I am a huge fan of http://Aweber.com because of wonderful people there like Crystal Gouldey, whom has been so very helpful in segmenting my rather large list. Tom, you make sure Crystal gets a little something extra this month!

Ty guys

Just a note to address the video issues going on with this site right now.

Up until today I was paying for a premium video account over at Blip.tv. They have informed me that they have elected to cancel my membership because ”selling through videos is against their policy”.

Strangely enough, as my readers know all too well, I, too am against any selling in my videos, and none of them contain any kind of sales whatsoever.

Further investigation reveals that they have recently cancelled a number of authority sites from the use of their system.

My guess is we were using too much bandwidth, or perhaps Bliv.tv marketing gurus decided that all the exposure we were providing them at no cost was just a bad thing. Maybe they need to get out of the city and get some fresh air, who knows :>)

Needless to say, I strongly advise against the use of Bliv.tv, or any of their services. My staff and I invested about 300 hours in converting and uploading videos to their system, not to mention endorsing them on a massive scale, as well as paying the monthly fees.

So, at this time, as I prepare for the conference next week in Orlando, we are also trying to locate a respectable and professional video service provider to restore the videos on this site and a few others.

As Blip.tv has evidenced that our loyalties to them were ill-placed, I am open to suggestions from eaders on other video service providers capable of multiple format conversions and RSS feeds of video data to iTunes for syndication.

From everything there is something to learn, and in this case I would have to say that we will run a longer trial before committing time and money to future third party service providers.

In the mean time, if you don’t mind putting a note on all of your blogs and sites telling users to avoid using Blip.tv services, I think you will be doing your readers a real service, and they will respect your attempt to protect them

Thank you for your patience as we get this sorted out.

from such unscrupulous service providers.

Cheers!

Ron Davies

I receive emails daily from vendors soliciting me to promote or at least review their products. Unfortunately, that just goes with the territory when you have a face and more so a web site that is well-known in affiliate marketing, especially as it  relates to Clickbank.

Believe it or not, I have almost 2 dozen vendors that want me to show off their products at the Earn1KaDay IM Summit Conference in Orlando this month. Sorry, guys and gals, that’s just not going to happen. Nothing personal, and this is not intended to discredit or even just “dis” any of the products or vendors, but things simply don’t work that way.

We are all competing for the attentions of those that we feel can help us along, but there is due process in place (hint: fill out the contact form and be sure to send a download link to test the product- wait 48 hours or so, you know…be patient :>)

In any event, once in a while a product title or byline catches my eye, and I simply have to open the email and see what is being promoted.  After all, you never know when you will meet the next Seth Godin in your inbox.

Today’s product is one that claims Google is dead as far as affiliates are concerned, which of course concerns me quite a bit, at least if there is any truth to it.

The product is called “Yahoo Cash For Idiots“, perhaps a little less flattering than I might like this early in the new year, but I had a look at this fellow might be onto something. I have been a long time proponent of avoiding Google Adwords at all costs, even after one of us here attending a few very good workshops on the subject, the most notable being Perry Marshall’s Bootcamp at his place in Chicago 2 years ago, and all sorts or smaller less notable ones since.

Truth is, I am waiting with baited breath for somebody to come up with something better than Adwords- better than Adwords in that it works WITHOUT a dergree from Google on how to make it work profitably.

Conservative estimates put the money losers on Adwords in the 80% to 85% percent range, with about 10% breaking even, and the rest are, well, the Adwords Gods, or maybe just Perry Marshall and Seth Godin :>)

Enough belly-aching, I know. Back to the product – it is based on using Yahoo’s PPC program, which purportedly is much less expensive and easier to use, easier to be competitive in for keywords, and even better – the return on investment is actually a POSITIVE number for the average user. Shocking, I know! #;>)

Now the ad copy on the site is full or biased propaganda, and a few figures that had to have been pulled out of the air more or less, but the product and the premise is sound an logical. This in the face of hugely successful Adwords / Clickbank products like Commission Blueprint, which at very least is one of the most over-delivered products I have ever seen, even if I found the work a little too involved for me.

One of the claims on the Yahoo Cash for Idiots site is:

“Yahoo! Is A HUGE Unexploited Mine Of Gold…With No Competition… Just An Extremely Profitable Untapped Playground”

I guess that is yet to be evidenced, but something I am going to toy with for sure, given the less than Godin like results I have had with Google Adwords to date.

Anyway, if you are like I am in terms of success with, or rather without Google Adwords, this might be worth a look.

Cheers,

For a very long time I have researched the single biggest deterrent preventing Internet marketers from using WordPress as their main CMS and marketing platform.

Those that have tinkered with earlier versions of WordPress found the installation cumbersome and complex, not to mention the rather convoluted process of locating, installing and configuring the very limited, almost always unstable plugins that seemed to be unworkable depending on the WP version you were installing them on.

All this has changed with WordPress versions of late, even more so for 2.7. The rules for plugin development have been firmed up, and the stability is far far better, not to mention that the plugins developed for Internet marketers have come a long, long way.

Now the plugins range from SEO positioning and optimization to traffic analyses and RSS aggregation, automatic replacement of words with masked affiliate links, automatic emails sent to commenters, completely self contained affiliate programs and much more.

To cap this, of the 40 or so plugins that I use, all but 2 of them are free, including free updates.

The final show stopped for most is the hassle of locating the right plugins, and uploading them via FTP, setting permissions, etc., and although WordPress 2.7 has some facility to help this, it is still not going to do much of the work for you.

Enter my latest solution for revenue bloggers;

Killer WordPress Plugin Pack With Auto-Installer

A download-able, completely self-contained installer that runs in Windows that uploads, installs and sets up the top WordPress blog plugins that I use personally.

Even better, it is free :>)

You can download the installer by simply completing the form below :
(I have to send a license download).

There is a Help Page that you can open right after starting the installer. It even checks to ensure that your server is 100% compatible with the system, and keeps you informed of the status as you go.

I am working on a simple video that shows how to use it tomorrow.

Cheers!

Ron Davies

PS: Happy New Year!

Hi there!

Let’s work together to make 2009 your gang-buster year!

The best way to start the year off is with a fresh new outlook on business on the web, and a new plan that is workable.

I would love to work with you on your plan, and I invite you to sit down with me in person for a “round table” in Orlando, Florida next month. This is a real opportunity for you and I to meet, discuss your business expectations and aspirations, and work together to develop a viable and workable plan to make 2009 the year that you make your mark in Internet marketing, and get you on the road to success.

I’ll be speaking at the Earn1KaDay Internet Marketing Summit in Orlando, Florida, and have booked some extra time for meeting with you and a few others before and after the conference, which, by the way, will be without a doubt the best deal in Internet marketing conferences for 2009. The goodies I am giving away to the 85 or so (limited spaces available) attendees is worth several times the very reasonable price of attendance.

I do recommend you take some time and consider this chance to get some face time with us. There will be Willie Crawford, Craig Beckta, and a whole host of other interesting and accomplished web marketers there as well. Again, an excellent chance to “soar with the eagles” as it were.

The best way to become something you want to become, is to immerse yourself in that environment. If you wish to build a business on the web, come out and pick the brains of some of the most recognized personalities in the business, plus site down and make a real plan for 2009.

I do hope to hear from you, and to see you there. It is going to be a blast!

PS: bring your golf clubs if you can. I will be looking to exchange marketing tips and ideas with someone that can help me improve my golf swing.  :>)

To reserve your spot for the conference, please go to http://tinyurl.com/earn1kadaysummit

Once you do that, hit the ‘Contact” page link. Send me a short message letting me know you are going, and 2 or 3 dates and times when you would be available to have a sit down.

Don’t worry, I will bring documents and tools to help us make your plan. Would be good to have a couple of ideas jotted down for us to discuss for a starting point. Anything at all, what interests you, what your experience level is, etc.

very best regards, and hope to see you there!

Your business partner for 2009 !