Starting An Online Business From Scratch - Latest Comments

Re: Tumblr a Web 2.0 Site? I Think Not!

gronesy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:55:18 -0000

Alan,

It seemed like a great setup and system when I was first told about it and
it also seemed to be fairly easy to get up and running.

I wasn't using it for spam either.

You're absolutely correct...you should have some warning that you've
violated a rule before being banned.

Thanks for stopping by and letting us know about your experience.

Jeff

Re: Tumblr a Web 2.0 Site? I Think Not!

Utah Realtor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:37:40 -0000

I signed up for Tumblr a month ago. Thought it was awesome. Created unique content for it, had social bookmarks go to it, tumblr posts went to my twitter page, worked with my iphone, I raved it, but then one day while adding a new tumblr blog, it didn't work. I thought that tumblr was just down, but after two weeks realized its cus they banned me!

No notice, no fun, I wasn't using tumblr to spam in the least bit.

Re: Do You Use A Carrot Or A Stick On Landing Pages?

gronesy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:26:26 -0000

Thanks, Megan.

How did you find our site I'm curious.

Jeff

Re: Do You Use A Carrot Or A Stick On Landing Pages?

Megan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:59:59 -0000

Great article!

Re: Tumblr a Web 2.0 Site? I Think Not!

gronesy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:38:16 -0000

Hi Maria,

I was also very disappointed as you can tell.

What other types of sites have you used successfully?

Jeff

Re: Tumblr a Web 2.0 Site? I Think Not!

maria — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:41:34 -0000

It happened to me also. At first I thought Tumblr would be great but I swear I'll never use it again. It was a waste of time.

Re: Do You Write For Search Engines Or Humans?

gronesy — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:41:22 -0000

Hi Jake,

Good to hear from you again. Hope all is well.

I haven't had much luck getting the attention of anybody big on social
media. Sure, I get the occasional response but it's rare.

I think cracking the social media code for newbies and mid-level marketers
is still a tall order for them.

Jeff

Re: Do You Write For Search Engines Or Humans?

gronesy — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:41:20 -0000

Thanks for stopping by and weighing in on this.

That sounds like a great approach. Your readers always need to feel the
content is aimed at them and not a search engine.

Jeff

Re: Do You Write For Search Engines Or Humans?

gronesy — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:00:56 -0000

Hi Jake,

Good to hear from you again. Hope all is well.

I haven't had much luck getting the attention of anybody big on social media. Sure, I get the occasional response but it's rare.

I think cracking the social media code for newbies and mid-level marketers is still a tall order for them.

Jeff

Re: Do You Write For Search Engines Or Humans?

gronesy — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:59:55 -0000

Thanks for stopping by and weighing in on this.

That sounds like a great approach. Your readers always need to feel the content is aimed at them and not a search engine.

Jeff

Re: Do You Write For Search Engines Or Humans?

Jake — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:54:58 -0000

If you think about it, you kinda need it all! In my thinking.. if i'm an internet marketer and have been for a while, more than likely I've learned some of the ropes and I know where to find my answers, which blogs to visit etc...

So that means the other marketers out there are doing the same thing... I would "guess" that no where near as many "seasoned" marketers search for "how to make money online" etc etc.. They have certain blogs/sites that they visit to get new information and to interact.

So to capture a veteran marketers attention I think it's best to comment on the high traffic blogs, twitter etc etc. And if they use the link love widgets and those type things, people will comment because they realize they can get a link back to their site easily! Then when you get them to YOUR blog, you have the content/product waiting on them!

THEN you have the newbies... If you want to target them, then more than likely they will be searching for "how to make money online" etc etc, so if you are looking to capitalize on the "new folks" then that approach is a must in my opinion.

So using keywords for the newbies, and using social bookmarking, commenting, twitter and all those for more advanced marketers and even the newbies as well.

Re: Do You Write For Search Engines Or Humans?

Tao — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:01:16 -0000

I gather a set of keywords that I want to base my article around and also related concepts and then write the post, using those words and terms. But I try to make it sound more "personal" and speak TO the person reading rather than just filling the page with relevant content that Google loves.

Re: Tumblr a Web 2.0 Site? I Think Not!

gronesy — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:05:43 -0000

Hi Stefan,

I don't think Tumblr even knows what Tumblr avoids but it is a HUGE
list I'm sure.

I'm glad you stopped by to leave your experience but I'm really sorry
you didn't see my post before you tried Tumblr.

I know I'm not in the majority but my take on a lot of the social
media sites is they ARE great for engaging your audience if you have
the time. However, I still feel it's no coincidence that the people
who seem to have embraced them ALREADY have a large following. It
just gives them another point of contact with their established
audience.

I still do not believe that anybody builds a business using them.

Have you had any success with any of the other web 2.0 sites? I have
a sizeable StumbleUpon profile and I've met some great people but I
can't attribute one sale to it so far. I know the gurus all say
that's not the point but it would be if they were new to internet
marketing and blogging.

Jeff

Re: Tumblr a Web 2.0 Site? I Think Not!

Stefan — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:13:04 -0000

I just found your blog after googeling for tumblr suspended to find out wtf was going on with my blog. Now I see it clearly: They try to avoid any blog that could (!) be something like marketing. But like Angry Marketer said who the fuck needs such web2.0 pages if there's no use to build links or drive traffic. I only started a blog about poker, not even with a link to any poker site. Just some news about the industry and guess what. It took 2 hours to get suspended. I don't even bother and won't send them a single email. It's just ridicolous and they are dead for me. Obviously I'll write a blog post about that...

Cheers,
Stefan

Re: How NOT To Get Ripped Off On Ebay

gronesy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:09:34 -0000

LOL

Re: How NOT To Get Ripped Off On Ebay

gronesy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:05:44 -0000

Gemma,

I'm still looking around and may use the Sociable plugin but what I
really want is what you're talking about the big buttons you see on
the big name sites. I guess I could get the images from the sites I
want and make a button but I'll wait a little while to see if the
SocialMarker thing bombs completely or not.

Jeff

Re: How NOT To Get Ripped Off On Ebay

Gemma — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:01:34 -0000

http://www.addthis.com/help/customize/custom-bu...
I meant to 'add this' (groan) previously!

Re: How NOT To Get Ripped Off On Ebay

Gemma — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:53:11 -0000

Thanks Jeff,

Yes you can use any image for the AddThis button, which is very cool. So you could design your own.

I wanted one like the one on MichelFortin.com til I found out it was custom made. Not happy about stealing it! And I didn't have time to design one.

You're in my Bloglines anyway!

Gemma

Re: How NOT To Get Ripped Off On Ebay

gronesy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:36:49 -0000

Hi Gem,

The SocialMarket button allows visitors to click on the button and
submit the page to dozens of sites using SocialMarker. I used to use
ShareThis without success so I thought I'd try a clearinghouse type
button. The biggest problem I find with the SocialMarker thing is
people have to sign up with them first. It's a great service for
submitting pages in one place but if people don't belong(like
yourself)when they click I think they're more likely to just hit the
back button.

I like the AddThis button functionality. Is it possible to make the
button larger on your site?

Jeff

Re: How NOT To Get Ripped Off On Ebay

Gemma — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:08:01 -0000

Hello from a fellow Flex user!

I wanted to bookmark your site, but I think the Social bookmark button you have is meant for just you to use on your toolbar, not for your visitors (unless you know something I don't!). It does look like a good tool though.

If it's a social button you want for your visitors, I'd recommend AddThis.com which I have on my fledgling site www.All-The-Very-Best.com

Take care, Gem

Re: My Site’s Getting A New Look

gronesy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:44:42 -0000

Hi Jake,
Thanks. I know what you're talking about.

You don't have to set aside a huge amount of time to do it. It's very user
friendly.

Hope all is going well for you and thanks for stopping by.

Jeff

Re: My Site’s Getting A New Look

Jake — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:13:30 -0000

NICE! I definitely need to change my blogs theme... just too much going on at the moment but will definitely make that move as well!

Re: What Have I Been Up To?

gronesy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:14:27 -0000

Hi Mark,

Thanks for stopping by and adding your thoughts here.

By my math, that means you are going to mothball in the neighborhood of
50-100 sites? LOL!

I've still got some trimming to do but I'm going to be one lean, mean money
making machine!

2009 is going to be the best yet.

Jeff

Re: What Have I Been Up To?

gronesy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:11:21 -0000

Hi Jake,

I'm doing the same type of things you are. It's slow but it is paying off.
Stick with it!

In regards to sites making a little money...if you don't have enough passion
or interest to get it to make a LOT of money then SELL IT. Go to ebay or
Godaddy auctions and give the stats. You should at least make back what
you've paid for it. Plus, you never know what somebody is going to decide
they HAVE to have.

The reason I say this comes down to the one thing we don't get any more
of-time. That was a problem especially early for me. I would think I was
only spending a little time on stuff and all that little time added up to a
lot of time I wasn't spending on good stuff.

Thanks for stopping by here and your props on the SC site.

Jeff

Re: What Have I Been Up To?

Mark — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:45:20 -0000

Great post Jeff! Script Critics is a fun site for sure...

About me huh... ?

I have decided to slim down to a TOTAL of 10 sites. 10... I will be blogging about it before the end of the week. Its going to see the removal of quite a few from my grab bag!

Mark