I love blogs and can fall into the trap of reading them and getting side tracked far too easily.
The thing about blogs is that you have a choice whether to continue receiving them and you know for sure that you will not get any more feeds after you cut the RSS link. I have recently unsubscribed from many of my e-mail newsletters and opted for blogging feeds instead.
There also seems to be a much greater effort to provide quality content on blogs – which can’t be said for some of the inane e-mails I receive.
I came across a blog just now quite by chance that contained a reference to a product that I distribute for Adam Eason. As I read on it turned out to be full of glowing praise for ‘Think Yourself Thin’ Free of charge there is someone singing the praise of a product he has used – what more could a product maker want? Recommendations used to travel by word of mouth – it could be better described now as word of blog – and worldwide at a fantastic speed.
I had no idea the blog existed but it really got me thinking about the way that commerce works world-wide now. People reading recommendations in blogs must now account for a lot of impulse buying.
Let me tell you how I stumbled upon this site (what a great name that would make for a social bookmarking site 
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My team here have put together a niche social bookmarking site called Hypgroove. It is all there ready for the thousands of people who want to promote their blogs, videos, articles and MP3s about hypnosis and self-improvement. Early days so always pleased when someone posts a new bookmark link. The latest new link led off to the blog in question – ‘Game of Self’.
The article linked was about help for Toastmasters to give speeches – but I couldn’t help spotting an Adam Eason advert flashing away at the side. So I did a search on this blog and there was the ‘Think Yourself Thin’ article. I couldn’t write a stronger testimonial for the product if I tried.
http://www.gameofself.com/blog/2007/01/03/how-i-got-started-with-self-hypnosis/
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About Keith Watson
Hi - I am Keith Watson.
This blog is dedicated to Banger - a teacher from my teenage years who - at least once a week - insisted upon cracking the hilarious - and I have to say - never heard before line "What's on Watson?".
I would smile demurely - the rest of the class would fall about with sides aching - and life would go on for another week.
'Wats-on My Mind' I have decided will assist me personally as well as be of interest to others (I hope) who share my challenges. It will help keep me organised and document my activities so that I know what I did yesterday.
You think I am joking!!
I have been in the website development game since 1993 and have been involved with over 2000 website builds (with the help of my fantastic team of freelance programmers)
It was only in the last two years though that I have moved over to making money for myself on line and in particular linking up with an amazing talent called Adam Eason to produce and distribute self help and hypnotherapy products.
As a result of looking to promote these products I have downloaded hundreds of internet marketing articles and e-books, studied countless reports, tested list building tactics, butterflied, boot-camped, buzzed, adsensed, affiliated, met a jerk, jv'ed, plr given-awayed, and generally suffered from information overload.
My computer - presumably in a fit of pique or simply demanding a holiday has given up the ghost on at least two occassions - causing me even more stress.
Oh this simple business of making money online.
BUT the great news is that it is all working and our list has grown - I have found some gurus I have complete faith in - and Adam and I are actually making money from our endeavours.
Some way to go but I am more relaxed and can spot a phoney over hyped, sexed up, must have latest product which you must either buy or if not, simply fade into oblivion. There’s not room on this Internet for the two of us.
This ramble of an introduction is really to set the scene for I am sure an interesting journey which I invite you to join. In fact I want you to help me find the right tools, scripts, plugins etc. etc, that will catapult me into the stratosphere of success. I hope you will be there with me.
I don't just consider success in a monetary sense. I so want to help some friends of mine who are involved in Christian missionary work in some pretty harrowing parts of this world. If I can bring any help to their missions that will give me more satisfaction than anything else.
I really, really do love this web stuff and the people you meet. I am convinced that this powerful technology can be harnessed to do some good.
