Yellow Dog Ventures

I have been working diligently getting the Niches-in-a-Box sites up and running. This involves a whole bunch of tweaking of the pages in FileZilla — a whole bunch. The training videos are the best I’ve worked with though. My head is also spinning from researching affiliate programs. Wow! But I’m getting there.

Then there’s the promotion. I swear I’m going to become an ace at promotion! I’ll promote the heck out of the NIAB sites and my old adsense sites.

These old adsense sites are, by the way, no longer adsense sites. I read too much about Google going after people who have a bunch of made for adsense sites and shutting down their adsense accounts. I don’t have a ton of made for adsense sites, but am not up for the risk. So I have removed some adsense blocks from each of the sites and added some pretty good affiliate banners.

I’m going to promote the heck out of those too. The niches are still red hot.

If you’re into marketing and adsense, I highly recommend reading Eric Giguere’s blog — memwg.com. He’s innovative and leaves out the hype.

That’s it for now. Thanks for visiting!

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Wow! I have spent the week pretty super focused uploading and configuring some websites that I purchased. The effort feels intense, but gratifying. Today I have worked on the attached blogs - activating plug-ins, editing themes, etc. I feel accomplished. The next step is to load the blogs up with content using the post timestamp and drip it on over the next year.

I mentioned JP Schoeffel’s Niches-In-A-Box membership awhile ago, and I did decide to check it out. These sites are pretty cool. Pretty advanced. High quality. I’m learning a whole lot. Ultimately I’d love to be able to make sites like these for myself, but that’s a long ways off.

Next week, I tackle the “Mini Money Sites” project that Dennis Becker has taught the members of “Earn1KaDay.” I have all the tools I need and now I have to dig in and learn to put them together. I hope to get 2 or 3 sites up. It’s a really valuable, and inexpensive membership.

The step after that is learning to be profitable with adwords. This intimidates the heck out of me! Not sure I have the courage.

Something else I mentioned a few weeks ago is the AdSpyPro software that allows you to learn what keywords and campaigns are profitable through adwords. Today a new program was introduced that allows you to protect your landing pages from being spied upon. It’s free! Here’s the URL: http://www.ppcdefender.com/  (I just learned it might not really serve it’s purpose though…)

That’s enough for now. It’s time to enjoy my weekend!

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Portal Feeder opened its doors again today. It’s a huge program that teachs how to create websites and really develop a presence on the web. It’s the whole deal with built in traffic promotion, market research, and you name it. It looks fabulous and I’m so tempted!

But, I said the same thing last night about Niches-In-A-Box. Both offer a tremendous program with a ton of training. Sounds like you couldn’t lose with either. My question is, do I want to invest in a program with more structure, or do I want to continue to put the pieces together myself?

One thing I’ve realized is that the adsense website model I learned in the training I took a few months ago is a bit archaic. I wish I had the same awareness then that I do now. While the method was probably really sound a year to 18 months ago, adsense is not the same entity it was then.

The cost in time and/or money for article marketing is tremendous, and recouping that through adsense clicks is a challenge. To do so requires a huge number of adsense sites and a tremendous number of fresh articles regularly to keep the traffic flowing. I’ll continue to build up the sites I have already created, but will not put the time or money into creating any more at this point. Was taking the class a mistake? No. The education has been invaluable.

Today I learned of another cool tool. It’s called DupeFreePro and it calculates the percentage of duplication in articles you’re working with, and checks for duplicate content on the Internet. The best part is it’s free. Check it out.

That’s all for now. Have a good one.

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Feels like months since I’ve written anything here. Not good! Several days at the end of last week were pretty tied up completing my tax return. I’ll tell you that was an eye opener. It is so easy to spend money on Internet marketing products! And I spent a lot of it!

What I can clearly see is I have a fabulous foundation of tools to use in building and promoting websites. I feel more committed now than ever to focus my attention on niche websites, article marketing, and affiliate promotions. I have everything I need and it feels so clear now.

I checked my adsense earnings tonight. I don’t do that very often. But I was pleased to see the progress. The sites that are bringing in the most money are the adsense sites I built as part of the coaching program I am in. This is really encouraging. There is so much more I could be doing to promote those sites, like submitting more articles and building more backlinks.

What strikes me about these sites in contrast to the sites I previously constructed, is that these ones are very keyword specific and I have submitted articles to promote them. I guess I really like the results I’m seeing. The potential is pretty exciting.

It has occurred to me a number of times in the past few days, that my success is all in my hands. I have nothing to stand in my way. I can make this happen if I really want to. I do have everything I need. I have a system to follow. I have access to 2 really excellent forums with very experienced marketers, where I can ask questions and trust I’ll get honest direction.

I get to make this happen. It’s not about luck at all. It’s about knowledge, and belief, and action. I feel very empowered and very ready.

Have a good one and thanks for visiting.

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Well, the new Blogini 2.0 sales page is up. Sort of anyway. I have to say I’m amazed at what a calamity this launch has turned into. If I didn’t know better, I would question how the Blogini folks could be competent in building a linking network when they can’t seem to get a sales page up. I admit the pace has driven me crazy. I am anxious to see the videos that will show me what all the changes look like. Patience, patience…

I took some feedback to heart the other day. A fellow marketer said it seemed like I was on a rollercoaster. Hm.

I do recognize how true this is. Focus still eludes me. Every opportunity is enticing. I’ve seen references all over the place lately that to be successful we need to get good at one thing. Once that one thing is really well established then we can try something else.

So, while I’d love to move into marketing with eBay and adwords and amazon.com, I feel the most comfortable with building niche websites and monetizing with adsense. What I really need to focus on is exactly that, defined as building adsense sites and promoting these with articles. I’ll also plan to promote with other link building activities also. I’ll include some affiliate promotions on the sites too. That’s it. That’s what I do.

I’ve been re-reading Tim Gorman’s stuff on the Keyword Avalanche forum again. Tim is a member of the KA staff. He’s the army officer that has designed the article blitz process. He’s extremely successful. His is the prototype system for article marketing. I’ve been checking out a bunch of his websites and pretty much know exactly how to proceed. I’ll just do a little more keyword research ahead of time than he does. Cool.

As far as I know, the $1 trial is still available at the KA forum. It’s not too late, but may be soon. Here’s the access info if you want it: KA $1 Trial Membership — user: kashe — pw: vault.

That’s all for now. Have a good one!

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