubpages?
(I’m not trying to put the experiment down, but I wanted to seen what you guys are up to)

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How to Start With Affiliate Marketing

by Drew Jones on June 22, 2009

Online affiliate marketing began as a natural outgrowth of the popularity of “linking” to other sites. To put it simply, online affiliate marketing is a time tested strategy for making money online. It it is a network of online partners who refer business to your website.

It does not matter whether you have a website that sells a product or a website that has nothing to sell. But by adding online affiliate programs, you can not onl [click to continue…]

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Copywriting is a manner of promoting products, services, ideas or even personalities to the public through the use of words. A good copy has a textual style and content that can effectively sway people’s opinions about the object that the copy is intended for. You might not realize the fact that professional copywriting has been around for a long time influencing how society thinks and affecting human lives in more ways than one.

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