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Blogging to Make Money: What to Expect ( and What They Won’t Tell You) About Blogging for Big Bucks

Oct 4, 2008 at 8:53 pm in COACHING by ian · Comments Off

Here is an interesting article from Slate Magazine about blogs that make (or don’t) make money. Some interesting metrics – and stats, including some good data and insight from Technorati, and some popular bloggers you probably have heard of…and if you’re a bit myopic like me, a bunch that you haven’t, too.

But here is the rub – and something that is simply continuously overlooked by these folks who try to measure and quantify how much you can make banging [read more →]

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How To Sell More Stuff On Your Website Without Coming Off as An Ass

Aug 6, 2008 at 8:41 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

I was looking for a couple videos on Youtube to post for another site, and came across this on here from the Big Idea With Donny Deutsch (sp?) show.

Now, I’m not a big fan of this sort of show ( as I really only watch Intervention (because everyone loves a funny drunk), Keeping up with the Kardashians ( big Bruce Jenner fan) and occasionally I’ll watch Sunset Tan for a little late night intellectual stimulation.

But I thought this video was [read more →]

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A little Break From Blogging…..

May 29, 2008 at 7:13 pm in COACHING by ian · 2 Comments »

I’m taking a break from blogging. It occured to me sometime last week, that I simply don’t have that much to say. Sometimes silence is a virtue, and i’m thinking this may be one of those times.

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How Do I Make More Affiliate Sales? Easy Ways to Optimize Your Efforts

May 13, 2008 at 5:20 pm in COACHING by ian · 4 Comments »

I‘ve gotten a few interesting questions over the last few days about selling affiliate products, this one came in this morning and seems to cover a few good points that lots of people struggle with, so let’s cover it quickly and see if there is a little light at the end of the article marketing tunnel for everyone.

Hi,

I have been article marketing for a couple months now for affiliate
products like Clickbank etc.

I have enjoyed some success, but there are a [read more →]

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Pornography and Bad Marketing Advice: I Can’t Tell You What it is….

May 10, 2008 at 6:09 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

It’s truly amazing how much bad content there is out there, polluting the minds of people who simply don’t’ know better with stupid, silly strategies to make money online. When you submit a lot of articles to the directories, you get the benefit of lots of "publishers" re purposing your content on their sites…it’s part of the deal ( and theoretically one of the advantages) of allowing your content to be syndicated freely by other site owners.

It also opens [read more →]

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Use Multiple Personalities to Crush Your Control

Apr 13, 2008 at 9:31 pm in COACHING by ian · Comments Off

Use Multiple Personalities to Crush Your Control: A Simple, Schizophrenic Tip for WordPress Bloggers

In this post we are going to cover a pretty easy way to supercharge your conversions on your WordPress blog. This particular method works phenomenally well on niche blogs where you are driving traffic free from Craigslist, article directories, press releases, and even is a simple, but subtle way to convert a better percentage of your pay per click traffic. (As well as potentially raising your quality [read more →]