Strategic Marketing At Warp Speed

I was just cruising blogs today and it seems that all the blogger’s are on this “things you don’t know about me” frizz. So I will approach to being a little more personable and give you a few things that you may not know about me.

1. My main hobby is fishing. I live in Kansas, (USA) and it’s truly about the only thing you can do here. I am a huge avid catfishermen. I fish for Channel Cats and Flatheads every spring and fall. Up until this year I fished a lot in the summer as well. I really do not take the heat as well as I used to, and this summer has really been busy for me. Nonetheless here is a nice Flathead I caught earlier this spring. I usually try to go as much as I can in March-May. This is the prespawn time and when it warms up at the first of the year it tends to get them moving around a bit more. I fish probably more than anyone that you might know, it is actually quite ridiculous but so is, working 80-100 hours a week online when I am not out there fishing.
2. I am a HUGE Halo 1 & 2 fan. Not only am I a fan but I play Halo2 more than I should. It is actually how I usually take my breaks here in the upstairs office. I just turn the chair around and flip on the tube and it’s time to go kill some bad kids. I was actually rated 3rd in the World for Big Team Battle for over a year when Bungie used to have their online leader boards. Since they have taken it down, there really is no incentive for me to play anymore, because let’s face it…it was all about dumbass bragging rights to begin with anyway.

You know I really do not have anything too negative against Digital Point. I am a happy member over there, and as well as WickedFire, Warrior Forum, RJ Forum and Self Starters Weekly Tips. I can see a boatload of animosity and maybe even jealousy between the forums and it’s members. Well back up for a second, we can exclude RJ and Self Starters from that list, as either of these forums could give two squirts. As for the other three, it’s alarming how many times I come across a virtual bash or a verbal poke at one or the other.

Now for some people forum bashing and all of that nonsense might be for you. I can say I rather stay out of it, as you can see earlier this past week, I tend to have more personable problems arise than to sit around and bash other forums. The deal is that I like all 3 forums. Of course they all have their perks and there are different things that can upset the “herds” rather quickly. One of them, is that you really do not talk about other forums when your there.

Ok, I can handle WickedFire’s cockiness beacuse they have a ton of cool people that go out of their way to help you and Warrior Forum’s “pact of wolves” that will jump at your throat if you say something even remotely close not to their liking. One thing I cannot really stand is that Digital Point’s Freebie section used to be “FIRE”. I have found countless gems lying about in their freebie section over the past year. But now it’s like a viagra stand for a pack of horny old timers getting paroled from the nursing home. Here’s some of the shit I witnessed today:

• Stumb Unlimited: Unlimilited

Google Groups is a great way to get some laser targeted traffic to your website. The base over there has exploded tremendously over the last year in regards to the vast amount of people supporting and participating in the groups. I remember very vividly awhile back when I was working over there. While I was making some sweet cash, I knew all the awhile that the amount of work involved was taking away from completion of some long term goals. It is very easy to go over there and type a keyword in and return yourself a list of groups for whatever niche you want.

There are no tricks or gimmicks, as I have seen sites like this or sites with the same idea in mind. The idea is to go into these groups and post well thought out posts. I can assure you now that if you go over there in a marketer’s mindset, your going to have a really rough time. With that said, you should generally pick a niche and have a product for it as well. I personally always had the link in my sig over there. I always had it redirect off a domain as well. You do not want one of those long and hideous affiliate links in there.

I use to go over there with an army of “outsourcers” and post to multiple groups everyday. I was doing great but the fact that my workers knew exactly what I was doing actually cost me in the end. They ended up doing it themselves. To make matters worse, as my income was falling they were reporting that they were still posting. So not only did I lose income from the Groups themselves, I had outsourcers sticking it deep in me as well.

Hot Damn! I love the Internet! There are so many places that are allowing people to make money from them that I am about to burst a testicle bubble. The NewsRoom is letting people publish their content on your site/blog and you can earn from it. There are endless possibilities going on with this one, but let me point out some things to you.

Here’s the direct quote from NewsRoom:

Here is how you get paid! Each time you mash video or video feeds to your site and it is played by your viewers, you’ll earn a guaranteed CPM (cost per thousand). Additionally, you will get paid each time you mash text or an image and it is rendered or drawn by your viewers. As a registered participant of TheNewsRoom, we track your success. Each time you login, be sure to click on myRevenue to chart your earnings!

See our CPM payout structure below.

Â	CPM On Your Site	CPM On Referred Site
Video Feed	$4.00	$1.00
Video Story	$3.00	$0.50
Text Story	$1.00	$0.50
Image	$1.00	$0.50

If you want to be paid when free, licensed news from TheNewsRoom is viewed on your site, simply register with your payment information — and start mashing!

Now here is the cool thing. If you publish content and someone comes by and republishes it on their site, you still get paid for the views. Oh yes people, you get paid. Think of it as viral video marketing with a few twists. With the proper headline and news coming to you, you could have a Digg crashing video on your site. If you have never had a front page story on Digg, I assure you that it causes major happiness in your pants. Well, when your site goes down your not very happy, but other than that, it’s like the coolest and safest high you can get. I only say that because every now and then I get a little excited about traffic numbers.

I apologize but this post will probably not help you make money in any way. (LOL) If you do happen to sit down and read the whole thing, then email me and I will send you a shiny new quarter. Well, it may not be new, but if you can sit thru the boring shit I am about to write, then you at least deserve A SHINY QUARTER.

Alright anyway, I am now entering my third fall online. Taking a look back to the first year I came online and started working, I have to say that my life has changed tremendously. I have survived a divorce and a new child birth and I am currently expecting a third child and another shot at marriage with my fiance. Sounds confusing right? It’s actually quite simple. Do not ever work yourself so much that you forget you have a family. I have a stronger desire to work than some probably and it has truly almost cost me my family.

Everything is cool now, but back then with the divorce, then getting back together, then expecting another child, holding down all 3 jobs and trying to make something happen online was just to much. It damn near cost me everything including my health.

Ok enough of the flashback before we all get emotional. Fall is coming and here in Kansas it gets pretty damn cold. I am not much into cold weather. I used to roof houses and pour concrete as a part time job and I can tell you that I can take a 110 degree day a whole lot better than I can take a measly 40 degrees. I am not kidding. I got a left hand and a right elbow that aches every-time it drops below 40 degrees.