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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th February 2013, 01:23 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 515
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th November 2012, 05:02 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,957
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Georgia Affiliates - Proposed Nexus Law

Looks like it's coming to fruition, unfortunately. I got the first of what I expect to be many of these types of emails today.

What are my options here? Move to another state? Incorporate in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th May 2012, 12:11 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,268
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: fan page with over 1 million likes

I am VP of Product for a company that does this - we have a huge activation network (15+mm users). We recently sold 100,000 incentivized likes for $100,000.

While it makes us a lot of money, it's...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2011, 06:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,393
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Amazon and Charity

If you go to the link below it says: "Associates may donate their earnings to a charity, but may not announce to their visitors in any way that a portion or all of the proceeds will go to a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2011, 06:08 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,393
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Amazon and Charity

Quick followup on this....hopefully it will be useful to someone in the WF in the future.

So I got some resolution. My response back from Amazon is below (still not 100% clear). So I called their...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2011, 08:58 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,393
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Amazon and Charity

Thanks Shannon!

I did ask Amazon but so far have gotten nothing back. I would set it up as a personal account then donate a portion to a set of non-profits.

I'm more concerned about how I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2011, 08:25 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,393
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Amazon and Charity

bump...anyone?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th October 2011, 11:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,393
Posted By hikerguy777
Amazon and Charity

Quick newbie question about Amazon Associates (I sent them a support request as well, but have not heard back).

If I want to set up a site where I donate a portion of the proceeds to charity, what...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th July 2011, 06:24 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 461
Posted By hikerguy777
What are your "buy" keywords?

I'm fairly new to IM. I've read a lot about people targeting "buy" or "purchase" driven keywords. What are some that you use?

I'll start:
does [XYZ product] work
buy [XYZ product]
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th July 2011, 12:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 596
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Affiliate link impact on ranking

Will the pretty link plugin work or do I need to create 301 redirects using a header redirect?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th July 2011, 11:09 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 596
Posted By hikerguy777
Affiliate link impact on ranking

On my last two sites, as soon as I added an affiliate link the site was either severely punished (new site ranked 52 pushed to 114) or removed completely (site ranked 9 and no longer is in top 1000)....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th June 2011, 07:07 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,566
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Single product wordpress theme

Thanks guys...for some reason I did not think about doing it that way. I do know HTML and CSS and PHP so it shouldn't be too hard.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd June 2011, 02:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,566
Posted By hikerguy777
Single product wordpress theme

I've scoured the webosphere and have not found the exact theme I am looking for. The closest is the Coming Soon theme...but it does not look like it supports a second page.

I'm looking for a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th June 2011, 11:11 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,068
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: have US$ 500 in pocket willing to work 5 hours a day wanted to make 20 $ a day. is this possible

A lot of good stuff on this thread. My thought is you need to read it, absorb it, and shoot for more.

If you really want to make $20/day working 5 hours a day ($4/hr) I would suggest working at...
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 15th June 2011, 04:36 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,306
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Entry Level CPM Network

You as well Kent.

All - if you want to work with a great CPM network contact Kent. His Lijit team has their act together.
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 9th June 2011, 03:04 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,306
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Entry Level CPM Network

Just sent you a PM with my email info...

Thanks!
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 9th June 2011, 12:54 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,306
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Entry Level CPM Network

Definitely interested in hearing what you have to say. Shoot me a PM if you want.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th June 2011, 08:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 504
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Forum sigs vs profile links

I would suggest getting to know the members and mods of the forum. Although they don't allow sigs, it could be a good way to grow awareness of your product/niche and position yourself as an expert.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 8th June 2011, 01:15 PM
Replies: 512
Views: 14,797
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Who here is college educated?

College does matter. It does. Whether you choose to acknowledge that reality or not is up to you...but the vast majority of white collar jobs in the IT world require it.

So does effective...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2011, 10:29 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 2,731
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Fastest Way To Make $100

Agreed with the previous post. Sell something if you need it quick. Otherwise work hard doing some manual labor...should not be that hard to get $100 if you absolutely need it.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2011, 10:19 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 2,007
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Don't Get Into Internet Marketing If ...

..you are not willing to create a brand online. This is a business folks...you have customers. Get to know them.
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 7th June 2011, 11:12 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,604
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Content locking

I know this thread is old...but just applied to both Adscend and Leadbolt. I'm already with BlamAds. All traffic is white hat - see URLs below.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 12:52 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,421
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: If you had to start over again: information product or physical products?

As many have said, I would serve the sales role (middleman) between the consumer and the retailer/product provider. I have done ecommerce and fullfillment and all the hassles that go with it is a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 12:42 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 77,995
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: [Moderator Warning] READ THIS NOW

Thanks for the warning.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 12:11 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,408
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Top Internet Marketing Courses?

Not to hijack your thread...but apparently I can link. Can someone point me to the rules around what we are allowed to and not allowed to do based on actions (posts, etc) on this forum?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2011, 12:10 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,408
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Top Internet Marketing Courses?

I highly recommend The Challenge by Ed Dale & Co as an intro to IM.

I cannot link yet, but it is here:

The Challenge (http://challenge.co/)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th June 2011, 10:33 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 761
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Curious about Adsense

Would also be interested in a case study on this. I've heard of people boasting of CTR in the neighborhood of 5% (unofficially, of course), but I've never seen them above .5-1%.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd June 2011, 07:08 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 385
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Google adsense question

I've never heard of Ehalos....what is it?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd June 2011, 06:59 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 385
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Google adsense question

Thanks for the reply. That was generally my thought too. If I were to put adsense tags on a bunch of sites and not just the one that messed up would that help?

It seems a little too obvious to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd June 2011, 06:42 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 385
Posted By hikerguy777
Google adsense question

My adsense account was suspended permanently a few weeks ago. I think I know why (although Google would not confirm) and have fixed the issue. I put a google adsense tag in a list of links I was...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd June 2011, 06:31 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 691
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: The Matt Cutts Debunking Flowchart

Love it :) Thanks for sharing...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st June 2011, 02:04 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 4,087
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Calderon's bill passed, Amazon to drop all California affiliates

Let me see if I have this straight.

Re: sales tax: If I'm a resident of California and I buy something from out of state on the internet (I assume this isn't just targeting Amazon) then CA wants...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2011, 01:15 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 3,565
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: "backlinks" take another big hit AGAIN. Time to give it up weak services as a major ranking fac

My opinion...posted this on another thread too.

Forum links are not dead...if they come from relevant, thriving forums that are in your niche category. Of course, you have to do the other stuff...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2011, 12:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 349
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Can someone explain social bookmarking to me?

Thanks for the reply. Not playing stupid here really.

When you say tagging a website what do you mean? Are there social bookmarking services? Or is it a FB thing?

And what relevancy does it...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2011, 11:58 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 695
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: .com/.net/.org ?

It bugs me to no end when people think .org = non-profit. It bugs me even more when people think non-profit means you can't make money. I used to run a non-profit organization.

Non-profit from a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2011, 11:47 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 349
Posted By hikerguy777
Can someone explain social bookmarking to me?

I searched the forums but did not find much about this.

Could someone give me the elevator pitch on what social bookmarking is?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2011, 11:39 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 587
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: 9 Tips to Having a Great Website

You didn't follow your own advice (read #6) :)

There are nine tips in the thread...not ten. But they are all good.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2011, 11:36 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 1,651
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Blog Commenting and Forum Posting

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make sure you post relevant content on forums. The purpose of posting on forums is multiple, but primarily you are trying to establish a relationship with people on the forum.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2011, 11:31 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 523
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Questions About Backlinks, SEO, Ranking...

I would suggest buying Market Samurai. It is a great tool for keeping track of all of your backlinks, ranking across multiple SE (phrase and broad), etc. Fantastic tool well worth the money.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st May 2011, 10:05 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 632
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Multiple domains with one hosting account

I have not seen any issues. I use HostGator and have about 12 domains on the same shared account. As a side note, I know some people have had issues with HG, but I have never had any problems - they...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th May 2011, 12:05 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 2,111
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Would you be ruined if Google closed shop tomorrow?

Nope. It would hurt a bit in terms of what I could expect in the future, but as of now, no. I have plenty of other traffic streams and loyal customers.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th May 2011, 06:41 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 2,873
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Your Account Has Been Deleted

The lesson is you have to have multiple sources of revenue of course. I just got banned by google adwords and when I appealed sent me a note back saying I was deleted (no explanation).
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 24th May 2011, 07:03 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,306
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Entry Level CPM Network

Is blueadvertise.com reputable? Their footer still says 2009, which was a red flag to me.
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 24th May 2011, 06:38 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 3,338
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: CPA Networks Impossible To Get Approved

What kind of site are you promoting? I got accepted by all except one on my first try - Peerfly, Blamads, XRev, Epic Social, etc.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2011, 06:53 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,061
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: I entered the WAR ROOM!!!! Hurray!!!

It's only $37? I'm going to have to suck it up and join. Although...with the new business forum (hopefully) going up soon I need to say this is a non-budgeted item :)
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 22nd May 2011, 09:30 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,306
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Entry Level CPM Network

Thanks - I'll be applying to these guys tonight. I assume once I grow to a sufficient point (seems like 25K page views/month is the threshold) I will be looking for higher paying and more reputable...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th May 2011, 04:21 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 629
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Alternative of google adsense?

I just applied to you. My site gets about 3000 uniques and 25000 page views a month. Looking forward to working with you.
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 19th May 2011, 04:16 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,306
Posted By hikerguy777
Entry Level CPM Network

I've searched the site for this but did not see any posts related to this specific topic.

I would like to add some CPM ads to my site. I've applied at ContextWeb (not enough content yet) and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th May 2011, 07:30 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,551
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: How To Monetize a Blog with 200k Impressions Monthly

How hard is it to implement openx? Just signed up with contextweb and it was crazy easy.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th May 2011, 07:23 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,490
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: GoDaddy Coupon Code Get $1,29 Domain (Only for 20,000 Redemptions)

Appreciate it man - was able to snag a URL in my niche. Unfortunately it only looks like you can get one domain per user account. Or is there a way to get more?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th May 2011, 07:16 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 4,167
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: I officially quit my job today

Nice work man. I hope to be there in a few months time.

Do you have a fam or are you single?
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th May 2011, 07:00 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 938
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Investing In Gold/Silver

Oh, one more thing. I read a great book on this (I don't have enough posts yet to link) - go to Amazon and search for "The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse"

Great read.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th May 2011, 06:58 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 938
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Investing In Gold/Silver

I always wonder about this buy and hold physical gold and silver thing. Why? Because when the crap hits the fan the things people are going to want are water, guns, and food. Look at when Katrina hit...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 11th May 2011, 10:23 AM
Replies: 512
Views: 14,797
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: Who here is college educated?

Want to share your sources?

I graduated from Georgia Tech in 1998 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. While I do not use anything I learned in school, the GT degree has opened many doors for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th May 2011, 09:21 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 556
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: WP Site Creation Checklist ?? -(of sorts)-

I've had good success with pagelines. Look them up - I don't have enough posts yet to add a link.

Also, may want to consider all the SEO related plugins too. XML Sitemap, Google Analytics, etc.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th May 2011, 12:26 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 657
Posted By hikerguy777
Re: If you want to succeed...

Great post. I love this - it equates nicely with Seth Godin's idea of launching. Don't worry about everything being perfect...just launch.

I launched about two months ago. I'm now profitable and...
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