Archive for February, 2008
Advertising has long functioned as an extra revenue source for marketers and webmasters. Originally it was just text ads or banners. Some sites forged close ties with their clients and included them as sponsors, complete with pre-pages and elaborate flash animations.
Now marketers are taking the idea to the extreme and building sites that exist just […]
February 24th, 2008 | Posted in Adsense, Internet Marketing, New Ideas | No Comments
Making money online is often a solo affair and those that do it full time are usually self-employed. So, this counts as a business. The question that I want I want to debate today is just how hard should we be working at our own businesses, especially when we work from home.
This post has been […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments
You know I think I have found the trick to keeping up with the blogosphere - scanning the content! Everybody scans, nobody reads apparently. Though I am somebody that does actually like to read a post but when I tried to read every post on all the blogs I liked I simply couldn’t keep up. […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments
I am quite fortunate in that I enjoy a lot of reader participation on this blog in the form of blog comments but I’m always looking to improve. I recently discovered a plugin called CommentLuv that extracts the latest blog post of the commenter and links it in with his comment automatically. I’ve been experimenting […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments
Oooh a new year *bounce* how exciting! What a contrast to December! I’ve had a fantastic month in every way and far exceeded all my goals. So let’s get on with the number crunching…
Blog Stats
RSS Subscribers
Last month I ended just under 1000 and it was my goal to break through that barrier. I far exceeded that […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments
A couple of days ago I talked about how difficult it is to make a living online when your business model always relies on knowing the ’secrets’ of the trade.
Blogging is no different - it’s a huge industry and there are many high powered blogs out there with some very wealthy bloggers. So of course […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments
One of my readers Ryan Spegal has read my ebook on creating niche sites in WordPress and followed the process to create his first niche site about vehicular cycling. He wrote to me to ask if I could look over his site and offer and advice / tips, particular in reference to keyword research. One […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments
I seem to be on a roll at the moment bashing the IM industry in general! Last month I criticized sleazy email lists, last week I warned people not to get sucked in by promises of big bucks, then most recently expressed my dislike of sales letters.
My topic for today? …
Secrets of the Internet Marketing […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments
Last week I wrote a review of a product called Explosive Cash Flow and in the review I expressed my dislike of the sales letter with the disclaimer that I really don’t like long form sales letters in general.
Sales Letters Are Effective
In the comments section of the post there ensued a discussion about the effectiveness […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments
Matthew Sherbourne saw my posts about the ebook I have written and very kindly offered to send me a free review copy of his own ebook - all about writing ebooks! Of course I jumped at the chance. I really enjoyed the book so this review is quite long!
Instant Money Reports
The book is called Instant […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Small Business Niche | No Comments