northwester

Hi there, and welcome to PAL!

Focusing on learning a single game is a very good idea, however, Pot Limit Texas Holdem is basically a dead game today - I think you will be much better off if you focus on No Limit Texas Holdem instead, since it is very popular, and there are plenty of good learning materials for it.

I have read my fair share of poker books, and in my opinion the wast majority of them doesn't give you anywhere near the bang for you bucks that you will get from a training site like Poker Videos and Poker Forums: DeucesCracked Videos 7 days FREE .

If you want to get better fast, just sign up for the free trial at Poker Videos and Poker Forums: DeucesCracked Videos 7 days FREE and watch the series called "From the Ground Up" - You will learn 10 times as much from watching those videos than you did reading The Theory of poker (which is pretty good).

Beginner Poker Videos on How to Play and Win Online Poker | KeepYourChips.com will probably also be helpful.

Welcome - I cant comment on the poker bit other than going to two plus two, but I just wanted to say if your pic up top is from where you live in Canada - I am obv jealous. Which province are you in if you don't mind me asking.

Hi Kaus and Unknown Webmaster. Thank you both for your input.

I live in Vancouver, BC. The picture in my profile was taken by a friend of mine during a boating trip ~90 miles north of Vancouver. I usually boat there during the summer with family.

Those are some great looking sites you have suggested Unknown, not just the content but the design too.

Kaus - thank you for the heads up about twoplustwo. I have a feeling I'm going to be glued to that site for a long time

Cheers,

Northwester

Thanks for the kind word Northwester

What you should be doing as you learn poker is blog about it. I'm not sure if maybe that was your plans and you just didn't mention it - but if not, that's what I would be doing. That way you get to learn both poker and internet marketing at the same time.

Write about everything. Start off as where you see yourself right now, a full bio on your history with poker. As you read the books, even certain chapters, discuss them etc. Writing about your experiences with Texas Holdem Poker 3D etc.

Writing about it should also help you become a better poker player, and the more you write and more you cover, the more chance of getting long tail keywords that can get you conversions. Plus you'll learn a lot more about internet marketing as you do it.

Hi Dealer Dan!

Thanks for your advice. I was planning on creating a blog later down the road for one of my future sites but you raise excellent points. I need to brush up on my blogging skills before I start though. Did you read any books on how to blog properly before you began? Or did you dive in right away and learn through trial and error?


Thanks again

- Northwester

Originally Posted by DealerDan

Thanks for the kind word Northwester

What you should be doing as you learn poker is blog about it. I'm not sure if maybe that was your plans and you just didn't mention it - but if not, that's what I would be doing. That way you get to learn both poker and internet marketing at the same time.

Write about everything. Start off as where you see yourself right now, a full bio on your history with poker. As you read the books, even certain chapters, discuss them etc. Writing about your experiences with Texas Holdem Poker 3D etc.

Writing about it should also help you become a better poker player, and the more you write and more you cover, the more chance of getting long tail keywords that can get you conversions. Plus you'll learn a lot more about internet marketing as you do it.

Well I was running websites since 1996 and had my own blog as of 1998, so it was one of those things that I basically learnt as I went.

That's another thing you could do within your blog though. Get some of those books off Amazon - Blogging for Dummies or whatever - and blog about them, what you've learnt off them etc. I'm sure some of the information in them is wrong - but it'd be interesting to read, and an easy way to build up a repeat audience - I know I'd be interested in reading things like that, and can get regular comments etc from people based on that.

Originally Posted by DealerDan

Well I was running websites since 1996 and had my own blog as of 1998, so it was one of those things that I basically learnt as I went.

That's another thing you could do within your blog though. Get some of those books off Amazon - Blogging for Dummies or whatever - and blog about them, what you've learnt off them etc. I'm sure some of the information in them is wrong - but it'd be interesting to read, and an easy way to build up a repeat audience - I know I'd be interested in reading things like that, and can get regular comments etc from people based on that.

Great advice. Thanks.

Do you have a preference as to which is better? A stand-alone blog which links to your poker site(s) or a blog that is incorporated with your poker site?

I ask this question because eventaully I will create an in-depth poker site but I'm not sure if I should develop it on the same domain as my blog or create it on another domain and simply link my blog to the site.



- Northwester

I would incorporate the blog with the poker site. You'll find as you build an actual site that the blog is almost a hinderance - and you'll stop updating it, or not care about it as much. You see it all the time with blogs - especially by people who also do internet marketing. Unless your blog is out there to make money(ie: Shoemoney) then you'll eventually be asking why you write for it when you have other projects you could write for.

By incorporating it with your poker website, it means you are helping out your website more, and people are more liable to poke around the website they are currently on, than stumble across your blog and then go to a URL that you post.

Thanks for your help Dealer Dan and every one else. I've learned a lot from you.

-Northwester