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March 25th, 2008

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The other week I saw an email in my inbox (and to be honest, it was one of my mailing list addresses that I use for all internet marketing stuff, and I only saw it as I was scanning through the subject titles to see if there was anything of interest) when I saw one about a new outsourcing project from Chris Crompton called Outsource Mastermind.

Being in the subject matter of the new product (I’m working for a company to whom people outsource to), I was very interested and opened up the site. Chris was asking for feedback and suggestions on what he should include in the product (great way to create the perfect product btw, ask the people what they want and then fill that need).

I filled out the form and basically said, ‘hey, I’m from the UK but I’ve moved to India to work for an outsourcing company, plus I have loads of experience in outsourcing, get in contact’…which he did.

The end result was a 30 minute long telephone interview which he recorded and will (hopefully!) be adding to his product.

You can check out Chris’s blog and get some great FREE outsourcing tips by text and video. There’s one tip about a sneaky way to choose the programmer that’s just brilliant, and I’d never have thought of it before. Go check it out here.

Outsourcing Mastermind should be ready for release in April.

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August 21st, 2007

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One of the online marketers that I respect and admire is Jonathan Leger. He is a software engineer turned internet marketing pro. The reason I keep tabs on what he is doing is because he comes out with some really great products such as the Article Wizard and he writes fantastic informative posts over on his blog.

A recent post that caught my eye is his one about creating a niche content site case study - a real life example of how one would go about researching, creating and promoting a website within a tightly defined niche for adsense and affiliate income.

What impresses me most about this is not the concept in itself but that he’s willing to put his reputation on the line in a real live example where hundreds, probably thousands of people will be able to see if he’s the real deal or just another wannabe. If he pulls it off, there will be hundreds of impressed people who will pay more attention to what he has to say in the future. If he fails then it’s possible the damage could be irreversible.

From what I’ve seen so far, I think he’s gone about everything the right way. Article marketing is such a fantastic way of generating traffic and the important inbound links and is just one of the many methods I use to promote my clients sites.

To find out more about the Niche Content Site Case Study head over to the original post here:

http://www.jonathanleger.com/niche-site-case-study/

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July 22nd, 2007

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Finally, after 18 months of development, thousands of man hours working on this project and tens of thousands of dollars later…HYIPJunction is launched to the world in a glittering and star studded launch party that…oh wait, there was no launch party, that was just Paul and I cracking open a couple of cans of beer to celebrate.

Launch

HYIPJunction will now take it’s place as the ultimate HYIP portal serving investors everything they need from one central location. They don’t need to go to half a dozen different sites to gather all their research for a program because it will all be right here on one site.

To celebrate the launch, we have various ongoing promotions allowing our members to earn money for advertising. We are also looking to take on people to help us run the site (there’s no way we could do it all by ourselves!).

Monetizing

Of course, there are any number of reasons that people should signup for an account on HJ, but true to our internet marketing roots we are offering some fast action signup bonuses such as ebooks and software for all those people that signup and confirm their email account. No other HYIP related site I know of does this.

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July 12th, 2007

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OK, so I’m no Pussy Cat Doll, but I do know a thing or two about getting fantastic traffic to my site. Where many people are struggling to get any hits (or maybe you get three visits a day, you, your girlfriend and your mum - it’s nothing to be ashamed of…even my mum visits this site), I set out last year to see if I could take a website from zero to hero.

The website in question is www.ocarda.com and I chose to make it on something that I knew a lot about and have a rather nerdy passion for. I discovered a while ago that unless you make a website on a topic that you are passionate about, then you quickly lose interest. For example, car insurance might pay well in terms of affiliate programs and adsense, but if you don’t know your 3rd party cover from your fire and theft cover (hey, I know nothing about it…I don’t even own a car!), then you will quickly lose interest.

Anyway, I chose free templates and free themes for various CMS’s, shopping carts and forums for my niche. I’m always on the lookout for great designs so in the end I thought why not make a website out of it. I started back in September 2006 and have kept it very basic, everything on the site is done manually.

However, since that time I have been consistant with adding new content and promotion and the traffic has grown steadily over the past 11 months or so. Infact, check out a screenshot of my traffic below…

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July 3rd, 2007

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After 6 months of tinkering, putting off, burying, forgetting about and other advanced procrastination techniques that are on the bleeding edge of bone idleness, Niche AdSense Sites is ready for a relaunch with an all new script, all new products and an all new look.

Having spent literally hundreds of hours looking for a decent shopping cart script that seamlessly allowed digital downloads and provided extensive customizable abilities in terms of design and layout I finally settled on the EzyPal script. It’s a dedicated shopping cart for digital downloads but it’s still miles from what I want and the customization is so far off the beaten track it’s impossible to work with.

But for now, in the interests of just getting the product out there I have to be content with what I’ve got and look at maybe developing my own custom script later on down the line if the situation demands.

To celebrate the relaunch of Niche AdSense Sites I have created a coupon code which enables you to get $25 off the main package which usually costs $97, but with this coupon you can get it for $73! Read on to get the coupon code…

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