Not everybodies Advertisement credits seem to be created equal!

This last couple of weeks have been very hectic in my own little "work from home" Paradise. Many of you know that I have my fingers in many pots and very seldom put all my eggs in one basket, but what never stops to amaze me is the "first look" and "how could you" when it comes to business online.

I am talking about the really idiotic idea that someones money is not good enough when you are trying to pay for advertisement or hits of traffic. Granted I understand that a "general theme" Blog or Website may not permit Adult Content, but what does that have to do with other PG or G rated Content by the same owner?

I own at this moment approximately 16 Blogs and still have several Websites in the building stages. Yes, the process is super slow since I am the only person putting any work into it. So most days I work 16 hours on my various Phone and Online Businesses. Now let us take Entrecard for example. My newest favorite Promotions Tool, since I can use their Firefox Toolbar and Drop Cards on various Blogs, all the while study new approaches, find resources I may enjoy, find new Blogs I may wish to approach for trades and still write or make notes for Blog and Website Updates. Now at this particular moment I have 8 Blogs listed with them and faithfully try to promote and update them on a at least every other day bases, taking turn on the various Blogs. 2 of those 8 are Adult Themed, the other 6 are as PG or General as they come. Matter of fact this Blog right here is one of them. Now some may not accept my request for advertisement (which I pay for with EC Credits) due to the newness of my Blog, but the one thing that really got my goat and gave me an idea for a new Blog is the stupidity of some.
I had a lovely Email come with the rejection of one of my Children's Blog (Original Stories I write for little ones) the reason was outlined as follows.

Since you offer perversion on your other Blogs I do not find it moral for myself to permit you to advertise on my Blog and I will speak to some of my friends as well. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Ok, a simple "rejection" would been enough, this was personal. But what was funnier then anything is that this precise Blog uses Images of "hot" girls to embroider his / her Articles. You tell me, isn't that calling the kettle black?

Now, here is my advise to you, try to get as many promotions places as possible for your Websites and Blogs and maybe you should group your blogs by content as well. Sadly I started to late with this one and have already started various Campaigns so too late to do it now,but I think in my next Blog Advertisement and Traffic Venture I will do just that. This way it may just stop more stupidity from coming my way.

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A new way to get the word out has been added!

I know I have been the absent parent for a while and you have probably just about given up on me, but I am happy to report that I have not come back with empty hands. Not at all my darlings.

Thanks to a reliable lead I came across a nice free Blog marketing / advertisement tool which accepts any LEGAL blogs including adult entertainment blogs as long as they are properly labeled.

I am proud to introduce to you Entrecard.com a lovely new tool to get all your Blogs seen. So here is how it works. If you don't have an Entrecard yet simply click on this little box on the side labled Entrecard. Sign up with your marketing email and add your various blogs. You earn credits by simply browsing and droping your Entrecards on various other blogs that might interest you or by selling advertisements on your Blog. You get paid in Entrecard credits which if you are active goes pretty quick.

Plus, it gives an opportunity for Blog Link Exchanges etc.

What are you waiting for? Give it a try, after all it is FREE

Finding a reasonable priced professional looking blog that allows all sorts of content!

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Todays Adventure of the dark Goddess are the marketing slings of Google Groups

Hello all my little minions, I hope you survived the weekend and the superbowl well and are now ready to embarq on a new Adventure in Marketing and Advertising on the WWW Highspeed Highways and Byways. Yes, I am ready and eager to go forward, move along those strands of intelligents (bad intelligents most of the time) in finding those few simple places you can add your business for free.

Some of the facts you have to keep in mind. You have to be unique in your own personal way. Imitation may be the nicestest form of flattery boys and girls, but it makes you boring and forgettable. What is our mantra? Say it with me now everybody: I am unique - I am unforgettable!
All joking aside, in the advertisement world you are competing with litterally millions of others who all have the exact same goal in mind. Selling their own products and services. Convincing someone else that you and your product is the one you REALLY NEED and DESIRE. Seriously, you really need them (*Princess Becky is stomping her foot in frustration - those bastards never listen damn!).
If it was that easy then of course we all would be millionaires right now and you wouldn't have to read a goofy block written by a female you may never even meet. Right? Right!
Ok so in order to get yourself or your product sold (in my case they are really one and the same here with the added handicap of being an adult product - narrows the field quiet a bit I assure you) you need to be SEEN.

Today we will start setting up and finding some Google Groups and try to get some free publicity that way. So where to get started?
Always at the beginning grins "Shade" my ever faithful sidekick. So in order to keep our marketing and advertisement efforts in one place you need to be organized as best as possible.
Keep things quick and at your fingertips and this way you can also keep track of what works and doesn't.
If you have not registered for Googles free email service - gmail - want to do so now! It is a great way to get your advertisement under the same email address and not let it slip from one to the next. However, a secondary email address is always a very good idea just incase you misplace your password.
Next make a listing of keywords that match your Product. Sort them by importance and associate them a little further out. Remember that those more popular keywords, should you later on decide to pay for advertisement, will have a much higher cost.
Now reference those keywords with the Google Groups and match them up. Take a good look at the Groups and read some of the ads and postings to get a general idea of what is going on.
It is a good Idea to write a sample ad in Microsoft Word, keep the keyword density at about 30%. Make sure you don't overflood the Advertisement or it will show you as a spammer.
Remember that your advertisement later has to be marketed and RSS Feeds need to be pulicized later either.

Don't just advertise with empty words either, my suggestion is to give something valuable to your readers. If you are an expert at something (which you should be if you are selling a product) then show your expertise. It makes your advertisement not only more believable, but it also shows why you should be the person they see, talk to or give their money too.

Experiement with buzz words. There is a difference between buzz words and key words. Buzz words are those words that get a Readers attention. They will make your Reader = potential buyers, read them. It is the Word that sticks out, that draws attention, the word you hear a lot.

Proof read your ad. Ask someone else to read it for you. Get real feedback and if it isn't available try to look at it after a couple of hours and see if it gets your attention. If it interests you from the view of an outsider, you have a moderate chance someone else will find it interesting as well. Remember, that we are often our own worth critics.

Save your ad in the a folder on your computer and maybe even print it out as a hardcopy and file it away, incase of computer crashes. Now post it to as many google groups as possible, make sure the category fits however. You don't want to post a cat article to a dog forum.
Remember that out of about 1000 hits you may receive 100 actual Browsers, out of those Browsers maybe you have 1 or 2 buyers if you are lucky.
Don't count on one advertisement! Continue to advertise over and over again, until your name starts sounding familiar. Change your ads, give them a new twist, but make sure that your claims are true. If you are an expert at baking chocolate chip cookies, but don't know anything about chocolate chip manufacturing, don't claim to know everything about chocolate chips from making to baking. You get the point. Only promise what you can deliver.

For example, this blog is about my adventures in marketing and advertisement. I am not a Pro at this, but I am giving your hints for the beginner as I learn, experience and go on. You can follow along with me, without having to get a dictionary and decypher big fancy words. I am down and dirty, nitty gritty and to the bunch. I hope you can learn something from my mistakes and will safe yourself some headaches in the process.

Purchase some books about branding. (No not the cattle type or the BDSM type). Learn to make your brand unique and sticking out. Get a good start on marketing by keeping things in their place and keeping yourself informed and updated. Know where everything is and keep copies both virtual and paper hardcopies.

If you enjoyed this entry, let others know or link to it to get the name out. If you want to spoil me take a look at my Magazine Wishlist and Art wishlist. You tribute to the Art and I will send you a copy of one of my drawings as a thank you.