Everybody and their dog use subscription systems to “draw” in more people. Some use Adweber, some other platforms. The race is the same. Attract as many people as you can to then brag with your high numbers. The best way to do this is to offer a “gift” by placing a free ebook for download or any other trick. The problem with many blogs is that they’ve got the idea from the big ones, doing this successfully over the years, but, even if the trick is the same, the “gift” might be of a very low quality, just to entice … Continue reading →

It’s been 6 months since my professional life went down in flames. I was a well paid (at least for the number of hours I’ve worked) radio DJ, with a small freelancing “job” just for fun. I would earn a decent living, was spending more money on all kinds of useless junk and even bought a leased car I’d pay entirely in 4 years. Three years before that my bank rate would go over my salary, but things changed and I was having a good financial status. Not that good to pay 13000 Euro for my car, but enough to … Continue reading →

I have posted this article in the blogging section, but I assume it’s as valuable as advice for anything we do online (even in real life). I see way too many people try to mimic others, copy sites, copy articles, take an idea and use it too, just because they think their copycat site would be as successful as the original. We talk about the car on the John Chow blog, even if this is just an example: we can refer here to many things, not just stealing a famous header idea. So the guy makes lots of bucks. OK, … Continue reading →