I first got into internet marketing while doing admin (at Guru.com) for a construction company – they wanted their website updated, and the graphic designer asked me what to use for meta keywords, site title, etc. I did some research to find out what that all meant, and was immediately immersed into the world of SEO.
So I was a bit niave at first, and though I’d have a hand at opening up a T-shirt shop at CafePress. I noticed that TShirtHell ranked at the top of the engines for the keywords I wanted, so went to go learn more about SEO to figure out how to beat them. Well, come to find out TShirtHell had been around a long while and there was no way I’d outrank them with my fledgling skills.
In the meantime, I got on a ton of marketers lists and started getting pitches about Adsense site building, creating throwaway sites with a few mouse clicks and basic concepts of salespages, backends, and more and more SEO info.
Keith Baxter opened “Top Keyword Lists” which was a member site with lists of high paying, high traffic keywords for Adsense site building. I joined, and just about thereafter bought darn near everything he put out. Keith is a master of SEO, scripts, huge networks of sites and monetization, and much of what I know now can be traced back to him or something I purchased at his recommendation (Thank you Keith!).
I joined a private forum Baxter had started and was hanging out with – or at least reading the posts of – guys who were mostly doing Adsense site building, cloaking, scraping, big mass-automated stuff. And I got into it too.
But the biggest problem I had was that I didn’t have the technical know-how to produce networks of sites (or blog farms) that would link back to my money sites and thus bring me the high search engine ranking I needed for my keywords to produce the extraordinary amounts of money my associates at the forum were raking in.
During this time, I was making enough with my Adsense to quit doing admin work for other folks. It was good work because it was through Guru so I was working at home, which I loved, but I was really intrigued by the whole “internet marketing” thing and could see a lot of possibilites.
Anyway, back to the problem… I wasn’t able to build the network of sites to help my money sites rank high in the search engines.
I set about to find a solution that would work for me – someone without a full time programmer to custom build scripts for me, someone without the technical knowledge to do it myself, and someone without so much money to burn that I could just pay for a ton of PR7’s and 8’s to link to my sites via a service like Text Link Ads.
(…. to be continued)
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AHHHH…You must put an end to my suffering! Why are you so good at what you do!
I want you in my mastermind – I’m coming for your brain at all costs – be it bribery, flattery, trickery, or some good ole fashioned miracle work.
I promise you, that me and you can make insane fortunes together. Save me the time of having to impress you beyond belief and just contact me to hear what I have to say.
Justin Brooke
MpyreMarketing.com
P.S. I know this post is all trying to be funny, witty, and cute. In all seriousness I’m talking about tens of thousands of dollars for each of us. We are teaching very similar things – I already have tons of content and software ready for us to use. I’m really putting myself out on a limb here.
Great story. Can’t wait to here the rest. This industry is difficult to wrap my head around fully at times. I come from a slightly technical background, video editing, and Really understanding this stuff almost eludes me. For instance, after reading 30 minute backlinks, I get the impression you can create your own keyword. One that regardless of its ranking constantly links back to you from the thousands of sites you put it on.
Alright then, I understand totally. Grab some popcorn though cause the show is about to begin.
I know how to win the attention of a social media lover!
learned quire a bit from your experience. waiting for your the rest of the story. i hope it is as interesting as this.:)
Love reading your stuff especially how you got started. Not alot of successful women out there doing SEO so it’s good to see. Thanks for leading the way and especially sharing your knowledge. The key seems like it is really in building out a network of sites and figuring out how to construct those resources appears to be the golden key. Would love it if you did a blog about protecting your money site and what that entails, including info on building out a group of throw aways sites. looking forward to more from you.
Nice write-up. I too am waiting to hear the rest of the story.
I really enjoyed this and can’t wait to here the rest of the story! You are one of the few marketers that I read every email you send. David
Ughh! I hate cliffhangers! I really enjoyed reading this and look forward to the conclusion. Keep up the good work.