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One of My Sites Was Hacked

by Martin
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Seems like the hackers are after me at the moment: 2 weeks ago my Twitter account was hacked and last week one of my static web sites was hacked.
Last week’s hack was particularly embarrassing.
I’d sent someone the link to my Web Services site. On the web design page there are some links to sample [...]

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Yet Another Review of the Third Tribe

by Martin
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What do you do if you’re not making any money blogging and you’re determined not to go down the traditional ‘Yellow Highlight Brigade’ Internet Marketing route?
If that’s you, you may be a closet Third Triber. And here’s your opportunity to come out.
Affiliate Alert..! I’m an affiliate for the Third Tribe, which means that if [...]

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How to Not Make Money Blogging…

by Martin
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… use an auto-blogging application of some kind.
For people new to working online there’s a tremendous attraction in the idea of automated blogging.
Everyone wants quick results, with as little effort as possible. It’s human nature.
And for people new to working online, the idea of an automated business, earning money on auto-pilot, is hugely attractive.
But don’t [...]

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Best of Create an Awesome Home Business

by Martin
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One of the problems with a blog is that the older an article becomes, the deeper it gets buried in the archives.
And that’s a shame because it means that some very good articles are often never seen by newer readers.
So I figured I’d do a ‘best of’ series. Once a month or so I’ll [...]

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WebHostingSearch.com – an Interview With the Editor-in-Chief

by Martin
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OK, here’s the second in my Interesting Interviews series.
Today I talked to Eva Vesper, who’s the Editor-in-Chief of WebHostingSearch.com, a site that offers reviews and evaluations of Web Hosting providers.
With the plethora of web hosting providers out there, and plenty of horror stories, I can tell you that WebHostingSearch.com is a gold mine of information, [...]

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My Twitter Account Was Hacked

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My Twitter account was hacked yesterday. It started sending out the ‘This You..??’ Direct Message to people I’m following.
The DM has a link and, out of curiosity (and with bated breath), I decided to see where it went.
I closed everything else down so I could invoke AVG quickly and get rid of nasties if I [...]

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Content Marketing Experiment – a Quick Update

by Martin
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A couple of weeks ago I told you about my content marketing experiment and, although it’s extremely early days yet, I thought a quick update would be good.
Remember, the experiment was to see whether I could start earning affiliate commissions off a travel site on which I did no paid promotions of any kind, at [...]

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What Are the Problems With Blogging?

by Martin
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Interesting question from Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger today: What’s wrong with blogging?
The interesting part was that although he invited responses, he stipulated that none of them should be positive.
They all had to point out deficiencies in the medium of blogging.
And when you’re asked to point out the deficiencies of something you’re passionate about you [...]

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Google Page 1 Out Of 192 Million Results

by Martin
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It may not be a big deal to you but it is to me.
After 2 years of work this site is finally on the first page of Google, out of 192,000,000 results, for the search term Online Home Business Tips.
And here’s the picture to prove it.
OK, I’m only at number 10, but hey – who’s [...]

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Content Marketing: An Experiment

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Last week I mentioned that I’d been building a new travel site. It’s up now, and it’s an experiment with Content Marketing.
So here’s my thought process behind the site and the way I’ve set it up. Going forward, I’ll update you on the progress of the site as it grows and (hopefully!) starts to [...]

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Freeloaders and Avoiding Responsibility

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Another excellent article from Nathan Hangen this week, with which I totally empathized.
It continues the theme I referred to here with the point that there’s a ‘freeloading’ mindset today.
Along with ‘freeloading’ I would add ‘responsibility avoidance’. And it’s not healthy.
I see it reflected in so many ways.
It’s the kind of mindset that the British Airways [...]

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Some Recommended Blogs for Internet Marketers

by Martin
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I have a confession: because I’m building a new travel site I’ve not had time to research, plan and write my usual article for today.
So I’ve pulled together the top 5 blogs I follow on a daily basis.
These are the places to which I turn for inspiration and guidance. Some of them I’ve followed for [...]

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