Not making many money? Check your domain name.
08 Aug
Posted by Papa Bear as Internet Marketing, Losing Money Online
I was on the way to work this morning and was scanning the radio when the nationally syndicated radio show “Bob & Tom” came on. They mentioned something about a URL list and I suddenly stopped my scanner. They had a guest comedian, Gunner, on their program discussing some URLs that really weren’t […]
Move your website to a new host but forget to set up your default email address
27 Jul
Posted by Papa Bear as Losing Money Online
Here’s a good way to lose readers and active participants in your community and blog. When you move your domain to a new hosting provider, you should forget to set up the default email addresses at your new host. For instance, let’s say your email address for your website is paul [at] imakenomoney [dot] com. […]
Well, at least I didn’t lost this much! ($3,500)
21 Jul
Posted by Papa Bear as Don't do this, Losing Money Online
I’ve posted before about how I spend a lot of money on a Adwords campaign on irrelevant keywords. I found a similar story recently from one of my favorite affiliate bloggers, Johnathon Volk, a “super” affiliate. He posted recently about losing $3,500! Why? Because:
1) He was tired
2) He was tired
3) He was in a hurry.
Apparently, […]
I was checking my email today when I saw I had a very short email that said, in short, “Please see the attached letter”, “Thank-you” and from the “Law Offices of….”
Oh, that can’t be good. As I continued reading I found that I had just been sent my first cease and desist letter.
To quickly bring […]
So most of my stories up until now have been about how I make an online mistake and lose some money. This post will be about how I lost money offline and how that applies to losing money online.
It happened easily enough. As I was out and about running some errands, I found myself at […]
Let a drunk guy publish as a guest blogger
19 Mar
Posted by Papa Bear as Don't do this, Losing Money Online
I enjoy the occasional microbrew or craft beer. It’s true. On the weekend it is nice to stop by a local place that carries beer like Shiner Bock, Abita TurboDog, Flying Dog Pale Ale and the like. I’m not saying it’s an obsession just an occasional indulgence. I thought it would be […]
So about a year ago I was sure I was going to get rich from creating niche bid word or link sizzler directories by purchasing a script that generates a list of words people could bid on. I’ve never seen an official count, but I bet 99.9% of the people who bought those scripts never […]
Start a website with a topic you know nothing about
16 Mar
Posted by Papa Bear as Losing Money Online
People are usually attracted to the idea of making money “online” because they know someone personally “offline” who has been successful. In my case, it was an associate of (again) my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law had listed his lumber business with someone who ran a online lumber directory. I can’t remember the exact […]
The domain I have had for the longest (and made the least money from) has had a range of life cycles. When I first purchased the domain, I was really excited. I spent a lot of time on it and had a good start. Right about when the site was getting going, […]
Spend your money on irrelevant keywords for Adwords
15 Mar
Posted by Papa Bear as Losing Money Online
Every family has one. That computer and internet go-to guy. You know, that family member you always call to fix your computer. Somehow, I guess because I spend a lot of time on a computer, I somehow became “that computer guy” for my family. I bet most of you are “that […]