2 Create a Website – The Blog

In this post, I thought I’d respond to some of the reasons people tell me they cannot succeed online today.

As some of you already know, I was planning to blog about my site’s new theme and why I updated it, but I felt this topic was more important.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about Google’s new privacy policy that will go into effect March 1, 2012.

Affiliate Marketers Don’t Create Their Own Products! Yep, that’s what someone told me on YouTube when I asked my subscribers what kind of book they would like me to write.

Last Thursday, I published a video about rejection. It struck a chord with many of you because it’s something I think most of us can relate to as Bloggers/Webmasters in some form…

There’s nothing wrong with using successful people and their stories for inspiration. After all, everyone needs someone to look up to when learning.

However, many of you just get carried away. How long it took blogger ABC to reach X amount of visitors or make X amount of money has absolutely no relevance to your individual situation.

Ever since Panda 2.5 struck in late September and mid October, I’ve noticed more e-mails, tweets and posts that express concern over the Google Webmaster Tools Crawl Error reports.

Many people are wondering if this report has something to do with their sudden drop in the rankings. Others have been bothered by this for awhile, but are not sure how to handle it.

This is a guest post by Roman of HowThisWebsiteMakesMoney.com. Stage One – The Excited The inspiration comes out of the blue. One day you’re browsing the Internet, and suddenly you come upon a website that catches your eye. It describes how you can build your own website. You can have a domain name, hosting service [...]

This is a guest post by Brian V. Hunt of http://www.brianvhunt.com If there were any piece of advice I would offer to anyone starting a new venture in life, it would be this: court failure. Failure is a dirty word in our culture. It has a potent negative connotation that sends chills up many a [...]

I was inspired to write this post because I just finished browsing some YouTube videos.  Many of the channels use autoplay (the video starts automatically.) I always advise people to be careful with autoplay on YouTube and with music on their sites because both can be annoying. Not everyone’s watching from the comfort of home. [...]

Forgive me, but I had to interrupt this regularly scheduled broadcast to say two simple words… Thank you. I think about the money I’ve made over the years and the material “stuff” I’ve been able to buy. That’s all fine and dandy, but it’s really nothing compared to the enjoyment of helping others and getting [...]

This is a guest post by Jane Martin of torontoshopoholic.com. A while back Lisa posted about her experience selling advertising through the OIOpublisher marketplace. I am also using OIOpublisher, but the marketplace hasn’t been a source of ad sales for my site, torontoshopoholic.com. Not all of us have a recognizable brand like Lisa or a [...]

Deciding how much to charge for an ad spot on your site can be very tricky! Here are some tips you can use to determine a fair price for your advertisers… Can’t view the video?  Click here to watch.

Some people just start out with the right attitude. When it comes to making money online, they don’t complain about how difficult the journey is.  They just go for it. They are resourceful people who take the information you give them and run with it. They have this adventurous, go-getter mentality and aren’t afraid of [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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? [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. Since [...]