Super Affiliate Guru

How Useable and Useful is YOUR website???

2008-12-16T09:57:00.000-08:00

What do I mean??? of course your website is useful??? or useable???? is it??? are you suuuuuuure?Useabilityoruseful-abilityorusefulness-ability....orusefulityability....(OK.... I totally made that one up.... Its actually fun making up words... though it has got me into trouble, causing oceaneanas of confusation ...)But I digress.What I'm trying to say is that A Website is only as Useful as it is

What you need to know to make a Splendid Website!

2008-12-15T03:06:00.000-08:00

I should know the answer to this having been in the fancy land of pixel farming for many a moon....well there is probably more than one answer actually...One of the biggest problems being a web designer is that anything visual is highly subjective...It does help when you make a website if you know who your audience is...What kinds of colours, images etc would appeal to whoever is going to be

Web Business Perspective

2008-12-12T10:55:00.000-08:00

I'm in the mood for .... love, chocolate, peace....patience and yes PERSPECTIVE....I wasn't in the mood for any of those things earlier....I was in a frustrated rage... bought about by staring at pixels too long, until they breed and multiply infront of my very eyes and dance about in hula skirts on the screen infront of me...and I don't even drink!Imagine!So the lesson for the day for my humble

Web Traffic Breakthrough

2008-12-11T07:49:00.000-08:00

I've been working hard on my training the last few days, to understand the concepts behind SEO and various other web traffic building techniques...One of the biggest problems I have faced is IMPATIENCE!!!!I have a tendancy to expect everything to happen super fast, in "guiness book of world records" breaking time...When this doesn't happen, I get frustrated, fed up and disheartened with my

Get FREE Images for your WEB SITE

2008-12-10T03:27:00.000-08:00

This a small side post to help you all out with your internet building enterprises.Working in web design land, it was common practise for the companies I worked for to have subscriptions to big image provider companies such as gettyimages.com... a fabulous yet expensive resource.So as a lone rider.. what to do?I found a few great websites that have certain images for free that you can use for

My Blogger Days are numbered....Sneak Preview!

2008-12-09T08:46:00.000-08:00

Well it's been a few days and I'm still working on my next article... but just to keep your appetites whetted, I thought I would give you a sneak preview of one of the gems I've discovered...Ironically it's about which street your blog house in blog land is situated....Have you ever driven past fancy looking estates with gated driveways, acres of land and a faint whiff of prosperity and poshness?

A spoon full of Blog a Day Medicine!

2008-12-05T12:28:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday I posted about blogging everyday...and you know, I woke up this morning, sprang out of bed, fired with inspiration all ready to write my article on Blogging Advice to post here for the delictation of my dear reader!Well I actually did start writing it so I havn't been sooo slack... and very interesting it is too.But then a business meeting ... and then some christmas shopping ...

Blog Baby Blog.... so the experts say

2008-12-04T05:29:00.000-08:00

Blog Baby BlogWrite a blog post every dayso the experts all seem to sayto keep you laughing all the way...to the bank???Ok so my poetry isn't so hot...But if you want to attract a loyal readership, there must be something to read?But what to write about each day. Why would someone want to read my ramblings..How do you come up with fresh post ideas everyday.It's true, it is a challenge I am

WEBSITE TRAFFIC JAM

2008-12-03T01:58:00.000-08:00

Whilst pondering the delights of homemade jam, It's got me thinking about a different kind of Jam altogether.wouldn't a web traffic jam be nice? all those interested folk clammering to read your latest tipples.....Well as you can see, this blog is fairly new... and no I'm endeavouring to spread the word so others may benefit from my pearls of wisdom.The first thing I have done is to add an RSS

FESTIVE CHEER IN BLOGLAND

2008-12-02T04:38:00.000-08:00

Homemade jam... knitted scarves... hand crafted christmas baubles, festive ginger biscuits...Now the christmas bells are ringing and singing.. not much about joy and happiness and peace to mankind...more like doom and gloom and credit crunchy nut cornflake crisis...So... we have to tighten the belts a little this christmas? ... possibly not a bad thing since mostly in January at least 75% of the

GET AFFORDABLE CUSTOM WEB SITE DESIGN

2008-11-27T13:03:00.000-08:00

There are literally thousands of companies out there offering so called affordable custom web site design.What are they really offering though? And what do they actually mean by affordable?Do you own an offline business that you want to promote online, or do you want to start up an online business?Websites are used for all kinds of purposes. Some of them are set up as directory listings, and

TOP TIPS FOR AFFILIATE INTERNET MARKETING

2008-11-26T00:41:00.000-08:00

Affiliate Internet Marketing is a great online business whether you’re new to the internet or an established entrepreneur.Whatever your interests and hobbies, there is a virtually unlimited supply of other peoples products and services you can promote. It’s also requires little or no capital to get started, and you can enjoy the freedom of working from anywhere in the world and of course being

FIND A SUPER AFFILIATE GURU FAST

2008-11-25T04:43:00.000-08:00

I have heard a lot about people claiming to make millions on the internet in ridiculously short spaces of time.It seems that in our current economic times of uncertainty that the rich promise of pots of gold at the end of the internet rainbow is too tempting for anyone to ignore… myself included.But what a mine field. Over the years I have bought various products, eBooks, home study courses and

Can a WEBSITE get you MORE CUSTOMERS???

2008-11-21T05:57:00.000-08:00

Why the wellies??? read on and all will be revealed...Today I had a lovely long chat with one of my web clients today, who has become a bit of an google adwords whizz (kind of against her will!)This is about a million miles away from her business... she is a very talented Wedding Dress Designer (click here to visit her website)Her business is old school.... she actually meets with clients....

Who wants a website???... anyone????

2008-11-20T09:09:00.000-08:00

I just re read some of my posts and I suddenly felt like I was getting a little ahead of myself....Why am I talking about how to go about designing and building a website...Who actually wants a website..what are they for exactly.... do you have one? do you need one??? really???Personally I have several... and no you can't see them, they are all 'under development'....Like the comedic 'hair

Website Design Know How - Information Architecture

2008-11-14T02:41:00.000-08:00

Ok email crisis over....so what the hell is Information Architecture???The site map is part of the information architecture...for some reason (well an obvious reason actually) the word architecture brings images of great iron girders and scaffolding into my head (yes I am a visual person)... and this is essentially what these docs are....they are the iron girders at the core of the building which

Hotmail HELL!!!

2008-11-13T09:20:00.000-08:00

Sob Sob.... uh uhh hh sooob ....My Hotmail email was the victim of some kind of virus or clever infiltration by devilish pirates and was brutally raped and pillaged!!!!!.....Whoever or whatever it was managed to get into my email, send a mail advertising some random electronics company and it's products to my entire contacts list, and at the same time, delete all of my contacts ...SOB!In order to

Website Design Know How - Sitemap Creation

2008-11-12T05:28:00.000-08:00

Ok so what do you do with all those scribbled notes and bubble diagrams that you collected in your client meetings?The most useful starting point I find is to make a site map.These documents are the foundations that you will build the website on.It might seem simple and obvious, but I'm often amazed how often I refer back to these docs when I'm stuck in mountains of image files having a creative

Website Design Know How - Brainstorming...

2008-11-11T07:42:00.000-08:00

This is actually meant to be a useful activity, not one of great suffering caused to your grey matter.... the storming brain!!!!Sometimes the line is a thin one...Now you are at the stage of the second meeting with your client where it is your job to show them clearly what they want.It's often only at this point that the client will actually realise what it is that they want (or not)Don't be

Website Design Know How - Who is your client and what do they want???

2008-11-10T06:28:00.000-08:00

Starting any new project is always the most difficult part.And even though I have in the past considered my primary skill is as a designer, I have come to realise it's actually Project management skills that are more important.When a new client approaches you for a website, it's possible that they don't really know exactly what they want.Now this poses the first question.What is a client?This

At the Office vs Working from Home

2008-11-09T02:23:00.001-08:00

Does anyone else experience total office boredom?Eternal clock watching and mind numbing internet surfingConstantly checking emails to see if something exciting is about to happenOr being totally overworked with bosses breathing down your neck making unreasonable demandsBringing clients round to see the project when it's still a 'work in progress' therefore looks crap to the untrained eye (with

What is an Affiliate???

2008-11-07T01:31:00.001-08:00

My first experience of internet affiliate programs was adding a 'bookshop' to a website:http://www.learnreflexology.com/reflexologybible.htmlMy client is a successfully published author, but does not want to get involved in the practicalities of book distribution. The obvious solution was to become an affiliate of amazon.I have read, however, that due to the familiarity of websites such as Amazon

A New Dawn of Optimism

2008-11-05T01:51:00.000-08:00

Although I'm not a great news watcher, it's been impossible not to have been slightly aware of the US presidential elections.... and I'm very happy that Barack Obama has been elected...It seems that there is a smell of optimism in the air which is refreshing in the face of the recent economic doom and gloom mongering.....One of the reasons I have decided to start an internet marketing and

The Road to Riches

2008-11-04T09:39:00.000-08:00

For a number of years I have been interested in the potential to make money online and to be my own boss... I'm sure I'm not alone in this!I've spent a lot of money on a lot of courses and training that hasn't really amounted to very much... just a lot of confusion and frustration... until now.I'm really excited about the potential of virtual affiliate trainer to help people get that elusive