What is your area of expertise?
Not sure it that was a rhetorical question, but in case not; spreadsheets, front and back end web dev (ASP/SQL), vintage bmx, ice cream, umm, thinks that's about it.
What is your area of expertise?
I'm sure there are quite a few on here who generate good passive income through websites and advertising streams... I wonder if Admin would class AD as passive income, or does it require too much maintenance?
Not sure it that was a rhetorical question, but in case not; spreadsheets, front and back end web dev (ASP/SQL), vintage bmx, ice cream, umm, thinks that's about it.
Not at all. I'm sure several of those could prompt an information business at a low level. Vintage BMX possibly, though I know nothing about it (and have no interest myself!).
The autoresponder is all about having an automated sales and marketing approach using information products. We have direct mail in our autoresponder too - via CFHDocMail.
Get people onto a mailing list by sharing information. Then sell them stuff. For a passive income, sell them information which you can produce once and then automate out.
Sorry - slightly off topic but I'm struggling getting past spam filters with auto responders (even though I'm not spamming)
Was trying MailChimp
Any suggestions?
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Any suggestions?
Does that idea come with a time machine or do you have to pay extra?
We use self-hosted Sendy.co (PHP) which sends via Amazon SES at a cost of $0.10/1000. Deliverability is good.
I was being ironic..
You're so firmly in the EMD camp I wasn't so sure! Google should have just bought searchengine.com and be done with it. Or perhaps Microsoft should have used operatingsystem.com instead? Or maybe Pepsi should brand on carbonatedsoftdrink.com
There isn't one size fits all when it comes to choosing the right domain for your brand is the point I'm making. Generics have their place, but it's a limited place and that place is getting smaller by the day.
* Too busy to respond in your other thread.
What would Yahoo, Apple and Coca Cola et al use
You've obviously not had any success in building a business on the back of an EMD.
That's not entirely accurate. There was a time when it made sense to build out EMD's. Fortunately I'm experienced enough to know that these days, for a business with an offline presence, it's stupid to use an EMD - and online, the negatives by far outweigh the positives when it comes to online promotion.
But alas, I've said it all before. If you can take an EMD in todays climate and make a true success of it, hats off to you. But you only have to look through the forum with people struggling to get 5% of what they once could for even their best EMD's, it's a dying if not already dead business model.
I sit very firmly in the EMD camp.
Instant credibility.
1. EMD's still rank if used properly and will still give you an advantage in the serps.
2. An EMD is still far more memorable then any other domain.
3. A short EMD will bring you in a lot of direct (type-in) traffic. Yes it still happens..
So judging by your comment you would think that myloan.co.uk would be a better investment then loans.co.uk or yourcarinsurance.co.uk would be better then carinsurance.co.uk? Don't think so!
1. EMD's still rank if used properly and will still give you an advantage in the serps.
2. An EMD is still far more memorable then any other domain.
2.5. Imagine being the sponsor of Manu, and people will see your brand on TV every week.. What would they remember? Mynonemdloan.co.uk or Loans.co.uk?
3. A short EMD will bring you in a lot of direct (type-in) traffic. Yes it still happens..
Imagine starting a business selling loans on Loans.co.uk which (in)directly is your brand, no other domain would be as good as it is.. All this crap about EMD's.. Come one, you must have been reading too many bs blogs such as Moz and SEW..
In a niche, non-competitive market maybe. In a competitive market no, it will count against you, too much anchor text relating to the service/product offered instead of the brand.