On an On…

October 18, 2009 at 4:41 pm · Filed under Entrepreneurial Spirit

Finding the independent success I’ve sought has been an experience of one rabbit hole after another – always learning, always seeking, yet lacking the focus or the finances to see something through all the way to the very end.  I believe things will be different now.  I realize the support I need to succeed and somehow I’ve managed to make that happen. My son is older, and I am saying ‘no’ to more things…

My Lemuriangirl.com blog has become the expression / journal of my personality, and so the updates on our continuing quests for freedom live there…check ‘em out if so inclined. http://www.lemuriangirl.com/?p=51

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Google Adwords & Google Analytics Experiment

August 27, 2009 at 8:05 am · Filed under 381114 ·Tagged , , ,

I pull the ‘True Adwords Query Report’(TAQR) from Google Analytics (that’s a lesson on it’s own – if you are interested do a Google search for the aforementioned report) so I can get good ideas for negative keywords as well as keyword expansion in my campaign.

I’ve got the data in an excel sheet – but my question is, for the keywords in the TAQR – should I eliminate the ‘+’ sign from the report that GA produces?

I’d like to know, how is the visitor actually typing in the keyword, are they actually typing a plus sign in between every word? I seriously doubt it, but just to be sure, I will be watching my campaign and bidding on both to see how the traffic and conversions are.

Stay tuned…or if you have some helpful knowledge, feel free to share.

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Track Your Business.com & Other Online Ads in Google Analytics

November 7, 2008 at 12:40 am · Filed under Pay Per Click Marketing, Pay-Per-Click (aka PPC), Search Marketing ·Tagged , , ,

Hello hello,

First of all, Hallelujah that OBAMA is our next President.  Thank you Jesus and Praise the Lord :)

I’ve been involved in a big project at work.  Not only did it take me a month to figure out a.) that I needed to track my Business.com ads and b.) how to actually do it, it’s also taken me about 1 week to set it all up properly.

If you are needing to reach the B2B market, you owe it to yourself to check out http://www.business.com/info/advertisewithus.asp .  That is NOT an affiliate link, btw.  If you are interested in getting started with Business.com, shoot me an email and I will send you an invite from my account that will give you $50 in free clicks to get started.

Here are the tricks I learned along the way:

  1. Call the Advertising Center Customer Support and ask for help in getting your Account set up and running properly.
  2. Let them help you by uploading their “proposed” listings, which should include the topics, keywords and ads for your products.
  3. Do NOT activate your your “Proposals” until AFTER you have properly set up Google Analytics tracking.
  4. Make sure you have your Google Analytics account set up properly.
  5. Make sure your web pages have both the proper Google Analytics code and the Business.com code installed on them (you probably need to talk to your webmaster about doing this).
  6. Open 2 tabs in your Firefox browser window.  In tab #1 login to your new Business.com account.  In tab # 2, go to this web address: http://www.webstreamdynamics.com/tracking-url-creator.asp
  7. Click on your Listings tab and then click the first listing name that you are planning to run in your account.  A new screen will open that displays your ad and your keywords.
  8. What you need to do is click on the light blue square button that says “Edit Keywords”
  9. Copy the keywords in the field that appears and click over to tab # 2.  Paste the keywords into the keywords box (you’ll have to delete the “[** **]” that appears after your keywords by hand) and fill out the rest of the fields and click submit.
  10. The tool will then generate the tracking URLs for you with a pale yellow background.  Copy that info and click back over the tab #1 and paste this new info into the field where you copied the keywords from.  You should be replacing the keywords in this field with the new tracking info generated by WebStream Dynamics PPC Tool.
  11. You should also replace the Default URL at the top with a trackable URL…this is optional and you’ll have to cut and paste one of the URLs from below into this field – I took out the utm_term info since it’s a broad match in Business.com
  12. Save Changes and move on to the next Listing – wash, rinse, repeat – do it over again until all your Listings are set up with tracking URLs.
  13. Then you send your campaign live and check the performance and make adjustments as necessary!

Have fun and make lots of $$ :)

Does anybody have the slightest clue what I am talking about?  Please let me know! I’d be stoked to talk to another Internet marketing geek :)

If you want to do this, but don’t have a clue how, you could always talk to me about alternative ways to get this set up for yourself or your company.

Bless, Peace.

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Make money online in 15 minutes?! Sh’yeah Right!

October 10, 2008 at 8:30 am · Filed under Blog Class - Make Money Online, SEO Extraordinaire ·Tagged , , ,

Probably not.  Realistically.  You do want the truth, right?

There are more claims out there than I can count, but I don’t think there has ever been a time when someone could site down and show you step-by step blueprints on how to make real money on the internet. And even if they could show you how to, I don’t think anyone in their right frame of mind would show you a way to do it WITHOUT spending a single penny on advertising.  Or would they?

For sure, we both know the Internet is huge.  Millions come online to have a crack at making an online income. The majority (99.9%) do not have a clue where to begin.  Can you relate?  I’ve tried so many techniques “exposed” by well known internet marketing gurus, but never have I made the really serious money.  Finally, a change today!

Enter Google Snatch (great name isn’t it?).  Well the thing is, the owner of Google Snatch is NOT a guru.  He’s a simple down to earth guy who just knows what to do to make money online! Best of all, the techniques he teaches will allow you to dominate not only a niche market but also markets that have thousands of competitors owned and run by large corporations.  Wheee! That should be fun :)

Latif implements his own methods and quite frankly hammers the competition. No Google Adwords to cheat, as each click costs an expensive $100.

A lot of people are afraid to compete in big markets because it’s true – people (companies) who have more money CAN demolish competitors.  But what Latif shares with you is that BIG companies have more money than sense (this is true – I work at one for my “day job” right now and believe me it’s true).

You will learn there is no need to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars to make a buck (and then some) online.  With the right formula, (The FREE Click Formula) why should you waste money on paid clicks?

There is an inherent problem with paid advertising, whether it be on Google, Yahoo or MSN.  Sure, you can get high placements immediately, but who is clicking on your ads?

What I mean is, who is accumulating a large bill at the end of the month for you? Your competitors? Happy clickers? Or actual ‘real’ customers? (We call this “click fraud” in the industry).

The work involved is just as much as setting up a Google Adwords campaign. Since the Google Slap came to the scene, it was made clear that for each keyword you bid on it requires a unique page, as a must, to achieve good popularity ranking.

So the idea is simple, yet thousands think, actually MILLIONS think, Adwords is quicker.  This is crazy talk.  It takes 15 minutes for the world to see your listing! But in order to get to those 15 minutes, it takes the same time to find the keywords, create the landing page and to get the campaign on its feet. Overall you could say it takes maybe 60 – 90 minutes, maybe more.

Once this is setup, people will actually start seeing your ads AFTER 90 minutes as the work needs to be done beforehand.

Alternatively, the Google Snatch method!

It will only take 60 minutes for the world to see your ad, PLUS you don’t pay a single cent on a click. Yet to that matter never will you ever again pay for a click once you discovered these techniques. So this you could say is the REAL get your Google ads for free!

The Google Snatch course could be priced at $997 and be worth every penny, but at present it’s next to NOTHING! Go over to the website now before everybody gets their hands on this book.  You have a whole-hearted recommendation from yours truly.  I read the book cover to cover and it is all it says it is and more.  It successfully fits an entire SEO education within it’s short 138 pages.

http://googlesnatch.smarteasyonlinemarketing.com

Never pay for Google ads ever again and let the world see your site within 60 minutes!

Are you smiling? You should be, because you are on the good red road right now.

Aloha – Yours Truly,

~Z

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Sign up for Twitter.com

September 19, 2008 at 6:05 am · Filed under Blog Class - Make Money Online ·Tagged , , ,

Next filler lesson for the blog making money online class

  1. Go to www.twitter.com
  2. Sign up for an account there.  Use your firstname_lastname if you want to promote yourself, or choose a “pen name” or “alias” you plan to stick with in your online career.
  3. Upload your picture.  You may have to optimize the photo or make it fit the right dimensions.  Email me your pic and ask me to do it for you if you have trouble with this part but you NEED a photo uploaded to your account.
  4. Find and Follow:  “skysurfergirl” (that’s me b4 I knew it was better to use my name)
  5. Once you are following me, I will follow you and we will be connected.
  6. I will then show you how to connect your twitter space to your blog.  As long as you twitter often (which is a lot easier than blogging – it’s called “micro-blogging”) then you can keep your blog active more easily.  As you know the search engines like active blogs and fresh content.
  7. I will also show you some easy ways to start having some great conversations online that will build up your foundation and your network.

Talk to you soon!  xoxo Zhenya

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the fairy tale all women should have heard

September 13, 2008 at 5:30 am · Filed under Just Laugh - It's Healthy! ·Tagged , , , ,

More chuckles for the ladies.  I’d heard this one before but I read it any way and it had a great affect on me as I got the big bellylaugh!  Take a minute and read so you can have a good laugh too :)

the fairly tale all women should have heard

the fairly tale all women should have heard

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She Did It!!! Another Blog Student Launches…

September 12, 2008 at 4:53 pm · Filed under Blog Class - Make Money Online

My good friend Kristen has launched her blog from Mexico.  I am excited that she made the decision to get started and share some of the beautiful travel experiences she is having.

Please check out her blog and show Kristen some love (i.e. make some comments) to her blog.

http://omdeebha.wordpress.com/

The rest of you, even though I haven’t taught anything new yet, just keep on posting articles to your blog.  This is like money in the bank, as you shall see.  The more content you have on your blog and the more frequently you keep it updated, the more rich of a resource your blog, and Google will love you for it.  Once I am ready to share what to do next, your blog will already have the attention and indexing that is needed to make an impact on your online marketing efforts.

Kristen, I’ve added you to my blogroll as well, and I encourage all other blog class members to please add Kristen’s link to their blogroll as well so we can get her noticed in the search engines.  This will benefit us all!

Joy~ Peace ~ Namaste

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25+ Essential Articles For Every WordPress Beginner

September 8, 2008 at 6:32 am · Filed under Blog Class - Make Money Online, Blogging Wisdom ·Tagged , , ,

Came across this blog tonight and thought I’d send your way for those overacheivers amongst you are that are hungry and ready for more.

http://elitebydesign.com/beginner-wordpress-help-guide/

Have lots of fun, but if it starts to look like TMI (too much information) promise me you will stop, close the page and go out side and put your bare feet on the earth and look up at the sky!

xoxo

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Letter of Encouragement…

September 2, 2008 at 11:00 pm · Filed under Blog Class - Make Money Online, Blogging Wisdom ·Tagged , , , ,

Aloha dear readers,

A dear friend of mine was feeling a bit lost in getting started with her internet business.  The first thing I want to say is that having a blog should be a joyous experience.  If it is not, move on.  You really need to find your bliss and your joy in your work and in your life.  This is a lesson I have learned from experience.

…I received your latest posting on your internet marketing site. I feel stumped with my self-discovery and what I can offer the public through the cyber world. Other than support and consultations on gardening and yoga, what else can I offer. I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around how to make a business over the internet. ANyway, if you have any suggestions please offer…****

I looked back and I realized that not all of you set up your wordpress blogs. I think my friend’s concern above is very real for many of you. Just getting started seems impossible. Then there are some of you that dropped off because I kind of dropped the ball too. We are really close to the lesson about putting Adsense on your blog so you can start getting a check every month from Google. You won’t have anywhere to put the ad code if you don’t have your blog set up though. So you’ve got to do that and keep posting content. I assure you, there is exciting info coming your way. If you choose to write about something you have passion about then it doesn’t seem like work and it doesn’t seem daunting. What do you love? What do you do in your life? Are you travelling? Learning a new language? Or simply keeping it simple and holding down a schedule for you and your family? It’s all relevant to one of the 1 or so billion people on the internet. And you’ll get better with practice. Here’s my reply to my friend:

Anywayz, I wanted to encourage you to go to www.wordpress.com next time you are checking your email (like right now) and sign up for a blog. Name the blog either after yourself, or if you were a brand, what would you want to brand to be called? Don’t resist the marketing spin on this, self-promotion in this day and age is all about finding your own voice, your own passion, and sharing it with others. No shame.

For example, I have http://zhenya.wordpress.com … but I also have ecosurfchick.wordpress.com along with others. Just register something that resonates with you now (you can even check out what others have named their blogs). That is all you have to do for now. Just do that and send me your link once you have. The next lesson coming up is how to post to your blog once you’ve created it.

You can keep a written journal about your travels and transfer what you wish from those journal entries to the internet. Talk about your yoga practice, your spanish studies, your travels. Name towns, restaurants, hotels. Wax poetry and philosophy. Got it?

Go forth and share your passion and look out for my next video coming soon on how to post to your new blog!

xoxo

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Let’s Become Millionaires Together, OK?!

August 27, 2008 at 9:18 pm · Filed under Blog Class - Make Money Online, Blogging Wisdom, Search Marketing ·Tagged , ,

Hi everyone,

The Stompernet Live 6 event in Atlanta was amazing. I am so inspired. I am filled with the juice of action – I am willing and able to do what it takes to fly, and I want you all to fly with me. Because on the internet that is how it works – we help one another and it in turn helps ourself. It’s all about the CyberCommunity.

Just to keep you in the loop, here’s a chat transcript between myself and my coworker today…she wanted to know what I learned and how she can apply some of the stuff too.
Session Start (zhenyanhr:Alana 3722): Wed Aug 27 13:25:16 2008
[13:25] Alana 3722: when do you have time to talk story about your trip
[13:25] zhenyanhr: sigh…
[13:25] zhenyanhr: I wish sooner but I have to get several things off my desk…probably won’t be until next week
[13:25] zhenyanhr: but I do want to tell you about the twitter thing
[13:26] zhenyanhr: and the root idea here
[13:26] zhenyanhr: is that you need to develop your personality and your brand
[13:26] zhenyanhr: even when you are working for someone else
[13:26] zhenyanhr: so get concise about your passions in life
[13:26] zhenyanhr: and start to develop yourself online as an expert in that field
[13:26] zhenyanhr: keep the blogging thing up as I said
[13:27] zhenyanhr: and you can link twitter to your blog and have it update both places at once
[13:27] zhenyanhr: and you can also update twitter from your phone
[13:27] zhenyanhr: there is A LOT of info
[13:27] zhenyanhr: so I’ll give you a little at atime
[13:27] zhenyanhr: so you don’t get overwhelmed
[13:27] Alana 3722: =)
[13:27] zhenyanhr: did you link up twitter to your phone yet?
[13:27] Alana 3722: i didnt
[13:27] zhenyanhr: as you can see I am a spout of info ready to go off at any moment
[13:27] zhenyanhr: do that
[13:27] zhenyanhr: i have reasons for telling you these things you know!
[13:28] Alana 3722: does it charge as a text?
[13:28] Alana 3722: i know, im excited to hear about it
[13:28] Alana 3722: ill set it up
[14:03] zhenyanhr: yep you do get charged normal text rates – do you have a plan?
[14:03] zhenyanhr: I get 250 txts a month for $5.00
[14:03] zhenyanhr: that’s old so you can prob get an even better deal now
[14:03] zhenyanhr: worth it
[14:03] zhenyanhr: don’t worry though we aren’t going to utilize it until we need to

You heard me! Start writing on your blog every day. I don’t care what you write about. Write about how you love the blue sky. Write about the shoes you want to buy. Write about your headache, or if you actually have an article, post that. It doesn’t matter. Just keep your blog alive.

And sign up for a Twitter.com account and hook it up to your cell phone. And look for “skysurfergirl” and follow me and I will follwo you, OK? That’s a blog class lesson. Just do it!

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