HometownQuotes Insurance Affiliate Blog http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Best Practices for Google Content Network http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/11/04/best-practices-for-google-content-network/ http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/11/04/best-practices-for-google-content-network/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:49:02 +0000 Matt McWilliams Marketing Tips Pay-Per-Click http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/11/04/best-practices-for-google-content-network/ The NETexponent blog has a great post about Google Content Network (GCN).  Should YOU try GCN?  Well, the best answer I can give is yes, you should TRY it.  It may not work for you and it may be the best thing you ever did!  If you DO try it, you need to read this post and make a commitment to giving it your best effort.  I hope it helps!

Here are some highlights of the post:

  • The top reasons why some people lost money on GCN
  • Keyword selection and tips
  • Top things you need to know about the ads
  • Reporting
  • Tips on Site Placement and targeting campaigns
  • New Features

One thing that I learned is that you can do demographic targeting.  This is great for insurance, where you want to target middle class, 25-50 year old men and women, not children or teenagers, not the wealthy or too poor.

Check out the full post here

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]]> http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/12/cartoon-of-the-week-seo-therapy/feed/ Engaged http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/12/engaged/ http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/12/engaged/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:59:40 +0000 Matt McWilliams HometownQuotes News Fun Stuff http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/12/engaged/ I am so happy to announce to all of you that on Monday of this week I got engaged to the beautiful and wonderful Tara Imbody.  So, the next few months will be BUSY BUSY BUSY for me :)   More details to come soon!

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]]> http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/05/cartoon-of-the-week-spam-talk/feed/ 1984 Baby! - Yearbook.Com Volume 5 http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/04/1984-baby-yearbookcom-volume-5/ http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/04/1984-baby-yearbookcom-volume-5/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:03:16 +0000 Matt McWilliams Fun Stuff http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/04/1984-baby-yearbookcom-volume-5/ 1984, what happened then you ask?  What a year!

The first Apple Macintosh went for sale. The Soviets boycott the LA Olympics.  The first MTV Video Music Awards are held.   Ronald Reagan is re-elected President.

And there was me…with this hair…WOW!

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]]> http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/04/1984-baby-yearbookcom-volume-5/feed/ 1956 - Yearbook.Com Volume 4 http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/03/1956-yearbookcom-volume-4/ http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/03/1956-yearbookcom-volume-4/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:42:37 +0000 Matt McWilliams Fun Stuff http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/03/1956-yearbookcom-volume-4/ 1956…what a great year

Elvis debuts with his hit “Heartbreak Hotel.”  Norma Jean Mortensen becomes Marilyn Monroe. Morocco, Tunisia, and Pakistan become free nations. Hungarian Revolution.  And me…
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]]> http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/03/1956-yearbookcom-volume-4/feed/ 1970 - Yearbook.Com Volume 3 http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/02/1970-yearbookcom-volume-3/ http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/02/1970-yearbookcom-volume-3/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:33:00 +0000 Matt McWilliams Affiliate News http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/09/02/1970-yearbookcom-volume-3/ 1970…You may remember it for:

The last studio performance of the Beatles.  Or the first Earth Day.  Jimi Hendrix died and the World Trace Center became the tallest building in the world.  The Vietnam War raged on and there was me…
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Sit-in at Woolworth’s Diner in Greensboro, NC. John F. Kennedy elected President. Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world’s first elected female head of government. Numerous African nations declare independence from their European colonizers. In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.

And me…

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I will be posting various years on here over the next few days. Here is the first installment.

Ah 1990…Douglas Wilder becomes first African-American elected governor, in Virginia. first McDonald’s opens in Russia. Collapse of the Soviet Union begins. German Reunification. The first known World Wide Web Page is written. And me…
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]]> http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/08/29/fun-web-site-to-waste-time-on/feed/ Affiliate Summit Slideshow - Which PPC Engines Work and How? http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/08/28/affiliate-summit-slideshow-which-ppc-engines-work-and-how/ http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/08/28/affiliate-summit-slideshow-which-ppc-engines-work-and-how/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:28:18 +0000 Matt McWilliams Marketing Tips Pay-Per-Click http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/08/28/affiliate-summit-slideshow-which-ppc-engines-work-and-how/ In slideshow #5 from Affiliate Summit, John Hasson presents “PPC Engines that Work and How to Manage Them.”

He asks: Which PPC engines will make you money? How can you manage large campaigns (1000’s of unique ads on numerous networks) with only a single person? With this presentation, you will learn tricks to automate your Pay-Per-Click management.

]]> http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/08/28/affiliate-summit-slideshow-which-ppc-engines-work-and-how/feed/ Affiliate Summit Slideshow - SEO Secrets from Will Reynolds http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/08/27/affiliate-summit-slideshow-seo-secrets-from-will-reynolds/ http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/08/27/affiliate-summit-slideshow-seo-secrets-from-will-reynolds/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:17:01 +0000 Matt McWilliams Marketing Tips Search Engine Optimization Web Design http://www.hometownquotesblogs.com/affiliates/2008/08/27/affiliate-summit-slideshow-seo-secrets-from-will-reynolds/ Slideshow #4 declares: In this session we’ll share the tools that we use daily to get great results for clients. Expect to learn a lot in a quick exchange of tools to help you evaluate opportunities and optimize your sites.

If you are an SEO affiliate or want to be…this might just help you!

Enjoy!

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