Why You Should Do Stuff On Your Own
I got a few emails from a friend asking me for example whether it’s ok to link from T2 and T3 pages to other people, whether he should use that link above the fold or below the fold (which I all answered) and then he also asked me:
“thanks Tomaz, when you send out emails for link exchanges, is your subject line: regarding link exchange and what is your version of value exchanges email?”
I personally think that asking for such specific examples is just too much. Here’s my reply:
Don’t you think you could come up with something that would eventually work? Do you really feel satisfied and fulfilled by copying EVERYTHING?
I don’t have an exact email because I come up with something. I don’t have a copy / paste system neither for the email and neither for the subject line. Read more
5 Myths About Google Penalization
There are all sorts of penalization myths going around and I thought I’d share my views about them. Just using the word “myths” should give you the first hint what they really are.
Here are the most common myths of why Google and other search engines might penalize your site:
1.Will Google penalize me if I link to non-related sites?
No, unless you link to porn or sites that spread malware and other crap. The Internet is a World Wide Web which means that websites interlink with each other in many different ways.
If you write about your topic you’ll link most of the times to sites that are related to your topic – since you want your visitors to learn more. Read more
Benefited From FreedomIdeas.com? Here’s How You Can Return The Favor…
A reader of FreedomIdeas.com emailed me today that he’d like to thank me for all the free info on this site by giving me a link to any of my sites.
It was suggested before that I should put up a Donations button but I don’t feel it’s the right thing here.
I am happy to share what I know (or think I know ) and am really happy to see other people succeed online.
That’s why I never really treated this blog like a business model. It’s more like a journal of my Internet adventure and a channel for helping other people on this journey. Read more
What YOU Have To Do Or What Has To Be DONE
When you start your adventure on the internet by starting your own online business, you almost inevitably assume that you have to do everything yourself.
There’s content writing, website design, link building, interacting on social networks, participating on related forums, doing research for finding suitable websites for link exchanges and the list goes on and on.
While I personally recommend that you start doing everything yourself at the beginning (to better understand how this Internet thing works), you don’t have to stay stuck in this “mode”. Read more
When Timing Is Crucial – The Blogging Traffic Rush
There are some theories that Google indexes blogs faster than classic static sites but I haven’t seen any analysis proving that. I have seen blog posts getting indexed very fast, like my last Copaclick review which I could see in Google in just 7 minutes.
I’ve also seen my articles from my »static« SBI sites being indexed very quickly – in a matter of minutes too.
But since most static websites focus mostly on keywords that get searched over and over again, blogs can focus on keywords that happen »now«.
Getting a blog post quickly up when something interesting happens is crucial to get lost of traffic. Realize that this traffic will typically NOT monetize well since people are just curios and are not in the buying mode.
But still, they might subscribe to your newsletter, the RSS feed or even bookmark your site for later. Read more
How And What To Outsource
You may be looking to outsource some of the work related to your online business once it expands. I strongly recommend that if you’re just starting out, do everything yourself.
Write articles and share your passion and knowledge with other people, build links yourself by submitting articles, looking for link exchanges and using other link building strategies, and do all the other work related to your site, like setting up a newsletter, setting up an RSS feed and so on.
If you follow this process for a year or so, you’ll most likely start earning some money which you can then use to buy yourself more time.
In my opinion, there is almost an unlimited amount of money we can earn in our life, but only limited time that we’ll be here.
That’s why time is more precious than money and I use money to buy myself more time to do what I wish and not what I have to.
That’s where outsourcing comes in. What can you outsource? Read more
Worried About the Competition Online?
I recently chatted with a friend through Gmail, and she was slightly worried.
She was building a site in a certain niche and found out that other people were building their sites on the same concept. She used SBI and actually found a couple of SBI-ers building their site in the exact same niche.
Should I continue? Do I stand a chance now that even someone using an SBI system is going for this niche?
A Must Read For Every Blogger
If you have a blog and your goal is to make money with it, then read on…
Ken Evoy, the CEO of Sitesell.com has recently posted a new page which explains, in detail, why blogging is not the best way to build a successful online business.
I suggest that you head over to the Blog or Build page, prepare yourself a drink and read the full page. It’s long page so take your time…
(And if you are using Wordpress as your blogging platform, don’t skip the »Nitty Gritty Wordpress vs. SBI! Comparison«!)
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Let me share my experience with content sites and blogs (especially this one) and explain when you should use each one.
The Longest Useful Comment I Ever Got
Today I received the longest unique, useful comment ever on my tennis blog.
Scroll down on this page:
Pete Sampras Vs Roger Federer – Who Wins?
And you’ll find a comment from Jeffrey which is 1494 words long!
That’s not a comment, those are 2 or even 3 articles! And Jeffrey’s English is excellent too.
There are a couple of long comments on this blog too and I want to thank all those that contribute!
So what was the longest comment you got on one of your blogs? (Feel free to post a link to your post with the longest comment!)
Where I Find Ideas For Niche Websites
If you’re having trouble finding a profitable niche with not too much competition, then you’re about to find out where to get tons of ideas.
The Easy Way
The easy way is to subscribe to 2 lists where you really won’t be spammed with tons of promotional emails.
1. Nicheaday.com
NicheaDay.com is a project from Scott Standke and it does exactly what it says: you’ll get an email every day with a niche idea, high PPC bid price from Overture and up to 1000 keywords already attached to the email.
These are sent from Nichebot.com in cooperation with Jim Morris.
