Archive for September, 2007

Here’s what’s going on with Blogrush… inevitable growth pains, inevitable thieves hard at work, etc. It’s just life and business. And it seems they’re handling things responsibly… We’re about 5 days into the launch of BlogRush and its growth has been nothing short of EXPLOSIVE. We’ve served over 40 MILLION blog headlines (i.e. blog post [...]

Looking for a place for home based businesses to connect and network? Try Apsense. A friend of mine says they’re getting pretty good search rankings for profiles in Google already. You can see my free business marketing center here… you can have yours up in seconds. You can even get paid for your efforts! Here’s [...]

As someone whose domain name is business-opportunities.biz I was wondering what the “competition” (or at least websites with similar names) were up to and I ran across BusinessOpportunity.com.  Though they have information on franchise business opportunities, I was particularly interested in the home based business opportunity section. Though the selection wasn’t large – it wasn’t [...]

The Overture keyword suggestion tool is still dead as a doornail. Some tools don’t use Overture to find niches. Thankfully users of these tools are still making highly targeted websites like these. Here’s one: Micro Niche Finder – it does not use the Overture database. Another alternative is Word Tracker which offers a Free Trial. [...]

Connie Holmgren has a new ebook called “Supermarket Scams”. It’s free to download and I think you’ll find it very illuminating! Imagine if a mugger cornered you in a dark street alley and demanded your money or your life! You’d give him all your money without hesitation. But, you would also be leery of that [...]

I was telling you yesterday that my Squidoo lens about Angel Food Ministries hit the top 500 on Squidoo. Today the lens has started out at #200 of over 230,000. Let’s keep it climbing in the ranks. Please visit the Angel Food Ministries lens today! All comments and 5 star ratings are appreciated. They will [...]

Flickr can be an online marketer’s best friend. Here’s some basic information on getting the most out of Flickr in general. The advantages for marketers are multi-dimensional, by hosting images on Flickr. If, for example, you’re making a Squidoo lens or other html page,  you can use images hosted on Flickr to brighten up your [...]

Because the outage of the Overture Keyword Inventory tool has been such a bummer for folks, I’ve been checking around about alternatives. Thankfully there is a way to gauge keyword usage without the tool. How? Word Tracker. When I asked them if their results were dependent on the Overture tool, here was their answer: No. [...]

Of course I can’t say how long this will last, but Monday night the Angel Food Ministries Lens on Squidoo was created in outline form. Yesterday it was tweaked as the day went on and some basic promotion was done. Today September 19th, 2007, out of over 230,000 lenses on Squidoo, the Angel Food Ministries [...]

I’ve been too busy running around like a chicken with my head cut off to worry about what happened to the Overture keyword suggestion tool… But when I went to check it tonight it still is dead as a door nail. The only conversations I’ve had indicated they thought it was a short term problem [...]