Posts Tagged "content"

Am I Too Late For Christmas?

Posted on 30 Sep 2008 in Development | 1 comment

Last year I blogged about how important it was to plan and build new websites for different seasons such as Valentines and Christmas. Sadly I forgot to heed my own advice and have left it very late to start planning my Christmas 2008 website and am now in a hurry to get content in place ready for the Christmas rush (hopefully).

Thankfully after checking a few key phrases I am still featuring #1 in Google despite my Christmas website being orientated to 2007 until today. I am therefore hoping that the update should be relatively pain free and still earn me a few £’s here and there considering the number of visitors I am seeing increase over the past 7 days.

Due to time restraints I’ve had to change things around a little and use a different backend. Previously the backend was Affilistore which I use for a number of other websites such as my makeup website, but this year I’m once again relying on a good old Wordpress blog. A tweak here and there to a free wordpress template obtained from BlogOhBlog and an image or two downloaded from iStockPhoto and we are ready to rock and roll!

I plan to make more use of content units this year, opposed to feeds last year just to help get content up and running quickly with the minimum effort and as usual am looking for any links swaps. This year I’ll once again be making use of the BuyAGift Landing Page created by Paul last year just to drive a few additional sales in the hope to win the Affiliate Road Trip incentive they have introduced.

Don’t You Just Hate Link Building?

Posted on 10 Jun 2008 in Development | 7 comments

I know many affiliates out there spend hours, days, weeks or even months developing a website and getting it chocka full of content and then if like me, the next step is a dreaded one. I simply HATE link building. I HATE it with a passion. Not that I am unsociable, but I simply can’t be bothered with this time consuming, yet essential, step in promoting your website..

• First of all you have to take time out to find relevant sites which you wish to swap links with.
• You need to find a contact email address, and preferably a name in order to make the email personalised.
• Next you need to write a personal email as to why you would like to swap links with said website.
• It’s always wise to have their website link in place before approaching them so you can show them you are serious about reciprocal links.
• Finally you need to check and keep tabs of who has said yes, who said no and any links out of date.

Now you can see why I, and many other affiliates find it a pain in the ass!

To help affiliates like me, Kieron has launched a new venture where by you no longer have to spend hours of your time building links. Content Now aims to offer both a link building service and a content writing service, almost a completely managed promotional service.

When it comes to content writing I am lucky enough to have a contact which I have used over the past few years and am very happy with in terms of price and quality, but the Link Building service is one I will be making the most of. With prices starting off from £150 with no minimal contract period, it’s certainly worth a stab to see what effect it has.

Kieron I wish you good luck mate