Get Good Karma, Baby! (…)
What is the Meaning Of Blogging? A late Night Pointless Post!
Ok, I must confess…I've been so busy that I've been wholly unable to add to this site in just about over a
Who Else is Afraid of Pickles: A Prickly Piece of Link Bait Or….
Just a really, really bizarre phobia. And why I should really spend my days watching more Reality TV, rather than working on proper feeder site SEO linking strategies. I've heard of people who were deathly afraid of Pumpkins…but not pickles.
Social Proof & the Power of Persuasion:
(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdeye/)
Ok - this has nothing to do with Internet Marketing, making more money, copywriting,or just about any of the other small minded matters I try to tackle on here as often as possible. So if a little bit of scary social commentary is not up your alley - simply skip watching the video below. But if you want to take a closer look at the real power of persuasion and how social memes spread nefariously through small groups in cataclysmic ways
Livin' La Vida Loca: An Open Letter to Ricky Martin
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 87 cents for all of the effort. I personally believe the days of big buck blogging on the back of easy google clicks are well behind us - and for a plethora of pretty disparate reasons. Which is why I've spent a fair amount of time on here discussing alternative ways to monetize your network of sites either by selling ads directly yourself, niching out your sites to match a particularly good converting affiliate offer, or simply - as is my primary driver for this site - simply using your thoughts, ideas and experience as a lead generation tool to aquire new clients in a service related market. ( in my case - private coaching and consulting)
Which is why I'm not quite sure what Ricky Martin is thinking - as other than livin' the vida loca, he also apparently is a bit believer in the Google Adsense monetization model. The man has google ads on his website. And three unique ad zones too. Now - while I didn't spend much time vetting this out, it pretty much looks like this is HIS site and not some nutty nudnick with too much free time and a jones for listening to "she bangs" more often that the once a year William Hung American Idol re-runs. I'm actually quite stunned. What international superstar logs in and checks stats everyday and and wonders why his "home page right" channel is getting a better CTR than the 728X90 banner above the fold? I don't know. I'm hoping it's a desperate webmaster or something. (…)