Archive for December, 2007

Happy New Years from Home Business Blogger!

December 31, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: What I am Doing

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It has been an interesting but fun year for me and I hope it has been pleasant for everyone. I hope 2008 proves to be a fun and profitable for everyone in the home business arena. I also hope everyone enjoys their evenings festivities of choice.

For many of us fortunate enough to have an extended holiday vacation Wednesday marks the end of the illusion. Back to work; until when? This break has given me a bit of a taste of what it’s like to be able to do as you please. Running a home business is one very possible way to be able to afford that type of freedom.

Wishing everyone a great new years and a successful 2008. Many people will become full time from home income earners and independently wealthy; why not you?

Traffic is Vanity - Profit is Sanity

December 30, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: SEO and Marketing

Everyone is always so transfixed on getting more traffic and how many uniques they get a month. Does it really matter? I don’t think so. Why are we all chasing the traffic dragon that you can’t catch? Remember when 500 uniques a month was good; then 1000, then 5,000, then 10,000 then… Where does it all stop and why does it matter? First accept that a niche site about acne cream will never get the same traffic as say facebook. Also niche product sites almost never get the same amount of traffic as web forums or the like. Why are we all so obsessed with the statistics while totally throwing quality aside? Is it a need to feel famous or important? Why are you blogging; is it to become famous or to share information and value with a part of the public for a profit?

There are two types of traffic …

Boxing Day Blowout!

December 28, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: What I am Doing

At 5:50am on Boxing day my alarm went off. I thought to myself what could this possibly be then remembered that I set the alarm earlier that morning at about 1. I lay there thinking should I go or should I stay? Well it’s Boxing Day; a once a year time for a blowout deal…

Next thing I know I’m in the car on my way to Future Shop. It opens at 6am and it’s currently about that. I got there and I wished I had a digital camera; the line was enormous and in the hundreds. I then thought to myself alright it’s only about -5 celsius so that’s about as warm as it will ever get for this and you’re already there. After about 15-20 minutes I finally enter in the madness.

I missed the best deal they had going on laptops but managed to get an HP, Intel Centrino …

Try Microsoft Adcenter Pay Per Click Advertising

December 21, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: SEO and Marketing

I received a letter recently from Microsoft Adcenter inviting me to add it to part of my marketing mix. It claims to have a conversion ratio of 2.2% higher than other major competitors. Click here to signup and get $25 free; only costs you a one time $5 activation fee. (Normal with most agencies)

That got me thinking and what conclusions I drew was that some of the other larger search engines typically have more web savvy searcher’s who many of which are advertisement blind. They simply know an ad when they see it and the text doesn’t even register; I know this because I too am ad blind for the most part.

Since the majority of MSN Search  / Live users are typically new computer users who are using internet explorer that came stock on their PC I’d assume the conversions would be quite decent. Also since it gets …

Xmas Lights Gone Crazy

December 20, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Uncategorized

The humor section has been lacking lately and what better time then to say Happy Holidays. What we have here is a clever music video incorporating Christmas lights. I found it really creative and enjoyable and hope you do too.

I added this YouTube video using this plugin. All you do is take the URL of the video and add a v before the : after http. Easy as it gets!