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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2017, 10:12 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 612
Posted By kindsvater
Re: ~How long did it take you to build a profitable niche site?~

Could be a day. Could be many months. The term "niche" is too broad and vague in this context. The more narrowly defined and targeted you are the less time will likely be required.

I wouldn't...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th June 2016, 10:03 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 186
Posted By kindsvater
Re: 4 Psychological Triggers That Turn Browsers into Buyers

I don't know Robert, I think there's a bigger truth underlying this thread - such as FL generated article posts.

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th June 2016, 02:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 113
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Are keyword tools necessary after finding main keywords?

First, you're wrong about the "most of us" part. There are better services, including free services, but it's your money.

When a keyword tool advertises "Find up to 800 keywords per seed keyword"...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th June 2016, 07:54 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,102
Posted By kindsvater
Re: I made $31 with Clickbank and Bing but it was Refunded

No. All it shows is you lost money.

Anyone extrapolating hundreds in profits from 10 clicks and 1 refunded sale, and an overall loss of money, needs some serious business and statistics courses. ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2016, 09:34 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 304
Posted By kindsvater
Re: 6 Scientific ways to maximize ROI on your Content Marketing

I wouldn't call it so great. There's a reason this same post has been previously deleted.

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st May 2016, 12:55 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 864
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Don't Avoid ________ . It's a Critical Marketing Skill.

TL;DR

Just tell me what it is so I don't have to research it.

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th May 2016, 09:05 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 887
Posted By kindsvater
Re: duplicate content question

Google on duplicate content (https://www.seroundtable.com/google-may-rank-duplicate-content-across-domains-when-22149.html), this week, flat says if there is duplicate content someone is not getting...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th May 2016, 02:35 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 1,514
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Niche Ideas: 4 Years from now

Denver Broncos dynasty: can they make it 5 Super Bowl championships in a row?


Less seriously, I'd consider my niche and whether it relies on search traffic from Google. If so, is the niche...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd May 2016, 11:13 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 4,061
Posted By kindsvater
Re: To The Question "How Can I Make Money Online?" Here's My Answer!

I have decided my niche will be making money. Which forum thread will show me:

- How to make the most money
- Fast
- Without any skills
- Without any effort
- Without spending anything

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st May 2016, 05:44 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 887
Posted By kindsvater
Re: duplicate content question

Thanks for the laugh. Made my day!

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st May 2016, 09:40 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 887
Posted By kindsvater
Re: duplicate content question

This "no penalty" canard has repeatedly been debunked here for years. It is one of the most dangerous claims that is incredibly harmful to new marketers.

The fact is if your website consists of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th May 2016, 03:03 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,872
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Tired of Everyone Whining About How Broke They Are

Nice. Didn't think of the relationship niche or plastic surgery niche. Or combining the two.

Want a better relationship? Want to trade in for a new model? Using a formula proven by...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th May 2016, 02:25 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,872
Posted By kindsvater
Tired of Everyone Whining About How Broke They Are

Making $112,000 a month and broke.

David Hasselhoff: I'm Broke | TMZ.com (http://www.tmz.com/2016/05/20/david-hasselhoff-broke-pamela-bach-divorce/)

Certainly the first step is to review...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th May 2016, 04:15 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 3,473
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Depressed and Broke

LOL. Everything online is a scam. But do your research online.

Don't pay attention to experts. Get your info from anonymous nobodies who also haven't made a dime.

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th May 2016, 03:17 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 431
Posted By kindsvater
Re: jvzoo $100 issue

It's PayPal protecting themselves from new, or suspect accounts so the company isn't left hanging for a bunch of chargebacks / refunds after the seller has fled the scene.

Welcome to the problems...
Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM) 16th May 2016, 10:31 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 889
Posted By kindsvater
Re: My google adsense application has been rejected for unclear reasons. Need some help

When I first saw the home page my first thought was ugh, another thin Wordpress blog of bad posts. The look was not good, and the English in a few places is off. (Top menu item referring to "humors"...
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 16th May 2016, 01:12 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,062
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Anyone have any success converting anything with 7 search Pay Per Click

Waste of money. It's appealing because you see low click costs and think even with a small conversion rate you'll profit. But the traffic is bad and if you're getting "loads of clicks" a red flag...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th May 2016, 05:40 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,135
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Amazon Affiliate Application Denied.. Again.

No.

You may not like this if you do not like constructive criticism, but I've been around the block a few times so here goes ....

Your website, IMHO, is mediocre and probably not going to bring...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th May 2016, 09:51 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,135
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Amazon Affiliate Application Denied.. Again.

Creating custom Amazon images is a violation of the affiliate terms:

http://10bestones.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/shopping-button3.png

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th May 2016, 12:51 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,843
Posted By kindsvater
Re: why people use traffic exchange websites like hitleap or alexasurfing or tohers?

A bit unsettling that secret tip needed to be said.

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th May 2016, 12:03 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 426
Posted By kindsvater
Ouch. IRS says some Domain Purchases not Deductible

Assume you're on Flippa and buy a $10,000 domain and website to use in your online business to make money from.

Can you deduct the $10,000 as a business expense?

Maybe not - story here...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th May 2016, 04:00 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,220
Posted By kindsvater
Re: The Coming Death of the Amazon Affiliate Program

Good info. This caught my attention though:



In other words, is mobile another place where Amazon is ripping off affiliates and not paying commissions?

Compare: Ebay manages to track and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th May 2016, 12:45 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,439
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Getting sued for photos on blog?

There's a flip side to this ....

1. Take / Design your own pictures and graphics.

2. Register them with the US Copyright Office so you invoke statutory penalties (instead of having to prove...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th May 2016, 11:33 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,220
Posted By kindsvater
The Coming Death of the Amazon Affiliate Program

OK, I know some of you are already limbering up your fingers ready to jump on a "death of ..." thread, which I calculatedly used to draw your click. But I think you'll want to pay close attention to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th April 2016, 07:07 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 687
Posted By kindsvater
Re: What domain name should I choose?

You haven't seen my niche websites, but I have some experience on this issue and using words like 'stuff' which are short and memorable.

Over 1000 live trademarks and umpteen thousand "stuff"...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th April 2016, 05:06 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 687
Posted By kindsvater
Re: What domain name should I choose?

Go with stuff and it can be completely brandable (of course, we don't know your niche) and memorable. I'd use shepardstuff.com over gsdnation.com every day.

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th April 2016, 01:34 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,355
Posted By kindsvater
Re: 540 Clicks Advertising Clickbank Products With No Sales

You're doing scattershot direct linking. $129 promoting 15 products is less than $9 per product.

That's your advertising test: $9 per product. Who in the real world decides an ad campaign is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd April 2016, 10:28 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 1,894
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Is Google Going to Update PR or PR is Dead??

PR is dead. Google has always had its own internal PageRank analysis, but the public PR number of 0-10 is officially dead.

If you see anyone talking about the PR for their site, especially...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd April 2016, 09:04 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 487
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Domain name consisting generic word trademarks

Fun fact: the word "trademark" is trademarked.

Key issues to know about trademarks:

1. The most important issue is whether consumer confusion results between your name and another trademark. ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd April 2016, 08:03 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,130
Posted By kindsvater
Re: for individuals making 1k/month or more

There is a world of difference in just these two examples.

When you sell a domain that is a one time event. You sell and you're done. You get paid once and you're done. If you do not have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd April 2016, 02:46 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 695
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Should I use JVZoo or my own payment gateway?

JVZoo has two downsides in your situation, neither of which are prominently noted on the website, if noted at all:

First, the cost. What does JVZoo cost? It is a 5% fee, which is high.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th September 2015, 06:13 PM
Replies: 959
Views: 63,146
Posted By kindsvater
Re: ClickBank soon requiring ALL sales pages to have a ClickBank branded header.

Customer confusion is not a fraud issue.

CB needs to get its story straight because nothing in this misadventure addresses fraud. I'm not even sure it addresses consumer confusion except to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th September 2015, 01:06 PM
Replies: 959
Views: 63,146
Posted By kindsvater
Re: ClickBank soon requiring ALL sales pages to have a ClickBank branded header.

Many of the entries on statements are vague or unclear abbreviations, often of corporate names and not the 'brand name' on a store.

How could it be that ClickBank is getting pounded because...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th September 2015, 09:28 AM
Replies: 959
Views: 63,146
Posted By kindsvater
Re: ClickBank soon requiring ALL sales pages to have a ClickBank branded header.

Looking at the new marketplace, if ClickBank wants to emulate Amazon with merchant products under the ClickBank roof, with recommended other products to purchase, then CB (like Amazon) also needs to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2015, 11:18 AM
Replies: 959
Views: 63,146
Posted By kindsvater
Re: ClickBank soon requiring ALL sales pages to have a ClickBank branded header.

The reason given by ClickBank is that new chipped cards used during physical purchases means more credit card fraud will move online. That is previously what happened in Europe.

Example: in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th September 2015, 05:52 PM
Replies: 959
Views: 63,146
Posted By kindsvater
Re: ClickBank soon requiring ALL sales pages to have a ClickBank branded header.

ClickBank has always had an odd arrangement where it is the seller of the product (which you are 'selling' to ClickBank at a wholesale price), but customers are on your site and dealing with you.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2015, 08:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 860
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Online marketing for travel agency

It's a dead industry and no point in marketing it. The number of travel agents has been dropping like a rock. The best advice to give one is to find another job.

That doesn't have to be as...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2015, 01:39 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 423
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Trademark Question

There is some well meaning, but incorrect advice in this thread.

A trademark is obtained by using it. This is called a common law trademark and the vast majority of trademarks fall into the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 19th April 2015, 02:23 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,028
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Taxes Are ‘Optional’ and There Is No Military: Welcome to Liberland, Europe’s Brand New Country!

Just registered. Last month I became a minister. Soon to be a citizen of Liberland.

Weird: I was just thinking last week about checking state boundary laws to see if movement in the land,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 18th April 2015, 09:43 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 679
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Sign this petition to Abolish Overages

Who wants to sign a petition requiring AT&T, Verizon and Sprint to stop charging for wireless phone and Internet access?

You look at someone using their phone and these big corporations are...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th April 2015, 09:34 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 847
Posted By kindsvater
Re: A Question About Using Copyrighted Photos For My Website

Linking back or giving credit is not a defense to a copyright claim. If anything, it shows intentional infringement as you know you do not have rights to use the photo.

For years I have suggested...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th April 2015, 07:43 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,526
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Facebook disabled my account and ads now?

Promoting ClickBank products can cause an automatic account termination in AdWords and Facebook. I would not promote them in any paid platform.

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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th April 2015, 05:32 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,526
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Facebook disabled my account and ads now?

There was another thread about Facebook disabling an account for advertising a health related product.

Was the diabetes product a ClickBank product?

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Forum: Off Topic Forum 11th April 2015, 08:13 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 764
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Amazon sues alleged reviews-for-pay sites

First, Amazon's legal terms (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_cou?ie=UTF8&nodeId=508088) do not prohibit or even mention fake reviews.



The legal terms do then...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th April 2015, 12:14 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,649
Posted By kindsvater
Re: YouTube Ad Partner Changes June 15th!!! - Not Good..

I don't see the issue. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but as I see it YouTube is rolling out an additional, ad-free subscription option. For example, Game of Thrones could now have a paid YouTube...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 9th April 2015, 09:58 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 6,853
Posted By kindsvater
Re: What Happened to WF During My Six-Month Vacation?

One of the ways Freelancer monetized its new purchase was to start sending emails to members pitching product offers. I opted-out.

Lo and behold - just got another product pitch email from the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th April 2015, 11:09 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 6,853
Posted By kindsvater
Re: What Happened to WF During My Six-Month Vacation?

Side by side comparison of number of post counts and views per thread. Note: the listing of threads for today has changed since the original graphic in my prior post, and I excluded this thread. ...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th April 2015, 10:51 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 6,853
Posted By kindsvater
Re: What Happened to WF During My Six-Month Vacation?

Let's do the Time Warp!

Here is a graphic showing side by side threads on the WF today and exactly one year ago (a few weeks before Allen sold the forum):

- Both have a thread asking what to do...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th April 2015, 05:39 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,266
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Nofollow Links Affect Ranking?

LOL. Every thread is a never ending debate around here. I'm all in with what Yukon has said about this subforum up on the main forum.

My thoughts:

Ranking is not the ultimate issue. It is...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 4th April 2015, 04:02 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,847
Posted By kindsvater
Re: So I just saw the worst movie in the history of Hollywood!

He wasn't driving he car.

Milking it to the max? How could you not expect an over the top movie? Check out Universal's movie trailers:

Furious 7 Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Vin Diesel, Paul...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 4th April 2015, 01:52 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,847
Posted By kindsvater
Re: So I just saw the worst movie in the history of Hollywood!

The movie, Furious 7 was not good and really over the top - as were the prior movies.

On the other hand, it was hard to watch knowing Paul Walker had died during filming. It was after a charity...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd April 2015, 06:43 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,190
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Hey Hey Hey!

The ignore list is one of the best features of the forum. You're right. It does make it more enjoyable. Trolls and those with negative vibes are not on "my" WF anymore.

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Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd April 2015, 12:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 731
Posted By kindsvater
Re: Trademark question for a slightly altered word

The main issue with trademarks is whether consumer confusion results. This is why trademarks are registered on a product category by category classification, and the same trademark can be held by...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd April 2015, 07:48 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 3,091
Posted By kindsvater
Re: March Madness 2015...

Ugh. The thought of a possible Kentucky - Duke final. When it comes to March Madness I like seeing the underdogs win.

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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd April 2015, 07:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,059
Posted By kindsvater
Re: How to remove DMCA Complaint?

A "DMCA protection badge" is useless when you are the one doing the copying. Adding a "badge" to your site means nothing, except you paid money to a creative marketing site for something you can do...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd April 2015, 10:12 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,174
Posted By kindsvater
Re: How to find if my content is ok in google eyes?

The most likely outcome is Google torches the site. Google is not a fan of affiliate sites and CB is at the top of the list as evidenced by the bans imposed for using CB affiliate links in Adwords....
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