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Well, at least that’s what I’m thinking of doing with this blog.

This holiday season has been a crazy ride. I spent hundreds of dollars in the past month on gifts for my friends and families. Then there’s the plan of getting a new car (my first car). In the past few weeks, I’ve done nothing but spend, spend, spend.

Now don’t get me wrong. Yes, this blog does make a lot of money every month, but I’d also like to start new projects that I always had in mind. I’d also like to start expanding on projects that I’m currently working on, like PPC marketing to be more specific. SlyVisions has taken up a lot of my time, and I think the time has come to let go of it and pass it on to someone else.

So that’s all I have to say for now guys and gals. I know a lot of questions are going to be asked, so go ahead.  Just remember, this is just a thought I’m having. I’ll just tell you this right now… I’m 85% sure that I’m going to sell SlyVisions.

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First of all, I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! I know I did. Oh, and you guys are taking advantage of the holiday season right? The holidays is a big money-maker especially when it comes to affiliate marketing. Make sure you get something started!

Anyway, the month of November 2008 is over, and so we have our November Comment King! Congratulations to Blog for Beginners (Yan) for being last month’s Comment King! With only 9 comments, Yan still ended up beating 6 other people that had a higher spot on the top commenter list. With a total of 117 comments by the top commenters, Yan only had a 7.6% chance of winning! Yan, make sure you contact me ASAP to claim your 125×125 banner prize.

December’s Comment King/Queen prize is going to be a free blog review here on SlyVisions, which is a $50 value. Remember that this is a random drawing. Just get your name in the top commenter list and you already have a chance of winning!

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Black Friday is over, but holiday discounts and savings are still going on all over the place!

Just a heads up that GoDaddy is currently having a promotion where you can register domains (1 year) for only $0.99! Use the code 99DOMAIN, and the domain is all yours for $0.99. This is the perfect time to register domains for domain flipping!

Don’t pass up this offer. Hurry while it’s still available!

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The holiday season is finally upon us. Many people are already getting ready to spend money Black Friday this November 28th and Cyber Monday on December 1st. It seems that everyone’s mindset right now is spend, spend, spend.

But the question you should be asking yourself is…

Am I Taking Advantage Of This Holiday Season?

First of all, you do know that you can bank in a lot of money this holiday season by promoting different types of products… right? If you do, then you’re already ahead of the game and know what you’re doing. If not, then listen.

This holiday season (and every holiday season) is the perfect time to promote all sorts of products. Generally, when you promote these products, you get a commission for each sale. Now think about it… this is the perfect time to promote products now that people actually WANT to buy stuff!

I don’t really want to tell you what you should do since there are an unlimited number of ways to make money this holiday season. Trust me, there are plenty of ways you can promote products and make money from them. If you are really stuck, here are some ideas:

• Start a “holiday deals” blog.
• Create a new niche site on a specific product.
• Use PPC marketing.
• Place banner ads on your blog/site on different types of products.
• Buy banner ads on other blogs/sites on different types of products.
• Sell stuff on eBay.

That small list should be enough for you. The clock is ticking… get started right now!

By the way, check out Joe’s video about this topic over at IMwithJoe. If I can’t convince you to do something, I sure hope Joe will.

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For those of you using Twitter, here’s a sly tip you might will find useful.

If you have recently followed me on Twitter, you probably noticed that you received a direct welcome message from me where I say thanks for following me.

Thanks for the follow! I look forward to your tweets. If you have time, feel free to visit my blog! 

The thing is, it’s actually a pre-made message that gets automatically sent out to my new followers. A few of my new followers who figured out that it was automated are then asking me how I did that very sly trick.

So how do I do it? I use a service called TweetLater.

TweetLater’s main feature is for scheduling future-dated Twitter tweets. But my favorite is the automated thank-you feature where my new followers will automatically receive a direct message as if I had sent it by hand. It requires some setup on your part which takes a few minutes, but its nothing compared to the amount of work you have to do if you send messages out manually. It’s a good feeling to know that it makes the follower feel special for getting a direct message from me. 

Well, there you have it folks. There are also other cool features from TweetLater, so don’t forget to check them out. If you liked this Twitter tip, don’t forget to follow me! I follow back everyone that follows me (which is actually also done automatically by TweetLater).

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About 3 days ago, I wrote a post titled How To Gain New Readers With One Simple Marketing Strategy. The purpose of the post was simple: to gain more newsletter subscribers while at the same time providing my readers with a very effective marketing tip. I had simply written the article to make it look like it was a regular blog post where I would share my tip on how to gain new readers with one simple marketing strategy, but as you can see, you need to be a newsletter subscriber to get the rest of the post.

Now don’t get me wrong. Yes, it was bait, but everything was legit. I stated that after signing up for the newsletter, the rest of the tip would be emailed within 24 hours. And that’s exactly what happened. Everybody is happy. In fact, I’m already getting emails from my new subscribers that after reading the tip, they had a significant increase in their traffic and backlinks overnight. I’m glad that my first official newsletter tip is already a big help.

The Results

Let’s dig deeper within the results. After the subscription bait, my subcriber number shot up from 396 to 431… a 35 subscriber increase that happened overnight. Now remember, this only happened because I am using AWeber as my email newsletter autoresponder. For those who don’t know, AWeber has a feature that lets you enable “Blog Broadcasting”. Basically, your AWeber subscriber numbers are sent over to your FeedBurner account, thus giving you another source of subscribers.

What I Learned (And What You Can Learn)

What did I learn from this little experiment? Well, one thing that I learned is that you need to provide your readers with something worthy in order to get them to do what you want them to do. It’s the same reason why they subscribe to your blog in the first place, right? I also learned that this method of increasing blog subscribers actually works. I’ve seen it happen on other blogs, but this is the first time I actually tried it.

Oh and by the way, I’d like to thank all of the new subscribers! If you’re reading this but haven’t subscribed yet… what are you doing?!?! Go to the sidebar and sign up for the newsletter!

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Everyone wants to gain new readers for their blog. Readers and subscribers are the backbone of a successful blog, and without them, a blog simply just isn’t a blog.

These readers I am talking about are also bloggers that own their own blog. The reason we want to gain new readers that are also bloggers is simple: they have a higher chance of subscribing to your blog than anybody else who comes to your site from let’s say… search engines.

So let me give you my secret on how I gain multiple new readers everyday…

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If you’re ready to get heavy traffic, then you need to learn how to speed up your WordPress blog. This blog has never hit the front page of Digg (yet), but when the time comes, it sure is ready for the traffic. Even without the need for preparation for heavy traffic, you still need to make your blog load as fast as possible. Visitors don’t like slow sites.

Here are 5 simple ways to speed up your self-hosted WordPress blog.

1. Keep Your WordPress Version Up-To-Date

The WordPress team don’t make new updates just for the hell of it. These updates usually come with performance enhancements that will help your blog in one way or another. Keep your WordPress up-to-date and you’re on your way to a faster blog.

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