A Major Setback

Just as I thought I was making progress this week, I had one of my blogs that I have used for over 2 years now, flagged for spam, and deleted. I was emailed about the deletion, then a few moments later, my entire Google account was deleted! My Gmail, adsense, Blogger, and everything else, I had lost access to.

The blog they claimed was spamming was about tips to save money when having a baby. I used these methods when I had my son, before trying the MOIS course, and added some links for people to check out. Now, when I added links, I may have added a link per post, or most often, none at all. Google told me what I did was to get my blog to show up in search engines by over linking. I did not overlink and am a little besides myself since I put in so much work  and effort these past few days.

I request a review of the blog, but because it is not finished, there are a lot of things needs fixed, and I am afraid Google will forever delete my blog. Worst part is, I had no way of getting all the writing I have done the past few years saved. I wish I had a way to back it up! Any suggestions?

In the mean time, I will be working on writing articles and saving them to my note pad, while brain storming for ways to make sure my hard work is safe from automatic deletion.

6 Months Later...

So it has been a very long time since my last post, and I apologize. Things have been a little hectic from moving to 3 different states, to actually holding a job, to living back and with the in-laws.

I tried a tele-marketing job for some much needed income, and I hated it! Oh ow I wish I could really make this work at home thing work!

So I am back into this and am really going to make an good effort at it. And the cool part about coming back? MOIS updated EVERYTHING! They seem to keep everything fresh and new so that you have the best possible shot at making this work(at least I hope they do!).

Unfortunately, my Squidoo account was frozen, for whatever reason, and I have to re-do all my lenses. I will be working on that and my eZine articles this week.

And for anyone who does not know this, but you can get MOIS at a cheaper rate. When you go to close the window or tab that you open this site in, it will give a deeply discounted rate to purchase the course.

It's been awhile...and keyword targeting

It has been a looooong time since I have been able to get back to MOIS. Between the move and re-adjusting to yet another state, I have just been too exhausted. A very active toddler does not help.

But I finally went back and checked all my stats from Squidoo, the articles I have written thus far, and I have no sales. Bummer. I have though however, 2 followers on my blog! Yippee!!! This was completely unexpected since I was not sure anyone would read it. But to you 2 out there, thanks!!!

So I have no sales, and of course the MOIS program has you pushing the MOIS program. I am beginning to think of maybe switching to something else, maybe a little bit more tangible? Maybe something I KNOW people would want?

Don't get me wrong, I think MOIS is a great course, and everyone should check it out, but I am starting to wonder if everyone who might have purchased it, have already done so and I joined a little too late.

So that is my goal this weekend. I am going to do some market research, find a product, and begin marketing it. However, the techniques I have learned in "My Online Income System" will most certainly be utilized! Because, if I never stumbled across it, I am pretty sure I would be wandering pointlessly through the internet. I learned how to do market research, learn how to keyword target and a few other key elements.

Keyword targeting is great, and since I learned how to implement it, I have seen a little more consistent traffic to my sites. When you type in something to search in Google, you get a list that is returned to you. But let's say you are looking for something a little bit more specific, like purple polka dotted fuzzy slippers. You could just type in slippers, and you would get billions of results for slippers. The more you narrow the search, by adding purple, fuzzy, and the rest, you get a more specific result, and are more likely to get the results you like.

Well, I learned how to do this with MOIS. So it should work for another product, right? I'll just have to wait and see!

Webpages

I am learning that you do not need a website to start promoting MOIS, and in fact, there is one already set up that all you have to do is sign-up. Just make sure you have a Clickbank account first.

Here is the link to the site that you sign up to get a free website. Everything is set up and you do nothing but promote the site. It is a little cheesy looking, and there is nothing you can do to change it around, and you are stuck with the 3 products on the site.

Buuuut, if you pay a little bit more, you get a pre-designed site, but you can change the 3 products to suit you needs. I have not signed up for that service, as I see no need for it, and want to do this with no moeny out of pocket. It has and can be done!

All you do is put in you info where it says name and email, and a link is sent to you. Be sure it does not go to yo spam. The site will look EXACTLY like this, but the link will have your username in it so that you get credit for the sale. Like, I said, it's cheesy, but it costs absolutely nothing.

I am in the mean time am going to stick to some other techniques to use to promote, and not use the provided site. Thankfully, MOIS has showed me a lot of different non-chessy ways to do this.

For now, I am going to focus on keyword targeting and how to implent it. Sounds pretty interesting, and is an ingenoius idea. I kind of wish I was a computer geek and came up with Google myself! :-) Check out this Wiki article about keyword targeting for more info.

And if I have not stated this before, I AM NOT using GDI! I think it is a waste and it's not that great of a webste builder. Not bad for beginners, but not what I need for my plans.

Traffic increase!

I am quite pleased with the amount of traffic I was able to generate using MOIS. I did not know a singe thing about generating web traffic. After using some of the techniques I learned in the "My Online Income System" course, I see at least 10 new visits to each of my web pages. Before, I would only get one hit a month.

I guess the forums and the article writing has paid off, but I have not come close to beginning! I love how the potential is limitless and all the ideas found in MOIS. I even love the fact that you do not have to promote the products that they suggest at first. This system works with pretty much anything you can think of! Just plug in what interests you and that's it!

Well, I have at least one Squidoo lens that needs tweeked and an article that I have been trying to write all day. I love how creative I can be with this! I would most certainly reccomend this to anyone, it's that simple and awesome!

Another week of "work"

I have officially decided to drop the whole GDI thing. At first, I thought it was a good idea, but then I realized how limiting the site was. It is a good place for people just starting out with website building, not those like me, who have experience. But that's not why you are here, now are you? :)

I spent a lot more time working on the MOIS project and feel like I sped up the momentum I lost when family was here. Now that I am back on track, I am hoping to see some income soon. I am looking at a good 6 months worth of work to make some substantial cash, but it all depends on me. I NOW see how others make money online. Before it was completely a blur, and I was lost. Thank God I purchased the "My Online Income System." Otherwise, I would still be running in circles.

I tried the Squidoo thing on my own, without realizing it's potential. Hect, I did not even know how to write a keyword targeted article! But I know now! The course also shows you how to check to see what keywords are being searched for, and how many. This is so that you can use them to drive traffic to you websites. Though I am not the best at this as of yet, there have been more visits to my Squidoo sites. In fact, one of the lenses recieves most of it traffic via Google searches. How cool is that?

This is just one of the many neat little things you learn when using MOIS, but it's late and I am tired. I'm hoping to redesign my blog instead of using Blogger's standard template. But that will have to wait.....ZZZZZ

Still no success, but...

I have not had much success at this whole affiliate marketing thing, but I can honestly say I put in a good 2 and a half decent weeks since I began this well over a month ago. I have had many distractions and other issues arise, so I have not been completely and entirely faithful to my work.

I still have, however, hope. The friend I have who does this said it took months, and from all the other people who are into this say the same thing. So I'm going to give it another solid month before looking for my first sale.

Using the techniques I have learned so far, I have noticed a major increase in visits to my websites. It's not a huge number, but it most certainly more than if I never had implemented these little secrets.