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I always believed that corporations have a social role to play in our world. They have the means to make our lives a little better. Look at MacDonald's for example: Their Ronald MacDonald House Charities provide benefits to a wide range of individuals, including children.

Corporation play a huge role in sports, acting as sponsors and making it possible for athletes to compete in events they couldn't afford to on their own. And of course, the general public benefits from these events ...

Over a year ago, I created a static website. My goal was to target a key phrase that I knew was going to be difficult to rank for and it would probably take time. But since I have all the time in the world, I went for it.


When I created the site, I knew jack all about search engine optimization (SEO) and once the site was up, I bombarded it with links using my target key phrase. A year later, I was disappointed that my awstats didn't show a single referral based on that key ...

When creating websites, there are various strategies you can use. Typically, you're either creating a comprehensive authority site that covers a wide range of topics, or you'll create a mini site which focuses on a specific topic. It's the "wham bam thank you mam" method of targeting a smaller/more specific audience, drawing them in, offering them exactly what they want, and sending them on their merry way. It typically does not involve trying to get the visitor to come back over and over ...

Ah yes! Feb 14... Thank you marketing geniuses for making idiots like purchase jewlery just because you've proclaimed this day to be dedicated to love. And thank you for somehow twisting my mind into thinking that love is measured by material possession, and the intensity of the love is meassured by your price tags. Thank you!

What of those among us who are not fortunate enought to have a spouse to spend money on? These poor souls are left out of the trinket frenzy yet ...

• 75% of my affiliate efforts on MPC, 20% on other sites, 5% goofing around
• Expand the scope of MPC - go from Texas Holdem only to all inclusive content (all online poker games)
• Introduction of Video newsletters - I spent 1K on a videa camera. Might as well put it to good use.
• SEO the fuck out of MPC
• Write more content - goal: 500 new pages of content
• conversion - modify templates to better position call to actions and give players incentive to sign up via my links
• Have a drink with

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