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<title>Sphinn / ianternet / All</title>
<link>http://sphinn.com</link>
<description>Sphinn</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:37:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Easily Make $250 a Day with eMail Submits]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/93819</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/93819</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:37:38 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/93819</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Want to quickly make money online? Start off with eMail submits, I personally have not started with email submits but I have gotten into them more and more because of the holidays I assume, but it converts quit fast. As you know I started to do contextual traffic via MediaTraffic. I have done fairly well I think with 1 specific campaign and others, I also lost a lot of money with crappy email submit LPs.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Affiliate Networks Not Using Direct Track]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/93500</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/93500</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:26:20 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/93500</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As you know I always and usually have issues with networks that use Direct Track, I hate their reporting system. I automatically have issues with tracking especially with subids or there are issues with the advertisers, there is always something. I have blogged about it several times, I have also been contacted by Direct Track themselves. Well today I will be doing a write up of the networks that do not use Direct Track and why, they have a far better reporting than DT networks.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Make Money with Twitter and Datafeeds]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/92019</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/92019</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:22:34 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/92019</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As we all know twitter is a great way to gain friends, find resources, networking etc. But there is also a huge market for the marketing industry. There has been several ways for twitter users to make money. Some of the ideas are retarded and more are really pointless, IMO. Joel Comm will soon be releasing a book about twitter in February called  Twitter Power . It will basically talk about how to dominate your market one tweet at a time. Why not dominate it now! There are ways to make money with twitter without all the mess and it is pretty simple.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You Have to Have the Hustler Mindset]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/90307</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/90307</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:39:59 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/90307</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thinking differently and putting a different spin on how you look at things is important. There are people in this world who likes repetition and no change, basically workers. Then there are other people who like to think different and want to improve their situation, entrepreneurs. Thinking differently and doing something others are not puts you in a different boat.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PPV: MediaTraffica4s Conversions]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/86634</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/86634</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:16:32 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/86634</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have been playing around with PPV lately and I am pleased with the traffic and conversion rates. I honestly wasted around $200 to test a bunch of offers to see what works and what doesn't until I found a way to get positive conversions, currently 178%.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Day Parting: Finding the Best Hour to Sell]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/86632</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/86632</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:14:12 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/86632</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As you test new offers and find new networks to join. You come across a good offer and want to test its effectiveness on the internet world. So people just throw up a campaign and have it running all the time, which isn't really optimizing your traffic that much at all. When you look at your data how are you looking at it? What portion of the day are you making most of your income?<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google vs Google Blog Search?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/62548</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/62548</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:24:19 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/62548</guid>
<description><![CDATA[this got me thinking if blog post take part in SEO once a blog is posted? I mean they are immediately posted on blogsearch.google.com but Google directly?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mashup Google and MSN: Better Keyword Discovery]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60363</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60363</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:06:54 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60363</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Since Google has finally decided to release the volume data to the public this opens a new world to PPC affiliate marketers or even SEO guys. MSN Ad Intelligence also have search volume data, now what if we can mash it all up? If we do this we can see what keywords are popular among both networks and the total search volume over all! Now if only Yahoo comes out with their keyword tool and search data; it would be a hit and better than Wordtracker or any other keyword tool.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[adCenter Competitive Advantage Workshop]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51268</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51268</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:55:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Microsoft adCenter</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51268</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This morning one of my affiliate friends pinged me and told me about adCenter Competitive Advantage Training in New York. Since I am having a piss off hard time with Microsoft adCenter I decided to join, I mean its dirt cheap! The speaker at this training session is Mary O'Brien. I have not personally heard of her but I do not mind learning from an expert. There are three sessions: a morning, afternoon, and full. I will be registering for the full sessions since it is only 150$. Wow that is amazing!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Telling Stories around the Uber Camp Fire]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50695</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50695</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50695</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paul has been seen on the net because of his big checks and big screen TVs and even hot girlfriend! Paul has great tips on his blog about affiliate marketing and has a lot of supporters from his blog alone. He is not just an affiliate marketer he is a fellow blogger.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dissecting Aggregated Keywords from SEOMoz]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/49130</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/49130</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:14:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/49130</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You know keywords are important. They are very important because it is the only way that online marketers can know what one is interested in or looking for. But how do you find what is popular and what is in demand? There are so many sites out there that can help you with this. Sch sites as Yahoo Buzz, eBay Pulse, Amazon Popular Tags, etc. There are even sites that provide surveys and publicly post the results on their websites. These tools are great assets to what is in demand and what the market currently wants.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview: Tracking How You Prosper, 202 Style]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/43615</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/43615</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:54:49 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/43615</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A lot of ppc affiliate marketers usually track a lot of their information from other networks and compile it all into one. Other hire freelancers to create a nice little program to capture data the way they want it. What about the noobs out there that want to get into affiliate marketing especially PPC<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[March Spendings vs Earnings and Hurdles]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39279</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39279</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:44:01 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39279</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have started back up in PPC and I have survived last month but I face some hurdles along the way. So I have made pretty good amount last month especially since I got back and I started as a newbie. I took all knowledge that I knew of PPC - with the exception of the basics - and started as if I was new to adwords, which I am. But thanks to several blogs that I read and my affiliate managers I manage to do pretty well last month.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pictures from Affiliate Summit West 2008]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31497</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31497</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:34:16 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31497</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I just got back from my plane flight and had a quick snack, I just then uploaded all the photos to my flickr account. Which means all the scandalous pictures are up!! Syke, I actually filtered some of them out. I took pictures of the Vegas strip as well and I of the parties that I have been too. I took pictures of everything that I can. I even met a lot of new people and the rich people as well, great networking advantages.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Rapid Flow of Clicks from Clickriver!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24700</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24700</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:06:59 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24700</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Introducing Clickriver, a PPC marketing structure by Amazon.com. I have been using this program I think end of November or early December. I was introduced to this program by Ms. Danielle and she enjoys this system very much. After some thought and advertising on Adwords I went a head and joined the Clickriver network. Literally to my surprise I was getting high click through rates (CTR). I went to my affiliate networks and saw money, immediately. Already I was easily making money with this system. I kept this to myself because I was kind of cautious about this system.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PPC Marketing with Adsonar: Intro]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/23498</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/23498</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:20:03 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/23498</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After experimenting with Yahoo Search Marketing, I went ahead and tried another system called Adsonar. I started this about the same time I started with Y!SM. I found Adsonar by simply reading CNN.com and Forbes.com. I saw these advertisements spots within articles and on main pages. I thought to myself, I wonder if I would be able to advertise on Forbes.com...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keyword Conversion: Figure Out Which Works]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/21579</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/21579</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:14:05 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/21579</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So my excel video did pretty good that I got emails to help with excel and keyword manipulation. I think I should get a job with the infomercial guy &quot;The Video Professor!&quot; So there were some emails on creating excel formulas on keywords and how to track and how to see conversion and all that stuff. Well Google Adwords gives you all that information, impressions, clicks, CTR, etc.But I decided there were a lot of noobs out there that want to learn how PPC keywords work. There were emails where someone asked about how to determine CTR and CPC, I simply redirected them to the Google Adwords section or Wikipedia. What is the point of asking when you do not know the basics? I learned by reading and understanding how these functions worked, thus creating excel tools for my benefits.Well since there are newbies out there that want to learn I decided to go ahead and create a simple Google Docs file for everyone to view and learn from. Everyone needs examples and actual tools to look at. Some people learn by looking while other learn by reading. I learn by taking what I read and just playing around and testing.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Affiliate Marketing: Percentage vs Per Lead]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19894</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19894</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:30:51 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19894</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So yesterday was the last day for one of my best affiliate promotion from NeverBlueAds, PersonalizationMall.com which paid 9.75 per lead. I was kind of sad to let it go and see it go, it is now obvious the month of December is coming to a close end. I just wish every month was December, but some of my other non Christmas campaigns are doing well.Since yesterday was the last day of promotion for the specific campaign I mentioned, I kind of prep my self for this day and want to show you a new affiliate network that I recently started with. I recently started playing around with LinkShare and guess what they have PersonalizationMall.com within their network. There is a difference NeverBlueAds pays per lead while LinkShare pays on a percentage basis.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kitchen Nightmarea4s Showed Me Business]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19716</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19716</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:05:48 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19716</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you have not watched Gordon Ramsey's new series &quot;Kitchen Nightmare&quot; you should, especially if you are an entrepreneur. This new series is all about running a business and not cleaning up your kitchen or cooking good food - well part of it does but the concept is great. The show concentrates on running a business and how to get your audience.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Use Excel to Help you with Keywords]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/19196</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/19196</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:35:38 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/19196</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everyday I learn something new - I read Entrepreneur dot com on a daily basis and I found this article with good information. The article is about making these top 11 mistakes, which is written by Jon Rognerud. The article goes into detail about the mistakes beginners may make when dealing with Google Adwords. One of the tactics Jon speaks of is...<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You Shut Your Face, Facebook!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15922</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15922</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:57:19 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Display Advertising</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15922</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I have tried Facebook Social Flyers one more time. I wrote about FaceBook Flyer Pro prior and explained how Facebook took my ad down because of the image I was using.Well this time I figured a lot of students would be home and be spending time with their families so I decided to go ahead and give it one more try. I went ahead and post about my new website, BadCircuit.com. I used the right grammar and a simple picture, a PC. So this time I was approved and I had it running for 4 days. I think the stats were delayed by 2 days, because I did not see any stats for approximately 2 days.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Webinar: Russell Brunsona4s DotComSecrets]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15818</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15818</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:47:10 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15818</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Just finished listening to Russell Brunsons DotComSecrets Webinar, this was a very informative webinar. The only sad part is Russell had festive Thanksgiving and lost his voice during his seminar. I made out most of it and he was hearable throughout and respectful.This webinar had a lot of great features, Russell spoke about how to be an Entrepreneur and how there are only 3 steps to achieve that title. But before I go into the 3 small steps I want to add a little more background about the webinar.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rob Toth TeleSeminar: Annoy Your Buyers?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/14253</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/14253</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:39:35 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Usability</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/14253</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I listened in to Rob Toth teleseminar and I think it was a useless teleseminar because the tactics that he is speaking about and selling are already in use and it is quite old. I have personally done all of his tactics that he has proposed in his new product and I have gotten results from these tactics. Good results may lead to bad things, such as annoyed readers.If you can recall, I had a scroll bar at the top of my blog about my new revolution theme contest, grabbing the attention of many readers to participate. This has helped a lot with my contest and new traffic. I also received some emails about the annoyance of the bar. Luckily I only had it for 1 week, the week of the contest. Once I took it down the emails stopped.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tila Tequila has a Shot at Offline Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10809</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10809</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:53:41 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10809</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tila Tequila - the famous TV show &quot;A Shot at Love&quot;. Is she eliminating people in her favor using marketing techniques? Or she just eliminating people she really does not like.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Money is NOT in the List, BUT the Comments]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10368</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10368</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:36:01 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10368</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new digital product was made because list building is such a pain! I came along this product by a repetitive action I do everyday and you probably do it as well!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Rotating My Car Tires Taught Me About Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/10006</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/10006</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:42:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/10006</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rotating your posts links or trackback your post into newer posts is important for visibility of your old topics.The reason I think this is beneficial is because yesterday's post is old news. It just gets pushed back as the more your write. The reason why I chose Brian Gardners' New theme, it provides exposure to my posts and it does not get pushed back at the end of the line never to be seen or read again.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Deal is Better When it is Free: DealDotFree]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/9202</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/9202</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:37:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/9202</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Again I am a very busy person and I have done several things in the past which I am now finally releasing. With the introduction to the new theme, the release of Facebook Advances, and now a new website, DealDotFree.com. As you know DealDotCom is losing their touch, there are numerous ramblings and posts about how it is a scam, pointless, no use etc. They have even started using audio on their Deal of the day posts!The idea behind DealDotFree.com came to me when I left a comment on John Chow's blog about the first product that was released. When I posted my comment another commenter replied to my comment, Simon. Here is the snapshot of the conversation.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Revolutionary Facelift for Ian Fernando]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8838</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8838</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:46:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8838</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I would like to take this time to thank Brian Gardner, he has helped me customized the wordpress theme to my liking and needs. The Revolution theme is a wordpress template/theme which I have purchased to give you the proper structure of my new blog. The revolution theme is used for a news aspect but I liked the idea of giving my posts more exposure...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Text Link Ads - Final Results with Poor ROI]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/8480</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/8480</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:21:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Display Advertising</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/8480</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It has now been a month since I purchased a Text Link Ads from 2 websites, for testing purposes. To me I do not think it was worth the purchase. I only purchased 2 TLA from pretty favorable websites. I wanted to see for the month of September if anything increased, RSS, Loyal Readers, Income, etc. To my surprise nothing, I have gained some income maybe a little growth in RSS but nothing substantial.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview: Jof Arnold is One of My BlogFriends]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7891</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7891</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:18:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7891</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Throughout my blogging experience I have met multiple bloggers/ authors. I keep in touch with most and even have regular conversations with them (off topic from blogging). I enjoy meeting new authors and reading new blogs i would never have found before. BlogFriends is a great plugin to use if you have a Facebook account.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Starting a Blog? Go Pack for Vacation First]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7716</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7716</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:04:39 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7716</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Starting my vacation I had to pack and get ready for my flight to Panama City. I was staying at Panama for 7 days. So I packed comfortably for my vacation. This sounds familiar, starting a blog or vacation needs preparation.Where did I want to go when I decided to go on vacation? What do you want to blog about? Did I have all the necessary items before boarding my flight? Do you have all the necessary resources to start blogging?<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Reasons Why Your BlogRush CTR is LOW!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6118</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6118</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:11:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Web Analytics</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6118</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ok this will be the last post about BlogRush because I am tired of reading about it on the internet (hopefully). I have found that this little widget really will not work because of several factors and I will list and discuss them. I also have created a mini Google Spreadsheet of my data from last night.I also found that this really did not match up with my Google Analytics Stats. I will also do a little comparison from my current analytics vs my current BlogRush stats. Well here are some reason why I found my BlogRush CTR low.    * My Headers Need to be More Attractive    * Everyone Puts their Widget in Bad Part of their Website    * Displays Links on ANY blog    * 5 Links are very minimal    * Stumblers of StumbleUpon    * Unable to Adjust Widget<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BlogRush Did NOT Think About the Little Guys]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5838</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5838</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:29:29 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5838</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I noticed the same blogs were being posted among other blogs as well as my own. So I started thinking does this really help the little guys? If impressions = views, then the big guys and the guys who first signed up are benefited. This alone is just the non tier, if popular blogs sign up more blogs under them imagine their views among the blogosphere!<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sphinning and Rushing about BlogRush!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5708</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5708</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:16:32 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5708</guid>
<description><![CDATA[All day I have been getting emails about a new system called BlogRush. I have been reading all about this at ShoeMoney, JohnChow, Entrepreneurs Journey, etc. So I decided to go a head and just join. You have all probably heard about it from emails and even from all your popular blogs. Since it is everywhere I will not repeat what everyone have already said.Well I am adding to it since its all over the blogosphere. I did not want to add this to my blog since I think it will destroy the neatness of my blog. In any case I have managed to put it in an area where it is attracting and does not bother the layout too much. I was actually going to create a pop up for this, but I know how annoying they can be.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reasons Why NOT to FAKE your Feedburner Count]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5384</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5384</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:38:41 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Usability</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5384</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It is interesting to see how readers will just fake stats/numbers to get some traffic or subscribers. A blog that has trackbacked to me, gets a free unique visit from me. Why? I want to see what they wrote about my blog, content, or about me. I was curios. So I went to the blog and looked at the post. (I usually always visit blogs that track back to me) In the bottom right hand corner of my Firefox browser Alexa showed me a website ranking of a4no data'. If you do not know what I am talking about here are 2 screen shots of Alexa's new Sparky Plugin...<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview: Its a Load of BullCrap says Mark Wielgus]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/5117</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/5117</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:05:42 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/5117</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to internet marketing and blogging, I tend to keep it realistic because why should I market false news and tactics? The a4make money online' niche is just very saturated over the internet. Some just start because they read these ebooks which tells them they can earn thousands of dollars over the internet in just a couple weeks. When there are no results they just quit.But making money online is real, &quot;just leave the bullcrap at home&quot; says Mark Wielgus. I have actually started reading Mark's blog at 45n5.com. What attracted me to his blog were his comments on marketing, straight to the point posts, and funny but real videos.Mark was the first to contact me on an issue with an email he has received automatically from my blog. Later in the conversation I asked if he would like to be interviewed by me. I was interested in his domain name and his personality as an author and marketer. I was excited when he accepted.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FaceBook Advances: Importance of your Feeds and Status]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4815</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4815</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:44:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4815</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Within Facebook there is something called a news feed, mini feed and status. These 3 things are really helpful since it provides free exposure to all your friends within your networks. Each one provides a good feed back of what all your friends are doing as well; what website your friends viewed (widget required), who they became friends with, what their status is, etc. These 3 things prove to be very helpful for exposure.Since Facebook tracks all of your activities - your whole network knows. It is like a form of gossip, which is why I think Facebook is very popular. Ian visit this website, Ian is friends with a4, Ian is in a relationship witha4, etc. This form of communication is pretty viral, it is digital gossip. As we know, traditionally, gossip is bad. With Facebook I think its great!The best form of advertising is by word of mouth - so Facebook fixes this problem by simply just gossiping about you to all your friends. If your friends are interested with the specific gossip Facebook provided to them they will tend to try to see what you did. With that said let us talk about the 3 gossip attributes Facebook implements.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FaceBook Advances: Properly Using the MarketPlace | Ian Fernando]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4559</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4559</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:28:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4559</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I prefer to market on FaceBook because it isn't overcrowded. There are limited items within the FaceBook MarketPlace.The best part about the marketplace is your item gets rotated on everyone's main page once they log on to FaceBook. Near the right hand side under New Stuff it will list an item that has recently been submitted in your network!That is important, depending what network you are in they will only show you items that were submitted within your area or network.For example let's say a college student want to sell his last semester book to a new student, he list it on FaceBook. Since he is part of his school name's network only the students that log on under that specific network will see it.Now, if you are part of a bigger network, let say a county of your state. You will see more recent listing than one who is part of a college network. Facebook was geared toward college communities only, and now they have expanded their network so everyone can join. Since we know having a big network is important, as this matters when you are trying to sell or promote a product.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview: I Ask the Blogger Jim Kukral]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4170</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4170</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4170</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Its amazing how your efforts can pay off - I have managed to get an interview with Jim Kukral author and creator of multiple, self sustaining websites. Jim is the former publisher of ReveNews, as well as an award-winning blogger and online marketer.I was very excited to hear back from him and at such a fast rate too. Being an entrepreneur can be very time consuming, I know! I am glad and honored that I was able to grab him to waste spend some time with him answering questions for me and you!<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Text Link Ads Moving Away from TinyUrl: WTF!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3916</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3916</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:19:38 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3916</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I was just informed by a fellow reader by the name of Yehuda Berlinger about Text Links Ads are doing away from TinyUrl. Yehuda has left a comment on my post about the response I received from TLA. She says TLA is working on a better solution and we do not have to change our affiliate links!This is causing so much confusion among bloggers. It has caused some confusion to me as well that I decided to confirm this as well. I emailed Brock again and asked if this is so. He stated it is, saying it was released late last week. Here is my email and Brock's response:<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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