http://danemorgan.com/archive Dane Morgan\'s Blogging and Marketing Blog Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:49:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en God, I've neglected this blog since mid April. I'm going to be changing the focus to a more personal one, and moving my blog blogging to Blog Strokes And moving my Niche Marketing Blogging to another blog tBA at a latter time. So I've left this blog to fallow for ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/apparently-clickbank-only-bans-things-that-work/94 What is your top internet marketing question? Man there are so many things to think about, so much to do, so many directions to go in... Can you do me a favor? I am trying to decide what information to send you next, but there are so many things to decide from. So ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/what-keeps-you-up-at-night-or-at-least-for-a-couple-hours/93 Drop everything right now and go to FreeIQ. This is the Bum Marketer's whiskey dream! I will be releasing an ebook about this site very shortly, targeted specifically at Bum Marketers and how we can use it to make more Bum Cash than we ever dreamed of. You can upload free reports, ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/bum-marketers-this-is-your-critical-alert/92 This report takes you through the steps of installing a WordPress Blog. I wrote this guide, complete with many many screen shots in response to a large number of people in a couple of forums I frequent expressing frustration at having a great deal of difficulty in installing WordPress. You can ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/absolute-beginners-guide-to-installing-a-wordpress-blog/91 Hey there, just a quick note to let you know I've set up a Niche Marketing Community on BUMPzee. If you blog discusses niche marketing in any facet, I'd love to have you join. If you are not a member of BUMPzee, and for whatever reason don't want to be ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/niche-marketing-bumpzee/89 Hey good to see you again. ;) I'm running through here and wanted to real quickly let you know about a new site my friend Noah Fleming just started. It's BumMarketers.com and it promises to be the most advanced collection of techniques and methods you'll find anywhere on the net for ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/sssssssshhhhh-its-a-secret/88 Darren Rowse at problogger posed the question, "Why do you unsubscribe from blog feeds". He got a lot of responses as is usual, and grouped them all into "34 Reasons Why People Unsubscribe From Your blog". Not surprisingly, frequency and quality of posting dominate the top of the list, but presentation ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/34-triggers-that-lose-you-readers-but-what-about-the-other-question/87 Jim Kukral (who just got added to my Feed Reader) posted 5 Reasons Why BumpZee Will Be The Next Digg, But Even Bigger. His reasons, in a quick list are BumpZee is more than “bumping”, Digg is not. BumpZee is new, so it’s not gamed, Digg is. BumpZee is professional, Digg is not. BumpZee solves ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/5-reasons-plus-two-why-bumpzee-is-better-than-digg-et-all/86 Web 2.o. The new social web. It's all about what other people think. Who ranked this, who dugged (thanks to Fire Fox I know that isn't a word, but in the spirit of this post, I don't really care much) that, how many winked the other. Lots of ups and ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/tumbling-tumblelogs-why-its-about-time-for-this/85 Yep, that's right my web browser is making me look smarter these days. And not just now and then either. It does it every day. First off I guess I'll tell you which browser it is. It's Fire Fox. Specifically version 2. I just recently upgraded to version 2, and while some ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/how-a-web-browser-makes-me-look-smarter-than-i-really-am/84 Are you struggling to make money on line? Have you tried everything? Bought this PLR package and that list building super DVD plus training course? Are you on scads and scads of lists? Do you rush over to check out the latest cool firesale as soon as you get an ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/there-are-only-four-things-you-should-spend-money-on/72 The Ultimate Widget from Burning Bird, has Every Thing! http://danemorgan.com/archive/while-were-talking-about-widgets/83 BUMPzee and MyBlogLog are definitely way out in front on my list of great Social networking sites. There are actually several reasons for this in each case, not the least of which are that they target areas in which I have a strong interest. The strongest reason to recomend them to ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/heres-why-bumpzee-and-mybloglog-are-my-top-choice-for-social-networks/81 In Little LinkALot, Andy Beard posted a paragraph toward the end of the post explaining that he had decided to turn on email notification of comments to posts on his blog. This reverses a long standing position ha has had (that i agree with) that it would be a bad idea ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/do-you-email-comments-to-your-readers-and-odd-reader-registrations/80 Scott Jangro who, incidentaly, created and runs BumpZee ( see My BumpZee Profile ) is a long time supporter of the DoFollow Way of Life. He offers an alternative method of defeating the Barbarian Hordes and allowing for a healthy trackback and comment conversation on your wordpress blog. I think ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/another-approach-to-securing-your-blog-and-staying-friendly/79 Pink. More Pink. And Still More Pink. Everywhere i go I see all of this pink. It's not the pretty shade of pink that makes me smile when my daughter insists on wearing it. It's a harsh, insistant pink that screams the anguished cry of helplessness. It is the pink of ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/follow-me-and-stop-caving-in-to-the-barbarians/78 MyBlogLog is really a pretty useful and neat tool for a lot of bloggers. First off it provides limited site visitor stats to bloggers who can not place their own stat tracking software on their blogs, or those who don't want to deal with the process of installing their own ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/is-mybloglog-a-parasite/77 Well, I've done it. I finally overhauled this blog to be able to run Ultimate Tag Warrior. Now I can have both Tags and Categories. I've still got some clean up to do. I'll be going through each post and re categorizing them. There will be a half dozen or ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/the-nightmares-are-in-the-little-details/76 As you are no doubt aware the Oveture Inventory Tool is dead. It's been dead for a little while now. Will it come back? Who really knows? Not I. Yahoo is maintaining the link on the search marketing resource center page, but the inventory subdomain at overture does not resolve, ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/do-you-miss-the-overture-inventory-tool-this-is-better/75 I've read some disparaging and dismissing things about Bum Marketing here and there and this post is in response to those things. As with nearly anything else available, there are ups, downs and sidewayses to any thing. There are also people who slide in get comfortable and make something of it ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/a-bum-rap-for-bum-marketing/74 You've heard it again and again. "Find a Hot Niche Market and Dominate It". Probably the only maxim that gets put out there more is "the money is in the list"That's all well and good, but what I'm comming to understand is that people just don't know where to start ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/thats-great-but-where-do-you-actually-find-hot-niche-markets-to-dominate/71 I've just completed my newest website, and I've told a couple of people here and there about it, but I want to announce it here to my blog subscribers before I start really putting it out there. Honestly there's no hype here about you have to get in quick. No counting ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/discover-the-new-way-to-get-your-plr-content-for-free/69 Do you read Andy Beard's Blog? I've "known" Andy for quite a while now. We aren't what you'd call friends, but we are definately aquaintances. I first encountered Andy on the How To Forum. Additionally we've exchanged a handful of emails and talked in a couple closed customer only forums ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/reading-andys-blog-a-study-in-linking-concepts/68 First it was "blog and ping", then it was "tag and ping" and the thing of it is that for all the hype and smoke and mirrors during each brief burst of must have products and ebooks on both topics, it's just a short time later and no one is ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/whats-in-a-ping-and-what-the-ping-is-it-all-about/67 That's right HyperFREE, as in free of some other blokes affiliate links embeded in your hard work and original content! By now every one knows that the price of using the free version of HyperVRE is that some bloke who bought the distribution version has their grubby little links all ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/forget-hypervre-get-hyper-free/65 First the personal note. My son, Devan Levi Morgan was born on the 6th of July (his big sister K'tala Dawn Morgan's 2nd birthday). I've been kinda preoccupied with that and have not done much of anything online since short of a couple posts at How To Forums, some participation ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/some-cool-free-blogger-tools-and-a-personal-note/64 I've got a special treat for you today. I've just finished a pdf report on writing your own viral ebook in just one week. That's right, in seven little days, you can have a nice viral report to distribute that will make you and your Mom proud, satisfy your readers, ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/write-your-own-viral-ebook-in-one-week-flat/63 Recently I posted a business idea that i gave away, but only to subscribers to danemorgan.com (you can subscribe here). This was originally prompted by a post on Noah Flemings blog. Noah is a great guy, and really strives to excel and over deliver in every thing he does. Anyhow the ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/a-new-business-idea-give-away/62 Found this on http://digg.com. If you have followed the net neutrality issue at all, this article bears reading. Even if you are a big supporter of the idea of the net Nutrality legislation, you should read this couterpoint. It is the first example of a con examination of the concept ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/net-neutrality-andrew-cantor-isnt-buying-it/60 Okay, I've made mention of it before, and some of you know that I am a member of Noah Fleming's private site Rich Jerks. This isn't an ad, as far as I know Noah doesn't even have an affiliate program for the membership site. You can check the main page, ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/why-letting-a-good-idea-fly-free-is-good-for-you/59 Okay, sometimes you have to take a break and do a little laughing, but if you could do a little learning at the same time, that wouldn't be so bad would it? I just read a great blog. I'd like to invite you all to visit Tada! eZine. dropuout mixes some ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/advisory-this-internet-marketing-blog-may-be-inappropriate-for-some-audienses/58 One of the great ancillary benefits to publiching a BlogCast from your blog is the fact that you can then submit your blog to all kinds of directories that you couldn't submit to before - PodCast Directories. These Directories will send you targeted traffic through your podcast feed, that you might ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/how-to-gain-even-more-traffic-by-adding-a-blogcast-to-your-blog/57 This is the first official blogcast from the blog and the purpose today is to let you know about my brand new ebook. It's called the quick profit guide to blogcasting. Blogcasting isn't new, but it's still relatively unknown. most of us are familiar with what a blog is and most ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/quick-profit-guide-to-blogcasting/55 This post is using a new plugin called Hide This. You can get a copy from edwards.org. What it does is let your wrap content within your post in two special tags; <!--hidethis--> and <!--/hidethis-->. Then everything between those tags will be removed from your post before it is displayed ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/how-to-control-access-to-your-blog-content-in-the-blink-of-an-eye/54 60 Second Ideas Blog is a great read. I stumbled across this little gem this evening while surfing technorati and read every post on the front page, and there are a bunch of posts on the front page of 60seconds. Each post is a short introduction to a cool new business ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/60-seconds-to-a-smoking-hot-new-profitable-business-idea/53 If you have any real interest in internet marketing you have to have heard of viral marketing. Viral marketing describes any strategy that actively encourages people to pass on your marketing message to other people. This activity creates the awesome potential for exponential growth in exposure and influence. Like viruses, ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/6-essential-keys-to-kicking-off-your-viral-marketing-campaign-the-right-way/51 If you shop on line with any frequency, and especially if you buy eBooks on line, you are no doubt familiar with the overwhelming array of free gifts, free bonuses and just plain freebies that marketers offer to their visitors hoping to encourage them to hit that "Buy Now" button. ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/3-simple-steps-to-explode-the-value-of-your-free-ebook-with/50 Affiliate marketing has many descriptions, yet all have the same meaning. Affiliate marketing is a huge business piece on the Internet. It is a cooperative effort between merchants and an affiliate’s website. For many years now, affiliate marketing has proved to be a cost-efficient, measurable method of delivering long-tern results. ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/what-is-affiliate-marketing-and-is-affiliate-marketing-suited-for-you/49 Wel, phase one is almost complete and not very hidable, so I may as well lay my cards on the table. I've totally redone the theme. I removed the stationary header and footer that required all sorts of ugly code hacks to make them work in MS IE and caused some ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/danemorgancom-new-and-improved-come-see-whats-in-store/48  This is to test the podpress plugin http://danemorgan.com/archive/podpress-test/46 This is a post to test the audio player plugin. [audio:newfile4.mp3] http://danemorgan.com/archive/audio-player-test/45 Free Branded PDF eBooks: Now this is a cool, creative site. What they have done is built a data base of tens and hundreds of thousands of articles and adapted them to a truely unique site concept. You can sign up for a free account with them and promote your referal ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/get-your-own-instant-free-branded-ebook-directory/43 Adsense Unleashed is a new site that offers one free adsense website per month. There are options to upgrade for more sites, but one is free. Now what you can do is join this site and then each month take the articles they release with their adsense sites and use them ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/get-a-free-adsense-content-website-every-month/42 Dr. Mani has just released a new eBook about using Keyword rich Niche Content Articles to drive profits from your website. I'd Like to offer you a free copy of this ebook. You can get Content Profit Secrets Here completely free. In this eBook, Dr. Mani covers these subjects: Identifying Your niche. Researching the ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/do-you-know-these-secrets-to-profiting-from-niche-content/41 I've been playing with some new software this weekend and in a word. Wow. The Blog Solution Is an entirely scaleable multiblog generator. It is equally suitable for building and tending a few hand crafted, lovingly nurtured pure blogs or for launching a full out keyword based blog assault. For building blogs there ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/the-blog-solution-weapon-of-mass-blogging/40 Not sure what made me think of this. I've had a few people ask me what I use alerts for when I've mentioned them, so I'm going to share some of my alerts from time to time. Let me know what you think? :: 14 Internet Marketing Tips To Promote Your ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/internet-marketing-google-alert-1/39 I've been using http://topix.net for quite a while now to locate quality feeds for various aggregation projects. I'm in the middle of testing some brand new software -- which I'll be reviewing here in a couple of days -- and I visited http://topix.net to look for some feeds for the ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/find-a-killer-topic-for-your-next-special-report-ebook-or-blog-post/38 NYTimes.com Reports on the plans by Yahoo! and AOL to introduce a Certified eMail program through GoodMail. The eMail Stamps will cost eMail Marketers between 1/4 and 1 cent US per eMail delivered, with smaller companies with less operating cash will bear the brunt of the higher fees and the ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/will-you-be-able-to-get-your-email-into-you-subscribers-inbox/37 First You'll want to get Cat2Tag 2.0. This WordPress Plugin allows you to treat categories like tags. It places a text entry box under the post edit field. You just type your categories in in a comma seperated list and viola, they are added as new categories. It also ads an Ajax ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/how-to-implement-dead-simple-tagging-with-wordpress-20/32 Although affiliate marketing is touted as one of the easiest and most effective ways to earn money online, it is not as easy as it sounds. Even more so because so often affiliate marketers treat their home business with little respect and no planning at all. What does it take to ... http://danemorgan.com/archive/three-necessary-affiliate-marketing-tools-for-the-successful-high-rolling-affiliate-marketer/29