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Blog Post Date: Feb 01 2006

I've enjoyed a pretty steep learning curve in the last few months regarding programming and website marketing.

I just purchased Rosalind Gardner's ebook - Titled Super Affiliate Handbook.

I loved the 260 page ebook because it's really hard to argue with somebody who is successful and who's been successful for the last many years. Her systems are tried and true.

One of the things Rosalind talks about is staying focussed while you're growing your business. Laser precision focus.

I understand focus all too well but at times have been out of focus while trying to grow the business.

Personal Example: For the last many years my sites were highly ranked in their respective keywords and they were all I really needed to make a good living. I worked hard at keeping my sites ranked well for these keywords.

Then in September, with Google's Jagger update, all of my sites were introduced to ranks that were so low, they would be considered Arctic Rankings. Cold and nowhere.

I went from focussed to out of focus very quickly. With my main sites out of the game, I had to figure out if I was going to do SEO, PPC or a combination of the two.

The skill that I was really good at was writing high quality, well keyworded pages that got good ranks. All of a sudden this skill went out the door. My high quality 50 page sites were no longer visible.

So... what do I do now?
Since September, I've bitten the bullet and taken the plunge into programming, so as to learn how to easily build large scale sites. l 've also built my first high quality PPC campaign that tweaks all of my geo-targeting and keywords to death. It's really beautiful!!

I've decided that I'm going to do a bit of all types of marketing so as not to get into the same 'one skill' rut as before.

To be honest, I plan on trying black hat and white hat techniques as I learn them. Black hat is harder to learn for newbies :)

I want to see which techniques give me more control over traffic. I want to see which techniques make me less reliant on search engines or any one internet entity.

LONG STORY SHORT:
I've felt like I've had to learn a huge amount about programming, PPCs, SEO, website development to get back into focus, and to get back some control of my traffic. In grabbing this education, I feel like I can tackle several types of marketing and be fairly competent with them. I'm getting my focus back.

I COULDN'T FOCUS ON / OR SEE WHAT I NEEDED TO DO, BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY FRAGMENTED THINGS TO LEARN FIRST!

Finally... while I had been very successful in internet marketing for years, in September 2005 I was forced to open myself up to a whole bunch of new learning experiences.

Website marketing is like ice fishing
I compare the website marketing process to going fishing in a lake in Northern Canada during the cold of winter.
You know there's fish in the lake, and you know you're going to catch some. You just have to dig a few holes to figure out where they are. You have to dig the holes while not being able to see where the fish are. And you have to be consistent enough to dig the holes until you get the fish.

Website marketing at the beginning is a work of faith and you have to be willing to do it blind for the first while. That's what I'm learning!!

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GOSSELIN The Hartford Courant Even as a sum of new protections for credit card users went into effect last Monday, the state attorney general disparage a ke Mar 03 2010 update new credit card regulations allow room for maneuvering UPDATE: New Credit Card Regulations Allow Room For Maneuvering By Meena Thiruvengadam Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The credit card game rules have officially changed thanks to new credit card regulations, effective Monday, Mar 03 2010 Report: Interchange Fees Obstructs Economic Growth, Job Creation Report: Interchange Fees Obstructs Economic Growth, Job Creation By Linda Lisanti INDIANAPOLIS -- Less than 20% of the interchange fees charged by credit card companies actually includes the cost of processing transactions, according to a rece Feb 25 2010 Be A Smart Credit Card User Be A Smart Credit Card User •Read the terms and conditions of your card. "The Credit Card Act is there to protect consumers," said Bruce McClary, ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions spokesman. "But the responsibility is still in the hands of th Feb 25 2010 terms of the new credit cards regulations CREDIT CARD ACT TERMS OF THE NEW CREDIT CARDS REGULATIONS 10 things that credit-card issuers can still perform with proper notice: * Alter your fixed-rate card to variable. * Increase your Annual Percentage Rate on future purchases. * Rais Feb 25 2010 CREDIT CARD TRICKS take out cash CREDIT CARD TRICKS By Kate Mansey 50 percent extra to take out cash Credit card companies are utilizing crafty tricks to rip off customers - as shock numbers show Britons owe Ł54.5 billion to our "flexible friends". A Sunday Mirror inves Feb 23 2010 Build Good Credit Without Credit Cards Build Good Credit Without Credit Cards When you are trying to build a good credit history, one often repeated piece of advice is to get a couple of credit cards and pay them off promptly. Credit cards are not the only way to skin the credit cat, t Feb 23 2010 interest rate summary credit cards Interest Rate Summary Credit Cards Here is a look at the state of credit card rates from the weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts conducted Feb. 17, 2010 by Bankrate.com Rates: 13.39% (all fixed); 13.63% (all variable) Credit c Feb 21 2010 clouds parting over credit card troubles Clouds Parting Over Credit Card Troubles Kelsey Swanekamp, With joblessness still hovering at 10 percent and household budget under pressure, credit card issuers and lenders are still taking profits from their loans to consumers. 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Blog Post Date: Feb 01 2006 I've enjoyed a pretty steep learning curve in the last few months regarding programming and website marketing. I just purchased Rosalind Gardner's ebook - Titled Super Affiliate Handbook. I loved the 260 page ebook because it's really hard to argue with somebody who is successful and who's been successful for the last many years. Her systems are tried and true. One of the things Rosalind talks about is staying focussed while you're growing your business. Laser precision focus. I understand focus all too well but at times have been out of focus while trying to grow the business. Personal Example: For the last many years my sites were highly ranked in their respective keywords and they were all I really needed to make a good living. I worked hard at keeping my sites ranked well for these keywords. Then in September, with Google's Jagger update, all of my sites were introduced to ranks that were so low, they would be considered Arctic Rankings. Cold and nowhere. I went from focussed to out of focus very quickly. With my main sites out of the game, I had to figure out if I was going to do SEO, PPC or a combination of the two. The skill that I was really good at was writing high quality, well keyworded pages that got good ranks. All of a sudden this skill went out the door. My high quality 50 page sites were no longer visible. So... what do I do now? Since September, I've bitten the bullet and taken the plunge into programming, so as to learn how to easily build large scale sites. l 've also built my first high quality PPC campaign that tweaks all of my geo-targeting and keywords to death. It's really beautiful!! I've decided that I'm going to do a bit of all types of marketing so as not to get into the same 'one skill' rut as before. To be honest, I plan on trying black hat and white hat techniques as I learn them. Black hat is harder to learn for newbies :) I want to see which techniques give me more control over traffic. I want to see which techniques make me less reliant on search engines or any one internet entity. LONG STORY SHORT: I've felt like I've had to learn a huge amount about programming, PPCs, SEO, website development to get back into focus, and to get back some control of my traffic. In grabbing this education, I feel like I can tackle several types of marketing and be fairly competent with them. I'm getting my focus back. I COULDN'T FOCUS ON / OR SEE WHAT I NEEDED TO DO, BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY FRAGMENTED THINGS TO LEARN FIRST! Finally... while I had been very successful in internet marketing for years, in September 2005 I was forced to open myself up to a whole bunch of new learning experiences. Website marketing is like ice fishing I compare the website marketing process to going fishing in a lake in Northern Canada during the cold of winter. You know there's fish in the lake, and you know you're going to catch some. You just have to dig a few holes to figure out where they are. You have to dig the holes while not being able to see where the fish are. And you have to be consistent enough to dig the holes until you get the fish. Website marketing at the beginning is a work of faith and you have to be willing to do it blind for the first while. That's what I'm learning!! Articles from February 2006 More articles from Year 2006 Comments (2)
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