Tuesday, May 19, 2009

HOT!!! Publish Your Blog on Amazon Kindle

So you have your own blog site? Do you believe people are willing to pay between 99 cents and $1.99 per month to read it on their Kindle? You should check out the BRAND NEW  Kindle Publishing for Blogs, Amazon jus launched this service yesterday.

Kindle Publishing for Blogs

I already tried it and setting it up is a flash. You need to open a new account with Amazon (they won't let you use an existing affiliate or Amazon account), then enter your blog's feed url, title, tagline, description, your full name and a screenshot of your blog.

After that you can save the settings, take a peek at the preview and submit your blog for review to Amazon. All of my blogs I submitted were published in a matter of minutes. Even though Amazon advises that reviews will take anywhere from 24 to 48 hours.

Now, don't exptect a lot of money here!

They offer 30% of the subscription price. 

The big question is, how many people are going to read your blog on their Kindle when they can do so for free online?

But perhaps your blog will receive some free and that’s always a good thing now, isn't it?


Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Create a video in a snap

Great new software, it can convert your article into a video in less than 3 minutes.

I just got it and can honestlt say, it is great.

Take their free trial and see for yourself by clicking HERE.

Have fun.



Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Clickbank's new Hoplink Shield Links

Clickbank released their new HopLink Shield links, saying they were fully operational.

HopLink Shield is a free tool on the Clickbank website that encrypts the affiliate and vendor nicknames in HopLinks. It is supposed to add more anonymity for affiliates.

Well, it does not quite work as well, though.

Look at the sceenshot below an you realize, that there is a "Decoder" shown, so basicly the new links won't hide anything.

Clickbank Hoplink Shield Link

So you might want to keep cloaking your links the old fashioned way, for now at least.


Google Adwords Interface Changes

I am using the new Google Adwords interface for over 1 week and really think it is a great improvement.

New Google Adwords Interface

Just in case your account has not been upgraded yet, here are the main features:

  • New campaign and ad group creation workflow: The old signup pages are gone. Now you’ll add keywords, create ads, and select your settings on the same tabs you use to manage them.
  • In-line editing: No need to jump to a second page — you can edit ads, keywords, placements, and bids within the tables on the campaign and ad group tabs in your account. Just hover over a row to reveal the editable fields.
  • New ‘Networks’ tab: The old ‘Placements’ tab has a new name: the “Networks” tab. You’ll still manage your placements there, and you’ll also see the summary statistics for both your search and content networks.
  • Account tree: Use this new menu beside your account pages to switch between campaigns. (It’s similar to the popular navigation interface in AdWords Editor.)
  • Campaign roll-ups: These new ‘roll-up’ views let you see and edit all of a campaign’s keywords, placements, or ads in one place, instead of finding and changing them ad group by ad group.
  • Performance summary graphs: Use these custom graphs to compare trends on every level of your account.
  • Dynamic help content: Our new help section displays the FAQs you most likely need for the page you’re viewing.
  • Copy/move: Lets you copy and move keywords, placements, and ad groups between campaigns without leaving the campaign management interface.

You’ll find a series of videos on Google that shows you how the new interface lets you:

  • Navigate your account faster
  • Track performance more efficiently
  • Find new optimization opportunities
  • Spend less time making changes
  • Get more out of the Content Network

It is a lot easier to use and you can make changes in a flash now. Now I like my BFF Google again.