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Rallying Bloggers for InfoLinks

I wrote a post discussing my switch from Kontera to Infolinks back in July of 2008. I was one of the early adopters of InfoLinks after I was contacted regarding if I would ever consider switching over to InfoLinks. I wanted to give it a try and sure enough, I never looked back.

InfoLinks earned me more money in one month than Kontera did in the year that I was with them. What more proof do you need that InfoLinks has worked better than Kontera or any other in-text advertising? Oh, how about the fact that several people that I know switched over after reading my post. I have had people switch over to InfoLinks after reading my post as recently as last week. Lets take a look at some of their comments:

LifeIsColourful – That’s really cool – after our chat yesterday – I have applied for Infolinks and waiting for their confirmation. I am eager to try that out.

Bnetwork – Good, right to the point information, thanks. Actually your post is of most relevance and value for my search term “Infolinks review”

Ahsan – I also added Infolinks to my low traffic site and I found it to be better than Kontera. Kontera gave 8 impressions per day while Infolinks gave 45 impressions. So I have a better chance of earning as traffic grows on my site.

Yuan Yu – I change from Kontera to infolinks today. thanks

Lets also look at the fact that if you type in “InfoLinks Kontera” on google, you will come up with my review that clearly gives InfoLinks the upper hand. Obviously, I had helped InfoLinks gain a lot of attention when I first blogged about it and I know that several dozen people signed up and tried InfoLinks after reading my post. The idea is that we are in the MMO niche to make money and the bottom line is that InfoLinks can and WILL help you make more money.

Oh and before I forget, I was also one of the first people to show PROOF that InfoLinks does pay. I received lots of emails from people regarding whether or not InfoLinks actually pays out and I backed it up with this proof of payment receipt from PayPal. This really drove a lot of people to gain trust in the InfoLinks service and try them out. Here was my payment receipt from back in August:

So, now that you’ve heard it from me and several of my referrals, I think you realize that not only is InfoLinks great, but that I’ve been a supporter since the beginning. Try InfoLinks today!

5 Reasons For Blog Success…

The past month has been very eventful for me in terms of work and school. If I’m not at school, I’m at prior work engagements and have been busy with that. I am also taking grad level classes and even applied to grad school last week so I had to run around to get all that paperwork through.

The reason I’m blogging today is because I realize how long I have been blogging for. I started in May 2007 and I’m closing in on almost 2 years of blogging next month. It has been a wild ride and I’ve seen the highs and the lows of the blogging industry as well as I’ve seen blogs start up, earn money, sell and move on.

The interesting part about all of this has been that I’ve seen a lot of common traits in the blogs that have done well and the ones that havent. Today, I’ll be giving you 5 reasons for success in the blogosphere and see whether you agree with them or not.

1) User Interaction - One of the big blogs of user interaction has been John Chow. He usually gives away something or he has a contest or he asks people to write questions for him. The level of user interaction that you maintain with your readers can definitely help you reach a much larger audience and keep them hooked.

2) Humor – A big believer in this area has been John Cow who started up as a blog pretty much in front of everyone and slowly grew into a big money making machine. John Cow not only provided content and information but provided them with a side order of humor and that was great. People enjoyed it and it was something unique. If you include humor, make sure its tasteful and that its actually funny and you’ll be able to retain your readers.

3) Video – Video has been a big part of many blogs, I have done a few of them, John Chow does a lot of them but a big believer in this arena has been JK Swopes or ImWithJoe. He really transformed the money making niche that was dominated with content and text based posts to video content that got together humor and content, all with a little twist. Joe was able to move up the ranks so fast that some of us (yes, me too), didn’t have enough time to see him run past us.

4) Experience – A lot of bloggers have great experience but one that I can think of is Syed Balkhi. He has tremendous experience from a very young age regarding web design and web production and that can be clearly seen in his content. A lot of people have the experience and the knowledge yet arent able to pass it on with much ease and Syed has been able to do that with several short tutorials that help his readers with even the smaller problems that they face on their blogs.

5) Current Topics – There have been bloggers that have come into the blogosphere and maintained freshness. They’ve provided good information, just like some of the top bloggers but have blended that with current topics and even introcued their readers to upcoming and new programs to make money. One such blogger is TheNetFool who has always introduced new money making programs and even brought current topics into light whether it was current news or financial topics. Its always interesting to see such stories and people like to read information in blurbs rather than articles and he was able to provide that very effectively.

Honorable Mention #6
6) Age – CarlOCab has to be one of the youngest money making bloggers out there. His age has been an inspiration to people who enter the MMO field and are wanting to make money. For being as young as he is, he has been able to attract a large audience because of his accomplishments at his very young age. People are always intrigued by someone who is much younger than them, yet, still makes more money than them. This is an honorable mention because age is not really something you can acquire to be successful but its something that I think is still a reason for success.

So, thats the post for today and I hope you enjoyed it and I’d like to hear your thoughts on it. Hopefully you guys have something to add to it. I’ll be back soon with another great post!

A+ CBT Planet Course Review

CBT Planet has requested me to talk about their excellent A+ training course which is highly comprehensive and features S. Joseph Wentzel who is a highly-qualified CompTIA instructer and who is also a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the A+ test development.

They have a highly qualified instructor list and their unique qualifications can ensure you that you will recieve the best training course out there. Theres always books and websites and other methods of learning but those programs are always boring and will never be tailored to your needs unlike the CBT Planet A+ Training course.

This particular course has been designed with a high quality interactive A+ training cd course and unlike most other cd courses the quality of the content and the information present in the CD is spectacular. They have a virtual classroom and you won’t have to leave your home or office to get there. You can take the course at your convenience and the course is designed to maintain user interest and so you will never be bored.

The best part is that since the course is actually taught by an expert instructor, you don’ have to worry about learning the information in a text based book format. You can actually watch a training instructor give you tips and teach you how to pass the exam and it can’t get any more personalized than that.

So, if youre looking to take the A+ exam and you need a prep course, then CBT Planet’s A+ course is all you need to get started on the right foot towards success. The A+ cbt Planet course is the way to go!