If you don't know how to do so, that is. So let's see, my new blog, as part of my challenge experiment, was launched on the 8th of February. I was supposed to do so on the 1st. Effectively, I've lost 1 week of solid traffic gaining momentum. I'm writing around 1 article a day on it presently, but … [Read more...]
5 Ways To Take Advantage Of Slow Periods In Your Online Business
February 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Having an online business has a lot of advantages over the "normal" day to day activities that most people do. For instance - You "normally" don't need to drive to work. You "normally" don't need to get dressed for work. You "normally" don't need to set a budget for gas to go to work so … [Read more...]
The Freelance Statistics Report
February 13, 2008 By 7 Comments
If you remember waaaay back last year in July I had written about FreelanceSwitch and the survey they were holding on their blog. Well the results are finally out and it's 55 pages long and filled with juicy stats. I can easily think of a bunch of things to do with information like this. The … [Read more...]
Web Hosting Choice Offers Guidance For You
February 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
If you are looking into moving web hosts or just shopping around for a new one, the web hosting choice site could help solve your problems. The site is very simple to use. Simply enter how much you would like to spend monthly on hosting. How much diskspace and bandwidth you're looking for and … [Read more...]
What’s The Definition Of A ProBlogger?
February 11, 2008 By 8 Comments
One of my recent posts got me thinking about the general persona a ProBlogger is "supposed" to have. What does it take to become one, or be labeled as one? Are there certain entry requirements? Do you have to make $XXXXX amount of cash to get in? How many links, RSS numbers does it take? How long … [Read more...]
CristianR.com – Blogging Strategist
February 11, 2008 By 6 Comments
Raiber Cristian recently won an auction I was having for a review on this blog {there's another one going on btw starting at $2.00} and he asked to have his blog CristianR.com to be reviewed. Raiber has been blogging since March 2007 but it seems his posting frequency isn't as much as I'd … [Read more...]
Growing Pains Of Affiliate Marketing – Part II
February 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Carrying on from my last post on growing pains of affiliate marketing, here's a few more things I learned. Don't spend too much time on just optimizing your campaigns. You need to also optimize your landing pages. With the around 15 - 30 seconds that you have before a visitor jumps you need to … [Read more...]
My Top Flop Ideas
February 8, 2008 By 4 Comments
Ever think to yourself, "WOW! This is definitely going to work!" only to find out that even your wife {or significant other} don't share the same enthusiasm. Here's my top flop ideas that are agonizingly a part of my past for the rest of my future. I did them so you don't have to. Don't Try … [Read more...]
Growing Pains Of Affiliate Marketing – Part I
February 7, 2008 By 3 Comments
Affiliate marketing can be a real pain in the butt sometimes {quite literally}. When you start out you want to test out your campaigns as much as possible with all sorts of keywords, ad variations, bid amounts and on and on...It can get quite frustrating to not see an immediate return on your … [Read more...]
A Shift In Thinking
February 7, 2008 By 3 Comments
I've been doing some blog soul searching and I think it's time for me to make a shift in what this blog is "about" and where I want to take it, in terms of overall growth. I'm not a tech geek in the real sense of the term, I don't own many gadgets and don't see myself owning them in the future. … [Read more...]
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