I love experiments. Maybe that’s why college was so much fun? But this little experiment isn’t about parties, kegs and semi-naked co-eds brawling on a Twister mat; it’s about outsourced backlinks, shared revenue article sites and tossing $50 into the wind. Read the rest of this entry »
Easy Article Marketing Strategies
August 11th, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
You know what I love about article marketing? The crazy amount of traffic just one awesome article will send your blog or website.
You know what I hate about article marketing? The crazy amount of articles you’ll write until you strike gold with just one awesome article. Read the rest of this entry »
MayDay 2010: Google’s Algorithm Adjustment
July 8th, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
If you’ve had your ear to the Internet Marketing ground for the past month or so, you’ve probably heard all about Google’s ranking system change-up, which has come to be known as “Mayday.”
Why “Mayday?” Because it happened in May. And probably also because Internet Marketers by the thousands watched in horror as their thin, janky, horrible sites fell completely out of the Search Engine Results (SERPs), thus costing them untold millions. Read the rest of this entry »
Oh, Apple: Why Must My Computer Suck So Much?
June 17th, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
Before I get started on this rant, let me point out a few things I’ve learned over the past few days:
1. Always Back Up Your Data. You never know when your unfathomably-expensive laptop (you know the one you paid extra for so it would last longer… wait… I said I’d get to the rant later… sorry) might crap out on you like a bad light bulb.
2. Apple computers are stupid expensive. They don’t just cost more on the front end, each little piece of hardware costs roughly 4 million times more than a PC counterpart.
3. Never buy a Macbook Pro off Apple’s refurbished list. I’ve had more problems with this machine than BP has had in the Gulf Coast.
Now that I’ve got the moral of this story out of the way, allow me to explain… Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Rockstar Blog: June 11, 2010
June 11th, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
Think AC/DC rocks? Wait till you read these blogs...
Have you ever watched that crazy TV show about flipping houses? Where people buy or build properties for less than their market value, then sell them for what seems like enough money to fund the world’s major oil companies for a decade? Did you know that many people make huge livings doing the same thing… with Web Domains?
This week’s Rockstar Blog tells you everything you’ll ever need to know, and then some. Read the rest of this entry »
Your Brain Needs A Vacation
June 7th, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
My view last week
A funny thing happened to me about 10 days ago: I went on a vacation and turned my brain off.
Did I intend to do so? Not really. Did I have every intention of firing up my laptop to continue working feverishly? Absolutely. Did I actually do that? Nope. Do I feel guilty. Not at all. Read the rest of this entry »
Help Alex’s Mom
May 28th, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
It’s Friday, and while that generally means another installment of the Weekly Rockstar Blogger Series, I’m going to veer in another direction today…
A good blogger friend of mine, Alex Whalley, needs your help. Well, actually his mother needs your help; and when a mother is in need of assistance, you can bet your bottom bootstraps that a good son (I’m assuming Alex qualifies, he seems like a decent chap) will come running to the rescue. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Rockstar Blog: May 21, 2010
May 21st, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
You know what I love about the Weekly Rockstar Blog Series? I mean besides the awesome picture of Angus Young? It’s finding all these cool, awesome blogs that I never would have found on my own.
Think AC/DC rocks? Wait till you read these blogs...
And today is certainly no exception, as I’ve rounded up a serious GEM. It’s got everything you could possibly ask for: Killer Content, Awesome Design, Valuable Free Information and, perhaps best of all, an Attractive Gal Running The Show.
(Note to my girlfriend: that last bit was a joke… Mostly.)
Also, before I launch right into it, I wanted to give yet another crazy awesome shout out to Moon from ExperimentsInPassiveIncome.com, as it was her post (read it HERE) that first acquainted me with this week’s winner. If you haven’t read her blog yet, you should. And then you should give her some awesome Backlink love like I just did, because she deserves it.
Drum roll please…
Erica.biz
Why is Erica Douglass (who runs the blog, just in case you missed the blog title reference) so darned cool? Let me count the ways:
- She sold her first online business for $1.1 million!… at age 26.
- She made nearly $4,800 through her blog alone in March, 2010.
- She gives away one of the best free informational PDFs I’ve seen in a long, long time.
- She has thousands of RSS subscribers.
- She has an Alexa rating of 53,693 (compared to my most recent 1.2 million).
The list could go on forever… well, at least for another couple of bullet points – I did only “meet” her about an hour ago after all.
But the point is that she has a really cool blog. It’s chalk full of great information, and it’s always nice to hear advice from someone who has actually been there; someone who is actually walking the walk, so to speak.
I’d also highly recommend downloading her free PDF “Blog Success Manifesto.” She’s got some killer ideas that I hadn’t even thought of, and I’m sure that even the most seasoned blogger could get something useful out of it.
If you don’t read any other post on Erica.biz, read this one: How To Make Money Blogging.
Then thank me later.
Three Dollars Per Day Adsense Challenge: Day 17
May 17th, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
I’ve been a busy little bee in regards to my little Three Dollar Per Day Adsense Challenge today – which should help make up for the fact that I’ve kind of slacked on several occasions since I started on May 1. While I always wish I could accomplish more, I’m pretty stoked on what I’ve got done already today.
If you’re unsure what I’m even talking about, check out Three Dollars Per Day Adsense Challenge: Intro.
A Strategy In Place
I’m about as focused as a drunken Exxon captain when it comes to getting work done. Without a to-do list, I bounce around all day, working a little bit on one task, then a little bit on another. By the end of the day I haven’t accomplished much of anything, even though I’ve worked my ass off.
The solution: A weekly Strategy
I’m finding pretty good success following this model. Keep in mind that I only list absolute minimums, and try to get much more done than I list here. But in the event of a worst-case scenario and I only meet these numbers, I still feel like I accomplished something. Oh, and you’ll notice that I take weekends off. I don’t have to, but when I run out of town on Saturdays and Sundays, I don’t hate myself the whole time.
So here’s the general system I’ve got in place:
Monday: At least three new pages/posts on Site 1
Tuesday: At least three new pages/posts on Site 2
Wednesday: At least three new pages/posts on Site 3
Thursday: Build/add content to my purpose-built backlink sites
Friday: Blog Commenting
This is working out so far, as I’ve got at least 10 pages/posts on all sites so far, and have already started building a crazy network of linking sites for each project.
Money Made So Far
That would be a big, fat goose egg. Zero. Nada.
But I’m “testing” some new Adsense block placements. I knew right at the start that they’d be pretty abstract, and that they probably wouldn’t convert. But you never know until you try, right?
While I’m inclined to change back to formats and placements that I know work pretty well, I told myself I’d hold fast on this test for at least a month. So I guess what I’m saying is that I’m prepared to make nothing during May, so long as it’s in the name of testing… Best case scenario I discover a system that makes more dinero than my old one… Worse case scenario, I make nothing. Which is what I’m making now.
Long story short, I’ll probably switch everything over early next month. Unless the cash starts pumping in hand over fist.
DoFollow Blog List
May 26th, 2010 by Lee | Permalink
Welcome to the Search Engine Viking DoFollow Blog List.
This list is an ongoing list of blogs that don’t use the “NoFollow” code in their comment forms, which means you can get some serious SEO/backlinking benefits simply by leaving your own comments and entering your URL into the form. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Backlinks, Blog Commenting, DoFollow, NoFollow
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