This is the first in a series of posts in which I take a long, hard look at making money online. I’m going to uncover some uncomfortable truths and point out the pitfalls that I see people making every day. Continue reading
Category Archives: Marketing
Google Home Affiliate Program Scam
I can hardly believe it. Only a few days after I posted about the Google Profusion scam along comes another variation – The Google Home Affiliate Program.
This time the webpage looks different. It’s not a blog, it’s made out to be a newspaper column complete with bogus ‘Windsor and Maidenhead Career Digest’ title… Continue reading
PPC Classroom3 for $1
Question: What is the fastest way to get traffic to your website?
Answer: PayPerClick advertising (e.g. Google Adwords)
Question: What is the fastest way to lose money in Internet Marketing?
Answer: PayPerClick advertising!
Trust me, if you don’t know much about PayPerClick (PPC) advertising then don’t go there. I did and got burnt.
That was before I joined PPC Classroom around a year ago. There I discovered more about PPC advertising than I knew existed. And the simple tutorial method put me on the right track to making money using PPC. Continue reading
Google Profusion Scam Uncovered
I’ve just found a scam called Google Profusion that has been catching people out all over the internet, so much so that I feel it needs to be uncovered here.
I found an online ad, while downloading from Mediafire, about earning from home by posting Google links. I don’t normally respond to these things but some idle curiosity made me click on it while my file downloaded.
What came up was a blog called ‘youronlinesuccessblogs.com’ which seemed to be written by Emily Rosher with a nice photo of her latest check from Google at the top of the page and another photo of her and her family to the side.
This blog post is very persuasive… Continue reading
Pay Per Click the right way
Is Google Adwords the only answer to profitable PPC (Pay Per Click) campaigns? Of course not! In fact, although Google is probably the most used Search Engine, it is also the most difficult to break into.
Of course there are hundreds of marketers making thousands of dollars every day using Google Adwords PPC campaigns. These are guys who have been using Google PPC for years. They’re experienced, they have a system that works well for them, they know which keywords work for them and which don’t.
Do you really want to go head to head with these guys? Do you really think you can break into Google Adwords campaigns with immediate profits? Forget it! There’s just no way you can compete with the big boys as a beginner in PPC.
Or is there? Well, yes, there is a way providing that you steer clear of Google. You see, simply because Google is the biggest used Search Engine it is also the most difficult to break into with PPC. Continue reading