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Well, I committed to a “One Page A Day” challenge for the month of February, organized by Eric Giguere of AdSense fame. I have subscribed to his blog and read it regularly. Good stuff.

Back to the challenge. The only rule is to publish 1 page of content online per day. I haven’t gotten off to a very good start, but I will finish strong. I’d like to rebuild some momentum with this blog and this should help.

I rejoined the 3WayLinks.net program. My focus continues to be on building links and links and links, and that is one way. In the process I am revamping websites and adding lots of content. I’ve sort of synthesized a new method for keyword research that gives me an idea of which keywords can actually rank and which have little chance. I love having a clear step by step method that I can follow. I can’t emphasize that enough. I am certainly not feeling as fuzzy about all this marketing stuff as I was many months ago — I’ve learned a ton! — but sometimes, it’s wonderful just to be really clear about what steps to take.

As I’ve mentioned before, other backlink building efforts are focused on article marketing and social marketing sites. I have a blue print from one of the members of the Earn1KaDay forum to follow for the social marketing. Dennis Becker (creater of 1KaD) is doing a tutorial now on using a wiki to get some good ranking on Google and I’m incorporating that too.

There are so many really really fun resources. I am having a very good time with my marketing efforts these days, moving a mile a minute, and getting a lot accomplished.

Another new resource is an online site that uses your images and creates some really professional looking videos in a flash. It’s great! I’m in the process of figuring out a process to add an automatic redirect when the video ends, and I’ll write more about it when I get some good results. I’m pretty sure I have all the tools and now just need to figure out some transitions — if that makes any sense.

That’s enough for now. I have to save something for tomorrow! Thanks for visiting.

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The last few days have been filled with mapping strategy, keyword research, and catching up on reading. I’ve been reading the series of ebooks in JP Schoeffel’s, How to Turn Sites into Money. These are valuable so far for his analysis of the state of internet marketing (i.e. adsense sites alone are no longer viable) and his recommendations for how to monetize for success. He talks about building a group of websites based on different aspects of the same niche, basically building “silos” and linking them to a central landing page.

His Niches-In-A-Box membership is based on that concept. I have to admit I’m very interested in it, believing I could learn a lot. We’ll see.

System Restore is now functioning beautifully on my computer. I did get a response to my inquiry on the Tablet Questions forum. The response just referred me to another website that I had already scoured in an effort to troubleshoot, so I thought it wasn’t helpful. But I went back to that site anyway and played around somemore, tried some things that shouldn’t work, and voila!, discovered that System Restore was restored! Puzzling process, but very gratifying in the end.

I’m also reading an ebook, Blog With Success, by Shannon Herod. I’m looking forward to implementing some of his recommendations. You can look forward to some evolution on this blog in the near future.

Thanks for being here — have a good one!

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Today’s focus is keyword research and article writing. It’s time to start cranking out some articles to promote my websites, and to ensure I have a free pass this month with InfoGoRound. I’ve learned some techniques to make the writing process easier and I’m trying those out. I really enjoy the research part.

Also, the videos are up on the Blogini 2.0 sales page today. It’s time to make my decision about which level of membership I opt for. Do I want the Blogini folks to create niche blogs for me and grow them overtime? Or, do I want to create my own sites and just take advantage of all the extra benefits? We’ll see.

“The Secret” made it’s way onto the Boston Legal TV episode last night. I just roared when we saw the culmination of Denny Crane’s efforts to attract Raquel Welch into his life. Very, very funny.

Just prior to watching the show, I had listened to an interview with Rhonda Byrne, the creator of “The Secret.” If you’re not familiar with this phenomenon, it is based on the law of attraction and is the latest rage in the news. The DVD came first and then the book, which has become a best seller. Rhonda absolutely exudes joy. She is such a delight to listen to.

That’s all for now. Have a good one.

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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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Not quite as much fun today. I was working with NicheBOT 2 and Keywords Results Analyzer and trying to replicate a process for finding easy to rank for keywords that is recommended in my coaching class. No go. It’s amazing to me how different all the keyword tools are. Each one of them seems to excell at a different function, and measure the data it mines in just a little different way. Like “competition” in one means something totally different than “competition” in another, and where they draw their data from can be so different.

There is a soon to be released program that looks fabulous for identifying longtail keywords for adsense sites or article marketing. At least I hope it is released soon. I want it. I have another little program designed just for quickly identifying niches and keywords for bum marketing. The program recommended in my class is for adsense primarily. It’s super powerful and very exciting, but costs a bundle and you pay as you go. It could add up real fast.

So today got a little frustrating trying to learn a new program and connect the dots and they weren’t connecting. What I often do in that case is print out and read the manual, and I just may do that.

Blogini 2.0 really is coming very soon. Building up the back end has taken longer than Ken Fox expected, but he wants to make sure it is done right. I have an inkling of what he has planned, but am anticipating some videos to pull it all together. That should be fun.

Thanks for being here. Have a great weekend.

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