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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2011, 05:31 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 646
Posted By tomewer
Re: Why is the bounce rate so high

Hi - this is honest and direct feedback - I don't mean offense by it.

Your site is completely overwhelming, and poorly designed.

Strip it back to a really basic design (header on top, nav bar...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2011, 05:24 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 472
Posted By tomewer
Re: Looking for free images

Hey,

Compfight / A Flickr Search Tool (http://compfight.com/search/) searches Twitter for creative commons photos (you will need to attribute the owner of the photo but can use them for free)
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st December 2011, 01:00 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 686
Posted By tomewer
Re: BMR direct to money site?

A few good tips have already been mentioned. I'll add to the general consensus that you should link straight to your money site, and link to various pages on that site.

Also make sure that you are...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st December 2011, 12:41 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,162
Posted By tomewer
Re: What are the best sites to be included in a linkwheel?

Good suggestions above - basically, if you're creating sites for a link wheel, you want to pick the ones with the highest PR. Although your site will not have the same PR, its authority will be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2011, 12:38 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 526
Posted By tomewer
Re: How is this done....?

I didn't realize anyone actually watched that film ;-)

Very cool idea though. No idea how it was done.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st December 2011, 12:36 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 567
Posted By tomewer
Re: Can ANYONE answer this question?

I am biased and would pick what I am personally comfortable with, which is niche sites (AdSense or affiliate). I would set up as many sites as you can handle, learn quickly about what works and what...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st December 2011, 12:34 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 566
Posted By tomewer
Re: Can He Do This With Google Adsense???

Not sure he was going for a long term business model there ;-)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st December 2011, 12:33 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 710
Posted By tomewer
Re: Be Careful When Commenting On Sites For Backlinks...

+1

Doubt it has anything to do with being listed in the sidebar. There's probably another reason.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th December 2011, 03:14 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 521
Posted By tomewer
Re: What are articles worth to you?

It depends entirely on what you are writing, how good your writing is, and who you are writing for.

Pay can range from about $2 - $200 per article. Seriously. I have personally been paid $20 - $75...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th December 2011, 03:07 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 638
Posted By tomewer
Re: How many backlinks should I create in each article/blog/web2.0 property?

I don't think that there is any point in linking more than twice. Link to a couple of different pages on your site with different anchor text. Then get on with doing something else!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th December 2011, 03:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 295
Posted By tomewer
Re: Facebook,twitter or corlif..?

In my opinion, if you do it right, Facebook and YouTube bring in the most traffic, with Twitter certainly a notable mention. I'm sure Google+ will continue to be more relevant in the future.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th December 2011, 03:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 750
Posted By tomewer
Re: Which IM Blogs Do You Regularly Read?

Smart Passive Income
Steve Scott Site
Online Income Lab
Niche Pursuits
Build.Rank.Profit
Think Traffic
Leaving Work Behind ;-)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th December 2011, 02:57 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,152
Posted By tomewer
Re: What's Your Favorite List Building Method?

Offer a useful product, then market a tailored landing page to people who are interested in that product via guest posts. The conversion rates are huge if you do it right. Labor-intensive though.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th December 2011, 02:54 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 846
Posted By tomewer
Re: What are the top 5 mistakes you've made in Internet Marketing, and how are you overcoming them?

I'm not going to go for 5, because when it came to internet marketing a big mistake stuck out for me: overeager backlinking. I had a promising site (my first every one) earning a few bucks a day, and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th December 2011, 02:51 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 917
Posted By tomewer
Re: How Should This Newbie Start?

You're a good writer - don't work yourself into the ground with Text Broker. Create a small portfolio of articles. Ideally you'd have some sort of blog to reference. Trawl the ProBlogger jobs board...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th December 2011, 02:48 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 562
Posted By tomewer
Re: How To Grow My Blog Reach?

My 2 cents (and I know I am repeating some of the advice above):

- Comment on other blogs (not for the traffic, but to establish relationships with other bloggers)
- Guest post. Read some...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th September 2011, 08:33 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,557
Posted By tomewer
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th September 2011, 07:42 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 511
Posted By tomewer
Re: Did Anyone Else Get Google-Slapped Yesterday?

I'm not too concerned at this stage - I've got a really good resource (in my opinion), the site design is good, the content is good, onsite SEO is good...should just be a blip. We shall see!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th September 2011, 06:01 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 511
Posted By tomewer
Did Anyone Else Get Google-Slapped Yesterday?

Or was it just me? I had to reinstall my WP theme as I had a bug that wouldn't go away, so I temporarily lost some onsite SEO optimization (title/description meta). I'm hoping that was the reason,...
Forum: Website Design 8th September 2011, 03:25 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 832
Posted By tomewer
Re: Best Text Editor For Custom CSS/PHP Tomfoolery?

I used to use Notepad++ years ago, I wondered if it was still popular...that's great - thanks guys!
Forum: Website Design 7th September 2011, 04:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 832
Posted By tomewer
Best Text Editor For Custom CSS/PHP Tomfoolery?

Hello all!

I am using Thesis and as such spend quite a bit of time editing the custom.css and custom_functions.php files. I use Notepad at the moment, which is okay, but it would be nice to have a...
Forum: Programming 7th September 2011, 04:14 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 490
Posted By tomewer
Re: Thesis

Thanks Martin :)
Forum: Website Design 7th September 2011, 04:13 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 526
Posted By tomewer
Re: Best Comprehensive CSS Guide>

Again - thank you all for your help! :) I've already started checking some of these links out.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th September 2011, 03:36 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 612
Posted By tomewer
Re: Can a Mis-spelled domain name lose you potential business?

Don't see that it would be affecting you adversely :)
Forum: Website Design 7th September 2011, 02:43 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 526
Posted By tomewer
Re: Best Comprehensive CSS Guide>

Great, thanks guys.
Forum: Website Design 6th September 2011, 04:27 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 526
Posted By tomewer
Best Comprehensive CSS Guide>

Hello all!

I am looking to gain a solid understanding of CSS so I can look to customize my Thesis websites better.

I already have a fairly good understanding of CSS, but would like to really...
Forum: Programming 6th September 2011, 04:25 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 490
Posted By tomewer
Thesis

Hi guys,

I have recently purchased Thesis and am looking to expand my underlying knowledge. I assume that I should learn PHP, but I could be wrong.

If I want a better understanding of Thesis...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th September 2011, 06:34 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 835
Posted By tomewer
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 03:51 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 687
Posted By tomewer
Re: Trying to bring in traffic.

Start commenting on related blog (useful comments ;)) and try and build up relationships with people in your niche. This can lead to organic exposure to targeted traffic.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 411
Posted By tomewer
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:45 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,134
Posted By tomewer
Re: High CPC niche, single AdSense block, $0,02 Profit...

Or attract more traffic to that niche. If you've already done a lot of the groundwork than it might not make sense to give up at this point.

I try to look at it as mathematically as possible. If...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 456
Posted By tomewer
Re: Some Questions about On site SEO

Search the forums or Google it :)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:39 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 2,437
Posted By tomewer
Re: Best Backlinks To Get Ranked?

Patience is definitely the best method (if you could call it a method ;)). If you are looking for it to happen quickly, you may get disappointed quickly.

I used all of the methods you have...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:37 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 379
Posted By tomewer
Re: Should i go for this?

There's something wrong. PRs between 5-8 but 0 DAs? Absolutely no backlinks or meta tag optimization? If you PM me the keyword I can look into it further.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:34 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 445
Posted By tomewer
Re: Some SEO questions

2. Would you use that URL as your homepage? If so, I would not do that. If you are looking to target a longtail keyword and create content around that, you should definitely look to use the keyword...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:22 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,134
Posted By tomewer
Re: High CPC niche, single AdSense block, $0,02 Profit...

Hello Bulldozer,

First of all, $1.30 is not a high CPC at all I'm afraid. In my experience, you should expect to discount CPC by a multiplier of .2 to get the average payout per click. So, $1.30...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 03:17 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 575
Posted By tomewer
Re: Going to Build 8 Sites - Help Review My Plan Please

My two cents...don't take on too much at the same time. I would err on the side of not having enough to do, than having too much.

It is very easy to drop one project to work on another if it is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 03:15 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 425
Posted By tomewer
Re: My first product any feedback please

Hi Simon,

I've got a couple of quick suggestions:

1. People might not be too keen to hand over their email address just to give you feedback on your product - I would suggest that you link...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 03:09 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,415
Posted By tomewer
Re: Best Unsubscribe Page I've Ever Seen...

I love it when people have optimized pages such as this. Other honourable mentions include the "check your emails" page and the "thank you for subscribing" page!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:07 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 411
Posted By tomewer
Re: How to vary links in guest posting

Putting both links back to the same page is not particularly valuable.

You should be linking to internal pages - it looks very unusual to Google if all external links are going to your homepage.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th September 2011, 03:06 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 835
Posted By tomewer
Re: What do you look at when conducting Top 10 Competitor Analysis?

I think people can overcomplicate competition analysis far too much. I think it is a skill that is learnt over time - there is no such thing as a perfect formula.

Having said that, I look at the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 03:00 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 686
Posted By tomewer
Re: You Can Swin Across The Ocean Or Take A Flight

Hm...I would say that I am driving to the airport to catch a flight across the ocean ;)

I'm just about to dip my toe into virtual assistance for the first time. Currently asking around to see...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 02:58 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 687
Posted By tomewer
Re: Trying to bring in traffic.

Hello,

In my opinion, you should throw away all of the dogma you have read about what Google prefers and doesn't prefer. More often than not, it is guesswork.

It is far better to consider your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 02:48 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 601
Posted By tomewer
Re: I am new here could use some advice re my site

Scratch that; I managed to access it. Can you be more specific as to what you would like help with?

My first thoughts are:
1. Your user interface isn't intuitive
2. There is barely any content...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 02:45 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 601
Posted By tomewer
Re: I am new here could use some advice re my site

I can't access your site at all :(
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2011, 04:43 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 444
Posted By tomewer
Re: How To Ask Your List If They Will Buy Your eBook

Dan - survey sounds like a good idea. Would have to think about how to package it to make sure that I didn't get misleading answers. Will put some thought into this. Thanks! :)

Any other ideas?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2011, 03:36 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 444
Posted By tomewer
Re: How To Ask Your List If They Will Buy Your eBook

@BloggingPro

Funnily enough, I wouldn't quite put it like that ;)

I am of course no expert (nor am I at all experienced in selling eBooks), but I follow Pat Flynn and he is a big exponent of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2011, 03:16 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 444
Posted By tomewer
How To Ask Your List If They Will Buy Your eBook

Hi guys,

The title says it all really - does anyone have experience with producing eBooks to sell to a list (and on the website that produced the list), and if so, did you ask the list in advance...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th August 2011, 09:05 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,374
Posted By tomewer
Backlinks vs. Referring Domains

Hello all,

I have been developing a niche site for around 2 1/2 months now. It currently ranks #9 in Google for its primary keyword.

I have tried all sorts of backlinking strategies. I have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th July 2011, 03:36 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 815
Posted By tomewer
Re: A Year Without Any Sales...

Mikel, perhaps try and find a mentor who shares your first language? They might be able to advise you more appropriately.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th July 2011, 03:30 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 1,521
Posted By tomewer
Re: The Single Most Important Aspect of IM

Only read this far...echoes my sentiments well.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th July 2011, 03:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 475
Posted By tomewer
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th July 2011, 03:27 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 475
Posted By tomewer
Re: What was your most embarassing IM flop?

Nothing yet, but it is only a matter of time...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th July 2011, 03:27 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,251
Posted By tomewer
Re: Business wants to buy my domain.

My 2 cents...

I'm new to internet marketing, but I am not new to business, and more importantly, price negotiation.

They need to make you an offer. If they are actually unwilling to make an...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th July 2011, 03:24 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,700
Posted By tomewer
Re: A Post that's been 5 Years in the Making

I never get bored of reading posts like yours Will - congratulations!
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th July 2011, 06:43 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,127
Posted By tomewer
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