Are You Making Money From Adsense?
Way back when (well, really about 2 years ago) I purchased Joel Comm’s treatise on Adsense – ‘The Adsense Code’ from Amazon. I learned quite a bit about where to place ads, color and the like. But I was also very new to the idea of putting advertising on my sites for what I thought would be a few pennies. But, the information was useful when I created a few funnel sites. The information helped me to earned some passive... [Read More...]
Are Your Analytics Correct?
I had been struggling with my Google Analytic numbers trying to decipher how much of the traffic was from me or my developers when new content is added and how much is from unique visitors. I found Ann Smarty’s explanation (from Daily SEO Tip) of how to set up a filter in Google Analytics that was so easy even I could follow it! There are several more fancy filters that will exclude traffic from an IP address or clicks that come through a... [Read More...]
How Do YOU Use Public Domain Content?
A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with Tony Laidig of Public Domain Blog (which he graciously allowed me to record) and we talked about some of the different ways to creatively use Public Domain content and a good number of places to find it. Public Domain (PD) material is content of some nature (written word, photography, documents) which has lost copyright protection. Essentially this means that you can acquire the content and use it... [Read More...]
Customer Service is Essential
This past Christmas season I made a phone call to purchase a product that had been advertised on television. I wanted to get them for the kids. When I called the sales process was all done using voice mail. Totally automated. The first thing they asked for was the credit card number. Then came the upsells. There must have been about 7 or 8 of them. And the entire phone call took well over 12 minutes to get through. But I couldn’t hang... [Read More...]
Have You Ever Seen A REAL Step-by-Step Approach?
I’ve bought lots and lots of Internet marketing products. It’s part of what I do and I enjoy seeing what others are doing. One thing I’ve seen advertised, but have never really seen done, are step-by-step instructions or approaches to a business model. Instructions are usually buried inside a 200 page ebook or 12 step video tutorial. Usually, each step is explained in full with paragraph after paragraph of justification for the... [Read More...]
