My First Blogging Book “Blogging Heroes”

Sixteen days six since my last post the longest time period since the start of my personal blog “geektalk” in February 2007. At the moment the family and I are in England again for a week visiting family.

Today at Bluewater I purchased my first blogging book “Blogging Heroes” by Michael A. Banks it cost me £13.99 but I checked later on at Amazon and the book has actually gone on sale for only $5.00. Yes I know I paid a lot more for it but it’s just one of those things you see something you want it and you buy it on the spot. I’m saving the book for our May holiday in Greece so you will have to wait until then for a review.

Why? Many of you have asked the question why so few posts lately. At the beginning of March I started my journey into PPC marketing which includes; starting a niche site, learning the in/outs of Affiliates, PPC, Adwords and Yahoo publisher.

What have I learned? No matter what e-programs are stating PPC marketing is hard and in my opinion it has a higher failure rate than blogging. At the moment I have set up my niche affiliate site armed it with fresh content, affiliates, Adsense and a Adword campaign that is presently only bringing in thirty visits per day.

On my previous article I posted some great PPC sites worth taking a looking at. If you plan to take on PPC any time soon my advice would be to stay focus and keep a long-term goal in mind.

March 24, 2008 | posted in Talk 

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48 Responses to “My First Blogging Book “Blogging Heroes””

  1. moggy on March 25th, 2008

    Give my love to Jolly old England…It’s been a long time since my last visit and I miss my sister ( we came to the USA 30 years ago and make trips back) I am looking forward to your review and picking up some tips!

  2. Steve McGrath on March 25th, 2008

    I know how you feel. I’m also in launch stage of my new site thus some of my blogs are not updated that much.

    Anyway, may I suggest that your “niche” blog only use one income stream. People either click on ads or click and may buy the affiliate product. If they have many choices, you lower the overall CTR.

  3. Keylogger Hater on March 25th, 2008

    That’s right decision when you just want well-defined thing.
    A the end of the day 14 pounds it’s a normal price for the worth book.

  4. Music Dictionary on March 25th, 2008

    What a time to be in England. And Greece in May too! I envy you.

    I did read all the PPC articles and believe that I am wiser for it! Yes, the focus is clearer now.

    About the book. Not to worry too much. With packing and forwarding charges, it would not be all that cheaper.

  5. Paul on March 25th, 2008

    It has been a long time how are things. Are we going to have to wait another month before we here from you again? With your jet setting and vacations I when will you find the time?

  6. Jason Neuman on March 25th, 2008

    Yes I know it’s been a while the PPC has been taking up my free time that I usually use for this personal blog “geektalk” and since this part of the site is not the major earner I feel my extra time is better spent researching a new area on the net I have yet to explore.

    Jet setting: England: now, Greece: May, Spain: September – I will post some pics afterwards. As for England we celebrated my daughters 5th b-day this weekend and we had planned to go to Cambridge Friday to meet with a possible job connection but that just fell through so thinking we will just do our usual and have a night out in London – I’ll take a few snap shots.

  7. Asia'h Epperson on March 25th, 2008

    Most of the time, I will buy from Amazon. Sometimes, their price is pretty attractive when on sales.

  8. Stefanie on March 26th, 2008

    Congratulations on taking the step towards PPC. In my experience, most people either fail miserably or take off once they get the hang of it. It’s way too expensive to be “kind of okay” at it for very long.

  9. Paul on March 26th, 2008

    “Yes I know it’s been a while the PPC has been taking up my free time that I usually use for this personal blog “geektalk” and since this part of the site is not the major earner I feel my extra time is better spent researching a new area on the net I have yet to explore.”

    What PPC? Have you started another website?

  10. Jason Neuman on March 26th, 2008

    Yes and I mentioned it last post:

    http://jakeldaily.com/pay-per-click-affiliate-marketing/

  11. Mosquito Protection on March 26th, 2008

    i wanna learn but im not sure if i have the time… how much time does it consume on a daily/weekly basis?
    ~mike

  12. Jeroen on March 26th, 2008

    In the world nothing is easy for the first time!

  13. wordpress best blogs on March 26th, 2008

    I have never made a dollar off of ppc, I tried for a while, I just gave up, lol. I like you sites layout by the way, its cool.

  14. Patrick Burt on March 27th, 2008

    Good to have ya back. Keep up with the posting mate! I love your blog.

  15. Charter Flight on March 28th, 2008

    I always like your post.This is really cool.Thanks a lot for the post.

  16. drop ship on March 28th, 2008

    this is something I’d love to learn!

  17. Webdesign on March 30th, 2008

    Goodluck :D I love ur blog !

  18. magic on March 30th, 2008

    Congrats on going towards PPC. Hope youre having fun in England. I’m heading out there this fall.

  19. Arun kamath on March 30th, 2008

    Happy holidays in Greece. Next time make sure before buying any book you google it for the lowest available price.

  20. Arun kamath on March 30th, 2008

    Happy holidays in Greece. Don’t just give book review but also tell us about greece. Next time make sure before buying any book you google it for the lowest available price.

  21. Jon Muranko on March 30th, 2008

    Hey congrats, you have taken the right step towards PPC. I think people either loose wretchedly or they succeed once they are off the way. It may be expensive but to succeed its a good way.

  22. aboutscam.com on March 30th, 2008

    where i may download this book “Blogging Heroes” free?

  23. PS3 on March 31st, 2008

    Good old sunny England, the place to be in March…..

    I’m in Swindon in the South West of the Country. Not much goes on here but we do have a claim to fame in the shape of the “Magic Roundabout”. You’ll know it if you ever drive across it.

  24. Music Dictionary on April 1st, 2008

    Time you should be back posting? Looking forward to it.

  25. Rice Blogger on April 1st, 2008

    any good recommendation for affiliate and ppc?

  26. seo on April 1st, 2008

    Have you had anyone ask you for a review copy yet? :p

  27. Jean on April 1st, 2008

    Amazon is actually quite a great place to purchase books. Some of the less known books are going for below $10

  28. Paul on April 1st, 2008

    I am trying to start my own blog and I was wondering where you got your theme from? Also, is there a forum that I can visit to learn how to up load the theme. I have all the correct files.

  29. Coach on April 1st, 2008

    I recently came across your blog and have been reading along.I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Wish you a best of luck.

  30. make money online on April 2nd, 2008

    I have to thank you for the book. I am gonna collect that one.

  31. Stefanie on April 2nd, 2008

    What, no April Fool’s joke here? I’ve been making the rounds and it seems like half the blogs on the web have some kind of crazy April 1 post.

  32. Wags on April 2nd, 2008

    I’ve been thinking about getting into the PPC game, but as you note, the failure rate is high and the cost of entry is expensive.

    It isn’t easy putting money on the line when you can realistically expect that, at best, it will be a good learning experience.

    Maybe I’ll check out that book, though finding concrete advice on these sorts of things is often difficult given all the variables.

  33. Wags on April 3rd, 2008

    That’s odd. I would have expected that Google would consider those characters spam and filter them out.

    I wonder what else could be done with this…

    But I’m not going to be the one to try:)

  34. Toronto Web Hosting on April 3rd, 2008

    I always like your post.This is really cool.

  35. TT LoanShark on April 3rd, 2008

    Here’s how to be a blogging hero:

    Tell big lies about how much you’re making with your sites until you get famous enough so it becomes true.

  36. Futon-Matt on April 3rd, 2008

    Congrats, and good luck on the book.

  37. Eugene on April 3rd, 2008

    If this book worth £13.99 from your point of view - don’t worry about “$5.00 on Amazon” :)

  38. PS3 on April 3rd, 2008

    Yup, it was a sunk cost from the moment you got your wallet out!

  39. Jason Neuman on April 4th, 2008

    Paul
    “I am trying to start my own blog and I was wondering where you got your theme from? Also, is there a forum that I can visit to learn how to up load the theme. I have all the correct files.”

    The theme base is called “White Space” by Brian Gardner but I have been modifying it for a year now so this theme is custom now and not available for free anywhere on the net.

  40. soccer betting on April 4th, 2008

    I am really so curious to see the book with me. Thanks for writing the book.

  41. Foto Sharing on April 4th, 2008

    I am also trying affiliate marketing. I think best affiliate networks are industry giants such as Commission Junction or LinkShare, because they are most successful and experienced.

  42. Emirhan on April 10th, 2008

    To be honest, I don’t think any book is going to be complete, not for a few more years - 2? 3? I don’t know. Certainly, there is the first generation of bloggers, who did this out of passion, sharpening a new tool, and some of them deserves a statue in the Bloggers’ Hall of Fame, if there ever will be one.

    After the first wave, came the second line, of those who wanted to profit as much as possible from something that has been done before; some of them came with revolutionary ideas, too, but their importance is lesser.

    A book on these heroes may want to focus on the personalities behind the scene, rather than on their paths to success. Because that’s what we want from heroes : their lives. Their recipe for success has been reworked since then, but their experiences are the same.

    I’d love to hear your opinions on the book, the *subject* of this post :)

  43. web design on April 18th, 2008

    Good luck with the PPC but I hope you spare some time for your blog also :)

  44. Paul on May 1st, 2008

    Problogger just came out with a book of his own. I haven’t read it yet but I have ordered one. It is about $19 on Amazon.

  45. Discount Codes on May 6th, 2008

    This is a very good news.Thanks a lot for sharing.

  46. Discount Codes on May 6th, 2008

    Oh..Really?Is any online edition available?Please let me know.

  47. hypnotherapy london on May 9th, 2008

    Is there any special website for the book.Please let us know.It seems to be interesting.

  48. web design on May 9th, 2008

    This looks like it may be good. Good luck putting it together!

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