http://www.explodethenet.com A community for young internet entrepreneurs. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:12:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is the status of my complaint with StomperNet for producing a product full of factual errors. 1: Stompernet has NOT responded to my email 2: I have since found additional factual errors 3: I have discovered that StomperNet is rated "F" with the Better Business Bureau. 4: I have filed a complaint with ... http://www.explodethenet.com/stompernet-issue-update-37.html I was just looking through my latest issue of TheNetEffect from Andy Jenkins and the guys at StomperNet, and was disgusted to find multiple errors in one of the articles. I fired off the below email to Andy...we'll see what response I get: Andy, I'm reading the article Up For Grabs! in ... http://www.explodethenet.com/stompernets-magazine-theneteffect-is-full-of-factual-errors-35.html Last year, I was getting great conversions from my Ask Sponsored Listings campaign - 2.63% conversion on average. This year, though, my conversion rate fell from 0.72% in January to 0.13% conversion in May. Conversion rate is practically 0% now. What happened? I don't know. What I do know is that ... http://www.explodethenet.com/askcom-ppc-no-longer-worthwhile-33.html I decided to make a quick list of my favorite search engine marketing tools (for SEO or PPC) that are free and I use regularly. This way I'll have the list for my own reference, and you can also benefit from it, too. Free Keyword Research Tools Google Adwords Keyword Tool Keyword Discovery ... http://www.explodethenet.com/free-search-engine-marketing-tools-29.html If you haven't already heard of Content Infinity, it's the latest article generating software on the market. I decided to test it out and see if it could do what it claimed to do, namely: "Powerful Article Writing Software Churns Out Thousands Of High Quality & Perfectly Unique Content" OK so basically, ... http://www.explodethenet.com/content-infinity-review-27.html I don't like GoDaddy's marketing strategies. I'm switching to NameCheap as my domain registrar of choice. I realize that most people would rather buy from a cute chick that some old, bald, geeky dude (Bob Parsons), but in my opinion, GoDaddy's marketing goes way beyond that. I guess I would rather buy ... http://www.explodethenet.com/godaddy-enough-is-enough-26.html Yentoo.com a new blog focused on health and life topics, is giving away $25 to one blogger - to enter to win the $25, you just have to make a post kinda like this on your blog. Visit the Yentoo contest page for details. Yentoo.com has a hilarious video they've posted, ... http://www.explodethenet.com/yentoocom-is-giving-away-25-25.html You may have heard of BlogRush, the latest product from John Reese. It's touted as being "the fastest and easiest way to drive a flood of visitors to your blog". It's basically a advertising exchange program designed specifically for blogs. I believe that BlogRush may become a powerful, dependable tool ... http://www.explodethenet.com/blogrush-the-latest-way-to-get-blog-traffic-24.html This past week I had the privlage of attending an entrepreneures meet up at the home of 23 year old multi-millionare Ryan Allis' home. Ryan Allis is the owner of multiple internet companys. Most well known is icontact.com. There were some great new sites to consider for hot new web ... http://www.explodethenet.com/new-web-20-siteshot-fresh-out-the-kitchen-23.html As I type this post, I'm on my way back from a “More Heart Than Talent” seminar in Philadelphia, PA. The speakers were Jeff Combs, Susan Sly, and Todd Falcone. The event was focused mainly on network marketing and direct sales, but a lot of the material was good for ... http://www.explodethenet.com/todd-falcone-jefferey-combs-and-susan-sly-22.html