What the heck is this great package that I speak of? 

Our friend Jim over at thenetfool.com has decided that he is gonna help you with your new blog, start you off on the right foot this year.

He wants to give you a premium Wordpress theme, that can be worth up to $100 right there!  Second, he is going to whip up a logo designed for your niche and will fit your blog style, FREE.  Third, he would like to give you a couple of The Net Fools Blogging eBook so you can be on your way to understanding what lies ahead for your blogging journey.  And last, but not least, the Net Fool is going to consult you so that you know the process of blog ownership and get you on the right track to making some extra money!  You want all of this, but aren’t sure how to get it?  To find out, keep reading!

Why do I think this is such a great deal?

I think this is the perfect setup for anyone that wants to get into blogging, but may not be sure of exactly what path to take.  The premium theme?  I wish I would have had this chance when I first started out.  You will soon find that a premium, unique theme will help you set yourself apart from the rest.  The LOGO, eBOOK and CONSULTING are just excellent bonuses that a good guy like Jim is throwing in to make this one hell of a sweet deal.

Fine, I read all your mumbo-jumbo, how do I get all of this FREE?

That is actually the easy part.  All you have to do is sign up for HOSTING through an affiliate link he has posted on he blog.  The hosting is through HOSTGATOR, which by the way, is second to none when it comes to blog hosting!

So, what are you waiting for?  GET THERE NOW, find the link (half way down the post) and get yourself entered in this thing, you’ve already wasted enough time reading my post!

The forum is small and concise, for now.  I like that there is a membership fee because it keeps the reality of the community in the back of your head.  There isn’t going to be spammers and link junkies all over the place, I hope.

The community is under 2000 members right now and it’s still only $1.95 to join.  Darren posted an announcement the other day that the intro pricing was going away when the forum reached 2000 members.  Take this chance to get locked in at $1.95 and join.

www.problogger.com is the link

I see a bunch of familiar faces and as many new ones, so that is nice.  I hoped to be able to connect with other like minded bloggers and I don’t see that as being a problem right now.

There is a screenshot of the forums that have been added so far.  There is much discussion in just about all of them and it’s nice to see Darren get involved as well.  I have been following problogger.net for sometime now and really have taken a lot from the blog.  That is part of the reason I decided to join the forum.  I figured the interaction would be more instant and I would be able to take my blogging to the next level.

Have you joined the community yet?

First Impression

At first glance I see a wordpress theme designer giving away simple free themes to help boost his presence on the net.  There are a few photoshop tutorials (helpful to me) and it seems the blog was just started last month.  Since it’s so new, we can’t really give any indication on how well he is doing.  Maybe he’ll stop back and let us know.

Photoshop

PS tutorials are always a help and the ones I read through on WPThemekid.com are very easy to follow.  Step by step instructions for some basic things you probably didn’t know you could do in photoshop.

Themes

The themes seem to be created by Daniel and are quite fresh from what I normally see when people are giving away themes.  I am sure, as a designer, we will see more complex themes to come.

Summary

Thanks Daniel for coming to comment and I hope that you will stick around to learn a few things about affiliate marketing.  Pass this post along to friends and let them know they can be introduced as well.  I urge all of my readers to visit WPThemekid.com and say hi to Daniel.

I really never got into Digg as a member, but I love taking a look once a month at the tech section and the images that get “dugg”.  The website actually provides you with some of the coolest “anythings” from around the web.  Allowing users to vote on submissions, propelling the story to the all elusive frontpage.  Of course, with such a large user base, getting to the frontpage can earn you traffic like mad and even more votes.

OK, Digg isn’t a horrible site, but it is one of the most depressing when you compare it to what it once was. Digg’s top stories (as voted on by Digg users) used to be interesting and tech-oriented. But since Digg has grown so immensely popular, the top 10 Diggs usually consist of “lowest common denominator” stories: funny photos and videos, for the most part. It’s a site cursed by its own popularity.

It was a shock to see Digg on the list, but remember that it’s only one person’s opinion.  While looking at the rest of the list, I notice that Digg really sticks out like soar thumb.  But nonetheless, here is the rest of the list (source: MSN Tech)

1. AOL Aim Dashboard – big surprise
2. Haven Works – sort of hard on the eyes
3. Juicy Campus – the best of college gossip
4. Zombo – not really sure what this is
5. Brill Productions – just like real life, only online
6. City Optix – flash into gone bad and long
7. Digg – well, we all have our own opinions
8. Weekly World News – reliable news source, of course
9. Meet an Inmate – no comment
10. Bermuda Triangle – just a bad website, and idea

Today’s Searching the Web is about Blogging Tips in General.  I search with Google, always, and have 3 blogs for sure that can help you get a pretty good start on beginning your blogging career, hobby or whatever you want to call it.

10 Quick Blogging Tips by Blogaboutyourblog.com

I have been reading this blog for sometime.  The tips shared here are a great resource for a  beginner.  Take a look at some of them and see if you apply any other them to your blogging now.  If not, try a couple and see what the results are.

Best Blogging Tips for Beginners by Problogger.net

Problogger.net has a ton of resources and is very well known by just about every blogger.  The blog has great navigation and Darren really shows his passion for blogging and helping others out.  Check out this post and then navigate to the homepage to you can bookmark it.

Compilation of the Best Blog Tips by WPThemeDesigner.com

This list is a real nice blog with tons of tips and resources for blog templates and themes.  With these tips about blogging and wordpress themes that are very nice to look at, you really need to do some reading on this one.

With that said, this is the end of the first Searching the Web on AffiliateObsession.com.  I hope these sites are of some value to you and if so, leave comments on them or even subscribe to their feeds for more information.

There are many forums online that provide an excellent place for webmasters and bloggers to share information and learn more about what they love.  Bloggeries.com is one of those places.  I have been posting there for about a month or so and I really like the community so far.

It is also a revenue sharing forum which makes it worth your while to post quality posts so you can get compensated via Google Adsense. 

Using forums to communicate with the rest of the blogsphere is nothing new, but it can be hard to find one that is active enough to really become a helpful resource.  With many topics started daily and additional threads being added as needed, bloggeries.com is growing very quickly.

What forums do you visit on a daily or weekly basis?  Are you a “lurker” or do you post to help the community?

Take a minute and register, you’ll find a gem of a post within minutes, I guarantee!  PLUS!  They have a revenue sharing model you can join (Google Adsense account needed), so that’s a bonus.

What is ClickThru Cash?

• Clickthru Cash is a proprietary currency which can be earned by using the ClickThru.com web site. 
• ClickThru Cash can be traded for goods and services on ClickThru.com.
• ClickThru cash does not correspond directly with any specific value of real currency and cannot be exchanged for real currency. 
• ClickThru Cash has a 1:1 value ratio in exchange for ClickThru services. For example, $10 ClickThru Cash can be exchanged for $10 in services.

I have been using Clickthru.com for about 5 years now and I have always been happy with the type of traffic that comes from the site.  It’s almost always targeted, you can set up the categories your site is shown, and if you set up offers or raffles, you can really clean house with the traffic.  Converting a 30 second user into a sale isn’t really that hard.  Put some time into the page you are advertising and let then see what they are searching for.

For example, I can set up an offer that allows users to get paid CT if they complete a task on my site.  Maybe it’s as simple as signing up for email updates.  I will pay .20 CT for each person that signs up.  Now I have their email address and they have my .20 CT plus updates and the possibility of becoming a return customer at my site.

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You will be allowed to sell your page once all 10,000 pages have been sold out.  Currently they are at 1012 pages sold.  It will take awhile, but the more hype this project gets, the more pages will be selling.  Any words (no adult content) that you can think of.  Go and check to see if the page is available, buy it, place related content on the page and some ads, you will get your money back without a doubt.  Now, if you design your page with SEO in mind and update the data (like a blog), then you will see more money than normal.  Take a look at some of the featured pages listed on the homepage, www.milliondollarwiki.com.  That will give you some ideas.  I bought Link_Directory for $100 and I am not sure what I am going to do with it, but most likely have a encyclopedia type page with ad space for sale.  We’ll see how it goes and I might even buy others.  The top keywords are still being snatched up, but there are still some left.

They even get you a list of the most popular pages (if you can get listed here, plan on more income), which is shown here.  So, hurry and grab your piece of history and use it to make you some money.  It can be done and remember this is residual income that you could be getting for life.  The more popular your page is, and MillionDollarWiki as a whole, the more you make.