Short and sweet, as mentioned previously, this is my first official shout-out for guest posts on this blog; interested?

True story - I’ve had more then one previous guest tell me they received more traffic from me then other blogs combined. That feels good, I tell ya what .

Take a quick glance at this page and let me know!

You may or may not know this, but my very first venture into the online marketing realm started in forums and quickly became my favorite. Oh yea, I became quite addicted, quite quickly; I was everywhere…..if you think I comment on many blogs, you should have seen my forum post counts all over the net.

Anyhoo, a year or two or so ago (hey that rhymed!), I became quite overwhelmed with it all. That combined with getting completely fed up with one forum altogether (yea Pete, that one), led me to abandon them completely…

…well, it’s time to go back. For the most part, they were good to me, and there’s no place like ‘em for helping others. This time though, I will do it right. One or two Internet marketing forums, one or two affiliate marketing forums, and a bunch of direct sales forums, since that is my main bread and butter as it were.

UPDATE! - WOW I hope you all are as seriously blown away as I am. Before I even had a chance to promote this post, one of our fellow blogger/marketers and a truly awesome person, Pete from Home Made Online Income,  has stepped up to try and help both me and YOU.

After reading the post, be sure to read the first comment carefully before making any decisions. My offer of course still stands if there is one person that can afford it, but if not, please do not hesitate to take Pete up on his…we will work closely together to make sure it runs as smoothly as possible. Thank you all!

FINAL UPDATE! The money has been paid and the crisis has been averted, PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY MORE MONEY! Read the next post instead .

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Landing Page is the most important element for an online business whether you want to sell any product or want to generate any leads from your website. Landing Page is just not your homepage; it could be any page which a customer reaches either by clicking search engine results, advertisement or a promotional link. It is the first page which a visitor on your website. Having a wrong landing page will make you lose lot of money.

The Success or Failure of your online campaign depends on your landing page. Whether you want to sell any product, generate any leads or any other desired purpose you need to ensure that you avoid the following mistakes so that you can have a perfect landing page.

Complex Design: - Your Landing Page should be simple. Don’t Try to make it complex by adding lot of images, links, graphics etc because they distract the mind of visitor. It is the Fact that Simplicity Sells.

Before we get into what may be the last promo for my special 2 month banner ad special, I’d like to give a big shout out to Brian Hawkins. Brian knows an awesome deal when presented with one and grabbed up the first of 5 spots for his Ad Tracking service.

Thanks Brian and good luck! Be sure to keep track of those clicks and let me know later!

For those of you that don’t already know Brian, I suggest you check out is Personal blog, Marketing blog, Blogging blog, and Photo blog…all highly recommended as well as his newsletter off his marketing blog.

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Back to business - I did say my deal got sweeter and in fact i gave the biggst hint right in the subject line. The price of $25 for two months is stil the same as it is already super low, however, I am only putting up 5 banners instead of 10….more exposure for the 5 lucky’s!

UPDATE: OK yea, so I’m a donk lol. I just realized the end of the year also means holiday shopping and all that jazz, so here goes - Only $25 for the TWO months of advertising, do follow links and anything else mentioned below! Where else you gonna find such a good deal on a blog this cool? Heh.

I thought it would be very cool to hold a joint advertising special, Halloween and the end of the year!

Here’s the deal…

Your 125×125 banner on this popular blog for two (2) months; November/December, for only $25 total. Legit sites or blogs only please, no affiliate banners. I’ll explain this in the first comment box.

$12.50 per; not bad eh? For that you get 2 months of banner advertising, plus a special post announcing my special sponsors…did I forget to mention they will be all do-follow links? Hehe.

Hello everyone, yep it’s me. Here it is in a nutshell…..approximately 6pm June 8th I was rushed to the hospital with what can only be described as a dead leg. By 11:30 I was in surgery for the removal of a mass of blood clots. I was told I was quite close to losing the leg altogether. Two days later, I was in surgery yet again for Compartment Syndrome.

This is where they had to “fillet” my leg. (Actual term used by surgeon.)

Approximately June 16th I was transferred to a physical rehab center, where I stayed until this past Friday when I returned home.

Anyhoo, here I am ready to jump back into action. I have a considerable amount of work to do (online and with the leg) before I can get back into the full swing as they say, but I will do what I can, when I can.

Welcome to another guest post here on DSWM that should spark some awesome debate…Adsense is another topic that tends to do just that. I too am hoping to learn a thing or two from both the article and your responses below!

Please welcome Simon Rogers from Teenius.com.

If you’re using Adsense, no doubt you would have seen a little section that speaks about your ‘CTR’. Your CTR is a very important part of  Adsense and for many people determines whether they make a little or a lot by using the program. This article will show you the three main tips for increasing your CTR and earning more through Adsense.

What is CTR?
CTR stands for ‘Click Through Rate’. This basically indicates what percentage of your visitors click one of the Adsense adverts. So if, for example, you get one hundred visitors and four clicks, you’ll have a CTR of 4%.

As per my last post, there is no hospital trip for me for now, woohoo! If I do happen to disappear in the coming weeks though, you most likely know where I am.

No joke here my friends, June begins now! (OK 2days ago, sue me; the month went too damn fast.) Don’t forget to periodically check the rules and tips page linked above the commenter names. Sponsors & Prizes to be announced next post.

The lucky May winners are:

Matty Byloos (55)

almir (34)

Mitch (29)

Nicolas Prudhon (21)

Michael (19)

Party Plan Pat (15)

Kikolani (14)

Neil (13)

Sire (13)

Gagan (12)

As always it’s awesome to see new names on the list, congrats to all! This is an extra special month as we have 10 winners and 13 prizes! As per the current rules, #1 gets to choose his/her own prize from the list below. This month the first THREE get too choose TWO of their own prizes!

Damn this month went fast! June is right around the corner (Monday to be exact), May winners to be announced next week.

I’ll make this quick and to the point…..

We had 10 awesome people step up for May, sponsoring a total of 13 prizes! Some with multiple prizes exposing multiple URL’s; these folks know how the game is played . We already have 3 that have asked to be permanent monthly sponsors; these folks REALLY know how the game is played!

We hold this contest every month and the exposure level just continues to rise! Just about anything with a real monetary value is accepted and appreciated; sorry no EC credits please.

Contact me either via comments below or the contact form above with the following info:

1 Real Name

2. URL W/Keywords (No sales or affiliate pages and 2-3 word keywords)