The Ultimate Guide to Selling a Website on eBay

September 25, 2008

Selling websites on eBay can be very profitable but you need to stand out from the crowd to be successful. The key is to market your product as a “website business” and not just a “website” and the tips in this article can be the difference in you selling a few websites a month at £30 a go to you selling several “website business packages” per week at £1,000 or higher.

I give customers the opportunity to buy websites on eBay UK, although the 56 techniques here can be applied to any of eBay’s websites, especially eBay.com. [Read more]

How to Find Blogs to Leave Comments On

September 11, 2008

A few days ago I wrote about how spam blog comments will ruin your business and thought I should follow it up with an article on how to go about finding relevant, worthwhile blogs to leave comments on.

Leaving well thought out and inciteful comments on other people’s blogs can be a great way to direct traffic to your own blogs and websites and is also useful for building your online brand, reputation and communicating with both the blog owner and their readers.

Here are a few pointers to help you find the most worthwhile blogs to leave your comments on. [Read more]

Six Ways to Make More Money by Wasting Less Time

September 4, 2008

Books like The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris tell us the modern Internet businessman can work less hours than ever before. This is a dream for most people and whilst it may be beyond the reach of most of us, there are tools, tips and tricks which can ensure we get more work done in a shorter space of time. This means more free time away from the Internet. [Read more]

Spam Comments Will Ruin Your Web Business

September 3, 2008

Leaving comments on similar and complimentary blogs in your niche can be a great way to build both natural backlinks (if it does not use a “rel=nofollow” tag) and alert new readers to your own website.

Commenting on other blogs is nothing new, but is back in vogue due to the explosion of social media. By leaving relevant, well-thought out comments on a piece of work written by someone else you are contributing to the overall discussion and networking with like-minded individuals. [Read more]

ProBlogger Killer Title Project Part Two

August 30, 2008

I think participating in ProBlogger’s Killer Title Group Writing Project was beneficial, as it brought a number of new readers to this website and several comments to my article, 11 Slimy Internet Marketing Characters. On an unrelated note, the article also went hot on Sphinn.

To conclude the project, here are my favourite articles from day’s three and four which are the most appropriate and helpful to readers of this blog. If you have not done so yet, take a look at the articles from day’s one and two. [Read more]

ProBlogger Killer Title Project

August 28, 2008

I have enjoyed the first couple of days worth of posts at ProBlogger’s Killer Title Group Writing Project and entered my article, 11 Slimy Internet Marketing Characters into the mix, which appeared on day three’s list of entries.

Here are my favourite articles from the first two days of the project, which I feel will be of most interest to readers of this blog. [Read more]

11 Slimy Internet Marketing Characters

August 27, 2008

The world of Internet Marketing can be a minefield of personalities, but there are certain characters you will see over and over again. These characters range from a little naive to downright dishonest… see how many of these 11 you recognise. [Read more]

10 Ways to Destroy Your Website’s Search Engine Ranking

August 20, 2008

You may have shelled out thousands of pounds (or dollars, euros, depending on where you are based) on a brand new, shiny company website, but if you are not careful, you could destroy your online investment in a matter of days using some fatal search engine optimisation and marketing techniques. [Read more]

Five Daily Must Do’s For Your Online Business to Thrive

July 16, 2008

Whether you run your online business as a full-time venture or are building it up slowly part-time while working a regular job, it os sometimes difficult to know what to do in order to take your business forward.

What do you read? What do you write? What events should you attend? Who should you contact and try to do business with? The questions are never ending. [Read more]

Breathe Life Into A Dead Article

June 26, 2008

You have written a fantastic, informative article that should be of benefit to readers for years to come. But, after an initial rush of page views, your article has not received a single page view for weeks. What can you do about it? [Read more]

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