The last few conferences I had very detailed plans and schedules. This time around I have things scheduled a little differently
If you want to meet or find me just use my cell 801-400-0223
The past several months I have tried outsourcing various things I do regarding PPC. Some things have worked pretty well (web design, site setup, etc) and some things have gone horribly horribly wrong. Content generation (gotta have native American’s for an American audience) and keyword grouping. So I have worked on writing software to handle these tasks. I’ve worked on a few automated content producing systems, but nothing worth writing home about or posting here.
However I have come up with a keyword grouping solution that I am very happy with. I’ve been running some private tests for me and my clients and so far we are pleased with the results. Really all you have to do is paste a big list of keywords in there and submit it for grouping, then wait while the servers crunch the data. You can download it and learn more here: KWGrouper.com.
At this point I am interested in feedback and thoughts on the Applications UI and export options. If you want some free credits to test it, thats fine, just let me know.
Kris over at Cashtactics.net is my hero…
Here are the basic points of the contest.
1. Tickets were given to them from Direct Agent
2. Silver pass
3. The contest is here
Well, “Sunny” was picked, but they havent responded. Sunny, check your yahoo email account for a message from me. If you don’t respond by 7am MST Tomorrow, I’ll be forced to pick somebody else.
The contest for a free affiliate summit west 2009 gold pass ends soon. Winner will be chosen December 1st. So make sure you enter 
I started playing around with SocialMedia.com again. A few weeks ago I was seeing some good results. Then my conversions stopped. Then I get obviously bogus clicks/data….. here… read this and tell me what you think. The [REMOVED.... ] are my editing. everything else is a direct copy from their support site. Now granted it is less then $50 but still they are being a pain about it.
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This is my first blog contest ever. I’ll be speaking at Affiliate Summit on “advanced concepts for automating daily website tasks (such as downloading stats, uploading changes, etc.) without access to an API.”
What that really means is I’ll be showing you how to automate some repetivie tasks. I was thinking of showing you a way to log in, download stats into a spreadsheet or database, etc. But I figured I’d let you all have some input. Post in the comments below a particular task you would like to see how automate and whichever one I pick wins a free Gold Pass to ASW09 (means you get to come to my presentation).
Here is an example: Show us how to log into site XXXX and download the daily stats per ad to a mysql database. (or spreadsheet, etc) or show us how to automatically upload a spreadsheet of ads to facebook, etc.
I’ll be going over a few basic techniques such as automating a webform, dealing with AJAX and so on. All of this will be done with FREE software. There will be NOTHING TO BUY to use the methods I’ll be showing in my presentation.
So to win, enter what you would like to see for the example used in my presentation and you win a free Gold pass.
A week or so ago I had a quick chat with one of my readers. Well the good news is he wasn’t mad and still wanted me to look at his site. Now, I was going to post screenshots, etc. But really in this case I don’t think it is appropiate. I will let you see the advice I gave though:
Couple of things
1) This website is pretty ugly
2) There is no real focus with so many different productsTo fix
1) Make it less ugly
2) (and this one is key) when you send someone to a url (I like [http://HIDDENURL] better cuz it doesnt look like a nested frame) don’t distract them. the primary F (standard webuser eye movement heatmap) on the page has nothing about the offer. It is all extra navigation stuff that will confuse the user, distract them or make them just close the page. Get rid of the menu, etc and the header @ the top, move the offer up there so that is all the user sees.Other things:
Is your content actually unique and helpful to the user? If not you will have a harder time.
He said cool and he would try to make the changes. So I guess we are cool. *crosses fingers*
I’ll be going to Elite Retreat again this year. Yes it is expensive. Last year was my first year. At first I wasn’t sure if the connections and the things I learned at Elite Retreat would pay off. But recently it has paid off big time. The attendees are very open and the presentations are of real data, not a bunch of marketing fluff. Imagine somebody saying, “Here is how I make 150,000 dollars net a month” and giving explicit details, and you get a good idea of what goes on. The attendees are just as good (sometimes better) then the scheduled speakers themselves. And yeah this is an affiliate link.
See you in San Francisco.
What I am looking for. A smart, honest and loyal person who can help run things over here. Knowing the internet, how to manage files on a computer and a couple of things like that are pluses. Most anything else I can teach you. You would be learning PPC management, basic programing and database skills. I suppose it would feel like an admin assistant position for the first few days/week while you learned how we are doing things. But then as you started to manage some of the campaigns, etc. and were doing a good job (ie, helping us make more then we are spending on a campaign) you would start to make more money. As things grow you can expect to be moving into a managerial/mentor position as we bring in new people. The office is in my house on the first floor. Warning you about that now. I have toyed with getting an outside office and I might do that in the future, but for now it is here. Sometimes it will be boring and repetitive, othertimes it will be super exciting. As far as pay, expect lousy pay ($8+ an hour lousy) at first. This will be almost an apprentice like role. As you learn and show how awesome you are, we will be able to pay you more. Hours? We don’t do weekend here. (Well I do, but I don’t expect you too) I’d guess 8ish hours a day, sometimes more and sometimes less. Location, Lehi, UT.
So in a nutshell that is what I am looking for. Questions? Do you fit this bill? You want to risk it? Contact me.
