Friday, September 26, 2008

Wordtracker Vs. Google Keyword Tool

Well when I first started this internet marketing game to try and make money online I had no idea of things such as Wordtracker or The Google Keyword Tool and now I can actually write a post on the topic comparing the two. I guess I've come a long way!

At first I was going to write an expansive post on this topic going through all of the positives and negatives of each. But I just erased it all because really it is redundant. Both Wordtracker and Google Keyword are very valuable. But one is free and one isn't. Wordtracker has a few extra features that Google doesn't have but unless you are searching for a niche often Google will do just fine. I am not suggesting that Wordtracker isn't worth the money - it is! It's just that if you are not an experienced internet marketer who fully knows how to utilize the features it has to offer to their fullest the $50+/month cost can be a burden after a while.

Google Keyword is what I am going to stick with for the time being. When I'm making my money online (MILLIONS....LOL....YAH RIGHT!) I will sign up again for Wordtracker.

That's all she wrote on that subject!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Affiliate Marketing Links

Well today is a new bright and sunny day. Yesterday I spent way too many hours on the internet that is for sure. Busy doing lots of tasks yet really accomplishing nothing except for writing an amusing post. Enough, it's all done!

Today I'd like to draw attention to my affiliate links over on the right side of my site. Many of the hundreds (LOL) of people (ok maybe 1 or 2) who read my blog from time to time are probably wondering what on earth Billy Blanks and The Firm DVDs are doing on here. They really have nothing to do with my affiliate marketing interests. Or do they?

If you read Holly Mann's Honest Riches (any of them really) she always promotes honesty. That is what we really admire about her isn't it? That she tells the truth? Well I try to keep to her strategy of truth and honesty when trying to make money online. All of the products I've listed anywhere on this blog I have found some good use of. Shall we go through them just to make sure?

Well - any of the links to Holly Mann or Honest Riches are a given right? We don't really need to get into that too deeply because those products are really why I am writing this blog in the first place.

Rich Jerk - well Kelly Felix and Rich Jerk I can't ignore now can I? This was the very first internet marketing ebook I ever bought and read. Although it dulls in comparison to Honest Riches I have to give it the credit it deserves. His approach, although criticized, works or I and thousands of others wouldn't have bought it now would we? And to be honest it was because of Rich Jerk that I posted affiliate links on my main business' website - and made money! It also opened my eyes to the possibility of importing goods from China as an option (but not one that is without risk at the present time). So for the cheap price of $14.95 it was definitely a good purchase. Kelly Felix started paving my road so I have to list his ebook Rich Jerk - sketchy or not!

Butterfly Marketing - well Holly Mann claims that Mike Filsaime taught her so much so I have to have him on her don't I? I follow his site and watch whatever I can get from him from time to time. Holly seems to like him so it seems like a natural progression in the internet marketing food chain that I promote him too.....

Clinique - I am a woman, I like makeup and skincare just like we all do. Simple as that. I grew up buying Clinique stocking stuffers for my mom for Christmas - and she looks great! Simple!

Bluehost - I use them for all of my domain purchases and most of my hosting. They are economical and their control panel is excellent - so many options. I use them so why wouldn't I list them? Correct?

Billy Blanks' Taebo, The Firm, Kettlenetics, The Ballet Bible - I love fitness, running, aerobics, dance, etc..always have. Trying to make money online is not the only focus in my life - I actually do have one and it includes interests that do not involve the computer. (Yes really!) I believe a healthy lifestyle is important because without your health you have nothing. I also own these DVDs and have done all of them in my basement in front of the television, jumping around and looking quite the site I'm sure. And no, I didn't buy them through my affiliate links (although I wish I had known about affiliate links way back then - it would have been cheaper). You see there have been some points in my life where either I couldn't afford a gym or like now when I just don't have the opportunity to go ( a 2 year old consumes all of your spare time). So workout videos have helped to keep me in shape.

KB Toys - I am a mom so it wouldn't be a 'mom kinda site' without a recommendation for children's products. I have bought from KB Toys retail stores and really like their products and selection. I bought my daughter her first Barbie car there for only $9.99 - great price! So why wouldn't I recommend their online store? I plan to do my Christmas shopping from their online site this year.

Dreamtime Baby - well this is my first fib - I haven't ordered from them and don't know the quality of their products. But still thinking I'd like to have baby #2 this will be one of the places I purchase items from. Their products are soooo cute and soooooo enticing. Why wouldn't I recommend them? Take a look and see for yourself.

Well - there you have it! I hope I have legitimized all of my affiliate links. In my venture to make money online I am also promoting the products that I have used and would recommend to friends and family. Affiliate marketing doesn't have to be about scams and internet gurus feeding you a bunch of baloney and wanting to dip into your wallet for their own interests. You can actually make some money online simply telling people about what you like and recommend. Internet marketing SHOULD BE similar to having a phone conversation with your girlfriend. You talk about what stores you shopped at last week, what toys you picked up for the kids, what new product of makeup you love and how to get rid of that darned baby weight!

.......a conversation with a girlfriend.......affiliate marketing......one in the same really.....

.....Don't you think?

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

A Little Overwhelmed

Today when I woke up I was well rested and had a bright outlook on the coming tasks for the day. Now some 14 hours later my outlook is not as optimistic. This giant we call internet marketing can sometimes be a bit overwhelming to say the least. I am constantly on forums, websites, other internet marketers' blogs and the list goes on. I am trying to absorb as much information as humanly possible so I can succeed to make money online. Yes I have had some success but the road ahead is so long it seems to be never ending. Today is one of those days.



Have any of you ever had a day like this?



Wake up, check your adsense accounts, check your NUMEROUS affiliate program accounts, check your email. Get a coffee. Go back and remember that you forgot to check the channels on your adsense accounts. Decide to change your adsense for content to adsense links instead of banners. Take up about 90 minutes changing your adsense ads on all of your sites. Then get caught up on making sure everything on your site looks esthetically pleasing . Get a coffee. Check the forums again, read any new posts from the time you checked 2 hours ago. Check your email again. Open up Honest Riches ebook again and re-read the sections you still don't understand. Get a bit overwhelmed with reading and decide to post about one of the interesting blog posts you read earlier that day. Go back to the forums and look at other peoples' websites and compare to your own. Go and make a couple more changes on your websites hoping for improvement. Check your affiliate accounts again because you remember you forgot to check your reports for site diagnostics. Realize that nobody clicked on your site today. Decide to go back to Honest Holly in order to get more inspiration. Get inspired! Go for lunch. Come back from lunch.....Hmmmm. .....Where was I? Oh yes, inspired! Start reading Honest Riches again and realize that my niche building for one of my sites is all wrong. Go back to that site and add some more meta tags. Then decide to download some of the information from sites that other internet marketers have recommeded. Getting tired of reading so decide to get some dinner. Watch some TV, read a book that has nothing to do with internet marketing. Go back to reading your downloads flipping back and forth between the different ones that people have given you. Yes we do like Social Power Linking with Jack Humphrey but GEE!!!! there is soo much to learn. Have to take break. Get a coffee. Decide it's too late now to read anymore. Getting tired, getting distracted, getting discouraged. Pep up girl! Where is the spirit you had this morning at 8:30am??



Write another post on your blog, this one much different than the one you wrote this morning. But will send my ping regardless....



Have any of you had a day like this???



Good night everyone...if anyone is even reading this.....



Or is it good night? I might just check back to the forum.....AGAIN!!!

Holly Mann's New Post

I think that everyone should look to their right if they are reading this post and click on Holly Mann's new post (September 22nd, 2008). It is such an inspiration - as usual! It really shows what the power of positive thinking can do for someone. Instead of taking the negatives and backlashing at those people who have thrown an insult at you or given you ill will use your energy to change things for the positve.

I believe that anyone who truly wants (and yearns) to make money online through internet marketing really has to believe in positive thinking. You have all the tools (if you have Honest Riches of course) - now you have to put in the work and make it happen for you. Don't be discouraged in your online marketing endeavours - believe in yourself!

If Holly Mann can do it, we can too!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

More success Videos

Hey Again - Round 2!

I just posted about 5 minutes ago but I thought you all should watch this video as well from one of Holly's affiliate marketers, Glen Woodfin. He bought Holly Mann's Honest Riches ebook and used her internet marketing techniques. Well there he is in this video showing everyone on how receiving his checks in the mail! Congratulations Glen and your success at working from home!

Go Holly!

Click Here to watch the Video

Video on Holly Mann

Hey,
Just found this sweet, heartwarming video of Holly & Josh Mann. See - she's real and she's a wonderful honest person. Take a look for yourself!

Click Here to Watch the Video

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Where is Holly Mann?

We are all anxiously waiting with baited breath as to when the next book by Holly Mann, Honest Riches 3, will be released. As I have stated in a previous post I have already reviewed the book and it is a wonderful collector's item for internet marketers on ways to make money online. The general public will be so lucky when this new ebook comes out. People who have already read Honest Riches 3 have only positive things to say. Check out this review http://www.honestriches3review.com/ where I more fully discuss the pros and cons (very few) of Honest Riches 3.

We are just waiting for Holly to sort out her troubles in Thailand with all of the political turmoil and get set for the lauch of the third book in her internet marketing trilogy!

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I am a wife, mom and an aspiring internet marketer who is inspired by the incredible story of Holly Mann and other internet marketers like her who have managed to quit their jobs and make money online and work at home.
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