If you have been on the fence about getting 30 Minute Backlinks then this may sway you.  Michelle MacPhearson is offering a limited time discount on her program.  You have just two days to purchase 30 Minute Backlinks at a discount by going to http://www.30minutebacklinks.com/sale.php. 

Rochelle

Site promotion is something I’ve known I need to do but wasn’t sure how to go about it.  Michelle MacPhearson has helped tremendously with this but I have found that there is a lot that can be done to promote a site.  It got a little confusing for me so I created a toolbar to help me out.

It may help you, too.  You can use it for any site you have, niche store or otherwise.  You can see it at Website Promotion Toolbar.  It is free to download and install.

A word to those currently using the BANS Toolbar.  You CAN install both of these toolbars if you use IE.  BUT, if you use FireFox you can have only one installed.  This is due to the software I use to create the toolbars, not because of something I did.  I wish this were different (I want both in FF!) but it is what it is.  If this changes I’ll be sure to post it.

Lastly, this toolbar, as with the BANS toolbar, is not yet compatible with FF version 3.  Again, this is due to the software I’m using to create them.  As soon as these are compatible with version 3 I’ll post it.

Feedback is welcome.

Rochelle

Someone asked me today if I still think 30 Minute Backlinks was worth purchasing.  He had looked for backlinks to my three test sites and found results that were not even close to what I had stated.  It was a fair question and one I think deserved its own post.

About two or three months ago I purchased 30 Minute Backlinks and put it to a test.  I followed the method explained by 30 Minute Backlinks and then used three different promotional methods for the toolbars I created.  Every so often I posted updates of this test, then eventually concluded the test and gave my findings.  However, I don’t think I explained how I came to the figures that I posted.

Supposedly, Google lets users search for sites that link to a specific site by using the command link:url.com (where ‘url.com’ is replaced with the site you are checking on).  I have never had luck with this command so I don’t use it.  Instead, I searched for the keyword phrases I focused on during my testing.

For example, one of the test sites is a niche store promoting gender neutral toys.  For this site I targeted the keyword phrase gender neutral toys.  To see the results of my keyword phrase I can enter “gender neutral toys” in Google.  As of this writing here is what I see when I do this:

That looks good, but I want to see only the results pertaining to the toolbar I created.  For that I search for “gender neutral toys toolbar” 1.0 or “download gender neutral toys” 1.0.  Now I see results from all the sites that Google has indexed with my toolbar:

Each of the 500+ results contains a backlink to one of my niche stores.  For each of my test sites I searched Google for the keyword phrases I targeted, and that is how I arrived at the numbers I came to in my last update of 30 Minute Backlinks.

Lastly, the person I mentioned above asked if I am still satisfied with my purchase of 30 Minute Backlinks.  Yes, I am.  I’ll admit that I haven’t used it to its fullest, but that’s because I’ve been sick for the last month (did I mention that my illness turned into pneumonia?) and I’ve had some other personal issues occur that have really thrown me for a loop.  But once the dust settles here I intend to create toolbars, and the other four items that 30 Minute Backlinks gives instructions for, to all of my remaining niche stores.

Rochelle

On to more exciting things. I have signed on to have Michelle MacPhearson as my mentor (all positions are full but you can read about it). This means I am paying her to mentor me on anything I want or need. For those who don’t know, Michelle is the mastermind behind 30 Minute Backlinks. So far, the information she has given me has been excellent, and I expect this will be true for as long as I have her for a mentor.

I am considering different ways to share what I am learning from Michelle, as she allows this. Most likely what I will do is create ebooks that focus on various aspects of internet marketing and promotion. Although most of what I offer on this site is free I will charge a small fee for the ebooks. Having Michelle as a mentor isn’t cheap but I promise they will be worth it. I’ll post more about this after I’ve finalized what I will do.

There will be a small fee for the ebooks, as already stated, but I am going to give away the first one to subscribers of my posts. My next post will contain details on how you can get this ebook free.

Rochelle