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Wealthy Affiliate University Review

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:14:00 +0000

Update on My Experience in Wealthy Affiliate University Review

So I have been a member since last June, and I plan on renewing my membership this year. I agree at first glance it appears expensive, but I just sat through a webinare selling a $2000.00 product and wealthy affiliate gives me this value (in a different way) for a lot less.

The forum is extensive and most questions can be answered just by searching there.
Many people are eager to help and are quite supportive.
And yes there is everything you need to be successful on line contained in the members area.
There are excellent tools to get started and for advanced marketers.
Webinares on the basics with archives to sort through.
A series of courses to quickly boost your skills.

You still have to do the work but at least they tell you where and what work you have to do.

I would take some of their recommendations with a grain of salt. I personally believe that the weight loss industry is not a place to start newbies in marketing. There is a huge area of competition there. I personally don't like marketing to my friends and family. If they ask fine but if not I keep it separate.

There is a factor of information overload but if you keep on one path it will sort itself out. I do follow one week marketing by Potpiegirl and with Wealthy Affiliate it is all starting to make sense.

The bottom line.
Am I making money due to joining wealthy affiliate?
Yes!

Do I think that a person with reasonable skills, a good chunk of time, and a few (I am Scottish so I do mean a few) $ dollars to invest, would be able to generate at least a supplemental income with only what is found in Wealthy Affiliate?
Yes!

More details can be found at Wealthy Affiliate University

Wealthy Affiliate University Save $58.00 on Monthly Membership

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:31:00 +0000

Save Money on Wealthy Affiliate University

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up about a huge price increase at Wealthy Affiliate University.

On Monday June 7, 2010 Noon EST The monthly membership will jump from $39.00 a month to $97.00 a month. If you register before this time you save $58.00 per month for as long as you are a member.

This is really The One Stop Internet Marketing information website. Just Click through to Wealthy Affiliate University and see what they can offer you. I am sure you will be impressed.

I have already gotten my money's worth from the site.

I know you are wondering what they are offering that can be worth $39.00 a month let alone $97.00 a month. Look at it this way you only have to sell 1 or 2 ebooks to get back your monthly fee. If one piece of information they give you helps you do this it has paid for itself. Then it keeps paying for itself.

Visit Wealthy Affiliate University now while you still have a chance for the savings and see if they offer what you need to be successful as an affiliate marketer.

To Your Success
David Robertson

One Week Marketing Up Date

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:46:00 +0000

One Week Marketing System

Just a quick update about the One Week Marketing system provided by Potpie Girl.

I admit I have many irons in the fire and haven't worked with the system as much as I should have over the past months. Other areas have been keeping busy.... But it is working for me. I mainly use it to funnel more traffic to my main sales sites.

Have I made sales directly related to the One Week Marketing system? Yes definetly. Have I done all that I can with OWM? No not even close. Barely even scratched the surface. I do plan on doing much more with it in the coming months as my time allows.

Of more importance is the relationship Potpie Girl develops with her readers. I am on a number of internet marketing lists and most send me useless sales letters and only a little bit of good information.

It is just the opposite with Potpie Girl. I never feel that I am being sold on something from her. I do feel that she is really working hard to help everyone of her customers. I know that she has had to hire on staff to help as well but it always feels like she is adding her personal touch and is genuine in helping us.

If you are on a few lists you know the difference from someone that is only looking to take the next dollar from you and some one who is trying to help you get to the next level of sales.

In short One Week Marketing system is working for me. I have made sales from it. I do need to put more work into it. You have heard "Rinse and Repeat"

Take a moment if you are not familiar with the system and click on One Week Marketing to get more information to help you.

Keyword Elite 2.0 Review | Should You Buy This Program

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:19:00 +0000

Keyword Elite 2.0 What it is and how to use it.

Keyword elite is a suite of software that helps you find all manner of keywords to use in your marketing campaigns. It searches the web for websites with your keywords and it suggests many hundreds of others for you to use.

I had heard of the original Keyword Elite a few years back. Many of the people I read said that they used this program and loved it, to find hidden keywords that we miss when we are setting up our campaigns and niche websites.

I had looked into the price and at the time decided that it was too steep for me as I was only making a partial income from the web and had to do everything on the cheap. Hours of searching for the right keywords starting with only a guess and the google adwords tool. It worked and I made a bit.

Yesterday I recieved a number of emails about the launch of Keyword Elite 2.0 so I thought I might check it out again. I was prepared for the price. I read the information and signed up for the free book that shows you some simple strategies for making money online with out the program. (Brad , the author of the program, shows you how run the sample techniques without and with Keyword elite 2.0 in the free book).

It is worth getting the free book just for these techniques. I have refered to it many times today.

Well I mulled over spending the $197.00 overnight. It does come with money back guarrentee. I decided to buy it. I have never spent this much on any one product ever !!!!

So I have just spent the last 4 hours going over this program testing it out and I have only just scratched the surface.

I am completely blown away by this program and the bonuses offered with it. It is easy to use and works realtively quickly for me even on dial up. Have I made my money back yet? No but I am extremely confident that I will in the next month using it.

All the positive comments that I have read are warrented. Keyword Elite 2.0 is that good!!

I know spending close to $200 is not for everyone right now. If that is the case I know where you are at. If this is your circumstances go get the free ebook that Brad is offering and it will help you in any niche. The Free Ebook is on the information page. Just click throught to Keyword Elite 2.0 to access the book. You won't be sorry.

I have already used some of the keywords generated in a new adwords campaign. My head is just realing with the possibilities with this software alone. It is going to take me many days to sort through all this new information, but you can put things into practice as you go.

If you can afford it and are serious about making your full time income from the internet then do take a bit of time to check out Keyword Elite 2.0.
David

PPC and Your Quality Score

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:08:00 +0000

I have been messing around with ppc on google adwords with only varying degrees of success. I am still spending more than I make. I do see the power once I get it working.

I found this article that may help clear up some of my problems. I thought I would share it as it may help you as well.

Ads Rarely Show Due to Low Quality Score

Ads Rarely Show Due to Low Quality Score
By Daniel K. Smith

Have you ever received this message in Google AdWords? Are you having this issue right now?

This message is the equivalent of having your ads shut off. The bad news is Google has rated your landing page as low quality, and is refusing to display your ads. You won't get impressions for any of your ads when you have this message.

The mantra of Google AdWords is relevancy. Your Keyword Phrase, Ad and Landing Page must all be relevant to achieve a good quality score. If you get a low quality score, your ad becomes disabled.

So what do you do to fix it? How do you improve relevancy? There are a couple of steps you can take.

First, take all the keywords you are interested in running ads for, and place them in unique AdGroups. That means one AdGroup per Keyword. If you have too many keywords, you may want to start with only your top performing keywords.

Next, write a unique ad for each keyword. You want the headline of the ad to be the exact keyword. The content in description lines 1 and 2 can be the same. But each headline needs to be the exact keyword. This makes ad unique to the keyword. AdWords will recognize the keyword in the ad, and that makes the ad relevant to the keyword. Plus the consumer is likely to click on the ad if the headline matches their search.

While you are creating the ad, also put the keyword in the display url. The display url must have the same domain as the destination url, but beyond you can do what you like. For example, try a display url of MyDomain.com/my-keyword-phrase. You get the keyword in the ad twice, boosting relevancy.

Finally, create a custom landing page for each keyword. You need the keyword in the following places on your landing page.

• The url if possible
• The page title
• The meta tags for keywords and description
• The <> tags on the page
• The content, with 2% to 5% density

Doing so makes the landing page relevant to the keyword. In the end, you'll have relevant keyword, Ad and Landing Page and you so can say goodbye to the message "Ads Rarely Show Due To Low Quality Score".

You should be aware that a major component of quality score is the CTR. Google basically says a good ad will thrive (get a good CTR) because humans reading the ad will be compelled to click on it, therefore it is relevant. A CTR of less than 1 percent could be contributing to a low quality score. A CTR of at least 2 percent is desirable.

However, relevancy is likely a bigger factor in your quality score issue. If your campaign is new, you won't have enough impressions to create a meaningful CTR. Even if it is older and has many impressions, you can benefit from better relevancy.

Would you like to learn about Adwords Quality Scores, Relevancy and the message Ads Rarely Show Due To Low Quality Score? Get your FREE AdWords Strategy Guide to learn more. Plus you'll find advice on how to automate adgroup, ad and landing page generation, which is a big time saver.

Thank you,

Dan Smith

http://www.adwords-marketing-tool.com/adwords-marketing.aspx

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Daniel_K._Smith
http://EzineArticles.com/?Ads-Rarely-Show-Due-to-Low-Quality-Score&id=2765981

Just as a side note you will be limited in the number of adword groups that you can actually make in a campaign. I have read others suggest using 1000's of keywords this would mean 1000's of adgroups. Following Dan's advice you will have to target the best keywords.

Hope this helps. I have to go back and adjust some of my campaigns

Google Adwords : How to Survive It

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:54:00 +0000

Google Adwords and You

Google adwords is the advertising you see when you search in google for an item that you are interested in. The theory is that if your ad is shown during a search and the customer finds your add interesting enough to click through to it, you pay a fee for that traffic.

The fee can range from 5 cents to tens of dollars depending on how much you bid and the competition for that spot. The more you bid the higher the spot on the list you can achieve. The higher on the list the more people will see your ad and click through to it.

That is the very brief fundamentals of the process of Google adwords. The catch is that google has made many restrictions and rules that you need to follow to make it work. In a perfect world you would spend $1.00 on advertising and have people click through to your site and spend $2.00. This would give you a Return On Investment (ROI) of 100%. This means you would constantly make money when people click through to your site.

It is much more common when you are starting to pay $10.00 for advertising and get $1.00 back in revenue. You can see here that you can go bankrupt very quickly if you follow this ROI.

I have been dabbling with Pay Per Click (ppc) for a few years with google adwords. In all honesty I have spent more than I have made this way, but I do see the potential. It is actually a very powerful traffic generation techique.

I recently purchased an ebook by Perry Marshall found at www.perrymarshall.com The Definetive Guide to Adwords. Perry is an expert adwords marketer and shows in this book how to tweak and test each campaign until you have it profitable. His goal is to take you from losing money to breaking even, to making money then to seriously profitable with adwords.

So how is this going for me? Well the book is clearly laid out and he emphasises testing so you really know what is going on in your campaigns. I am a firm believer in testing and I use www.statcounter.com which is free and works like a charm.

So not having put a lot of time into this yet I have reduced my expenses and increased my ROI. I have saved the cost of the ebook in my campaigns and am starting to see some small profits com in.

I do need to do more testing and alter some of my campaigns but I think I am beginning to get the hang of it.

Google Adwords was once called a machine of many moving parts. This is so true, and some of them move beyond your control so it is hard to get a handle on it. If you are planning to try adwords or have tried and spent a fortune go to Perry's site www.perrymarshall.com and read about The Definetive Guide. Make your own choice if it would help you.

Take Care
David Robertson

List Building Strategy

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:43:00 +0000

Building a List For Marketing May be Your Best Use of Time

So the money is in the list. I am sure you have heard this over and over again. What is the this list that everyone is talking about? I short it is a list of people and their email address that want more information from you.

This can be on any topic. These people have given you permission to send them information about a specific topic. This means that you can send them repeat sales information about products that you sell or make a commission on.

Very powerful. But how do you create a list that you can work with?

First please please don't use a free autoresponder. I started this way and was pulling my hair out. anyone I have talked to that has used a free autoresponder has had the same problems I had it is not worth it. Spend a few bucks and use a commercial one. The one I use is Getresponse and I have been incredibly pleased. Just click on Getresponse to learn more about their service. It really is not expensive when you consider how much you can make with it.

I have just finished reading a short ebook on building your list and tactics to use to get people to sign up. It was written by James Penn who eventhough is quite young he is doing extremely well at building his list. His ebook (click on Accelerated List Building for more information) is incredibly low priced for the information that he delivers.

But better yet he gives several bonuses that are even more packed with information. My mind is just running overtime with the possibilities.

I have used a list since 2007 and it has been responsible for a significant portion of my income. I have made friends with a number of people and it allows me to easily stay in contact with people of similar interests.

If you are exploring internet marketing list building should be a priority of yours. James makes some very good points and details exactly what he does to grow an impressive list. Worth a read and the price can be beat.

David

One Week Marketing Review I Bought It, Should You?

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:54:00 +0000

One Week Marketing Review

One Week Marketing has many "reviews" on the net right now. Most from affiliates who have jumped on the band wagon to promote yet another income online stream. I am sure you have read glowing reports of how it is working for people.

It is a relatively new product by potpiegirl or Jennifer Ledbetter. The premise is that in one week she can teach you how to set up a system that will start to make you money on the internet.

The ebook itself is 65 pages long but she includes 139 pages of emails between her and her protege . This is very helpful as he has lots of common questions that she answers directly. There are things included in the conversations that are not included in the ebook. If you buy the package read both these documents.

She also includes 3 other smaller documents that support her ebook. Mind Map and worksheet. These are helpful but not critical.

The bad news. One week marketing system, although simple to implement does require a working knowledge of some aspects of internet marketing. If you are truly a beginner there are links included in the ebook that will bring you up to speed. So you are not lost. Just be aware you will need to do a bit more reading.

The good news. One Week Marketing system is built around no cost websites. You actually don't have to pay anything to get the system going except for the ebook ($47.00). Does this system work. Yes It does. It will not bring you an avalanche of money quickly. If you follow it and are disciplined it is very likely that you will make a reasonable income by the end of one year.

You will have to work at One Week Marketing but by now you probably have figured out there are no get rich quick sytems. Nor should you be looking for one.

I am in the process of using this system now and I am starting to have results. I have had the ebook a little over a week now. Previously I was using components of this system on some of my campaigns but didn't have a unified marketing web that potpiegirl describes how to set up. Now with the guidance of her ebook my campaigns are becoming a bit tighter and more organized.

So Do I recommend One Week Marketing? Yes I do. Will you have to work consistently at it for it to work yes. Will it work? Everything I see with my own stats indicates that it is working. Will I get rich over night? No!

Potpiegirl also gives you the first 18 pages to review. One Week Marketing is a good system if you have no money to put into your online business.

For more information about One Week Marketing and to get the first 18 pages free click on One Week Marketing.

Create an Online Income With a Travel Site

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:11:00 +0000

Travel Websites Can be a Good Source of Online Income

There are so many income opportunites on the net. Just look around and find something that suits you. Travel sites are one of the best money makers although there can be stiff competition.

Think of niche travel locations or niche experiences. Create a website on your favorite travel destination or a place that you live. Fill it with good content and pictures. You could have some affiliate links for hotels as well. Three sites that come to mind are Philippines Travel and Ontario Travel and Florida Short Term Rentals.

Examine what these sites do to catch your interest and where do they lead you with their links.

If you generate enough traffic you will start to make sales. Get lots of backlinks from many places and things will start to roll. When I say many backlinks think in terms of a 100.

Using and Ebay Store Front

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:23:00 +0000

Another Way to Set Up a Money Making Site

If your are having trouble thinking of a way to set up a site to help you make money from the internet check out used welding equipment This is a very clean website that is built around an ebay store.

Alice, the owner, has taken advantage of ebay feeds in a particular niche area of welding.

The important things about the site is:

That you can clearly see what it is about.
You Can find your way around easily.
It is monetized so that the owner can make an income from it.
You can subscribe to her feed if you want up dates.
There are a number of places to click on for more information.
There are places to click on for the privacy policy etc.

In general this is a clean commerce site that should sell well if targeted traffic ends up there.

You too could set up an ebay store with your particular niche. As you know Ebay has a bazillion products at any one time so it would be easy to set up targeting one topic tightly.

Take a minute and look around used welding equipment to see the layout and how visually appealing it is. It will start you thinking about developing your own visually attractive website.

David

Site Build It Review

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:08:00 +0000

Site Build It Is It Really For You?
A Review for Your Information

Site Build It or SBI Review- as it is also known is a way to make a significant income online. This is true.

Lets look at SBI. At first glance you have a significant upfront expense $299.00 . You are probably use to seeing ebooks on how to make money using the internet for $40.00. I have purchased a number of these myself, and I do use them. But as you can see by purchaseing 8 ebooks I have already surpassed the cost of Site Build It.

This program gives you hosting, templates and step by step lessons to set up your own website. The hard codeing part is done for you. This is primarily where the learning curve has been for me. Learning the code behind websites. It is not as bad as you may think but it is time consuming. Site Build It does remove this part of the learning curve.

You can construct a very nice site using SBI and it will work well for you. Their principles are sound. The catch is that you will have to work at this. There are no Get Rich Quick Schemes that work. You are building a business with Site Build It and it should be treated as such to expect any kind of success. You should be willing to put in at least 2 to 4 hours a day to make it work. It can be done from the comfort of your home sipping a hot beverage of your choice but it will take time.

Results may take months to come in. They will come in if you use Site Build It and their techniques.

Can you achieve the same results without Site Build It. Yes you can! You can save the money and work with some other options many which are free. It is true you can save the $299.00 and do everything on the cheap. The bottom line is that success will be longer down the road. Today with internet marketing there is so much to learn and so many ways of making money online. Many are valid and extremely low cost. You can look through this blog for examples, but you will have to invest significant time to make them work.

Site Build It does provide a tried and true method of creating a business online. It will take time but they give you all the tools you need to use their system. It will work but patience and persitence is still needed. Do not expect to get rich over night, It won't happen. Could you 6 months down the road, have a significant income from this source yes definetly.

I would take the time to watch some videos about SBI just click on the link and you will learn more SBI Videos

If you think a SBI website would work for you then click on the banner below that will save you some money.

This is one way of starting your online business.
It does work, but only if you are willing to as well.
Of the complete website packages out there this is one of the best, but you still have to work at it!
David

Online Income and Indexing of Your Site

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:45:00 +0000

Indexing of Your Website is Critical for Online Income

A few months ago I started two blogger blogs. Women's North Face Clothing and Welding Supplies. The purpose of these two sites is to provide good infomation on each of the topics and have a series of affiliate links to allow potential customers to buy.

I placed reasonable content on both but started promoting North Face Clothing more than the Welding Supplies. I linked to the welding supplies from one of my main sites and a few articles. The Welding site has still not been indexed. The Women's North Face site was indexed in two days????

In the begining I used craigslist and backpages to advertise North Face but not the Welding site. I also linked from this blog to The North Face site. I can only assume that the link from this blog was picked up by Google and indexed the site.

The other possibility is that no follow links do get followed for indexing purposes but not for link juice purposes. Wouldn't that throw wrench in some things.

So where does this leave online income and indexing. If you are trying to index a page you must have some prominent links to that page. It could be a link on the main page of one of your websites. I have heard, and I have nothing to back this up, that the links on your Home page carry more weight for indexing than the ones deeper in your website.

So links in several sub folders may take months to get spidered as they become low priority. This leads to another question or problem. If you have good links deep in your website and you have a good number of backlinks pointing to that deep page those links will get spidered and indexed more readily.

In short the more links in the more likely a page will get completely indexed.

Once your page is indexed you can start to depend on search traffic not just traffic coming from your links. Another thought and consider it paranoia on my part. Lets suppose you set up a page to sell a product. Then you start an adwords campaign. Google is all connected. Wouldn't you use the link provided in the adwords campaign as a spider entrance? I would. Especially if I was in the business of collecting as much information possible. Spyder food for though.

David Robertson

Online Income Using Squidoo

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:09:00 +0000

Online Income and Squidoo, The Basics

For a while now I have heard of Squidoo and some people have used it to make a decent income online. I really don't like jumping on the next band wagon that comes along. I mistakenly thought it was something like Facebook. Until recently I completely avoided even checking it out. I considered it another thing to waste my time on.

Well I was reading something ( I can't even remember what now) and Squidoo was mentioned again. I had some time on my hands and I thought lets take a look. If you are familiar with Squidoo you may want to skip this post all together, but it is new for me.

Squidoo is actually much like Blogger in that it is Free and it is easy to use. Squidoo is more versatile than Blogger with more modules that you can add. Also Squidoo is already set up for you to make money. Seth was briliant in setting this up.

He created a site that instantly monetizes your page . He collects half of the money that you make from his installations (Adsense etc.) and pays you half. You don't have to set up any accounts except PayPal. Traffic comes and you get paid. Now obviously like any website what you get paid is dependant on your traffic and your searches and your number of pages.

You do have the benefit of all the pages are interconnected on Squidoo by the search function, and you can favorite a Lens (the name of your individual page) to increase the interconnection. You can also link from your Squidoo lens to your main webpage, or even straight to an affiliate product. Ahh the lights start to go on! This is a bonified way of having a web presence with NO Cost. You are incouraged to write about what ever intersts you.

The more the pages the better. The first one I built (only took a few minutes) is Artistic Blacksmithing Tips. This is a first attempt essentially to learn the process (Easy). It really did only take a couple of minutes once I figured out what had to go where. Blacksmithing may not be your thing but just click the link to see the page. It is bare bones as of writing this, but as I said it was fast to set up. I will be adding to this page and creating others in the near future.

If you are struggling with code and setting up a website and costs are mounting up check out http://www.squidoo.com/ and see what it can offer you. in some ways this is better than Blogger and it is not Blogger which means you can link back to your blogger sites. More lights should be going on!!!

I will be adding more lenses as I get time. Yes on Blacksmithing but also on Online Income. I will keep you posted about these.

As you know I tour around a lot of make money online sites. I am still in a learning phase (probably for the rest of my life). There are a bazillion of us on the web now. Most are new to the process or have a little more than their feet wet. I found Jerry Lindenburger's site Cash Blog . It is interesting and he has some good links to other sites. If you get a chance check it out and read some of the older posts.

I think we are begining to realize that for 4th or 5th teir marketors as myself that the money is not in the Make Money Online niche. For us the money is in specific niche products such as brand Zebra Fish Food. Very specific and targeted.

When you think about it this actually makes it easier for us. We now only have to create a page (think Squidoo here) to sell oranges to people who want to buy oranges. We shouldn't even be trying to convince the apple buyers to buy oranges. Make another page for apple buyers.

The old saying rinse and repeat.

My musings for today.

David Robertson
Online Income Streams

Online Income and Recessions and Layoffs

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:21:00 +0000

Online Income and What does the Recession Mean?

By now we have all heard that there is a world wide recession and that it will affect us in some way. Many people have already been laid off and many more face plant closures in the next few months. As Internet marketers what is this going to mean?

Well there is going to be an influx of well educated hard working people looking at online business as a means to make a living. They will be looking for marketing information as well as the tools to start their online business. They will also see that the Make Money Online field has huge resources and a huge demand.

This means many of them will jump on the internet marketing band wagon as we have. Obviously I am guilty too. Selling tools to the gold miners is an apt description. Then once many find that this niche is over saturated they will branch out into more tightly defined niches.

If you are new to Internet Marketing I strongly recommend not getting into the Make Money Online niche. There is too much competition. Look instead at the specialty that you left and see if you can develop that as a sales niche there. Once you develop one niche develop another that ties into your original one.

With marketing on the internet more income streams the better. Some will produce alot others only a trickle. Together they can make a reasonable income online.

People will still be looking for information, but a lot of it will be slanted to how to do things themselves and how to save money. When you have time on your hands but not a lot of money your are willing to spend the time to achieve your goals but save your money.

If you create information products in your niche and target saving money with the information that your provide you will be one step above your competition.

If you are starting out, information will be a key component in learning how to get paid from the internet.

First check free sources of information. Read this blog and others that offer free information. There is lots of free information on my other site http://www.e-webincome.com/ Dig around and read the articles etc.

If you want a package that really does help give you a leg up in the online marketing world buy Honest Riches by Holly Mann for the $37.00. It explains many techniques and does save you an amazing amount of time. But digest all the techniques in the ebook before you buy another product. Try some of them. Your first attempts don't have to be perfect but it will get you rolling.

There is really no fast money with this business. If you start realize that your first couple of years are going to be grinding away at the computer. The good news is that once you have your system up and running it will make you money mostly by itself. Automation is wonderful.

Be careful of information overload in the begining. It can be paralyzing. Remember small steps create a full journey.

David Robertson
http://www.e-webincome.com/
Online Income Streams

Blogging To the Bank 3.0 Review

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:59:00 +0000

Blogging to the Bank 3.0 Review

A few years back Rob Benwell released Blogging to the Bank 2.0. Now he has updated his information in Blogging To The Bank 3.0 Many people used his tactics to set up profitable blogs.

A blog is the fastest and cheapest way to set up a web presence. You can set up a no cost blog on blogger such as this one in minutes. It can be an affiliate site, or a content site with adsense attached etc. Blogs are easy to get indexed in the search engines. All in all a good revenue generator with only a little effort.

Rob's new book which only costs $37.00 (and has 4 excellent bonuses) is literally a blueprint to the blogging business. He has updated many things specific to 2008 and 2009. We all know that the internet landscape is constantly changing and new information is what drives us ever forward.

I did not buy Blogging To the Bank 2.0 becuase at the time I was not focused on blogging. Now I have had time to try many things and bought Blogging To The Bank 3.0 since I have become convinced that blogging is the most cost effective way to make money on line.

I have been pleasantly surprized at the quality of information contained in the ebook. I know I will be implementing many changes to this blog and my other ones as well.

So my recommendation is click on Blogging To The Bank 3.0 and learn how to use blogs to boost your online income.

To Your Online Profits
David

Get More Buyers on Your List

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:31:00 +0000

Do You Want to Get More Buyers On Your List?

We keep hearing the money is in the List. And it is true that if you can contact people regularily with offers and information you will develop a relationship with them. This relationship is what converts prospects into buyers.

I have been building my various lists for just over a year now. This has been a great success. But Today I find a Course on List Building by Micheal Rasmussen that details the process and provides much more information than I was going on.

I have been just building a generic list related by topic. These people were both buyers and interested prospects. Both people would get the same emails and the same broadcasts of new products and interesting information.

Michael suggests that we should sub divide our lists so that buyers go onto a separate list. This list tends to be much more responsive to buying than our generic list. You can also create a stronger bond with this list of buyers by offering them the occaisional free report that the regular list doesn't get or has to pay a small sum for. This creates a better relationship.

Michael is offering the course for $77.00 for a limited time (Nov 4) so check it out now while the price is low. Just Click on Course on List Building to get more information about it.

On a different note I stumbled across a site in the make money online niche that has some very good information. You have to poke around a bit and read some of the older posts but there are solid tips there. Just click on Easy Ways To Make Money to be taken to the site.

I know I will be searching around this site for a while. This is all a learning process and the more information you have the better. Check out his post about Craig's list.

Testing SEO On North Face Clothing

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000

SEO onWomen's North Face Clothing Blog

I have been doing a lot of reading lately about Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

In short SEO is constructing your web page so that it is extremely search engine friendly. The whole idea is to make it easy for the search engines to find you and rank you near the top of the search listings. This is the best way to get clicks to your site as it is free.

So I have started running a little experiment with Women's North Face Clothing on a free blogger blog. I add articles and ideas about different North Face products ( North Face is an outdoor wear and equipment manufacture).

The testing on the blog relates to where people come from and where they go. In theory the better optimized the blog is the more people will come to it.

SEO is a slow process and is done in steps. The first step is to have have title tags and url and key words in the posts as close as possible. Then you need to be indexed by Google. This may take some time.

I was fortunate to be indexed about the day after I put the site up. I have heard that for some people it takes months to get into the index.

I will let you know how things progress.

David

Affiliate Script and Auction Acrobat

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:00:00 +0000

I have just two remarkable tools that will help you in your internet marketing business.

The first is the affiliate script. If you have products that you sell such as DVD's and Cds or other hard products that can't easily be processed through Clickbank and you want to be able to sell through affiliates This script is exactly what you need.

Many people online have paypal accounts and this script generates unique code to place on their website. When they make a sale they are automatically given a comission through paypal.

This easy to use code allows us to effectively harness the power of our own affiliates. Traffic is always an issue. If we have a 100 people as affiliates driving traffic to us this is a huge boost in our traffic.

Just click on the Affiliate Script to get your copy and you can start your affiliate empire today. Well seriously if you have a bunch of people selling for you you can't help but make more money!

The second product will have you turning cartwheels. In a previous post I mentioned that ebay has caused problems for ebook marketers by only allowing people to sell them through classified ads. This is ok and you can still sell a cd version as a work around but you lose the convenience of instant delivery and the hand off processing.

Well a couple of fellows have created the perfect answer Auction Acrobat. This program sets up ebay for sales of cds or dvds, but it is completly automated. So you set up your sales page, people buy the product you are selling, the order gets transfered to Kunaki that makes your cd and labels it and ships it out for you!!!!! Once again it is hands off.

You can sell multiple products, anything that can be put on cd or dvd can be processed without you handling the item. As you can tell I am really excited about this. ( I must confess I am a little challenged at gettig the label to stick straight on the cd. I usually make a mess of it.)

This is an incredible brake through for ebay marketing. Take a minute and get more information by clicking on Auction Acrobat. This opens so many possibilities my head is just swimming.

Experimental Report on Effectiveness of Sales Blog Stratgey

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:25:00 +0000

This is a fancy title for what I am really doing.

I am writing a step by step report about what I am doing to set up 2 money making blogs. These blogs are not in the internet marketing field. If you haven't figured out yet, you have much less competition in non-internet marketing niches.

This report is going to be the nuts and bolts of how I set these blogs up and how I monitor them. Essentially it will be a blue print to setting up a simple income stream. Now these blogs are not set for high initial traffic but more of a sustained long term small income stream.

The old idea many streams make a significant income.

This report will be free to people who have signed up to my newsletter. I expect this report to be done in hopefully a month's time. If you sign up I will let you know when it is ready.

To sign up for this report just Click on Free Marketing Tool Kit. I will be mainly using the tools in the Free Marketing Tool Kit so you will be able to follow along easily.

Cheers
David

Interview with Lorina Stephens Author of Shadow Song

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:55:00 +0000

Interview with Lorina Stephens, author of Shadow Song

Last week our four-week virtual book tour opened at Paul Lima’s site. Paul is a successful freelancer and author of many books about the business of writing. Many thanks to Paul for launching the tour.

This week we’re at the virtual home of David Robertson, who not only has a presence here at e-webincome, but at his artisan blacksmithing site, which is very much worth a visit.

Q: Last week we touched on some of the historical background of your novel, Shadow Song. I wonder if you might elaborate?

A: Shadow Song is set in the early 1830s. It was still very much a time of change, partly a social realignment from the Napoleonic War and partly a political realignment. France had gone through a devastating revolution in the late 18th century that in turn set the stage for Napoleon and his visions of empire at the turn of the 19th century. Five years after Napoleon’s defeat in 1815, Charles X took power and naively, or perhaps arrogantly, thought it would be perfectly fine to maintain the old order and status quo of the 18th century. The French, however, thought differently and in July of 1830 Charles was overthrown.

For many loyalist aristocratic French émigrés the result of that revolution meant loss of all their lands and estates, businesses, holdings. The pensions they’d been guaranteed under Charles evaporated overnight. The result of that meant ruination for many, a bitter irony in that these privileged exiles now found themselves facing the same destitution as the people upon whom they’d fed.

The mother of my protagonist is one such émigré, married to an Englishman who also is titled and without means in that he is the second son of landed gentry, and therefore will not inherit and must rely upon wit and determination for his livelihood rather than inheritance.

Q: Early in the novel you have Danielle, the protagonist of the story, put out to work in an orphanage, yet at the time she’s only nine or 10 years old. How common was child-labour?

A: Child-labour was extremely common. Children, whether privileged or penniless, were not immersed, as a rule, in a life of play and protection as they are today. They were treated as small adults and expected to act accordingly, and if that meant hauling a hundred pounds of coal out of a lightless mine dressed only in breeches, or living and sleeping in a guild-shop along with your parents, that’s what you did.

It’s in a guild-shop Danielle begins her working life, employed as a monkey for the embroiderers. An embroidery monkey was a child whose job it was to sit under the large embroidery frames, fixing any snags, rethreading needles, sometimes poking a needle back up through the embroidery when the design involved some of the denser gold or raised work. Employment such as this, despite being on the floor all day from sunrise to sunset, might very well lead to apprenticeship later on and a well-paying, respectable profession, particularly for a girl.
Later Danielle is employed in a laundry, which wasn’t a plum of a job, in that often children were required to immerse themselves in scalding water, in harsh lye soap solutions, so that their skin would blister and peel, made raw by soap and constant moisture.

As to the age Danielle is when she’s put out to work, she’s in fact an average age. Many children of only five or six, because of their size, were employed to labour in narrow spaces an adult couldn’t fit. Chimney-sweep is one of the better-known jobs, but there were many others, far more hazardous. And you have to consider that an apprenticeship started very early in most cases.

For instance, if you were a boy one of the better trades you might take up is a cooper. Coopers were very much in demand, so much so that during the Napoleonic War the apprenticeship for a cooper in England was reduced from seven to five years. Boys as young as seven were sent out to apprentice, starting by cleaning shop, fetching tools, and gradually learning each aspect of the trade, as well as building physical strength and endurance so they could, by mid-adolescence, wrestle a tight barrel together and receive their journeyman papers. It was demanding labour, in that a full-fledged cooper was required to turn out one full barrel a day, or two half, or four quarters.

My husband Gary, who is a part-time historical cooper, and a man of considerable strength and endurance, can only produce a quarter barrel in about five to seven days. Imagine being sixteen and producing a full barrel, from rough stave to tight, finished product in just one day.

Q: There are a lot of small, historical details you cite in Shadow Song that add to the ambiance and flavour: names of ships, ferries, and coaches, costs of transportation and the like. Are these taken from actual historical accounts, or are they reasonable assumptions?

A: The Baltic, which Danielle takes from England to Quebec, is real, as is her commander, Earbage. Conditions aboard ship, the outbreak of cholera at Quebec and the opening of Grosse Isle as an immigration point are all lifted from historical documents, although I have played with the actual timing to suit my purposes. Fares, ferries and stages are based upon real costs, ships and companies, as are the details of Midewewin and Ojibwa society based upon historical records and books of the era.

Captain Anderson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Reverend Adam Elliot and the teacher Mr. Orr were all present on Manitoulin Island around the time of the novel.
Trading posts mentioned throughout the novel are all based upon historical accounts of Hudson Bay posts.

Q: What about the tragedy that becomes the catalyst for Danielle escaping into the wilds with the Ojibwa shaman, Shadow Song – fact or fiction?

A: A little of both. In 1832 relatives of Horning, the founder of Hornings Mills, had come to assist with the raising of buildings, and, perhaps preoccupied with this, and a cow that was to calf, Lewis Horning turned away two natives who had come to the mill to trade venison for flour.
Shortly after it became apparent the cow had wandered, he suspected into Melancthon Swamp. A conversation between Horning and his hired man was overheard by Jane, Susan and Oliver Vanmear, ages sixteen, fourteen and nine, as well as Lewis Horning Jr., also aged nine. It seemed the entrepreneur offered his man a dollar if he would search for the missing cow.

The children, seized with the idea of earning the dollar, set off to the west. They disappeared. The other Horning brothers – Peter and Robert – searched while the adults were still involved in building. They found a native trail that led directly into the heart of Melancthon Swamp, apparently where the four children had gone.

The alarm went out. For days the village people scoured the countryside. Nothing of the children or the cow was ever found. The Ojibwa, of course, were blamed.

Six years later, disheartened, Lewis Horning packed up what remained of his family and returned to Ancaster. The other families soon followed, and the village of Hornings Mills quietly slipped back into the Queen's Bush. There were to be other adventurers, men bent on stripping the land and shaping it for their own good, so that the village was not to disappear altogether. But, always, that day hung in the background.

Only Oliver Vanmear was to ever surface, found in the Marigold Tavern in Oakville many years later, still simple-minded and erratic. His story was that all four children had been taken captive by the Ojibwa, the girls married off, Lewis Horning Jr. rumoured to be a strong hunter. Was his story true? To this day no one knows. Perhaps he told people what they wanted to hear. Perhaps he told the truth.

For me this tragedy became the hook on which I hung my story.
Next week Lorina Stephens’ virtual tour makes a stop at Ferret Fabricates, where the theme of the interview will be the Peaks and Pitfalls of Self-Publishing.

Shadow Song can be obtained from Chapters at the top link or you can Click on Shadow Song to buy from Amazon. It is visually rich historic fiction.

Update On Honest Riches by Holly Mann

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:35:00 +0000

Holly Mann is Releasing 2008 Version of Honest Riches

This is just a very quick heads up! I have been using and refering to Holly Mann's 2007 Honest Riches Guide for over a year now. It has really helped me get my internet marketing busines off the ground.

I have been very impressed with the content and the quality of the writing. I have found it extremely helpful. It currently costs $37.00 and is 95 pages long.

Holly provides free updates to the ebook to previous purchasers. So now the important part of the post. Holly is releasing her 2008 version and there is going to be a price increase. She has also increased the content to 277 pages! This is almost 3 times the original book.

It really is super simple. Get Holly's ebook now for $37.00 then get the updated version free when she releases it around the middle of August, and save. Click on Honest Riches and you will be taken to Holly's information. You will only regret this if you have to pay twice as much for her new ebook.

David Robertson
http://www.e-webincome.com/

PS The original 2007 ebook has been the best ebook purchase I have made in getting value for my money!

Free Internet Marketing Tool Kit For You

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:05:00 +0000

Internet Marketing Tool Kit For Your Online Success!

If you are just starting out in internet marketing you probably have been hit with many offers to buy this and buy that. Remember Internet Marketing is a huge sales niche in itself. Many of these offers are worth the price. And you will have to buy some things as an internet marketer.

When I was was starting out I just wanted a series of programs that would do most of what I needed online. They had to be free as I didn't want to invest any money (or as little as possible) until I saw some returns.

I have just set up a free Tool Kit that has the programs I still use today. These are html editor, graphics editor, link cloaker, spread sheet, database, 3d box creater, cd cover generator, pdf creater, word processor, and many more.

These programs have saved me hundreds of dollars and you can save with them too. Just Click On Marketing Tool Kit and you will be taken to the Free programs. Please note there is No Cost Involved with These Programs.

I hope these help you in your online success as they have helped me.
David

Cheap Web Hosting, 100 Gb Space, $9.99 a year!

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Cheap website hosting with 100 Gb of space!

I am always looking for ways of saving money. I have found a new hosting company called Mango Hosting that is offering an incredible deal!

For only $9.99 an year, yes I said a year! You get 100 Gb of space and the ability to host 5 domains on it.

My mind is still reeling. This is a full service, multiple server site based in the UK. 100 Gb is enough space to hold 25 feature length movies, or 50,000 high quality pictures. More than I will ever store.

Mostly I have been quite happy with the hosting that I currently use, and the features of hosting sites. I am now considering adding some more websites and this is the option I will be persueing.

At $9.99 a year it becomes an insignificant cost in your business.

If you are interested in setting up your website with the cheapest full service hosting solution that I have found Click Here and it will take you to Mango for more information.

I am always happy when I pass along a deal.

Confessions of an Online Marketer Ebook

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:19:00 +0000

Internet marketer Glen Hopkins has finshed a book Confessions of an Online Marketer which is selling on amazon for $19.95. Glen has also made the book available in ebook format.

I have been going through the ebook today and it is quite extensive. He clearly outlines 7 principles for creating sustainable wealth from the internet. There are a number of advanced techniques as well. The good news is the ebook can be had for Free. I always like free. Any quality information at no cost is always a great help.

Click on this link
Confessions of an Online Marketer
and read over the sales page. Near the bottom is a code box. In this box type in the code
free
and you will be taken to the download page.

Now I should tell you that there is an upsell with the free download but examine it carefully you may want it, but you do have the option to continue on to the free download at the bottom of the page.

This ebook is very helpful and is packed with information and at 159 pages you are getting lots of quality information at a price that you can't beat.

Once again click on
Confessions of an Online Marketer
to view the information about Confessions of an Online Marketer by Glen Hopkins
and remember to use the code free.

Google Changes Keyword Tool For The Better

noreply@blogger.com (David Robertson) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:15:00 +0000

Recently google changed how its keyword tool displays the search for keywords.

The have added to total number of searches in the past month, and the average number of searches. This is incredibly helpful!

As you probably know when choosing an advertising campaign the keywords are what makes or breaks your campaign. High cost keywords will dig deep into your pockets, but other cheaper ones if they have significant traffic will bring you money.

You can test the key word tool by Clicking Here

As a sample when I wrote this article I tested work at home and found that there were 1.2 million searches in June for this term. Wow! There is also huge competition for those keywords though. Looking down the list I see a few with less competition, worth trying, or I could pay the big bucks to coax a few clicks to my website and blog.

The keyword tool is free to use just go to the link above and save it in your favourites and return to it when ever you are doing keyword search. Doesn't have to be used for ppc. I think a great addition for google.