WEll, whady'know, after 2 weeks of nothing I actually made a sale, I couldn't believe my eyes - I had to look twice! Though it was on a bum article I did nearly two months ago, so the recent challenge efforts didn't play a single part!
Anyway, this coincides with my announcement today that I am putting this project on hold. Why?
Because I am moving flat in little over a week and I need to do some packing. And coming back home to crank out articles usually means that time flies by and it is time for bed in no time.
So, over the next three weeks (it'll take a while for my broadband connection to get back up when I move - this is inefficient England after all) at least I'll post updates of the odd thing such as the odd article written.
I'm also doing a mini experiment so expect to hear about that as well - Adwords. Its kind of like pay per lead effectively. So we'll see how many signups to my list I can get from Adwords, should be interesting. In my ad, I am trying a technique of saying that I offer a signup by email course, so it should mean more clicks turning to leads.
Saying that, I just paused a campaign on a generic keyword because I had 9 clicks and only 1 sign up - even though I blatently pointed out the email aspect! I guess a lot of people don't think about where they click!
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
Quick Update
Bad days generally.
Bad day at work. My heart races and my chest doesn't feel right (not tight like a heart attack), I'm in my late 20s. I'm fed up of this place and am going to do some contract work and cream that f**king money.
Not particularly great news for my niche blog incl. squeeze page either. Its early days and basically I'm really only on Day 3 of my corrected and new challenge. I've got about 50 page views of my articles but barely 1 or 2 bio follow ups. This is getting ridiculous now.
I'm going to look at forums now for getting people to my squeeze page but they are few and far between for this niche - and also I feel as if I've nearly cornered the market in high volume keywords. Nevertheless, 3 more articles today - 2 for ezine and 1 for the blog. It is relatively early days though.
I have a couple of secret promotions I'm doing. We'll see how they go and maybe I can reveal them later.
I'm also tempted to try an Adwords experiment and spend a few bucks.......
Bad day at work. My heart races and my chest doesn't feel right (not tight like a heart attack), I'm in my late 20s. I'm fed up of this place and am going to do some contract work and cream that f**king money.
Not particularly great news for my niche blog incl. squeeze page either. Its early days and basically I'm really only on Day 3 of my corrected and new challenge. I've got about 50 page views of my articles but barely 1 or 2 bio follow ups. This is getting ridiculous now.
I'm going to look at forums now for getting people to my squeeze page but they are few and far between for this niche - and also I feel as if I've nearly cornered the market in high volume keywords. Nevertheless, 3 more articles today - 2 for ezine and 1 for the blog. It is relatively early days though.
I have a couple of secret promotions I'm doing. We'll see how they go and maybe I can reveal them later.
I'm also tempted to try an Adwords experiment and spend a few bucks.......
Sunday, 3 June 2007
Sunday Update - Site Setup Complete incl. Autoresponder!
So, today was a good day.
I started around 10.30 and spent about 3 hours finishing the autoresponder series, creating an opt-in page and a couple of thank you pages.
You really can't rush this and I really didn't because I wanted it to be really good and personal so that my conversions are good. It really helps if you have a passion for the topic, which I do because there is a personal connection.
I'm quite proud of what I produced although it took around six hours which is the same amount of time it takes to pump out maybe 5 or 6 articles.
Anyway, for this bum marketing and the product creation, I've now done all the preparation so that just writing and not building or other tasks are left. And I've done it before the end of the weekend which is great because I never get that stuff done during the week.
In fact, apart from a couple of articles, I might take the rest of the day off - frankly I deserve it.
Later
I started around 10.30 and spent about 3 hours finishing the autoresponder series, creating an opt-in page and a couple of thank you pages.
You really can't rush this and I really didn't because I wanted it to be really good and personal so that my conversions are good. It really helps if you have a passion for the topic, which I do because there is a personal connection.
I'm quite proud of what I produced although it took around six hours which is the same amount of time it takes to pump out maybe 5 or 6 articles.
Anyway, for this bum marketing and the product creation, I've now done all the preparation so that just writing and not building or other tasks are left. And I've done it before the end of the weekend which is great because I never get that stuff done during the week.
In fact, apart from a couple of articles, I might take the rest of the day off - frankly I deserve it.
Later
Saturday, 2 June 2007
Article! 4th Update Saturday
Another 4 articles pumped out, so overall progress for today is:
I don't think I'll change the bio links on my existing posted articles at ezinearticles for now, I'll just leave them as they are.
Also, I noticed that my site is already indexed! Google came visiting yesterday! I'm sure this is because ezinearticles is pointing this way.
So, you can see how the original bum marketing method which relied solely on the article site pages ranking high and providing inbound traffic, can change into a sort of affiliate site with seo. This is Stuart's method and the one I want to replicate.
- 4 articles to my niche blog
- 4 articles to ezinearticles point to the niche blog
- product creation outline finished
- 5 day e-course for niche blog outline finished
I don't think I'll change the bio links on my existing posted articles at ezinearticles for now, I'll just leave them as they are.
Also, I noticed that my site is already indexed! Google came visiting yesterday! I'm sure this is because ezinearticles is pointing this way.
So, you can see how the original bum marketing method which relied solely on the article site pages ranking high and providing inbound traffic, can change into a sort of affiliate site with seo. This is Stuart's method and the one I want to replicate.
Product Creation Progress! 3rd Update Saturday
OK have done some product creation. I know have my outline sorted.
Basically the title of each section in my book. It strikes me that you could now actually outsource the rest of the project i.e. the writing. Though, if it something that you have a great passion for, it would be quicker to write it yourself!
I have calculated that, at five minutes per section, this is going to take me 7 hours to complete. By the way, if you are intrigued to learn more about the product creation technique that I am using, then check out the 24 Hour E-Book Writing System that I am using.
So, 7 hours to go, not including tidying up. I wonder if I can get this written this weekend. It will be interesting to see. I still aim to complete a 5 day email course for my niche blog, and hopefully some new articles.
We will see. I want more of a rest day tomorrow so today could be the huge effort. Its only 3.30pm so I have plenty of time left. Time to get some munch and refuel my body and mind.
Basically the title of each section in my book. It strikes me that you could now actually outsource the rest of the project i.e. the writing. Though, if it something that you have a great passion for, it would be quicker to write it yourself!
I have calculated that, at five minutes per section, this is going to take me 7 hours to complete. By the way, if you are intrigued to learn more about the product creation technique that I am using, then check out the 24 Hour E-Book Writing System that I am using.
So, 7 hours to go, not including tidying up. I wonder if I can get this written this weekend. It will be interesting to see. I still aim to complete a 5 day email course for my niche blog, and hopefully some new articles.
We will see. I want more of a rest day tomorrow so today could be the huge effort. Its only 3.30pm so I have plenty of time left. Time to get some munch and refuel my body and mind.
2nd Update Saturday
ok 2 more articles.
So 2 articles for ezines and 2 articles for my blog, posted today.
Before I add an autoresponder or Clickbank ad, I needed to do a bit of both to start the wheels rolling on traffic and indexing.
Next, I'm going to create a 5 day Ezine course. I aim to have this finished by end of today. I need to think what I will put in it though.........I will do some product creation in the meantime.
So 2 articles for ezines and 2 articles for my blog, posted today.
Before I add an autoresponder or Clickbank ad, I needed to do a bit of both to start the wheels rolling on traffic and indexing.
Next, I'm going to create a 5 day Ezine course. I aim to have this finished by end of today. I need to think what I will put in it though.........I will do some product creation in the meantime.
Quick Update Saturday
Just a quick update. Written 2 articles for my passion blog.
This is great. It really feels like you are making much progress.
Instead of a few articles per niche funneling to someone else's page (though as an affiliate), this feels like all your work is for you as the traffic will hit your page before they see the CB vendor.
This is a great feeling.
Off to write more!
This is great. It really feels like you are making much progress.
Instead of a few articles per niche funneling to someone else's page (though as an affiliate), this feels like all your work is for you as the traffic will hit your page before they see the CB vendor.
This is a great feeling.
Off to write more!
Weekend Update - Lot's To Do Today
First of all, need to get this of my chest. F**kin estate agents! I rush home from work to accomodate their viewing. One hour later, noone has turned up! Then the guy at the office blabs some c**p to say that the guy will turn up soon. One hour later I ring up and same guy claims he told me the appointment was cancelled! BS! Next time they want to view, I give them a 15 minute window or they lose the opportunity. Simple as that. I hate timewasters and if I'm waiting for someone, I can't write articles or do any work.
Anyway, I think Friday night is going to be rest night for me from now on. I'm always really tired. I heard someone saying it was an excuse before, but I often work early (7am) and I have never in my life been an early bird. I had really bad hayfever last night (where the hell did that come from) and I started to nod off at about 10pm last night. My throat and nose feels on fire and I slept until 8 in the morning. So now I am fairly refreshed.
Today is gonna be a big day. I want to pump out lots of articles and product creation.
I'm going to concentrate solely on this single niche passion blog of mine. After writing a few articles for it, I realise that I should have concentrated my efforts like this in the beginning, instead of spreading around my efforts for diversification. Another thing I recently noticed is that those two sites that I was using a special technique for, they are starting to get hits from search engines. I was quite surprised but for reasons that I cannot divulge at this stage - rest assured, I will later. So I may write an article or two for these.
So I'll report back later today with my progress - look out for it and please leave any comments you have because I always reply to any questions or comments. Thanks
PS take a look over at Bum Marketing Adventure. The guy is starting to see some regular sales coming in. Mainly from Squidoo lenses. Wow! I had heard of them being good traffic funnels but never thought that you could make good CB income off them. The problem I find with Squidoo lenses is that they take forever to construct. Is there any way that you can save a template and use it for each lens of yours, but change the keywords?
Anyway, I think Friday night is going to be rest night for me from now on. I'm always really tired. I heard someone saying it was an excuse before, but I often work early (7am) and I have never in my life been an early bird. I had really bad hayfever last night (where the hell did that come from) and I started to nod off at about 10pm last night. My throat and nose feels on fire and I slept until 8 in the morning. So now
Today is gonna be a big day. I want to pump out lots of articles and product creation.
I'm going to concentrate solely on this single niche passion blog of mine. After writing a few articles for it, I realise that I should have concentrated my efforts like this in the beginning, instead of spreading around my efforts for diversification. Another thing I recently noticed is that those two sites that I was using a special technique for, they are starting to get hits from search engines. I was quite surprised but for reasons that I cannot divulge at this stage - rest assured, I will later. So I may write an article or two for these.
So I'll report back later today with my progress - look out for it and please leave any comments you have because I always reply to any questions or comments. Thanks
PS take a look over at Bum Marketing Adventure. The guy is starting to see some regular sales coming in. Mainly from Squidoo lenses. Wow! I had heard of them being good traffic funnels but never thought that you could make good CB income off them. The problem I find with Squidoo lenses is that they take forever to construct. Is there any way that you can save a template and use it for each lens of yours, but change the keywords?
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