Free Internet Marketing Tips and Resources Blog by Stuart Stirling

Goodbye BlogRush! (in case you didn't hear already)

I just got an email from John Reese informing me that his 2007 creation BlogRush will be closing down. It is a real shame to see this happen and I give John and his team credit for giving it all they had.

The infamous blog traffic generating widget was plagued with criticism and abuse right from the start, not to mention the bagging John Reese copped for the whole idea turning into a flop.

I was on the fence about Blogrush at first, of course there are pros and cons with it, but I was happy to support it on a couple of my sites. After all, it did get me traffic for free!

In the email from John, I kind sort of feel his disappointment as he tells us that it's the end for Blogrush.

Here's a short snippet from the email where he lets us feel his pain...

"Last but not least I want to say that I hope the failure of this service doesn't in any way discourage other entrepreneurs from coming up with crazy ideas at 4AM (like I did with this one) and from "going for it" to just try and see if something will work. Without trying there can be no success. And as we all know, ideas are worthless without action. The Web wouldn't be what it is today without entrepreneurs trying all sorts of crazy ideas."

I don't think John is a failure. I hope he brings out an even crazier idea next time and you can be sure I and many others will be behind him on it if it's even half as good as Blogrush.

Cheers,
Stuart Stirling

ps. Oh yeah, if you have the Blogrush widget on your blog, you'd better go take it off now.

Labels: blog-rush-closes-down, blogrush-flop, blogrush-sham, blogrush-shutting-down, john-reeses-blogrush

posted by Stuart S @ 11:51 PM 0 Comments Links to this post

IM Dream Team Giveaway

A JV giveaway has to be really really good for me to post about it.

And the new IM Dream Team giveaway is really good so it's going up here. I mean how many JV giveaways provide a video to help you promote it? See the video below.



That's Kevin Riley's mug on the screen there....he's part owner/operator of the IM Dream Team Giveaway.

Kevin is a machine when it comes to work so you know whatever he touches is going to be a smash hit and not a fizzle like so many other JV giveaway launches.

So, sign up to be a JV contibutor here.

Or sign up as a free member here.

The Dream Team Giveaway launches November 15 th and ends on November 30 th 2008.

That gives ample time for contributors to get a gift ready and submitted. This will be a huge event so get to work!

All the best,
Stuart Stirling

ps. I've got this and other JV giveaways listed in my Turn Key Cash Kits membership site. My Cash Kits are great gifts to submit to JV giveaways so grab your free membership to www.TurnKeyCashKits.com now!

Labels: dream-team-giveaway, kevin-riley, list-building-giveaway, new-jv-giveaway

posted by Stuart S @ 7:06 PM 1 Comments Links to this post

How to Get Free Website Traffic - The Mystery Revealed

Today's quick 5 minute lesson is on getting free traffic to your site or blog.

Let me start by saying one thing...

"ALL TRAFFIC is NOT CREATED EQUAL!"

What ever your offer is, you MUST get people who are INTERESTED in it to see it.

Otherwise, you're wasting your time and maybe even money.

Let's compare these 2 living examples are...

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Meet Bob. He has a "gardening" niche site with Adsense ads displayed. He figures if he can just get some quick HITS to his website, people will click on the Ads and he can make a few
cents per click.

He goes searching and finds a bunch of traffic exchanges and viral downline builder sites.... He even buys a few thousand "HITS" and thinks "Wow, cheap easy traffic!".

But, he is left scratching his head when his HIT count is high but his Adsense account shows a fat $0.

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Meet Kate. Kate too has a "gardening" website that has Adsense ads. She first thinks "I want to send traffic that will want to click my Ads".

Then she thinks about all the places she knows where people interested in gardening may be spending time online.

She searches the web for forums dedicated to gardening. She logs onto Facebook and joins some gardening groups.

Next she makes a few quick videos and uploads them to Youtube and other video sites.

She ventures out and does some BUM article marketing (keyword research x article submission).

She is very pleased when she checks her Adsense account and sees $50 earned for the month in spite of the visitor count being low.

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So what's the difference between Bob and Kate?

I think you can see the difference.

Sure Kate had to do a little thinking and maybe it took a little while longer for the traffic to come than Bob.

But Bob's traffic was here today gone tomorrow and did him NO benefit.

Kate's traffic will continue to come as long as the forums, videos and articles remain live.

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BONUS SECTION

Where to get free traffic?

Make Money Niche:

** Your List
** Ezine/Email Advertising
** Viral Ebooks
** JV Giveaways
** JV Ad swaps
** Traffic Exchanges
** Viral downline builders
** Forums
** Blogging

Gardening and "other" Niches:

** Your List
** Forums
** Social Networks
** Articles
** Video
** Viral Ebooks
** Ezines

NOTE: Notice how "Your List" is the number one method?

Stu Sensei will be teaching "How to build a list" next week :)

Thanks for reading,
Stu "Sensei" Stirling

:)

Labels: free-website-traffic, how-to-get-free-website-traffic, website-traffic-tips

posted by Stuart S @ 9:36 PM 1 Comments Links to this post

Internet Marketers Visit Japan For James Brown's Wedding

September 28th was the official wedding celebration for Internet marketing veteran James Brown and Japanese wife Mari Wakamatsu.

James first settled in Japan in early 2007 in Fukushima prefecture where their remarkable wedding party was held, Snowshill reception hall to be exact, in the outskirts of Fukushima with some special Internet marketer guests coming from other parts of Japan and even from around the world!
Guests names who attended that you might recognize are Frank Bauer (Sydney, Australia), Edmund Loh (Malaysia), James B. Allen (Chiba, Japan), Fidens Felix (Nagoya, Japan) and yours truly Stuart Stirling (Fukushima, Japan).

In total we had 3 days to spend getting to know eachother and share some insights to internet marketing and business. We travelled into the mountains and enjoyed some famous tourist sites in the glorious Fall weather such as Goshiki numa and Takayu waterfall.

Hats off to Mari and James for organizing not only a very nice day for the wedding but for organizing some time for an small internet marketers retreat to further outr business contacts and get some bigger ideas!

I'm sure there will be more opportunities like this for some local and international IM'ers to gather in Japan. Hopefully, I'll be seeing you there too!

Stuart Stirling

ps. All the best for James and Mari as they enjoy life together as a married couple!

Labels: edmund-loh, fidens-felix, frank-bauer, internet-marketing-japan, james-b-allen, james-brown, mari-wakamatsu

posted by Stuart S @ 5:38 AM 2 Comments Links to this post