Contextual Ads and Blogs . . . Can Money be Made?

Google AdSense Now So Easy

2009-04-04T09:24:00.002-04:00

One of the most rewarding things about technology is that it keeps improving. Whether or not you're on board, is something you have to wrestle with. It's not going to slow down, and you must get your stuff in gear unless you want to remain in the caboose forever.

I've been spending more time tweaking a system I use to put up small blogs and getting them to make money in a few weeks. It is very rewarding and something that doesn't take much time.

Google has been great at keeping current with trends and with what works. I was actually happy to see them drop video ads, i.e. ads that are displayed across YouTube videos when placed as an AdSense block on your page. These never worked and the videos did not follow the context of the site most of the time.

Soon I'm going to be releasing a video series on how to create the blogs and make money from them with contextual advertising. This will be similar to my famous 90 day challenge, but now all on video.

Talk soon!

Dave

Taking the Ecology Seriously

2009-01-12T18:50:00.000-05:00

It's amazing to me it means this much to them, even as good stewards, or maybe pressure to act wisely, but whatever the case, Google has done some great strides. Over the weekend, they posted a story in the Official Google Blog, about Powering a Google search. And don't just skim through the numbers. Read each paragraph so you get a good understanding of what they're trying to say.

Google has become more responsible than most data centers, and they are showing facts to tell you they're working toward keeping their carbon footprint down.

I thought about what my day is like and what I personally do to cut down on emissions that hurt the enviroment. I don't print as much as I used to, and even print on the other side of paper when I goof up the first time.

Are you turning your PC off at night? How about the little light in your office? Are you keeping it on for some reason?

And what is your thermostat set to?

Make a difference - peace of mind.

Dave

Above the Fold

2009-01-11T23:24:00.004-05:00

For almost a decade we've been hearing the words - above the fold - and yet I get the question at almost every event - where above the fold should we be putting our ads, Dave? And the answer is that there are SO many variables that you must test.

One of the reasons I keep a journal is so I can look back over the pages and see what worked and what business I didn't finish, maybe a few things that I wish I never did... those kinds of things. And that's what I'm talking about here - it's sort of like - well, as complicated as life can be. What you need to do is:

1. Find a nice website or blog you like.

2. Copy it.

3. Test ad placement.

Once I was under the impression that a great layout from a high trafficed site would bring me tons of AdSense revenue. But what I forgot was that I could not replicate that traffic exactly. Their traffic might be from any number of places with people set on buying. My traffic to the same style site might be from tire kickers.

So just because CNN is running a 150 x 150 ad in the top left corner and making $3000 a day doing so doesn't mean anything other than a starting point. The bottom line is that you must test and test at least through 1000 visits.

Even then, I advise using Google Analytics to see who is coming to your site. Another great tool I use is called Hittail. This is a tracking service that will show you search terms that may generate even more traffic. When I review my analytics, I can see what type of Internet user is coming to my site. With that info - and where, what time of day they are coming - I can pretty well tailor my site to them.

But you'll get none of this if you don't try stuff out. Don't say it doesn't work - it takes a ton of work to find the sweet spot. And remember, your sweet spot might be someone else's rotton spot simply because of demographics.

Go ye therefore and track!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T00:02:00.001-05:00

Hi folks!

Happy Thanksgiving from me. Hope you are fairing well and what you are doing is working to your expectations.

Take a day off and be thankful for all you have.

Kind regards,
Dave

Using EzineArticles in Your Content Network

2008-08-26T20:36:00.002-04:00

My wife and I just got back from the curriculum meeting with our third grader's teacher. Along with twenty-some other parents, we sat in tiny blue chairs while listening to what promises to be a fun and exciting year. And as soon as I got back, I wanted to check on a test I've been doing using Ezinearticles.com articles in my content network.

I've never used these articles before, but rather, had either someone write the articles for me, or I wrote them myself or I painstakingly used some article re-writer.

But on one of my sites that I write about Internet marketing, a fellow commented that he had the best "re-writer" in the world and that I had to check it out. So I contacted him, because I like to check out almost anything that I feel will give me an edge. And he wrote me back and provided me with the software which works with all the blogs I have.

You'd be a big dummy to convert all of your work to the latest whim. With something as crazy as a re-writer, it just makes sense to test it out on one or two sites. And that's what I did. The site is about wedding speeches. I know - you're going to email me and tell me how lame that is because everyone else is doing it.

It is a tough market because everybody and his brother has used that market as an example for Internet marketing. Wedding favors, speeches, wedding anything - there you go. But I used the re-writer on this site and simply cut and pasted the articles from Ezinearticles. Normally for this cardinal sin you would get lost on page 200 of the SERPs.

But I leave you with this screen capture of the last few days of stats that I've been tracking. I also did a lot of checking for identical content and only my page and the original article rank at the top - pretty cool! And I look to do this with a few other sites. Why not?

Language Translation Plugin Based on Geo IP Tracking

2008-08-08T00:01:00.003-04:00

It's time someone created a WordPress Language Translation plugin based on the visitor's IP geo-location. This way, when a visitor stopped by your site, it would be automatically translated for you without them having to search and then click on some "flag" in your header or sidebar.

You know what I mean - this would happen on the fly and once installed, you would have a hands-free operation. You keep posting in English, or your language, set in the plugin setup page, and forget it. Visitors would stop by and possibly not even know the blog was originally in English.

Google already does this with AdSense. When I travel abroad and check my pages, the ads are in Italian, or Spanish, or Russian. So the technology is there. We just need someone who knows how to make this happen.

GeoBytes.com has a lot of stuff like this on their website. For instance, check this out:

Crazy, right? So how hard can translating a page on the fly be?

Hey, I said I was going to shoot some video on the beach this morning (well, past midnight now) and I did. Hope you enjoy it and remember to drop me an email on how you're doing with your online business.

AdSense Plugin for Blogs

2008-08-07T00:30:00.006-04:00

Two days ago I received an email asking about how to insert AdSense blocks into blogging templates. And there are probably ten different templates and plugins that work pretty well with AdSense. In fact, there is one template I was sent today that was free and claims to get double-digit click through rates.

I remember when I started with contextual advertising in earnest, back in late 2005, my template was so bad that I was getting clicks from visitors because they were hoping for something better. I mean the site was decent, but the navigation really sucked, as it does with some blogging templates.

So people simply clicked away on the ads and I became rich and famous.

Later AdSense did some slaps which, even though they were making more money (adjusted for the economy) than they are now, caused many advertisers to quit. I don't advertise near as much as I once did. I was spending over $5 grand at my peak and I haven't done that since. Google simply expanded instead of creating better relationships with those spending lots of money.

But that's OK; I retooled and switched to running AdSense instead of Yahoo Publisher Network ads. The only way I think it would work to run Yahoo is to get something incredible low cost with Google AdWords, and send them to a page without ads - then have them click through to a page set up with Yahoo ads. I haven't tried that, but it would probably work.

The 90 day challenge I published last year was a total success and many continue to make small fortunes with the system. At the end of the 90 days, I took the pages off the blog here and claimed I was going to create a program for users. If you want to know more about that, feel free to drop me an email.

Out of the 90 day challenge blossomed a few templates that absolutely rock. They convert incredible well, and better yet, are designed to ping the best blog indexes. One site was so impressive (the niche had to do with wrestling) that I posted at 8 AM and the pages were indexed in Google at 2 PM. That is the fastest I've ever seen and what's more, the system can be pre-loaded with articles.

In fact, a few days ago on a site I have about making money online, I wrote about rewriting articles. The next day a fellow left a comment on the blog about his new tool that totally rearranges the text without changing it. Sounds incredible, but I checked it out and what this thing does is puts tons of &120 and such in the HTML so to copy comparing software - it appears as a new article. Blackhat? Yeah... it is.

On another blog, I was publishing about online television program viewing, and how some website allowed you view full programs. One such site is called www.fancast.com. The day after reviewing the site, one of the co-founders of FanCast commented and thanked me for the great review. Pretty sweet - this new system rocks.

So, I'm excited with how things are going and the only reason I don't totally spill the beans here is because right now it is working SO well that I will shortly be at the pre Google slap level.

It's getting late and tomorrow I promised myself a good beachwalk - hmmm - maybe I'll record a video on the way. I am in the midst of losing weight I've gained while sitting at the PC for hours on end. Trying to get back in balance.

Take care and we'll talk soon.

How to Get Greater Conversions Without Changing Your Copy

2008-06-20T23:25:00.003-04:00

I gotta hand it to Frank Kern. He knows just how down to earth to be without coming off as totally wacko. And at the same time he gives some great tips on Internet marketing.

Today I heard from Frank as he talked with his friend Matt on how some simple tweaks are bringing in insane conversions. Matt gives 5 examples of websites that dramatically improved conversions simply by changing a few elements on the page. And the content (which I always preach about) remained totally intact.

If you'd like to see the interview with Matt, mosey on over to Frank's blog at Mass Control.

Take care,
Dave in Naples, FL

What You Should Expect for 90 Days with AdSense

2008-06-09T04:00:00.000-04:00

OK - If you have followed along, congratulations!!!

You've completed what 90 percent won't. If you are in that 10 percent, first, I want to hear from you - and secondly - here's what the rest of you are missing!

You're now making well over $100 a month from your 12 sites. As time goes on, this will increase.

Well done! In a few days these posts will be deleted and turned into an easy to do product where you look over my shoulder and watch how I put them up.

Stay tuned!

Google Taking a Long Look at Linking

2008-05-13T15:13:00.003-04:00

I just got back from picking up my daughter from school, and it's been three years now that I've been upset why no one does anything around the school to better control the traffic - the speeding through the school zone.

Most people don't care, is what it boils down to. Certainly most parents as they drop off or pick up their kids, they speed away at up to 40 MPH in a 20 MPH zone. And they smile at me as they speed by.

Yes, they're late for whatever. Didn't properly plan, so the kids suffer - those who have to watch out for them - to avoid being killed next to the school they're trying to get to, or go from.

On that same road, we have a school bus that picks up for the middle school close by. The bus stops, puts on the flashing lights, but time after time cars simply keep going and break the law - both speeding and passing a stopped school bus.

I guess I'm the only one that cares, because I tell other parents and they just look at me funny. I even told the principal of this Naples, Florida elementary school and he told "me" to go do something about it. Guess he carries absolutely no clout with the city or county.

But I have found something that may work.

I don't complain much about our fine city. Especially here. But the city department of roads, or whichever department is responsible for road works, has the bad habit of leaving those orange cones and portable traffic signs laying on the roadside long after the job has been finished.

One such cone has been laying on its side next to the school for over a month. They are putting in new traffic signals (not school zone signals) and maybe that's why the cone is there. I figured they won't miss it for a couple more weeks (until school ends and they can speed all they want). So late today I'm going to pick it up... or try to... and run it over to a friends home who lives right next to the 20 MPH school zone sign.

On my way to and from the school, I will place and pick up the cone and put it right in the middle of the road near the school zone sign. Sounds like a plan to me. What do you think? I'd certainly slow down near a cone.

I'll keep you updated.

With that off my chest let me tell you about Google's look into paid links. Now I've preached that you should develop a good linking network, and I've even discussed using Three Way Links for your content sites. And many of you have asked about Google's new look at this - and will they ban or delist your site if they figure you have links from Three Way Links.

Matt Cutts talks about spam in the form of web pages, and I've been preaching for years that any work with spammy pages will reap the wrath of Google. They will delist you faster than you can say Jack Flash, as Mom would say.

So my experience has been that the main reason these sites are gone from Google is that they are a spam site. It's pretty cut and dry. But some still argue that the Three Way Linking constitutes paid links that are used for the purpose of skewing Page Rank or search engine results.

I believe that if your content is original, linking from other sites is a way to get noticed by the search engine bots (see my lesson on search engines at Net Dominate). At that point the search engine can disregard the link and consider the content. And that's all. It's not necessary to penalize unless the site is spamming or irrelevant.

What are your thoughts on this?

How to Use AdWords Correctly

2008-05-09T22:05:00.002-04:00

There's a lot of controversy on how to use AdWords the right way and I have my own cookbook for my formulas which I won't part with - well, maybe at the right price, hehe.. But the guys over at StomperNet have released a new video about an hour long. And it's worth a look.

Some of these things you watch and then think - gosh, I just wasted an hour of my night. But you'll glean some cool gems from this one without spending a cent and I'm not an affiliate.

I give it to you here because it is just another thing you should understand and have in your quiver.

There is another post coming out in just a bit, but here's the link. Maybe you can have this playing in the background while you do your work.

http://www.stompernet.net/goingnatural3/

Talk soon,
Dave

More Social Media - Justin TVs Dennis

2008-04-26T14:00:00.003-04:00

It's in the afternoon in NYC as I write this, and a little time left to see Dennis and Arnaud broadcast live from PodCamp 2.0 in Brooklyn.

I'll be creating a video on these social networks for Net Dominate and we'll review how we got to where lifecasting is - why it's important to pay attention to it - and how you can benefit from it.

I've just finished another video on understanding the search engines. It will be up later today.

Enjoy your weekend.

Google, Count My Clicks

2008-04-21T09:34:00.004-04:00

Yes, the news is that Google blew everyone away with their earnings report, but most of the chatter I've been hearing is how since around the 17th, clicks have been down - big time.

And some have even done their own investigative clicking - i.e. to have someone overseas or in a different place to click your ads and see if Google shows a click.

We're not talking click fraud here.

Granted, both are not right and I'm sure with the uproar of thousands who use Google to monetize their websites - Google will figure out why this is happening - or we'll figure out why Google is not crediting AdSense users with each legitimate click.

What have you noticed?

Dominate the Internet

2008-03-29T22:00:00.004-04:00

I just finished work on a new website. The idea is spectacular, and reminded me of the ride at Disney's Epcot called World of Tomorrow. Actually, I'm not sure of the name of the ride. It's in the geodesic dome at the entrance. A tram takes you up and around a sort of ride through history - right into the future.

You probably have been there and done that. OK, so remember when you go to the classroom of tomorrow - that's what I'm talking about. A teacher pops on the screen and you both are communicating.

That has nothing to do with contextual ads and websites, or blogs, but that's what I've been working on. It's cutting edge and futuristic and all that. I feel another blog coming on.

Now if you have been following me with the 90 day challenge, I'll be continually updating here and you'll be able to follow along.

As far as the new wave of web tech - I'll let you know when I start on that.

How to Make Viral Videos

2008-03-06T00:29:00.003-05:00

I'm just elated at all the information coming from some of the top marketers lately. And this is no exception. Really cool stuff.

Today I received a ton of emails about how great my web hosting company is doing with the move to a new hosting platform and control panels. I never knew people spent a lot of time in those things, tweaking their sites for best performance - but they do!

If you want to check it out, it's www.worldwidemart.com and I've even twisted eNom.com's arm to give us $7.95 a year domain registrations. I'm stoked!

And I also received a link to some information you're really going to enjoy. I totally believe this is the next wave of marketing. So drop by here and check out the video on how to make viral videos. What's cool is the viral video case study they talk about is some year old McDonald's hamburger that smells just like it did when they bought it. Can someone say preservatives?

Let me know what you think about this form of marketing by leaving a comment below.

What Is the Best AdSense System?

2008-02-05T22:01:00.000-05:00

Yes, you've noticed that I stopped publishing the 90 day challenge. And will I finish it for you? Yes - it will be posted all here. So many people have asked me to keep it going; and I am going to do it.

You know I took a break around October and have finalized a product that I will launch this month. I am excited about it and about learning this other facet of Internet marketing.

And I couldn't help myself Greg, I did purchase Frank Kern's Mass Control program. More on that later.

Look for new and exciting things from me.

And I have to post more pictures!

I truly believe the best AdSense system is the 90 day system I teach. When you do the do - you will have a good income at day 90.

Another Look at Affiliate Marketing

2007-12-01T09:56:00.000-05:00

If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you know that I've had a struggle with the business marketing concept of affiliates. When I started the blog, on September 15, 2005, my idea of Internet marketing was to create my own products and services and sell them on the web.

My first taste of affiliate marketing came when I was researching tools for my work and to report to you about them. What I found was that the majority of sites with "tools" or "info" on the subject of monetizing your website were not the creators of those items - but they were simply marketing or representing products from another site.

Because of their shrewd SEO, I found their site before I found the original site. Does that make sense? For instance - let's say you're looking for the Nikon D80 camera. When you search for that on Google, the first few results are NOT Nikon.

Is affiliate marketing a bad business model?

I used to think that these fellows were the same as pesky circus midway peddlers trying to hawk their cheap wares by having us play a game of chance.

Well, I don't think that way anymore.

The business model is as old as the hills and we've all used it - from buying something at Kohl's to pumping a few gallons of gas. Most retailers are selling somebody else's goods. They didn't make the merchandise, but because they are savvy on distributing it - we can't knock 'em for that.

So I apologize to all the affiliate marketers I've offended. You're probably making more money than most and in an honest way.

With that said, I've been working closely with the group at Russell Brunson's Dot Com Domination in Boise, Idaho. I've followed Russell because he has learned a great deal about making money on the Internet, and he's willing to share it - much like I do here with my own findings.

And through my work with them, I've found that there is even less work involved and a higher payout for that work, than what I am currently doing.

Initially, I am working with marketing my own products. And I will be working with affiliates to help me sell those products.

Am I giving up monetizing content sites? Let's just say that I am getting it as automated as I can so I can continue my focus with this new found venture.

My first product has to do with the job search market. The website is The Resume Secret, and you can watch the progression as I add content. My product is a shocking report on what most people overlook when job hunting and is what has help land me all of my dream jobs.

In February, I'll be joining Russell in Salt Lake City with the 12 month millionaire seminar. It deals with direct marketing - another area I have little experience in - but am wide open and will be sharing details about that.

In the next few weeks, I will be upgrading my Dave Jackson website so I can post about my work and findings and will be creating a membership area where you and I can communicate and share great ideas. This will be worth joining since I've gotten most of my "brilliant" ideas from membership sites like this.

One great tip is all it takes, no?

So that's where we're at on this December 1st! I hope to put up the Christmas lights and such today - better get at it... it's already lunchtime.

Helio Makes for the Finish Line

2007-11-19T22:51:00.000-05:00

One of my favorite programs on the telly is ABC's Dancing with the Stars. First, I love that it's live. That in itself is entertaining even if you've never working in the industry. Broadcasting anything live is exciting - well, almost anything.

And my favorite character this season is Helio Castroneves. Of course, my vote is with him because Brazil is my second country, but even still he wins me over with the way he applies his racing skills in practice and on the dance floor.

Now, I'm not that great a dancer. Worse, when I think they dance well on the program, I'm proven otherwise. And the inverse is true, too.

In all, I love seeing the way that once you have your formula for success, you can apply it to many different areas of your life. And the same holds true with what you are doing with your work on the Internet.

I will continue through the steps to day 90, then we'll take everything down and create a membership site where you will get even more of my inside tips. It will be like working in the garage with the Indy car. You will be able to see why and ask questions.

Tomorrow on to more work with your sites.

It's Raining Visitors

2007-08-24T20:32:00.000-04:00

About six years ago my family and I were staying at the Sheraton Hotel in Rio. I brought my boogie boards from the States because there's a great boarding spot just to the left of the hotel. Around the Sheraton Rio there are these very old tropical almond trees. They are majestic and beautiful and a perfect tree next to the ocean. In fact, I've seen these trees all throughout the Caribbean and South America. They are hardy and large leafed. I thought they would do great next to the house in Florida for shade.

I took four seeds that lay on the ground around the trees at the Sheraton in Rio back from Brazil with me, smuggling them in my suitcase. When I arrived home, I planted all four seeds in a pot and waited.

To my surprise, all four germinated! I planted them on the south side of the house, just right for the summer sun.

Today I was out in the yard trimming some of the fast growth of plants here in the summer. I climbed up in the tropical almond to trim some branches. Out there for about 20 minutes it surprised me that when I came down it was raining.

Because of the size of the leaves, and because it wasn't raining that hard, I didn't know it was raining. I was busy with the trimming and didn't feel the drops.

Hey, it's not even a third-way through our project and already I am reaping the benefits of the traffic I'm creating by following the steps I've outlined here. And when you're working on all this, it is surprising that little by little traffic is coming by to check out your website.

It's important to keep working. You have the tools, you have the steps outlined for you. Get out there and keep trimming!

What Are Your Results So Far?

2007-08-23T08:59:00.000-04:00

Okay, just taking a look at some of my metrics on the 4 sites to date. One of my sites, the one about acid reflux, http://www.vt88.com/, is doing poorly. I haven't received any queries from the search engines, even though the site is indexed.

But that doesn't mean diddley squat if you're in an area that's just really saturated.

I chose "acid reflux" to show you an example of a bad niche choice. This is a condition where when you get keywords, you'll need to dig a little deeper to find out if they can stand up to scrutiny. Acid reflux alone has a KEI of 456. That's awesome, but the competition (say - heavy hitters) is fierce!

Next, http://www.lxmart.com/ is doing well with the phrase "gold investments". This one was easy because right now there is a rush on gold. With China and India becoming more and more of economic powers, they want gold - and gold is hard to mine and find. The dollar isn't so strong either, so prices of gold are at all time highs. A few of the keywords I've focused on were showing right up there in the search engines (and we only started a few days ago). But right now they are not in the first few pages for search.

history of bullion market
gold industrial purposes
rules of buying gold
karat gold jewellry
californian gold jewellery
9 karats

This fluctuates and is to be expected when the site is new and has no reputation. When the articles I've created for the site start becoming distributed, the site's reputation will improve.

The next site, Three Best Dogs, is doing well. Here's a few URL's to show search results based on terms I'm focusing on:

the best miniature dog
mini dachshund tea cup
list of small dog breeds and thier characteristics
teacup breed of dogs that dont shed
ideal dog for single person

That's a few. You can see how well this site is doing. It's just going to grow. How this is different from acid reflux is based on some work I am doing. I've started compiling keyword lists on specific topics then running them through this psychological part and have found these work much better.

Lastly, http://www.abbey-properties.com/ is site 4. It is doing well. I'm including news stories, rewritten, of course, to make the site more appealing.

Take care and we'll have a new lesson later in the day.

Fastest Way to Get Into Google

2007-08-13T13:21:00.000-04:00

Just a quick note - my site number 1, the one on acid reflux at vt88.com, has already been indexed by Google. The best way you can tell if your page is indexed, is to pick off the first sentence of the page/article, and look it up in Google search using quotes. Here's an example:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Day+after+day,+millions+worldwide+suffer+from+symptoms+caused+by+acid%22

Check out the Google cache and you'll see it was cached four days after I posted it. That's pretty good.

One of my secrets using Blogger type blogs is to make full use of the Labels for each post. These always give me more entries in Google search for a variety of topics. That is always good.

This is all to say that what we're doing here, if you're following my methods, will get your site in the search engines in little time and people will start coming to your pages.

Day Seven - Site Four

2007-08-07T17:08:00.000-04:00

It's raining cats and dogs here and just a great time to get some work in. I've been showing you a scheduled way to put up a number of websites with great content and get them profitable for you by the end of the project.

Today we're at day seven and it's time for website number four. Have you thought about what you're going to create? It is easy to get articles - you just need to make sure they are rewritten to they are nothing like what is currently on the Internet. You can probably do a better job anyway.

Now you'll need five articles, so hope your fingers are rested and you're ready to go. We'll also need a full domain name and website to post the five articles to, so make sure you have that ready to go.

As far as articles, I have to stress again that you need to be thinking of something that many people search for, but where there's not a ton of content already written on that subject. And what is too much? Well, when you search, the results is how many pages that keyword appears on (of pages indexed in the search engine). So even though there are over a hundred thousand results - don't worry - you can quickly get near the top of the heap if there is not a lot of competition (millions of pages).

Take for instance a site I have on Immigration. I registered this domain long ago when a friend of mine from Brazil won the Green Card Lottery and brought his whole family to the United States. Today, I post to it almost everyday and it is well indexed and I already get a return on the site. And it's just going to grow!

How do I know? I am using the same formula that I'm using here. And you'll learn as the course goes on.

My website number four is about foreclosure. I didn't like the topic 100 percent, but I thought with the level of interest on this topic, I'm bound to get some of the traffic doing what I do.

Day Six - Site Number Three Complete

2007-08-06T15:32:00.000-04:00

Today you should have site number three up and done and looking complete. I am happy to report, at least when I checked it, the Yahoo Publisher Network ads were working well on my third site about where to find good puppies. The problem with YPN ads is that because of their limited inventory, you won't have as many geo-targeted ads as Google. Back in 2006, YPN was for me, top notch. The ads running were relevant. You got good CTR because of this, and man, the payout was really good - sometimes $5 a click. Those days are gone for now, but the formula I am spelling out for you works well, too. The idea is that you're going to have enough content out in the search engines. I can't stress enough how important it is to be patient and not to cut short or modify the steps.

So today, go back over your three sites and make sure everything is working, links, ads, copy makes sense and looks great. It you want me to take a look at any of your sites, drop me an e-mail.

Tomorrow, get ready for website number four. We're going to get that fourth website up and running with fresh content not found anywhere else on the Internet.

It's Finally Here

2007-07-29T13:45:00.000-04:00

Just a quick note which will make a bunch of people happy... We start the 90 day program on August 1st. This means if you start with that lesson, you should be making money with 90 days.

See you then.

No Time for Success

2007-07-08T19:00:00.000-04:00

In the other room there's a Nintendo Wii working. Two young boys play tennis together. In my mind there's a battle around the usefulness of video games to the end user. My main stance is that they are a waste of time.

Slice it any way you want, there are only so many seconds in a day. I'm not going to concentrate on doing everything quickly. People that know me, know that I enjoy the journey. But they also know that I question every activity I do.

Here are four levels of "time". See where you fit:

Level One is merely existing. You just go through the motions because your dream died long ago. This is the hardest level to break out of.

Level Two you are aware of time, but you are not conscious of it. This is the person who spends lots of time surfing the web, watching TV, playing Wii - wasting time that isn't going to help you.

Most everyone is at One or Two.

Level Three is again, aware of time, and you're efficient with it. You work towards being effective. You spend little time with things that don't get you toward your goals.

Level Four is where you are aware of opportunity cost. You spend time doing one activity, but you lose time to do the other activity - so you must choose between the greater of the two.

And it's not only activities, but people, too.

This is tough medicine, but you can't be Mother Theresa. Be careful who you spend time with.

Ok, tough lesson here. But this is what separates the AdSense winners from the losers. Look at every activity you do during the day and log it - keep a journal - and ask yourself - Is this worth my time?

You notice I am not rushing through any of this. That's because when I write about the actual work - most will want to the work without understanding what it takes to make it happen.