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Is Shopping Ads Working For Me?

Enuff said…

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Introducing…

I want to start introducing more onto my blog on what I do on a daily basis outside of the IM to IM niche. I actually control quite a few large sites, and thought that it would be useful to show and tell you how I improve my profits. This therefore is a very practical [...]

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More Backend Secrets

If there is one business rule that every online marketer I’ve ever met has memorized, it’s that it costs less to retain an existing customer than to fight for a new customer. We all know this rule and we all run our online business based on it.
But have you ever stopped to examine why this [...]

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More Backend Secrets

If there is one business rule that every online marketer I’ve ever met has memorized, it’s that it costs less to retain an existing customer than to fight for a new customer. We all know this rule and we all run our online business based on it.
But have you ever stopped to examine why this [...]

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No Secrets, Just A Great Backend…

If you want to know the two secrets of being successful on the internet then they are as follows:
1. There are no real secrets.
2. You need to have an effective backend.
Alright, I realize that that was a bit oxymoranic, but I am being totally serious. Just to explain, having an effective backend means that even [...]

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Intriguing Helpdesk Message

I received a message today at my helpdesk which really intrigued
me. At first I took it as a criticism, but when I thought about it
a little more, I realized that it was really fairly illogical…The email is as below: (edited for spelling,grammar etc.)
Ben,
You sent three emails to your list in less than two hours today,
and [...]

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All Traffic Not Equal

I spoke in my last email about the fact that making money from your website is not just about creating content and slapping Adsense on. The playing field has changed, and if you want to keep up with it, it is absolutely necessary to understand the game.
I mentioned Beyond Adsense in my last email. I [...]

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Are You A Publisher Or A Broker?

If you are reading this email because you want to purchase something, then please stop reading now. There is nothing to buy. No money to spend. Nadda Badda Madda
My daughter is now officially a clinger. At 11 months old she won’t let go of my wife. Literally, if she leaves the room then [...]

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Brilliance Vs Profitability

As I write this, I have 1,267 new customers. Notice I didn’t say
customers, but new customers.
Am I surprised?
Yes and No. And hopefully this is a lesson for you.
I often have ideas. Some of them are brilliant. Some of them are
plain stupid. Does that mean that the brilliant ones will be
successful and the stupid ones will [...]

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[Guaranteed] - Not Stomper Related!!!

I don’t know if you know Harris
Fellman — or Tellman Knudson
for that matter …
But this is pretty cool:
–> http://www.clarifywithben.com/harris/
Harris is moving from Minnesota
to Colorado - and he decided to
have an online “moving sale”.
Anyways, I did become a bit overexcited
about it (with reason) after I purchased
and have put together a short video about
it:
–> http://www.clarifywithben.com/harris/
Best Wishes,
Ben Shaffer
PS. [...]

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