#8 on Google for My Name
Back on Monday April 2nd, I wrote a post titled “Are you missing out on this Traffic? I was…” about registering your own name as a domain name to get more traffic from the search engines — or at least to dominate the first page of results for searches on your name.
Well, I totally forgot to check to see whether RosalindGardner.com made it to the first page of results for a “Rosalind Gardner” search until just now… and I see that it’s taken the 8th spot.
Not bad. Now I guess I’d better do that with the rest of my sites, eh? 
Have you registered yours, yet?
Popularity: 30% [?]
FreeIQ Gaining Momentum!
Brad Fallon’s FreeIQ is getting BIG fast.
A respository of ecommerce-related products should be a great thing, provided the products are of high quality. Sadly, the first thing I came across under the ‘affiliate’ tag was a PDF file by ‘freeiq1′ called ‘The Affiliate Marketer’s Handbook‘. The first clue that this ebook would be a waste of time was lack of author name and bio. Sure enough, this is the first paragraph:
Being in the affiliate marketing business is not that hard now with the Internet at your disposable. It is much easier now compared to the days when people have to make use of the telephones and other mediums of information just to get the latest updates on the way their program is coming along.
Ya sure, and affiliate marketing got so much easier when we started using smoke signals. Sheesh. The whole thing is so absurd as to be funny.
Fortunately, videos and content are rated and reviewed by the user community, so those posting crap won’t rank highly. I guess it’s just a matter of time before the turd mentioned above gets flushed.
Marketer? Got a freebie or paid product you want to promote more widely? Upload it to FreeIQ.com soon and get good exposure. Be prepared to wait for the server, though. It’s SLOW… a testament to its popularity — although a big pain in the butt, as I haven’t had any luck setting up an Author Page, getting links to track, etc.
Affiliate? Join the 2-tier affiliate program for free, promote the site and get a cut of downline affiliate sales for the first year. You better get in there now, or there won’t be any downline left, though.
Popularity: 10% [?]
How Readable Is Your Writing?
Is your Web copy easy to read and understand?
If sales conversions on your affiliate sites are low or few visitors respond to your requests, the problem may be that your message lacks clarity or simplicity.
To check your articles for reading ease and “grade level”, I recommend using a tool that incorporates the Flesch-Kincaid readability test. Read more
Popularity: 33% [?]
Ferrets to Skin Care
Last month’s Secrets to their Success (STTS) profiled Scott Sanfilippo, whose Internet business started with selling ferret supplies and now brings in $5 MILLION A YEAR.
This month, STTS includes Tony Pasco’s story of bouncing back from corporate downsizing to build an eBay business dedicated to helping other people reach their dreams — and his own — to the tune of $220,000 a year!
Also profiled is R.K. Wendling, who left an engineering career behind to start a natural skin care and household products company — from his own kitchen! Now, just over two years later, he’s got a retail store, a booming wholesale business, and $100,000 in revenues in 2006 alone — and he’s on track to more than DOUBLE that in 2007!
Need some inspiration? Read Secrets to their Success which profiles real people (just like you) who are doing exceptional business online.
Popularity: 54% [?]
Stop Spammers with My Contact Station
Joel Comm has just released “My Contact Station“, software that kills site spam, increases security by solving the email harvesting problem, and provides advanced and professional contact solutions - and you can get it now for just 7 bucks!
This script is easy to install on any site, including your Wordpress blogs. Check out the video demonstration and hear audio testimonials from satisified customers. Better yet, once you own it, you can also promote My Contact Station for 100% Commissions!
If you have a web site, secure your site from spammers right now with My Contact Station.
Popularity: 13% [?]
The Brain Dump
So, how was your Easter break?
Did you really enjoy yourself or did you find it difficult to step away from your computer and really relax?
If you’re like me, there may be times when you have so much on your plate that your mind just goes round and round — and you can’t stop thinking about all that you have to do.
Stuff like:
- Get that newsletter written.
- Revamp the autoresponder series.
- Review those 10 new products!
- Decide which products to promote.. and in what order.
- Backup the computer.
- Test the new software.
- Approve the MySpace friend requests.
- Review PPC campaigns.
- Etc., etc., and etc.
Blah, blah, blah and on it goes. Where she stops, no one knows.
Actually, it’s essential that you do quiet the incessant inner chatter if you want to improve your focus, do your best work and increase your productivity.
When I find that my mind is restless (or spinning out of control) with my To-Do list, I take a page out of John Reese’s book and do a ‘brain dump’.
It’s simple. (For those who are kept awake at night thinking about their to-do list, this technique is especially effective.)
Grab a pen and paper and make a list of all the niggly tidbits that have been plaguing your brain over the last few days. When you’re finished writing, file the list where you can find it again but can’t see it from where you work.
Aaaaah, relief!
Now you can choose ONE task to work on without worrying about all the other items on your list. Oh sure, they’ll still be there when you check the list - but the good news is that they won’t pester you in the meantime.
Improve your productivity and ultimately, your income - do a ‘brain dump’!
Popularity: 13% [?]
An Easter Weekend Project
Many of you will take a 3 or 4-day break from work this weekend to celebrate Easter. If so, and you plan to spend lots of that time working on your web sites, I have the perfect Easter weekend ‘project’ for you…
Take a Break!
Stepping back from your business every now and again is a GOOD thing to do. (I know, as I take more breaks and vacations than anyone I know).
You definitely need a break if…
You spend so much time at the computer that your family misses you and complains about your absence. Or, if you feel frustrated or bogged down with how your business is progressing. Feeling that way actually causes you to lose focus and slows your progress.
When you step back and relax for awhile, you’ll find that you gain clarity, perspective and focus; and that makes everything about your business run more smoothly.
So, enjoy your weekend ‘project’ and have a Happy Easter!
P.S. OK, if you absolutely MUST get to your computer this weekend, then sign up for the year’s free hosting deal I got for you and start thinking (only thinking) about how you’ll put that new domain to good use.
Popularity: 17% [?]
Are you missing out on this Traffic? I was…
You could be missing out on the easiest, inexpensive and the most obvious way to get traffic to your site.
I was… and I should have known better, as one of the biggest secrets to my success, is no real ’secret’ at at all. It lies in the fact that my name, Rosalind Gardner, has become quite popular in the affiliate marketing industry.
Although your name may not yet be that popular, it’s still very important to do what you can NOW to promote your own name and use it to drive traffic to your existing site(s).
And the most obvious, easiest and cheapest way for you to do that is to register a domain name in your own name and then Work It!
Here’s an example of what happens when you don’t take advantage of having a domain name in your own name. I registered RosalindGardner.com back in June of 2002 (BEFORE I wrote my book and before my name was popular) and did nothing with it except …
Popularity: 16% [?]
Expert Blogging Bash at Chitika
April 1st heralded the beginning of 30 days of expert blogging - a blogging ‘bash’ - at Chitika.
Thirty blogging gurus (I’m one) will be taking over the Chitika Blog where you will get to enjoy tips and explore insights about a variety of unique and interesting topics like, “Dare to be Odd” and “Shopping and Blogging: How to make the marriage work”.
To learn more about how to make Chitika’s contextual advertising network for you, check out Joel Comm’s Chitika eMiniMalls SECRETS ebook.
Popularity: 18% [?]
