Link Building3 min
TNX.net Rocks for Buying Links!
As all good web 2.0 style companies, TNX.net is in beta. However, generally being in beta means that somethings don’t work and the product or service is…
Year · 2007
Published in 2007
91 posts from the 2007 archive.
Projects2 min
Zero to Hero Final Update
Well, the 30 days has come and gone and our final totals are as follows: GOAL – 2,000 unique visitors ACTUAL – 33,038 unique visitors GOAL – 150 Total posts…
Projects2 min
Zero to Hero Day 24 – More Traffic, Need More Clicks
We’ll, the 30 day project is getting close to wrapping up. We’ve implemented the use of the Digital Point keyword tracker and are tracking about 300…
About Me1 min
Interview with WebProNews.com
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out my recent interview with WebProNews.com here. Give me some feedback, agree? Disagree?
Projects1 min
Zero to Hero Day 14 – Digg and steady earnings
In the past few days both Andrew and I have been busy. We’ve slacked off on our posting but are both going to try to catch up. We’ve had steady earnings with…
Projects1 min
Zero to Hero Day 8 – Adsense and 2400 Uniques
So far the project is going great in my estimation. As of today we’ve had 2,405 unique visitors which obviously surpassed our initial goal of 2,000. Adsense…
Projects1 min
Zero to Hero Day 3 – Digg, Adsense and Stumbleupon
Day 3 of our 30 day challenge. Today wasn’t a posting day for me. Today was a family day. With that said, Andrew worked out a few good posts including this…
Projects1 min
Zero to Hero Day 2
Yesterday we managed to get out 7 posts on the project site. All were quality posts, nothing spammy. Today I’ve been busy but have added a little snippet…
Make Money Online1 min
30 Day Challenge – Zero to Hero
During the month of November, Andrew and I will be focusing as much as possible on a joint venture. Our joint venture will be all about the call center…
About Me1 min
Time For Halloween
My wife and I have been working on getting our Halloween costumes ready for Wednesday. We’re going to be fishermen and our 6 month old daughter is going to…
Free Niche Websites2 min
Free Niche Idea #5 – Acrylic Aquarium
Although the world of pets and pet products is dominated by a few big companies including PetCo and Drs. Foster and Smith, you can still find a niche and…
Contests1 min
And The Winner Is…
After a pretty long and drawn out discussion on how to pick a winner I have decided to let this random number generator pick a number. I’ve attached the…
Contests1 min
Last Chance to Enter, Drawing Tomorrow!
Today is the last chance to enter the contest for the custom iPod Shuffle! Get yourself entered and quick!
Free Niche Websites2 min
Another Way to Find a Niche
Boy have I been busy. A week of training for me, two weeks of training others. Two servers that need to be setup and configured after that, and it won’t stop…
Contests1 min
Win an iPod Shuffle just for linking!
Want to win an iPod shuffle from me? All you have to do is link to this blog and link to my sponsor. You must link to this post and any post from the sponsor…
Make Money Online2 min
Make Money Writing and Editing
If you are a great writer, you probably have a college degree and make a decent living. However, there are thousands of people who are great writers and…
Make Money Online8 min
Fun vs. Profitable – Finding Your Niche
Michael Gray made a post recently titled, “Can You Make a Living Blogging” and I thought I would share some of my personal thoughts on making money online…
Reviews1 min
eBay “Website for Sale” Scammers
Alright, I always see these sites that are “established” with “income” listed for sale. Normally they don’t sell, but I always see them. You know, the text…
News2 min
Learn Something New This Month
If you were to learn 1 new thing per day, you would know 365 new things in one year. However, those would be shallow things that you would probably forget.…
About Me1 min
Where the Magic Happens – My Home Office
So this is my home office…View it and weep! Jealousy is sure to overwhelm you so back up before the tears ruin your keyboard! For the record, Dave Pitlyuk…
General1 min
How To Convert .MOD to .MPEG/.MP4/.MOV/.DV/PSP/iPod
First came Sony with their ridiculous proprietary Memory Stick. Now JVC is using the .MOD format for their HDD movie cameras. I have the JCV Everio…
About Me1 min
Undergoing a Redesign
I think you’re really going to like the redesigned Brandon-Hopkins.com. Look for it sometime this month hopefully. As I talked about before, I’m focusing on…
Make Money Online1 min
AuctionAds with Negative Keywords
If you haven’t used AuctionAds yet, it’s a pretty cool (blog is decent too), easy to use eBay affiliate. Basically they serve up keyword (you supply the…
Contests1 min
Jim Boykin says, “Brandon Hopkins is cool!”
As I said yesterday, “Technorati thinks I’m cool”. Today it’s Jim Boykin’s turn. He thinks this blog is so cool that he is offering me a free We Build Pages…
About Me1 min
Technorati says, “Brandon-Hopkins.com is cool!”
Well, basically Technorati says, “Brandon-Hopkins.com is cool!” They didn’t use those exact words, but by listing me in the top 18,000 they obviously think…
About Me2 min
Client Work vs. Blog Posting
As usual, I commit to posting regularly to this blog then I let things slide. It’s in my nature to start a new project then drop that project for something…
SEO/SEM1 min
Page Rank isn’t About Links
Page Rank isn’t about links, it’s true. Page Rank is Google’s silly way of giving us value on our domains, but trust me, links don’t matter. I don’t know…
Investing2 min
Make Money Online with Prosper
If you haven’t heard of Prosper.com, it is “where people come together to borrow and lend money.” Making money with Prosper does require some startup…
Link Building1 min
How to Use Directories and Social Media
Lyndon Antcliff at Cornwall SEO asked me to give my thoughts on directories vs social media in terms of traffic and page rank. So here are my thoughts and a…
About Me1 min
Sorry for the delay…
Sorry for the delay in the posting of the “Great Websites, Limited Funds” series. It will still be coming, I promise. For now, I’ll be spending time with…
Make Money Online1 min
Intro – Great Websites, Limited Funds
This is the intro post for a three part series called, “Great Websites, Limited Funds”. Over the next week or two we’ll be looking at the most effective way…
Contests1 min
Contest: How Would You Spend $100 – Win $150
It’s contest time! Let’s imagine for a moment that you aren’t a millionaire and you only had $100 to spend on SEM (search engine marketing). What would you…
About Me2 min
How to Be Successful
I was just tagged by Eve and thought I would respond about how I define success and how I approach that goal. I realize that my view of success isn’t the…
SEO/SEM2 min
How to Add Unique Meta Tags in WordPress
Ok, Justin Timberlake may be bringing sexy back, but I’m bringing meta tags back. Before you start leaving comments about how irrelevant meta tags are, just…
Link Building1 min
Free Link from a Business Website
Just a little FYI… Looking for a free link on a business website, here is your chance. No recip necessary. If you have a business card question, contact me…
News3 min
Google Needs Snitches! No Pay, No Vacation Time, Nobody will like you!
Deat Matt Cutts and Google, I used to love you. I would tell my friends about the “car Google bought”, the mortgage “Adsense was paying for”, and so on. Now…
SEO/SEM2 min
My Most Underused WordPress Feature – Post Slug
In a recent post by Glen Stansberry at ProBlogger, Glen talks about blogging’s most underused feature, setting up future posts. For two of my blogs I…
Link Building3 min
How To Get 29 Free Links
Here is my personal list of places that I go when I start a new site to get free links. These 29 links always get the ball rolling and help natural links…
Make Money Online1 min
Advertise On Any Post With Text-Link-Ads.com!
Text-Link-Ads.com sent me an email this morning about the new ability to allow people to advertise on popular posts on my websites. This is awesome because…
News1 min
WANTED: Current or Former Salesman, Sales Manager or F&I Manager in the Auto Industry
If you have worked at a car dealership (or used car lot) then you know how much money their is in the auto industry. It is nothing for a dealership to spend…
About Me2 min
Why I Blog
Well, Skitzzo at the SEO Refugee blog tagged me so in order to comply, here are the top 5 reasons why I blog. 1. Make Money Online – Without a doubt this is…
Make Money Online3 min
Make Money Online with AssociatedContent.com
Here is another great way to make money online. Make approximately $150/month writing 1 article per day, 5 days a week. About a month ago I wrote and…
News3 min
Someone’s Stealing My Content!
I just got a few trackbacks from a site that is using the same theme I’m using, and he is duplicating my content! I emailed the lamer listed on the whois,…
About Me6 min
How To: Have a $60 PG&E Bill for a 2,200 sq. ft. House
I’m not an expert, nor do I work for PG&E. I do however average $60 a month on my PG&E bill. In fact, I got last months bill, and it was $52 for my 2,200 sq.…
Free Niche Websites1 min
Free Niche Idea #4 – Network Monitoring Tool
Monitoring a network has never been easier than it is today, primarily because of the creation of more and more tools. These tools allow network…
News1 min
Google Split Testing Adsense
Ok, I’ve seen this in about 4 different situations now, all here on this blog. Look at the two adsense blocks below. They both came from this post about…
News1 min
April 2007 Namecheap Coupon
Here is the latest coupon code for Namecheap.com Coupon code: AprilBuzz Hope it works for you, didn’t work on a renewal, but they usually don’t. If you have…
Make Money Online1 min
Are Email Lists Still Profitable?
Are email lists still profitable? Do you make any money with an email signup list? If so, I’d love to hear from you! Here is what I have been thinking… Take…
Link Building1 min
Text-Link-Ads.com March Coupon
If you want to buy some links through Text-Link-Ads.com first you can get $100 in FREE Links and still use the 15% coupon code below. March 2007…
General3 min
3 Easy Ways to Stop “iPod Thumb Syndrome” (ITS)
iPod Thumb Syndrome is a repetitive strain injury (RSI) and can be defined as, “Repetitive use of your thumb, in a manner that it was not originally created…
Make Money Online4 min
6 Ways to Monetize Your Traffic – Passive and Active
For some people, traffic comes easily. Maybe it is because they’re great writers, maybe the get the scoop before anyone else. Or maybe, people just like what…
Make Money Online2 min
$15k Challenge – I lost
When the $15k Challenge blog first launched (August 2006), I signed up and followed along. The goal was for this guy Dan to make $15k, in one month. The…
Make Money Online2 min
Make Money Online by Writing for KnowMoreMedia
For a few months I wrote for a company called KnowMoreMedia (KMM). They were a good company to work with, and I made a few online friends. I wrote for…
About Me1 min
Make Money Online – Blog Refocus
When I redesigned and relauched this site about a month ago I still lacked purpose. I knew I wanted to share some of the things I’ve learned online, but…
Link Building1 min
SEO Authority Contest – Free Entry!
It’s time for my first ever contest. I don’t have much to offer except a free site review ($150 value) and the knowledge that Technorati thinks you’re blog…
Make Money Online1 min
Challenge: Make $100/month with Clickbank
I have never actually made much money with Clickbank. I think my account sat at like $10 for a year and I forgot about it. But I would like to give it a try.…
SEO/SEM2 min
5 Things I Learned About Diggers
So you want to know how to get Dugg to the front page of Digg right? Of course, who doesn’t. But just to let you know, the traffic is great, but apart from…
Link Building4 min
How To: Get a SEO Blog to Digg’s Front Page – The 6 C’s
Yesterday because of this article, I was Dugg all the way to the front page. Of course I liked it, but HostGator couldn’t handle it. Since then, I’ve learned…
News1 min
Digg Killed Me, And I Liked It!
Well, the “Digg Effect” has taken it’s toll on me. For the record, I thought this might happen, and actually had hoped that it would happen. Now maybe…
SEO/SEM1 min
Add Digg This! Button to WordPress Posts and Float Right
A few people have asked how I get my Digg This! button to float to the right in every wordpress post. Here is the code I use: <div style=”float: right;…
My websites1 min
New Life for an Old Site
I have an old site (old by my terms, not in years) that I haven’t done much with other the last year. I post to it sporadically, but when people are looking…
SEO/SEM1 min
Before Hiring a SEO, Read this!
Sorry for just posting a link, but this article is an absolute must read! The First Question You Should Ask Your SEO Consultant If anyone with more than 3…
Make Money Online1 min
What Would I Do With 100K to Invest Online?
As we talked about last week, What Would You Do With $100k to Invest Online? I have been thinking about it, and this would be my idea: 1. Transfer the money…
Link Building10 min
66 Ways to Build Links in 2007
FYI: This post is from 2007, many of the websites are now dead and much of the information is outdated. If “Content is King“, then links are what put that…
Link Building1 min
5 Tips For Increasing Blog Traffic Project Complete!
Just wanted to let everyone know that the 5 Tips to Increase Blog Traffic Project is now complete. This project was fun and took about 7 hours to complete…
Link Building2 min
How To: Trackback For Traffic
This is post 5 of 5 in a series called, “5 Tips to Increasing Blog Traffic“. Trackbacks are a blogs response to being linked to. For example, I post a…
About Me1 min
RSS Feeds I Read Daily
Here is a list of the RSS feeds I read daily: ProBlogger Blog Tips Darren Rowse gives great tips for increasing traffic. Most posts are specific and don’t…
Make Money Online1 min
Create a WordPress Review Site
I have been thinking about this idea for some time now. The following are some of my thoughts, hopefully they’ll make sense and inspire you to create a…
Link Building1 min
Want a Free .edu Link? How about 64,200?
I know, you’ve been up all night waiting for this post right? Ok fine, regardless of whether you anticipated getting free .edu links, you should have been!…
Link Building1 min
Get a Free .edu Link Tomorrow!
In our ever evolving quest at getting links, people have come to appreciate that the .edu (Education) link is one of the greatest prizes, the holy grail of…
About Me2 min
Mac Webmaster Tools
As a Mac-using webmaster, I always have co-workers and friends asking what programs I use. So here they are: Design: Adobe Photoshop CS2 – I can create…
Link Building1 min
$1 Per Link, How Many Do You Want?
Alex Shalman at Practical Personal Development (a blog about self help and personal growth) is hosting a Donation Contest in which you press a button and he…
Link Building1 min
Get 1 Link and Go! Drive By Linking.
In the early 2000’s, a link was a link. Plain and simple, more links, better rankings. But that was 7 years ago. Today, Googlebot is smarter and can learn to…
Make Money Online2 min
Make $400/month with Clickbank?
To be honest, I’ve had a clickbank account for about a year, but have done nothing with it. Every time I look through their eBooks, I leave because the…
Make Money Online1 min
What Would You Do With $100k to Invest Online?
If you were instantly given (not loaned) a Paypal account with $100k that you were forced to spend within 3 months, what would you do? I’m going to think…
Make Money Online2 min
I Have Too Many Websites, What Do I Do?
Here is my dilemma, I have about 100 active websites. Most are small niche websites, about 85 of them have full sites, the other 15 or so are just domains…
Link Building6 min
10 Steps to Rank for Your Company Name
This is post 4 of 5 in a series called, 5 Tips to Increasing Blog Traffic. 4. Rank For Your Company Name If you are trying to increase traffic for your…
Free Niche Websites1 min
Lease Color Copiers – Free Niche Idea #3
Here is another really good small niche idea. Copiers have been around for the last 20 years. Leasing copiers has been around too. With technology making…
SEO/SEM2 min
The Supplemental Study
In the recent weeks there has been a lot of talk about supplemental results. Supplemental results occur when Google thinks that the pages in your site are…
SEO/SEM4 min
How To: Achieve the Perfect Post Frequency
This is post 3 of 5 in a series called, “5 Tips to Increasing Blog Traffic“. 3. Posting Frequency In this post we’re going to look at how to post the…
SEO/SEM4 min
How To: Comment to the Top
This is post 2 of 5 in a series called “5 Tips to Increase your Blog Traffic“. 2. Commenting Today we’ll be looking at how comments can increase your traffic…
SEO/SEM3 min
How To: Linkbait Your Blog
This is post 1 of 5 in a series called, “5 Tips to Increasing Blog Traffic“. 1. LinkBaiting Linkbaiting is the process by which you write and article or post…
SEO/SEM1 min
5 Tips to Increasing Blog Traffic
This series is all about building your blog traffic. There are literally thousands of ways to increase traffic to your blog. I’ve tried many of them, and…
News1 min
March 2007 Namecheap Coupon
March 2007 Coupon code for Namecheap.com. This coupon code is valid for transfers and new domains (.com’s). The coupon code for February (feblove) isn’t…
News1 min
Looking for a Content Writer
Are you a great writer? Are you making as much money as you should be making writing for yourself or someone else? If you are ready to make some extra…
General1 min
Aaron Wall’s SEO Book
Anyone read this thing? I’m trying to see if there is anything that would be beneficial to me. I’ll probably end up buying it just because everyone who is…
General1 min
Looking for a CSS/(x)HTML Developer
Are you a CSS and HTML (or XHTML) Developer? Do you do freelance work? I’m looking for a developer that can take an Adobe Photoshop image (.PSD) and convert…
Free Niche Websites2 min
Rent Audio Books – Free Niche Idea #2
This free niche idea is a definite money maker. The main reason I believe that is because the competiton is downright weak. This site, full of only affiliate…
Free Niche Websites2 min
Free Niche Website Idea #1
Alright, here is my first free niche website idea. Here is what you’ll need in order to maximize this opportunity. Some writing skills You’ll need to create…
Make Money Online2 min
How To: Make Money Online (Intro)
Making money online takes 2 things: 1. Traffic This is the visitors, users, email addresses, or whatever/whoever you are marketing too. For me, this is…
About Me1 min
About me and this blog…
I’m married with two children. My wife is a wonderful woman, and I couldn’t have designed a more beautiful, Godly, understanding, supportive and loving…