I have been working quite a bit on my classified ad sites thefreeadforum.com classifieds.

I am getting ads submitted every few minutes and we are at about 40,000 members.

I am a bit crazy so I am now offering to allow people to have a featured ad on the home page of my site for just 10 bucks.

I am constantly hitting this site with my list of over 100,000.

I am even offering a $25 Amazon Gift Card for the person who opens my emails the most for...

Alex Becker has an excellent Vlog about SEO. I have learned some solid ninja seo tactics from his posts.

I did a review and summary of one of his posts on my blog here.

I have found that reviewing and summarizing the posts of quality marketing and seo blogs is an excellent way to learn the subject matter.

Alex Becker generally has some solid info however, you often have to wade through some hype to get to the meat.

(I must admit some of the hype...

I was looking at Google Trends to get some ideas for blog posts and I saw the this video about Moschino Barbie Dolls was going through the roof in popularity.

Apparently Mattel is selling Barbie's dolls to little boys using a coached effeminate little boy with a stereotypical gay hair style using stereotypical gay jargon.

I did a blog post about using trends and controversy to get more traffic to your website.

See here to view the blog post.

I left my browser open after listening to a YouTube video and began doing something else. I heard the voice of a pleasant lady in the background giving me some great ideas on how to generate leads on the cheap.

She really knew her stuff. I already implemented one idea of offering a contest incentive for people to join my newsletter and read my emails.

I am giving away a $25. Amazon gift card each month.

I really encourage you to check out the rest of Dolly's...

YouTube now allows us to add links to our website directly into your YouTube videos through annotations.

This is an excellent way to get traffic to your site and provide value for your users.

There are several hoops to jump through such as of course verifying your site, then becoming a partner by enabling monetization.

I wrote a quick easy tutorial here. Let me know what you think. Thanks. Matt.