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Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 26th February 2014, 02:29 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,038
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: SiteScout conversion tracking -- flawed design or am I missing something obvious?

I'll add that I've really fallen in love with SiteScout, though. I'm glad that I didn't bother doing the training-wheels thing on BuySellAds for too long -- considered it a total waste of time....
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 26th February 2014, 02:09 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,038
Posted By JamesBorg
SiteScout conversion tracking -- flawed design or am I missing something obvious?

On SiteScout, you can't associate a conversion pixel with a particular campaign. Apparently the system will automatically figure out the correct campaign. This makes no sense to me, but it's possible...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2013, 11:53 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 969
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Malicious spacer url on Warrior Forum!

May not be a false alarm. Check the Oct 8 version of the file:

http://web.archive.org/web/20131008014506/http://www.warriorforum.com/gtblocker.js

A second line of obfuscated javascript has been...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2013, 07:27 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,736
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Anybody made any money with domain flipping?

You've said that a couple of times in this thread.

If I type domain.com into my browser's address bar, it bypasses the search engines.

What am I missing?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2013, 06:54 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,493
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Phone verification requirements

No, I have a suspicion it's just for the United States government's data mining.

Remember when only CraigsList and some other bottom-feeders did the whole PVA thing?

Then almost overnight...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2013, 06:44 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 625
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Are You Using Internet Marketing To Make Money? Change The World? Or Both?

Man, I'm probably the most unambitious person on this forum. I'm a big slacker. I just don't want a normal job. I don't need anything more than $50K/year. For me, it's all about sleeping in and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2013, 06:34 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 376
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Question on Authorship Ranking

Like the whole "+1" saga, I believe this is just an attempt to scare people into using Google Plus, which is stubbornly persistent. I don't believe it will ever be a significant ranking factor until...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2013, 03:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 402
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: wordpress question

Depending on your niche, the vast majority of your visitors probably won't even know what Wordpress is, let alone whether you're using Wordpress, let alone whether you're using a free or premium...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th October 2013, 02:50 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 566
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: How much of IM really is rinse and repeat?

It's one possibility when you have a decent formula in place. Another possibility is scaling up.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th October 2013, 05:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 803
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: What Font For "Ugly Duckling Video Sales Letters"?

Oh, VSLs. You've got some great suggestions here. Add Verdana and Tahoma into your testing mix.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th October 2013, 05:14 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 803
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: What Font For "Ugly Duckling Video Sales Letters"?

They laughed at me when I said I was going to hit the jackpot as an Internet marketer, until I discovered...


"How To Hijack And Overpower A Prospect's Attention With Butt-Ugly 'Impact' Headlines"
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th October 2013, 04:58 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 493
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: buying aged domain- whats need to check

For starters, check whether the PR (of the domain's home page) is fake. This can be a lot harder than it sounds:
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th October 2013, 07:22 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 825
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Is Making Money This Easy?

The usual simple formula is something like TARGETED TRAFFIC + CONVERTING COPY = PROFIT. But it's not as easy as it appears.

CONVERTING COPY isn't so much a problem. If you had enough TARGETED...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th October 2013, 06:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 843
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Need Help Snatching A Domain Back!!!

It will enter GoDaddy Auctions around mid-month, so get yourself a GoDaddy Auctions account ($4.99/year).

Don't place a bid yet -- add the domain to your watch list so you can place a bid in the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th October 2013, 10:41 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,050
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Mailchimp & Affliate Links Question Finally Answered

Their acceptable use policy states otherwise:

http://mailchimp.com/legal/acceptable_use/



Now, the knowledge-base article to which you've linked attempts to address this by drawing a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2013, 08:52 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 402
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: what does "domain activity" mean?

It means don't register a domain name that has a trademark in it.

As for the other stuff, it means you wouldn't bid on trademark keywords, include them in search ad copy, or target them via SEO...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2013, 08:21 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 637
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Traffic?

I'd expect a YouTube channel to work great for this.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th October 2013, 08:15 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,679
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: How to monetize humor niche traffic?

Haven't tried it, but here's a little hunch-based brainstorming:

Avoid
- digital products
- joke books, etc.

Try
- funny T-shirts
- prank/gag stuff: fake lottery tickets; fart stuff maybe...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th October 2013, 08:12 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,839
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Best copywriting course?

This has been very helpful to me:

http://www.warriorforum.com/copywriting-forum/52476-top-copywriting-books-ever.html

My pet peeve when it comes to copywriting courses is how patchy most of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th October 2013, 07:49 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,691
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: how effective is fake sense of urgency?

Many of the problems that products are designed to solve have their own legitimate urgency -- the debt that must be paid off by Tuesday, the pounds that must drop before the upcoming reunion, the zit...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th October 2013, 04:45 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,906
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Questions about HopLinks and BuySellAds

Try adding a slash:

http://J12.PROGRAM.hop.clickbank.net/?w=32

It turns out that the slash-less version is a valid URI, but I wasn't sure off the top of my head, so maybe the ad server isn't...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th October 2013, 03:47 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 909
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: This deserves a ban !

Given how fast WSOs get pirated, I'd expect some of the initial buyers to behave in that manner (assuming they want their money back, which is likely, and assuming they don't have inside contacts at...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2013, 03:34 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,075
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Link Cloaking

If you already use Wordpress SEO (Yoast) and want to keep your plugins to a minimum, you can very easily add a page and make it 301 redirect. That's how I've been doing it. Check out the Wordpress...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2013, 03:21 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 550
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Help With Forum Commenting Strategy

It sounds as if you were posting links in your replies themselves. The idea is to use signatures.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2013, 03:10 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,075
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: New ClickBank Order Form - Is It Important?

Heh, I got that email today.

I like it for the most part. They've moved two trust factors to the top: the McAfee/Norton badges and the guarantee. There's not as much fine-print noise. And the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2013, 06:56 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 7,003
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: You Know You're An Internet Marketer When...

When your desk writes its own letters.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2013, 06:27 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 468
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Need A Solution To This...

Having share buttons on a thank-you/download page that actually share the squeeze page is going to be tricky -- if things screw up, your visitors will be sharing your thank-you/download page (ouch)....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2013, 01:11 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,674
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Are You a Porn Warrior?

No, but I have it in mind as a possibility. I do spend 10-15 minutes every day doing some market research for this niche.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 01:53 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 629
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: male or female voiceover

And keep in mind that professionalism may be optional. Look at the chick in the vid for this top gig:

create High Quality | Multi Tier | Google Friendly Backlinks using SEnu...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 01:48 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 629
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: male or female voiceover

Generally speaking, I think women engender more trust, but I agree that testing must decide.

Thought experiment: You're walking down a dark alley and see two men approaching you. Then you notice a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 01:28 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 406
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Wordpress Plugin Encoding

I'm not one of those GPL/Stallman fanatics, but if you look at it from a self-interest perspective, I think encoding/obfuscating your plugin will kill a lot of your sales. This is because (1) a lot...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 01:12 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 16,772
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: What is a good alexa ranking?

I ignore it completely unless I'm trying to flip a Web site (which I've stopped trying to do for the time being, because clearly I suck at it). I can't do anything about the tulip mania of others.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 12:48 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 4,680
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Squidoo

The dofollow/nofollow-diversity thing is the usual SEO speculation that gains traction when enough SEO heads repeat it without any kind of rigorous analysis (it just "sounds right"), eventually...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 12:36 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 4,680
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Squidoo

I wonder how many people actually go to Squidoo and run searches, though. If a site like YouTube didn't have videos ranking in the SERPS, you could still depend on a ton of people using YouTube's...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 07:04 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,161
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: How To Kill It As A Book Flipper?

http://www.gumtree.com/search?q=books&search_location=United+Kingdom&category=freebies

You could also try a local flier campaign.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 06:49 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,161
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: How To Kill It As A Book Flipper?

Title made me think of swatting flies.

I have no experience in the book market, but have you tried selling them as bundles on eBay? Can't be worse than those on eBay selling bundles of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 06:10 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 856
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: What is your favorite website for hiring freelance workers?

I've had too many bad experiences with the sites dedicated to writing, so next time I outsource content, I'll probably go through the services sections of IM forums. Or I'll just pay for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 04:39 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 609
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: The best way to start a relationship with your new lead?

You've gotta decide what you mean by "relationship." If you see Mr. or Ms. Wallet as a ball bearing falling through your sales funnel, one subject to lubrication in the form of freebies and other...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2013, 04:21 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 4,680
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Squidoo

Squidoo is for chumps. If you want to write FREE content for OTHERS... on THEIR fickle but always anal terms... with little to no monetary reward for YOU... editing Wikipedia articles is a better...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2013, 09:17 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 2,573
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: AdTrap - A THREAT to Internet Marketing?

Free software solutions would be a threat long before premium hardware solutions such as this.

As for why this was needed in the first place, the thinking seems to be that it's a solution for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2013, 08:58 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 918
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Good content

I'd dispute that it's nearly impossible. I come across openings for good content all the time. For instance, the other day, I was pinching my nose and checking out the current state of article...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2013, 12:37 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,199
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Why you don't want to have a blog or newsletter for your business

Funny spoof of "Always Be Closing" Glengarry Glen Ross speech - Vooza - YouTube
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2013, 12:23 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,199
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Why you don't want to have a blog or newsletter for your business

Absolutes on either side are probably going to meet a ton of exceptions. I guess the take-home message is always test one's funnels and keep one's options open.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2013, 12:15 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 918
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Good content

I tend to ignore what Google and Matt Cutts say, preferring to trust what the SERPS top 10 tell me for particular keywords/niches, but you ought to be able to find Google's official content checklist...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2013, 12:02 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 653
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Ejunkie For Launching Large-Scale Ebook Business

If it's an affiliate program you're interested in, go with ClickBank or JVZoo -- for non-IM/MMO niches, definitely ClickBank if you don't "know people who know people."

E-junkie actually...
Forum: Website Design 30th September 2013, 11:43 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 567
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Index.php

Just rename index.php in the file manager so you have a backup in case anything goes wrong. Rename it to indexold.php or something like that.

Then upload your HTML file and rename it to index.php....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th September 2013, 11:28 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 741
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Question about Google's exact versus phrase match

Yep, looks good to me, though I referred to "keyword" as a kind of exact match when merely searching. It has the effect you describe when it comes to finding results for searchers, but as Mike noted,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 30th September 2013, 02:28 PM
Replies: 245
Views: 16,962
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: ***URGENT***Tim Pears is in DESPERATE Need of A New Kidney ASAP - Your Donation Will Save a Life

There are a ton of people in the WSO section who are apparently making $10,692.43/day and such. I'm very much out of the loop here, but if I had the clout, I'd urge a temporary raise in the WSO...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th September 2013, 01:51 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 741
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Question about Google's exact versus phrase match

Are you certain they claim that, particularly the part about phrase match being [keyword]?

Google's support page is for AdWords advertisers. In AdWords, [keyword] is exact match, and "keyword" is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2013, 01:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 368
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Personal Information On Google

Those Google results should disappear eventually if you change your WHOIS details. But DomainTools will provide the current WHOIS details as a historical snapshot to anyone buying one of their...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2013, 01:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 437
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Does anyone who this WP template?

Another way is to view the HTML source and look for "wp-content/themes/".

The site in question has a bunch of "wp-content/themes/touchm/".

TouchM is the theme.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2013, 08:21 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 734
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: ... "This $16,983 value, for only $47"

The first tactic is a standard ploy that you'll often see discussed with the phrase "perceived value." I gotta admit I've just trusted the marketing "wisdom" and intuitive plausibility when I've...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2013, 08:06 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,854
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Create affiliate link for my own ClickBank Product?

Whatever you do, don't get the idea of using vision2003.vision2003.hop.clickbank.net, as some older guides recommend. It doesn't wipe the previous affiliate's cookie anymore.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2013, 10:00 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,096
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Can you make good money on Fiverr?

Some examples (of the concept, not necessarily of recommended gigs!):

Posting fliers at a number of set locations -- can be much more efficient when you batch orders together.

Having to travel...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2013, 07:35 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 719
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: HOW TO GET CHEAP PR DOMAINS AND FLIPPING THEM

He had a "poll" thread deleted a few days back in which he posted a Flippa PDF how-to. He referred people to the domainlord Fiverr gig for Wordpress installation + theme + plugins as if it weren't...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2013, 06:35 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,096
Posted By JamesBorg
Re: Can you make good money on Fiverr?

(I'll assume you're not interested in the Fiverr arbitrage method that multiple people feel the need to claim as their own method, with a price tag attached. This method is simply buying low on...
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