I am in the mist of writing a very clear guide to setting up online stores for those of you that may normally struggle. I plan to cover everything from domains and hosting, through to software set up and general running of the store. I will even be including places to source your products from too.

What I want to know from you is what you would really like to have covered in the guide. Any particular areas that currently bamboozle you? Read the rest of this entry »

A couple of months ago I set up www.waterutopia.com as a new online store venture. The key reason for this was to start working with drop shipping companies (meaning not having to hold any stock) and also because there seemed to be a lack of any “quality” players within the market.

So far the store has been doing quite well. The recent good weather has given the shop a small surge in orders and enquiries, but generally the frequency of orders Read the rest of this entry »

Just been doing my usual checks and noticed pagerank is updating. Waterutopia.com just got a pagerank of 3 which is nice. Figured you may all like to know.Feel free to comment on how you come out the other end of this page rank update.

Alas I have not found a minting or cash printing machine in my loft (or attic for the folks over the pond). What I have actually found is an old HP lazer / laser printer of mine that I threw up there a number of years back.

Upon seeing the tank sized beast I recalled that it prints pretty darn good prints. It also has a brand new toner cartridge sitting the other end of the roof just in case the one that’s in there no longer wants to play. This particular printer gave me a wonderfully interesting money making idea. Read the rest of this entry »

Well those of you that had a little look at my TextAnonymous.com website the other week may find it interesting to know that it is already in Google AND is ranking on the first page for a number of terms including “Anonymous Texts“….. which is nice. The site is also number 1 for the organic results over at AOL too.

One of the interesting factors about this is that the domain was purchased the evening of the site going live last week. Additionally there is only one page for the site yet it ranks well. It may not be the most competative of terms (12 million results) but it is a nice nod in the direction of how to get a tasty Google Rank.

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I have been able to put a new site online called TextAnonymous.com that allows you to send Anonymous text / sms messages via the internet thanks to lots of help and code from our good friend Alex.

Once the domain has been indexed I am going to redesign the entire site and start playing with the SEO side to see the best traffic generation techniques and indeed to find out how to get the hits to convert really well. At this point I can come and tell you all how to do it to.

I am of course no stranger to SEO and converting sites, however this one is slightly different in the sense that you have to get the user to include their mobile in the action rather than just typing on their keyboard. As such I think that getting the hits to convert will be on a slightly different level, thus the experiement.

Having played with RSSG and RSSGM a few months back I have decided to come back at the system full force. The emphasis will be on two key factors: Making a unique template and growing the site slowly over time.

I plan to use affiliate programs in the sites rather than just adwords, however these will still be included further down the page. I figure that if I can get some affiliate sales converting I will make more money in the long run.

To see an example RSSG website you can have a look at www.badbreaths.co.uk. Here I have replaced the old wordpress site with a generated one. I have yet to see how this will effect the traffic and indeed the adsense earnings but I will of course keep you posted.

I will talk more about the affiliate RSSG site here soon and quite probably in more detail in the forums where I will also be answering any questions you have.

I want to bring all my efforts back to Brighton Vibes and the Brighton Vibes Forums, as such I am offloading the NetDosh.com domain, site and content. If anyone is interested I am looking for a reasonable offer of say, at least $100. I will accept bids for the site and content via email or comments on this post. The highest bidder by the 7th of July will get the site, domain, etc

I can set up hosting etc for you via Site5 if you wish as well but that is up to you really. If no one wants it I will probably just stick RSSG up on the domain and be done with it.

So where do things go from here? Over the past months I have kept this diary for all of you so that you can follow how I make money online. Indeed the last few weeks have been quiet here due to holiday and personal issues outside of the online world, however things are now back on track!

The next step is to start delving into creating and selling my own product. I have had a few ideas in recent weeks, from simple ebooks to full coded applications. I figure the best way to do this is use a “rent a coder” or “rent a writer” to create anything I need, then sell it. This takes a lot of the work away from me and gives me something to sell or give away free. Read the rest of this entry »

I got fed up. Totally fed up of having to give my email address or even worse BUY software to get new niche ideas. So I created a simple site to generate them for us.

Find it here

Let me know what you think or if you have any others to go into the massive list.

It’s time for another update regarding WaterUtopia.com and the orders / visitors that are coming to the site.

The domain has now been indexed in Google and is awaiting a full crawl and pagerank to be performed for the site. Once this happens I am sure that both visitors and orders will increase. Currently all the orders and visitors I have had are from MSN, which is a sign of great things to come when everything is settled in Google. Read the rest of this entry »