Shop, Save and Earn at Buxr.com
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Buxr.com is a new site that gives users a chance to shop for great deals, save some cash, and even earn money by sharing information with other users!
And yes, when I first saw the URL, my immediate thought was 'oh great, another bux site'. As it turns out, the only similarity between Buxr.com and those crappy, scammy sites is the name. But hey, it's awesome (to me) that now when I think of the letters b-u-x, I can think of someone who isn't out to rip me off. Ahem...sorry, back to the site...heh.
Buxr.com is more than just an average site geared toward the 'shop and save' crowd, that is, this isn't just a sell-stuff-cheap site. Upon further inspection, Buxr.com is more like a social network site for shoppers, allowing people to find great deals and discuss things in their discussion area (including a recent topic titled, 'Why things cost $19.95', which is something I'm sure we all have pondered).
Another prominent feature of the site is the contest section, where users can win prizes based on things like submitting the best deal of the day, or guessing the best (or worst) deal of the day.
Also, Buxr.com is community driven, which means that the users are the ones that get to submit deals, coupons, and stuff to the site. But slow down, all of you affiliate types, they don't allow you to post referral coupon codes to deals, so that coupon marketing is out (but you may talk to the admin of the site about purchasing the ability to do so...it's not mentioned, but money talks, right?).
Go on over and have a look around Buxr.com, check out the video tour of the site, and see if they can help you save (or make) money. Oh, and be sure to say hello to the admin. Those of you who are business oriented enough know that allies with websites are good things to have. Otherwise, enjoy!
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This Stuff In Lieu of Actual Content
I've been doing a little bit of work on this site as time has been permitting me. Alas, I'm not really sure how much more I can do.
Oh wait, there's a ton of things that I can do to make this blog better! But until those good ideas come around, here's a couple of the things that I have been doing around here.
First, I've added a new plugin to the site in order to help with organic traffic, namely Headspace2. What it does is give you the ability to fill out the meta title and description of each blog post. Just think, this is a chance to get in those all-important keywords that search engines just love.
Second, I've signed up and installed Kontera, which is a content-based CPC advertising network. Basically it chooses keywords in your blog posts and automatically makes them links (denoted by the double underlines). So far, it seems to be working, although I really would love to see some real traffic show up to see just how well using Kontera works.
I've also added a neat little feature (which you can see at the top of this post if you are on the post's page rather than the index.php) which allows you to retweet my posts with a single click. Just a little bit of php code and voila, instant Twitter retweet gratification! OK, maybe not so much, but it's a very neat (and easy to use) tool for giving your readers a chance to pass your post along to their followers. Speaking of Twitter followers, my earlier blog post about how I gained 100 Twitter followers in two hours did sort of jump the gun...I'm now over 1600, and the number is steadily increasing. In fact, my followers are also growing thanks to my use of the #tcot (top conservatives on Twitter) hashtag for my other blog, Verbal Thermite. Another area where having tons of Twitter followers is showing a great benefit is in the use of Be-A-Magpie, which is a service that helps you monetize your Twitter account. I'm now making over three Euros with each Magpie tweet. I wonder what John Chow could make with his account...hmm...
Finally, and also the most important update to this site for now is the fact that I've done some work with my mailing list. Now you can get a free PLR (private label rights) article pack when you join our list! If you are wondering how this can benefit you, you should check out my Squidoo lens on how to make money with PLR and MRR products. Read that, and then join the mailing list, and together we can take over the internet...er...I mean, make money online.
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Review of WPDesigner.com
It is beginning to get close to the time that I will start thinking about finding a new host for this site. Yep, I like the company I'm with, but I simply won't be able to afford to extend it. Especially since they like for you to pay for a full year at once. That's not happening.
What will happen is that I will be shopping around, and one of the first places I will be looking is WPDesigner.com. They provide a list of the top ten best webhosting companies on the net, in their opinion.
This web hosting review site does not beat around the bush. Their top 10 list is right there, out in the open, so that when the page loads, it is the first thing that you see. This design technique makes using WPDesigner.com a very easy experience. Face it, the last thing you need is a difficult website to wade through trying to figure out which host is the best, right?
Anyway, the site is nicely put together. The only real criticism I have is that their top list contains a few hosts I've never heard of. Not that it is a bad thing, but compared to many other top hosting sites out there, it tends to give the appearance of promoting their affiliates over well-known companies.
Hey, gotta love the affiliates, right?
I'm giving WPDesigner.com an 8 out of 10. Nicely done.
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Kontera and the Keywords of Doom
I'm new to using Kontera. So far, I like them. Heck, they are almost working...heh.
I was playing around with my site, just doing some mouse-overs of the keywords (not clicking them, that's against the rules), and I noticed something funny about the information that popped up.
Rather than just tell you about it, let me show you what I mean.
It would seem that Nationwide insurance has the corner on the kewords 'blog' and 'blogger'. Interesting. I suppose that if you want to hijack traffic, you just have to outbid everyone else on the keyword you want, and then hope and pray that they don't actually LOOK at the pop-up info before clicking on the link.
Personally, I don't really think this is a reliable method of getting traffic.
I mean, I'm sure anybody with any common sense would see right through this keyword chaos.
You need to give people a reason to click on your links. Using totally unrelated links to gain traffic (like using 'blog' to sell insurance) doesn't really seem to do it.
Ah well. Such is marketing, right?
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Shoemoney’s Secret: How to Make Huge Profits From Your Blog
I was making the rounds on the net and I saw this post on Shoemoney's blog called "Progress and Completion" where he talks about making progress on things and how completion of a goal sometimes puts a stop to progress. Aside from being a very good post, he mentioned something that made me think a bit (aside from the whole thing about making progress, etc.).
He mentioned the typical email that he receives on a daily basis, essentially someone giving a sob story about why they need to know his secret to making money out of nothing (or almost nothing) overnight. But the big thing that got me thinking was the typical reaction to Shoe's well thought out response. You know, going ballistic because Shoemoney didn't divulge all of his secret tricks; forget the fact that he said that wasn't his focus...
But let's get down to brass tacks. If you are reading this, then you really just want to know what makes Jeremy Schoemaker so much freaking money. I know the answer. Are you ready?
Mr. Schoemaker's secret is learning. Shall I explain this a bit more?
Whether you are talking about Shoemoney, John Chow, or any other super affiliate, there is a common thread in the way they make their money. It's all about learning how to make different programs work best in combination.
And for those idiots who email these guys demanding that they give out their 'secret recipe', think about this: THEY ARE ALREADY GIVING IT OUT. Maybe they aren't just handing over a piece of paper or an ebook with their entire business strategy on it, but the bits of information and wisdom that they include in their blogs are, in fact, parts of their strategy. Ideas that work, ideas that suck, it's all there. All you have to do is pay attention.
And I'm pretty sure that these guys didn't just instantly find something that made their bank accounts spazz out. There's not a single success story that didn't include failure somewhere in the mix.
OK, maybe that's not a big secret. But from the response that Jeremy spoke of, you would think that it was.
Anyway, every affiliate blogger worth reading will drop some useful bits of information on their blog. All you have to do is read it. Grab their RSS feeds...and get my RSS feed while you are at it. Join their mailing lists. Jeremy sends some awesome information through it that you won't just find lying around the blog...it's definitely worth doing.
Anyway, this is just a thought. Keep reading and learning, and one day you may be making the big bucks as well.
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