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photo credit: floeschie I check out a lot of Internet marketing squeeze pages and it drives me absolutely crazy when media begins to play automatically when I load them. With the InstaClick Firefox add-on I often load pages in a new tab with the intention of reading them later. Also, my settings on Outlook load web links without changing to a browser view. When audio suddenly blasts from a page (or several) while I’m trying to prioritize, I get quite irritated. Most of the time I get so...

I don’t usually recommend a ton of free reports here because most of them are just not that great and only add to the overwhelming problem of information overload. However, earlier today I was sent a link to a new free report: 201 Tips to Rock Your Blog. Created by Leo Babauta and Mary Jaksch, this concise and easy-to-follow report is full of fresh as well as tried-and-true ideas to give your blog a kick in the butt or start it out with a bang. Leo and Mary share a slew of short,...

According to the new service, Jounce, online advertising will never be the same. Jounce recently opened up in beta to a small number of users and I was sent an invite. Jounce is a search engine for products to promote as an affiliate marketer. The idea behind Jounce is that, as an affiliate marketer, it takes a long time to search through all the networks to find the best products and services to promote. With Jounce, you search across all affiliate networks for products and all information....

Last night I attempted to save a WordPress post as a draft and was taken to an error page that is received by visitors going to an unavailable page. Then I tried to schedule it, post it and everything else, but nothing seems to be working. I’m not sure what is causing this so I am going to post this message and see if it posts okay. If it does, then all should be well. If not, I’ll take a few steps back – or any helpful feedback you guys, my supersmart readers, can supply.

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: consistency, consistency, consistency. If you want to be a successful blogger, you must publish quality content on a regular basis. Apparently I’m not so good at taking my own advice because I stepped away from my blog for almost eight weeks and the results were just what I always say they would be: my readership dropped. And I don’t just mean that I lost a few readers or visitors, my overall traffic was cut by two-thirds. This is a serious hit. The other major noticable negative consequences have to do with Google

After a long love affair with Firefox, I recently decided it was time to give Google Chrome a try. Two weeks later, I realized that I hadn’t opened Firefox at all; Chrome has everything I need and it’s super-duper fast (as opposed to Firefox, which is just super-fast). One of the reasons I wanted to try Chrome was because I was so attached to my Firefox extensions. As it turned out, all the extensions I used – or a similar tool – are available for Chrome as well. So here’s what I use to pimp my Chrome. Feedly While Feedly isn’t exactly an extension, it is a

I installed Evernote on my PC for the first time nearly a year ago, but never really got around to using it until the first of this year. I’d played around in it a bit, but thought that it was just another organizational tool that would add to my time spent using organizational tools. Honestly, I’ve never found a to-do list, calendar or brainstorming application that satisfactorily replaced my post-it notes. If my desktop and the edges of my monitor aren’t covered in yellow, I feel lost. Or so it was until I really dug into Evernote. One Saturday I decided that it was time to

Travis (the man who brought you Bum Marketing) and Jeannie Sago have a new resource launching in a few days that you won’t want to miss. Project Mom is a free site that will offer all sorts of internet marketing related how-tos and help. They promise it will always be free. Though the name might make you think of the many “mommies-make-money” sites, this site was actually created by Travis to help support his mom using Clickbank. Travis plans to document the complete process of making money as an affiliate marketer. He will use a blog to market products and have the checks sent

With everyone moving over to Windows 7, I thought I might share my process for making sure none of my applications or documents slip through the cracks. I recently reformatted my primary hard drive after owning my PC for almost two years. I’m not one who is afraid to reformat and start from scratch – my laptop is a sluggish old beast (Dell Inspiron 1200) and I am always having to reset it to bring it back to life. The key to safely reformatting your PC is to make sure you have all the...

It is nearly impossible to believe that this blog was born three years ago. I was thinking about it and am shocked at how much has changed. Social Networking in general was just beginning to pick up speed. Very few of my high school friends were on Facebook – and I’m sure yours too. Podcasting was still for those quite ahead of the game. But I think the biggest difference – as far as the world of blogging is concerned – is that there was no . It’s hard to imagine that now, considering how integral it is to so many of our daily lives. In the past few months I’

MomStart is a blog I read regularly for one of my niche sites. It is written and maintained by Louise Bishop. She shares stories, reviews products and generally discusses her passions. Right now MomStart is running a Contest for a Free Nook. All you have to do is about the contest and then link to your status in the comments. Louise has also offered up some ways to earn extra entries by submitting to various social media sites and contest blogs. This is one of those win-win situations where Louise gets traffic and someone gets a really cool prize. If you want it to be you then: Free Nook from

photo credit: nathanmac87 I have a question for you this morning and I hope you’ll help me out. It has to do with JV events and how useful they really are. They are almost always useful for the contributors, but how do you feel as a member? Is it worth you time? My regular readers know that I love JV events. It was an internet marketing giveaway (Easter JV 2007) that first hooked me three years ago and I still love to go through them and check out all the cool stuff. I don’t mind joining...

Three years ago I was surfing the internet and happened upon a blog post promoting a JV Event. I had no idea what a JV event was, so I read the article and was immediately impressed. Free stuff that helps you make money online?! I’m in! That giveaway was the Easter JV Giveaway 2007 and it gave me just the push I needed to start blogging and take on internet marketing. Well, it’s that time again. Easter JV is still my very favorite giveaway and it launches March 30. To sign up as a member...

photo credit: JesusBranch If you have been an internet marketer or blogger for long you’ve most likely either created your own product or reviewed another marketer’s. If you have, then you’ve probably heard that when you are discussing features of a product, you should focus on the benefits of the features. Don’t just tell your prospects what the product does, tell them what it can do for them. One of the most overlooked – yet highly crucial – benefits out there is transformation. Most...

Spring is almost upon us and you know what that means… singing birds, blooming flowers and a whole bunch of awesome internet marketing giveaway events! Easter JV is just around the corner, but to keep you busy signing up and downloading until then, here are a few active or soon-to-be active events. 2010 Prosperity Giveaway This is a big one. At the time of writing the free downloads in the Prosperity Giveaway numbered around 300. There are some pretty good one-time-offers here as well if you don’t mind shelling out a few bucks. Members-Only Giveaway 2 Even bigger than the first