Monday Post - Taking a Break after Mothers Day

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Posted on May 14, 2007 in Working Online  

*Note this post has nothing to do with making money (unless you like spending the money you make on fishing). After marketing for Mothers Day last week, I decide to take a break on monday and go fishing with my wife. We went fishing in southern louisiana near Lake Charles and had a Blast caught over 40 fish, A few Red fish ( No keepers), Bunch of Speckled Trout and 3 Flounder. Below is a Pick of me with two of the big trout (about 3lbs each) and a cooler Full of speckled trout (MMMmmm can’y wait for the fish fry next weekend)
David Adams with Two Trout

Cooler of Trout

Hope everyone had a good mothers day. Tuesday I will be punching away on the keyboard, responding to emails, and analyzing stats. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

It’s Almost Like Christmas

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Posted on May 10, 2007 in Working Online  

As of lately i haven’t been doing much posting. Due to 3 reasons, Mothers day, New PC, New Server.

First off was getting some campaigns setup and ready to roll for Mothers Day. While it hasn’t been earth shattering it has been good. Hopefully those that decided to tackle it are making a nice chunk, and not just blowing dough on PPC campaigns.

Secondly, I got my new PC in. Dude I got a Dell…. Sorry i couldn’t resist :). But seriously it was time for an upgrade for me. So I went with a Dell Optiplex 745 with Windows XP Pro (Untill they get all my programs working in Vista, i sent Bill an email about this), Intel Core Duo, 2GB Ram, 2X250GB Hard drives and ATI Video card… and the setup wouldn’t be complete without Dual 20″ Ultrasharp Monitors, plus a wireless keyboard and mouse cause I hate Wires. Picture Below.

New Computer 
Lastly, I am setting up with a New Host. I am pretty excited about it cause my reliability at my last host was somewhat poor (in this market even minutes down can mean hundreds lost) BUT it was cheap so I can’t complain. After I run some tests with my new host and uptime stays I will give them a plug here or if they suck I will let you know also.

Elite Retreat Free Ticket Winner Is……

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Posted on May 7, 2007 in Elite Retreat  

The winner of the Free Elite Retreat ticket and hotel Announcement below:

We are happy to announce that Brian Knapp, aka BlackbeardSEO, has been chosen as the Elite Retreat - Orlando (June 8 - 9) Golden Ticket WINNER!

Allow us to congratulate Brian as he will receive Free Admission to Elite Retreat Orlando, two days free lodging, and free meals (breakfast & lunch) during the conference.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our contest!

We received more entries than all past Elite Retreat contests combined and we were blown away by the thoughtfulness of the responses we received!

Based on the quality and quantity of applications we have received from internet marketers all over the world, Elite Retreat - Orlando is likely to sell-out within the next few days. As a result of strong demand and limited supply we strongly encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to guarantee our consideration.

Questions? Please contact Tara at tara@eliteretreat.info.

DATE: June 8 – 9, 2007
PLACE: Hilton in the Walt Disney Resort, Orlando, Florida
PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker, President, Shoemoney Media Group (Online Monetization Expert); Lee Dodd, President, Earners Forum (Community / Forums Expert); Kristopher B. Jones, President, Pepperjam (Search-Engine / Affiliate Marketing Expert); Neil Patel, CTO, Pronet Advertising (Social Media Expert); David Adams, President, CPA-Affiliates.com (CPA Expert).
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Alex Zhardanovsky, Co-Founder, AzoogleAdsI look forward to meeting Brian and the other atendees.

I look forward to meeting Brian and all the other Elite Retreat Atendees.

Microsoft to Buy Yahoo

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Posted on May 4, 2007 in Yahoo Search Marketing, MSN Search  

Could this be a big merger brewing…. Is it true will Microsoft buy out yahoo. Well the rumors are floating and are indicating that just may happen. Not a complete buyout but Microsoft would become a big enough holder of their stock to possibly merge or take what is working for Yahoo and apply it to MSN search and vice versa…. Here is a quote from Money.cnn. com http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/03/technology/microsoft_yahoo/index.htm

Members of the company’s top management are considering a deal despite Microsoft’s history of winning over major technology markets - think Web browsers - on its own, The Wall Street Journal said. Microsoft has tried to compete in the burgeoning online search and Web advertising categories on its own but made little progress as Google has made massive gains as the industry leader, according to the story.

Microsoft executives hope that Yahoo’s strength in search and advertising categories would give the company a stronger foothold on the Web, the report said. So far, millions of dollars invested in search-engine technology and online ad systems have yielded little in the way of revenue or market share for the company, according to the Journal. 

What could this mean for affiliates / advertisers… Well the only bad part is neither of them have a good system for Quick approval as with Yahoo your keywords that may have trademark or possible adult tags may sit for days before approved or declined (usually the later)… and MSN still needs to improve on their turn around time for approval. The one good thing is maybe Yahoo would allow you to import 10,000 keywords into on Campaign. This is some interesting news and I will be watching to see if MSN will buy the stake in Yahoo or not.  What are your thoughts?

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