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Haven’t been able to post for a while due to a whole bunch of projects which are currently underway.  I’m building my biggest site yet, which you can find at http://www.iquitwork.com/Site_Map.html .  It’s been great fun setting it all up and getting it running – especially since I’ve recently bought the XSitePro software which makes setting it up and layout so easy.

This software also has the benefit of saving money as you only pay one hosting fee however many websites you run!  Pretty useful – though I’m not going to move over too many of my older sites, just enjoying creating the new ones on this easy to use software designed for internet marketers.

Dr Andy’s EZSEO

After finishing my Adsense Freedom site, I’m now in the process of building a new site using the information I’ve learned from Dr. Andy’s two books – the first “Battle for the Top 10″ and the more recent “Creating Big Fat Affiliate Sites”.  Despite being an avid reader of the latest techniques by SEO experts – Dr Andy always seems to be ahead of the game.

His ideas seem to preceed the information in the recent Googleicious and Going Natural reports – although both of those also contain some pretty useful stuff.

I love the way he uses examples – like using quotes or no quotes on Google searches for beautifully phrased words like “big bad blue widgets” – this guy even has a sense of humour!

Catch Dr Andy’s newsletter at EZSEO News !

Adsense Freedom – are you happy with your Adsense revenue?

I’ve finally finished the Adsense Freedom course, which is free for people to sign up to if they’re interested in making more money with Google Adsense.  Although Adsense is a relatively easy way to make money, many people’s Adsense revenue isn’t enough to buy a weekly cup of coffee!

The Adsense Freedom newsletter offers a new and different approach – ideal for newbies, but just as effective as for people who’ve been online for a while but struggling to earn a good income.

Why not sign up for this free ezine / Newsletter to get the latest Adsense tips.

New Software for Building Your Websites

The search continues to find good software to build websites with.  Although I’ve been using Yahoo Sitebuilder

for over a year now and am very pleased with it – I felt that I needed something more to start building my latest websites.

Hence I’ve been looking around to see what the experts are using and recommending.  One piece of software that I’m sorely tempted to try is X Site Pro – built for individuals who are really looking to build profitable online businesses.  It automatically integrates Adsense into your sites, allows instant template changes, creates a Google Sitemap in xml for you, two clicks to create a privacy page (essential these days for Google to see you as a “serious” site), built in pop-in and pop-up creator, customised & easy to follow seo optimisation tips for each page, remembers details of your affiliate links – what am I waiting for?  

Did I mention that it also has a 300 page user manual – I’ve tried other softwares but have always been let down by the lack of an adequate and detailed manual to really understand the full functionality. 

The only other tool which I have looked at is the Wordpress blog created by semiologic, but I have to confess that I am put off by the fact that you do need some technical knowledge to get it going – although it seems to be all bells and whistles once it’s up and running.  Jonathan Leger uses it for his blog at http://www.jonathanleger.com/ – although I don’t love the font he uses, you can see what a clean and easy to follow site it is.

Anyhow, I’m now going to sit down and plan out my next website, which I am pretty certain I’ll be building with XSitePro.

Risk Free – How To Write An ebook

There’s plenty of free information on writing your first ebook at places like www.ezinearticles.com .  Plenty of people who couldn’t write a conventional book have written and published their own ebook.  The key tip is to write about something you know about – don’t just find something that you think will make money and try and write about that. 

The big internet marketing successes are people who wrote about what they know – even if it may seem small and obscure to you. 

 Have you got an idea for your book but just don’t know where to start, then How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook in 7 Days – is guaranteed to get you started.  It’s the book I read before I started writing my first ebook, and I’ve now got several books successfully written and selling.  Jim & Joe are very successful in internet marketing and their writing is very easy to follow and understand – each time I decide to write a new book, then I get the book out again for reference and inspiration!   Try it out for two full months – risk free.

 You can even get an ebook written for you by the freelancers at Elance – I’ve had two books written in this way and it was both quick and successful.  I just jotted a few notes and titles down and the writers did the rest – and much more affordable that I’d have thought.

Love the ebooks covers at ebookecovers.com and, of course, Killer Covers – an aptly named company!

If you want to become a published author – writing and publishing your own e-book is probably

risk free – how to write an ebook