I Am Not Going To Advertise Ty Coughlin’s Reverse Funnel System On My Blog!

Listen to this:

And now read this:

A few days ago, I sent out an email to all my email subscribers and also wrote a very kind heart to heart message regarding my advertisement policy.

Long story short, my policy is that I do not accept ads that point to affiliate based products commonly found in ClickBank or other related items such as that.

The most popular rejected advertisement request is this:

Ty Coughlin’s Reverse Funnel System. Current to date, I have rejected and refunded over 100 requests to advertise this product.

I don’t know anything about this product, I’ll admit that. But I don’t care. I am not advertising it. The simple fact alone of having over 100 people bombard me requesting to advertise their affiliation with Ty Coughlin Reverse Funnel System is enough reason for me to say, “I am not interested in this product!” and, “I am sure as hell not going to contribute towards promoting it!”

Is it a scam? I don’t know… and to be honest, I don’t really care. Products like this do not interest me, and I don’t blog about products like this. In fact, it more closely resembles the type of products I don’t like.

Need Examples of What Is Acceptable?

Just in case people are still not clear on what I am looking for in an advertiser for $5.95 here are a few examples:

Example A:

Example B:

Example C:

Note: Joel Comm is actually paying me for this ad. He owns this product!

Example D:

If you’re still not sure about the kind of advertisers I am looking for, I have taken it upon myself to create really cool game called, Garry’s Advertiser Concentration. Playing this game will help people better understand the kind of advertisers I am looking for.

I am provide, what I would seriously consider, some of the best advertising solutions within my niche. You can advertise a graphic on my blog for as little as $5.95 / month, which literally saves you hundreds of dollars.

If you haven’t noticed yet, I am extremely picky with who I accept into my ad system.

I want fresh blood. I want newbie bloggers. I want product developers. I want people who have written their own ebooks. I want people who want to promote legitimate things (that they own!). I want any advertisers who wants to take advantage of my offer while not exploiting my cheap prices by requesting to advertise trashy products, Internet scams or bogus products.

Posted on March 31st, 2008. 17 Comments

A Little Heart to Heart Message To My Readers Regarding Advertising On My Blog

As many readers know, I have been working quite a bit on the advertisement system on my blog. I really feel like my advertisement system is very unique compared to others. Quite honestly, the system has been built for you in mind. My prices are dirt cheap for one reason and one reason alone, and that is to help my readers get some really good exposure at a very affordable price.

I sell banner ads on my blog for $5.95 per month. These banners are strategically positioned on the hottest spots on my blog. I even go so far as to provide a free banner graphic design for my readers who either don’t have a graphic or simply don’t have the ability to create one. Along with the banner advertisement service, I also provide contextual link advertisements and article submission services.

All of these services are designed for you. The prices are set very low so that no one feels like they are turned down. I want to provide an affordable service to any reader regardless of how much or how little money they have in their back pocket. It wasn’t very long ago when I first started blogging. I clearly remember how it was.

Back when I first started blogging, the bigger blogs would never interact with me, nor would they be nice and give me a break. In fact, most of the bigger blogs wouldn’t even give me the time of day. Quite honestly, that sucked. I can’t really put it any other way. And because of how I was treated back in the early days is why I am: a.) Extremely aggressive with my competitors and, b.) Why I am very kind to my readers and new bloggers who are struggling.

Today, my blog attracts the interest of really high profile people such as Joel Comm, Kris Jones, Andy Beard and Thor Schrock. I stir up a lot of controversy, I speak my mind and that seems to capture the attention of many people. But I am not all about publishing content that creates emotion among people, especially high profile figures. I am more about providing information that help bloggers who are in the early stages of things, just like I was not too long ago.

Consequently, the advertisement system I have created also follows these standards. My ad system is in place for my readers. With that being said, I have to set some rules and boundaries regarding my advertisement system. For some time now, I thought that maybe some behaviors would settle down over time, but I was wrong. So now, I have to address this publicly.

I do not provide an advertisement service for people who want to exploit my cheap pricing by signing up and advertising affiliate based products. Quite honestly, if I wanted to sell these same products, I would. The reason why I don’t is because most of them are scams or totally waste my reader’s time.

Time and time again, I continue to reject advertisement requests. My services are here for my readers and bloggers who just need a little break in life. To be forward with you, the pricing of my various advertisement services could very well be triple the prices reflected on my advertisement rate card.

My advertisement services are NOT for people who are looking for a loop hole in the system. Many marketers are attracted to my advertisement system for the simple fact that they know that they can generate a tons of money by advertising so cheaply on my blog. And that is NOT why I provide an advertisement service on my blog.

In closing of this announcement, I want to let everyone know that I have created a wonderful system that I only wish existed two years ago when I first started blogging. My goal is to cater to my readers and provide them with a very affordable and effective advertisement service.

The advertisement services provided on my personal blog is not going to make me rich. I have other blogs that focus on making huge amounts of money. My advertisement services are designed to help you gain more exposure and increase your readership so that one day you too can reap the benefits of running a successful blog.

Please do not sign up for any of my advertisement services if you intend to exploit my cheap prices by requesting to advertise a product or service that you don’t own. Do not sign up and request to point links to affiliate based products such as items found in ClickBank. This is a service that caters to the folks who need effective advertising for a price that is very reasonable for their budget.

Posted on March 29th, 2008. 14 Comments

A Simple Search Engine Checklist For Bloggers

So many bloggers are concerned with how well their blog and posts rank in the search engines. Time and time again, I get questions sent to me via email and instant message asking the same thing. “Garry, can you please take a look at my blog and tell me if it is search engine friendly?” or, “Garry, how come my blog doesn’t rank for the keywords I want?” or, “Garry, where do I start with learning more about search engine optimization?”

With the obvious demand for a better understanding of search engines, how to rank in them and how to market your content in them, here is a search engine checklist that I believe you’ll find helpful. It is a simple Yes/No checklist. The more questions that you can answer yes, the more you’re on your way to search engine traffic bliss! Drop a comment with your scores if you’d like.

Are you creating content that your readers are interested in?
Does your content contain focused keyword phrases?
Are you optimizing your pages with three to five keyword phrases?
Do most of your important keywords appear above the top fold?
Are your keywords hyperlinked?
Do your graphics on your post contain focused and relevant keywords?
Does your post title contain focused keywords?
Does your post URL contain focused keywords?
Can search engines and people easily find your content from the home page?
Do people link back to your home page and post pages?
Are you using basic HTML coding (e.g. H1, h2, h3, Bold, Alt text, etc.)

If you can answer “Yes” to all these questions then you should have a healthy blog for users as well as search engines. Feel free to drop a comment and also I’d love it if you’d share this post with your readers on your blog.

Posted on March 28th, 2008. 11 Comments

John Chow Takes A Viral Video Shit

It seems that Ryan Shamus has really stirred up the pot with this viral video marketing thing. About two weeks ago, I was asked by Ryan if I would help him promote an article that was just published yesterday. He gave me a copy of the article in PDF and I was able to review it and agreed that I thought it would be very helpful for my readers and decided to help with promoting it. As many already know the article went live yesterday and most all of the top bloggers took part in helping Ryan with promoting his article.

As ironic as it might seem, John Chow decided to make an attempt at creating a viral video. Of all the possible topics he could have chosen to talk about, he decided to talk about shit, literally. He recorded a four minute video and talked about human waste, feces and gave examples of how people look at it in a toilet. Now, I’ll admit, I do find this video fairly amusing; however, I am really curious to discover if he will eventually pull this video offline. Needless to say, the only thing viral about it is his mouth. I never in a million years would have guessed I’d hear words like this come out of John Chow’s mouth in an online YouTube Video.

* The video below contains profanity. Not intended for sensitive ears.

Posted on March 28th, 2008. 15 Comments

Make Money Online Starting A Nutrition Health Store

People seem to have trouble finding programs that can make them good money online. I’ll admit, I think it can be difficult for multiple reasons. For one, there are so many different programs on the Net that advertise that they’ll make you money online, which one do you choose? Second obstacle is trying to figure out if the program is legit or a scam. The third element to consider is how are you going to successfully promote or market the program to others?

There are a countless number of articles I have published on my blog about Google Adsense and other pay per click programs. But what if you don’t have an interest in pay per click? What if you have an interest in selling online? Some people actually enjoy selling. I personally don’t, I am not that good at sales; however, there are thousands of people who would love to join and participate in a program that allows them to sell products.

With that being said, I found a wonderful program within the Pepperjam Network called, My Nutrition Store. This is a revolutionary website designed to integrate technology with the nutraceutical industry. It is one of the largest health and wellness corporate collaborations to hit the industry in years.

My Nutrition Store sells science-based nutraceuticals including men and women’s health products, herbal remedies, antioxidants, heart, eye, and digestive health products. The most important piece to take home with you is the fact that they offer a business opportunity for anyone who wants to enter this booming $70 billion dollar-a-year wellness industry by providing the tools you need to open your very own nutrition store.

So, the way I see it is this, if you’re good at sales and want to sell, sometimes finding the right programs to get into is difficult. My Nutrition Store has one of the most amazing programs I have seen.

Now the part where I give you a little added edge on the competition is this: I think you’re going to need a killer domain name with a WordPress blog set up on it. I spent about 30 minutes prior to writing this post investigating various targetable search terms and keyword phrases that would be ideal for promoting and marketing this business and I have to say that I am quite impressed.

To give some lucky reader a little boost in life, I have researched and found an available domain name that you can purchase to use when you join My Nutrition Store:

NUTRITIONHEALTHSTORE.COM

What more could you ask for? Nutrition Health Store dot Com. This domain name is a very popular exact phrase search in the search engines. It is very brandable and extremely easy to remember. If you consider joining My Nutrition Store, I would strongly recommend purchasing this domain name to use towards promoting and marketing your business.

To learn more about the My Nutrition Store business opportunities, I would suggest that you learn more from them directly. Also, don’t get discouraged if this domain name gets taken. Drop me a comment and I’ll help you find another domain name.

Be creative and think of a domain name on your own. Or, I suggest that you purchase Micro Niche Finder as this program will totally help you find a killer domain name for this business. Good luck and I wish you years of success with being a member of My Nutrition Store.

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Posted on March 28th, 2008. 13 Comments