I ran a tricky ad to see how effective it was, and apparently it was too effective.   Everyone should make sure they click on the Cleveland Ohio Real Estate Blog.  So far I received 8 clicks from the link.  Of course, it opens in a new tab, but some of you may forget to click [...]

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Even wonder why blogs fail?   Even more interesting, why they succeed? Competition:   According to Technorati, the blogosphere is doubling about once every 6 and a half months, with about 175,000 new weblogs created each day, that’s  more than 2 blogs created each second of each day.  There are over 70 million blogs out there.  Who are you [...]

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What the hell does that mean?   Googling “speeding up WordPress”, I see people saying things like “Well, if you’ve already optimized your tables, then try this…”  After a bit more searching I finally figured it out.   Here is a step by step procedure to optimize your WordPress installation through your website control panel.  If your [...]

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I see this all the time in the Entrecard forums.  “My ad only received 10 clicks”.  Then I look at the website and I don’t see an ad!  Oh sure, they’ve got something displayed in an Entrecard 125×125 box, but it’s not an ad, it’s an unrecognized brand.  Yes, marketing majors can debate and correct me, [...]

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    Which design do you like the best, which one the least, and why? The design is for Boscardin.org Post below and I’ll randomly pick one of the commentors tomorrow night and add your site to my blogroll for a month. Plurk This Post Buzz This Post Delicious Digg This Post Ping This Post Reddit [...]

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I couldn’t take the look of the Talian Theme any longer.  It’s still there lurking, but I changed it enough to kill any feel of it.  The orange tabs, the black widget headers, all gone.  Right now I’m happy with the new look.  However, all suggestions are welcome.   Plurk This Post Buzz This Post Delicious [...]

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Todays’ post revisits the issue of fast clicking in Entrecard.  Let’s face it, dropping 300+ cards can be a chore.  Even if you enjoy reading the sites, maximizing your efficiency just leaves more time for commenting.  Currently, there are four main systems fast clickers use.  Let’s examine all four in no particular order. The Turnip Method: [...]

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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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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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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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