I wanted to revisit a topic I first wrote about almost three months ago, How to (Really) Make Money with Domain Names.
Before I wrote that, and increasingly since then, I've seen public admissions by a number of domainers that the potentials for growth by just buying and holding domain names isn't what it used to be. 75% of domain industry professionals may expect domain prices to increase this year, but even Andrew Allemann from Domain Name Wire ... Keep reading »
When I started writing this, my first sentence was "The time for making easy money with domain names has passed." It didn't take me long to realize, though, that there never really has been any easy money in domains.
Think it was easy to invest $70 each for domains back in the mid-90s when no one could really be sure at all that the Internet was going to be as life-changing as it has proven to be?
Think it was easy ... Keep reading »
After a hiatus of several months, the guys behind Elite Retreat have thankfully announced a new Elite Retreat for this April in San Francisco. If you're entertaining any thoughts whatsoever of someday quitting your day job, I simply can't recommend this conference highly enough. It changed my life, and I have no doubt that it will change yours, too.
Nowhere will you get the one-on-one time with this many true experts. ... Keep reading »
So I read Search Engine Myths Exposed yesterday. (If you're involved in Internet marketing at all, I'm sure you saw at least one person pushing it.) It was free, and since getting good at SEO is what started my journey, I figured I'd give it a look and see what "expert" advice this "guru" was giving.
The first thing I found was that he definitely has the Internet Marketing Hype Meter turned all the way up to 11 ... Keep reading »
Most of the blogging business models you read about sound great, but aren't actually grounded in reality. Yaro has one tonight that's worth a read, though. Check out How To Launch a Niche Blogging Business.
Last month I wrote about how important it is to learn from others who are already successful. Well, this month I decided to make that a little easier for you to do. Here is a roundup of all the posts I've found so far where bloggers listed their earnings for October. Click the dollar figure to see their details.
Shoemoney (~$30,000)
Direct Ad Sales: 50%
Affiliate: 30%
Other: 20%
John Chow ($23,448.59)
Direct Ad Sales: ... Keep reading »
I came across a thread on DigitalPoint this morning about the accuracy of Google Analytics and found it interesting that one of the posters assumed that Analytics must be far less accurate than AWStats since AWStats reported many more visitors. Surely Analytics was undercounting, right?
I know that feeling. I'm always anxious to believe the good stats. However, AWStats' counting of every request to your site -- even bots -- means that their stats are ... Keep reading »
Man, too often in the past few months I've seen cases where someone sold a website or domain name for far less than I, or someone I knew, would have paid. Had the owner only done even a little checking around, they could have netted themselves several hundred thousand more dollars in some cases.
Never, ever, ever take the first offer without checking around. It is bad form to ask for an offer and then turn around and shop ... Keep reading »
I've worked closely with nurses for almost two years now, but it wasn't until recently that I realized a fundamental difference between them and me.
I fail much more often than I succeed, mostly because patience and planning are not strong suits of mine. The Internet makes it easy to just throw something out there and see if it actually works in reality -- rather than just in theory -- so that's ... Keep reading »
One of the best ways to figure out the model that will allow you to go from day job to independent business owner is by looking at the specifics of other people's models -- particularly those who are very successful. By looking at what actually works for them, and other detailed information that they give out, you can determine what's realistic and what's not.
Here are a couple of recent examples.
Shoemoney has one of ... Keep reading »
