Gadzooks!

Wow, I am having fun with that site I told you about yesterday. Kooday is really entertaining! I have sold multiple keywords since I last wrote about the site. I have some referrals now, so I am getting a kick out of watching the pennies roll in when they buy a keyword. Notice I said pennies. This is not a "get rich quick" site so if that is the type of thing you go for, don't bother. I am interested to see how this all turns out as the site grows. It is still in Beta, so bound to get even better. Did I mention it is also a profit sharing site? Really, take a look. It's fun if nothing else. Don't forget to hook your favorite sites up to any keyword you bought.


Now, on to something that I have been doing for some time. Here is an excerpt from a post I made in my forum:

If you are not actively building a list of contacts, you are not serious about being successful online. There are ways to do it without subscribing to an autoresponder service. Those can be confusing and somewhat expensive. Building a list is also time consuming. But, there is a fairly easy way...google groups. Each of you has Google and the capability of starting your own google group. I would strongly recommend that as the easiest way to start building a list. You can set it up where you are the only one who posts, thus your posts end up being emailed to those that are in your google group. How to get people in your google group? Easy, you can import emails from various places. You can not add too many at one time, I usually do three at one whack. You get these addresses from people who have joined under you in programs. I usually add them and it prompts for an email send. You can write and let them know they have been added to your group as you are their upline in "blah,blah, blah". They have the option of unsubscribing, but I find most do not. From then on, it is up to you to send them things of interest to build your reputation with them. Do NOT send them "crap". They WILL unsubscribe if they figure out that all you care about is a referral and do not have their best interests at heart. Ok, enough of that. Here is another FREE way to add names to your list EACH week. The program is called TripleYourList and it DOES work. I get on average 6 names to add to my subscriber list a week. Same thing as I earlier said, the email I send for this particular group mentions that I received their name through TripleYourList and that is why they have been transported to my google group. They are in it for the same reason I am, so most stay. Actually, I can not think of any from my TYL group that have opted out. Give it a try. Give the google group thing a try. It works.

Interesting stuff today!

I was a busy bee today, lot's of interesting stuff came out. Where to start....

First, I was perusing a forum and for once was in the ptc section. I saw a site that looked different. I signed up for free and the next thing I knew, I was buying keywords and linking my sites to existing keywords. DOH! What a sucker I am. But...read on. The site is called Kooday. Their goal is to build a search engine. Here is a blurp from the site:

Our ultimate goal is to become a competitive Search engine and we are taking a different and refreshing approach. Other Search engines use a bidding system and pay-per-click fees to link websites to keywords. (like Google Adwords) This is how they make most of their money and have gotten very rich. Kooday is not going to compete with these types of rules. Kooday is making it completely affordable for anyone to link their website to any search word.
Anyone can link their website to any keyword by purchasing the KeyWord or if the KeyWord is too expensive they can simply pay a very small fee to the owner of the KeyWord. Kooday allows any person to own Keywords. This means that you make the money when someone wants to link their website to KeyWords. We are unaware of any other Search Engine that allows its members to own, control and profit from KeyWords. (Ownership of KeyWords pays!)

Now, I really did not expect much, but the keywords I bought were around ten cents, so I figured I was not losing much. Next thing I knew, I had sold three of them!! I also spent a few cents linking some of my sites to some existing keywords. Very cheap. I figure it is a very small investment and just might end up being a pretty good thing.

The second thing I did was join InstantBlogSubscribers. I'm still figuring out how it works, but so far it seems pretty cool. You can make a blog and they promise that you will have at least 200 readers; more if you upgrade. I figure to join for free and give it a shot. It certainly seems to be popular. I've probably received 20 email ads for it since signing up. No harm in giving it a try!


Ok, well I think I will go see if there are any other interesting keywords to buy. (:


Take care,

Diva

One more thought...

During my surfing today, I ventured over to Sweeva. Now, you may not care for traffic exchanges but...you can watch the sites as they go by, read the comments and really learn about what makes people notice your ad. And you. You will soon see that the ads that are the most popular are also branding the promoter. Just see what sort of reaction Arvell Lewis gets from his ads as they go by. Not only are his ads good, but you really just want to go out for a beer with this guy. Now THAT is the way to market. I guarantee you he does well. Go look.



Diva

Setting goals.

As I do not have a ton to talk about reference any craziness happening, how about we talk about goals...Do you set goals? Some people shudder at the very thought, for that takes some planning and thinking. But really, you can set short term goals and that is not hard at all. For example, you have a notepad set out and write what you want to accomplish for the day. For the sake of argument, let's talk about online stuff. So today is Sunday. My list consists of making a blog post, surfing some traffic exchanges and searching for some new smileys for the forum. Once that list is done, I can then move on to my more lofty goals of site development. I guess the point of making a list of goals is so that you are not spinning aimlessly about wasting time. It also gives you a sense of accomplishment to complete your goals. Long term goals are a little trickier as you DO have to spend a little time figuring out what you hope to accomplish. Not that that is a bad thing, it is just a skill that many people do not have. Try spending just a bit of time with a pen and pad. You might find it helpful in planning your tasks, both today's and ones for the future.

Ok, so enough of that. I am still doing the marketing stuff, just being very picky. I'd like to stop hopping from thing to thing...for the most part I have been successful. I have learned that it takes a lot of energy to do that with little reward. The way to have success online seems to be in developing sites that offer interesting information or product. So yeah, that is a long term goal. Still seeing some interesting sites from time to time. There are some pretty creative people out there. I am MORE than impressed with Sweeva. Those guys are pretty darn innovative. If you have not stopped by and looked at it, please do. Very nice.

Well, off to do some offline stuff. The weekend seems to fly by. Need to spend a bit of time with the dogs outside as the weather has finally cooled off. They would love to play a little fetch. Course last time we did, my boy dog peed on the ball we were tossing about. One has to wonder what the heck they are thinking sometimes. Does he really think I am going to be excited about throwing that around now???


Diva

Waz up?

Boy, the summer months are really, really slow. The forums are dead, not much going on. Even the folks opening programs every week seem to be taking a break. It is so hot here in Kansas I can't quite seem to focus on much other than staying cool. I think I am ready for fall!

I have joined a few things that look like they could possibly be long term, we'll see how it goes. One of them that looks particularly promising is called RevUp31. You can look on the site where I bought it and watch some interesting videos about Resveratrol. They've got interviews with the guys who discovered it, interviews on 60 Minutes, and a bunch of other ones. It might go the distance, time will tell.
Other than that, I have been working on a project to be unveiled later. Lot's of ideas are floating about in my head, just need to figure out how to pull them off! Making friends with a good programmer might be in order. (:

Did I tell you my dog ran away? Little brat figured out how to get out of the gate and ran off. He paid for his misbehavior by getting hit by a car. The lady that hit him rushed him to her vet. He was just bruised up, but somewhere along the way he lost his tags. Needless to say, I did not know where he was for FIVE days! It was a miserable time but I finally saw a poster with his mug on it. Good to have him back.

Well, off to do a little house cleaning.


Diva