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The Ninja Mindset - Protecting Your Affiliate Links 2008-08-28 02:44:33 Ninjutsu was developed as a collection of fundamental survivalist techniques during political turmoil in ancient Japan. The main character (Nin 忍) is translated as stealth, secretiveness, endurance, and perseverance, while the second character (Jutsu 術) means art or technique. Based on these interpretations, It would be safe to say that most successful affiliate marketers practice [...] Read more:Ninja
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20 Questions With Alan LeStourgeon From AffiliateConfession.com 2008-08-26 21:41:16 Blogging is all about networking. Some people look at blogging as a way to socialize, others see it as a tool for networking and creating partnerships with defined objectives. When Veronica and I decided to share our adventures with all you sexy people in the blogosphere, we obviously set certain goals for ourselves. One of [...]
9 Ways To Pimp Private Label Rights Products 2008-08-24 21:02:40 I know you love the title - and you can thank me for the smile later. I’ve recently made connects with a super-innovative blogger over at ImWithJoe.com, and while reading through his posts I stumbled upon a great video he did describing private label rights and resale rights with some unique, but effective examples. You [...] Read more:Private
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Step One: Complete 2008-08-23 14:02:26 So here we go. I’ve just set up my new blog for my Interior Design interests. Check it out veronicabutt.com. Don’t try sounding it out for the hidden meaning, my last name is really Butt. I can assure you that I’ve heard every joke growing up. Nothing phases me anymore.
This is the first step on [...]
From College To Cubicle - The Orthodox Blueprint 2008-08-22 03:22:05 Let me start off with a story…
For those of you who don’t know, I’m a mildly respected Music Producer here in Toronto’s local Hip Hop scene, under the stage name MrBlue. I’ve developed artists and produced several albums over the last 8 years - and during this time I’ve been fortunate to share creative exchange [...] Read more:College
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How To Use SocialMarker - Video Tutorial 2008-08-21 02:29:19 As promised, I’ve been playing around with the bells and whistles over at SocialMarker.com - and I absolutely love this site! Not only is the process of submitting your posts to bookmarking sites easy, you don’t even have to create an account on SocialMarker - just bookmark and go.
The only downside (and it’s not really [...] Read more:Tutorial
Why Wayne Gretzky Would Make A Great Blogger 2008-08-19 22:13:47 Over the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of connecting with a group of wonderful people via Lynn Terry’s weekly webinars - one of those people in particular is an SEO Expert by the name of Roy Montero - also known as The Twitter Guy. If you haven’t yet bumped into Roy somewhere online, [...] Read more:Wayne
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Traffic Techniques: Article Marketing Part 3 2008-08-18 02:42:54 I’ve decided to opt out of doing a video for this installment to my Traffic Techniques Series for two reasons - I have a lot of content I would like to cover, and I want to focus on getting a SocialMarker tutorial up in the next few days. I recently acquired Camtasia Studio 5 and [...] Read more:Article
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How Do I Start To Invest My Money Into An Online Business? 2008-08-16 15:09:05 Everyday you sit at your desk watching that dreaded clock tick slower and slower. You haven’t seen your husband or wife in what seems like ages, and the bills are due in a few days. Again. You start thinking of that chunk of money the two of you have been saving for a rainy day [...] Read more:Start
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Traffic Techniques: Article Marketing Part 2 2008-08-15 21:30:50 This is the second video in my Traffic Techniques series. In this video I touch on my 5 key points to a successful article, and those points are as follows:
Your article must address a problem or issue
Do not sell within the content of your article
Effective use of keywords and key phrases
Using a “call to action” [...] Read more:Article
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Friday Night Smack Talk - Special Guest 2008-09-19 18:14:19 Damn. I just spent an hour trying to get a friggin video site that works. I don’t know if it was my area and the bandwidth was just flooded, but I couldn’t get anything working. Finally TubeMogul.com came through after the 18th time attempting to upload. I wanted to do a little video update for [...] Read more:Friday
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Real Social Networking 2008-09-18 13:24:50 It’s funny, because when I think of social networking in 2008 and what it means to the web 2.0 crowd, all I see is a bunch of people hiding behind computers with a jpeg for a face, and a keyboard for a mouth. We all fall into that category of course, because our business is [...] Read more:Social
Should Every Blog Provide Advertising? 2008-09-17 14:43:23 It’s getting to that point - regarding traffic and stats - that Veronica and I should start to think about monetizing our blog beyond an Adsense block and contextual links. It has become common practice that blogs of a certain stature are expected to provide some sort of advert options for others to purchase throughout [...] Read more:Advertising
20 Questions With Mark Hansen From TheNicheStoreBuilder.com 2008-09-16 09:00:24 Round three with my 20 Questions interview series, and I have to say that I’m surprised with not only the response, but the fact that established affiliate marketers and Internet veterans are actually agreeing to participate! So far we’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Alan LeStourgeon from AffiliateConfession.com and Paul Piotrowski from InspiredMoneyMaker.com [...] Read more:Hansen
Site Flipping Madness - The Cherry Popping Report 2008-09-15 01:14:20 I’m back and ready to rock! I made a conscious effort to take this weekend to relax and unwind with Veronica, and we did just that. Friday night we went with some friends to see a Bedouin Soundclash show, Saturday we spent the entire day in bed watching television, and Sunday we went out for [...] Read more:Flipping
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Site Flipping Madness - Bum Marketing Update 837 2008-09-12 14:52:55 Hey guys.
I don’t have too much to say right now except that I’m exhausted, and would have preferred to do a video post but I can’t find the SD card for my digi cam - dammit Veronica! Anyways, I have successfully flipped my niche blog and it is now live and active on the Sitepoint [...] Read more:Flipping
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Roll With The Punches - Update 3 2008-09-11 12:19:07 When I announced to the world (the 150 of you that come by everyday whom we adore) that I challenged myself, while waiting in line at the grocery store, to generate the equivalent of that shopping bill in affiliate commissions by the end of the week, I thought I had it all figured out. Little [...] Read more:Update
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20 Questions With Paul Piotrowski From InspiredMoneyMaker.com 2008-09-09 09:00:41 It’s time for the 2nd “20 Questions” interview, as promised I have lined up some great one on one Q & A’s with a few of the Internets well known bloggers and money makers - on that note, I managed to get a hold of Paul Piotrowski from InspiredMoneyMaker.com to grace us with his knowledge.
For [...]
Bum Marketing Madness - Update 2 2008-09-08 18:54:32 Hey guys, here’s a quick video update as I am not physically capable of writing a long ass post right now - I’m pretty tired. In the video I mentioned the 20 Questions With Paul from InspiredMoneyMaker.com and I want to confirm with you guys that the interview will be posted tomorrow so stay tuned [...] Read more:Madness
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Bum Marketing Madness - Update 2008-09-08 00:09:50 After my post 2 days ago I hit the web with a rapist’s wit and immediately logged into Wordtracker and started digging away trying to find some sexy niche key phrases for me to exploit this upcoming week - and to my delight after an hour I managed to stumble upon a niche with 18 [...] Read more:Madness
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Should We Sell This Blog? 2008-10-07 19:24:14
Veronica and I are at a point in our life together where things aren’t all peaches and cream - not pertaining to our relationship, which is the strength that drives me, but in terms of financial stability. Since I lost my job back in May and made the decision that I would do whatever it [...]
Finding A Profitable Niche For Local Success 2008-10-06 12:36:20
I spent the last week or so helping two good friends of mine, Mickey and Alistair, move from their recently sold condo to a cozy apartment in the trendy Bloor West area of Toronto - I absolutely hate moving, but that’s another post on a whole other blog! Anyways, Mickey and myself have always shared [...] Read more:Profitable
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Are You Ready For Christmas Traffic? 2008-10-03 14:15:41
I’m not feeling 100 % sexy today as I seemed to have picked up some flu-like hitchhiker while driving carelessly through the blogosphere this week. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I’m going to bank as an affiliate with the gravy boats full of hungry, credit card ninjas that will be shopping online this [...] Read more:Christmas
Blog Report For September 2008 2008-10-01 03:09:12
Another month, another stats report to add to the blogosphere! September
was a weird month from several different stand points for TheAtHomeCouple.com - weird not being a bad thing, as growing up my mother always told me weird was good. The first thing that really caught me off guard was that the original 25 subscribers [...]
9 Things You Need To Be Successful At Bum Marketing 2008-09-29 01:11:48
For those of you who don’t know, I’m a huge fan of bum marketing - the art of making money online using completely free resources - and I’ve successfully used these techniques on TheAtHomeCouple.com and every other blog that I own and operate. One of my favorite methods of free traffic generation and link building [...] Read more:Marketing
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Elijah Sings The Blues 2008-09-26 13:20:21 Elijah
Sings The Blues
A short post here to end off a pretty crazy, but productive week. I really don’t feel like talking about Internet Marketing or the newest micro-blogging network, but I did wake up today feeling music in the air - which is a feeling I’m beginning to miss. I decided that I [...]
Building Your Team Of Criminal Masterminds 2008-09-24 17:49:19
There are two types of people in any work industry, whether it be online or in a cubicle: Those who work better alone, and those who work better as part of a team, and when it comes to blogging there’s really no choice for the earlier option - providing you want to be successful. Building
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5 Easy Ways To Increase The Value Of Your Site Flip 2008-09-22 17:01:56
Happy Monday to all. If you recall my first site flip experience 2 weeks ago, I was able to build a blog based around a targeted niche phrase/market, fill it with keyword driven posts and get it indexed on the first page of Google for the primary search phrase. I know some of you are [...] Read more:Value
Internet Marketing Causes Insomnia 2008-10-24 04:51:23
It’s 4:46 am here in Toronto, and after 3 and a half hours of laying in bed with my eyes closed I have given up on trying to fall asleep. I’ve been a night owl since I was a child, always making a fuss when it came time for my mom to put my sister [...] Read more:Internet
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Success Starts With Your Socks 2008-10-20 11:33:56
This past Saturday I got together with some friends to celebrate the 28th birthday of my friend Alistair Hill, and if you remember my post on finding local niche markets to dominate, Alistair is definitely a dude who shows great interest in outside-the-box business models - and more recently this whole Internet marketing madness I’ve [...] Read more:Success
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