This is just a quick post about my first Squidoo page. Although I actually started a lens almost two years ago, it wasn’t until I actually had the need to bring it to the final stage of publishing that I finally completed it. I’ve explained the reason for doing that in my Necessity The Mother Of Invention And How It Relates To Blogs where it explains how people find a way to do things when there is a specific need for getting it done. In my case the need was to help promote and market a new venture I was getting into.
I would dare to say that most of you may be familiar with Squidoo, but for those of you who aren’t all that familiar with it I would highly recommend that you check it out. If you take my lens, that’s what they call them, as an example you will see how I’ve used it to promote several of the posts on my blogs. This gives those posts extra link juice, as Squidoo is highly respected by the major search engines, as well as the good possibility of sending targeted traffic to those posts. We all know how important targeted traffic can be.
So, if you haven’t seen my lens yet why not go on over and have a look, if for no other reason than to see how handsome I am
So, go on over there, and if your feeling generous you can rate and fav it for me and I will do the same for one of your lenses. Just leave a link to your lens in the comment.
Those of you who are my regular readers would realize that although I post a lot of what is wrong with the world I also like to mix things up a bit by adding news articles, jokes and anything else that comes to mind that I find interesting.
As you all know there are a lot of Internet scams out there and I post about it here every time I come across one. Having said that I’ve also discovered that there are a lot of legitimate ways to make money on the net, and I post about a lot of those on WassupBlog.
My latest post over there, about the potential to make money on the search for people phenomena is all about one such system which I think could be a real winner. Did you know that 30% of Google searches are people search related? There’s lot’s of reason that people resort to Google, it could be anything from finding a long lost friend to that asshole that skipped town without paying what he owed you.
Is it a scam? I don’t think so, partly because Tissa Godavitarne, the guy that started it all goes so far as to paste his IRS Form 1099, required by law to report income, on the Net as well as giving contact details. As you know most scam artists publish false details so that they can not be traced.
They have a forum that very busy, and they are all out to help each other, paying it forward, and you may find that this complete Beginners Guide may provide some useful information as to how it works and how dedicated they are.
Anyway, I’m giving it a whirl and although there is a free option I’ve decided to go for the paid version, only 10 bucks per month which is basically a hosting package via Global Domains so that I could have my own domain, thereby giving me added advantages for promotion, such as choosing the right keywords. I urge you to take a look at my people search engine Sires People Search, so that you can see exactly what I am talking about. Don’t worry the landing page is completely harmless and I won’t make a dime from you having a look.
Like I said, I’ve only just started promoting this, and I wouldn’t even be promoting it if I thought it was suss, but if I find that it’s not completely legit you can be assured that I will be posting about it.
Whenever a Labor MP comes across a group of people who are irate about the way labor is governing South Australia they always like to blame it on the Liberals as being some sort of Liberal political stunt. Whether it’s because of the St. Clair land swap deal or the selling of the Chelsea Cinema, both local council problems, for some reason according to Labor, the Liberals are involved.
Only last week the Attorney-General Michael Atkinson tried to introduce a law that was almost draconian in nature, something that you would expect from a communist state and not from a democratic country such as Australia. Atkinson tried to introduce censorship laws that would force people to use their real name, along with their post code, when they were commenting on the internet, via blogs etc., during an election. He defended this law saying that it would prevent people putting bogus claims on the internet under phony names. On Radio 5AA while talking to Leon Byner he claimed the new law was necessary to prevent people such as Aaron Fornarino. Apparently Aaron regularly posts comments on AdelaideNow and according to Atkinson he doesn’t exist and was an obvious Liberal Party plant.
Turns out Aaron Fornarino does exist and lives in his electorate. Naturally after this major stuff up and because of the huge uproar from everyone he did a huge back flip over the whole thing.
Well, it seems that another Labor MP, not wishing to be outdone for stupidity by her colleague, decides to put her foot firmly in her mouth while passing a public rally defending mental health and sexual abuse issues. I’m pretty sure she did not know this video existed when Hon JENNIFER RANKINE MP was talking to Leon Byner on Radio 5AA. She insisted the rally was organized by the Liberals when it fact it wasn’t. it was actually organized by some independents but no, she would have none of that!
As you can see from the video, the public are none to pleased with what she had to say. The angry uproar prevents us from hearing all of her spin but what is clearly heard is her saying “Happy to address a Liberal Party Rally”. When will they get it through their thick heads that there are people out their, who are not affiliated with the Liberal party, that are not happy with the way certain things are being handled by the current Labor Government.
Scams are rife everywhere on the net so why should it be any different with Twitter. For those of you who are not aware of Twitter I reckon you must have been hibernating somewhere and it’s now time for you to wake up and listen to the Tweets. Be careful who you follow though because it could be sweet music to your ears or it could excruciating babble.
Twitter would have to be the most popular social networking site that allows users to send and read short messages, up to 140 characters, that are known as tweets. Before telling you of an honest and legitimate what in which Twitter users can make money I want you to read this special report depicting a Twitter Scam! It’s sounds like nothing more than a pyramid scheme where you have to pay to get involved and then you make money by ripping other people off by sucking them into the same scheme.
The thing is there are a lot of legitimate ways to make money on the Net, and including Sponsored Tweets! Sponsored Tweets act as an intermediary between you and the advertisers who will pay you for tweets. There are some who may be worried about losing followers if they start tweeting Sponsored Tweets but there is no need to worry because all Tweets have to be mandatory disclosed, this from their ethics page.
SponsoredTweets.com facilitates an open relationship between our Tweeters and Advertisers. The Tweeters that engage in a sponsored tweets program are required to disclose their relationship with marketers in their communications with other consumers. Our platform programmatically requires disclosure from all participants, applying standards and compliance system wide.
We comply with FTC regulations that state, “When there exists a connection between the endorser and the seller of the advertised product which might materially affect the weight or credibility of the endorsement (i.e., the connection is not reasonably expected by the audience) such connection must be fully disclosed.”
The way it works is, once a member, you get a DM, or email whichever you choose, from an advertiser wanting you to tweet their product or service. You would then decide whether or not it’s one you would promote. If you’re agreeable you would tweet the ad with the relevant prefix letting your followers know that the tweet is a sponsored one. Sometimes the tweet will not be published until the ad is approved, but once it’s out there you will be paid.
As you have complete control over what you tweet you only tweet the ones you are happy with, and as long as you don’t go crazy no-one is going to mind. Some of them may even fit in within your niche adding value to your tweets.
How much does it cost to join? Nothing, it is absolutely free! Anyone can be a member as long as they fulfill the following criteria.
- 60 days on Twitter
- 100 Tweets
- 100 Followers
Most Twitter users would be able to have instant access. If you’re not a twitter member you could be missing out on a lot of fun as well as having the opportunity to make a bit of extra cash. For those of you who are new to Twitter I highly recommend you read 50+ Awesome Twitter Tips To Become A Pro.
I actually posted the article you are about to read on Wassup Blog and I thought about just linking to it but seeing as how most people don’t follow links I thought I would post it here in it’s entirety. The reasons are twofold.
Seeing as how many people abuse squeeze pages and email lists I thought it only fitting, because it’s pretty well bullshit, that it should be posted on this blog.
I thinks it’s important to all the newbie web surfers out there that they should be warned about what to expect when subscribing to these things.
I would dare to suggest that almost everyone who surfs the net regularly has been exposed to a Squeeze Page at one time or another, even though they may not have known at the time that was what it was called. I remember the first time I was ever exposed to a Squeeze Page was also the first time I got sucked into a scam. That was the time I paid good money for what was supposed to be an extensive list of companies who were willing to pay me for taking surveys. A lot of the stuff on that list was either duplicated or pure BS, and what really pissed me of was that it was all available on the net for Free!
For those of you who are not sure what a Squeeze Page is, it’s usually a single web page designed solely for one purpose, to squeeze something out of you. While sometimes they will try to sell you a system that will make you an almost instant millionaire, normally all they want is your email address so they can add you to their email list.
You could almost liken the Squeeze Page to that annoying salesman who has his foot in the door, or to those ads on TV that always promise, ‘and there is more!’ Some of these pages seem to never end. They are filled with so many sales pitches and promises that’s it’s no wonder that many people fall for them. These email lists are so important to the internet marketer that a lot of the time they will give away free eBooks and the like just so they can get you on their email list.
Why all the hype about having your email as part of their list? It’s so they can target you later for something that they have to sell. Something that will show you how to grow your own list, or perhaps even a tasty morsel that is proven to get you thousands of good quality backlinks. Here’s a snippet of one I got today.
Hey Sire,
Do you want to know what the quickest way to make money online is?”
I’ve got the answer here: (followed be a link)
Where did it take me? To another Squeeze Page of course. I don’t have any problem with Squeeze Pages if all they are used for is to sell a particular product. I’m sure that most people believe that by committing their email address it’s just so they can get their hands on that product. I wonder how many people realize that by subscribing they are opening up their doors to all sorts of offers, perhaps not even related to the product they signed up for in the first place.
I wonder if perhaps they should expand the FTC Guidelines to include a disclaimer on Squeeze Pages. Perhaps something along these lines.
I hereby swear that by subscribing to this course, webinar, free eBook or whatever, I realize that I have opened up Pandora’s box and you can freely send me any scheme or offer that you so wish and as often as you like.
OK, OK, that may be a bit over the top, but don’t you think it would be nice if they were to tell you exactly what you were in for when you subscribe to something? Would you still take up the offer of the free eBook if you knew it didn’t stop there and that there would be more sales pitches to sell you a product?
I know that a lot of internet marketers out there are doing the right thing but I bet that there a just as many who aren’t. I also know that a lot of people know exactly what they’re in for when subscribing, but I bet you there are just as many who don’t. I know I didn’t. All I’m saying is that it would be nice if every Squeeze Page came with a little disclosure explaining exactly what you are up for when you hit that submit button.
One of my the guys who commented on that particular post said that I should have mentioned that you can unsubscribe from the email lists if you so wish. This is true, but what a pain in the ass to have to go through all that when it would have been better if you never subscribed at all, especially if you signed up to a shonky one who could even sell off your email to other unscrupulous characters.
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