Better Than Getting By

If you’re reading this website, then you’re probably pretty into self education.   If not, you should really check out ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad‘ by Robert Kiyosaki.  If your response to that is “I don’t like to read,” then I hate you.  Just kidding.  Seriously though, it’s a life changing book, and will probably make you rethink most of what you know about education.  But I digress… The education system [...]

Lately, there has been a lot of Google slapping and penalizing of websites that are purely created to make money using Google AdSense advertising. This blog post is mostly written in response to one of the largest internet marketing niche site builders, Spencer Haws of Niche Pursuits, getting all of his AdSense accounts banned for practically no reason at all. What is an AdSense site? Google AdSense is a method [...]

Google doesn’t like getting outsmarted. In the early years of SEO, all you had to do as a website owner was fill out a contact form with your site’s information and keywords, and they would rank you without much trouble at all. However, as the search engines quickly became more commercialized and a lot of money started being at stake, Google created an algorithm that ranks sites based on hundreds [...]

One thing internet marketers can all agree on: we don’t know how the heck Google ranks pages! However, luckily for us, there are several factors that most marketers agree on that are important for high rankings. The complicated Google algorithm somehow assigns weights to different onsite and offsite factors and ranks every page that it indexes on the internet. Here are some of the major factors: Page Rank First, remember [...]

SEO is the abbreviation for Search Engine Optimization, which is can be simply defined as techniques to optimize your website so that it rises in the search engine listings. SEO is a big deal in the internet marketing world and is growing at a rapid pace. Why do you need to get to the top of the search rankings? It is estimated that 36% of people who search for a [...]

Man, the guy in the stock photo looks kinda creepy huh? Internet marketing can be an overwhelming subject to jump into, especially when you’re just starting out. There is so much to learn! Niche sites, SEO, PPC, Adsense, Authority sites, monetizing a blog, mailing lists. Man! And that’s only a small portion of it all! So how are you going to go about trying to learn it all? Well, there [...]

It’s a blessing and a curse: there is so much information available today for internet marketers due to the success of the Warrior Forum and the thousands of internet marketing blogs available on line. Especially for newcomers to the internet marketing world who are just getting started, it can be incredibly overwhelming to find the crazy amount of ideas, formulas, and opinions floating out there on the web. For those [...]

Internet marketing is a simple concept, but it’s an extremely large topic that can’t possibly be covered with a single post. However, I’m gonna try! For those who are new to the topic, internet marketing is a broad term that involves any promotion of a product or service for which the promoter receives a commission. So basically, I promote a product on my website, and if anyone purchases that product [...]

(Who’s the guy? We don’t know. But we appreciate his enthusiasm.) Welcome to the all new Better Than Getting By Blog! This blog is going to be…well…awesome! When discussing potential concepts for the blog, both John and I wanted to make sure it remains fun and entertaining. In the business world there’s enough seriousness! We want to provide a place where people will be able to further themselves and their [...]

Photo Credit:  Robert Scoble   You’ve probably had this experience. You’ve got a new goal. You’re going to make money online. You’re going to lose weight. You’re going to improve your dating life. You buy a book by a guru on the subject, or start reading a blog. You get inspired, fired up. The guru makes it seem so easy, you’re convinced you can do it. There are tons of [...]