It shouldn’t be a question that in spite of search emphasizing recency, the rise of talk interconnected to significant social media networks, expensive e-mail marketing, the main stream consumers rely on conventional search engines to begin with finding topics of their interest. It clearly defines that enhancing both quantity and quality (2 Qs) of inbound links proves a very paramount result, for you to take on as a skilled webmaster.

What you need now are more links because more links mean more traffic and this rarely makes the difference amongst the sites. Lacking in enough links or having enough links makes the crystal clear difference, when, increasingly ongoing flow of traffic to the sites for the keywords become a neat to switch users into regulars.

Let’s innovate!
More Links = More Traffic!
Less Links = Less Traffic!

So you need more links in this competitive arena. Then innovate things and convert your users to your clients.  If you are in possession of a web-log or blog and are making use of it for promotion of yourself or your company, then you need more publicity. Go on with submitting your website to the directory listings below, there is over thirty. And your website will be ready for higher rate of search result page listings.

Hey, hope you are had a great weekend. It has been going well here so far, finally spent some time relaxing which was well needed. Saw the movie “Bangkok Dangerous” with Nicholas Cage, thought it was a good movie lots of good action and the ‘teachings’ from Cage are always a refreshing. Its finally starting to cool down here in the desert, temps were around 60s last night, but 100 right now… It will be fall on Monday!

I’ve spent a few hours researching the social networking & marketing side of some blogs. I came across this site Zimbio, promoting your blog through a wikizine. Zimbio analyzes your blog posts & matches other related wikizine articles with their site. You can set up Zimbio to automatically import the posts, or choose select posts to promote. This will help get your posts more exposure while helping generate inbound links to your website.

I setup an account & it pulls your blog posts & allows you to place it within certain wikizine categories, if one does not exist for your blog; you are eligible to create one. Very easy to setup & use.

Have a good week everyone!

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Hey guys, giving everyone an update. The site is undergoing some changes currently, let me know if you run into any issues in different browsers (ie6&7, ff2&3, mac).

Amidst the changes and things going on. I came across this service that I wanted to share with you. Social exposure is a big part of online marketing today, and it’s not going anywhere. With the vast amount of social networks appearing & gaining traction with their subscribers, it can be difficult and time consuming to execute your social marketing reach with managing 10 different networks that all require updating.
A great new site that I came across is Ping.fm. It helps you with your marketing efforts dramatically by allowing you to tie all of your social marketing sites together & send out a single message! MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and Digg are just a few available to you.
This is such an easy tool to use, that saves you time which you can focus onto other marketing tactics!
You can easily setup accounts with all of the social networks linked within Ping, confirm your login details; when you are ready to make an announcement all you do is log in through Ping & make one post! This site is out of the beta stages and looks to be a promising tool for those who do a lot of social marketing efforts.
Take a look, its free & has various plugins & can adapt with various blog platforms.

jay

Well another day and another dollar right? Well, as you all have read, I decided about two weeks ago to track my focus, build my business plan, and start making everything that I do profitable. Part of the process included cleaning out my project closet by selling a few websites that I’ve acquired or had for quite some time. The obvious choices was SitePoint and this articles talks a little bit about what I learned.

The Decision to Sell

The decision to sell something that you’ve invested your time, heart and money – is is a hard one. I’m not aware of one web entrepreneur that at once point or another either regrets selling, or regrets selling for what it went for. None the less, it’s pretty darn important that we as business people, accept that decision and understand the deeper reasons for needing to let go. This proved to be the hardest part for me but now that it’s done… I couldn’t be happier.

To some, like the Website Flipping master, building websites to sell is a mere routine. To others like myself, it’s a hard decision made for the greater good of our over all goals. Now I’ve bought a number of things from SitePoint before, but listing a site for sale was very new to me and I knew I had lots to learn and I’m happy I did it.

The Style of Your Sales “Pitch”

At first, I was a bit lost here. I had no clue how I should or could sell something while conveying what I think it’s true value really was. I’m a passionate kinda guy, and I really really wanted to let my bidders know it.So how the hell can you show your passion and love for something in a string of text? Good question, but I think I figured it out.

I knew what I wanted. I wanted all my bidders to know that what I was selling was no joke. It wasn’t some half baked idea that I built simply to make a quick buck. It was a business. Something that was developed as a long term income stream that took my time money and dedication. And though the site was a great income generator (making it worth something), more important for me was to pass the torch to someone who would give it all the attention it deserved and respect it as much as we did. How the hell do you convey that in a sales letter of all things?

Researching the Market for Unique Auction Page Ideas

Like any good business does, especially start-ups, you research your customer base… or at least you should! SitePoint buyers are not excluded here and I mean it. I wanted my auction to stand out, be different. Be memorable and of course successful. So how would I do that? Simple. I’d do what few others ever do… and that’s be as detailed and fair as I could possibly be. Honest is likely the best word for it. So I’d say… the key to a refreshing auction page could simply be widdled down to, keeping it honest.

Anyone perusing SitPoint for more than five minutes can see that nearly every listing has a major coating of crap that has been sprayed with perfume to mask the oder. Stand out from the crowd by scraping off the poop and being real with yourself, and your bidders.

Honesty is the Best Policy

Being honest not only makes you feel good, but helps you build good relationships. Anyone who reads my articles knows that I’m all about 100% organic blogging. Hell I’m 100% organic in business too, and it pays off! Not just financially either. Being a good business person isn’t just a right… it’s our duty! As entrepreneurs, we should do everything that we can, to help maintain the sanctity and possibility that the internet currently offers the virtual entrepreneur. So when it came to my auction, I wanted my mantra to stand out and attract the right type of business people… not just the typical SitePoint junky looking for the next get rich quick scheme. In short, my sales page found him and I’m thrilled.

Be prepared for the haters!

Haters… now that’s a bit sharp, and maybe not 100% accurate. But one very important lesson I learned is that you’ll have some people post comments that are a bit… ugly. I’m not implying they were rude per-say, but lacking tact is a little more like it. Here is exchange between one commentator and myself, just to give you an example of how harmless comments can make or break the success of your auction should you not be prepared for it.

Commentator: You say you moved hosts in May to justify lack of stats.
But the stats shown DO have numbers for March and April.
Can you explain that?

Also, you are caught in the usual problem sellers face here:
You cannot disclose your advertisement methods but you need to somehow PROVE that the net is what you claim. I can create a site that makes 10K a month but if I pay 11K for advertisement it’s a loosing business – so you need to somehow prove to us your NET profit.

Like I mentioned above, this isn’t really rude… it’s just something that could be damaging had I not responded. So with five minutes of deep woo-saaa breathing, I thought about my reply  and hit submit.

So what do you think? Pretty good considering I didn’t get a bid from this commentator and he never returned to refute my reply. Knowing that, you can see where a comment like this can get under your skin. Did he/she just write this to stir the proverbial pot? Or were they genuinely interested in making a bid? I’m voting for a snipe job here, but I could be wrong. Fact is though, that his comment, and my response, may have actually contributed to the sale… who knows and maybe – I’ll never know. Regardless, You should be prepared for those pesky SitePoint comment snipers with a smart well prepared response, or if that’s not handy… a Whiskey & Coke should calm your nerves.

Don’t Under Estimate Your PM bidders!

To be honest here, I was always a bit weary of folks that refused to place a bid and went straight to the PM to open a dialogue. Boy oh boy was I ever wrong! After the last few auctions, I’ve sort of determined that bidders go from auction to auction and place minimum bids just to see if they can catch a deal. To the newbie like me, it’s what I naturally expected to see for a successful auction… BIDS… Wow what a novel idea!

Ha ha… that was a quick lesson learned! All of my serious inquiries came from private messaging… so make sure that you take notice of those who ask questions in private. It could mean the make it or break it for your auction.

Don’t be afraid of the Phone.

In business, communication is key. More important though is proper communication. I had a numer of serious bidders and I was fortunate enough to sift through and find the one person that sounded real. I know you don’t always get such a blessing, but in this case I did. After I decided who I wanted to get the win, I offered up my cell phone number for a firendly conversation. I’ve not asked him if this helped the sale, but maybe I will. It would be neat to know. I think it did. So I’ll just say that I think making yourself, and your phone available to a serious someone… is pretty darn important.

The Smell of Success

In the end boys and girls, I found a great new owner for the site I was selling, and hopefully even a friend. I love building healthy relationships and I’m sure with a little sunlight and water, it could grow into a great one. I’m proud of the results, I’m proud of the new owner, and I’m proud to have been the owner of such a profitable little site for so long. But as you all know, it’s time for me to move on to some of my other projects, and selling off that business, was just one more step to becoming closer to my business plan goals.

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think, or tell me about your SitePoint experiences. If you liked the article… a Stumble would be a nice way to show it!

Well it’s Monday afternoon, it’s pouring down rain, and I’m busier than ever. Anyway I thought it would be a great way to start off the week, by talking a little bit about what’s been going and and where I’m heading. It’s all a part of my decision to be proactive in my business and so on the blog it goes.

I’m a Woo Themes Forum Ninja

As I’m sure you all have seen, I’m sporting a fancy new banner by the Woo Themes Team. This past week, the head honchos over there, including one of my all time favorite bloggers, Adii, asked if I would help out around the shop and help answer all those mysterious Woo Theme questions. WOW, what a tough job it is! However, I’ve got to say, that honestly it has got to be one of the best forums around. I know that Brian Gardner’s Revolution has some great support too, but man-o-man… The Woo Themes Team really nailed what it is to offer help a fellow blogger. So if you’d like my artistic and professional opinion… head on over there, scoop yourself up an awesome theme and start kicking blogosphere ass! Yeh, it be cool if you used one of MY links, I working on my monetization goals remember! LOL. Is your blog sexy?

An Ugly Stick Beatdown…. The Quick Version

Sometime last week, I got an e-mail from a guy named Troy or Tam or Twan or Twit… hell I can’t even remember the guys name… asking for an ugly stick beatdown. The funny thing is that he wanted a beatdown on himself. Entrepreneur I am, sadist, I am not… so after a little debate and a bit of arm wrestling… we settled on a fee for a quick mention here on Piss Biscuit. It’s all part of my business plan remember!

Tony… yeh, that’s his name… from RockinDaily.com wants all of you to go and visit his blog. Technically, I’m supposed to beat his blog down, since that is what he paid for, but since it was a partial fee, he gets a partial open handed slap rather than a full fledged uppercut. His blog is a bit boring. His Adsense ads slap you in the face as soon as you log on, so to me it screams monitization. Smells like a flip coming on, but that’s okay if that’s his plan. So in the spirit of showing Tom some love PB style, head on over to RockinDaily.com and leave some hate mail, spam, or even affiliate loaded links. He won’t mind a bit.

PB was up for sale at SitePoint

Some of you slicker site flipping masterminds might have found the listing of PB on sitepoint this past 10 days but now that it’s over I can make fun of myself for trying. I got a few e-mails, a couple of bids, and the auction closed at a whopping $750.00 bucks…LOL. I listed the site more for fun, however if the right buyer had come along, with the right money… I’d walk. But since it didn’t sell for anything worth bragging about, I’ll just jump back on my bandwagon and join the pitty party over at my favorite blogshpere bar… The Lesson Learned Watering Hole”. It was fun, but not very profitable.

Traffic Stats and More

It’s been quite a while since talking about traffic and the myriad of other little goodies that I like to look at, so I’ll throw it in here as part of the Monday warm up. I’m touching on about 63,000 page views, 312 unique visitors a day and growing strong. I hope the trend keeps up in which case I’ll stay motivated… it’s been a while since crying the blogger’s blues… I’d like to keep it that way!

If This Blog Could Talk

Bling Bling Joe from ImwithJoe.com interviewed me this past week for his latest creation IfThisBlogCouldTalk.com. I love the concept and I love what he’s doing with the design. I know the site has been saying “maintenance mode” for a while now, but now that I’ve made a big deal about it… he’ll just have to get his ass into gear. Let’s put the pressure on him people!

It’s Christmas in August

Our buddy Yan, who’s been a bit scarce around these parts lately is holding a pretty damn good contest if you haven’t heard. It’s called Christmas in August and between he and his awesome sponsors… he’s giving away quite a big bag of goodies. The Best part about Yan’s contest is that the man is giving away multiple prizes to multiple winners. He’ not putting on any old contest, so head on over to Blog for Beginners and get yourself hooked up with Christmas in August!

To follow up my recent post about Building A Bloggers Business Plan, I decided that today would be a great day for me to get started on my own goals. Now I’ve had a business plan for quite a while now, but to be honest, like most of us… I’ve let other things distract me and taking my own advice. It’s time to focus and monetizing my blog, was one of top things on my list of things to do. So instead of furniture shopping with Mrs. Piss, she let me off the hook to sit down and get to it. After all, I’ve got to start somewhere right?

Pin-Point an Item in Your Bottom Line.

Monetizing is likely one of the biggest reasons people take up blogging. It wasn’t mine, but as you know a business plan is meant to change. I’ve decided that my pin-pointed focus is on improving the monetization of Piss Biscuit. Not become rich, just help it create a little more income.

Considering the numbers of blogs started, to the ratio of them still written on, I’d also say my goal is the same as many others. It’s also the number one reason for failure. Granted, it’s not the only reason, but I’m almost positive that when people realize “it just ain’t all that easy“… they bail on their blogging dreams and return to flipping burgers or filling up vending machines. Reality is for many of us, is that at some point, on at least one of our blogs – We had no visitors, no comments, no money coming in and therefore of course, no motivation.

Let’s skip to the part where we’ve built a blog, earned a little traffic, have some great commentators, and we sort of “forget” all about our initial goals… yeh, bloggers tend to get caught up in the moment too, and even making money can become secondary… blogging has some very addictive qualities… good and bad. Regain control people!

… Now that I’ve got a pretty happening little community, I can sit back and develop my moving forward plan… which is effective monetiztion… at least a little bit! I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “If I got a dollar every time…”. Well that statement couldn’t be more true and there is a way to make that work for you as a new blogger. Offer advertising. Duhhh… I know it’s stating the obvious, but take a look at your blog’s monetization efforts and you’ll see that you could quite possibly be missing out on a few dollars. I know I am, and as a part of my new mantra to make everything I do earn at least a little something, I decided to go to war with PB and see if I can’t get it to earn just a little more. Now all I need is a little focused effort.

Less is More When Setting Goals

Truth be told, making money online is no easy task… not that I actually have to say that, but for the sake of writing a well rounded article, I did any way. LOL. No matter where you are in your blogging careers, I’m sure you’ve run across the likes of some A-list bloggers like John Chow, Shoemoney, ProBlogger, and yes, even my new best friend – Vic from Blogger Unleashed.. uhh yeh… In fact, to their credit, it’s success stories like these that probably account for a significant number of blog start ups. I am not them, and neither are you, so get it out of your head that you’ll be making 500.00 from some silly “What I ate for dinner” review.

Regardless of your blogging background, grasping the concept of less is more, can mean mean life or death for your dreams. New to blogging? Awesome. Start your monetization with something as simple as charging $1.00 a week for ad space… or $5.00… or $10.00… eventually, you’ll be charging what ever you want, and people will pay it! But the value of knowing you’re getting SOMETHING for your effort is worth more over the long run, than any $40.00 advertisement. Yes, even $5.00 a week, for ad space is worth one-hundred times that in motivational value. To me and my action plan, this is the next step in checking one more item off of my list.

We love goals… but only short term ones. Long term goals are the perfect short term excuse. Remember that when you come out of the starting blocks, you need obtainable, reachable goals. Don’t set the bar so high. It’s not worth it.

Figuring Out Your Blogging Market

I’ve always said that this blog’s personality is not one that promotes affiliate products, or does paid reviews. It’s a place to come without pressure to explore the the blog world and listen to the opinions of some pretty groovy people in what I’d like to think of as an unbiased atmosphere. That said, this blog attracts a wide variety of totally awesome readers with a wide variety of interesting backgrounds. Now I understand that I don’t have 10,000 subscribers and I know that I don’t get 150 comments on every post that I write. But I know one thing for sure, and that’s PB has a community. That community is worth something to someone, somewhere. I just need to utilize that awesome attribute, and focus some of my money making attention on putting this blog to productive, profitable use. I know my market… do you know yours?

Accepting Your Blog’s Condition

The last portion of your blogging action plan, is accepting who you are, and where you are today. Self acceptance is pretty darn important. Now keep in mind, that there is a difference between self acceptance, and simply being “satisfied” with where you are. I’ve accepted my blog presence on the web and within the community. I’m not happy with it… and I accept it. I also know that I’m not satisfied yet… maybe I never will be. But accepting the fact that I’m not the biggest dog in the yard, and that I’m not richest man in the sphere, and that I really would love to find the time to redo my blog’s theme… only means that I understand the challenge I’ve now given myself. From business plan to my action plan, I’m confident of my progress.

Alright class, let’s summarize.

Create your blogging business plan

Pin-Point an item in your blogging bottom line

Focus on that item

Create an “Action Plan”

Set yourself achievable short term goals

Figuring out your market

Accepting who you are and what your blog is

Now that is a pretty kick ass list of things that any blogger, of any experience level, can do to improve their blogging agendas. In this article I’ve mixed in my own immediate goal of improving my montetization just so you can see how to apply this method to your own situations. Nothing is easy, so don’t be fooled, but with a little guided effort, even a new blogger can turn a blogging liability, into a blogging asset.

As a side note, achieving these little short term goals is a great way to get out of those blues and get your ass back into gear. It’s liberating I guess, and it’s the high of a lifetime. Without question, this article should give you a little confidence in why running your blog more like a business, is just the best thing to do on many levels. As always, I’d live to here your thoughts… so have at it and comment until your heart is content.

As bloggers we’ve got to have a bottom line right? Wrong… I think that not having a blogging bottom line is one of the major problems bloggers of today experience and something well worth a discussion. So here it is, PB’s take on developing your bottom line.

Setting Goals at the Onset

Rumors have it that 80,000 new blogs are built every day and that my friends is a pretty big number. Between the blogger that creates an account and never posts… to the blogger who puts their heart and soul into their new found dream… everyone has a different blogging bottom line. Or do they? As I’ve learned over the past week or so, everyone has a totally different idea of what it is to run an online business. Personally I’ve found it more enjoyable to build something strong and solid. Build it well. Build it with longevity in mind and reap the benefits for years to come. As a fan of genuine, white hat, organic blogging… I hardly see other options as plausible… but I’m wrong, and I know it.

The importance of setting goals at the onset of your new blogging adventure is rivaled by none. Just like a business plan is required by banks, Angel Funds, and Grant Programs, the SBA, and sometimes even friends and family… you should develop one for your online business too. Now unless you’re going after some VC (Venture Capital) or start up seed funding, it’s not necessary to have a 600 page digitized and bound business plan. I’m simply saying that you need a plan and understand what its purpose is.

Your Blogging Business Plan

Documenting your goals from the start allows you to look back and see where you were, look down and see where you are, and look up – to get where you’d like to be. What is a business plan? Sure, it can be a list of your goals. Yep, it can even be a list of things you’re going to do… but more importantly… you business plan is an ever evolving road-map to your success. In business college, you’re taught that business plans are the lifeblood of any start-up. It’s the walking, talking, living , breathing sales pitch that you’ll use to “sell” your ideas to people who have the ways and means to pay for it… I’d say if multi-million and billion dollar corporations use this model for success, we should too, just on a smaller more manageable scale.

Being flexible… is a requirement

The reality is that I don’t know any Angel Fund, or VC investor that wants to read or even approve an inflexible business plan. They all want a business plan that can move with the change in the market. These guys want a dynamic agenda. An ever changing plan that gives those who fund your venture confidence that you can handle the blows you’re going to be dealt. Now that I’m thinking of it, sounds right up the alley of almost every online entrepreneur doesn’t it?

Now what does that mean for a blogger? Glad you asked… What it means for people like us is that we are not only allowed, but encouraged to create flexible, malleable, wavy, business plans that jump around and account for not only market changes, but changes in your businesses primary asset… Yourself! Seriously people, the more and more I look at the idea of a real business plan, the more it makes sense. Seriously, how could it possibly hurt?

Do you have a business plan for your ventures? Why not?

Figuring out your Bottom line

Now that you’ve decided to take up the walking stick, and get on the road to organizing your plan… you’ve got another major hurdle to over come as a blogger. Determining your blogging bottom line. Simply put, this bottom line, should be one of only a few business plan items that shouldn’t ever change. Now this is much harder than you may think, and if you’ve been blogging for any amount of time you know that deep down in your chest somehwere, there is that little bug telling you to do something different. Hell it happens to me all the time, but I’ve GOT to stick to my guns… after all, it’s my bottom line.

As an example… and the sacrificial lamb, I’ll use this blog as an example. The bottom line here isn’t a simple one. It complex. It’s loaded with “what if’s” and “if so’s”. To keep it simple for this articles sake, I’ll say that this blog bottom line is ultimately to make me money. But only indirectly through learning through such a unique experience. I’ve been in business online for quite a few years, and I learn something new every day.

Piss Biscuit is my first blog… does that make me a newbie? Maybe… to things like Social Bookmarking, but hell I’ve bee making money online for a long time now, and I’ve always got a plan. Blogging newbie? Sure. Internet entrepreneur… No way.

I want to take the open communication and the freedom I gain from running PB and apply it to my business plans in other ventures. As many of you already know, and still others like myself learn everyday, keeping your “profitable” businesses close to your chest is an evil necessity that bloggers are forced into. Jealous rivals, spammers, competition, pusillanimous big mouths… you name it, they are after you. This blog allows me the freedom to not worry about my other ventures… what more could I ask for.

Have you thought about your bottom line?

All across the sphere debates are being started about the validity of another blogger business plan (I know I started a big one) and in truth, it’s really not fair. I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to a comparison, it’s got to be apples to apples. Period. It’s a lesson learned for me, but how about you? Do you really comprehend the differences the business plans for other bloggers? Or are you just as wuick to jump down someone’s throat as I was to try and make a point? I think I’ve read on just about everyone’s some sort of dispute in the way things are manged over the past few weeks. We’ve all got our own opinions, but does that mean someone else is totally wrong. Not at all.

The point in this article isn’t admit guilt, or failure, but to simply explain that there is more to bloggin than writing posts and calling someone stupid. It’s all about building a business using the freedom of the interenet in ways that were once never possible. With freedom, comes a mass variety of views and methods and each of us should develop our own before critisizing another. In closing, the interenet is an amazing place. I can fall flat on my face, and tomorrow be up and running again with a whole new mojo. That’s pretty cool if you ask me. So have you made your actual plan? Do you know where your blog is going? Do you know what your end all purpose is? PB’s purpose is that of communication. Nothing more, and I’m proud of where it is today.

Well people the dog has finally bitten it’s owner and the owner… is Vic Franqui of Blogger Unleashed. LOL. He’s just posted a video on how lame Blogger Unleashed is… and that he’s pulling the plug! The funny part of this whole video post, is that it simply proves that you’re a product of your environment. He’s created a beast… a beast mind you, that I said was coming.

Blogger On A Leash

From a psychological point of view Vic is a basket case, or at least that’s my opinion. This dude has plain as day, bashed and complained about every one of his minions that made him who he is today. Suicide. His disciples, have taken what he’s taught, turned on him, spammed everything he owns, reported his sites as keyword stuffed, and the man is surprised! He even makes mention that his “charity cases” are blogging about not making money… Vic hiding out… being thank full they didn’t follow his advice… The list goes on and on Honestly… Vic’s had a target painted on his chest for a while now and I’m a bit surprised that it has taken this long to put that Blogger back on its Leash.

Vic backed away from my $20,000 dollar challenge

I tried to snag him a while by taking him up on his $20,000 dollar bet. You can read more about my letter, his response, and then my final reply here: PB VS. Blogger Unleashed & PB VS. Blogger Unleashed 2

In short Vic backed down and gave up. But seeing that he’s not making any money with his “Charity Blog”… $20,000 would be hard for him to come up with anyway… so I’ll give him a pass. As for his claims of making a fortune doing other things… he’s following a sales pitch created by the makers of BANS. Buy BANS. Build 500 websites. Make a dollar day. Be happy. Be wealthy. Did he mention the degradation of the blog market? Nope. How about the dilution? Nope. How about not having a life. Ask AP about what it means to bust your ass for thirty days building a website. Try it with 20 much less 500.

The Blogger Unleashed Domain

I’ll call this my open offer to Vic. Rather than simply throwing it all way, let me buy it. I’ve got some spare silver change that I can throw at ya. It’s better than nothing right! Hell Vic, I’d even consider giving you the 20K that you would have lost. *Snicker*. Well goodbye Vic, I know I’ll miss your once in a blue moon posts. I’ll miss being booted off of your forums. I’ll regreat never being able to piss off your minions traitors, in your video feed…LOL… the old days, gotta love em.

So boys and girls, watch the video, and let me know what you think… oh and if anyone can tell me how many times he says the “F” word within the hour and twelve minutes… you’ll get a cookie!

Vic’s Sad Story Video

Well people it’s about that time of the month again. As TheAffiliatePost has dubbed it… PB Syndrome is in full effect, but this time, you’re convincing is not needed… there is light at the end of the tunnel! As many of you may have noticed, posting as well as commenting has been a bit slow for me over the last week and a half. I’ve had tons of things going on the outside of the internet world that have been finally cleared up and I’m ready to dig in yet again… PB writes again!

It’s Time to Make Money Online

This evil little phrase haunts almost every blogger at one point or another and sometimes more often that we care to admit… even those of us who say we’re bloggin’ just for the hell of it. Making money Online is the proverbial dangling carrot. The national treasure of sorts. We all want to make money and when we see folks around us pushing to get their share… it sends a little jealous streak down some of our spines. I know it does for me, and since I’m not the only one who enjoys making money, I know it does for some others too.

Maintaining our Focus

We’ve all got to maintain focus. Focus on our goals. If those goals are to simply blog for self gratification, great! If it’s to make money online, great! If it’s to create videos… or teach people how to become better at what they do at their jobs, or how to lose weight… the subject matters none. It’s all about setting and achieving our goals. I personally, have failed miserably at goal setting, and have become quite the master at goal breaking. Time for a change people and I’m the first in line to do all out do it.

Cleaning House

I own more domain names than I care to think about with some costing me as little a 5.00 and some costing as much as a few thousand dollars… I’ve built or helped build nearly 600 websites in my time as a designer, and I have yet to complete a project of my own. Is it natural? Is this constant flow of negative energy good for all that Zen? I don’t think so. That said, as part of my mide year resolution, and part of my new outlook on my online business ventures, I’ve got to clean house a little bit. I’ll be selling off some of my totally awesome domains, building up my existing online businesses, and settling in on a few well appointed attempts to get my online life in order.

What’s the point in all of this?

Good question. I’d like to know from each of you, what your goals are. No… I’m not looking for some generic answer like make money… or become rich… of course everyone wants that. I want a list people… the famous list post. I challenge each of you to set your goals… post them online and let the world help you stick to your guns. Here are a few of mine:

Sell off old domains I no longer use.

Finish Building Blogg Fluff or turn it over to someone who can work it like it should.

Complete a project in which has been long time coming.

Start my online T-Shirt Store

Re-Organize Piss Biscuit

Earn 2,500 dollars a month online

Finish and promote VGA (My Latest Venture)

Create an online portfolio of my work

Build a homebase site for my freelance design services

So what do you all think? Sounds like a pretty solid to do list, but everything on it has been buggin me FOREVER! DO you guys and gals see anythign that I may have missed? Ohhh wait…

Take PB to the next level in monetization

Anyway, this is just a start, so thanks for all the input. Thanks for all the help. And most importnatly, thanks for helping me stay on track. I’ve met some great people here and I have a great appreciation for each and every one of you.

This ain’t your average flip!

Investing your hard earned money into a business is something that should never be taken lightly. It’s a decision that takes cash, dedication, determination, and of course some good old fashioned guts. But today, there aren’t many online entrepreneurs all that willing to show you the process from start to finish on a real live online property they the intend to keep… This isn’t blog flipping, where we only care about it for a few weeks or even months. My goal is to build another online property that is as if not more profitable than my others. This my friends, is business building entrepreneurship at it’s best. So, grab a cup of coffee, your laptop, and a notebook… this is one lesson you won’t soon find again.

So PB, what did you buy?

As most of you all know by now my background is in design, development so these two diamonds in the rough are perfect for what I love to do. Keeping that in mind, and without further ado, let me introduce to you, “The Banner Queen” and the “Virtual Graphic Artist“! Go ahead AP… you’ve got 30 seconds for Banner “Queen” jokes…

Okay times up… Now both of these websites are obviously lacking a little PB flair and that’s okay. Remember that I bought them to build the business, not just to ride the wave. That said, I’ve got some thoughts on a redesign and I’ve already taken the steps I need to get whole new system going. (Let’s not lie… the new site is just about done) Now before I start getting e-mails privately asking how much I paid for these puppies… the full financial details of the purchases I made are under tight wraps. I can tell you that it was a sizable investment… sizable enough in fact to warrant plenty of time to think about my options as well as what I was buying. Remember, marketing master Rick Butts didn’t raise a fool!

Cry for a little launching help.

There is going to be pretty big release involving the all new VGA, but I don’t think it’s going to be big enough… at least not without your help. Now I’m not one to randomly e-mail you guys and gals asking for a plug… so I’ll do it publicly and hope that I have some takers as I’m sure I will. Leave me a comment that says something like “Hell Yes PB! Just tell me what to do!”… then when I begin setting up the official launch… I’ll provide you all with everything from banners, buttons, headers, screen shots and even official VGA press releases from Rick and I!

Monday is Launch Day… Maybe!

My goal is to launch the all new VGA on Monday August 4th, 2008! And even though it is an active operating business… it’s new WordPress theme will be ready for a little well deserved dog and pony show… and that my friends is what I aim to give it. So take a moment, clear your Monday post schedule and prepare yourselves.I want to share the experience with each of you just as you would if this were your own… minus the cash to get started of course. So you get all the benefits of learning how to build a successful profitable business without any risks… you can’t beat that can you?

So let’s launch this puppy the right way. You ready? I know I am… it’s going to be a rush! If you would prefer to remain a “secret” and don’t want to put your name up in the comments for all to see… just fill out this quick opt in form instead. I can hardly contain myself!