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And the countdown begins! The pre-launch date for MyInternetBusiness is set for March 5, 2008. For those of you who haven’t heard the Buzz, Passport to Wealth founder Darren Gaudry is getting ready to launch another profitable business opportunity. All paid and active members of Passport to Wealth who pre-register for this new business opportunity - MyInternetBusiness -before the pre-launch date of March 5, 2008 are entitled to a free position in this new and highly anticipated money making business opportunity. Watch the video to get in now. If you’re not already a paid Passport to Wealth member, NOW would be a great time to join. Learn the Truth about the Online Marketing Business and Passport to Wealth - Join here.

And the countdown begins!  The pre-launch date for MyInternetBusiness is set for March 5, 2008.  For those of you who haven’t heard the Buzz, Passport to Wealth founder Darren Gaudry is getting ready to launch another profitable business opportunity.  All paid and active members of Passport to Wealth who pre-register for this new business opportunity - MyInternetBusiness - before the pre-launch date of March 5, 2008 are entiltled to a free position in this new and highly anticipated money making business opportunity.  Meet me at the movies and watch the video to get in now. 

I’ve been reading and educating myself on different aspects of online marketing.  We all desire traffic to our website in hopes that we can eventually make the conversion.  Well, blogging, article marketing, and posting in forums has been where I’ve focused most of my marketing energy .  I figure if I can get some web presence, I can build credibility and work on the like and trust factors.  I know I’m honest, pull no punches and here for the long haul to help you in any way I can;  I just need you to know that!  

I published another article this week and made some posts in forums.  The article I published is titled Every Website Requires Search Engine Optimization and can be found in numerous places.  It still makes me proud to see my articles published but this particular submission was not only accepted in the knowledge base, but made the “Top Pick” list for the online newspaper. 

As a beginner writer, when I write an article I learn so much about the topic and continue to increase my knowledge of the online marketing business.  I also played around with some interesting tools I came across that have to do with forum posts, finding blogs with dofollow links, and a page strength analyzer.  I found them all some what helpful and was especially impressed with the tool that showed me stats on my page strength.  It was here that I discovered that the few articles I published have given me some exposure on the web and in a very distant way recognized on Google. 

Notice how I wrote the headline for this post?  Something I picked up on in my readings.  Include keywords in your headlines as a way of SEO.  Better chance to be picked up by readers and spiders.

Not much has improved since my last post with regard to learning the ins and outs and all the features that WordPress has to offer. From what I understand, once familiar with it’s capabilities, WordPress is jam packed with features. In getting started with blogging I choose to use the wordpress hosted blog and had no difficulties. I installed a header graphic, made posts, installed widgets, etc. That being so, I thought, “how different can a self hosted WordPress site be?” Especially since I also put together some beginner websites. Read the rest of this entry »

We all know that in order to succeed online you need to get targeted traffic to your website.  While I have tried various methods, I can’t seem to get away from some form of writing.  As of lately, I have been trying to focus on blogging and article marketing.  Neither of which I have found to be as easy as others claim it to be.  I get these ideas and want to write but am never satisfied with what I write.  You have no idea how many times I delete a sentence, word or phrase just to rewrite it another way.  I have been told and read all over the web how blogging is a forum to express yourself freely in whatever style of writing you feel comfortable with.  Yet I continue to struggle!

I’m not sure what I was thinking. I’ve only been blogging for a little over 2 months with less than a dozen posts. Which really isn’t a lot of blogging. I’m having difficulty posting as often as I would like but feeling pretty good with what I’ve done so far . Although, there’s always room for improvement. Yet something inside me kept nudging me towards the total freedom I would have by hosting my own blog. So here I am. Now faced with 2 blogs to post to. Is this insane? Read the rest of this entry »

I’m not sure if you can tell by my posts, but I can definitely see a pattern with the momentum of my efforts.  I seem to get on a bit of a roll, produce, work on my marketing and then . . . it comes to a halt!  Not sure why?

In my last post, I mentioned composing some information for a new marketing system I was going to take advantage of.  Well, I’ve been waiting for days for a response from my sponsor regarding the information I sent - or so I thought.  It seems that the original message was never sent.  So here I am patiently waiting, not wanting to be a pain and ask how he’s doing putting it together for me, and all this time it was never sent! UGH!!  I know I wrote it.  Could have sworn I sent it.  Yet it’s nowhere to be found in the sent folder of my mailbox.  Wasted time!!

So I resent it today and hope to be able to get it marketed ASAP.  For the most part I’m happy with my efforts and can feel the rewards of all that I’m doing within reach.  I’m only responsible for putting forth the effort!

In my last post (4 days ago) I committed myself to 4 articles and 3 blogs a week.  My thoughts today - WHAT was I thinking!!  I must have been real pumped up and feeling my oats with regard to writing and marketing.  Or, possibly half asleep.  In looking back, that was a pretty ambitious commitment. 

What have I done so far this week? As  I’m not a total slacker, I did submit 1 article so far and this would count as my first post for the week.  So the way I see it, I have 3 days to post 2 more times (doable) and write 3 more articles (doable but tough).  So to take some of the pressure off of myself, I’m going to lower my numbers till I get the hang of this.  My new goals for each week are, 3 posts and 2 articles.  notice, the posts to my blog did not change.

Okay, now with that off my chest, let me tell you what else I have been working on for my business.  I decided to sign up for a new Hands Free Marketing System created and offered by my sponsor.  With  this new marketing system I need to provide him with certain information so that he can create the personalized webpages that he will be marketing.  So in essence, I wrote 2 more pages of info about myself and started working on my full bio for my WhoIs page.  On top of that, I created and published a webpage for a not for profit organization that I am a member of.  It was basically an under construction page, but I included contact info, privacy statement, short movie clip of an event they hosted, and an opt-in form for further information.  As usual, I’ve read, marketed, read, and read some more.  My brain always feels like it’s on overload. 

As I stated in my last post, working from home isn’t always the best working conditions and self discipline is definitely a plus to having a productive day.   With that being said, on with today’s post.

If you’d been involved with online marketing for any amount of time I’m sure you’ve heard that traffic is what we all seek to drive to our websites.  Without traffic, we don’t stand a chance at a successful online business.  Any business, online or offline, needs traffic/exposure in order to get potential customers.  I’ve never bought or visited the unknown, have you?

Now when you talk about genertating traffic online, there are various methods and techniques.  I’ve tried Traffic Exchanges, Email Marketing, Banners, Paid Marketing Services, and most recently, Article Marketing.  Due to the High Return On Investment (ROI) it is often highly recommended to write articles, blogs, and press releases.   This blog was my start (and a slow one at that) and I’ve “thought” about writing a press release and/or article for quite some time now.

That all changed about a week ago.  I wrote and submitted my first “2″ articles and now I can proudly say I am a published ezine author.  It was a wonderful feeling and pumped me up.  Needless to say, nothing has been written since then.  Not even a blog entry.  So what happened?  From what I’ve been reading and hearing from others, I think too much!  The trick to writing, or so I’m told, is just write.  Pick your topic/keywords, research it if necessary and just write.  It doesn’t have to be Pulitzer Prize material, just quality content that relates to your website and something that people are interested in. 

It has been said by some that articles should be pumped out at a minimum of 2-3 per hour.  With those standards in mind and not to set myself up for failure, I’m setting my goal on 4 articles and 3 posts to this blog a week.  I know that sounds like nothing, but I need to take baby steps with this.  I’m a bit of a perfectionist and a little anal when it comes to writing.  If I find I can overcome some of my writing habits, I’ll gladly up the numbers.