StomperNet Insiders’ DVD of the Month-Volume 1

Brent and I got home from our trip to California on Sunday night and my box from StomperNet was sitting on the front porch carefully hidden by the newspapers that our neighbors had kindly moved from the driveway for us. Yay! I had requested Monday as a vacation day because I knew I’d be tired from the trip and I wanted a day to work on my business, timing couldn’t have been better.

If you read my review of the order process when I ordered my free Stomping the Search Engines 2 that came with a free issue of Net Effect, the new internet marketing trade journal from StomperNet, you’ll remember that I purchased ALL the upsells and the box on the front porch had not only my Net Effect magazine, but 18 DVDs as well. Talk about overwhelming!

Anyway, I decided to dig in and started by watching the Net Effect Companion DVD, it’s called StomperNet Insiders’ DVD of the Month Volume 1. This first volume was free just like the magazine. Going forward it will cost $19.97 a month, and in case you didn’t remember, the magazine, Net Effect, will be another $39.97 a month. That’s a grand total of $59.94 each and every month (plus shipping), but after seeing the information covered by these publications, I’m thinking it may well be worth every penny.

I’ll be honest, when I was offered the companion DVD during the order process, my first thought was, “Sure, I’ll take the free month, and then I’ll just cancel after I get it.” I’m sure that’s what a lot of people thought. However, now I’m thinking twice about making that move.

I haven’t had time to read the Net Effect magazine yet, but I did watch the DVD and I can’t tell you how impressed I am. I’ve been studying internet marketing for quite some time and search engine optimization has always baffled me. I seemed to understand the simple strategies but for the life of me couldn’t wrap my mind around all the details. It was just too overwhelming for me. Keyword lists, landing pages, Web 2.0 sites, LSI, and all that SEO “stuff” was just too hard. So, I never did it.

Now, here we go again. More SEO “stuff”. But somehow after watching this DVD it doesn’t seem so hard. I don’t know, maybe it’s the presentation, maybe Andy just has a way of simplifying the details, or maybe I’m just ready this time, I’m not sure, but it just doesn’t seem so hard now. What I do know now is that I’m going to do this stuff because I’m sick and tired of fooling around and not making any money. And if search engine optimization is a way to get more people to my site, then I’m going to do it.

So, what did the DVD include?

It mostly covered linking both within your website and links coming to your site from other websites. It explained how the search engines read your pages and assign where it will rank. And best of all, it covered why linking to subpages in your site will get you more traffic than always linking to your homepage.  Andy Jenkins shared some secrets on how to make the search engine spiders read your site the way you want them to read it. And at the end, they gave a list of authority sites you can use to link back to your site. Tons of great information that I have never seen anywhere else.

Having this kind of information can truly make or break a website, I just wish StomperNet hadn’t given it away for free. That’s another reason I think I’ll stay on with the subscription. I know a lot of people signed up for the free trial but will cancel for various reasons, not because the information isn’t valuable and worth every penny, but because they can’t afford it right now or just don’t want to spend the money for whatever reason. So, since not everyone will have this kind of great information going forward, it will give me a edge and everyone needs and edge, right?

So, how do I plan to use this information to benefit you as my reader?

Last week I posted that I needed a plan and that I would post one before I left on my trip to California…well, I made my plan and posted the 2008-09 Editorial Schedule for this site and I plan on keeping that schedule. I also stated that I wanted to make public the things I do to make this site an authority site and still plan to do that. Many of the things I’m learning in these DVDs I will use to grow this site and as I use the concepts, it’s my plan to write about them as a case study. So be sure to subscribe to the feed and my newsletter list so you can stay updated.

By the way, the free offer is available. If you want a free copy of Stomping The Search Engines 2 along with the first issue of Net Effect, just click through one of my links. All the “extra” bonuses they were offering through last Monday are gone, but that shouldn’t stop you from ordering the STSE2 and Net Effect for free, or well, for the price of shipping. It’s great information that just may make the difference in your success.

I’ll report back in a few days with the steps I’ve initiated using the new information I’ve learned.

Cheers!

Reba

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StartUpNation’s Home-Based 100

Over at StartUpNation.com they’re gearing up for their 2008 Home-Based 100 Competition. StartUpNation is a website started by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs with tons and tons of information for starting your business. Every year they have their Home-Based 100 Competition that highlights the top 100 winners in, some serious, and some fun categories.

Wow, would I love to win this contest. The winners will receive media attention like you wouldn’t believe. An internet business could be catapulted years ahead of where it would have been in it’s lifespan. Yeah, I’d love to win this contest and they even offer the perfect category “Boomers Back In Business”.

Alas, I think we’re just a bit too new and not quite ready for prime time. However, mark my words, we’ll be ready by next year! And guaranteed, we’ll be signing up and asking you to give us votes. I was a little worried that they wouldn’t have the “Boomers Back In Business” category next year, but I checked last year’s winners and YEP, they had it last year, so I’m going to count on them to have it again next year (my fingers are crossed).

Here are the categories and it’s super simple to sign-up, so don’t hesitate. Even let me know and I’ll vote for you!

• Best Financial Performers
• Most Innovative
• Boomers Back in Business
• Greenest
• Yummiest
• Wackiest
• Grungiest
• Recession Busters
• Most Slacker Friendly
• Most Glamorous

How about you? Are you ready to sign-up? If not, will your business be ready to enter 2009 Home-Based 100 Competition? If you get started today it will.

When visiting StartUpNation check out the article located at the following link. StartUpNation has expanded to have a special area of their website dedicated the 50+ entrepreneur, it’s called “Boomers Back In Business”.  You’ll find a forum for 50+ start-up help, a special article archive and a blog all aimed at informing and guiding the new Boomer entrepreneur.

Good stuff.

http://www.startupnation.com/pages/newsroom/PR_2007_0813.asp

Brent

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