Comments on: Narrowing Your Focus - Day 3 of Cowpetition http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/ Making Money Online Blogging by Milking the Internet! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:47:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: EmmaB http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-20776 EmmaB Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:53:42 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-20776 Self-host it. Hostgator is pretty decent for wordpress. Its what I use and its not too expensive as well :) EmmaBs last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnlockTheOnlineWorld/~3/331179569/" rel="nofollow">A Must Have EBook!</a> Self-host it. Hostgator is pretty decent for wordpress. Its what I use and its not too expensive as well :)

EmmaBs last blog post..A Must Have EBook!

]]> By: Douglas Case http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-19295 Douglas Case Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:20:06 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-19295 I knew the web changed at a rapid pace, but after this article I feel as if I need to go back and learn SEO to keywords all over again. I published my first site last week and everything you said in re LSI flies in the face of all I had been tought thus far about search engines. I will be looking into LSI. I knew the web changed at a rapid pace, but after this article I feel as if I need to go back and learn SEO to keywords all over again. I published my first site last week and everything you said in re LSI flies in the face of all I had been tought thus far about search engines. I will be looking into LSI.

]]> By: Kelli - internet auction sites http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18271 Kelli - internet auction sites Sun, 25 May 2008 05:06:03 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18271 Thank you for the specific advice. Thank you for the specific advice.

]]> By: DenCha http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18215 DenCha Sat, 24 May 2008 13:06:33 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18215 This might be a dumb question but, :?: what do you mean by "know how to find contacts in", when you mention "contacts" are you regarding to expert or someone who is knowledgeable about that niche/topic? This might be a dumb question but,

:?: what do you mean by “know how to find contacts in”, when you mention “contacts” are you regarding to expert or someone who is knowledgeable about that niche/topic?

]]> By: Prasad http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18202 Prasad Sat, 24 May 2008 00:27:25 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18202 Wow man, you are great. I want to do some online business, but was not decided on where to start. Your articles are great help. I have question for you, as you mentioned blog setup on domain. I have actually changed DNS settings of my domain to wordpress, but they don't allow Google Adsense. Any suggestions? Prasads last blog post..<a href="http://cssidiots.com/2008/04/11/css-specificity/" rel="nofollow">CSS Specificity</a> Wow man, you are great. I want to do some online business, but was not decided on where to start. Your articles are great help. I have question for you, as you mentioned blog setup on domain. I have actually changed DNS settings of my domain to wordpress, but they don’t allow Google Adsense.

Any suggestions?

Prasads last blog post..CSS Specificity

]]> By: Jermaine http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18186 Jermaine Fri, 23 May 2008 20:21:12 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18186 Hey John I just started following everything you are doing there is one question I have about this post. When you say "We know how to find contacts" what exactly does that mean? In my case I am playing catch up so I have not decided on the niche but lets say I went with gaming like you, what exactly are my contacts that I am looking for, people that review games, and/or people that just play games and can give me their opinions? Only thing I am lost on otherwise this is going great. Hey John I just started following everything you are doing there is one question I have about this post. When you say “We know how to find contacts” what exactly does that mean? In my case I am playing catch up so I have not decided on the niche but lets say I went with gaming like you, what exactly are my contacts that I am looking for, people that review games, and/or people that just play games and can give me their opinions? Only thing I am lost on otherwise this is going great.

]]> By: John Cow dot Com - MyBlogLog http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18182 John Cow dot Com - MyBlogLog Fri, 23 May 2008 18:03:45 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18182 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] and aggressive time line that needs to fit into or other tasks that can not be ignored. Not... Narrowing Your Focus - Day 3 of Cowpetition - 2 days ago If you have been involved in making money online for more than a couple of years, you [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] and aggressive time line that needs to fit into or other tasks that can not be ignored. Not… Narrowing Your Focus - Day 3 of Cowpetition - 2 days ago If you have been involved in making money online for more than a couple of years, you [...]

]]> By: Want Tons Of Traffic? Don’t Be An SEO Sheep | Awake At The Wheel | Personal Growth | careers | entrepreneurship | health & happiness http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18168 Want Tons Of Traffic? Don’t Be An SEO Sheep | Awake At The Wheel | Personal Growth | careers | entrepreneurship | health & happiness Fri, 23 May 2008 14:16:47 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18168 [...] optimization (SEO) has been all the buzz. Optimize your website or blog with keyword phrases, make it look human with Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI), link clusters or other specialized linguistic patterns in an effort to make yourself appear as [...] [...] optimization (SEO) has been all the buzz. Optimize your website or blog with keyword phrases, make it look human with Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI), link clusters or other specialized linguistic patterns in an effort to make yourself appear as [...]

]]> By: John Corrick http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18149 John Corrick Fri, 23 May 2008 03:42:44 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18149 I'm really just interested in the best topic for the exercise that will generate good hits and income. I'm not sure of the best topic to do that. I know that it may be a difficult question without knowing my background but I ma just not sure what would be a popular topic online, so these are my areas of expertise in are; 1. Hire and Finance - www.ezehire.com.au (30 years) 2. IT Outsourcing and SLA's (14 years) 3. International Business and Tax (3 years) 3. Martial Arts (35 years) 4. My business delivers IT online services and Outsourcing and this started because I really want to get some online income flowing into it. My hobbies (if I ever get time) are fishing and boating. And I love to travel and have travelled the world twice. I’m really just interested in the best topic for the exercise that will generate good hits and income. I’m not sure of the best topic to do that. I know that it may be a difficult question without knowing my background but I ma just not sure what would be a popular topic online, so these are my areas of expertise in are;

1. Hire and Finance - http://www.ezehire.com.au (30 years)

2. IT Outsourcing and SLA’s (14 years)

3. International Business and Tax (3 years)

3. Martial Arts (35 years)

4. My business delivers IT online services and Outsourcing and this started because I really want to get some online income flowing into it.

My hobbies (if I ever get time) are fishing and boating. And I love to travel and have travelled the world twice.

]]> By: John Cow http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18147 John Cow Fri, 23 May 2008 02:06:12 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18147 Well, its hard to say... do you see a market in martial arts Well, its hard to say… do you see a market in martial arts

]]> By: John Corrick http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18146 John Corrick Fri, 23 May 2008 01:41:25 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18146 I am referring to the choice of topic I am referring to the choice of topic

]]> By: John Cow http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18142 John Cow Fri, 23 May 2008 01:22:45 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18142 unclear what you are asking... what place do you want to start? unclear what you are asking… what place do you want to start?

]]> By: John Corrick http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18137 John Corrick Fri, 23 May 2008 01:00:06 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18137 I am an absolute novice and have never done any of this before but looking forward to the learning curve and achievement. I know nothing about games what so ever. I have not selected topic yet, would like to do somethiing for my business after some recent setbacks and am not sure if that is the best place to start or pick another area of expertise such as martial arts. Do you have any thought on that? I am an absolute novice and have never done any of this before but looking forward to the learning curve and achievement. I know nothing about games what so ever. I have not selected topic yet, would like to do somethiing for my business after some recent setbacks and am not sure if that is the best place to start or pick another area of expertise such as martial arts.

Do you have any thought on that?

]]> By: Money Making Schemes http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18111 Money Making Schemes Thu, 22 May 2008 20:33:54 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18111 Great series so far Cow, really looking forward to the juicy stuff later on :smile: Money Making Schemess last blog post..<a href="http://www.themakemoneyonline.net/2-practical-tips-to-help-you-make-more-money-with-adsense/" rel="nofollow">2 Practical Tips To Help You Make More Money With Adsense</a> Great series so far Cow, really looking forward to the juicy stuff later on :smile:

Money Making Schemess last blog post..2 Practical Tips To Help You Make More Money With Adsense

]]> By: Ron Ripple http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18110 Ron Ripple Thu, 22 May 2008 19:30:58 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18110 lol... The template looks a little familiar? lol… The template looks a little familiar?

]]> By: John Cow http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18108 John Cow Thu, 22 May 2008 19:11:48 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18108 That is cool and we love your template :) That is cool and we love your template :)

]]> By: Ron Ripple http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18107 Ron Ripple Thu, 22 May 2008 18:38:01 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18107 Successful Blogging is an art. I created our blog just 5 months ago and it's we're already going to be featured in Forbes Magazine as NASCAR's Biggest fan. Successful Blogging takes hard work and dedication... you have to have fun with it. I like the contest.. keep up the good work Mr. Cow. Ron Ripple Successful Blogging is an art. I created our blog just 5 months ago and it’s we’re already going to be featured in Forbes Magazine as NASCAR’s Biggest fan.

Successful Blogging takes hard work and dedication… you have to have fun with it.

I like the contest.. keep up the good work Mr. Cow.

Ron Ripple

]]> By: Vicki Flaugher http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18103 Vicki Flaugher Thu, 22 May 2008 15:19:30 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18103 Re: the way social networking is shaping LSI/keywords. When I did my initial Kahuna analysis (one of the people involved in your contest), it told me my site was themed around organic living, but it's a female entrepreneur site. Although I was disappointed at first, because I have lots of content about women in business, I also have a lot of inspirational, holistic approach to business and life stuff there too. LSI basically saw conversation about empowerment and holistic attitudes and drew conclusions. It's also a relatively new blog so I will adjust in some ways how I write to move it toward the entrepreneurship side a bit more. Lesson learned. Instead of being disappointed about my result, I targeted some organic living sites and posted to blogs in that arena and I got a slew of converting traffic. Part of the reason is that "women entrepreneurs" are often in a family or life section, not business, and it's not yet a strongly developed theme. (It will be if I have anything to do with it!) Point is, it's actually fun and interesting to see what google themes your site has and work from there. If you already have a blog that you are improving, the insight is helpful. Vicki Flaugher, the original SmartWoman Vicki Flaughers last blog post..<a href="http://smartwomanguides.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/the-value-of-relationships-why-i-quit-the-convincing-business/" rel="nofollow">The Value of Relationships: Why I Quit the “Convincing” Business</a> Re: the way social networking is shaping LSI/keywords. When I did my initial Kahuna analysis (one of the people involved in your contest), it told me my site was themed around organic living, but it’s a female entrepreneur site. Although I was disappointed at first, because I have lots of content about women in business, I also have a lot of inspirational, holistic approach to business and life stuff there too. LSI basically saw conversation about empowerment and holistic attitudes and drew conclusions. It’s also a relatively new blog so I will adjust in some ways how I write to move it toward the entrepreneurship side a bit more. Lesson learned.

Instead of being disappointed about my result, I targeted some organic living sites and posted to blogs in that arena and I got a slew of converting traffic. Part of the reason is that “women entrepreneurs” are often in a family or life section, not business, and it’s not yet a strongly developed theme. (It will be if I have anything to do with it!)

Point is, it’s actually fun and interesting to see what google themes your site has and work from there. If you already have a blog that you are improving, the insight is helpful.

Vicki Flaugher, the original SmartWoman

Vicki Flaughers last blog post..The Value of Relationships: Why I Quit the “Convincing” Business

]]> By: Info Product http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18095 Info Product Thu, 22 May 2008 12:40:11 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18095 Hi John, good posts, I made my lists. And I have questions for you :-) :?: Will you share which wordpress theme you use and which plugins? :?: What is a good place to get legal documents from? (I don't want to hire a lawyer). :?: Link bait is a great concept, but how can we apply it effectively (just like with "viral marketing")? It takes some really killer content that takes up many days to develop from my experience to make something that really works. :?: Tips on deciding specific niche? :?: "Initial content decided" = you decide what topics you're going to cover? (like: "1 article about the best brakes for downhill cycling, 1 article about the choosing the right helmet, etc."?) Or is it the first content that you put up? :?: How do you do your niche specific content research? :?: What's the maintenance plan? - Good thing you don't charge per question :-) Cheers, Richard Info Products last blog post..<a href="http://www.informationproductideas.com/?p=20" rel="nofollow">The Easiest Info-Product Creation Ever (Really)</a> Hi John,

good posts, I made my lists. And I have questions for you :-)
:?: Will you share which wordpress theme you use and which plugins?

:?: What is a good place to get legal documents from? (I don’t want to hire a lawyer).

:?: Link bait is a great concept, but how can we apply it effectively (just like with “viral marketing”)? It takes some really killer content that takes up many days to develop from my experience to make something that really works.

:?: Tips on deciding specific niche?

:?: “Initial content decided” = you decide what topics you’re going to cover? (like: “1 article about the best brakes for downhill cycling, 1 article about the choosing the right helmet, etc.”?) Or is it the first content that you put up?

:?: How do you do your niche specific content research?

:?: What’s the maintenance plan?

- Good thing you don’t charge per question :-)

Cheers,

Richard

Info Products last blog post..The Easiest Info-Product Creation Ever (Really)

]]> By: John Cow http://www.johncow.com/narrowing-your-focus-day-3-of-cowpetition/#comment-18092 John Cow Thu, 22 May 2008 11:46:35 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=952#comment-18092 It does not have to be in laymans terms, as long as you are talking in the terms your targeted audience can relate to but you are absolutely right about the conversation point. It does not have to be in laymans terms, as long as you are talking in the terms your targeted audience can relate to but you are absolutely right about the conversation point.

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