been really busy lately but i felt like posting something and a few people have been asking me to go into more detail about some of my marketing, so i thought i’d just put this out there since i’ve been focusing on my myspace site and haven’t done any affiliate marketing in a long time. i know this is kinda rushed but im busy pretty much all the time now, i just didnt want yall to think i was leaving

one of my landing pages was www.ringtonepimps.net and my keywords were “soulja boy ringtones” “soulja boy ring tones” and a few names of songs, dont remember which ones i think one was yuaaaah and the other was donk. and for the record, i hate soulja boy, but teenage girls like him and want to buy his ringtones so it doesnt matter. with ringtones you dont make a lot per lead because of the click costs and epc is usually just a little above that. the fact that all the landing pages now cant mislead people into thinking its free when its not makes it a lot harder and more ridiculous so unless you have some cash to invest its probably not worth it. the first page i had was just a straight redirect until i realized it wasnt such a good idea. both of them made decent money but you really have to already have a huge pile of cash to put in if you want to go anywhere with it

the myspace site is progressing really well, i already have about 800 layouts and i have my buddy working on a design, the cms is almost done i dont know what the fuck is taking the dude so long but it should be done in the next week. im thinking about taking a big break from dating too, its really just starting to annoy me for a lot of reasons. (a) girls are clingy and i dont have time for stupid bullshit like that, once a week is enough for me (b) i date a shitload of girls and havent found a single one that i care about in the slightest (c) apparently i look like im “17 or 18″ and highschool girls are always talking to me and then i waste time talking to them before i find out they’re only in god damn highschool THAT REALLY ANNOYS ME BECAUSE I HATE WASTING TIME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, I CAN NOT STAND ITTTT LOL (d) when girls talk about their drama with their boyfriend and how they’re all sad because they broke up, or when they talk about how much they’re in love and shit, i just find it so trivial and ridiculous (e) i dont know it just seems like a waste of time. if i have a choice between going out with an ultra hot girl and fucking around with my buddies i always choose my buddies, and no im not gay. i dunno i just felt like putting that out there lol

You work all the time, you risk money, you lose money, you struggle with important decisions, and you’re just stressed the fuck out all the time. Too much stress is very unhealthy not only because it makes you age a lot faster (it does), but also because it makes you not think straight and you might end up making the wrong decisions, or playing it too safe. When I start a new venture, be it a new site, a new ad campaign, or whatever, I definitely spend a lot of time planning it out and making sure everything looks good, but I don’t think, “Oh shit this is so huge, if it fucks up, I’m gonna lose a lotta money and be pissed as hell.” I took a risk awhile ago with a really obscure offer that I thought I could push, spent about $1000 total and made less than half of it back, but I really didn’t care, just said fuck it and called it a day. A couple of my friends thought I was crazy and they said they’d never have spent so much money like that right off the bat, and if they had, they’d have been extremely pissed and stressed out that it didn’t work out. But here’s what I think - it doesn’t really matter. Losing a few dollars really doesn’t impact my life or ruin any of my other campaigns. It’s not like I gambled away my life savings. So it’s not really that big a deal. If you get into the mindstate “oh I can’t do this, I can’t do that, it’s too risky” you’ll never make any money.

If you’ve ever taken a test skills or study skills class, they also tell you not to stress too much about tests. It’s been proven that if you go into it thinking “holy shit this is a huge test, if I fail it my life is fucked” you’ll do worse than if you go into it thinking “this is important so I need to do a good job, but if I get a C instead of an A it’s not like it’s gonna kill me.”

If you’re way too stressed, you might want to try changing up the way you think. The next best cure for stress is comedy (not sex, surprisingly), so hit up those torrents and download a few movies and just sit back and have fun. I also recently had a funny conversation with some chick who messaged me on Myspace (yeah I have a Myspace, sue me lol … seriously Myspace is a great place to meet girls, and HOT ones, if you haven’t tried it I definitely recommend it ). At first I just blew her off but I was with one of my buddies from highschool and he thought it would be funny to be really mean to her, just for kicks (lol). Here’s the convo, along with a little commentary, hopefully it gives you a few laughs:

random slut: hey stud i answered your paper
me: lol thanks
her: im hannah did you see my pic yet?
me: nah im at work
her: ok but im very hot so you might want to put some shades on or you’ll burn up im all for making a man horny
me: [ignores her]
her: if you want ill give you pleasure before bed
me: lol wtf
her: well you know how it is you tell me what you want to do to me and ill respond in that way
me: wtf you talkin about
her: what do you mean wtf i was talking about making you horny
me: [ignores and hopes she wont say anything else]
her: [waits awhile]
her: whats happenin babe?
me: yo bitch i just made a fatass sandwich and stuck it in my ass and farted real loud bet u still wanna eat it
her: ohh baby i woulnt eat it but i’m horny and in need of a sex mate i wana fuck till i cant fuck nomore
me: ur so fuckin ugly i cant stand lookin at u bitch dig a hole and bury ur fat ugly ass
her: what happened 2 whats happenin babe an hey sexy no writin no see i really want u
me: yo i tell you what you should do, take a shit and put it between some bread and eat it like a fuckin sandwich. do that shit bitch
her: knw what youre an ass an 2 think i was interested in u .ughh
me: hell to the yeah bitch

I recently launched lambosweepstakes.com, a site where users fill out a few surveys and in return are entered into a raffle for a Lamborghini as well as a number of iPods. You can check out the original post with all the info here. The site went up two days ago and so far I haven’t had time to do any real marketing other than posting a Facebook event and showing a few friends, and it’s pulled in a total of $55. There are two main issues I’m trying to figure out how to fix, so I wanted to run them by you all to see if you had any ideas.

• Too many entry requirements. To enter the raffle, people have to fill out five surveys that range from 1-4 pages and will take a total 5-10 minutes. When people visit the site, they are presented with a list of the five surveys and there are so many that it seems overwhelming, and thus people don’t want to enter. I’m trying to figure out a way to change it up so the entry requirements are either a lot shorter, or the same length but appear a lot shorter. One idea I had was making it so only one survey is required, and then people can do additional surveys to increase their chances.
• People think it’s fake. A few people have said it sounds so crazy that it doesn’t seem like it could be real. They don’t understand how it could possibly make money and they in turn believe it to be a scam. I was thinking about making the URL into a decal and putting it on the windshield and recording some videos of me driving it around - that would at least prove that we actually have the car, but it doesn’t really do anything for the people who think it’s a scam because “there’s no way anyone would ever give away a Lambo.” Someone also suggested that I update the “is this real” page to be less colloquial and create a separate “sweepstakes rules” page, rather than bunching it all together in the “terms of use.”

I’m interested to know what you all think and if you have any ideas, let me know. I’ll keep ya’ll updated as far as how much it’s making, as well as describing some of the marketing tactics that I’m using to draw traffic, so look forward to future posts about this.

If you’ve ever tried one of those sites that pays you to take surveys, you know they’re always insanely long and they only pay you a few cents for each one, so it’s essentially a huge waste of time. I recently decided to start my own paid surveys site, with a twist. You visit the site, you fill out five surveys, you receive a confirmation email for each one and you click the link in the email, and you’re done. In return, you are entered into a raffle for a Lamborghini LP640 Roadster (the badass version of the Murcielago) as well as a side raffle for a number of iPod Touches that will be given away every single week until the raffle for the Lambo ends. Each survey takes about a minute, and five minutes of your time in return for a $350,000 car and a brand new iPod doesn’t sound like such a bad deal, does it? Click here to check out the site.

How do you know this is real and not a scam? I’ve already been asked this a few times so I even decided to put a little section on the actual site about it. It’s not a “scam” because you never have to enter a credit card number or a Paypal account, and you never have to spend ANY money. The most you have to lose is five minutes of your time. Everyone has an equal chance of winning all of the prizes and you might even win more than one, your odds never go down. Plus, look at how professional that landing page looks . Here are some more questions I’ve been asked, incase you were wondering the same things:

• How are you making money with this? The site is sponsored by a few companies who have provided the surveys for you to fill out. To enter the raffle, you must fill out all five surveys, and I get paid based on how many total surveys have been filled out. I’m gambling on the assumption that I’ll be able to market the site on a large enough scale that the number of people who sign up will generate enough revenue to outweigh the cost of the prizes. And hey, $350,000 ain’t nothin’ to a baller like me (actually it is, I just wanted to say that )
• Can I fill out each survey a hundred times so I have a hundred chances of winning? You’re not allowed to, but honestly there’s no way I would know if you did. I’m not sure if the sponsors will check IP addresses though, so you might want to think about it. You will also receive a confirmation email for each survey and you will need to click the link in this email, so obviously you will have to use real email addresses.
• What are my chances of winning? About 1 in 40,000 for the Lambo and 1 in 1500 for an iPod. Compare that to the odds of winning the lottery which is about 1 in 191,000,000. Plus, this contest is free to enter. How much better could it possibly get?

I’m also thinking about having a contest where you can win one of the iPods as well as a few hundred raffle tickets. It would work like a regular blog contest and it would require you to link to the site with the supplied anchor text. What do you all think, would you be interested in something like that?

LAMBOSWEEPSTAKES.COM

Have you ever been scammed? Maybe you bought something and never received it, or you paid for a service and it was never delivered? Sometimes it’s hard to tell the real sellers from the scammers, but luckily a lot of these scammers are idiots who are extremely easy to spot. And what do we do with them? Why, we post their personal info on this blog!

I was looking for a new web designer awhile back and I found this guy named Karl Tombak on Myspace. He owned a graphic design company called Flava Media and his portfolio was VERY good, so after exchanging a few emails I sent him $750 as a deposit for a site design. He finished the intro page and then asked me to send the rest of the money, and of course I told him to fuck off and finish the rest of site. A few months later, the site still wasn’t finished and he didn’t respond to emails anymore. I searched his name on Google (”Karl Tombak”) and apparently he’s scammed a lot of people. Since he lives in Canada and the loss was only a small amount, I didnt really want to waste too much time with legal proceedings, and I don’t even know if I could if I wanted to since he lives in another country. Plus, the money isn’t really that big a deal and I’d rather just stay home and watch Prison Break than have to deal with all that hassle. Anyway, let’s take a look at little Karl:

I have to admit I was pretty annoyed when I saw how many people he had scammed, but as soon as I saw his picture I probably LOL’d for a good five minutes and after that I didn’t really give a fuck anymore. I also thought it would be fun to post his personal info up here, incase anyone is bored and wants to harass him:

name: karl tombak
address: 111 Huntsman Cr. in Kanata, Ontario K2M 1H8
home phone #: (613) 599-7892
email: flavamedia@hotmail.com
aim: wtfsour
os: windows xp

dad’s name: jack tombak
girlfriend: sarah st. aubin
gf’s #: (905) 929-2507
gf’s email: sarah@techwayhosting.com and info@techwayhosting.com
gf’s msn: msn@techwayhosting.com

karl’s sites:
http://www.swaggnews.com (main site)
http://www.flavamedia.net
http://www.mrswagg.com
http://www.swaggboard.com
http://www.myspace.com/flavamedia
http://sexcsour.deviantart.com/

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