Building E-Commerce Stores – Sometimes You Have To Dumb Down

May 7, 2009

Sometimes going for the most advanced solution just because you have the skills to implement it doesn’t necessarily pay off, especially when it comes to small ecommerce sites.
I learned a valuable lesson over the last couple of weeks.  Over the past few years I have developed certain skills, including working with pretty much an open [...]

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Project Update … Where the heck have I been?

May 5, 2009

I’ve been off the radar for some time as far as this blog is concerned. But fret not, I haven’t given up on the project. In fact, just the oppposite. I’ve been working so hard trying various methhods for cash generation that I have hardly had a moment to think.
Seriously, I have been way overdoing [...]

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How Reliable Are Wordtracker Results for Niche Marketers?

January 5, 2009

As somebody completely new to niche marketing, I did my homework on what tools to use to help me research potentially profitable niches.  Before long I was using the tools at Seobook and Nichebot, both of which draw information and data from Wordtracker.
After digging around a little and playing with some words and phrases I [...]

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The Jury Is In on Howie Schwartz’s Conversation Domination

January 4, 2009

A few weeks back, I wrote that I was testing Howie Schwartz’s google ranking techniques as taught in his Conversation Domination program.  I was cynical about the whole thing, mostly because after I had signed up to his program, on the $1 free trial, I wasn’t too impressed with the quality and depth of information [...]

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One Click Social Bookmarking – I’m Automating those tedious submissions.

December 11, 2008

I’m following the ‘post and ping’ social bookmarking, web 2.0 style marketing, recommended by Howie Schwartz but after spending a couple of hours bookmarking and pinging my first couple of articlea I decided that web 2.0 marketing is a great big pain in the ass.
So this morning I set about finding an easier solution for [...]

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I HATE to Tweet!

December 11, 2008

Oh my god, I find twittering so intimidating.  Am I the only person who agonizes over a tweet, dithers on the update button and then after spending 20 minutes composing the tweet decides not to update after all. I’m alone on this  one, right?
I know, it’s absurd. The whole point of micro-blogging is that it’s [...]

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How to use Advanced Google Operators for Niche Marketing Research

December 10, 2008

If you’re like me, the most advanced you’ve ever gotten with Google search is to keep it specific by enclosing your search term in inverted commas.  So you might be surprised to know that besides the very basic operation of telling Google what to search for,  Google has some very cool advanced search features.  Once [...]

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Odiogo – Turn Your Posts into Podcasts With No Hassle

December 6, 2008

I’ve just come across a neat little tool thanks to Lynn Terry’s blog, Clicknewz.  Odiogo allows bloggers to add another distribution channel to their content, by translating any written blog post into the spoken word.
No only this, but Odiogo also turns blog posts into a podcast, and offers a whole range of subscription offers, [...]

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Review : Is Nichebot the Best Keyword Research Tool. An Honest Review.

December 5, 2008

The original NicheBOT keyword research tool was one of the best free keyword research tools around. This old classic has now been pushed aside to make room for the new and improved NicheBOT V2. I decided to take this shiny new keyword research tool for a run to see if it lives up to the [...]

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Review: Howie Schwartz & Conversation Domination

December 5, 2008

Last night I tuned into Internet Marketing Secrets podcast #133, ( Web 2.0 Marketing secrets ), featuring an interview with Howie Shwartz, the King of web 2.0 traffic generation.
I hadn’t heard of Howie or his website, Conversation Domination, before, but I did get very excited about the methods and insights he revealed during the podcast. [...]

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