Very true, Emil and Sven, It takes courage to take action. And one of my favorite quotes – “Clarity comes from engagement, not thinking.” So don’t discount the benefits of hard-won experience. much metta, Rohi Experience teaches us the most we know. You've got a lot of experiences on the internet, and that's more than taking a lot of classes in my opinion Cheers, Emil Pe 12.12.2014 09:23, Sven v. S. a scris: It´s an honor that you call me a marketing veteran, but that´s far away from truth, Emil :) True, I make a good living from it since a couple of years with a bunch of micro niche sites (people say that doesn´t work anymore - well, it does quite well), but it was never about marketing. I tried many things in younger years. Email spam, black hat techniques and I paid people from Russia to code specific scripts to take over Google and different online platforms to drive traffic to my sites. But to do that you need Servers in Timbuktu or Russia and you have to put your moral into the fridge... Important to say is that we did never hurt anybody. Even the dialers we used in the beginning did not auto-install themselves. People saw the price and had to make a click to make it work. It was just about driving targeted traffic to the sites by picking them up where they usually hang out. And it worked. I still get signups and $$$ from that time, even though I stopped that about 4-5 years ago and got quite serious. So, I changed when my best friend and I started an online shop. Which is now one of the most famous and biggest in Germany in its niche. And we got there by having fun, being serious, making a great job, and providing extraordinary service to costumers. I still have a couple of micro niche sites. But 1,5 years ago I changed the complete system and started to write for the audience instead of writing for Google. I don´t care anymore about SEO. Then I started with Authority. From Authority to Jon Morrow and from there to James... and you all now where I am today. Together with you guys :) Live´s interesting, isn´t it? -- Gran Canaria Travel Guide <http://adventuregrancanaria.com/> adventuregrancanaria.com <https://ello.co/svoogle> „Ello.co“ <https://plus.google.com/+SvenDings> Google Plus <https://twitter.com/SvenDings> Twitter <http://instagram.com/svoogle> Instagram <https://www.facebook.com/adventuregrancanaria> Facebook <http://www.pinterest.com/svoogle/> Pinterest <mailto:emilmoldovan@xxxxxxxxx> Emil Moldovan 11. Dezember 2014 07:40 Sven, Thank you for this note. I will come back to you with some more questions soon. You're a veteran of online marketing compared to me, so I'm going to learn as much as I can from you. Thanks again. Emil Pe 11.12.2014 00:23, Sven v. S. a scris: _____ <http://www.avast.com/> Acest email a fost scanat contra virușilor de către programul antivirus Avast. www.avast.com <http://www.avast.com/> <mailto:svoogle@xxxxxxxxx> Sven v. S. 10. Dezember 2014 22:23 Emil, just a short note because you asked yesterday about Rainmaker. After two days playing around I can definitely tell you that it´s nothing for me. My blog will tell stories by using photos and I can´t show them the way I want by using specific plugins. And there are some tools included I´ll never ever use. The forums for example. l´ll take a llok over websynthesis tomorrow. I think fits more my requirements. I already have two managed servers, but I will kill one. The 5 best sites I´ll put on websynthesis...That´s the theory for now :) <mailto:rohishetty@xxxxxxxxx> Rohi Shetty 10. Dezember 2014 09:51 Sven, What is your recommendation for email list provider? I have the free version of Mailchimp at present, but that does not include autoresponder series. Also what do you think about Leadpages? much metta, Rohi From: survived-dfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:survived-dfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sven v. S. Sent: Tuesday, 09 December, 2014 11:54 PM To: survived-dfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [survived-dfw] Re: :> <mailto:svoogle@xxxxxxxxx> Sven v. S. 9. Dezember 2014 18:24 20 bucks less is the deal (monthly). Scribe is about 70 bucks less monthly. I did it because it runs on Synthesis (like for example Men with Pens), so it´s super fast. And there are a couple of valuable tools included, which I need anyway. Plus, I know already that Copyblogger makes extraordinary things and they have incredible good support. So, my main reason to signup was, that I can concentrate in writing content. While paying them to take care about the technique. The question is, if you really need it. I know that you´re sitting on a hot seat and want to spend your money :D But let´s wait until James comes up with her hot news before you signup or buy anything else :) If you have questions about the best tools for blogging and how to begin e.t.c. ..just ask. I´m happy to help where I can with 20 years of experience. <mailto:emilmoldovan@xxxxxxxxx> Emil Moldovan 9. Dezember 2014 18:04 How much does it cost this special deal per month? Pe 09.12.2014 17:55, svoogle a scris: _____ <http://www.avast.com/> Acest email a fost scanat contra virușilor de către programul antivirus Avast. www.avast.com <http://www.avast.com/> _____ <http://www.avast.com/> Acest email a fost scanat contra virușilor de către programul antivirus Avast. www.avast.com <http://www.avast.com/>