Written By Loren Woirhaye, September 12th, 2010
Reading time: 9 – 15 minutes
I’ll assume to start that like most people, you’re way, way more interested in yourself than what I’m doing.
Don’t feel bad – we’re all like that; largely interested in our own ends, our own stories.
But I’d like to tell you a little bit about my experiences with blogging and affiliate marketing on the internet. I don’t expect you’ll care about my experiences, but there are some lessons you’ll learn (if you’re open to learning).
These lessons in my little story will will help YOU:
Get More Traffic!
By Blogging!
PLUS!!!
It’s Easy For YOU To DO!
Now do I have your attention?
I came around to blogging slowly. At heart I’m a believer in proven direct response marketing methods and my early experiences marketing online validated those beliefs.
But the marketplace changed and the web became, well, more social. The same shtick that worked for content marketing when I started out doesn’t work today. That’s because the internet as a marketing environment has matured and the competition for “mindshare” is hotter than ever.
For years I focused almost entirely on list-building and then I would email newsletters and promotions to the list. I did do blogging, but the blog content was not my 
Written By Loren Woirhaye, August 11th, 2010
Reading time: 8 – 12 minutes
If you’re new to online marketing and you are getting ready to launch your first real website, you need to know the following, very timely information about “web hosting”
In the next few minutes you’ll learn :
how to choose a sensible web-hosting plan and what to avoid
how to host multiple sites on one account
how to know the right time to upgrade to so-called reseller hosting
the best hosting control panel for internet marketers (in my opinion)
why a blogging platform may be your best way to get started and which platform to use
My first website was really lame and I had no clue what I was doing. I blundered through the process, wasting a lot of time but learning a bit in the process. Over the last few years I’ve learned a lot about webmastering. For me, web hosting and webmastering is a means to an end, not a career. Knowing how to manage my own web-hosting empowers me to try new things as a marketer and adapt rapidly to changes in the marketplace. I also save lots of money because I don’t have to pay someone to work on any of my sites. I am
Written By Loren Woirhaye, June 18th, 2010
Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes
In the next few minutes you’ll discover:
3 easy ways to start attracting the right kind of visitors to your blog
How to start growing your email list immediately
The secret ingredient (that skyrockets sales) you must deliver in all your content
First some bad news: in today’s web marketplace just having a blog won’t get you any real traffic at all. In fact, the market is savagely competitive and crowded, so if you aren’t super-focused you probably won’t get far in marketing your site.
The good news: people are super busy these days and what they need and want when they look for information online is clarity. When you create focused information that is easy for people to understand and explore, you win.
Some of the best, most friendly traffic is free. Friendly traffic is the kind of visitors who
The post author, Loren Woirhaye writes sales copy and creates marketing systems for business clients who want to slash customer acquisition costs and position their businesses For 20%-30% sales growth in the next 12-18 months. He writes regularly about marketing and life at his Entrepreneur Blog.
Written By Loren Woirhaye, June 8th, 2010
Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes
I have used the OnlyWire button on many websites over the last few years.
I have now removed it.
The reason was because I was having very slow load times, on this blog and some others. All had the OnlyWire button.
When the button was removed the load-time problems diaappeared. I’m not talking milliseconds either. The OnlyWire button was, in my opinion adding 5 or more seconds to page load time.
That kind of slow loading will kill your traffic. People won’t wait.
So Adios OnlyWire.
I have other gripes about OnlyWire that had let me to stop using it for bookmarking a while back.
The company has introduced lots of hoops for users to jump through. I guess they don’t want people using it. Aside from the load-time issue they just made it hard to use by trying to bully users into using the OnlyWire Firefox plugin (which means you have to use Firefox). They did a couple other lame things too. Phmeh!
Instead I’ve put “Sociable” buttons on this blog. We’ll see how that goes.
As far as bookmarking, I prefer the results I get running a desktop software. The problem with services like OnlyWire is you have to login and confirm
