Mr Beach Bum.com

…Search phrases that is. Aloha. I thought we’d have some fun and take another look at some of the recent search phrases that visitors have used to find me on the web.

First off, we have a visitor who searched under beach bum.com . Did you find what you were looking for? Maybe you werent sure at first but hopefully you’ve come across a site that inspires you to work towards what may be your own goal of becoming a beach bum - a rich one that is.

Next is a fun one that I am not really sure how to categorize - beach get a have my money. Ummm, hmmm. Not sure what you were looking for there. Are you telling me I can have your money? But you want a beach in return?

Moving on, we have - big bum.com. I guess I need to lose some weight. People are searching for my big ass now. This is not the persona I was trying to project.

Here is this one again, but it’s always fun - up the bum.com. I am starting to wonder if I have perpetuated this search phrase by writing it up in previous posts. But I have to wonder more why this person hasn’t actually found up the bum.com yet. I mean, wouldn’t you just put www . up the bum .com by now? Why would you need to search Google for that every month? Do you like it up the bum? Hey, whatever your preference. Who am I to judge?

Now for a more focused search phrase - shareasale sucks.com. Well, I have to agree with you to some extent. But I have made money with them. I challenge you to do the same and report back if you are the visitor who searched with this phrase. Come on, it’ll be fun!

And last but not least we have - multiple affiliate networks. Well I am glad to see that someone who is interested in affiliate marketing already has found me. With this in mind I can say that you have inspired me to work on a new article which I will post as soon as possible. After all, I work with multiple affiliate networks, so maybe I can share some tips with all of you on how to manage the multiple accounts, and hopefully the multiple paychecks, which can be challenging, especially for beginners.

It’s hard to believe it’s December already. A lot has gone on in my personal life this year. Some good, some really really bad. I guess that’s how it is for everyone. For me, it has meant that I haven’t been as good about posting here. I’ve actually considered sharing more of the personal trials and tribulations with all of you but I wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested. I suppose if you wouldn’t mind the occasional peek into the more personal side of your favorite beach bum, then let me know by dropping me a line in the comments. Or if you get enough reality on TV these days, tell me just to keep it business oriented. I would do a vote, but I would rather read your comments.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. The holiday season is always a busy one, even for a beach bum. I was recently talking to some fellow bloggers and it amazed me that a lot of them have no idea what Cyber Monday is. Many of them are familiar with Black Friday but not the other.

For those of you who are not familiar with either one, let me tell you. In the U.S. we celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow. Now most Americans get tomorrow off as a paid holiday. Some of the lucky ones get both Thursday and Friday off (paid)  but many still will take a day off Friday regardless. I don’t know how long this tradition has been around but for as long as I can remember the day after Thanksgiving (always falling on a Friday) has been known as Black Friday.

The reason it’s called Black Friday is because it is a day that retailers consider their busiest - thus they are typically “in the black” as opposed to being in the red to use accounting slang. Basically the retailers see their biggest profits that day. This has resulted in fierce competition between retailers and what amounts to an even bigger tradition for the day which involves offering up huge discounts on items (loss leaders, if you will) to get people to come to your store instead of others.

One more big tradition for Black Friday is to get up extremely early and wait in line for the stores to open. The stores typically open early on Black Friday. Most as early as 6 AM but I have seen ads for some claiming to open at 4 AM. Sheesh! You can expect huge crowds of people and fights over the last of the big sale items before they run out, etc.

Given all that, if you’re like me, you try to stay away from that scene. I like to shop online anyway. Which is where Cyber Monday comes in… In recent years it has become a tradition for online retailers to offer up some big savings and incentives to get people to shop online on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday is November 26. Still plenty of time to get your packages shipped in time for Christmas and a great way to get online shoppers to place mega orders on one huge online shopping day. So where do you come in?

Well, if you’re an affiliate marketer than you are already ready for Cyber Monday. Right?… RIGHT?!!?!??

If not, you’d better get crackin’ and get some of those Cyber Monday deals posted on your websites ASAP!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and thanks for being a loyal reader!

Some of you out there with blogs may already be using BlogRush. But I am sure there are a few who may have held off for a bit potentially because there was a lack of customization options. Well your wait is over. Blogrush introduced “flavors” which allow you to choose from a surprisingly diverse palette of colors that are sure to match any theme you can throw at it. These just went live this week and all you have to do is choose your default color scheme in your Blogrush settings page under flavors and you’re done. It’s that simple. I really like the way it looks on my site and I hope you do too.

While we’re on the subject, I have to say that so far I am happy with the number of credits I’ve been getting on the Blogrush account. I have seen some fairly steady incoming traffic too so I can say that if you have a blog, you should definitely consider using it.

If you are already using it, how has your experience with it been up to this point?

If you run a blog then this one’s for you. A fellow blogger, Darrin with his blog on Internet Marketing, is giving away a free Playstation 3 in a random drawing made up of entries from sites that link to his blog. Not only is this a great way for you to try for a free PS3 but it is also a great example of linkbait. Just to prove that it works, here is the link to his site where you too can win a Free Playstation 3 . The contest is also co-sponsored by IAWMD so be sure to check out their site as well.

Don’t want a PS3? It’s still worth doing, after all, you could win it and make your own linkbait contest with it!

I thought it’d be fun to share some interesting information with you, my fellow future beach bums. If it goes well we might make it a series. You can even comment if you want to ask questions for future Fun Facts.

I was looking at my stats for this week and found it funny that one of the top searches on Google that landed on this page was “rich beach bum”.  The funny thing about this, which may not have been evident to even long time readers, is that one of the reasons that I started this website and blog is because I was so tired of hearing about “The Rich Jerk”. Don’t get me wrong, he had some good points and a lot of people, I’m sure, had some success with his program. I had a lot of admiration for the marketing he put forth. It works, there’s no denying that. But my idea to start Mr Beach Bum.com came from the fact that I really wanted people to feel like they could legitimately make money online without necessarily having to buy someone’s program in order to get started. I wanted to offer a resource for beginners that would help them get the ball rolling and then a community that they could continue to count on and grow with.

This site is growing slowly but surely and I feel that I have accomplished what the original goal was. I will continue to offer my advice and information for free either in this blog or on the main site at mrbeachbum.com. As always, I just ask that you use links that I provide so that we can all share in eachother’s success. Everyone who comes here has an opportunity to use the free resources that I have put together, and can and should feel free to use any of the future tools and information that become available. All that I ask in return is that you share your experiences. We all have to start somewhere and I think we have an obligation to help the beginners out there to avoid making some of the mistakes that we may have in the past. And don’t ever let anyone tell you that you shouldn’t bother trying to make money online because there is too much competition. Competition is a good thing and that is the very reason why you should do what you want to do. Just know that the more competition, the longer it may take - be patient!

So always remember,  if you want to be a “rich beach bum” just make sure you stick with us here. After all, we’re all in this together!