Introducing myself

[Engage]

Pretty homepage, you link to in your signature.

Thanks, appreciate it. My design skills are modest, so compliments are relished. :-)

Not a home page actually. I've been experimenting with creating pages that focus on a specific offer, and linking to them in my sigs. Jury is still out. As soon as I finish up a few things here, will probably replace this sig with a link to an "umbrella page" that shows everything I have to offer.

remember to use the link ads - sometimes, they even bring in the most income...

Now that is a good idea, and something I haven't tried yet. I'm going to take your suggestion on this one. Have you compared the ad panels to the link ads in a specific spot over time to compare? Will be interested in any data you care to share.

Anyway, most of what I know, I know from Joel Comm.

Another good suggestion. You've reminded me that I've actually got his Adsense book on my desktop. I suppose I could actually read it. Duh...

[BrittMalka]

Thanks, appreciate it. My design skills are modest, so compliments are relished. :-)

And I learned a new and tasty word: relished. Thanks

Not a home page actually. I've been experimenting with creating pages that focus on a specific offer, and linking to them in my sigs. Jury is still out. As soon as I finish up a few things here, will probably replace this sig with a link to an "umbrella page" that shows everything I have to offer.

Oh, please whisper me the URL to your umbrella page. I'm so curious!

Now that is a good idea, and something I haven't tried yet. I'm going to take your suggestion on this one. Have you compared the ad panels to the link ads in a specific spot over time to compare? Will be interested in any data you care to share.

Erm, no... I started out with links in that place. The only thing I have tested, besides link ads on that spot, is a link to an alternative ad, when there were no ads available from Google, and that alternative was a banner. It gave nothing.

Another good suggestion. You've reminded me that I've actually got his Adsense book on my desktop. I suppose I could actually read it. Duh...

Lol ;-) Yeah.

I always print them out, ebooks. Two pages on one to save paper and toner. Then I can high light words and paragraphs, take notes, and read a lot faster than when reading on screen.

[Meenub]

Thanks Phil,

I will definately check out the websites you recommended. The articles you suggest writing, are those to build a blog?

[Engage]

Oh, please whisper me the URL to your umbrella page. I'm so curious!

Thanks for your interest Britt, appreciate it.

I have a few weeks of details left before I can go fully public with my latest projects, but I will happily whisper a few of my URLs to you in a private message, so you can have a VIP insider's behind the scenes hush hush top secret sneak peek, and all that other marketing jazz.

Erm, no... I started out with links in that place.

Ok, I gotcha. Again, thanks for suggesting the links. I knew they were there, but didn't test them for some reason. It really does seem a good idea to advance my education here, and I'll be trying this soon, thanks to you.

I always print them out, ebooks. Two pages on one to save paper and toner.

Another great suggestion. Yes, it's much easier to read print than computer screens for some reason, and I do think that's why I've not read the book yet. Time to fire up the printer! Thanks again.

[Engage]

Hi again Meenub,

The articles you suggest writing, are those to build a blog?

A blog or a website. The differences between the two aren't so important in my opinion. Usually with a blog the latest article is always printed on the home page, whereas with a traditional web site the home page is more of a welcome page, with a description of what the site contains etc. Imho, don't worry about any of this for now.

Given that you already have a topic in mind, I'd suggest the following as a next step.

You probably should get some advice about the business potential of your topic before you dive in to writing lots of articles. This is one web business thing you should probably do now.

We could discuss evaluating the profitability of topics here in general terms if you want.

And/or, you might want to join Lynn's Elite Club, even if just for one month, so she can help you determine if your topic is a good one to proceed with. I'm not sure if her club is open for new members right now or not, but I'm sure other posters here would know.

So...

Next step, find out if your topic is profitable enough to merit your time.