In case you’re wondering where I’ve been, the family and I took a week off to drive to the New York City area and do some tourism, including a daytrip out to the Hamptons. We had a fun time, but it’s always good to get back home. I also had time to pick up and read The 4-Hour Workweek, which I’m going to dissect shortly in a separate post. (I recommend you read it, although I don’t agree with everything he says. But I think AdSense publishers can fit themselves into the 4-hour workweek model… more on that later.)
Aside: If you’re travelling to the NYC area with your dogs and plan on staying a few days, I highly recommend the Residence Inn in White Plains. The one-time pet surcharge is stiff (which is why I only recommend it for longer stays), but the spacious rooms and the (very!) pet-friendly staff made our stay very relaxing.
Back to reality, though. Before continuing my AdWords case study, I want to talk about an inexpensive membership site that will interest some of you. I think it’s the first membership site I’ve actually recommended to anyone. And, before I forget, be sure to read this post top to bottom — I have two freebies to give you, but you’ll need to read carefully.
The Rhodes Brothers
Regular readers may remember me mentioning the Rhodes Brothers (John and Matt) before. They’re the authors of two reports I’ve recommended to my readership, How to Quickly and Easily Get “.edu” Backlinks as well as EzineArticles Domination. They’ve actually written several other reports on various topics, not just Internet marketing. Their reports are always short, practical and inexpensive, so I’m usually happy to recommend them to others. Besides the two aforementioned reports, they offer:
- Simple Content Generation System
- Simple AdSense Judo
- Simple Traffic Generation Secrets
- eBay Simple List Building
- RSS Super Glue
- Instant Membership Site Creator
- Squidoo Lens Domination
- Technorati Traffic Domination Secrets
There are a few new ones in that list that I just noticed! I’ll have to grab them… As you can see, though, the Rhodes Brothers’ specialty is making money via simple marketing techniques that anyone can implement.
Simple Cash Blog
One of their recent creations is a membership site called Simple Cash Blog. In this private blog, the Rhodes Brothers post articles and special reports describing the simple techniques they’ve used to build themselves a healthy and profitable online marketing business. Some (but not all) of the reports even come with resale rights so you can sell or give them out. So here’s your first freebie: download a copy of The Extremely Simple $500+/Month System For Newbies, which provides step-by-step instructions on how to get started making money on the Internet. I’ve seen ebooks with this kind of material sell for $47 or more. Read it and see the kind of quality content you get as a Simple Cash Blog member.
Here are some of the other reports and articles available to members:
- The 20 Minute Secret To Flooding Your Site With 1,000+ Unique Visitors A Day
- The Simple Formula To Building An Opt-In List Of 10,000+ In Less Than 3 Months
- How $1 Products That Take 30 Minutes To Create Can Make You More Than $10,000
- How To Get At Least 10 Super Affiliates To Promote Your Product In 14 Days
The information is consistently good and the reports are well-written. For only $10/month I think it’s a no-brainer to join and learn a few things. If you need more information, see the Simple Cash Blog site for more details.
Oh, and subscribers to this blog (see here for instructions) get a second freebie, a copy of “How To Make $5,000+ A Month With Your Own Simple Membership Site”. See your feed for the download details.
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Eric Giguere is the author of Uncommon AdSense and the award-nominated (that just means it lost!) blog Make Easy Money with Google and AdSense.
Thanks, Eric–I’ll have to read more thoroughly later, but at a quick first glance they both look excellent: on the level, easy to read, and full of solid advice.