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		<title>Quick Chat With Braden Pollock About Investing In ScienceFiction.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you all probably know, Braden is a good friend of mine and one of my main mentors in the Domaining and business world. Braden was the driving force that caused me to go .COM in 2011 and he always gives me great advice…now I just need to get a bit better at following it! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>As you all probably know, <a href="http://www.legalbrandmarketing.com">Braden</a> is a good friend of mine and one of my main mentors in the Domaining and business world. Braden was the driving force that caused me to go .COM in 2011 and he always gives me great advice…now I just need to get a bit better at following it!</p>
<p><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/braden_pollock.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5161" title="Braden Pollock" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/braden_pollock.jpg" alt="Braden Pollock" width="280" height="402" /></a></p>
<p>It was recently announced that Braden made an investment in <a href="http://www.ScienceFiction.com">ScienceFiction.com</a> and I thought it would be a good idea to pick his brain and find-out a bit more about why he invested and what’s ahead for 2012.</p>
<p><strong>What made you decide to invest in ScienceFiction.com?</strong><br />
Science Fiction has always had a loyal fan base. Add to that a continuous roster of scifi/horror/comic book related movies and you have the recipe to tap into some large ad budgets.</p>
<p>Patrick and Ze work tirelessly on this site and have done an awesome job. When Patrick approached me with the idea, it just felt like a good fit.</p>
<p><strong>What role do you plan on playing within the company?</strong><br />
Other than annoying Patrick with an endless stream of crazy ideas? My plan is to stay out of his way ☺</p>
<p><strong>Can you share any ideas you have for taking the site to the next level in 2012?</strong><br />
Once we get the traffic solidly over 500k monthly visitors, we can reach out to the large advertisers. There are some ideas that we’ve discussed related to co-op memorabilia auctions and other product sales but nothing has been inked yet.</p>
<p><strong>How do the skills you&#8217;ve developed in your own business translate to this project?</strong><br />
I’ve helped acquire a small domain portfolio to support the site and various (future) initiatives. My office can help with content writing, linking, SEO, design, etc. My sales dept may be involved in sales as well. We’ll see how everything unfolds going forward.</p>
<p><strong>What is the biggest challenge you see ahead for 2012?</strong><br />
Fighting the Google Monster!</p>
<p>(Photo Credit &#8211; Ron Jackson, <a href="http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2012/dailyposts/20120103.htm">DNJournal</a>)</p>
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		<title>Domain Development Drops For The Week Of February 6th, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my latest list of hand-picked Domain Development Drops for the coming weeks. I really like sharing domains that I think could become real long-term assets generate passive monthly income. If you haven&#8217;t read my criteria for picking names that are good candidates for development, please read below, otherwise you can skip to the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Welcome to my latest list of hand-picked Domain Development Drops for the coming weeks. I really like sharing domains that I think could become real long-term assets generate passive monthly income. If you haven&#8217;t read my criteria for picking names that are good candidates for development, please read below, otherwise you can skip to the drops!</p>
<ul>
<li><em>I like names with medium search volume, a good CPC, and in a market where there are half a dozen affiliate programs I can think of using right-away.</em></li>
<li><em>If you want to get down to the numbers themselves I typically look for keywords with no less than 1,000 exact-match global searches and less than 10,000. Why limit it to 10,000? Typically terms with this much volume are a lot more work to rank well for so I go for the low hanging fruit in most cases.</em></li>
<li><em>A good CPC to me really means anything above $0.50. I just want to see that advertisers see some kind of monetary value in people who search for this term.</em></li>
<li><em>There is no one set of qualities for the perfect domain for development. Also I don’t follow the rules above every time I buy an expired domain and you shouldn’t either. Sometimes I do buy names with a very high search volume in the hundreds of thousands and with a CPC of only $0.23. That being said, a vast majority of the expired domains that I buy for development do meet the criteria I outlined above.</em></li>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Bam! Now you know what I’m generally looking for in an expired domain name. If you want to know what I do once I buy a domain for development make sure to read – <a href="http://morganlinton.com/domain-development-101/">Domain Development 101</a>. If you’re so darn excited after reading that article that you want to dive right in and build your first site, make sure to read – <a href="http://morganlinton.com/wordpress-101/">WordPress 101</a>.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.snapnames.com/domain/exoticbirds.com.action">ExoticBirds.com</a> &#8211; with 5,400 exact-match global monthly searches and a CPC of $0.81 this won&#8217;t be the domain that makes you rich, but it could be a nice steady moneymaker in the $50-$100/month range. It is also a domain that could be of interest to an end-user later down the road so there is some reasonable resale potential if you can get it for a good price.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.namejet.com/Pages/Auctions/BackorderDetails.aspx?domainname=medicallawsuits.com&amp;ts=1&amp;cat=">MedicalLawsuits.com</a> &#8211; here&#8217;s one that might not show up on your radar due to its low search volume. Even though this keyword phrase only has 590 exact-match global monthly searches, the CPC of $13.39 makes it interesting. Getting on the first page of Google for this term would also be a great way to sell it to one of the many people paying to advertise for this exact term.</p>
<p><a href="http://auctions.godaddy.com">SingaporeJobs.com</a> &#8211; 33,100 monthly exact-mtach global searches and a CPC of $1.21 make this a great candidate for development. There are some great PHP scripts that can be easily installed to build a simple job board or you can plug-into something bigger like Monster.com. If you&#8217;re more interested in selling the name, find-out who the top recruiters are in Singapore, you never know who might be interested. As with any of the names I recommend for development, don&#8217;t expect these to be great flips, I am recommending these names for long-term development investments.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.snapnames.com/domain/taxloans.net.action">TaxLoans.net</a> &#8211; I like tax sites, of course they are seasonal so expect to make most of your money Jan &#8211; May with March and April being the top months. With 1,000 exact-match searches and a CPC of $3.78 this won&#8217;t be a big money-maker, but could be a nice consistent earner to add to your portfolio&#8230;and maybe even help pay your taxes each year!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.snapnames.com/domain/dentalequipment.org.action">DentalEquipment.org</a> &#8211; 4,400 monthly exact-match global searches and a CPC of $2.67 make this a solid development candidate. This could start as an AdSense site and then evolve to include affiliate ads or even lead generation as traffic grows.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.protrada.com/offer/domainers/c/mlinton/b/ml1">BuyTermLifeInsurance.org</a> &#8211; 720 monthly exact-match global searches is below my typical threshold, but with a CPC of $29.45, there&#8217;s money in this name. Insurance is a very hot and lucrative niche online, it&#8217;s also very very competitive. This is a name that could take years to build-up, but if you can get on page one for this term, you will make real money. Of course you&#8217;ll also have to focus on ranking for related terms so you can get at least a few thousand visitors a month.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s it for this week! I hope you all find these useful, it takes quite a while to sort through all the expiring names and pick-out some of the development candidates I&#8217;ve outlined here. It is so important to be very critical of every name you look at, buying the wrong domain could mean developing in a niche that you either won&#8217;t make money in, or won&#8217;t get enough traffic to make money with.</p>
<p>Take your time, develop the right names, and don&#8217;t expect to get rich overnight. Development and monetization takes time, it&#8217;s nothing like flipping domains so making a quick buck is probably not going to happen. Over time though, you can build-up an army of income-producing assets that have real liquidity.</p>
<p>You can develop domains yourself using a solution like <a href="http://www.wordpress.com">WordPress</a>, or use one of the top platforms for domain development like <a href="http://www.epik.com/">Epik</a> and <a href="http://www.protrada.com/offer/domainers/c/mlinton/b/ml1">Protrada</a>. Remember though, building the site is only the first step, it takes adding content on a regular basis and building strong backlinks to get meaningful traffic.</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.domaininvestinghandbook.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5151" title="domain_investing_handbook" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domain_investing_handbook.png" alt="" width="203" height="250" /></a></p>
<p>New To Domaining? <a href="http://www.domaininvestinghandbook.com">Read my book</a> and learn the basics so you can make sure you are really investing and not just collecting.</p>
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		<title>DOMAINfest 2012 Day Three &#8211; Live Auction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 was plagued with some fairly disappointing auctions so I was pretty excited to see how we kicked-off 2012. There were some absolutely phenomenal names in the auction but as we&#8217;ve seen in the past, the key is pricing. Also, plenty of the highest-value sales happen after the auction so it will be interesting to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>2011 was plagued with some fairly disappointing auctions so I was pretty excited to see how we kicked-off 2012. There were some absolutely phenomenal names in the auction but as we&#8217;ve seen in the past, the key is pricing. Also, plenty of the highest-value sales happen after the auction so it will be interesting to see what moves over the coming weeks.</p>
<p><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domainfest_2012_auction.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5134" title="DOMAINfest 2012 Auction" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domainfest_2012_auction.jpg" alt="DOMAINfest 2012 Auction" width="550" height="364" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-auction/live-domainfest-global-2012-auction-results/10070">DNN</a> did a great job as usual of live blogging the auction so you can see all the results of the auction on there. I&#8217;ll be highlighting some of the top sales and hopefully providing some entertaining pictures so you can feel like you&#8217;re getting one step closer to the action!</p>
<p><strong>Empire.com sold for $135,000</strong> after it started with an $100,000 initial bid. In my opinion this is a stellar price for this domain and I&#8217;ll definitely be paying attention to what the buyer does with this gem.</p>
<p><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domain_auction.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5136" title="Domain Auction" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domain_auction.jpg" alt="Domain Auction" width="550" height="364" /></a></p>
<p><strong>iCard.com</strong> caused quite a bidding frenzy moving from $5,000 up to its final selling price of $26,000. This is a great name to monopolize on the upcoming trend of processing payments using SmartPhones and I&#8217;ll be very interested to see what happens with this name.</p>
<p><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domain_auction_list.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5137" title="Domain Auction List" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domain_auction_list.jpg" alt="Domain Auction List" width="550" height="364" /></a></p>
<p>Next up was <strong>Drill.com</strong> which fetched $42,000 but fell below the reserve however given that their reserve was between 25K-50K there&#8217;s a good chance this name will sell after the auction.</p>
<p><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/democracy_com.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5138" title="Democracy.com" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/democracy_com.jpg" alt="Democracy.com" width="550" height="364" /></a></p>
<p>After Drill.com Democracy.com was able to get up to $125,000 however fell below it&#8217;s reserve which is somewhere north of 125K but below 250K. My guess is that this name was priced in the 200-250K range so it may be a stretch here but there&#8217;s definitely interest.</p>
<p>QE.com sold for $89,000, a good deal in my opinion for a two-character .COM which I always think of existing only in the six-figure range.</p>
<p><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/QR_com_sale.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5139" title="QR.com Sale" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/QR_com_sale.jpg" alt="QR.com Sale" width="550" height="364" /></a></p>
<p>QR.com took the cake selling for $325,000. QR codes are in, but the question is for how long and what could a website on this domain do to make money? While I agree this is a great name, I still can&#8217;t quite see how this would be monetized, but like many of the names selling, I&#8217;ll be watching!</p>
<p>Okay, that&#8217;s all for me folks, time to head home and get ready for the big bash tonight at The House Of Blues! As you know I don&#8217;t blog parties so you&#8217;ll have to just assume that we&#8217;re all having a blast!</p>
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		<title>DOMAINfest 2012 &#8211; Day Two In Review: Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day two of DOMAINfest 2012 started-out with some big news &#8211; Snapnames and Moniker are being sold to Key-Systems, the same company that purchased NameDrive. To some this news came as a complete surprise, but to many this was a logical next step as Oversee continues to find their focus. I personally see this as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong>Day two of <a href="http://www.domainfest.com">DOMAINfest</a> 2012</strong> started-out with some big news &#8211; Snapnames and Moniker are being sold to Key-Systems, the same company that purchased NameDrive. To some this news came as a complete surprise, but to many this was a logical next step as Oversee continues to find their focus.</p>
<p>I personally see this as a very good thing. Oversee is working hard to take tools like <a href="http://www.domainsponsor.com">DomainSponsor</a> to the next level and with their own brands seeing major traction online there&#8217;s a lot of opportunity.</p>
<p><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domainfest2012_seminars.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5115" title="domainfest2012_seminars" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/domainfest2012_seminars.jpg" alt="domainfest2012_seminars" width="550" height="364" /></a>Today saw an active seminar schedule as the morning kicked-off with a session on keyword research followed by advanced PPC techniques. Just like yesterday I was running around from meeting-to-meeting all morning so my first seminar was Tim Ash&#8217;s talk on Landing Page Optimization.</p>
<p><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TimAsh_Domainfest2012.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5114" title="TimAsh_Domainfest2012" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TimAsh_Domainfest2012.jpg" alt="TimAsh_Domainfest2012" width="550" height="364" /></a>One of my favorite speakers that I&#8217;ve ever seen at a conference is Tim Ash from <a href="http://www.sitetuners.com">SiteTuners</a>. Tim gives high-energy, information-packed seminars that I always leave more excited than ever! So of course I was very happy to see that Tim was speaking at DOMAINfest, and if you&#8217;re not here I can at least share some of the great information to inspire all of you! First let&#8217;s get two things out of the way:</p>
<ul>
<li>Always ask yourself &#8211; How can I add value to actual people?</li>
<li>Important to be able to admit that your baby is ugly, i.e. your website may be ugly, sorry but it&#8217;s true!</li>
</ul>
<p>Problems commonly seen on websites and landing pages:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Make your Call-To Action Clear</strong> &#8211; what do you want the user to do here?</li>
<li><strong>Ask for Less Information</strong> &#8211; don&#8217;t ask for too much information right-away.</li>
<li><strong>Cut Down Your Text</strong> &#8211; people don&#8217;t read on the web, using less text will increase retention and conversions.</li>
<li><strong>Keep Your Promises</strong> &#8211; if you tell your visitors your are going to do something &#8211; do it!</li>
<li><strong>Make Your Trust Visible</strong> &#8211; this is actually very relevant to MorganLinton.com and it is this exact advice I received from Tim Ash that caused me to add the &#8220;Featured In&#8221; section at the top of my blog!</li>
</ol>
<p>&#8220;The #1 driver of conversion in matching people&#8217;s intent.&#8221;</p>
<p>How to become a conversion ninja:</p>
<ul>
<li>Use <a href="http://www.crazyegg.com">CrazyEgg</a> to track in-page analytics, mouse movements, scrolling, etc.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.CrossBrowserTesting.com">CrossBrowserTesting.com</a> can help you test different browser configurations</li>
<li><a href="http://www.attentionwizard.com">AttentionWizard</a> &#8211; simulated visual attention tool, creates &#8220;attention heatmaps&#8221; of web pages</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mockflow.com">MockFlow</a> &#8211; design interactive UI mockups for Desktop Software</li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;ve decided to split my review of today into two parts so you all get two more digestible chunks to keep on top of the latest action and excitement here at DOMAINfest! Coming-up very soon is PITCHfest and I can&#8217;t wait to share some of the cool companies that come and pitch what could be the next big thing!</p>
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		<title>DOMAINfest 2012 &#8211; Day One In Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day one is winding down after a great day of seminars and networking. I spent most of my morning hopping from meeting-to-meeting and then headed over to the seminars for the afternoon. DOMAINfest brings Domainers and Domaining companies in from all over the world so there are some incredible opportunities to make deals whether you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Day one is winding down after a great day of seminars and networking. I spent most of my morning hopping from meeting-to-meeting and then headed over to the seminars for the afternoon. <a href="http://www.domainfest.com">DOMAINfest</a> brings Domainers and Domaining companies in from all over the world so there are some incredible opportunities to make deals whether you&#8217;re buying domains, selling domains, or developing software in the space.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fairmont_santamonica.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-5106" title="fairmont_santamonica" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fairmont_santamonica.jpg" alt="fairmont_santamonica" width="600" height="397" /></a> As usual there are some very exciting companies sponsoring the show and the booths were packed with Domainers learning about different solutions that might give them an edge in 2012. For anyone who thinks these booth areas are dead during a show &#8211; think again! The booths were buzzing and business was getting done! Below is the <a href="http://www.above.com">Above.com</a> booth &#8211; if you don&#8217;t know Above they are a very cool service that can help you A/B test different parking services to optimize your parking revenue.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/abovedotcom_booth.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-5107" title="abovedotcom_booth" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/abovedotcom_booth.jpg" alt="abovedotcom_booth" width="600" height="397" /></a></p>
<p>After hanging-out with some of the cool companies that are here I headed to a very interesting seminar all about mobile &#8211; below is a quick review of the talk.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mobile_seminar.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-5108" title="mobile_seminar" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mobile_seminar.jpg" alt="mobile_seminar" width="600" height="397" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Mobile and Local Opportunities for Publisher and Advertisers<br />
</strong>Very interesting seminar on a topic that really should be at the front of all of our minds, mobile! More and more people are browsing the web on their mobile phones. There were some very interesting points that came-up during the talk, some highlights are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Test your site on a mobile phone &#8211; see what the user will actually see!</li>
<li>Optimize for mobile and create a specific site for mobile users to improve usability</li>
<li>Mobile security is important</li>
<li>Complexities dealing with Android vs. iOS devices &#8211; optimizing for both</li>
</ul>
<p>The main point of this seminar made a lot of sense, if you&#8217;re not thinking about mobile, you are missing-out! There are great opportunities both for Publisher and Advertisers but it takes doing things differently than you would for a standard website.</p>
<p>The next seminar was right up my alley with a nice focus on affiliate marketing. Below is a quick summary:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lead_generation_seminar.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-5110" title="lead_generation_seminar" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lead_generation_seminar.jpg" alt="lead_generation_seminar" width="600" height="397" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Affiliate Lead Generation Best Practices<br />
</strong>Affiliate programs can offer some great options for lead generation and improving your revenue moving from PPC to CPA. DOMAINfest brought-together an expert panel to share their advice for being successful in the space.</p>
<p>Sites to know that will help with affiliate tracking and monetization support:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.offervault.com">OfferVault</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.viglink.com/">VigLink</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.skimlinks.com">SkimLinks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.affmeter.com">AffMeter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tracking202.com">Tracking202</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bevomedia.com">Bevomedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.AffiliateReporting.com">AffiliateReporting.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ForMeToCoupon.com">ForMeToCoupon.com</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Anyone with traffic can monetize their traffic which means that in some cases merchants can also become affiliates themselves. Mobile Affiliate programs are getting hot, the main player in the niche is <a href="http://www.ringrevenue.com">Ring Revenue</a>.</p>
<p><strong>What Domains Owners Need To KNow About Lead Gen In Ten Minutes</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Domainer Lead Gen Mindset &#8211; adding value to something you bought, taking beautiful domains and making them better. So why isn&#8217;t it more popular?</li>
<li>It&#8217;s hard and it&#8217;s a completely different mindset</li>
<li>A lot more money in lead generation than parking, but a lot more work</li>
<li>You will be dealing with fewer people but making more money per person</li>
<li>So what can you do?</li>
<ul>
<li>Educate lead gen guys and sell your names for good money</li>
<li>Find partners with lead liquidity -&gt; ping tree, buyers, etc. and become an affiliate</li>
<li>Do it yourself</li>
</ul>
<li>What to ask yourself</li>
<ul>
<li>Do you want to be an affiliate? (good for those with less tech and time, smaller investment, smaller payouts)</li>
<li>Do you want to build a business (good for those with more tech, time, and capital)</li>
</ul>
<li>Getting there</li>
<ul>
<li>WordPress has unlocked easy content creation and management</li>
<li>Simple and powerful software plays a nice role, tools like MailChimp, Unbounce, Formstack, etc.</li>
<li>Wide range of aggregators who can offer outsourced sales and manage the relationship/tech hassles</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Okay, now I&#8217;m off to my last meeting for the day and then back home for a little R&amp;R before the <a href="http://www.sedo.com">Sedo</a> party tonight! As you have all probably learned by now, I don&#8217;t blog about parties so if you want to join in the fun, you&#8217;ll have to be here!</p>
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		<title>Weekend Musings &#8211; Free Beer On Me For Blog Commentators!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow &#8211; what a weekend it has been! Last check out MeetUp group had hit 109 RSVP&#8217;s and DOMAINfest 2012 is only a day away! This has been a busy weekend with lots of work getting ready for an action-packed week so I&#8217;m really going to keep this short and sweet this time! It&#8217;s awesome [...]]]></description>
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	<a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/WillRogers_InspirationPoint.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-5098" title="WillRogers_InspirationPoint" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/WillRogers_InspirationPoint-1024x764.jpg" alt="WillRogers_InspirationPoint" width="614" height="458" /></a>
	<p class="wp-caption-text">Photo From Our Hike In The Palisades This Afternoon</p>
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<p>Wow &#8211; what a weekend it has been! Last check out MeetUp group had hit 109 RSVP&#8217;s and <a href="http://www.domainfest.com">DOMAINfest 2012</a> is only a day away! This has been a busy weekend with lots of work getting ready for an action-packed week so I&#8217;m really going to keep this short and sweet this time!</p>
<ul>
<li>It&#8217;s awesome to see all my Domaining buddies come in from all of the world, while this has definitely not contributed to helping me get a ton of sleep, it is great to connect-up with everyone before the show.</li>
<li>There&#8217;s a buzz in the air. 2012 just feels different, people seem more excited than ever, something tells me DOMAINfest is going to kick-off one kick-ass year in Domaining!</li>
<li>The weather in LA is amazing right now! I went for a great hike today with a few friends from out of town this afternoon, both of them live in places where it&#8217;s snowing. If you like summer, come to LA, we really d have summer all year round and it couldn&#8217;t be better for this week!</li>
<li>I can&#8217;t wait to see how the DOMAINfest auction goes, last year was tough for live auctions and I&#8217;m really hoping that this year we see a nice trend reversal. As I said in my post from yesterday, it all comes down to pricing the domains the right.</li>
<li>Domain Development is In! That&#8217;s right, I&#8217;ve been saying it since 2007 when everyone teased me for not parking&#8230;but really, it&#8217;s finally in now! If you take a look at the agenda for DOMAINfest you&#8217;ll see some really strong talks about Domain Development from SEO to Site Tuning!</li>
<li>If you want to survive the lack of sleep and shaking a million hands without getting sick I highly recommend <a href="http://www.emergenc.com/">Emergenc</a>. If you haven&#8217;t heard of Emergenc it is this very cool packets of fizzy goodness that pump your body full of vitamins. I use this on all my trips around the world and have found it great to staying healthy and, er, recovering from a intense night on the town&#8230;of which there are three coming-up at DOMAINfest!</li>
<li>Time to get back to work &#8211; lots of exciting things going on next week and I have to get ready for some great meetings and the beginning of some exciting new partnerships for the year. More to come but I can&#8217;t ruin all the surprises now!</li>
</ul>
<p>Oh, and now to address the little &#8220;Free Beer On Me <img src='http://morganlinton.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> &#8221; piece in the title. If you read my blog and have commented before, and you&#8217;re coming to DOMAINfest, come find me and I&#8217;ll buy you a beer. Every single person that has shared their opinion on my blog absolutely deserves a beer, right? So come find me, I&#8217;ll be&#8230;everywhere, or trying to be!</p>
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		<title>The Revisions Are In! Help Me Pick A Logo For A New Brand &#8211; Part Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I asked all of you to help me pick a logo for a new brand we are launching &#8211; TutorialsForGeeks.com. The feedback was phenomenal with 39 comments and lots of great input and ideas. So I&#8217;ve taken the feedback that I received, found what seemed to be the most popular recommendations, and went [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Last week I asked all of you to help me <a href="http://morganlinton.com/help-me-pick-a-logo-for-a-new-brand-and-you-could-win-a-free-logo/">pick a logo for a new brand</a> we are launching &#8211; TutorialsForGeeks.com. The feedback was phenomenal with 39 comments and lots of great input and ideas. So I&#8217;ve taken the feedback that I received, found what seemed to be the most popular recommendations, and went back to my designer (LogoNerds) with a revision request.</p>
<p>Now I have three new concepts based on your feedback, and it&#8217;s time to take the next step! Now is where you come-in again! Take a look at the new revisions and let me know if you think any of these are ready for prime-time, or if you think we still need to make some adjustments. I can make more revision requests if it looks like we&#8217;re still off the mark a bit so don&#8217;t hesitate to rip these apart and suggest what you think would look the best!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TutorialsForGeeks.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-5089" title="TutorialsForGeeks" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TutorialsForGeeks.jpg" alt="TutorialsForGeeks" width="551" height="713" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Also &#8211; a huge congratulations to Melly Walker and William Brister who won free logos last week! I plan on doing this monthly so you can expect to have the chance to win a free logo (or two) once a month.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Now it&#8217;s time to be critical, be harsh, and let me know how to make this logo really shine!</p>
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		<title>Brand Building Case Study: Learning About Your Website And Your Customers With Heatmaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heatmaps are an absolutely critical tool for understanding how users interact with your site. Small changes to a site can make a big difference and heatmaps are one of the tools that can provide useful visual data to understand how effective your design really is. Last week we were analyzing the new design of Kayaking.org [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong>Heatmaps</strong> are an absolutely critical tool for understanding how users interact with your site. Small changes to a site can make a big difference and heatmaps are one of the tools that can provide useful visual data to understand how effective your design really is. Last week we were analyzing the new design of Kayaking.org that we launched later in 2011 to understand how well it was working. We&#8217;ve seen some incredible results from this design but still some areas that definitely need improvement.</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s take a look at the heatmap and go through the good, the bad, and the ugly:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kayaking_heatmap.png"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-5086" title="Kayaking Heatmap" src="http://morganlinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kayaking_heatmap.png" alt="Kayaking Heatmap" width="582" height="414" /></a><em>(Click image to see full size)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So first, let&#8217;s start with what was working. Based on data from the previous version of Kayaking.org we found that the most popular portion of our site was information about choosing a kayak. To maximize our impact based on this information we reached-out to a professional kayaker to put-together a really solid article about choosing a kayak and we put it at the very top of the sidebar. As you can see from the Heatmap it&#8217;s definitely getting a lot of attention and it has made a nice impact on the average time a user spends on our site.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Our new booking engine is also seeing some good traction and the heatmap show the attention this gets. Looking at the sidebar and the top navigation you can also see which categories are the most important and we&#8217;ve worked hard to get our most popular topics above-the-fold, but we&#8217;re always tuning!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Okay, that&#8217;s the good, now for the bad. With the relaunch we really wanted to highlight a new central slider that we hoped would feature some of the most popular things visitors were looking for. Unfortunately, looking at the data behind the heatmap, the slider only receives 5% of the clicks. The &#8220;How To Choose A Kayak&#8221; article is actually getting more than double the slider with 11% of the total clicks. When we see something like this, we tune!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So last week we made several changes to the central slider. A lot of the tuning we do is based on some of the great insight provided in Tim Ash&#8217;s book &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470174625/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=morganlinton_com-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0470174625">Landing Page Optimization</a>, as well as some great blogs, and things I&#8217;ve learned at conferences like Affiliate Summit. There were a few things wrong with this slider so in tuning we made a few key changes:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Add bright, distinct buttons that grab the users attention</strong> &#8211; before the tiny red button at the top didn&#8217;t really capture your eye and it blended in a bit too much with the image. We replaced this button with electric blue buttons accented by a feathered white background so they really pop.</li>
<li><strong>Change The Slides Based On Current User Behavior</strong> &#8211; we know choosing a kayak is big, but we also wanted to add more shopping-related options as this area has been a growing revenue source for our site. One of the most popular products we&#8217;ve ever sold through the site is the <a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-5387458-10910485?url=http://www.outdoorplay.com/GoPro-HD-Surf-HERO-Camcorder&amp;cjsku=ACA_GPHES">Go Pro HD Hero 2</a> which is an awesome waterproof HD cam that is very popular in the kayaking community. Finally, we have over 1,600 fans on Facebook and the interactivity we get is phenomenal, so it felt important to feature this as one of the main slides.</li>
<li><strong>Provide Special Offers When Possible</strong> &#8211; people like deals and exclusive offers, by adding coupon codes and discounts on the slides we are able to give people more of a reason to click and find-out more.</li>
</ol>
<p>The new slider has been up for about a week and I&#8217;m excited to say that this central slider now receives 14.6% of the clicks, almost a 3x increase from before. Of course this process doesn&#8217;t end, it continues all year long. The more you can optimize your sites to deliver what your user is looking for, the better brand loyalty you will get, and the more conversions and revenue you will generate. We sold a $219 piece of kayaking gear from the first slide just two days after making the change so along with more interactivity we&#8217;re already seeing it generate some money.</p>
<p>In 2012 Kayaking.org hit the first page of Google for the insanely high search-volume term &#8220;kayak&#8221; which has driven over 1.8 million impressions on Google just this year driving thousands of new visitors to the site to start-out the year. The more visitors, the more data we get and the quicker we can tune the site and optimize the flow. So for any of the Domain Investors out there that have developed their domains and want to take it to the next level, give heapmaps a try, you&#8217;ll be surprised what our visitors can teach you about your site!</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p><em>Oh and if you want to know what software I use for heatmaps it&#8217;s called <a href="http://www.crazyegg.com">CrazyEgg</a> and it is easy to setup and very affordable. This isn&#8217;t an affiliate link, it&#8217;s the software I use myself and highly recommend for anyone that wants to dive-into the world of heatmaps.</em></p>
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		<title>The 10 Best WordPress Plugins To Use In 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the key features that has made me a true believer in the WordPress is the incredible library of plugins available for the platform. Of course with a large selection also comes a great deal of confusion as to which plugins are the best fit for your site. This was a hard list to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>One of the key features that has made me a true believer in the WordPress is the incredible library of plugins available for the platform. Of course with a large selection also comes a great deal of confusion as to which plugins are the best fit for your site.</p>
<p>This was a hard list to come-up with but after using WordPress for five years I&#8217;ve done my best to come-up with the top ten WordPress plugins available in 2012. Every year new plugins hit the market but I still find that some of the originals remain as some of the best. Even if you&#8217;ve heard of half the plugins on this list or more, it&#8217;s that one plugin that can make all the difference so make sure to read through the entire list.</p>
<p>Okay, enough rambling from me, onto the plugins!</p>
<h1>The 10 Best WordPress Plugins To Use In 2012</h1>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.akismet.com">Akismet</a> &#8211; I can&#8217;t stand spam comments, they can really waste your time and become unmanageable very quickly. Akismet is hands-down the best plugin to eliminate comment spam. I have this in the #1 spot for a very good reason and this really is essential for every WordPress site out there.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/">All In One SEO</a> &#8211; this plugin has become the standard for SEO in WordPress. You can make just about every tweak you&#8217;d ever need to make in order to make your on-page optimizations the best that they can be. If you want your site to rank well this plugin should be at the top of your list.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/">WP Super Cache</a> &#8211; as you probably know by now, Google uses page load time as a key metric in their ranking algorithm. This nifty little plugin turns your dynamic pages into static HTML so that your site loads incredibly fast. If you think this plugin doesn&#8217;t apply to you, think again, it will dramatically decrease your page load time which means you&#8217;re likely to see an increase in ranking before you know it.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-context/">Widget Context</a>- you can use this nifty little plugin to pick which widgets will show-up on your sidebar on a per-page basis. This is a great way to make customized sidebars on a per-page basis.</li>
<li><a href="http://0a87ezzkgcp3m2rfxjjktq6vbr.hop.clickbank.net/">PopUp Domination</a> &#8211;  if you are building a newsletter or mailing list this plugin is the best way to grow your subscriber list. While you may find pop-ups annoying there is an overwhelming amount of data showing that these can help you dramatically grow your subscriber list.</li>
<li><a href="http://vaultpress.com/">VaultPress</a> &#8211; this is hands-down the best plugin to keep your WordPress blog backed-up and secure. I&#8217;ve been using VaultPress since they first released the plugin and the peace-of-mind it provides is well worth the nominal monthly fee.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secure-wordpress/">Secure WordPress</a> &#8211; this plugin does exactly what it says, secures WordPress. By patching some of the basic security holes that WordPress has with a standard install you can instantly increase the security of your site. This really is a must-have plugin so if you don&#8217;t have it, go ahead and install it now.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-image/">SEO Friendly Images</a> &#8211; most people don&#8217;t realize the massive amount of traffic that Google Image Search gets. This plugin will add the alt and title tag to your images so you can start getting some image search traffic to your site.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/">Yet Another Related Post Plugin</a> &#8211; keep users engaged by showing them similar posts to the one they just read. This plugin alone can create a very nice increase in the amount of time the average visitor spends on your site.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/">Jetpack</a> &#8211; last, but certainly not least is Jetpack, a whole set of features packed-into one handy and free plugin developed by WordPress themselves. You can do things like track analytics, check grammar, and much more.</li>
</ol>
<p>Please feel free to share your own favorite WordPress plugins in the comment section below. Comment and let your voice be heard!</p>
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		<title>Domain Development Drops For The Week Of January 23rd, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone and welcome to my very first Domain Development Drop List of 2012! I started this segment in late 2011 and had a very positive response so I&#8217;ve decided to make it a regular feature on my blog. If you haven&#8217;t read about what I look for in expired domains, let me give you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Hello everyone and welcome to my very first Domain Development Drop List of 2012! I started this segment in late 2011 and had a very positive response so I&#8217;ve decided to make it a regular feature on my blog. If you haven&#8217;t read about what I look for in expired domains, let me give you some basic things I look for:</p>
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<li>I like names with medium search volume, a good CPC, and in a market where there are half a dozen affiliate programs I can think of using right-away.</li>
<li>If you want to get down to the numbers themselves I typically look for keywords with no less than 1,000 exact-match global searches and less than 10,000. Why limit it to 10,000? Typically terms with this much volume are a lot more work to rank well for so I go for the low hanging fruit in most cases.</li>
<li>A good CPC to me really means anything above $0.50. I just want to see that advertisers see some kind of monetary value in people who search for this term.</li>
<li>There is no one set of qualities for the perfect domain for development. Also I don&#8217;t follow the rules above every time I buy an expired domain and you shouldn&#8217;t either. Sometimes I do buy names with a very high search volume in the hundreds of thousands and with a CPC of only $0.23. That being said, a vast majority of the expired domains that I buy for development do meet the criteria I outlined above.</li>
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<p>Bam! Now you know what I&#8217;m generally looking for in an expired domain name. If you want to know what I do once I buy a domain for development make sure to read &#8211; <a href="http://morganlinton.com/domain-development-101/">Domain Development 101</a>. If you&#8217;re so darn excited after reading that article that you want to dive right in and build your first site, make sure to read &#8211; <a href="http://morganlinton.com/wordpress-101/">WordPress 101</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>FlowersRoses.com</strong> - 1,900 global monthly searches and a CPC of $4.40 this would be a great option for one of the many flower affiliate programs out there. While it might not be a term you think people would be search for, they are and with a CPC like this there is definitely money to be made in this niche.</p>
<p><strong>InstallationWindows.com</strong> - like the previous name this also doesn&#8217;t seem like it would get any search volume, but it does. With 1,900 exact-match global searches and a CPC of $6.80 this domain has some great lead generation potential.</p>
<p><strong>ChineseToEnglish.org</strong> &#8211; while I&#8217;m not thrilled with a CPC of only $0.29, the search volume of 18,100 exact-match global and the ease of building a basic translation site makes this one a solid development candidate. With keywords like this I think that the .ORG plays in your favor vs. a .NET, of course having the .COM would be my top pick but for development a .ORG can rank just as well!</p>
<p><strong>QuickHealthyRecipes.org</strong> &#8211; 3,600 exact-match global searches and a CPC of $1.02 makes this a great fit for development. Recipe sites are easy to get started with and given the focus of these keywords you know exactly what kind of recipes your visitors are looking for. It&#8217;s always the best when you build a site that provides people with useful information, not only are you ranking well for a term, but you&#8217;re actually making a difference!</p>
<p><strong>BestBackpack.net</strong> &#8211; backpacks are a big business with a zillion different affiliate offers available in the space. 3,600 exact-match global monthly searches and a CPC of $0.53 puts this right in my typical range.</p>
<p><strong>ExerciseToLoseWeight.net</strong> &#8211; I will be bidding on this one so just giving you warning and probably shooting myself in the foot for including this in the list, but heck I want to let you know what I would buy myself right? Weight loss is a huge industry with tons of great affiliate offers in the space. This term gets 6,600 global monthly searches and a CPC of $2.92 and if I get it you can expect to see a case study going up very soon, I really love this one!</p>
<p><strong>RimsAndTires.net</strong> &#8211; 27,100 exact-match global searches and a CPC of $1.08. While there is some reasonable competition in this space and the search volume is higher than I typically go for this name has a lot of development potential.</p>
<p><strong>RouterWireless.org</strong> &#8211; 14,800 exact-match global searches and a CPC of $1.16. This is a very competitive niche so will really take some time to build-up your ranking for this term, but you know exactly what your visitor is looking for &#8211; a wireless router.</p>
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<p>Of course I always love to hear from you, my readers! So please feel free to share comments about the domains above or share some of your own recommendations. <strong>Comment and let your voice be heard!</strong></p>
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