http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog Sick of the Hype, Aren't You? Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:51:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've learned that there's only so much one human can do in 24 hours. At first you want to do everything yourself. One, because you probably can't afford to hire anyone, and two, you probably don't think anyone else can do it as good as you can. Hopefully you'll eventually be ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/why-outsource-work-so-you-can-make-more-money/ Has anyone else noticed that google adwords conversions keep going lower and lower? Is it just me? From what I read in the forums it's not just me. Over the last couple of years, but especially since about January 2006, I've watched my adwords conversion rate steadily decline. Yes there ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/google-adwords-conversions-vs-yahoo-seach-marketing-and-microsoft-adcenter/ If you've been in the adwords game for very long you should know the importance of deleting keywords with low CTR's. If you're not familiar with the concept or the reasoning behind it, here's a brief outline. Part of the way Google calculates the ranking of your ad is by the ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/the-importance-of-deleting-low-ctr-keywords-in-adwords-and-ysm/ PPC prices keep going up. Google's far reaching and overbearing tentacles can send your PPC campaign down in flames. MSN's Adcenter is just a joke and Yahoo Search Marketing, is still as slow, strange and corrupt as always. SEO can take months to show and results and it takes a lot ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/screw-ppc-cloaking-for-profits/ These are some tools/programs/sites that you may find helpful in your quest to make money on the internet. Of course in my Internet Marketing Course I go into much more detail, and cover many more tools (many of them free), sites, and methods to increase your internet profits. Selected Excerpts from ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/some-of-my-favorite-internet-marketing-tools/ Diversify, that's what my old financial adviser told me. And I used to believe it and go with the herd mentality until I met a different kind of adviser who showed me the truth about diversifying your assets and got me into some much better investments.But this post is not ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none-internet-marketings-worst-advice/ As I've mentioned in previous posts, I've grown totally sick of all the hype and bullshit in the internet marketing business. Sure you can make a lot of money, but you have to sift through so much garbage, lies, and bad information before you can actually figure out HOW to ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/internet-marketing-and-making-money-online-what-you-need-to-know/ Mike Filsaime recently reported that according to his research, 59.06% of people marketing online (those who consider themselves "internet marketers" have been doing it for less than one year. Wow! That's incredible! I didn't realize it was that high. I guess it's like anything, once you've been doing it for years ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/59-of-internet-marketers-have-been-doing-it-for-less-than-1-year-so-how-can-they-learn-quickly-to-make-big-money/ I was just reading a thread asking why Internet Marketing commissions are so high as compared to other markets like insurance, real estate, and retail. This got me thinking about internet marketing in general, pricing, hype, and the whole ball of wax these days. I read in yet another thread that ... http://webmarketingsucks.com/blog/internet-marketing/who-else-is-tired-of-all-of-the-internet-marketing-hype/