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Backup, Backup, & Backup
You want to be able to recover from a webhack, and you want to be able to recover from your own errors. There is one more thing you need to back up, namely, your power. If you have a laptop with a battery that is in good shape and charged, then you may not need a UPS (although I still run mine on one when I’m at the house, because of the extra surge protection, and I can finish or shut down a print job when the power goes out). But if you have a desktop system (I have several, because I have some fairly compute-intensive applications, like video editing, that I do frequently), then you definitely need a UPS. Continue reading
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Massive Distributed Brute-Force WordPress Site Attack
On Saturday morning, I awoke to several thousand messages in my inbox telling me of unsuccessful login attempts to “admin” for nearly all of my WordPress sites (I have over 50). I opened a ticket to my hosting company, and … Continue reading
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Inside Adsense
For many years, the concept behind Adsense has fascinated thousands upon thousands of marketers because it seems relatively easy to profit from. And Google makes a fortune perpetuating that illusion. Once upon a time, it really was easy to slap … Continue reading
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To Backlink, or Not to Backlink
I think it’s still worthwhile to get a few backlinks to jumpstart your traffic, as long as you don’t consider that to be your major traffic strategy. I have used the service of SocialAdr to good effect for the last several years, and if you don’t overuse their service, it can give a significant boost to your initial traffic efforts. Continue reading
Where to get Traffic — The YouTube HiJack
If you have been following this blog, you already know my opinion on “free” (SEO) traffic, especially from Google. In a nutshell, SEO traffic can be the most expensive and least effective traffic available. In addition to being incredibly fickle, … Continue reading
Getting Images for Your Blog
Photos add a significant amount of engagement of your readership. You’ll note that I have at least one image in every post I write. In order to reduce the amount of hosting space and speed up loading, I always resize … Continue reading
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Don’t Depend on Google (Rant)
If you depend on Google for anything important, you are setting yourself up to be screwed. Continue reading
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What do You Get From an IM Course?
I got an interesting question this morning — from my first “guru,” Martin Avis. I am profoundly flattered! Hi Howard, I know that you have been through Sarah’s affiliate training program and thought highly of it. As I haven’t had … Continue reading
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The Biggest Mistake of the Beginning Affiliate Marketer
The biggest mistake of the beginning affiliate marketer is failure to build a real business. How is that? Typically, what the beginner does is pick out a few affiliate offers that look good (or were recommended as having a good … Continue reading
Affiliate Marketing
There are many ways of making money on the internet. The best way (that I know of) is to sell your own products and services. That, of course, assumes that you have your own products and services to sell. If … Continue reading
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