The points and miles blog business model
Jun 8, 2013, 5:49 am
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Jun 8, 2013, 6:27 am
#152
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I am experimenting with using the paid Alexa service ($10/mth, first month free) to see if it has any impact on ranking.
Because Alexa is basically a US thing (I have never, ever met a single Brit who has the toolbar) my ranking is very low. I am interested to see what happens to it once they have accurate traffic numbers.
I will report back after the three weeks it appears to take them to gather the data! I'll probably cancel it then, so hopefully I will be max $10 out of pocket.
(PS. Never knew Amazon owned Alexa)
Because Alexa is basically a US thing (I have never, ever met a single Brit who has the toolbar) my ranking is very low. I am interested to see what happens to it once they have accurate traffic numbers.
I will report back after the three weeks it appears to take them to gather the data! I'll probably cancel it then, so hopefully I will be max $10 out of pocket.
(PS. Never knew Amazon owned Alexa)
Jun 8, 2013, 8:45 am
#153
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I did not know either that Amazon owned Alexa! You learn something new every day.
If anyone wants to do a guest blog about this stuff with only payment being a backlink
send it to me and if I think it is worthy of being published I post it. If not, I delete and no one knows about it.
I think there may a (blog) market for this type of blog. First post "Who are the major affiliate companies and what do they look for?" Followed by "The affiliate companies that do not require you to sell your soul"----> Send this to me asap
if they exist that it lol.
If anyone wants to do a guest blog about this stuff with only payment being a backlink
send it to me and if I think it is worthy of being published I post it. If not, I delete and no one knows about it.I think there may a (blog) market for this type of blog. First post "Who are the major affiliate companies and what do they look for?" Followed by "The affiliate companies that do not require you to sell your soul"----> Send this to me asap
if they exist that it lol.
Jun 8, 2013, 9:54 am
#154
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I did not know either that Amazon owned Alexa! You learn something new every day.
If anyone wants to do a guest blog about this stuff with only payment being a backlink send it to me and if I think it is worthy of being published I post it. If not, I delete and no one knows about it.
I think there may a (blog) market for this type of blog. First post "Who are the major affiliate companies and what do they look for?" Followed by "The affiliate companies that do not require you to sell your soul"----> Send this to me asap if they exist that it lol.
If anyone wants to do a guest blog about this stuff with only payment being a backlink
send it to me and if I think it is worthy of being published I post it. If not, I delete and no one knows about it.I think there may a (blog) market for this type of blog. First post "Who are the major affiliate companies and what do they look for?" Followed by "The affiliate companies that do not require you to sell your soul"----> Send this to me asap
if they exist that it lol.
Jun 8, 2013, 4:12 pm
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Seriously, I wrote this and then deleted it since I was getting too much flack about my post length that week.... I'll put something up I think as I find the subject interesting too. Might take a little while to catch up on the other blogs first...
Jun 8, 2013, 5:14 pm
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kokonutz: Deal^
brooklymatt: Make an exception for this subject. You have a free pass to make it as long as...necessary!
brooklymatt: Make an exception for this subject. You have a free pass to make it as long as...necessary!
Jun 8, 2013, 6:57 pm
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Jun 18, 2013, 4:10 pm
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I was reading this article on linkedin and thought it was very well put:
"10 Social Media Tips for Authors" http://rdd.me/nggecu3t
Particularly relevant to travel bloggers:
Act like NPR
NPR provides great content 365 days a year. A few days a year it runs pledge drives. No one I know likes the pledge drives, but we tolerate them — and some of us even give money. Why? Because NPR has earned the right to promote its pledge drives by providing such great content. This is a good model for authors too: Provide such great content that you can promote your book when it’s done. If you do this very well, people may want to reciprocate for the value you’ve added to their lives by buying your book. So just imagine you are the producer of “Fresh Air” or “All Things Considered” and look for interesting content.
"10 Social Media Tips for Authors" http://rdd.me/nggecu3t
Particularly relevant to travel bloggers:
Act like NPR
NPR provides great content 365 days a year. A few days a year it runs pledge drives. No one I know likes the pledge drives, but we tolerate them — and some of us even give money. Why? Because NPR has earned the right to promote its pledge drives by providing such great content. This is a good model for authors too: Provide such great content that you can promote your book when it’s done. If you do this very well, people may want to reciprocate for the value you’ve added to their lives by buying your book. So just imagine you are the producer of “Fresh Air” or “All Things Considered” and look for interesting content.
Jun 18, 2013, 6:28 pm
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I was reading this article on linkedin and thought it was very well put:
"10 Social Media Tips for Authors" http://rdd.me/nggecu3t
Particularly relevant to travel bloggers:
Act like NPR
NPR provides great content 365 days a year. A few days a year it runs pledge drives. No one I know likes the pledge drives, but we tolerate them — and some of us even give money. Why? Because NPR has earned the right to promote its pledge drives by providing such great content. This is a good model for authors too: Provide such great content that you can promote your book when it’s done. If you do this very well, people may want to reciprocate for the value you’ve added to their lives by buying your book. So just imagine you are the producer of “Fresh Air” or “All Things Considered” and look for interesting content.
"10 Social Media Tips for Authors" http://rdd.me/nggecu3t
Particularly relevant to travel bloggers:
Act like NPR
NPR provides great content 365 days a year. A few days a year it runs pledge drives. No one I know likes the pledge drives, but we tolerate them — and some of us even give money. Why? Because NPR has earned the right to promote its pledge drives by providing such great content. This is a good model for authors too: Provide such great content that you can promote your book when it’s done. If you do this very well, people may want to reciprocate for the value you’ve added to their lives by buying your book. So just imagine you are the producer of “Fresh Air” or “All Things Considered” and look for interesting content.
great idea But, NPR is non profit and still needs government subsidies. Should bloggers apply for subsidies? You'll get no content
Jun 18, 2013, 7:04 pm
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Currently, I'm not sure that we get a lot of real content either :P.
I'm sorry to tell that I've stopped reading your blog. I found others with better signal to noise ratio.
ok, enough feeding the trolls now.
Last edited by mintcilantro; Jun 21, 2013 at 12:22 am
Jun 18, 2013, 7:10 pm
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Guy is using NPR as an analogy to make his argument clear. His post was meant for authors looking to make money.
Currently, I'm not sure that we get a lot of real content right either :P.
I'm sorry to tell that I've stopped reading your blog. I found others with better signal to noise ratio.
ok, enough feeding the trolls now.
Currently, I'm not sure that we get a lot of real content right either :P.
I'm sorry to tell that I've stopped reading your blog. I found others with better signal to noise ratio.
ok, enough feeding the trolls now.
IB must be doing something right huh?
btw, you brought up NPR, not me
Jun 20, 2013, 11:49 pm
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That's not the story alexa.com tells. FT shows a downward trend. FTG is relatively flat. Compare to BoradingArea:
http://tinyurl.com/mtcgkaj
http://tinyurl.com/mtcgkaj
Jun 21, 2013, 8:40 am
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Agreed Forums are in trouble
That's not the story alexa.com tells. FT shows a downward trend. FTG is relatively flat. Compare to BoradingArea:
http://tinyurl.com/mtcgkaj
http://tinyurl.com/mtcgkaj
, they just seem to bother the 1% of the 1%.I'm not so sure about Alexa? installing toolbars, joining the site? I think the numbers by google analytics tell a truer tale.
Last edited by ingy; Jun 21, 2013 at 9:00 am
Jun 21, 2013, 11:13 am
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Alexa isn't perfect but I'd venture to guess fairly accurate on sites they deem large enough to graph. This one tells a similar story.
http://tinyurl.com/kk4xrm3
http://tinyurl.com/kk4xrm3
