12 Apr
Posted by Brian Carr as Adsense, Affiliate Programs, Marketing
Until recently, I was more than happy to simply have Adsense as my primary revenue generating stream for my websites. I mean, it’s requires very little work to set up, even less work to maintain and you get paid just for people clicking links that show up on your site.
That being said, the more serious […]
Whether you run an entire office or are just the king of your cubicle, there are some pretty easy things that you can do to help make your work space a more environmentally place.
Since it looks like being green is here to stay, it’s probably about time that you jumped on the bandwagon and took advantage of some […]
I think it goes without saying that using the big news submission sites like Digg, Reddit and Netscape is a great way to help bring traffic to your site. That being said, because these sites are so big and so many submissions are sent in, it’s pretty easy to get lost in the crowd.
So, instead […]
Exactly one week ago The New Business Blog was up on the homepage of Digg thanks to an article written about how impossible it was to get up on Digg’s homepage. It was definitely unexpected and certainly not unwanted, but what lasting effects has it had on my site?
In terms of traffic, I’m still getting more […]
Have you checked out your website’s stats recently and noticed that the number of hits on any given day is relatively flat and no matter what you do, no matter how many times you submit your content to Digg or Reddit, you just can’t seem to jump start your traffic?
It turns out your site’s traffic […]
If you were to look at Forbes’ list of the world’s wealthiest people, after a while I think you would begin to see a very common trait - a vast majority of these individuals are self made and generated their billions by owning businesses.
Just to make sure I wasn’t seeing things I recently had a […]
Despite my quasi-critical article about Digg and how it needs to lose the “high school clique” feel, I think I made it pretty clear that I still really enjoy Digg and think that it’s a fun and useful site. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for another high profile user driven news site.
Specifically, I’m talking […]
02 Apr
Posted by Brian Carr as Miscellaneous, Traffic
To quote Chris Farley in Tommy Boy - THAT… WAS… AWESOME!
Getting up on Digg’s homepage was completely unexpected and, unfortunately for me, was probably a one shot deal. Not to say that I’m not grateful, because I certainly am, but I think I just happened to write a post about a topic that was of interest […]
Let me start this off by saying that I really enjoy Digg and I hope that one day, just one of my articles will make it up onto their homepage. That being said, I think there are some things about Digg that need to be addressed before the site becomes useless.
The other day while I […]