HometownQuotes Insurance Affiliate Blog

Pictures from the HometownQuotes Banquet!

Matt McWilliams — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:39:07 +0000

Here are some pictures of our company banquet. It was a great time and a wonderful way to celebrate our company’s past, present, and future!

Me speaking

Most of the staff

Ambrosha, Nick, Ron, Philip and Liz

Amanda, Dustin, Wayne, and Melanie

Our CFO Bob making a toast

Me toasting Bob and Hunter

Elaine, out first US employee and Hunter’s mom

I only post this one because I know I am going to get hell for it.

Cartoon of the Week

Matt McWilliams — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:33:04 +0000

Happy Weekend!

Happy Independence Day!

Matt McWilliams — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:52:52 +0000

We will be closed tomorrow and I will be off enjoying the fireworks and festivities!Everyone have a safe and happy July 4th!

For all the Journey Fans out there

Matt McWilliams — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:44:36 +0000

For those of you who love the band Journey…and I do, the new 2 CD / 1 DVD set for $11.88 is out at Wal-Mart only.

The new lead singer, Arnel Pineda, is absolutely amazing! It was hard for me to believe that anyone could top Steve Perry, but he has.

There are 2 CDs, one with all the hits and one with all new stuff, plus a live DVD of what may be the greatest concert ever. At least until I see them later this year in Nashville.

You buy it at Wal-Mart in stores or online here.

Safari / Firefox Gaining Market Share; Explorer Dropping

Matt McWilliams — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:18:36 +0000

Read all about it here

Duplicate Content: What are people doing to fight it?

Matt McWilliams — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:30:47 +0000

The netbusinessblog recently posted about the ever-debated topic of duplicate content and asked readers to weigh-in.

Check it out here.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Matt McWilliams — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:21:15 +0000

Today I am officially one year older than yesterday.

So, unlike most days, don’t expect to get me on the phone or email today, because I will be taking most of the day off!

Naturally, I find birthdays a great time for reflection on the past year; where I have been, where I am, and where I am going.

We recently had a celebration at HometownQuotes thanking our employees, their families, and our families for their hard work, their faith in us, and for buying into the vision of our company.

And so on this day, I want to thank all of you, our hard-working affiliates, for making this past year of my life an amazing one.

We are so blessed to have such great people here in the office and all around the world helping to make this one unbelievable company to be a part of.

Google Webmaster Help JuneTune Transcript and Recording

Matt McWilliams — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:20:25 +0000

Google as posted the transcript from their JuneTune live chat, plus the recording, and the presentations on Personalized Search and Case Sensitivity in Web Search.

According to some accounts, there were over 400 webmasters participating.

This is a must-read and a must-listen. You WILL learn a lot, I promise!

Transcript - Recording - Personalized Search Presentation - Case Sensitivity Presentation

Cartoon of the Week

Matt McWilliams — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:26:29 +0000

Affiliate Marketing is Hard

Matt McWilliams — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:34:23 +0000

Shawn Collins answers a common question and provides hope for all of you
I have been trying the affiliate thing for about six months now, and I am not seeing any kind of progress. And I have this fear that I am going to be stagnant and never really break out and make some more money to really support myself. Should I give up?

Test, Test, Test…but What?

Matt McWilliams — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:59:17 +0000

We all know we need to TEST our landing pages, ad copy, well, essentially everything that people will ever see about us on the internet. What converts best? That is the ultimate question.

Many of us are overwhelmed by testing though. Split testing your ads is the best way to get moving and Derek Salyers posted a great article last week that should be a good start for many of you.

Click here to read Five Things to Test When Split Testing Ads

Want Good Web Traffic Stats for Free?

Matt McWilliams — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:04:25 +0000

As Jeremy Schoemaker pointed out on his blog Saturday, Google Trends now has web site traffic data!

And as he points out, more people have the Google Toolbar installed than all others (Alexa, Quantcast, Compete.com, etc.) combined probably.

Check it out here.