Hey all,

Sorry I haven't posted here lately. There's a reason. I hurt my dang back. I'm no spring chicken anymore (will be 43 in a few weeks) and I did something stupid at work. And now I have a backache that won't go away. The best I can do is load up on Advil and get through the day. It's only on the right side, so it's just a pulled or torn muscle. At least I don't have to worry about a slipped disc or anything serious like that.

I've really been a lucky guy...

If you're anything like me, you often get 'stuck' as an online marketer. I've been making websites, doing email marketing, writing ebooks, and a whole lot of other IM stuff since about 1996. Trust me when I say I'll never get the muck off my tired old marketer boots. It's very common, so don't beat yourself up over it.

You know the saying, 'Necessity is the mother of invention'? Well, it's also the mother of imitation. When in need, imitate the smart folks who've walked your...

We're all chasing it, right? If not, you need your head examined. Well, in the last couple of months I've been testing something to see if it really does work. And it does. What am I talking about? Getting longtail keywords ranked, that's what. Do you know what those are? Definitions vary, but I think the most relevant one goes something like this:

Longtail Keyword = multi-word phrase that does not get much attention by marketers, but is searched for at least a few times every...

OK, I'm officially burned out for now on building new sites. I kinda knew it would happen, which is why I planned to do this over 6 months even though I was on track to finish in 5. No big deal. I'll get back to it in May at some point. Just need a breather.

But I'm not really capable of just stopping all IM work entirely. I guess I'm a junkie. So I signed up for Jeremy Kelsall's CPA Marketers Bootcamp (look in the WSO section) to learn what I could about this form of marketing....

I get asked a lot about alternatives to Adsense. I use Adsense on almost all of my sites (not the ones for which I sell products directly or where I have a dealer agreement with one vendor). And I love it. I remember what it was like before Adsense came along. It was really tough for newbies to earn any money from their sites. Adsense opened up a whole new world for a whole lot of people. I'll always think highly of Google for this reason alone.

Anyway, for a variety of reasons...