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3 revenue considerations transforms your puny website into a Godzilla money making machine

Went Hot: December 6, 2007 - 6:20 am
Posted By: Lyndon 310 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.digeratimarketing.co.uk)
Category: Blogging

An interesting look into something which has been done to death. Mark presents new ways of looking at monetization.

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from GeneralLedger 310 days ago #

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Mark is the man... I have learned so much from his blog. I was actually hoping for an update on his elite seo tools rather than this. This article is well written, but pretty common sensical stuff. I do like his presentation though.

from aimClear 310 days ago #

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It's nice to see you back here Lyndon. Awesome title as usual...leading to a sweet post.

from Lyndon 310 days ago #

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Thanks Marty, I met Mark at SMX London and he is a no bullshit guy who knows his stuff, definately worth subscribing to his blog. Especially if you like the odd blackhat tip ;)

from markdigerati 309 days ago #

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Thanks Lydon and thanks for submitting the article :-)

@GeneralLedger, it was a fairly generic article, I wrote it specifically for Sphinners as an experiment. Looking at first page material, there's nothing really ground-breaking on there. The blackhat stuff didn't go down too well..

from DoshDosh 309 days ago #

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Yeah I second the part about subscribing to Mark's blog... tis a great read indeed. BTW, how's it going, Mark? Haven't talked to you in a while and was surprised to see you on Sphinn. :)

from GeneralLedger 309 days ago #

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Mark - No criticism intended. I am a huge fan! I don't do blackhat, but I do like to know what those sneaky folk are up to =]

All the best!

from markdigerati 309 days ago #

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None taken GeneralLedger.. @DoshDosh, I signed up to Sphinn a while ago and I attended SMX, which was really the last thing that pushed me onto the site (Danny mentioned it at least once I think?? :oP)

Still undecided though, it seems to be more who submits the article, rather than the quality that decides how hot it gets.

Point in case, this article - submitted by me, 4 Sphinns, gone after about an hour. Change URL, Lyndon submits and it's on the front page just hours later.. Seems a bit of a "club" mentality, scratch my back.. Not offense attended all to Sphinners - I think this is a great place, however I seem to be running short of time to network on the ever-growing amount social sites!

Maki, you've been producing inhuman amounts of blog posts recently, slow down - they're great quality and I don't get time to read them all - and I hate falling behind!

from Gamermk 309 days ago #

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I wish I'd have chosen my words as good as you when I brought up the "club" mentality. I caught a lot of flak bringing up the obvious and simply discussing it a while back. (my comments even led to an article that went hot basically saying I was a fool)

There really is this idea here that because we all already know about social media that this place will somehow not be like other social media sites. The reality is it is. (which don't get me wrong, that's fine with me, but I think it's very silly that people want to believe it's not when as mark points out, it's very obvious)

from markdigerati 309 days ago #

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I guess one can argue that's kind of the point in these kinds of sites. You can build a reputation by networking so your content has a kind of "verified" status, when a "trusted" member sphinns/diggs/reddits/etc it.

I think it naturally leads to this kind of reciprocal voting though, with a lot of people wanting to return the favour. I'm not knocking Sphinn, I guess I'm just impatient - I spend a lot of time writing quality blog posts, but it sometimes seems I could have a greater readership if I churn out medicore posts and use the saved time on marketing, ideally you'd have time for both.

I'll probably end up using Sphinn more as a resource for checking out new blogs, rather than actively particupating myself because of this.

It's a shame that an article when hot if it was knocking you, can't say I ever saw it. It can be intimidating when "heavyweights" disagree with you, you do get some rather "extreme" readers who'll take their idol's words as gospal, without questioning anything, I wouldn't worry about it. As long as you admit when you're wrong and stick to your guns when you think you're right, things tend to blow over fairly quick as long as you're not overly offense =)

I've had bloggers write negatively about me before, but it's always best to reserve judgment until you meet them in person, turns out most of the people I've met have been pretty stand up guys (and girls). Plus, if they turn out to be a **** when you meet them in person, you can always bottle them. Hah =)