Monthly Archives: November 2006

eBook Creation Secrets Update

eBook Creation SecretsI just got word from my blog reader, Jennifer Wee, that the price of Publish for Profit has been raised to $146.97.

Which I can imagine my blog readers who had bought it at between $6 and $15 laughing all the way to the bank.

Publish for Profit creator Louis Burleson is employing a time-based pricing method to price the book. It goes up by $0.05 every 30 minutes.

By tomorrow, the price would break $150 easily.

You can check it out here: Publish for Profit launch

The good news, however, is that the other very good book, eBook Creation Secrets is still available and it’s priced at about $12.

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Build up your Internet Marketing Goodwill Bank

There are 2 main types of ‘intelligence’ in my book: intellectual ‘intelligence (the concept we’re familiar with), known as IQ.

And the other factor that women are generally more adept at EQ (emotional quotient).

How’s this tie in to Internet Marketing?

Lots actually.

A friend Amos introduced this concept to me a long time ago which he applies in his brick-and-mortar business dealings.

It’s equally applicable in the online world.

Emotional bank

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How to Abuse and Effectively Use Blog Link Strategies

Most of the traffic to this blog is generated from blog comments and forum postings.

I’ll focus on blog comments today.

There are a number of misguided bloggers and website owners out there who believe that posting spam comments on a blog will help their SEO and traffic efforts.

It’s easy to identify these comments as they’d usually be preceded with a generic comment like: “Fun and interesting site” or “This is a good site” before ending off with a hyperlink to their own site.

The newer practitioners of this tactics will attempt to manually copy and paste the comment in the comments area of a blog post. Continue reading

10 Ways to a Killer Blog Part 1

This post has been on the backburner for some time, but it’s one that I’ve been looking forward to.10 Ways to a Killer Blog

As reported by Teresa Valdez Klein from the Blog Business Summit, Robert and Maryam Scoble’s presentation about how to blog well looks like it’s a leading contender for favorite presentations of the conference.

The PDF presentation can be found: here

Although I wasn’t present, the presentation gave me some food for thought.

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Want to Lead the Internet Marketing Vanguard?

Three industries have traditionally led early adopters for technology. The adult industry, the gaming industry (aka gambling) and the computer gaming industry.

For example, a large portion of the VCRs (video cassette recorders) success was due in part to the release of adult movies on VHS tape, freeing people from having to go to ‘adult theatres’.

Gaming companies are one of the biggest users of email marketing.

Likewise, high end gaming peripheral manufacturer Razer is leading the charge in it’s online communication efforts. Continue reading

Your Internet Marketing Survival Depends on Your List

I met with Super Affiliate Ewen Chia yesterday and he gave me some comments about my blog.

‘It’s humorous. It’s quite personal.’ he smiled and I could sense the sincerity of his compliments.

How big is your list?

“250?”

“Hmm…”

“And how many unique visitors do you get a month?”

“3000?”

“Hmm…”

We continued talking and here’s the one very vital lesson I picked up from my discussion yesterday.

And it will make the difference between your success and failure.

Your success depends on the size of your list. Continue reading