Archive for January, 2008
Posted in January 31st, 2008
While this article is written in the context of Entrecard, it applies to all Ad Systems like Project Wonderful and Adtoll. I’ve been asked to comment on this particular topic by someone writing an Ebook. One of my strategies is to advertise on every new site. Clicking on the “Most Recent” category, I bid on every single available [...]
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Posted in January 30th, 2008
Although I still remember joining Entrecard less than a month ago, maybe things had really changed. I recall signing up, being confused about the dashboard, and reading the help file to understand it all. Was the new Entrecarder’s experience 30 days later so horrible that immediate change is required to save Entrecard? To blow the lid [...]
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Posted in January 29th, 2008
If you haven’t noticed, I’m in a bad mood today. Tired, feeling dizzy, and aggravated from navigating Entrecard’s horrible forum system, I came across the following thread titled “Above the Fold“. Written by a clown who already has 5 blogs on Entrecard, he’s written another turd. But that’s not what annoyed me. I’ve already removed his blogs [...]
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Posted in January 27th, 2008
My first affiliate check! No Photoshop job here… Every online marketing blog is obligated to post a picture of their monthly check. Why is this so exciting? Because in order to make money on the net you have to spend money. This sucks when your blog is new and you have no readers. You also [...]
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Posted in January 25th, 2008
Think John Chow noticed the reaction to his latest post: Who Wants some Entrecard Credits? Giving away a measly 200 cr for a recommendation, he got so much response he had to update his article to say “enough”. John’s a bit tight in the wallet to not march right over to Turnipofpower.com and buy a few thousand [...]
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Posted in January 25th, 2008
Lets get right into the tip from the expert before I even get to the article. I really love the colors on the site Arno Nel 2.0. Reading it one night I came across a great tool at ColorCombos.com. You pick colors or use an image, and the tool will select complimentary colors for you. Why [...]
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Posted in January 23rd, 2008
I Hate Me-Me’s because they put you in a spot. First of all you have the obligation to the person that just praised you and included your site, providing you with the ever beloved back-link. Then you have to link back to the originator of the list. Finally you have to link to 8 more [...]
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Posted in January 23rd, 2008
First article in a series on ”Making Money Through Affiliates”. The first rule of most Internet marketing sites is to find a niche. As part of an experiment I am creating my own niche marketing site. I say “experiment” because each stage of the way I am going to follow different online advice. At first I will [...]
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Posted in January 22nd, 2008
Blogger One: My ad ran on Johnchow.com yesterday! Blogger Two: Oh Really, ___ _____ _____ ____ ____ ____? So what is the Johnchow.com question? For most of the blogging world, people want to know something along the lines of “How much traffic did you get?”. Three times today I mentioned my Entrecard was appearing on Chow’s [...]
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Posted in January 21st, 2008
2 weeks ago Qassia.com was featured here in an article as a way to get free backlinks. Qassia is an effort to acquire user submitted “intelligence” (articles) on all topics. Similar to Wikipedia or the upcoming Google Knol, Qassia hopes to be a storehouse of knowledge. In exchange, they pay you in backlinks and Qassia Dollars. Now we revisit [...]
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