I rarely ever buy websites, but this time it was just too good of an offer to pass up. Occasionally, I will solicit offers to competitors of my current websites. You never know when they’re looking to sell, but just never actually list the websites on a forum marketplace. The two websites I recently purchased [...]

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US Laws confuse me sometimes.
I like to play poker every now and then. We have a legal poker room not too far from my house. I’m not good or anything, I just enjoy the entertainment you get out of it.  Well, I’ve always had accounts with Ultimate Bet and Full Tilt Poker just to play [...]

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I tried out Kontera ads a long time ago on some of my websites, even this blog if I remember correctly. It wasn’t much of a success. It made a few cents every now and then, and ultimately provided a poor experience for the website visitors. However, like 10 days ago, I decided to retry [...]

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I was reading a post on Shoemoney last night, that peaked my interest. Well, it wasn’t really the entire post, but merely a sentence or two. Shoe was talking about negative publicity and why you should embrace it. Near the end of the post, he says:
The long term effect – Long after the buzz from [...]

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A great way to market niche sites is through Yahoo Groups. Yahoo defines Groups as:
It’s where people with a shared interest meet, get to know each other, and stay informed. Your group gives you instant access to:

Shared message archives
Photos and photo albums
Group event calendars
Member polls and shared links

Best of all, Yahoo Groups are free.  [...]

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I was checking out DigitalPoints marketing forum (ya i know it’s strange, DigitalPoint was actually loading for me today…). Anyways, I came across a thread by some guy named dfsweb. He talks about his traffic building mantra. Here’s what he had to say:
Spend some time each day looking for ONE backlink. Yes, just one! Spend [...]

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I do this a couple times a year. It’s fun to look back and see what has become of sites I’ve sold in the past. Some people buy a website and do great things with it, while others let it die.  I’m not going to go too far back, just the last couple of sites [...]

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So after I made that long rant on Friday about Adbrite sucking, I ended up getting the check in the mail on Saturday. It was a little late, but I’m very thankful that it came. Also, their ads seem to be displaying on my sites now. Maybe everything is back to normal? One thing I [...]

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Linkin Park is one of my favorite bands. Right now their big single on the radio is called “Shadow of the Day.” I can across this video below when I was browsing YouTube’s Daily most viewed videos on my iPhone. A band by the name of Boyce Avenue does covers for famous songs and they [...]

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I just wanted to remind everyone that you can buy advertisements on my blog! Sure I don’t have my PR5 anymore, but it’s still a strong PR3. Traffic is steady and RSS numbers are on the climb.
I offer several forms of advertising:

Sponsored posts
Banner ads
Paid reviews

For more information on the ad sizes available and prices, head [...]

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