http://www.4usuccessblog.com A Retired IT Consultant Explores Making Money on the Web Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:58:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are interested in Internet Marketing (and I assume you are or you wouldn't be reading this blog), you probably are on a lot of mailing lists. If you check out any of the ads (and they are hard to resist, aren't they?), you have probably noticed the dramatic ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2008/01/16/using-video-to-promote-products/ Well, it took over a month, but last night I launched my Stock Trading Techniques blog (see http://www.stocktradingtechniques.com/). It is running on my own host using WordPress blogging software. The host and WordPress have been flawless the entire time.Where I did have problems was with the templates (see I Finally ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2008/01/10/my-stock-trading-blog-is-online/ What a challenge the last few weeks have been! I had all kinds of problems with my WordPress blogger software templates. These were not WordPress problems, but third-party template problems magnified by a lack of knowledge by the installer, me.I finally bought a book on WordPress (WordPress for Dummies) to ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2008/01/07/i-finally-resolved-my-template-problems/ Happy New Year! May 2008 fulfill every dream you have!What a month it's been! I moved my pet health education and news blog (http://4usuccessprograms.blogspot.com/) from Google's free Blogger hosting and software to my own hosting service using WordPress blogging software. I also registered a new, more meaningful, domain name to ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2007/12/31/happy-new-year-plus-a-review-of-recent-activity/ Last Sunday I wrote a post where I confessed to my lack of focus in trying to start a new Internet Marketing business. I've spent a fair amount of money on various training programs without a lot of success. There is so much to learn. However, when an ad from ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2007/12/13/moving-in-the-right-direction/ If you've been following this blog for a while, you probably figured out that I have been having trouble maintaining my focus on building my Internet Marketing business. While it's true that I have Attention Deficit Disorder and tend to bounce around a lot, I have overcome this whenever I've ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2007/12/09/getting-focused/ This is going to be a short post. I recently joined this terrific shopping and money-making site for free. It allows shopping at over 1,000 brand name stores, the same stores you shop at now, at great prices while making a difference in the world and providing great Internet Marketing ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2007/11/29/my-power-mall-free-shopping-business-opportunity/ Happy Thanksgiving everyone! May your life be blessed and health and happiness be part of your daily life.It's been a long time since my last post. I apologize, but I had a death in the family and had to go out of state for a week. My retirement income ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2007/11/22/happy-thanksgiving/ Last week I wrote a post (I Implemented Step One) stating that I had finished building a new landing page for my holistic pet food business. After I installed it I setup some Google AdWords ads to point to it. Google uses a "secret formula" for computing search word ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2007/11/06/ok-so-that-didnt-work-so-well/ About a week ago I wrote a post about my multi-pronged strategy to make money on the Internet. My initial focus was going to be on my holistic pet food business. I make virtually 100% of my pet food sales via Internet advertising. I am renting my product web site, ... http://www.4usuccessblog.com/2007/10/28/i-implemented-step-one/