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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th December 2011, 12:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 579
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: paypal question - how much to leave in account?

and thanks to everyone else for your input.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th December 2011, 12:25 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 579
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: paypal question - how much to leave in account?

It's a business account, most of the transactions are credit/debit, I am providing tracking numbers to paypal upon shipping. I'm a new seller on paypal and they did contact me the other day, but just...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th December 2011, 12:14 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 579
Posted By Johnny Optimo
paypal question - how much to leave in account?

I've always used merchant accounts to handle my payment processing, so I've never really dealt with paypal for processing (mostly just to pay for stuff, and I set it up for clients when requested)
...
Forum: Website Design 6th December 2011, 05:20 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 829
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: HELP with wordpress menu

I think I see what the problem is here but I'd need to get access/more info to be sure.

send me a message and I'll see what I can do
Forum: Website Design 4th December 2011, 06:23 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 450
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Brouser ,firefox,ie..etc...etc

CSS Browser Selector (http://rafael.adm.br/css_browser_selector/)

that lets you write browser-conditional css so you can tweak the site for other browsers. There's also a tool called css3pie which...
Forum: Website Design 3rd December 2011, 04:29 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 404
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: WP Put On "Front End" Of HTML Site?

sometimes you need to correct the client and tell them when they're trying to do something that doesn't make much sense - like trying to have two websites, one of which is very outdated.

Also,...
Forum: Website Design 3rd December 2011, 03:55 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 404
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: WP Put On "Front End" Of HTML Site?

this may be quicker but it's no way to run a web based business imo. Client wants to preserve SEO value from what I understand, not confuse visitors by sending them to one site from search engine...
Forum: Website Design 3rd December 2011, 02:00 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 404
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: WP Put On "Front End" Of HTML Site?

just be sure to use 301 redirects from all the old pages to preserve SEO - also make sure you create equivalent pages for them to redirect to.

And yes, you can certainly 'keep' the old site in the...
Forum: Website Design 3rd December 2011, 01:54 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 353
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: anyone good with html or wordpress?

<head> is before <body> and after <html>

it's the area where you can put things like scripts, meta keywords, descriptions, title, etc.

the body section is where all of your actual content goes....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 04:00 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,063
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: CPA vs Affiliate marketing

CPA is cost per action - you can get paid every time your visitors sign up for a free trial or enter their email on a mailing list.

With affiliate marketing, you're sending your visitors to a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 03:57 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 690
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Personalize *every* single email subject title?

I'm sure it depends on your list and it could go either way.

in my experience, I do better without the personalized titles. My theory is that, just like with banner blindness, people have caught...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 03:55 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,357
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: The 1 thing that turned my list from $17/day into $123/day

Yep... the quality content has earned you that crucial authority... very nice.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 03:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 520
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Guest Blogging

Good advice in this thread.. Tell them they are free to submit articles to you via email and if they meet your standard you will post them - as stated above, don't make any promises before seeing the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 03:44 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 542
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Backlink gone wrong.

you can just email them and ask, but I wouldn't even bother, it's unlikely to hurt you... if you do enough backlinking this kind of stuff actually happens a lot.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 03:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 514
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Domain transfer help

no, transfering the domain won't hurt the site. make sure you set up the DNS entries on the new registrar.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 02:20 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 641
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Want JV Partners? Here's a tip

Good advice that can apply to all business/IM relationships. Meeting deadlines and keeping communication flowing is key to maintaining a professional relationship.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 02:18 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 532
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: How Best To Learn Social Media Marketing

how old are the sites, and what's your routine for marketing them? What kind of conversions do you get?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 02:15 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 493
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: 200+ hits from Denmark in 10 minutes?! Why?!

Sounds like something automated that's targeting your site for whatever reason and using proxies.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 11:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 341
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Hello

Hey Giovanir, welcome!

There's a lot you need to learn first, but I recommend you check out platforms like wordpress or magento to host your online clothing store.

Then there's the issue of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 11:23 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,050
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Where else to write for money? In need of a solid place.

they DO warn people about that, you just didn't read the instructions :]

Check out this blog post, has some good resources 55+ Get Paid To Write Websites To Make Money Writing Online...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 11:04 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,349
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: How Fiverr people work...

You need to look at each offer objectively - if it sounds too good to be true for $5 then it probably is.

Stuff a fiverr gig could be good for though:
-getting articles written
-getting videos...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 07:03 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,045
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Autoblogs Dead?

they'll probably sell it as long as people are buying it... there are plenty of products in this industry that are of questionable efficacy.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 06:11 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 840
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Message from FB Ads!?!?

Can you change the ads so they don't violate policy?

There's probably not all that much you can do... but since you seem to know how to make money from facebook ads you should just try something...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 02:45 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 887
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Where can I check articles for unique content please?

Also if they're obtaining images for the articles, you can check those with tineye
Forum: Website Design 2nd October 2011, 02:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 536
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Decrease page width

totally depends on your layout.. take a look at your CSS and see if there's something like a 'wrapper' that has a width you can decrease. You may have to change several other things to get them to...
Forum: Website Design 2nd October 2011, 02:01 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 412
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Formatting Page Help

If you don't want the header, sidebar, footer, etc - you should just set it up as a static HTML page and link to it from wherever you need
Forum: Website Design 2nd October 2011, 01:58 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 437
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: How to make changes to wp site?

Just for your future reference, next time you set up a WP site, just change the permalink structure before you make any posts - makes it easier :]

Also, here's a tip directly from wordpress.org
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 01:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 515
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: If I was to outsource this, do you think it would be worth it?

If you can make 50% on each order without doing too much work, then awesome!

That being said, managing outsourcing is like being a mini project manager, which definitely takes a lot of work. I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 01:52 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 471
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Anyone using schema.org?

I was reading some articles about schema.org and adding a ton of rich metadata to a page.. It looks very promising and it seems like major search engines are compatible with it all - just wondering...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 01:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,279
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Private Message Board Solutions?

I love bbPress.. just like with wordpress, there's a ton of killer plugins and themes - plus, it's about as easy to customize as wordpress.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 01:47 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,077
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Be Careful, the War Room may Frustrate your plans

Hmm maybe you should join the war room and THEN tell us what you think :]
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 01:45 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,309
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: The 10 Most Expensive Blogs Ever Sold

Pretty insane... I wonder how often blogs get sold in the $1 mil to $5 mil range. Interesting also that a few of those blogs didn't seem to have 'premium' domain names
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd October 2011, 01:39 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 469
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: need help

Well, ask them for references, examples, etc

Ask them what sites they own and how much traffic they get, check them out and see what you think.

You may be better off trying to hire someone...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2011, 12:03 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 518
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Google Webmaster Tools Now Offering Premium Analytics and Site Health

wow... google's about to make a lot more money lol

Real time data in webmaster tools is pretty neat, although I pretty much just use my site logs for day to day monitoring and check webmaster...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2011, 10:37 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 2,312
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: How Do You Really Make Money Online?

Have you learned how to drive lots of consistent organic traffic to a site? That's something you need to learn before you start making much money... one step at a time :]

If you'd stuck with the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2011, 10:32 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 588
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Help Me in using Digg.com

I highly recommend trying over at reddit.com instead

digg is not nearly what it once was... plus reddit advertising is pretty cool, you should research it a bit.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 08:31 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,247
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Would You Buy This Website On Flippa? Over $6,000....

lol!!! maybe flippa IS where the money is at.. hah
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 08:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,273
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Is it worth buying a fiverr to create 250 likes on an article that talks about my product?

I stay the heck away form anything like that, although I'd be much more likely to cheat facebook than I would Google.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 08:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 411
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Is this a good eCommerce template for fashion?

I think the template looks pretty good, go for it! Personally, I'd just build it from scratch but it sounds like you already tried that :]
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 08:26 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,297
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Membership Site?

it's a site where members need to register in order to access content - either by paying or registering for free and joining your list,
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 06:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 383
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Is this right to starts with?

well there's really nowhere to upload the info to until you get hosting, right?

buy a domain and hosting... literally the most important tools in this game (in my humble opinion)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 06:57 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 911
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Barnes & Noble takes over what is left from Borders

I have a deep personal connection to B&N, back in 95 when I was ~10 years old, my mom used to take me there to buy programming books... the good old days :]
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 06:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 526
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Best method for delivering "Special Reports"

A lot of people say it's better NOT to force your visitors to join your list in order to get the freebie, but I personally disagree - just because someone might not be interested in my list now...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 05:26 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 403
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: How can I go from a small niche to a larger niche?

If you're making money from the site I'd just leave it be and create a new one from scratch, then promote the heck out of it with the old site.

Yeah 301 redirects and telling google webmaster...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 05:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 441
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Competition wants me to create a web site?

why the heck would they want the same logo though. lol. I can understand color scheme...

Anyway, I'd probably just take the money, sounds like a competitor who may not be around too long anyway.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 05:16 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,538
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Am I Getting Sued?

tineye could still probably find the original picture even if he did crop it.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 04:25 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 793
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: How To Market a Wedding Photographher

Well Add some words then. Nothing wrong with a photographer keeping a blog, seems like the perfect way to get new clients and do some SEO at the same time.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 04:10 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 333
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Strange analytics - searching with +

maybe someone doing keyword research or something, plus some people actually search for stuff like that
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th September 2011, 04:08 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 434
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Advice Required In Setting Up A New Blog!

TMZ, Perez Hilton, etc.

Not sure how easy that traffic is to monetize - news/gossip/humor traffic that is, might not be a buyer's niche.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2011, 08:11 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,748
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: WOOOOOOWWWW, dont make this mistake... ugh

You should just be happy you realized this was an issue now and not 6 months down the line when the site's actually producing income.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2011, 05:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,020
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Viral Marketing... is this good..?

The best viral marketing technique is to provide content that's actually relevant and then spread it around a bit.

Making infographics is a pretty good method, and then submitting to sites like...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2011, 05:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 805
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Blog Commenting Vs. Guest Blog Posting Link Juice Value

I believe links that appear higher up on the page are given more weight
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th September 2011, 10:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Is .edu backlinks is very important for PR

They are a high value TLD, but that's not to say you can't have a high PR without .edu links
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2011, 12:11 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 603
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Chicago Sun Times Forecasts Halloween Spending $6.86 BILLION...

I wouldn't even attempt to do it this year, but the more I think about it, the more I want to have something in place for next year.

Haven't done too much research in the niche so I'm not sure...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2011, 09:08 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 545
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Internet Marketers Please Help

wordpress is great software to run your first sites on
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2011, 05:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 353
Posted By Johnny Optimo
Re: Acquiring Coupons from businesses

They probably all have marketing departments, I'd try to get in contact with them that way
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