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As many of you know, I’ve been suffering from a typing injury for nearly 4 months.
First, I was misdiagnosed with tendinitis. Then I was misdiagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome.
After a visit to an orthopedic surgeon, (the type of doctor I should have gone to in the first place), my X-rays came back negative. I had [...]
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You’ve had your blog for a few months now. You’ve chosen a topic you love and have great information. But you have very little traffic and no sales.
So what’s wrong?
Often times it’s nothing but your impatience and lack of consistency.
A few months is hardly enough time to give a new business. So if you went [...]
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On December 1, 2009 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) clarified and updated their guidelines regarding deceptive advertising.
For all the official details, read the FTC documentation and head over to the FTC website to watch their videos.
You should know that the FTC Act is not new. In summary, it prohibits deceptive, misleading and unfair acts in [...]
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I was reading Darren Rowse’s (ProBlogger.net) e-mail newsletter last night and he reminded me of a project I keep putting off…
Developing my own product.
It’s easy to get comfortable as an affiliate and rely on your affiliate sales and AdSense revenue, but in my opinion, the process isn’t really complete until you have your own product [...]
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For the last month or so I have been quietly suffering from RSI (repetitive strain injury).
So I thought I’d post this to prevent you from experiencing what I’ve been suffering with since the end of September.
If you have an online business (or are trying to start one), no doubt you use the computer more than [...]
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Since the launch of my free e-book, The Perfect Site Guide last week, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how I created and secured the book.
So here’s a video that shows you how to create an e-book using Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Enjoy!
Don’t forget to subscribe to my programming YouTube channel where I focus more [...]
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It was time to breathe some life into my website tutorial that I was offering on 2 Create a Website.
When I wrote that guide some 5 or 6 years ago, it was current and relevant.
Well, the Net has evolved, and the book needed a major overhaul and face lift.
Who Is This Book For?
If [...]
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As your site grows, it’s easy to neglect some of the older content. So it definitely pays to do an audit every now and then.
I must admit, it’s been a long time since I’ve completed one, and this is the next task on my never-ending To-Do list.
So what exactly is an audit? To [...]
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I got an interesting email the other day from a woman named Sandy who is thinking of creating a sports analysis blog that she will eventually monetize (through affiliate marketing) by reviewing and recommending sports equipment.
Sandy claims to be very knowledgeable about sports. She was an athlete in her younger days and all her kids [...]
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I have no regrets about my overall journey online because I believe any mistakes I’ve made have taught me great lessons. However I want to discuss some things I would do differently if I had the opportunity to start over again.
Using Free Web Hosts
I told my “free web hosting story” in a recent YouTube video. [...]
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As 2008 comes to an end, I thought I’d highlight some of the key posts from this year. Before I do that, however, I just want to say 2008 has been an amazing year for my affiliate business.
Not only was it a record year earnings-wise, but I was able to generate two significant sources of [...]
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Someone asked me about my favorite Web tools, and I thought it would make a good topic for my blog.
So without further ado…
SiteMeter
I’m sure this surprises a lot of you. Why in the world would I use the archaic SiteMeter when Google Analytics is arguably the best, comprehensive website stat packages around?
I use Google Analytics [...]
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If you follow my blog regularly, you know that most of my posts are of the tutorial and marketing variety.
I rarely create posts solely on my personal thoughts, or use this blog as a place to vent.
Well today, my friends, is different.
I have to be careful with my words because I certainly don’t want to [...]
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1. Your Visitors Will Read Everything
Never assume that your visitors will read every page on your site. Most of the time, people only read between 10 to 20%, and they also skim your pages.
That’s why you should make sure your most important, compelling points are on your homepage and emphasized throughout your site on other [...]
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In honor of my 10 year anniversary of being an affiliate online, I thought it would be fun to look back and see how things have changed over the years.
If you’ve been in affiliate marketing and/or had a website as long as I have (or longer), no doubt you remember some of these facts about [...]
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I thought this would be a great, candid discussion to start in my forums.
Everyone is always talking about what you should do for success. But often times you can learn even more by focusing on what you shouldn’t do.
I started the discussion by talking about 3 previous sites I created that failed, and I’m [...]
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It’s wonderful to receive all the e-mails from the people my site has helped over the last 5 1/2 years. But of course, with praise always comes criticism from my er… “fans?”
I met a new “fan” today.
Apparantely this gentleman had a problem with my site because it’s very limited in its teachings. [...]
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