February 3, 2012

757 Visitors on 1st Day of New Blog

I started FortheCountry.com as a site to have fun on during this election cycle. It is 2+ days old.
The first day it received 757 visits and 8007 hits. Great for a first day on a new blog. Now most of this is through marketing through Stumbleupon. So you see some value in using Stumble.

It at least makes things a bit exciting off the bat instead of waiting 2 – 3 months to get a steady flow of visitors.

What are some ways you like to use when launching a new blog/website? What seems to work the best? While Stumble traffic is exciting I know that most of it doesn’t stay. So it is fun for a few days, but then it is over.

Is this kind of traffic worth it to you?

Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean

This original, entertaining, and surprising book is a natural history of things we wish we didn’t say (but do), as well as a look at what happens in American culture (and others) when we do (and wish we didn’t). Covering… Price: 14.95

Unusual Ways to Market Your Greeting Cards and 22 Places to Get Your Designs Featured
Unusual Ways to Market Your Greeting Cards and 22 Places to Get Your Designs Featured

A 20 page booklet on how to get your cards noticed in non-traditional ways. Everything from why you should send cards to your dentist, to how to get special features in national publications. Great tips for designers who are starting… Price: 0.99

Mortgage Rates Near 5 Year High

Mortgage rates have steadily risen over the past year and are near their 5 year high. I have spoken to a local mortgage broker and it seems that people are having trouble getting approved for mortgages.

You must have excellent credit to get financed and even then it isn’t very easy at the present time. If you have mediocre credit this broker said you better have at least 5% down. He expects it to begin to turn around after the end of the year.

With the Fannie/Freddie troubles it may be sometime before we see a turn around in the mortgage industry. The Feds have also used everything in their toolbox so the recovery is going to be slow.

I am watching the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac issue closely (recently purchased stock when they were at their lows). I do feel they will make it and when they get on a little better footing the rates will come down.

Although with all this said now may be the best time to buy if can can get approved. The price correction has made this a a great time to buy and lock in these low home rates and then you can refinance later to catch the falling mortgage interest rates in the future.

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Home, School, and Community Relations
Home, School, and Community Relations

This is the most interesting, comprehensive, and practical educator resource available today for working with families. Designed for students in community colleges and four-year programs and teachers/administrators who work with children of all ages. HOME, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS… Price: 124.95

Blog Pagerank Building

Back a couple of week ago I brought up the idea of a Promo Group for Blogs. Many of you emailed me wanting to join. I have not forgotten any of you.

Here is the deal. I am working on a simple way to improve our pagerank deep within our sites. I am going to do a beta testing with 5 – 10 of you. First though I am doing my own testing (alpha). So far the results are good!

So this promo group is something you will definitely want in if you ever want to get great deep link on your blog. Which of course improves your pagerank dramatically!

Make Money:Increasing Your Web Traffic
Make Money:Increasing Your Web Traffic

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WordPress 3.0 jQuery
WordPress 3.0 jQuery

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How to get free content on your blog

I do NOT Agree with this idea.
How to Get Free Content for Your Blog – Spanish – French – English – Equals
How to get free content on your blog
My friend Jay wrote a very interesting article on unethical ways to generate content.
Basically the article talked about taking another blog article and then pasting it in Google Translater. Swittch it from English to another language and then on to another language and back to English. This changes the post enough to generate new content.

Now I am a person that strives for unique content and I do not endorse this idea (EDIT: Neither does my friend Jay) although it is very interesting.

So I took Jay’s content and translated it from English to Czech to Spanish and back to English. Now Jay recommends editing the post after the translations. Now I am not doing that and you will see come clear mistakes. I am pasting it just as it is. If you ever want to practice this unethical means of content scraping then you should edit it to make sense.

Here is the translated post: [Read more...]

How To Make Money Blogging- Monetize and get massive traffic and sell products or services with your wordpress blog.
How To Make Money Blogging- Monetize and get massive traffic and sell products or services with your wordpress blog.

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Quiet Moments: Story featured on A&E's Cold Case Files as
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