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Livin’ La Vida Loca: An Open Letter to Ricky Martin

Jan 26, 2008 at 3:29 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

I’ve always been a big believer that you sort of have to pick a solid monetization strategy on a new site before you put in the work – I mean, getting traffic is pretty easy these days with social networking sites, link bait, viral video etc – that you can ( and I often have) get a huge influx of new visitors to a brand, spanking new neophyte niche crammed with adsense ( or other contextual ads) and not make  [read more →]

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OIO Publisher Keeps Getting Better – Upgrade Available!

Jan 17, 2008 at 12:44 pm in KARMA by ian · 1 Comment »

OIO Publisher has released an updated version of it’s great ad managment plugin for selling adspace directly from your blog – to the wider world wide community without the proverial middleman (or woman) keeping a cut.  I love this plugin – and use it on a small selection of niche sites, (including this one) and while it’s had a few hiccups from the standpoint of a business model ( first was free – absolute steal – then a charge  [read more →]

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How To Write Better Online Copy:

Jan 15, 2008 at 1:03 pm in COPYWRITING by ian · 2 Comments »

I wrote this article earlier today for one of the online article directories…and while I dont usually do this ( post these sorts of articles on my blog) I re-read this a few times and decided I liked it enough and might be useful to enough of you that it was worth sharing here.  I do get a lot of questions about copywriting courses, recommendations, etc – and I really recommend nothing other than striving for continous self improvement.    [read more →]

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Blog Building Bonanza: A Boatload of Ways to Build a Better Blog

Jan 13, 2008 at 12:47 pm in Q & A by ian · 1 Comment »

This is a great post on building a better blog – or at least, helping to monetize and expand the reach of the one that you currently have.

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Adventures in Article Marketing: Easy Ways to Amp Up Your OutPut!

Jan 4, 2008 at 12:21 am in COACHING by ian · Comments Off

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Article Marketing Mania:  More Adventures in Free Traffic 

It kills me how many people I talk to overlook articles as a useful and skillful means by which to generate buzz, backlinks and big bucks from their online marketing efforts.  And I say this with no intended disrespect…but I have done a few free consultations with people over the last few weeks ( all of which I hope are/will be reading this) – via email and telephone – every  [read more →]

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Fate or Fugazi? Mybloglog Love Affair with “Megan Fox”

Jan 3, 2008 at 9:32 pm in MUSINGS by ian · 1 Comment »

‘ve been Im’ng with this chick for like two months after hooking up on Mybloglog! I had no idea that she was a) a Movie Star or b) really a guy named Frank from Dayton, Ohio. They really need to monitor the little author image/gravatars more closely – or, I’ve got to get out more –

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