I recently (Feb 09) built my first ever "to flip" site as a bit of an experiment.

I purchsed the domain at www.namecheap.com for $8.88, added it to my hosting, then installed a basic Wordpress configuration.

I uploaded a few plugins...

• All-in-one SEO
• Sociable
• Google XML Sitemaps

All this took about an hour of real time, I guess. I had already spent a very short amount of time researching some keywords and phrases.

I used...

My Swiftdeal web sites are starting to look a little stale, so I've asked fellow Warrior Sherice Jacobs to design a new header for me.

I'm going to convert the current Swiftdeal.com Blogger blog to a new Wordpress blog, and I'm then going to match the Swiftdeal.co.uk design to match the Wordpress blog.

I've also been selling off some of my other domains so that I can focus my marketing efforts. Up until now I've been here, there and everywhere, getting nowhere fast!...

Ok, little play on words there, but with a serious message.

Many of my fellow Warriors are new to internet marketing. And it's not an easy undertaking to get started and making money immediately. Some will, others won't.

I'm not a guru. I have made some money online, and I have good days and bad days, just like anyone else.

But my advice is... never give up. Whatever you're doing online.

Your success is just around the corner, believe me....

I've been busy updating my blogs around the web, aiming to gain better ranking in search engines and obviously receiving more visitors into the bargain!

My Squidoo results are gradually increasing, which in spite of the small amount of time I put into Squidoo, is really quite encouraging.

I'm also playing with Weebly pages and .Wordpress.com blogs, to see how traffic and ranking varies for each.

All good fun!