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Being struck today with how much time everything seems to take. It’s amazing! It seems like some internet marketers turn out project after project and website after website. How?

Okay, so I’ll let go of feeling crazy and focus on what I can do. Looks like my “5 Bucks a Day” project for the week, of finishing up the promotion for the adsense sites I created, is pretty unrealistic. I’ll keep working at it, and I’ll probably need to focus on the same thing next week. The key here is to actually finish it, instead of leaving a bunch of loose ends.

In my adsense coaching class, we’re switching to a new keyword research tool, one that does not rely on Overture for gathering valuable data. I saw some demo videos on it today, and it looks incredibly powerful. I’ll wait to mention the name until I get a chance to check it out and play around a little bit. It sure looks fun, though.

I sure love what I’m doing here and am having so much fun. What a gift! Have a good one.

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I watched an excellent series of videos this afternoon on Article or Bum Marketing. The videos were created by Steven R, as he refers to himself in a number of popular forums, and he is offering them for free. He covers finding a product, keyword research, article research and writing, and submitting to ezinearticles.com. Super helpful. You can access the first 3 videos on his website AffiliateMarketingDiary.com and then join his mailing list to gain access to the rest. I’ve watched 9 videos now, and know he has plans for many more. Very generous!

Back to signing up for article directories.

That’s all for now.

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Not much excitement going on. I’ve spent hours the past few days registering for article directories so I can submit the articles for my adsense sites. I think I used the word tedious a few posts ago. I’ve got a couple hundred done, and at least that many to go. The good news is, once it’s done, it’s done!

Picked up a cool idea from a forum recently regarding articles and social bookmarking sites. Besides bookmarking the pages on your website, you can bookmark the articles that you have posted in ezinearticles.com. It’s just one more way to get some exposure to your keywords and websites. It’s also pretty easy. Again, I use Bookmarking Demon for that purpose.

I’m implementing the focus of the “5 Bucks a Day” group this week, and choosing a project. This week I am focusing on finishing up all the initial promotion for my first block of adsense sites. That means getting all the promotional articles edited and submitted to the major and the secondary article directories. I’ve already done the social bookmarking piece. I will also familiarize myself with a technique for using free blogs to promote as well, and spend some time adding comments to blogs with high PR that are keyword specific. That should draw some attention anyway.

Once that’s done, it’s time to start a new cycle of article promotion, and get some new sites built. But for this week, I’ll let just about everything else slide and just focus on promoting these sites. Next week I’ll pick a new project for the week. Cool plan, huh?

And another cool thing I almost forgot. I got ahold of a free copy of GoTryThis from one of the websites set up for internet marketers to donate products so they can build their lists (I can’t think of what they’re called…). GTT is software for camoflaging and tracking affiliate links. I was able to install it on the url www.boymillion.us today. Now when I market Boy Million, I can use this url with tracking included, instead of using www.yellowdog.ws, which is where I have my paid copy of GTT installed. Feels like genius to me! Guess I’ll find out.

We got about a foot of snow over the weekend. It’s beautiful. Have a good one.

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Is it okay to say I feel a bit discouraged lately?

I’d love to experience some success of some kind, with a great affiliate sale or an avalanche of adsense clicks, but I know I can’t control that. I need just to stay focused and keep making progress. I have a good foundation in all I am learning about marketing on the Internet and in the programs I’m a member of. So I’ll keep working and know that I’m on the path to success — big time success.

It would be a very good idea too if I became a more active member of the forums I read each day. I can think of 2 in particular where I could get great help and support. So I’ll commit to posting in both of those forums a number of times a week. Posting will become second nature in no time at all.

Have you heard of Ghalil? She’s the author of “Professional Dreamer” and offers a number of courses on manifestation and other spiritual sorts of topics. She’s delightful and has quite a story. She has a product called “Pocket Pals,” that I like to listen to. On these mp3s, Ghalil recites a bunch of affirmations set to music, with the themes of love, wealth and worthiness. Her style is sort of like rap, but not rap, and not new agey at all. They’re really energizing and fun. I’d highly recommend them and will listen tomorrow. If you’re interested, you can find her and the Pocket Pals at ProfessionalDreamer.com.

I feel better just writing about that. Have a good one.

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Spent a good amount of time submitting my finance site to directories today. I finished up adding the pages on taxes to the site. Lots of details to attend to, making sure all the links work, etc. I think it looks good though. Now I’d like to see it get some attention.

Are getting links and doing PPC the best ways to generate traffic? I’ve got a number of traffic related training videos on my list to view. I’ll have to make some time to do that!

I feel wiped out! Time for some relaxation.

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