Archive for June, 2008
Entrecard has changed quite a bit since I first signed up. There are probably a couple dozen more categories, and a thousand of more blogs signed up. One of the better new features is the one where you can add multiple blogs to your account. I have quite a few blogs, and keeping separate accounts [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Posted in blog promotion, blogging mistakes, blogging plan for success, ideas, link building, reviews | 10 Comments
Try our free niche mashup script and create pages with YouTube, eBay, Amazon, and Adsense!
I posted my free niche site script page last night, and so far it’s been pretty well-received. I first found this script on 45n5.com last year, but that version doesn’t work anymore. I found a new working version on JustAskRan.com - [...]
June 26th, 2008 | Posted in blog promotion, blog setup, blogging, ideas, monetization | No Comments
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What’s the difference between a blog with 300 RSS subscribers and one with 25,000? Is it just the subject matter, or could it be the writer? I think that as we chase our online dreams by building niche sites and blog empires sometimes we forget that the crux of all of this is writing. I [...]
June 25th, 2008 | Posted in blogging, ideas | 2 Comments
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I’m about to reveal to you the most unexpected form of blog traffic I’ve every received.
About 3 weeks ago I blogged about Incredibly Unexpected Internet Connections, and I eluded to a post to come about an unexpected form of traffic to one of my blogs. Unfortunately I got the publish date wrong and it took [...]
June 24th, 2008 | Posted in blog promotion, blogging | 5 Comments
Affiliate Confession is putting on a contest in partnership with Market Leverage, and Vat 19.
There are more than $350 worth of prizes, which include a Nintendo DS and two games, a Flip Video mino (that I really, really want!), and more importantly a USB missle launcher and a Banana Bunker that has to be [...]
June 19th, 2008 | Posted in blog promotion, jtpratt.com news | 1 Comment
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Is a dot info (.info) domain good or bad for a BANS niche store? We’re going to do a little testing and find out!
This is installment #9 in the Watch me build a BANS niche site from Scratch series!
There’s been a lot of talk about whether or not a dot info domain is worth having [...]
June 17th, 2008 | Posted in blog setup, monetization | 6 Comments
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For a successful BANS site the importance of your store pages can’t be overlooked. Setting them up for ease of use and maximum monetization isn’t just to make more money, believe it or not it’s to build more traffic too!
This is installment #8 in the Watch me build a BANS niche site from Scratch series!
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June 13th, 2008 | Posted in blog setup, monetization | 3 Comments
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As you probably already know, eBay left Commission Junction and took it’s affiliate program in house - which is now called the EPN or “EBay Partner Network”. eBay was Commission Junction’s largest merchant and I’m sure that CJ made the most money from them. It was a huge loss when they left, and I bet [...]
June 12th, 2008 | Posted in monetization | No Comments
Back in Mid-April I wrote Forbes Likes my Web Site. They started the “Forbes Blog network” and hand-picked 400 blogs worldwide to take part. I think their initial idea was to be able to sell ads beyond Forbes.com to a stable of business and finance blogs to not only generate income, but also to expand [...]
June 10th, 2008 | Posted in blog promotion, blogging mistakes, jtpratt.com news, monetization | 6 Comments
I read a feelgood story today that made me stop and think, it’s posted on ABC dot com and was on Good Morning America this morning. It’s the story of Tommy DeCarlo, the new lead singer for Boston. The original lead singer of the classic rock band “Boston” Brad Delp, committed suicied in March 2007. [...]
June 2nd, 2008 | Posted in blogging plan for success, ideas | 4 Comments