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- Nov 26th, 2008
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Affilicon has come and gone.I was surprised with the professionalism, the quality of the sponsors, the stage set up.
I was impressed by the free water, delicious lunches, Tequila and Sushi, and the plans being made for future events.
I was delighted by how much the boys outnumbered the girls, and the number of native English speakers…
….and mostly that I was not nervous speaking in public and really loved it.It was an honor meeting and presenting with Ran Aroussi, Yigal Pines, Sam Michaelson, and Felix Leshno.
I also got to meet / know a little better Charlie Kalech (thanks for ride from hell man), and several other internet addicts from Jerusalem and environs.
I love my new PR agents of cool, Lloyd and Ilya. It felt like reconnecting with old friends, even though we just met.
A special shout out goes to Graeme from Gibraltar. He sat in the front row of my presentation, since he knew it was important to me that people come and listen.
But WHO Moved me Most of all????
YOU!
here you are:
I invited you to exchange cards, to come talk to me, and boy did you!
Sometimes I behave in ways that I cant explain. Do I HAVE to give you a really good explanation why i wanted to hand out my card to everyone and receive theirs in exchange? Do you not know how opportunities happen?
I dont buy lottery tickets, but I sincerely believe that it’s entirely possible a card in that pile could make me or them a LOT of money.
Before you go, here is a TEST:
Find for me what is different in this image and the one above? Let me know below. Tell me how long it took you, and your thoughts. There is a lesson to be learned here.
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- Nov 20th, 2008
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I own some really crappy websites.
What makes them crappy? They don’t even deserve to be called WEB 1.0, they are so ugly. They have garish colors, layouts, bright banner ads, and probably some old style animated gifs. Like this big NO-NO image to the right..They barely do anything I would recommend to YOU, and they earn a FRACTION of what they should and COULD be earning.
Yet, these websites are among my most valuable online assets. Their combined worth in the 5 figure range.
There is a ONE word explanation to this.
Backlinks.
Before there were all the distractions that the current SEO (Search Engine Optimization) experts suggest, before Article Directories, Before Social Media….
Someone’s full time job used to be:
“Hi. My name is Andrea, and I represent crapsite.com. I think our sites have a lot in common and wonder if you would consider a link exchange?”
This was when people read their emails, so the conversion rate was fairly high. It was not DONE with Page Rank in mind. This preceeded page rank! It was done in the hopes that someone would see the reciprocal link and come visit your site. But when Page Rank was born, these links gave you the competitive advantage. And still do.
Not only has NOTHING changed (except the reciprocal part), but for some it in the basis of their successful business model. Bloggers for example. As successful blogging is usually determined by how many other bloggers engage, link to you (technorati ranking), it is simply the more links to your blog, the higher your PR ranking, the more successful. That doesnt mean $$$, although it certainly could.
Dean Hunt, from deanhunt.com has made a professional career out of creating “buzz” for himself and for others, essentially building up websites and careers with Backlinks and Raising Googles PR.
You will be hearing about him in blog posts to come as we are going to start a little head to head. He may have used the word duet, but I think controversy is what will be called for, yes Dean?
Check out this spoof he made on Google’s Page Rank. Ok, so it’s only moderately amusing (am I allowed to say that?), but it features the amazing Josh Groban, and it does continue to exhibit how Dean manages to get places as he has now managed to secure a link from my site to his. Nice work.
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- Nov 13th, 2008
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If I asked you to do work for me, but only hinted at a possibility of financial reward…
say a year or two down the road….
what would be your response?
WAIT! Dont answer yet. There is more to the question.
I would require that you give me your best quality labor! Which means not physical work, but to share with me your MIND, perhaps a nice chunk of HEART & SOUL.
And Time.. oh yes, it would require lots and lots of time.
Tell me. Tell me. Tell me.
The truth!!!! Not only would you think I am insane, you would probably think me rude, and an assortment of other unmentionables.
and… now you know why sooo many blogs go silent.
There is a HUGE distinction between Blogging for Dollars and Blogging for Impact. In fact, I may start a little controversy here,… and even though I had planned future posts on blogging for ‘money’, I think it is the rare blog that is able to support even ONE individual in a comfortable fashion.
However, let me jump to the Punch Line.
“Good things come to those who wait”
Not too funny, but I will be laughing all the way to the bank.
By Blogging for IMPACT, or SUCCESS, with passion, with YOU in mind, NOT my wallet, many opportunities have come my way.
Israel is hosting it’s first International Affiliate Convention. It is well known to me, not from locals, but from being told the world over, that Israel boasts some of the top Affiliate earners across the board. In fact, I had the great honor of working extremely close with one of them (May he rest in peace).
I will be speaking about ‘Making more money from your traffic’, focusing specifically on List Building and Membership Sites. Come witness live a sexy powerpoint. This 2 day convention is thorough and filled with powerful speakers on an incredibly wide range of topics. I look forward to meeting others. Maybe you?
If you CANT just somehow make it over to the Holy Land, I may figure out a way to get a video clip, images, and well, I can at least share with you some highlights from the event.
Interested in attending? Visit the Affilicon - Affiliate Marketing Conference Now!
To summarize, don’t neglect looking at the BIG PICTURE. Often times We spend so much of our time in our daily microscopic lives, we fail to see the potential in well… in just potential.
I urge you to SEE the potential in the potential.
Have you ever experienced a “Big Picture moment?
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