Comments on: My ‘I’m Treating This Like a Business’ Strategy http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/ Backpacking around the world on my income from the internet. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: al http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-36240 al Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:07:56 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-36240 "Link build like a Mo-Fo" - that really made me chuckle! Al “Link build like a Mo-Fo” – that really made me chuckle!
Al

]]> By: tiffany http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35581 tiffany Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:46:48 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35581 I’ve hit a wall in terms of trying to teach myself how to monetize my site. some people else know way more than me and I have to at least try their services if I’m to have time writing, networking and building relationships. Let alone traveling again..... I’ve hit a wall in terms of trying to teach myself how to monetize my site. some people else know way more than me and I have to at least try their services if I’m to have time writing, networking and building relationships. Let alone traveling again…..

]]> By: Kirsty http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35392 Kirsty Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:08:14 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35392 Thanks for all the comments! @lea Ya I don't really know... it's sort of just an idea at the moment. I would say though that building a site isn't an easy thing for many people so a franchise type idea might appeal to someone with a passion for their city but no knowledge (or the time to learn) of HTML and all that stuff. @carl The rough plan is to submit content to article submission sites like Ezine Articles and Info Barrel, look for three-way link exchanges, and then to a much leser extent post to related blogs and forums. My main focus at th emoment though is the articles and I will work out the rest once I feel like I've written a good number. @languagedude Thanks! I would love to be in a position to outsource this stuff because it sucks the life out of me but I'm not there yet. @erin I had a look at the 30 Day Challenge a couple of years ago but didn't end up doing it. I've heard good things about it though, especially for beginners. @webjourneyman Two good ideas worth thinking about, thanks! @^_^ Content is important but you also need to make it known and let Google know it's important. The more links pointing to your content, the more reliable Google thinks your site/page is... in theory. I don't use free hosts but the links I will need to build will be coming from other people anyways. @AJ So far the plan is article writing and afterwards posting to blogs, forums and swapping links with related sites, as I mentioned above. Beyond that... no idea. Suggestions are welcome! @lissie Oh ya, guest posts too. Forgot about that one. Thanks for all the comments!

@lea Ya I don’t really know… it’s sort of just an idea at the moment. I would say though that building a site isn’t an easy thing for many people so a franchise type idea might appeal to someone with a passion for their city but no knowledge (or the time to learn) of HTML and all that stuff.

@carl The rough plan is to submit content to article submission sites like Ezine Articles and Info Barrel, look for three-way link exchanges, and then to a much leser extent post to related blogs and forums. My main focus at th emoment though is the articles and I will work out the rest once I feel like I’ve written a good number.

@languagedude Thanks! I would love to be in a position to outsource this stuff because it sucks the life out of me but I’m not there yet.

@erin I had a look at the 30 Day Challenge a couple of years ago but didn’t end up doing it. I’ve heard good things about it though, especially for beginners.

@webjourneyman Two good ideas worth thinking about, thanks!

@^_^ Content is important but you also need to make it known and let Google know it’s important. The more links pointing to your content, the more reliable Google thinks your site/page is… in theory. I don’t use free hosts but the links I will need to build will be coming from other people anyways.

@AJ So far the plan is article writing and afterwards posting to blogs, forums and swapping links with related sites, as I mentioned above. Beyond that… no idea. Suggestions are welcome!

@lissie Oh ya, guest posts too. Forgot about that one.

]]> By: Nerdy Nomad » Exploring the World of Article Submission Sites http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35338 Nerdy Nomad » Exploring the World of Article Submission Sites Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:21:31 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35338 [...] Part of my plan to push my earnings up to the next level and to start treating this gig more like a business is to build links to my already exisitng sites. For my newest sites I have researched my keywords, created some quality content and put a lot of effort into my on-site SEO but so far that isn’t cutting it and I need to get a lot of inbound links in order to make these sites pay off the way I am hoping they will. [...] [...] Part of my plan to push my earnings up to the next level and to start treating this gig more like a business is to build links to my already exisitng sites. For my newest sites I have researched my keywords, created some quality content and put a lot of effort into my on-site SEO but so far that isn’t cutting it and I need to get a lot of inbound links in order to make these sites pay off the way I am hoping they will. [...]

]]> By: Food hampers http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35315 Food hampers Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:30:05 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35315 Your busyness strategy seems very effective and impressive i will try to follow some points. Your busyness strategy seems very effective and impressive i will try to follow some points.

]]> By: Lissie - Online Income http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35266 Lissie - Online Income Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:00:13 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35266 To the commentators above asking about link building; the usual suspects hubpages, infobarrel, ezinearticles, blog commentating, forum sigs, guest posts (that might work particularly well in the travel niche) To the commentators above asking about link building; the usual suspects hubpages, infobarrel, ezinearticles, blog commentating, forum sigs, guest posts (that might work particularly well in the travel niche)

]]> By: Fab http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35264 Fab Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:34:05 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35264 I think a lot of the success in affiliate marketing boils down to having a good way to get quality links. I also hate hunting for links and outsourced a couple of times... unfortunately so far, I am not convinced that the links I have been provided really changed something. I believe that creating something unique on a website will eventually pay off at some point. If there is something different about a website (maybe just a page), you can be sure it will be mentioned/talked about and you will then grab a few links. But unique and interesting is not easy to develop... too bad. I think a lot of the success in affiliate marketing boils down to having a good way to get quality links.
I also hate hunting for links and outsourced a couple of times… unfortunately so far, I am not convinced that the links I have been provided really changed something.

I believe that creating something unique on a website will eventually pay off at some point. If there is something different about a website (maybe just a page), you can be sure it will be mentioned/talked about and you will then grab a few links. But unique and interesting is not easy to develop… too bad.

]]> By: AJ http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35244 AJ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:13:13 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35244 I agree with Matt, what's your plan? I agree with Matt, what’s your plan?

]]> By: Nomadic Matt http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35227 Nomadic Matt Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:20:04 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35227 link building isnt easy. Whats ur plan to get links? link building isnt easy. Whats ur plan to get links?

]]> By: Dan http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35221 Dan Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:48:42 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35221 I'm enjoying these updates Kirsty, they are giving me a few ideas, I'm just going to have to note them down though because tackling them all at the same time just doesn't work. Eventually you just get to know what is worth your effort I guess and then you can focus on that. I’m enjoying these updates Kirsty, they are giving me a few ideas, I’m just going to have to note them down though because tackling them all at the same time just doesn’t work. Eventually you just get to know what is worth your effort I guess and then you can focus on that.

]]> By: ^_^ http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35201 ^_^ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:58:45 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35201 How valuable are meta tags for your main site? I've noticed only half the prominent sites use them. I've recently added them to my test site and it moved me up quite a lot in terms of my keywords. Why is backlinking so important? When you use backlinks do you use the same hosting provider/ip for you domain or do you use the free sites for the hosting? I was thinking of hosting my own domain on some hosting site and then using free sites to link to it but there are a few problems... Bing does not like blogspot.com/google sites and gives them a terrible listing in index. I always thought content was king but then again I'm a novice. ^_^ How valuable are meta tags for your main site? I’ve noticed only half the prominent sites use them. I’ve recently added them to my test site and it moved me up quite a lot in terms of my keywords. Why is backlinking so important? When you use backlinks do you use the same hosting provider/ip for you domain or do you use the free sites for the hosting? I was thinking of hosting my own domain on some hosting site and then using free sites to link to it but there are a few problems… Bing does not like blogspot.com/google sites and gives them a terrible listing in index. I always thought content was king but then again I’m a novice. ^_^

]]> By: Webjourneyman http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35200 Webjourneyman Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:48:48 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35200 Go for the lower hanging fruits regarding the "stuck in" sites, there are hundreds of sites cutting each other throats for London, New York etc. what about Portland, Quebec, Liverpool, Pattaya, Murmansk? Since you are moving towards affiliate earning why not let your writers use their own adsense code and take all of that earning, that would be an incentive worth writing for. Go for the lower hanging fruits regarding the “stuck in” sites, there are hundreds of sites cutting each other throats for London, New York etc. what about Portland, Quebec, Liverpool, Pattaya, Murmansk?
Since you are moving towards affiliate earning why not let your writers use their own adsense code and take all of that earning, that would be an incentive worth writing for.

]]> By: Dave http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35194 Dave Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:30:15 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35194 Lots of food for thought here. I am just now starting to actively reinvest in my site by way of hiring people to help me. The first project is my homepage/blog integration and theme update. It is so amazing to go to sleep knowing someone else is working on your behalf. Hopefully it will all come together and encourage me to continue outsourcing. In many respects, I think I've hit a wall in terms of trying to teach myself how to monetize my site. There are people who know way more than me and I have to at least try their services if I'm to have time writing, networking and building relationships. Let alone traveling again! :) "Write an Absolute Crapload of Boring Stuff" --- My brain hurts just thinking about you having to do this! I don't think I could do it. I'd rather make less money and grow slower than spend my days writing about stuff I consider boring. Lots of food for thought here. I am just now starting to actively reinvest in my site by way of hiring people to help me. The first project is my homepage/blog integration and theme update. It is so amazing to go to sleep knowing someone else is working on your behalf. Hopefully it will all come together and encourage me to continue outsourcing.

In many respects, I think I’ve hit a wall in terms of trying to teach myself how to monetize my site. There are people who know way more than me and I have to at least try their services if I’m to have time writing, networking and building relationships. Let alone traveling again! :)

“Write an Absolute Crapload of Boring Stuff” — My brain hurts just thinking about you having to do this! I don’t think I could do it. I’d rather make less money and grow slower than spend my days writing about stuff I consider boring.

]]> By: Erin http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35186 Erin Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:21:04 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35186 I've been subscribed to your RSS feed for a while now and find your posts really interesting and inspiring. My partner and I are planning to leave the UK next year to travel indefinitely, and you've given us hope that it's possible! I am completely new to the whole internet marketing thing, but am currently doing the thirty day challenge free online training programme, and have learnt so much from it. Check out http://thirtydaychallenge.com/ It covers a lot about link building via submitting articles to lots of web 2.0 sites like squidoo and hubpages. I’ve been subscribed to your RSS feed for a while now and find your posts really interesting and inspiring. My partner and I are planning to leave the UK next year to travel indefinitely, and you’ve given us hope that it’s possible!

I am completely new to the whole internet marketing thing, but am currently doing the thirty day challenge free online training programme, and have learnt so much from it. Check out http://thirtydaychallenge.com/
It covers a lot about link building via submitting articles to lots of web 2.0 sites like squidoo and hubpages.

]]> By: Language Dude http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35179 Language Dude Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:49:54 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2009/08/20/my-im-treating-this-like-a-business-strategy/#comment-35179 Kirsty, I always enjoy reading these posts. I think you are heading in the right direction. Writing boring articles does my head in too. Luckily I'm in a position to outsource this kind of thing. Link building is something I outsource as well. However, I know that when money is tight you just have to bear down and do it all yourself. Just shoot me an email if you ever want my point of view on any of the specifics. Kirsty,

I always enjoy reading these posts. I think you are heading in the right direction. Writing boring articles does my head in too. Luckily I’m in a position to outsource this kind of thing. Link building is something I outsource as well. However, I know that when money is tight you just have to bear down and do it all yourself. Just shoot me an email if you ever want my point of view on any of the specifics.

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