The Pain Of Losing Opt-In Subscribers

February 26th, 2007

As with virtually any subscription scheme, an active opt-in list will be subject to a natural turnover of subscribers. Freebie seekers will have gotten what they wanted, those who were captured by a net cast wide might find their interest start to drop off once the flow of goodies stops and then there’s the rest.

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My New Keyword Tool Launched

February 23rd, 2007

Keyword Permutator Virtual Product BoxI say “launched”, but it’s really more of a case of it quietly being made publicly available. After the amount of hype surrounding the launches of some of the more well-known Internet marketing products, this is positively spider footsteps territory. That’s not to say I haven’t got a few ideas for promotion lined up, but more on that some other time.

So what is it? To sum it up, it’s a handy desktop keyword tool for creating permutations of input keywords. It’s especially useful for pay per click advertisers and those using website generation tools.

What makes it different from any other keyword permutation tool? Well, for a start it’s very easy to use and then there’s a little twist that I hinted at previously. No, I’m not ready to tell yet, but it’s a fantastic proposition for owners of mailing lists. Again, more on that when the time is right.

I’d actually developing the application a couple of months ago, but it’s really been the last 20% of the project that’s taken 80% of the time. To be honest, as a PHP developer, developing a desktop application on my own was always going to be a challenge and there were moments when my thoughts thrashed about trying to produce the killer application. It certainly wasn’t easy avoiding the overdevelopment that leads to a later and later launch.

I’d originally developed the website payment system to be PayPal based as I prefer instant payments (who doesn’t :)), but then the issue of affiliates cropped up and whilst I had thought about integrating my own affiliate system I knew that I was at risk of scope creep (continually adding additional functionality for a better product). So, at the last minute I replaced the PayPal payment route with ClickBank. Sure, there’s the disadvantages of delayed payments, currency exchange charges and the $49.99 initial charge, but with it comes the benefits of an established referral system with plenty of affiliates.

The project so far has been quite a learning experience. There were certainly a few steps along the way that could have been made easier with the proper guidance so maybe you’ll see in a future $7 guide!

Anyway, do check out Keyword Permutator, laugh at my video, buy a copy and promote it to your lists for a 40% share! :D
A special thanks to all of the beta testers for your valuable feedback.

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Escaping RegisterFly Just Became That Much Harder

February 16th, 2007

Despite the best efforts of the likes of eNom to rescue stricken domain registrants from the RegisterFly debacle (1, 2, 3), RegisterFly have devised a new method to retain customers’ domains.

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New Keyword Tool - Beta Testers Required

February 12th, 2007

Continuing on the theme of free stuff, would you like a free copy of my unreleased keyword tool? Okay, it’s not completely free because I’ll be asking for your feedback in return for lifetime updates.

It’s a Windows desktop application that takes in multiple keyword lists and churns out every possible permutation. There are similar tools available, but this one has a twist which I won’t reveal just yet.

If you use Google AdWords any website generation tools that take keyword lists as input then you should give this a try.

Update - I’ve enough testers for the time being, thanks.

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Like Free Stuff? Artistically Challenged?

February 11th, 2007

Perhaps you weren’t gifted with an eye for design or you know what looks good, but you just don’t know how to make something look good?

If you like the colourful design of websites such as Blinksale then you’ll be pleased to know that the people who created it are kindly giving away free icons every month and a free colour palette every day.

Go make your web a prettier place!

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