100th Post to Hollymannia

I can't believe that I have reached the 100th post on this blog. I know I have not been actively posting. I have been very busy with things outside of internet marketing.

It has been great. I made about $28,0000 the last three months. That's passive income that I generated for blogging and writing articles. Somehow, my effort has been paying off. I say it's passive because I have not been active but the I guess, you reap what you sow. I'm just enjoying the fruits of hard painstaking labor that I did before.

If you are wondering what has been the main source of this "passive income," that would be Google Adsense and of course links to my affiliate products. I just kind of spread my affiliate link throughout the world wide web. It's kind of trial and error or hit and miss. It all depends on traffic and demand. I think I just got lucky finding the right keywords and pursuing them.

I will definitely get active with internet marketing again but right now, my focus is on something else. Internet marketing is just there for the taking, anyway. I do hope my passive income will remain. Internet marketing is so volatile. I'm just happy I'm having my fair share.

Free Press Release Submission

I just realized that there is a scarcity of free press release submission service around. Just when I got lucky and found one and successfully submitted my press release, I got an email saying that my press release was not approved because it did not follow the submission guidelines. When I tried to edit it, I was turned to a page saying that the edit feature is only available to paying members.

I learned from Holly Mann the power of press release. And she is right. With the previous websites I had, I created press releases for them. All for free and I can see that when I type the name of my websites on search engines, those press releases populate the results -- even if I submitted them a couple of years back.

But now, it's hard to submit a press release for free. PRWeb, the one that is perceived to be the best (and well recommended by Holly Mann) does not accept free submissions anymore, and the least price it charges is $80.00.

Right now, I'm combing the web for any free press release submission service. Press release does work and I don't care if it has loads of advertising in it.

Another Day

So this is just another day and no action where so ever and what so ever. Yep, just another day.

I'm changing back the name of Holly Mann Blogs to Hollymannia. I guess the name Hollymannia excites me more than Holly Mann Blogs.

My WowEzine

I have not been updating my online magazine -Wowezine.com for some time now. I feel quite guilty about it. I remember a year ago, I was so enthusiastic about it. But now, I have been busy with other projects that I can't attend to it.

Today, I am going to do something on it. I will write a new article. I hope I can revive the spirit of this ezine. And so my own.

Last night, I thought of just discontinuing the ezine and concentrate my effort on another thing, which is what I'm doing right now, anyway. But then, I also thought that my ezine is my baby and it is me who is the source of all its content. I should be proud of it and not leave it.

So today, I'm giving it time.

Personal Branding

I came across this concept of personal branding (sales page at DNANiche.com) and I agree with the author that it is true. I just don't know if it is worth the money but I'm guessing there is nothing new to the concept.

Makes me think that when I fist came accross Holly Mann, that was back in 2006, she was heavily using the name of Rich Jerk in her marketing tactic. At that time, she has no name yet so she linked herself with somebody who is wildly successful in the same niche that she is trying to enter.

And the result? Fantastic. Now she is rich and have her own name: Honest Holly.

That leads to the concept of personal branding. It would be hard for us marketers to market if we are unknown. Much more that we don't have a product and a brand to sell.

The concept behind DNA Niche is to build your own niche based on your self-image and from here, everything comes together for good, I mean for marketers like us.

I remember a while back, I posted in this blog that I want to be an invisible marketer. I think I may have to change that and create a publicity around myself. I am not yet comfortable with that idea as I hate being in the limelight. But a shift in marketing direction can mean better horizon so I'll see what happens.