Adventures Of A Stay At Home Dad

Just trying to balance two little boys and my sanity . . .

Free Google Adwords guide

Posted on November 6, 2007 - Filed Under Marketing, My Stumbles | 4 Comments

Over 2 years ago, I embarked on an internet journey that eventually led down the internet marketing road. The idea was to cash in on various affiliate programs by using various free marketing methods along with Google Adwords Pay Per Click (PPC). I read articles, bought books and ebooks, and studied all I […]

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Slow but steady

Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Entrepreneur, Marketing | Leave a Comment

Becoming a small business owner and entrepreneur, one learns very quickly that its synonymous with becoming a salesman or marketer. The difference here is that you are trying to sell yourself or develop your own brand. One issue that I have encountered is that - to my surprise - potential clients (aka: leads) […]

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Exploring your artistic side

Posted on October 26, 2007 - Filed Under Marketing, Technology | Leave a Comment

Sometimes I wish I was artistic - to be able to express myself in some other media other than written or spoken language. Not to say that I am not creative, heck, my banking skills are a shinning example of my creativity. What I would love to be able to do someday is string […]

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News and changes

Posted on September 28, 2007 - Filed Under Home Business, Marketing | Leave a Comment

Over the next couple of days I will be making a few changes to the site - nothing huge, just some layout things and links. I had to get rid of that widget box for social bookmarking because it was slow to load - I will be replacing it with a few select buttons […]

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Where everybody knows your name

Posted on September 20, 2007 - Filed Under Home Business, Marketing | Leave a Comment

In the past I have written about my business on this blog but haven’t addressed an essential (and most overlooked) aspect of having a small or home based business - marketing. Getting your name out, letting people know what you do, etc. is the only way you will make any money (lets face it, […]

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Generate Free Website Traffic

Posted on September 7, 2007 - Filed Under Entrepreneur, Marketing | Leave a Comment

Starting a company does require many things but, to get straight to the point, you need a capital. Tradition says that to make money requires money as well; however, the versatility the Internet offers many ways to optimize the potential of your site or business in generating traffic for free. The following are search […]

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Why submit your blog to a directory?

Posted on August 28, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging, Marketing | Leave a Comment

In the world of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) there are two key metrics by which your website or blog are judged for popularity: Alexa traffic ranking, and Google Page Rank. You can have thousands visit your site on a daily basis and have a ZERO for a Google Page Rank and you cannot increase […]

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Zookoda - Its about Email, not animals

Posted on August 20, 2007 - Filed Under Home Business, Marketing | Leave a Comment

Its all about the traffic.
Though I am sure there are a few of you out there who might say otherwise, most of us bloggers would prefer it if people actually read what we are writing. Aside from that, it would be nice if people returned to our blogs from time to time - just […]

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Search Engine Marketing - not for the faint hearted

Posted on August 16, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging, Marketing | Leave a Comment

Just the other day I was ranting about not knowing how to market my business. Wouldn’t you know it, someone sent this site my way : ApogeeSearch.com
They have been around since 2001 and have become one of the top Search Engine Marketing firms in the world. Of course they offer a wealth […]

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Pick a catchy domain name in 2 simple steps.

Posted on August 16, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging, Entrepreneur, Marketing | Leave a Comment

Although it is an assumption on my part, one would think that most single word domain names have long been snapped up my eager entrepreneurs or by domain parking (a.k.a. squatters) with dollar signs in their eyes. So how should the aspiring web mogul come up with the domain name for his/her new multi-billion […]

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