I had an interesting, almost-useful experience in “networking” back when the Internet was very young and when networking had little or nothing to do with computers and more to do with making social contacts. (Sort of like the “social marketing” phase the Internet is going through right now.)
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Okay, obviously that was just to get your attention. I’m sure “real” writers and writers of all sorts do indeed drink espresso. (Some of them — not ME! — probably even got beautiful espresso machines for Christmas. I was lobbying for one of those single-cup regular brew coffeemakers, myself, but it never happened.)
As I roam the halls of the wonderful world of affiliate marketing, I come upon ideas I clearly do not understand — so this is a question for those of you out there who have been doing the work longer than I: Do you have any affiliate sites that offer incentives? If so, how do your merchant partners feel about that?
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Speaking of affiliate marketing (as I did in an earlier post this evening), I know several people who read this do affiliate marketing, and I’d be curious about what sorts of products/services you like to work with?
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You’ll notice — I hope — that there is a newer, “cleaner” looking sign up form at the top of our right-hand sidebar. If you submit your name and email address through that form, you’ll receive a confirmation email. That’s for YOUR protection and for mine: It verifies that you really did intend to submit your email address to receive email and regular newsletters from me.
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I’ve discovered that it is VERY important to understand this about affiliate marketing — you are NOT a merchant, and customers from your site often do not understand that you are not a merchant.
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Go ahead and goof off a little for the holidays, I say. That’s my best advice for you as a writer/blogger/affiliate marketer/whatever this time of the year.
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and my apologies for any other winter/seasonal holidays I’ve forgotten or simply don’t know about — all this tells us it’s time to celebrate. Unless you have some serious deadlines you MUST meet, or unless you’re just so compulsive you cannot be happy without working, I encourage you to put down the pen, shut the computer, break the points off all your pencils, do whatever it takes to get you to take some time off for the holidays.
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Open question to all of you bloggers who are reading this: Do you use WordPress? If not, what blogging/website building software DO you use?
If you’ve been blogging or building any sort of websites, Internet presence, etc., you at least must have heard about WordPress blogging software. I cannot remember when I first started blogging, but I do remember that I’ve always used WordPress software. (I’m not talking about one of the free blogging accounts you can find at WordPress.com. I’m talking about the free software you can download from WordPress.org and install for yourself.)
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I am delaying the launch of that Squidoo lens business for another week. Due to some illness, too much other work, and just plain “other stuff,” I haven’t gotten the lenses written and ready for my initial offerings yet. (I’m writing about that post last week concerning my Squidoo lens sales plans.)
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Do you write any crime fiction? Police procedurals or courtroom fiction? If so, you realize the importance — and the fun, really — that you can have including eyewitness testimony.
I say fun because the beauty of creating eyewitness testimony lies in the variety of “truths” or “facts” you can generate in a scene or plot simply by showing an event from differing (even contradictory) viewpoints.
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On most days, I get two or three people or more who register when they visit this blog. Each time someone registers, I get an email notifying me of the registration, their selected usernames and their email addresses.
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I was browsing around our local sporting goods store for some new Nikon rifle scopes for holiday gifts for all my friends …
Okay, that’s not really true. I rarely get to our local sporting goods store (even though it’s the “flagship” store for Bass Pro) and when I do, it’s usually to buy a good winter jacket or a new pair of walking shoes. (Although I have a son and a son-in-law who might be interested in a rifle scope.) But my wife and I really are still working to come up with some good Christmas presents for some family members and a couple of friends.
Almost too late for this year’s holiday season, I finally finished a Squidoo lens titled “Give a green gift for the holidays.” It’s holiday oriented, but the information and links in the lens are good for any gift giving occasion.
Read more on Just published a new Squidoo lens — ‘green’ gift giving…
This is purely my opinion, based only on what I “feel” and my personal experience: My big “tip” for Internet writing is to write your content for PEOPLE, not for search engines.
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All right. I’m ready to make a sort of “preliminary” public announcement here: I’m writing my fingers down to little stubs this week and hope by next week to offer some Squidoo lenses for sale.
Read more on Starting a new business through Squidoo — wanna buy a lens?…
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