Part of the
Kenno's Blog series.
By Ken Brown
Editor, You Can Learn Series
Updated: April 13, 2008
Are you looking to win a little cash for Mother's day? Here is the perfect
opportunity to rake in $50 USD cash. Whether you want to give it to your Mom,
buy that perfect gift for your Mother or keep it all for yourself, it doesn't
matter. But, that is just the Grand prize.
First prize is to win 3,000 Entrecard credits. Which can be translated into
cash or used for some creative advertising.
2nd prize will be your choice of one coffee cup in the You Can Learn Series
store. These will make handsome gifts for Mother's day or save it to give to
your Father in a couple of months for Father's day.
The 3rd prize will be a 30 day 125 X 125 Banner ad on You Can Learn Series
right nav bar. This prize is a $10 value.
Do you ever reach that point where you don't know what to blog about next? As
long as it isn't fatal, meaning you are so sick of blogging you never want to
see your blog ever again, then these tips may prove useful for you.
This is just a list of
blogging article idea starters. Just review the list and usually
by the time you get to point 10 your brain is beginning to churn. The list
begins by asking you what's in the news and ends with a helpful commentary on
if you had to start all over again, what would you do differently?
Somewhere in between those two starting points is your next article. Oh, it
won't be a straight answer to the question presented. You will noodle it a
little. You will add your personality and a little salt. You will identify the
relevancy to your own blog and you will be back to blogging with great content.
If you haven't come up with an idea for an article after reading through this
list then feel free to write an article lambasting me for wasting your time. Be
sure and get my name right and please add a link to this article.
Read the rest of the blogging article idea starters here
March was a wonderful month with a normal increase for my business model. Here
is a quick summary. Unique Visitors - 29,405
Traffic from Search Engines - 20,684 (70.34%)
Page Views - 55,847
55,847 Page Views in March
Page views are up 37% compared to last month.
Check out the rest of the March traffic story here
This is a wonderful park along the North Branch of the DuPage River in
Warrenville, Illinois.
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A 1st place prize of 34,000 credits will be given randomly to a new user. How
about that for bringing in solid traffic? But, hey, that is just one of the
prizes. This contest is being sponsored by 38 different Entrecard members. Our
only goal? To help you succeed with your blog and in the Entrecard Network. So
get your entry in today and begin to drive real traffic for today and tomorrow.
Click Here to Begin to Win
FeedFlare has a hot contest with over $5200 in prizes at stake with the Featured
Grand Prize of $500 cash. If you are an Entrecarder there is 25,000
Entrecard Credits at stake. Here is your chance to make some easy cash. There
are many other prizes worth $5 to $200. There will be many winners in this
contest and not many entries, so your chances to win something is VERY HIGH.
Stop over at
Feed Flare now before you forget. Your odds of winning are
definitely in your favor.
If you want real March Madness this is the place to go.
Beware the cactus. Photo taken near Apache Junction, Arizona.
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I am cleaning up some of my advertising this week. If you don't like all the
ads I place on my site then you are going to be happy. I am getting rid of ads
that don't work, ads that aren't bringing traffic and ads that are not
producing revenue.
So,
who is getting cut? Number one is AdsFlip.
I am so excited I am going to brag a little today. I peeked at my Alexa score
this afternoon and I was so excited. My
Alexa score dropped another 13,000 points today. I knew it was
coming and I would have been happy with a three month average of 99,000. But,
instead it went as low as 93,102.
Look for this dessert known as the Black Pearl the next time you are in Maui.
You can find it at Mama's
Fish House in Maui.
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The
February Traffic Results show continuous improvement over the
month before and definitely moving toward my 2008 goal of 1,000,000 page views
on this web site. That's right folks. My goal for 2008 is to drive enough
traffic to the site to receive one million page views. This article is a look
back at February 2008. I think it is another great month. I show improvement in
Alexa Traffic Rank and it appears that I will drop well under 100,000 in March.
Another area of improvement is the increase in the amount of Direct Traffic as
measured by Google Analytics.
Wordless Wednesday
I took this photo the other night near midnight when Chicago was receiving 6
inches of snow. The flakes were large and reflected the camera flash. The tree
is a honey locust tree and has at least an inch of snow on it.
Be a rock star with your Blog and GO to the moon! What do you mean go to the
moon?
I just read an article about Google's robotic race to the Moon. It is called
the Google Lunar X Prize and it is worth $30 million US dollars to one lucky
winner. Could it be you?
Let's face it. I don't expect you to go to the moon. But
can you do a flip in a wheel chair? Can you make an amusement
game? Can you achieve your goals?
Many years ago, I took a Dale Carnegie course. My goal at the time was to
become more comfortable speaking in public. I was very uncomfortable giving
speeches and talking in a meeting with more than a couple of people in the
meeting. The Dale Carnegie course has each of the participants in the program
getting on their feet in front of the class and giving a speech each session.
If you do anything a number of times, then you become more comfortable in the
process. But, did you know
you can predict your future?
Wordless Wednesday
An interesting image of a hot air balloon trip I took. Shows the propane gas
fire filling the balloon with hot air.
How Long is It Going to Take You to Strike It Rich in Blogging? That is a good
question right? All these successful bloggers you are trying to imitate did not
become full time successes overnight. It took some time. I read a blog known as
Coding Horror, fairly regularly. It is mostly a tech blog where the author does
a lot of research for each article.
So how long is it going to take you to
Strike it Rich in Blogging?
Do You Treat Your Entrecard Dropping as A Business? Why do you drop Entrecards?
Do you have a specific strategy that you regularly follow? Do you chain drop?
Do you reciprocate drops? Do you drop 300 cards a day? Do you just drop within
your category or do you target specific categories? Do you ever read the blogs
you drop on? Is it possible to get an
Alexa Boost by dropping cards? Are you dropping cards for the
money potential of the Entrecard credits?
Here is my strategy and it is helping me to double the amount of
traffic I will receive this year.
Have you taken the time to visit the Entrecard forums? I recommend you take a
moment today and visit. Why? The Entrecard forums offer a wealth of
information, humor, and community. If you have questions about your website,
your Entrecard design, the best dropping methodology for Entrecard users or you
just want to vent, the Entrecard forum is for you.
I have asked questions on the forum and there is always someone there with a
quick answer or humorous response. Plus, the forum is a great source of humor.
Recently, someone was bragging about being on the web site of He Who Must Not
Be Named and a
humorous conversation broke out. Now, if you aren't a regular on the
forums the conversation might be a little offensive to you. But, the truth is
the comments are all tongue in cheek dipped in a large vat of sarcasm.
To learn more about the Entrecard Forums,
the European Smack Down Tour and Turnip of Power ...
Are you looking to make some
passive income from an affiliate program on your website? Have
you tried every affiliate program and received little to no cash? Do you want
that to change starting today?
Here is a little affiliate program I just found that I think will prove
successful for you. Check out how you can
earn passive income from an affiliate program.
At some point you will have read everything you need to read to get started and
succeed on the internet. Now it is time for you to take action. But, now that
you are ready to take action what action are you supposed to take? What are you
to do?
Everybody runs into this question daily. What am I supposed to do today? What
can I do now? Can somebody tell me? Here is the thing. Most of us are like
lambs. We feel comfort being a member of the sheep class. We like to follow. We
don’t want to lead. We just want someone to tell us what to do. Then we will do
it.
Well, here it is.
This is what you need to do every day. . . .
I was raised by lambs. And I grew up a lamb myself. I followed others. When
people in authority told me to do something I followed like a, well, like a
lamb. I was just part of a big group of non-unique nobodies. That's right, I
was a lamb.
What Fired Me Up?
Today,
I decided to become a wolf.
That's right folks. My goal for 2008 is to drive enough traffic to the site to
receive one million page views. This article is a look back at January and a
pat on the back or a kick in the butt.
So, how did I do? To get one million page views you have to receive 83,333 page
views each month. Last year I showed 470,000 page impressions as measured by
Google Adsense. This year I am measuring the traffic by Google Analytics. I
think going forward that will be a more accurate measurement. Plus, it allows
me to not count certain ip addresses. So, if I am posting an article and making
sure all the links work, then it isn't counting those as page views. There is
no point in cheating on this goal.
40,200 Page Views in January So,
let's get to the numbers and see what they all mean and how I
can improve.
There are some big changes over at Entrecard and not everyone is happy. The
changes are occurring almost everyday. I don't think these guys ever sleep.
Here they are managing and commenting on all the blogs. Personally responding
to any emails they receive, and managing a growing operation that is almost out
of control and yet ...
New Changes at Entrecard
I was wandering around the internet on Friday and I saw an affiliate link for
DealDotCom. I had never heard of DealDotCom so I took the time
to check them out. I want to say there appears to be potential to earn some
hard cash from this opportunity.
Plus, it appears you can save a ton of money on some sweet eBooks, WordPress
Plugins, video compression software and other fine products. The interesting
thing is you are only presented with this outstanding deal for one day. One
day, one deal, excellent products at fantastic prices. This company also has an
affiliate program that can bring extra cash your way.
My traffic this month has started spectacularly. I have set a goal this year to
double the number of page views to my website. Last year I had 470,000 page
views. This year I am shooting for (I place my little pinky next to the side of
my mouth ala Dr Evil from the Austin Powers Movies) 1 million page views. So
far for the month of January my numbers are definitely up. They could be a
little higher, but they are very strong.
What is the difference this year? I think it is a combination of these
8 blog traffic generators that I can't live without. These eight
magic traffic dynamos are bringing a basket full of knowledge hungry readers to
my website each day. Are you using all these sources to drive traffic to your
website?
If you want to know more about me here is a little information. Sometimes you
read blogs and you don't know anything about the person sharing the
information. They just give you boring facts. It's like that teacher you had in
high school without a personality. Hopefully, this will let you know more about
me. Share some about you.
Ken answers
questions about technology, biology, bullology, dumbology, lastology,
favoritology and currentology...
Do you love what you do? Are you excited when you go into work each day? Are
you passionate about business success? When you wake up each morning are you
thinking about the thrill of victory?
I am a big Chicago Bears football fan. And if you live in the Chicago area and
love the Bears the way I do then you may want to stop reading right now. Why?
Because what I am about to say will be considered heresy to passionate Chicago
Bears football fans.
But,
this is not an article about football. ....
Check out the winner in the You Can Learn Series first Entrecard Contest.
Are you in the Top 10 percent in your industry? Is your company a top ten
company or is it further down in the list? Are you one of the best in your line
of work? When people you work with are looking for answers to their problems,
do they search for yoU? If they find you, do you help them with their problem
or do you send them off to find someone else?
In most cases the top 10 percent are well rewarded for their abilities. It is
certainly true in sports. But,
how do you become a member of that 10 percent group? What is it
they have that you lack? Do they know more? Do they work harder? Are they more
determined? Do they have goals or a better education? What is it?
If you are playing the Entrecard contest for 1,000 Entrecard Credits then it is
important that you check out
Clue Number Three. This is the last clue. There are only three
days left as the contest ends on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 7 AM Chicago
Time. Get your entry in now. Good Luck.
Are you stuck in a rut of bad ideas? Are you looking to break out of your
creativity slump? Here is a quick set of ideas to help you be more creative.
Are you looking to make more money this year? What is holding you back? Is it
implementation or ideas? This article will give you
a way to be more creative. We all need to have a system in place
where we force ideas. The great minds don't leave this to chance. They have a
strategy.
Imagine you are sitting at your kitchen table and saying, why can't I be as
successful as (pick a name?) They are always coming up with great ideas to help
people out. Look at Steve Jobs and Larry Page. What do they have that I don't
have? I am as smart as they are.
Here is a system that will help you come up with those terrific ideas.
I just finished posting about Ten Things to Make Your Blog Successful in 2008.
But, then I was sitting quietly and realized I forgot to tell the Number One
Trait that will make you RICH. Did you know that today we are inundated with
noise?
As you are writing your blog, do you have the TV on? Is the radio running in
the background? Is your iPod playing your favorite tune in your ears? Do you
thrive with the noise going on? Do you tell others that you can't, pick one,
program, blog, do anything on the web, without something in the background? Do
you know the
The Number One Trait that Will Make You Rich?
If you are playing the Entrecard contest for 1,000 Entrecard Credits then it is
important that you check out
Clue Number Two. Good Luck.
Ten Traffic Generating Blog Techniques
Here is a list of ten things you must do in 2008 to make money on the internet.
If you are wondering why you are floundering with little internet cash then you
must read this article. If you aren't doing these ten things then you are
leaving Internet money on the table. Why would you want to walk
away from easy cash?
Scavenger Hunt
Here is a fun Entrecard contest. All the other Entrecard contests are kind of
boring. But, this will be fun and you can win 1,000 Entrecard Credits in just
ten days. Plus, a cool bonus prize only available from You Can Learn Series.
This is a scavenger hunt contest. I will give three clues. All
you have to do is find the page that the clue originates on and you will be
eligible to win the grand prize of 1,000 Entrecard credits. I will randomly
draw the winner from all successful entrants. You MUST send me 3 emails.
Each email must contain the URL of the page that the clue points to.
or How You Can Rock the House With Your Traffic
Are you getting enough traffic? Are you looking to improve your traffic
numbers? Are you monetizing your pages as well as you should? I think this
article answers those questions and will help you if you take the time to think
through these issues.
I had a very interesting experience yesterday. I was checking out my usual
blogs and I ran across a stats update from Caroline Middlebrook. She was
kind enough to post her statistics for the month of December. I read her post
and felt some emotion. The first emotion I felt was jealousy. She has only been
blogging for 4 months and she is pulling down some absolutely huge traffic
numbers.
Secondly, I felt the adrendaline rush I always feel when my competitive juices
begin to flow. I want to do better. I want greater traffic. So, I thought it
would be important to compare her numbers to mine. Then I can improve my
numbers. The interesting thing about the web is you can repeat many things
others are doing and
you can be successful....
Tim over at Yimto Affiliate Marketing Blog just tagged me in the EntreCard Top
10 Card Droppers Meme. First of all, I want to thank Entrecard for an excellent
new traffic source. I want to thank Tim for stopping by everyday and dropping
his virtual business card. I want to thank all of my other top card droppers
for being so supportive and with that, I will reward you a free link. Lastly,
if you were selected as one of my top ten droppers, support your top droppers
by following the instructions below.
Here it is just a few hours before we welcome in the New Year, 2008. For some
it is a time of excitement. For others, they just want to crawl into bed and
never come out.
What is the difference between the two? The excited person has goals. They have
taken the time to decide what they want in life. They have a plan for
achievement. They want something bad enough to get off their butt and make it
happen.
Which one are you? Are you excited about the new year? Is this the year you
reach out and
grab the golden ring? Have you made your plans and calculated
each step so precisely, that all you have to do is walk out the front door and
success will come to you? Do you want it so bad it hurts?
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