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June 7, 2010

Why you NEED to have your own Self-Hosted Blog, not Blogger or WordPress.com

Every so often, I get an email from someone asking me to check out there blog that they are using to either promote their Freebie Trading business or some other business that they are running, and give them feedback. Maybe they’ve heard of blogging and how it can help generate traffic because of the Search Engine benefits of having a blog. I can testify to that fact because ever since I started this blog, I started getting MUCH MORE traffic than I ever had before at my other static websites.

May 26, 2010

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Is Freebie Trading Dead? A look at the past, present and Future of the Industry

This post speaks directly to Freebie Traders. However, even if you aren’t a Freebie Trader, I would encourage you to still read it, because there’s a lot we can learn by looking at how an industry has evolved over time. One of the things I’ve enjoyed doing since I started building my online business is getting to meet new people. Since January 18th, 2008 (the day I started as a Freebie Trader), I’ve met many great people online and have even had the privilege of gaining new friendships that I believe will last a while. As I speak to many of my Freebie Trading friends, there’s one question that I get asked more and more over the last few months: “Is the Freebie Industry Dead?

May 23, 2010

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You Wanna Make Money Online? Are you sure?

This blog post marks a new direction in the content that I will be posting from here on out. You see, I’ve come to realize something. Most people who try to start an online business fail terribly. MOST people get excited by the hype they see in the “Make Money Online” Community and jump from product to product, while never realizing their dream of making a ton of money while chillin at home in their PJs.

February 2, 2010

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Podcast: Interview with Gideon Shalwick on Social Media and Blogging

Gideon Shalwick is a Serial Entrepreneur from Australia who has really taken social media and blogging and combined them to make a powerful combination. Gideon, along with Yaro Starak, has put together the most easy to follow blogging training program called Become A Blogger and provide a lot of free resources to help take a blog to another level.

January 26, 2010

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Podcast: Interview with Yaro Starak on Building a Profitable Blogging Business

Yaro Starak is an Australian Entrepreneur/Blogger who has made a significant imprint in the Blogosphere. His Blog Masterrmind Coaching program has taught many, including myself, how to build a profitable blog from scratch and set it up for success, from content generation to Traffic Generation all the way to monetization.

January 21, 2010

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Server issues “solved”. Live, learn and then get STRONGER!

TweetAs many of you are probably aware, we’ve been having some server issues with CaliStyle101 over the last few days. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you might want to read my earlier announcement. Now, assuming you’ve already done that, this message has some important info. The switch has been made We made [...]

January 20, 2010

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January 20th Outage – What Happened – What is being done to fix it

TweetOn Sunday, I got a message from the Hosting Company that hosts CaliStyle101, letting me know that they were experiencing some server issues. In response to those issues, they shut down the server to “fix stuff”. Ever since the fix was made, we’ve been noticing that CaliStyle101 was experiencing more issues than before. This all [...]