Last week, I almost bought an automatic article submitter. It's called Article Submitter and it claims it can submit up to 600 article websites or directories in just one click. I downloaded the standard version and it has all the components except that there is no button to submit the article.
The trial version of Article Submitter has a database of 85 article directories. You have to fill up your profile information as this is needed to sign up to any article site. Then, you can input or paste your article, both in plain text or HTML. The HTML version is for websites that requires that.
For some article directories, you need to type in a confirmation code to submit an article. Someone came up with this idea about to avoid spam. I read in forums that submitting articles automatically is considered spamming in itself yet there is no evidence to support this claim.
I thought Article Submitter can be better improved by having the capability of adding articles. Although Brad Callen, the maker of the program said they spent 18 months in building it, somehow, I feel like it is yet in its development phase.
The price of Article Submitter is a whopping $197 but it depends on what URL you landed. I found the same product for $97 and $167.
Holly Mann, in her ebook Honest Riches, recommended an article submission service. Two hundred thirty sites for $25. I was thinking the owner of this service has a kind of automatic article submission in order to do that for cheap. Holly Mann also listed a directory of Article Directories spanning four pages(Honest Riches 2007, pp.69-72). Just looking at the list makes me want to p***.
I think Article Submitter would benefit webmasters who are really keen on having backlinks to their sites. I was thinking that those marketers who have full sites should really invest in article submitter. It's really a pain to submit articles manually and to auto-submit your articles is just a welcome idea, if not for the price.
Nonetheless, after much deliberation, I decided not to pass on the Article Submitter. I weighed my options and decided to invest the money on something more important like the keyword tool.
9.30.2008
Keyword Tools Research
I have been doing research on the most effective keyword tool. I don't want a free keyword tool because I know it would be limited. I found out a lot of tools or programs but I am undecided as of this time what to get.
I really would like to sign up with WordTracker but $59 for one month is a high price to pay in my situation. So I searched the internet if there are similar tools like WordTracker and I found Nichebot and Keyword Discovery among others. In Honest Riches, Holly Mann said Nichebot is free but it is actually not. There is a $1 trial for two weeks and after that you either have to cancel or upgrade. The platinum membership is less than half the price of WordTracker.
I'm doing my research on forums. I believe forums have the unbiased, balanced and sincere opinions regarding any product or service. Sure, they promote affiliate products at forums, too, but most forum members submit posts out of real experiences and they are posting not because of any financial gain or motive. Some don't even have a URL in the posts so you really can tell that they are honest.
I hope I will get the best tool eventually. I believe internet marketing would not flourish if there is no keyword tool or analysis. You just can't beat the system. The search engines are here to stay.
Holly Mann really recommends WordTracker but for now, I just can't afford to invest at it.
I really would like to sign up with WordTracker but $59 for one month is a high price to pay in my situation. So I searched the internet if there are similar tools like WordTracker and I found Nichebot and Keyword Discovery among others. In Honest Riches, Holly Mann said Nichebot is free but it is actually not. There is a $1 trial for two weeks and after that you either have to cancel or upgrade. The platinum membership is less than half the price of WordTracker.
I'm doing my research on forums. I believe forums have the unbiased, balanced and sincere opinions regarding any product or service. Sure, they promote affiliate products at forums, too, but most forum members submit posts out of real experiences and they are posting not because of any financial gain or motive. Some don't even have a URL in the posts so you really can tell that they are honest.
I hope I will get the best tool eventually. I believe internet marketing would not flourish if there is no keyword tool or analysis. You just can't beat the system. The search engines are here to stay.
Holly Mann really recommends WordTracker but for now, I just can't afford to invest at it.
9.23.2008
How good is usfreeads?
My last post was about classified ads and I tested this a little bit (p. 21 of Honest Riches 2007, Holly Mann) in order for me to know what work and what don't. And I come to the conclusion now that one cannot get away with a free system and make money out of it. As outlined in Holly Mann's ebook, Honest Riches, the first chapter is about making money without having a website and not making money without any capital at all.
I found usfreeads.com as one of best classified ads site mentioned by Holly Mann. And you know very well, reading from my posts here that I would not vouch for a product if it is not really good. The downside of it, is that it is a paid classified ad service. You cannot maximize the full potential of the classified advertising system of usfreeads without signing up for the gold or premium membership. As a matter of fact, I tried the free membership and although it was picked by Google the following day, it was useless because there was no link and usfreeads admin later disapproved it anyway. I read the terms and conditions and it says that if you intend to put affiliate links on the classified ads, you should have a paid membership.
I just also found out that Holly Mann has released Honest Riches 2008. I'm still holding a copy of Honest Riches 2007 which I just printed a week ago and now there is a newer version. I'm not surprised though. There are several information on Honest Riches 2007that is no longer valid. Like a one-day subscription of WordTracker. Plus there is no more trial version which is limited. It is replaced by a full trial version for seven days but you have to give your credit card number.
I found usfreeads.com as one of best classified ads site mentioned by Holly Mann. And you know very well, reading from my posts here that I would not vouch for a product if it is not really good. The downside of it, is that it is a paid classified ad service. You cannot maximize the full potential of the classified advertising system of usfreeads without signing up for the gold or premium membership. As a matter of fact, I tried the free membership and although it was picked by Google the following day, it was useless because there was no link and usfreeads admin later disapproved it anyway. I read the terms and conditions and it says that if you intend to put affiliate links on the classified ads, you should have a paid membership.
I just also found out that Holly Mann has released Honest Riches 2008. I'm still holding a copy of Honest Riches 2007 which I just printed a week ago and now there is a newer version. I'm not surprised though. There are several information on Honest Riches 2007that is no longer valid. Like a one-day subscription of WordTracker. Plus there is no more trial version which is limited. It is replaced by a full trial version for seven days but you have to give your credit card number.
9.16.2008
Honest Riches Classified Ads
I have printed the copy of Honest Riches 2007 by Holly Mann just so I can read it thoroughly. It's like starting all over again. It's overwhelming and Holly Mann is right when she mentioned at the end of the ebook that there may be a possibilty of information overload after reading it
I'm on the classified ads part of the ebook. Of all the three classified ads submission site that Holly Mann put there, there's only one that is acceptable for me. Well, not even. The classified ads work with brick and mortar businesses and not the website types. Also, if you won't join a gold membership which must be paid monthly at around $9.99 (discounted because this is a promotional rate), then, they would delete the .com part in your ad. URLs will only work with paid membership not with free membership.
One of the sites listed in the Holly Mann's eBook will display the link and URL but this is just for the city the publisher is located at. And there are only three categories where you can put them: events, for sale, and pets. I think you can also post at other locations but I don't have much time and enthusiasm to do that. Nevertheless, what can you get for free? If you don't have money to pay, you will need an extra effort to post your classified ads and believe me, posting free classified ads takes a LOT of effort.
I'm on the classified ads part of the ebook. Of all the three classified ads submission site that Holly Mann put there, there's only one that is acceptable for me. Well, not even. The classified ads work with brick and mortar businesses and not the website types. Also, if you won't join a gold membership which must be paid monthly at around $9.99 (discounted because this is a promotional rate), then, they would delete the .com part in your ad. URLs will only work with paid membership not with free membership.
One of the sites listed in the Holly Mann's eBook will display the link and URL but this is just for the city the publisher is located at. And there are only three categories where you can put them: events, for sale, and pets. I think you can also post at other locations but I don't have much time and enthusiasm to do that. Nevertheless, what can you get for free? If you don't have money to pay, you will need an extra effort to post your classified ads and believe me, posting free classified ads takes a LOT of effort.
9.08.2008
Honest Riches Financial Report
To be exact, I bought the Honest Riches ebook by Holly Mann on August 16, 2006. I was very much pregnant then and just quit my job because I had a rather difficult pregnancy (more due to age). I was a stay-at-home mom after 11 years of working so it is an untraveled territory for me - being a stay-at-home mom. So I needed to do something to exercise my mind and to explore ways to make income. That's when I encountered Honest Riches, the ebook that Holly Mann authored in response to the Rich Jerk ebook which I first saw and was contemplating on buying. The rest is history.
Now, I just want to share how much I made after trying affiliate marketing. And please don't be discouraged if this is waaaaay under your expectation. I think I didn't do it right. Because if I did, I would not be earning just this. I had a sensitive pregnancy and could not even sit in front of the PC for an hour. I had to lay down and rest because the weight in my belly was so heavy breathing was hard. As I was in a difficult condition, it was natural for me to quit after a month or so of trying.
Yes, Honest Riches was not and never would be a get-rich-quick-scheme. The reason I did not get into it patiently at the start was because of my pregnancy and the long but rather mild post natal depression I had. My baby was also kind of very touchy, wanted to be held all the time. We also moved twice from then. I also tried other things in between like eBay selling and being a travel agent. Ebay is working a bit, getting extra cash from old stuff. The travel agency was also promising at the start but it required tons of work. And with an impatient person like me, quitting is a matter of second nature.
But looking at these figures and learning about this program called Law of Attraction, I'm getting into internet marketing again. This time, with a vengeance. I am to multiply my earnings up to 1000% by the end of the year. Yes, I will. I'm making the promise here in this blog.
So here are my honest-to-goodness financial earning after reading Honest Riches by Holly Mann:
Linkshare - $12.96 -read my blog here
Google Adsense - $38.27 -cannot get my check until the threshold of $100 is reached
Clickbank - $16.60 -cannot get my check because of the $100 minimum threshold, sorry me.
There you go, happy internet marketing everyone!
Now, I just want to share how much I made after trying affiliate marketing. And please don't be discouraged if this is waaaaay under your expectation. I think I didn't do it right. Because if I did, I would not be earning just this. I had a sensitive pregnancy and could not even sit in front of the PC for an hour. I had to lay down and rest because the weight in my belly was so heavy breathing was hard. As I was in a difficult condition, it was natural for me to quit after a month or so of trying.
Yes, Honest Riches was not and never would be a get-rich-quick-scheme. The reason I did not get into it patiently at the start was because of my pregnancy and the long but rather mild post natal depression I had. My baby was also kind of very touchy, wanted to be held all the time. We also moved twice from then. I also tried other things in between like eBay selling and being a travel agent. Ebay is working a bit, getting extra cash from old stuff. The travel agency was also promising at the start but it required tons of work. And with an impatient person like me, quitting is a matter of second nature.
But looking at these figures and learning about this program called Law of Attraction, I'm getting into internet marketing again. This time, with a vengeance. I am to multiply my earnings up to 1000% by the end of the year. Yes, I will. I'm making the promise here in this blog.
So here are my honest-to-goodness financial earning after reading Honest Riches by Holly Mann:
Linkshare - $12.96 -read my blog here
Google Adsense - $38.27 -cannot get my check until the threshold of $100 is reached
Clickbank - $16.60 -cannot get my check because of the $100 minimum threshold, sorry me.
There you go, happy internet marketing everyone!
9.03.2008
Buying Websites on eBay
All day yesterday, I was researching on the websites for sale on eBay. I just quit an unproductive and unrewarding endeavor so here I am, back to internet marketing.
As a stay-at-home mom, there is just nothing for me to do to make money except go online and do it. I cannot do real estate or car dealing or anything big like that as I am home-bound in every sense of the word. I have a child to take care of. My time to go online is even limited.
I looked at websites for sale on eBay. As you know, if it's on eBay, they are cheap. But looking at the websites, they do look great. With built-in Google Adsense, Amazon store, eBay store, and other affiliate network. They promote them as four-stream of income. Ready-made and as the product description says, the only thing you have to do is to advertise the site. That's the catch right there --you have to advertize the site. And God knows how a herculean task that is. People getting into a website business with no clue of how internet marketing works is in for a surprise and disappointment. I've been there and getting traffic to your site is just the biggest hurdle there is. A website is nothing without a visitor.
The websites come as package deal, with domain names and hosting. But the more I dig in, the more they become unappealing to me. These eBAy website vendors sell the same kind of website, not changing the look of the site and just changing the domain name. It's like they are just selling the hosting and not the website. Well, hosting is okay because it's more of a hassle to transfer the website and the domain name and you are going to get the same rate anyway. But would you like to own one of the hundred or so websites with similar apperance, subject, and content? Think twice.
I thought twice and backed out.
As a stay-at-home mom, there is just nothing for me to do to make money except go online and do it. I cannot do real estate or car dealing or anything big like that as I am home-bound in every sense of the word. I have a child to take care of. My time to go online is even limited.
I looked at websites for sale on eBay. As you know, if it's on eBay, they are cheap. But looking at the websites, they do look great. With built-in Google Adsense, Amazon store, eBay store, and other affiliate network. They promote them as four-stream of income. Ready-made and as the product description says, the only thing you have to do is to advertise the site. That's the catch right there --you have to advertize the site. And God knows how a herculean task that is. People getting into a website business with no clue of how internet marketing works is in for a surprise and disappointment. I've been there and getting traffic to your site is just the biggest hurdle there is. A website is nothing without a visitor.
The websites come as package deal, with domain names and hosting. But the more I dig in, the more they become unappealing to me. These eBAy website vendors sell the same kind of website, not changing the look of the site and just changing the domain name. It's like they are just selling the hosting and not the website. Well, hosting is okay because it's more of a hassle to transfer the website and the domain name and you are going to get the same rate anyway. But would you like to own one of the hundred or so websites with similar apperance, subject, and content? Think twice.
I thought twice and backed out.