Do you think I forgot about LINK LOVE?!?!
Let’s get into this week’s run down! :D

This was honestly one of the longest weeks of my life, haha. When you have a combination of a two-day business trip and the first week of school back in classes getting things in order (and catching up on already missing school for a trip!)… it’s a deadly combo. Things may have taken a toll here, but that is out of the way and since I am in a competition with Cash Tactics… I need to get the ball rolling! But before we talk about that, let’s get into the best posts for the week:

We start out with an awesome tutorial on raking in cash from a “job board” website. Blogtrepreneur shows us some resources that you can use to house job boards on your website and profit on the traffic. Next, we have an awesome list from SEO Revolution that tells you exactly how you can dominate your way through affiliate marketing. My buddy Smarter Wealth posts a simple, but important post on the important of having banners for your blog or website… something too many people don’t do! Sweet Suite J gives what I felt was the best post of the week… and awesome motivation piece that has some killer advice, such as setting your desktop wallpaper for motivation (mine is a picture of Avril Lavigne… does that count?). Finally, the MM Blog runs through some great tips to make your blog stick out; just a few simple steps that can really enhance your readership.

Stock Market Update
It’s been rough waters out there in the markets. Now that we head into earnings season… we might get a fist-full of bad news, or some unexpected upward momentum? We’ll have to wait and see how companies report their fourth quarters before we lock in judgment on this one. It would seem that our bad opening to the new year just got quite a bit worse, as we again trended down on all of the major indices in the U.S. and around the world. Leading the charge? Financials! Down a whopping 16% on the week led by Bank of America and Citigroup.

We’re increasing the bailout plan??? Argghhh!!! President Barack Obama (will be signed in today) has continued to urge Washington to boost stimulus plan spending to get the economy growing again… despite the sizable amount we have already given. The new plan calls for $825 in stimulus (compared to President Bush’s $700b proposal), including $550b in spending and $275 in a tax cut. I know that bailouts make everyone feel good for the time being, but let’s get real here… we need to stop. This is getting out of control. :roll:

What’s Happening in the Blogosphere?
A lot of the small-cap bloggers are posting some great information nowadays… it’s nice to see those new years resolutions coming in strong! I made a couple of pivotal moves this week personally, including signing up for a new newsletter account on Aweber (the leading newsletter/opt-in service). I am hoping to capitalize on revenue here and possibly convert some new readers toward my blog. This is more of a long-term goal than anything else… but I wanted to have a system in place to start building a list.

Affiliate Summit West happened this week (January 11-13 2009) in beautiful Las Vegas. This is pretty much becoming the biggest affiliate convention in the United States, and hundreds of companies were represented in this most recent event. A lot of my friends went down to pick up new tricks of the trade, teach seminars and network with potential clients. Overall, it seemed like a solid event… and you can see some pictures and a quick recap here. This is always a huge commotion, and it seemed like a lot of fun. Next stop… Affiliate Summit East in New York City in August 2009!

I’m going to be looking for ways to branch out with my personal network, and wanted to get the ball rolling with a nice newsletter that can follow me around. One interesting tool that I have come across is called OptIn Comments by my boy Ian Fernando. I’m definitely going to be picking this thing up, as it can convert ANYONE that comments on your blog into a subscriber. By using Aweber in combination with OptIn, you could have everyone that comments automatically subscribed to your newsletter (following email confirmation of course), and can really boost your income as a result! I highly recommend checking this WordPress plugin out while it’s cheap.

Back to work, let’s keep positive and stay bullish on the net!
-The Net Fool

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