I want to point out 2 free tools that you can use to see who is linking to you.

The first one is at iwebtool.com, it shows you who has linked to you and what their pagerank is.

The second is at webuildpages.com and along with who has linked to you, also displays the anchor text used.

All very interesting stuff. I hope these free tools help you on your way to a very succesful website.

Let me know if you know of any other useful tools we could highlight.

The 30 day challenge site.

There is also the 30 day challenge pre-season information which will get you up to speed with the tools and techniques required.

Let me know what you think.

Check it out and I’m sure, like me, it will be your domain name search tool of choice!

It is very well structured and comprehensive. It details the whole internet marketing process from start to finish. I thought it worth mentioning as it echoes many of the philosophies and thinking of the best internet marketers.

Take a look at onlineresearchlabs.com as I’m sure you will find a lot of good information there.

Within a few hours I had 15 quotations varying from $US1300 all the way up to $US80000.

There were a few quotes under the $US2000 mark and some of them had a lot of good feedback and favourable reviews.

Over the next few days I will work on choosing the one developer for the job and hopefully get things moving.

On one of his podcasts he mentions a great tool called the McDar Keyword Analysis Tool. Go take a look and have a play with it. This will give you an insight into how the search engines are seeing a particular website.

Also Matthew is happy for you to email him directly with any questions or comments you may have. This is very important as nost of us entrepreneurial types don’t have many people around us who understand what we are trying to achieve. The more people we can network with that are on our same wavelength, the quicker we will become successful.

Think of it like getting in your car and driving. When you first turn the key and start moving, you can’t see what’s around the next corner. As you approach the corner your view of what’s coming up becomes clearer and clearer until you can see around the corner to what is next in the road.

The reason I wanted to reiterate this is because, while I was doing some keyword research on this site, I noticed I was now linked from one of the internet’s more popular sites!

This is exciting for me because the more credible and popular a site is that links to you, the more kudos it gives your site and consequently the higher your site will appear in search results. This directly affects how many visitors you will get.

Take a look at the 2 links from Tubetorial, a site with a pagerank of 7/10 on Google.

• http://www.tubetorial.com/blog-permalinks-word/
• http://www.tubetorial.com/adsense-deluxe-plugin-wordpress/

So what are you waiting for?

I am not usually the type of person who ’signs up’ for these type of programs as I usually can learn what I need on my own. This time however I was swayed by the fact that the Internet Business Mastery Podcast has been invaluable to me and I am sure I will be abel to fast track my Internet Marketing career with these help of these guys.

Wish me luck!

I have just moved all my domains over to the new hosting site and set up blogs on them. I have added Google Ads to my sites and have started being paid a few cents a day (well it’s a start).

While I was in Brisbane I was able to come up with a long list of ideas and plans that I will slowly implement over the coming weeks.

Anyway that’s it for now. The next post will be
sent from the road!

The software of choice to satisfy most requirements is a piece of software called WordPress. WordPress is very well supported with an active online community and many third party themes and plugins which can extend it’s functionality.

Probably the easiest way to install WordPress is to use a web hosting service that supports it and allows for an automated installation option. There are hundreds to choose from but I have chosen to use Dreamhost who offer an included domain name registration.

I wont go into too much detail about the process as it is self explainatory and you have access to support online if you get stuck.

OK, so now you have your blog set up, what next.

There are 2 things I suggest you do right away before getting stuck into putting up content:

1. Set up permalinks to make them them search engine friendly. What this means, instead of having a URL like www.xyz.com/?=p1 you will have www.xyz.com/my-first-post. This will make it easier for people searching for keywords to find your content. See video tutorial video at www.tubetorial.com
2. Install the Adsense-Deluxe Wordpress Plugin to work with your blog . This allows you to insert advertising within your posts where they will be more likely to attract clicks which in turn means more profit for you. There is a easy to understand video tutorial at www.tubetorial.com.

Well, that’s about it for now. I am sure you will have plenty to explore inside WordPress to get familiar with it.

The most important thing to do before starting is to decide if it’s for you, make a commitment to give it your full effort, then the hard part….start.

The reason why starting isn’t as easy as it seems is because most people, including myself, can come up with a million reasons as to why we should put off starting. You may feel you need to learn just a little more or wait for your holidays so you can give it your full attention or….yada yada yada.

If you haven’t made the commitment yet, please take the time now to do some more research. There are links on the side of this page to various resources which can give you a little more insight into what this new industry is all about.

My personal opinion is you will need to be one of those people that had the attitude “if they can do it, so can I”. This may not be entirely correct but it is the required mindset in my humble opinion.

When you are ready to step up to the plate, we’ll delve into the first steps you take to get you on your way.

This site was started to document my experiences and results in the quest to establish an internet based business, actually I hope to start many! I plan to focus on keeping these businesses very low maintenance to enable me to run many, hopefully successful, ventures.

I hope you will follow the journey and get some value from the experience