The is the follow up to the post “Can’t Make Money With Your Website – I Think This Might Help!”

In the previous post I offered “general” help to anyone struggling to make money with a website due to a comment left by Jim Kelly in regards to his website http://www.ebay.internet-money.org/ebay-rules.php. You will want to check the previous post out because of two reasons…

1. Awesome comments from readers with advice for Jim and his site (very good and valuable stuff)
2. A free 20 minute podcast of me going through exactly how to help anyone make a site profitable… well maybe not exactly… how about what they should focus on to give a site the best chance possible of being profitable. No trying to sell or anything… just some good content.

… In the below video I follow up with that podcast with a visual critique of Jim’s site and what I think he needs to do ASAP to give the site a better chance at actually making some money.

Hope you enjoy it

So what are your thoughts… do you agree… disagree or feel I missed some stuff?

PS – Don’t forget to check out the latest cool contest here at Johncow where I am giving away…

2 months FREE access to the Web2Mayhem ($254 value) and if you are already a member I will simply refund you the charges you already paid

PLUS

One hour skype call with you and I to look at your business model and to come up with a custom plan for using Web2Mayhem based on your needs ($ not sure of value… depends on how much money you make from my advice)

PLUS

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New SEO Technology focuses on TRAFFIC not backlinks… cause backlinks never put a dime in my pocket but traffic does!

I have been in this “IM” game a long time now… since 1996, when domains took weeks to get and cost hundreds of dollars to register. Since then the term “SEO” has had to evolve… in fact I don’t really remember that term even existing back then. The focus was on Yahoo, Alta Vista and I remember HOTBOT was actually pretty good for traffic too. All you had to do was keyword stuff your page and BANG… you were in.

As the years have progressed the game has changed to one of strategy and planning. Analytics are more crucial than ever and you have to constantly be staying on the pulse of what the search engines are doing. Focus needs to be on “user experience” (which with Google’s recent activities is ironic cause they are treating some of their PPC customers with a very poor experience).

The bottom line is quality needs to be a priority and it seems that any new SEO technology that emerges recently is just another attempt at gaming the system.

That is until now!

In September I opened the doors to a small beta test for my Web2Mayhem system (which sold out the 200 spots pretty much instantly) and the focus of that was to introduce my detailed training and new SEO technology software to a bunch of new people and see what kind of results they would get.

Well… lets just say that on average (yes this certainly can be backed up), the results are AWESOME. At minimum everyone is experience increased search engine rankings and traffic which is what a lot of the other people claim as “exceptional”.

Nope… that is what should be expected… NOT BRAGGED ABOUT!

All I can say is if you want to achieve more then just “increased rankings” then you are going to want to check out the amazing new SEO technology called the Web2Mayhem.

I teach extremely detailed but easy to follow step by step training that will blow you away and the tools… well all I can say is there is nothing that I know of that offers all we have for what we are charging… NOTHING!

http://www.web2mayhem.com is going to help you crush your competition with ease!

Disclaimer -> I own the web2mayhem and I use the web2mayhem and I love the web2mayhem!

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Last week i watched on TV about the incredibly sad Jonestown massacre. This was an American cult led by Jim Jones and it became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, 909 “members” died in Jonestown, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, in an event termed “revolutionary suicide” by Jones and some members on an audio tape of the event and in prior discussions.

To the extent the actions in Jonestown were viewed as a mass suicide, it is the largest such event in modern history and resulted in the largest single loss of American civilian life in a non-natural disaster until the events of September 11, 2001.

This really made me think about how we as humans often NEED someone or something to grab onto.

This is by no means bad… I really believe that it is a perfectly normal human nature to want to believe in something and belong to something bigger then ourselves.

In my legendary (in my mind anyway) way of thinking and explaining things out, I ask that you just please bear with me here and yes this is eventually getting to a big point of running your business.

• Were people fools for wanting something “bigger” to have hope in?
• Were people fools for wanting to see what this “Jim Jones” was talking about?

ABSOLUTELY NOT… in my opinion anyway.

What i personally think was foolish however was blindly giving up on everything else, without proving it to yourself

When i listened to the interviews with the followers, I had to ask myself…

“Did this really fit into what they knew was right… or were they just blindly following someone else?”

In any of my membership sites, I always make a couple things clear…

1. “Do NOT listen to theory mongers”.

If you are giving them money and they are not willing to show you real life proof that is recent, well then how can you trust them? I always do real life live examples in my training to show people exactly what i am doing, that i am actually doing it and that it works. I know 100% for certain of a couple very popular products that did well on clickbank and were 100% theory and not from actual results the supposed authors claimed. One of them even tried to claim traffic results from the product itself but was actually based off of a former product launch that got a massive spike in traffic from his buddies emailing their list. Do not worry i have never and never will recommend or promote their products!

2. “Make it YOUR plan”.

What i mean by that is use what I teach you as a launching pad… do not just solely rely on what i teach as the end all be all. Figure out what works for you and fit it into your business model… if it all fits, that is GREAT… but if only parts of it fit or even none of it fits… well that’s great too… as long as you are basing it on your own proven results.

Did you catch that last point there… “as long as you are basing it on your own proven results.”

I remember last year, a member of one of my sites arguing with me about a strategy I recommended and how he did not want to implement it because he read an email from someone. First of all the email he referenced was 100% bullcrap (in my opinion) totally just trying to scare the person so they would buy their product. This however was not what bothered me so much as to the reason he gave for making the decision. It was because someone he trusted, recommended he check out a free report… from someone else who he never listened to before or has seen results from before.

So… what this came down to was even though I was openly showing real life proof of what i was recommending the person do and that it really worked… the person still went blindly in a different direction because (without proof) someone told him something that convinced him to give up on everything else and invest in him instead… without any real life proof!

So back to the two questions…

• Was he a fool for wanting something “bigger” to have hope in?
• Was he a fool for wanting to see what this “Supposed Expert” was talking about?

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

But ABSOLUTELY YES for blindly giving up on what he could see with his own eyes was working!

If you can get one single thing from this post… i hope it is this.

BE CAREFUL! If someone is telling you something and is not willing to show you real life proof (that is their own and not someone else’s) but still wants you to risk giving them money… are they really trustworthy?

Do not just follow the pack…

LEARN + IMPLEMENT + TEST –> then if it works, do not just give up on everything else… fit it into your business model and move forward!

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THIS OFFER IS NO LONGER VALID!

Bottom line is this…

If there is one stand alone tool that you should get  this year, it is Keyword Elite 2.

No B.S…

I am not going to try and fill you full of B.S…

all i can say is I bought the original Keyword Elite and this version (Keyword Elite 2) is much more powerful.

No it is not the end all be all tool, it is not going to guarantee your success and it is not the big red easy button.

What it will do for you however is save you loads of time by helping you with all aspects of your market research.

This is truly a solid tool…  I completely recommend that you get it!

The “Buy Keyword Elite 2 From Me” Bonus

Get 60 days access to my all new “Web 2 Mayhem” software.

We have not opened the doors to this because we are still tweaking a few things but this is the same in house software that i use to absolutely kill it with search engine rankings.

We will open the doors to the beta group in a week and will be charging for that…

but you will not pay a cent

This software allows you to literally explode onto the internet and get your content in front of everyone and everything…

You will get results like you never imagined.

BUT THERE IS A CATCH

THIS OFFER IS NOT LONGER VALID

e for this initial project. And if any of you remember from the PPCKahuna beta test… it was well worth getting in

when you did.

So only the first 100 people that order through this link will get added to the “Web 2 Mayhem”… sorry but i have too.

THIS OFFER IS NOT LONGER VALID

Also, don’t get distracted… spend your first couple hours digging through the software and training and learn it and use it…

You’ll love it!

I Really Recommend Keyword Elite 2….

This software will rip apart ANY niche in just minutes.  You’ll know *everything* you need to know.

I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this software.

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THIS OFFER IS NOT LONGER VALID

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Announcing the winners of the…

WIN a Brand New Kindle DX PLUS a Huge Link Building Blast to Your Website of Choice Contest!

I guess I did not make my self clear on some of the instructions or people just did not read them fully… a lot of people did not get the amount of points that they thought because of things like not commenting a post on your facebook wall. That was a two part job, you had to add me as a friend PLUS post on your wall.

Here are the winners…

First Place (Gets to select which of the two prizes he wants) is…

Runner Up (gets what ever Todd Temaat does not select) is…

Please use the contact us form with the best email to contact you with. Todd you will need to let me know asap which prize you want and Jen I will notify you asap with which prize you get. More instructions will follow once Todd makes up his mind.

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I am keeping this contest extremely simple and straight forward.

Prizes:

There will be two winners selected and the first one will get to decide which of the two below prizes they want. The runner up will get the second prize.

• Prize #1 –> Amazon Kindle: Will be ordered through Amazon and be sent out by September 1st 2009.

• Prize #2 –> HUGE Website Promotion (loads of quality links from numerous sources using our tools, our staff, our time… and you will see HUGE results). Winner can promote any site they wish but the site will need to meet our standards for quality (let us not waste anyone’s time here trying to get traffic to a piece of crap site). Promotions will start September 1st (I charge $300+ for this service)

Rules:

• Must be 18years of age or older to enter and win
• If you have already downloaded Brads report, you do not need to download it again.
• If you have already filled out the form from the previous post then you do not need to do it again.
• All steps must be completed in full to qualify for points

Time Frame:

• Friday August 21, 2009 12:00 noon EDT until Saturday August 22, 2009 at 12noon EDT (click here to see current EDT time)

Winner Announcement:

• Winner will be posted here on Johncow, posted as a twitter post and sent out via email Saturday August 22nd at 1pm EDT

Criteria:

IMPORTANT: You must have step 1 completed to qualify. The additional steps are each worth 1 extra point for a grand total of 4 points. That means your name will be entered into the draw 4 times if you complete all steps but you can only win one of the prizes.

SORRY CONTEST IS CLOSED

BONUS:

If you are interested in learning how to host a contest on your site, i am putting together a free training guide just for those that registered for this contest… it will be a video, mind map, flow chart and PDF doc that goes through the planning and implementing of a contest. It will not be a weak ass report that upsells something… it will be something that is of real value and worth. I will have it done by Tuesday and mail it to everyone

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I created a video about this training doc i just got from Brad Callen and then I figured instead of making you watch it first, it would be best for you to just see this yourself… it is EXCELLENT!

CLICK HERE NOW TO GET INSTANT ACCESS

Yes it is part of Brad’s pre launch for KeywordElite2 BUT…

and this is a HUGE but…

Brad is going to be giving away LOADS for Free stuff and it is all excellent!

This keyword research report that i just looked over is absolutely solid and the very first section alone was something i seriously (i am not lying here) would have been good paying for to learn.

This is truly a win/win!

Get involved in Brad’s pre launch now and even if you have no desire to ever invest in KeywordElite2 when he opens the doors to it in a little over a week… at least take advantage of all the damn good free stuff that he is going to be giving away.

And do yourself a big favor and GET THIS REPORT… IT is GOOD!

>> CLICK HERE NOW TO GET INSTANT ACCESS TO THE KEYWORD MINUTE REPORT NOW <<

Once you download the report, please comment below about how good it is… I know you are going to love it!

The Keyword Minute

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I think it is pretty obvious that you know Internet marketing can be pretty darn lucrative…

But I nearly freaked when I saw what my friends Michael and Buck are doing in a $500 billion “niche” that’s still wide open – just waiting for savvy marketers to jump in and claim their fortune.

That niche? It’s the HEALTH MARKET.

And before you say, “Oh… I’ve heard of that.” Or… “But I’m not a health expert or practitioner”…

You Simply MUST Watch This Video that Michael and Buck Created!

You can see it right here:

http://www.healthbusinessconfidential.com/

The amazing thing is, Michael and Buck are NOT health experts or practitioners either – yet each runs their very own 7-figure+ health business from home.

Now, they’re literally giving away many of their best secrets – and not asking a penny in return. (It’s all part of a limited test they’re running right now, for research
purposes.)

Just go to this page now:

http://www.healthbusinessconfidential.com/

… watch their introductory video – and then enter your name and email to claim the freebies they’ve put together for you and then come back here and tell me what you think!

Remember – unlike many niche markets, health is virtually unlimited – and there’s no end to the potential customers, or moneymaking opportunities.

And there’s no one I know better qualified to teach you have to grab your share of this soon-to-be a trillion-dollar industry than Michael and Buck.

So check it out and let me know what you think…

P.S. – Once you’ve gone to the next page, be sure to watch the crazy video they did about Buck experiencing his mid-life crisis “in style.” Not only is it funny – but they give you some really great info and you can see how much they care.

They’re literally the ONLY guys teaching this stuff, who happening to also be DOING it on a daily basis. So it’s well worth a few minutes of your time

http://www.healthbusinessconfidential.com/

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This could be one of the shortest posts I have ever written you.

My good friend just released this new content-getting software 2 days ago called…

Article Assistant

The feedback has been amazing so far.

Thousands of customers paid $297 to get access to this EXACT software you are now getting for free.

No strings, no catch. This is *not* a demo or trial version either.

I know you are going to love this.

CLICK HERE NOW to download your copy now and give it a try!

Once you install the software, let me know what you think.

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A few days ago I posted about outsourcing and why you need to do it, well I am going to keep this short and to the point.

Marc and Daniel have put together a killer PDF that walks you through exactly how they used outsourcing to create a small little site that is right now making $50 000 a year and it is in a non IM niche. The cool thing is it only took them 5 hours of work and that’s it!

There is nothing to buy, it is 100% free and you want to download this PDF and check out the other free stuff they are giving away too.

>>Click Here to Claim Instant Access to Your FREE PDF <<

Oh and let me address any concerns some of you might have about outsourcing being for those with established businesses already. That is a pile of crap!

You can hire a full time person for only $400 a month and they will do pretty much anything you ask… you tell me that you will not get a ROI on that… then you must be doing something wrong. $400 might sound alot for some even but I guarantee if you get that person to create just spend all day submitting new articles that promote products, you would make that money back hand over fist. Not that i recommend you just do that, but look at your current day, what do you sepnd time on that you can hand off… now what important things can you do in place of that?

Do not be bull headed… do not think that it is better if you do it. Invest now in training and getting the system in place, and then free up your time on the things you are good at and need to focus on.

Bottom line is if you understand how to manage an outsourcer and you can easily multiply your investment.

If you want to learn how to outsource, then…

>>Click Here to Claim Instant Access to Your FREE PDF <<

PS – Yes there is a paid product that will be eventually sold, and I can tell you right now it is KILLER. I am putting together som killer and relevant bonuses for it because I truly believe that this course will change your business so positively that you will not only thank Marc and Daniel but also me for recommending it.

The cool thing is it is not one of those $1000 courses either… it is going to be very affordable!

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Continued from previous post Why You Need To Become a Trusted Expert in Your Field

In this next step to becoming a Trusted Expert, you need to develop buyer profiles, which we should actually call buyer personas, because they should be well-rounded enough that they seem like a real person. Only then can you get real insights on what problems these people have that you can solve, and how to reach them with that information.

You may have several buyer profiles for your site, or you may have only one. However many you do have, you will need to figure out the best way to communicate with and serve the needs of that group.

A buyer persona is a fictional person that you have made up who is representative of as type of buyer that you have identified as having a specific interest (a problem you can solve) in your company. Once you’ve developed them, all communications are then targeted towards them. You use the language they use, you advertise in the places that they like to go. You just need to know who they are

By using these personas to develop unique, personalized communications strategies that target each segment specifically, you have a chance to send out a message that truly resonates with your intended target. Because of the two-way nature of web communications, each time you speak with them you have the opportunity to gain even more knowledge about the group, and apply those learnings to you next communications with them.

And to know what problems they have, you need to understand who your buyers are. You need to know who they are, why they need your products, and what problems your products can solve for them. And then, once you know who they are, you can concentrate on creating authentic, compelling web content that will reach them and effectively communicate how you can make their lives easier.

So how do you learn about them? The best possible way would be to interview them; but, as we all know, this isn’t always possible with an online interaction. A survey is also a good way to find information, but again there can be problems. Most people don’t want to take surveys so it’s not a true picture of your audience, and if you offer an incentive, then you get people who aren’t really your target market, but are taking the survey to get the incentive, and skew the results.

The best way to start is to use the information that you already have at your fingertips: analytics.

• How did people get to your site?
• Where did they go afterwards?
• How many visits did it take them to convert into a sale?
• What was their average time spent on each page?

You can also gain valuable information about your site and how well it’s working with these questions, but that’s another chapter.

But information from your site is not the only information you should use when determining your buyer personas.

The danger there lies in this…

What if your true targets haven’t been visiting your site?

What if they’re still out there, looking for a solution to their problems, not finding your, or worse, finding one of your competitors instead.

So what you need to do is first figure out what problems your site solves. Then, you figure out who has those problems. Everything else comes out of that. You need to also know what else is out there in your market, and how your competitors are solving problems themselves. Perhaps there is a niche that you’ve identified that no one in your market has identified yet.

When you truly understand what your buyers are looking for and what problems they want you to solve, you can eliminate the guesswork in your communications strategy, and you’ll know where, when, and how to target them.

Stay tuned for next post where i talk about How to Become a trusted Expert!

So whats your thoughts and comments?

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Well, I logged in to the ole’ WordPress admin and saw a pending ad… so what is it I do?

Well I check it out of course!

Anyway, upon opening the page, I am confronted with a page advertising baked bread… or so I thought.

Immediately I thought to myself, WHY THE HECK ADVERTISE BREAD ON JOHNCOW???

Well click the image below and check the page out and tell me for yourself…

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You know how, when you’re aware of something, it loses it’s affect on you?  Like subliminal advertising, the sales pitch loses its affect when you’re aware of it happening.  We’ve become so jaded and hyper-aware, that we can smell a sales pitch coming a mile away, and it automatically makes us unreceptive to the information.

Let’s give a bricks-and-mortar example of this:  If you get a salesperson who comes on too hard, saying anything and everything to get you to buy, you get put-off and are unlikely to buy from him, because you know he just wants to make a sale.  In fact, you probably can’t get away from him fast enough, and you don’t believe a single thing he says.

But what if we’re having a genuine conversation with someone that may or may not have anything to do with the products available? He seems genuinely interested in having the conversation, but not that he’s pushing a sale. He’s informative, and will gladly give you as much information as possible about the products.

Who are you more likely to buy from?  Even if you don’t buy that day, but think a bout it for while and then go back, wouldn’t you make a point of going back to the one you’ve developed a relationship with?

This is the crux of being authentic in your sales.

I mean, c’mon, everyone knows you want to sell products.  No one is doing this for their health.  You’re out to make a sale.  But coming on with a hard sale and telling people about how it’s the best thing ever and that their puppy will die if they don’t buy it is not going to cut it.

People’s natural skepticism is at an all-time high.  So instead of an insincere sales pitch, provide information.  Tell them that you think this is a great product, and why.  Give them as much information as you possibly can, testimonials, detailed product info, everything you can think of, but don’t try to convince them to buy.  Just give them all the information they need to make the decision for themselves.

Make sure that it comes across that you genuinely believe in the product or service you’re promoting. It also ties in to establishing yourself as an authority.  Does an authority on something try to shill products?  No, but they could certainly have them available if someone was interested….

I found a couple other great pieces of content on this as well…

• http://www.webmarketingtherapy.com
• http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com

So, now you need to tell me… do you believe this to be true or am i blowing smoke up your you-know-what?

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What do Serafina the Sprite, a hand carved wooden bowl and Dream Pearl soap have in common?  They’re all for sale at http://www.etsy.com/.  This unique site brings together the most unlikely pairing – handmade items and e-commerce.  It was founded in 2005 by three New York University students; it now has 1.8 million members in over 150 countries.

But how much money can you make selling hand-made ponytail holders and the like online, you hardened e-marketers ask?

Quite a bit, apparently.  Gross sales tripled in 2008, to total $90 million.

But what I think makes this site unique and successful is that it allows people who are passionate about what they do to make money online.  The founders of Etsy, led by Rob Kalin, have managed to eliminate the problem of competition within the niche by leveling the playing field and becoming a one-stop shop.  They’re not competing in their niche; they’re enabling it.

And there’s a snowball effect that results from having so many unrelated products in one place.  People who go in looking for one thing off-hand end up finding products they didn’t even know they were looking for.  Now that’s how to run an online business.

And more than that, Etsy has become its own community.  The depth and breadth of their offerings is staggering.  Their tagline is “The place to buy and sell all things handmade.”  With their Forums, Virtual Labs, Chat, Team Section, Storque (newsfeed) and Resources areas in the Community tab, it’s also the place to talk about, learn, share, and network about all things handmade as well.

Perhaps I’m rambling a bit, but I’ve honestly been taken in by the charm of this site.  There’s something to be said for being genuine.  The vendors on the site take obvious pride in their offerings.  The old adage of loving what you do and sell to be a true success is proving true. These people believe in their products, and it shows.

That’s not to say that the people running Etsy are in it for altruistic reasons; they want to do just what the rest of us do: make money online.  And they’re doing pretty good.  They have three main revenue streams: a 3.5% transaction fee on every sale, a $0.20 listing fee for every item (if you visit the site, you’ll see the potential in that alone; the number of items listed in any given category is mind-boggling) and they also sell advertising to vendors within the site to promote their products.

And for those of you who still want to laugh at the ninja bunny, quick, do the math – what’s 3.5% of $90 million?  Not laughing now, are you?  Now, calculate $0.20 X the 353,646 listings currently in the Art category alone (there’s over 30 categories in total).  Ooohh, that’s quite a serious look on your face.

So, what are you passionate about? And how can you turn that into an opportunity to make money for yourself online?

Remember, it doesn’t have to be something that has traditionally used in internet business.  Just find a way to make the internet work for your passion; Etsy.com did.

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On January 6th we opened the doors to a very small number of “Beta” testers to test out our new “PPCKahuna Elite” system. Our initial plan was to only allow 100 people in, this was so we could ensure everything was in place and working correct… well in ONLY 11 minutes, we filled the 100 spots and as a result we left the doors open for 20 extra minutes and we sold out another 100 (200 in total).

PPCKahuna Elite is an amazing set of tools that will help anyone involved in PPC to skyrocket their efforts. We provide powerful tools and training that is focused with one thing in mind… getting quick results.

We just are kicking off a brand new contest and there are some wicked prizes.

Click here to check it out now!

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Make Your Applications Work Together to Work Better For You (For Free!)

When you started your online business, there were probably a hundred little tasks that didn’t take up much time, but needed to be done. Now, as your business has become more successful and demand has increased, those little tasks are taking up way too much of your time. You’re looking at buying new software to help you save time, but it’s all so expensive. Before you invest money into any more software, take a look at the software you have and how you can make it work better for you.

How?

The secret is to make all your different applications work together.

How?

By using plug-ins (not WordPress plugins) to merge your applications and make them work together, more efficiently, for you.

How?

Hold your horses, I’m getting to that part!

By utilizing plug-ins, you can streamline your processes. Before, you would have to take information out of one program and manually input it into another. With these programs, you can get the applications to send the information straight from the first into the second. As your online business grows and small tasks become multiplied by a thousand, this can save you a ton of time. The more business you get, the more time you can save.

There are many different kinds of technologies available to make software programs share information. Some cost tens of thousands of dollars a year (guess who makes that one? It’s one word and starts with M), but there are many open-source programs available at low-to-no cost for the budget-constrained small online business owner. The more popular a program is, and the more a program is used in conjunction with another, the greater the chances that there is an open-source plug-in available for free.

Datasync http://www.datasyncsuite.com – open-source application that links up other open-source software, such as Joomla and Zimbra; enables you to access them all with a single sign on. Cost – Free to download, available also at about $40 a month per user for a hosted version that comes with tech support.

Jitterbit http://www.jitterbit.com – open-source program that can merge a variety of programs and databases. Uses a helpful drag-and-drop interface. Cost – free to download, goes up to a pricy $10,000 or higher for a version with tech support.

Snaplogic http://www.snaplogic.org – open-source program designed to connect web-based application to other web-based or desktop applications. Cost – free to download, again, getting a little pricy for support, starting at $7,500 a year.

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Do you remember New Coke?

I sure do. New Coke was supposed to be better than sliced bread. It was going to take the world by storm. It was going to push Coke to the top of the Cola Wars, crush Pepsi under its feet and propel Coke into the next Century.

The only problem is that it flopped. No one bought it. People wrote letters to the company complaining. They didn’t like the taste of New Coke. They wanted their old Coke back.

So, what did Coca-Cola do? They gave their customers what they wanted, right? They changed Coke back to old Coke, yes?

No. Determined that new Coke was the future, they continued to sell it. They re-released old Coke under the moniker “Coca Cola Classic.” Within months, New Coke sales were almost zero. The company shut down its production and sales of New Coke.

Now, what the heck does this have to do with blogging? Well, to start with, your blog is a product. You might sell something else, or you might make money through affiliate or ad sales. But your blog – more  specifically, the things you write in your blog – are the product that brings your readers back again and again.

Let’s say you come up with an awesome idea for a blog post. You bang it out in twenty minutes, you’re so inspired. You post it to your blog and…

Nothing. No comments. Subscriptions stay the same (or drop).

Welcome, New Coke.

So, you’ve got a couple of choices. You can keep writing along that same line of thought, keep talking about that same topic, hoping your readers will eventually catch up with your brilliance. Maybe throw ‘em a post or two of your old style, but keep pushing that new idea.

Alternatively, you can ditch it. You can go back through your blog, look at what worked. What posts generated the most comments, or the most conversion? Study those posts. Think about their style, their content, and even how you promoted them. Take those principles and apply them to your next blog post, and see what happens.

I’m not saying you should just rehash old posts; far from it. I’m just suggesting that, sometimes, your amazing ideas should be set aside in favor of using what works.

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WINNER -> Congratulations to David from http://www.dailydollarreport.com

Well “FINALLY” things seem to be settling down here on the farm and I have my fingers (hoofs if you want) crossed that things will continue this way for a little while.

I have a few things that I need to finish up… like the series on “4 weeks to answering the question what it is all for” and the contest series for “AnAudlife”

I appreciated all the emails and support from so many of you (especially you Joe) and I figured it was about darn time I did a contest around here.

Now this is going to be a little contest, just to get the spider webs out of the corners… but I have a GIGANTIC contest planned for January 5th. The cool thing with the January contest is it going to be focused on making YOU some money to start your new year off right. The contest is sponsored by my new service…

SYNDICATE KAHUNA

…and the partners and I are putting some cool prizes together for you all. I will be updating about this soon.

Today’s contest is to help one of you lucky readers during this economic “sucky” time and I will give you $200 CASH (via Paypal), if you are the winner.

For all of you that do not celebrate Christmas, I am sorry… this may not be fun for you but I LOVE CHRISTmas and I want to help spread the joy around a little.

So here is how it is going to work.

RULES:

Date: Starting Monday December 16 until December 22nd at 12 noon eastern

Prize: $200 cash via paypal mass payment transfer

Criteria:

All steps must be properly filled out in the comment section below (thanks to CommentMilk)

Step 1: All entries must be active email subscribers to Johncow.com – 1 point

Step 2: Subscribe to my Twitter (http://twitter.com/johncow) and then Twitter a “Christmas Greeting” and link it to this contest post – 2 points

Step 3: Comment below with what you will spend the money on – 1 point (you can get a free DO follow back link too)

(first three steps must be done to qualify for bonus step) Step 4: BONUS – Rate and Comment on one of our new squidoo lens http://www.squidoo.com/After-a-Break-Up – 4 points

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First of all allow me to apologize for the absence of involvement around here but life has a funny way of getting in the way sometimes and due to personal family reasons I had to separate myself from work for a few weeks.

I used the title “not for sale” because there have been a couple posts and emails sent to me asking if this is the case… and I can asure you that the answer is a 100% no. I have no desire to sell this blog and there are loads of big plans coming very soon… including a HUGE contest that will focus on making you money (no it is not a market leverage challenge).

I do have some planned posts for this week but things will not be back 100% for a couple more weeks and in the mean time if any of you are interested in submitting a guest post, then please send it my way and I will review it.

On a positive note however, we now have CommentMILK approved in the WordPress Plugin Directory

The benefit of this is now it will automatically notify you when there are updates to it.

Last of all (hey I cant make a post with out some sort of lesson behind it)… do not let your work or your hobbies run your life. We all have the desire of financial success and often times when we even get to where we wanted, we are still not happy. Now I am not going to get all sappy on you all here but the bottom line is if you want to achieve true success in your life then you need to focus on more then finacials… believe me I know!

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WIN $500 (For Real This Time)
By Helping Us Catch the COWnappers!

This Weeks Episode of JOHNCOWtv is sponsored by…

MotiveInteractive
The Premium Online Advertising Solution

If you tuned into last weeks episode 2, you would have witnessed the broadcast interuption from three scandalous villians (two of which have fantastic moustaches if I say so myself), as you can see in the below image captured from their broadcast…

There were also some serious demands made and we have been given 2 options…

• 1. Pay 1 million dollars (ya like that is going to happen… uhmm… i mean, yes we will try COW)
• 2. Solve the clues left by the COWnappers.

Each week we will be given a video clue and a sentence to help identify the clue. At the end of the four weeks (week 5) we will recieve a secret encoded message and if we have each weeks clues correct and can figure out who the COWnapper is, he will return COW to us.

There is no way I can do this on my own… I need my super intelligent and extremely good looking readers to help with this and…

I Will Pay For It!

I am willing to give $500 cash to anyone that figures out who the head COWnapper is… the man behind the smiley face. You do not need to subscribe to this blog, give me a backlink or anything (of course it is always appreciated when you do)… but there is absolutely nothing that you have to do except each week watch for the clue left by those villians and then at the end of the 4 weeks when the bad guys give us the supposed secret encoded message, there will then be a 24 hour period in which to give the correct answer. We will put the name of all those that submitted the right answer into a hat and pick out the winner and award them instantly with $500 via PayPal.

IMPORTANT –> You must have an active PayPal account in which to recieve the funds in order to participate.

DONATE TO THE CAUSE –> If any of you want to donate a reward to the cause, I will accept anything to add to the pot (ebooks, software, advertising, or even cash) and I will feature you in an episode plus give you a strong mention in a JOHNCOWtv post. Simply email me by using the “Contact” page.

Below is this weeks episode of JOHNCOWtv and contains first of all a tip on how to take advantage of Stumbleupon but more important of all is it contains the first clue to solving this riddle.

A word of warning, the video contains some very graphic images and should not be watched by vegetarians!

Week 1 Clue : The COW is being forced to BBQ a  _ _ _ _ _

DO NOT POST THE ANSWER BELOW (Keep it secret… keep it safe)

Remember watch for the hoof print to identify the clue!

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